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The custom of celebrating a second Bar or Bat Mitzvah at age 83 comes from the verse in Psalm 90, "The days of our years are seventy, or if by reason of special strength, eighty years..." At 70, one can start counting again. Add 13 years, and you get 83! By Andrea Potashnick Written Tuesday, August 8 I'm sure many of you are aware of the bombing at Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington over the weekend. On Friday morning I will be dropping off flowers and a handwritten letter from my family. I thought more people from our community might be interested in doing the same as a show of support and solidarity. These can be notes that you write yourself, or perhaps along with your kids if you'd like. By Heidi Geller, Secretary of the Adath Board of Trustees When my kids were little, Friday nights were evenings spent together. Mostly, we’d light candles and have some bread. Consistently, Danny and I needed some down time from our crazy unbalanced weeks, which consisted of driving to work, driving to daycare, running the dishwasher, running the washing machine, running to the grocery, running to Target – you get the picture. Needless to say, when Friday night came we had what is now infamously called “Friday Face” – a resting blank face that looks a little frustrated and a little checked out. Therefore on Friday nights I had one request: We be together, but we not talk or create too much energy. So, I instituted Friday movie night. We’d pick a movie on demand, pop up some corn, throw in some junior mints or milk duds (Jordy is not a mint fan), and we’d stare at the screen…in remarkable silence. Many of us just experienced MAZON, A Jewish Response to Hunger's traveling exhibit. The This is Hunger truck, an interactive experience on wheels was parked in the Adath parking lot at the end of June. Stepping inside was an illuminating and gut-wrenching experience. The exhibit shed light on the profound prevalence of hunger in America. Did you know 1 in 8 Americans struggle with hunger? Nearly 6 million of our seniors are food insecure. Over 13 million children live with hunger every day. The High Holy Days is a time to renew our commitment and raise our voices on behalf of the 42.2 million Americans who struggle with hunger every day. Long time congregant Neil Meyer will be presented with the 2017 Shem Tov Award at the Adath Jeshurun Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 11 at 10:30 AM. The Shem Tov award is given to a congregant who shows a depth, breadth and diversity of service to Adath; an individual who contributes to or enhances the spirituality of the Adath Jeshurun community; someone who is an example to which others can aspire and who creates transformative change for our community. Neil was awarded the Shem Tov award for his many accomplishments including shepherding the coming together or B'nai Emet and Adath Jeshurun Congregation. He also was a force on the Kerev Committee and a former Human Resources VP. Neil also taught the Shabbat Morning Program (SMP) and has has hosted the Downtown Study group for years. When asked to serve, Neil never says "no." Please join us at the Adath Jeshurun Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 11 at 10:30 AM. The meeting is free and open to the public. Please let us know you're coming, email [email protected] At Adath Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery on Monday, May 29 Memorial Day and Holocaust Remembrance will be observed on Monday, May 29 at 10:30 AM at the congregation cemetery, Adath Chesed Shel Emes. The cemetery is located at 3740 Winnetka Avenue North in Crystal. Twins Ezra and Adeev Potash were not musical prodigies. They didn’t start playing a musical instrument when all their grade school friends did. They picked up the trumpet and trombone in sixth or seventh grade. They don’t quite remember. And they didn’t come from a musical family. “Our dad is tone deaf,” Ezra said. By Dudley Deshommes-Kohls My name is Dudley L. Deshommes-Kohls. My husband, Andrew Deshommes-Kohls, and I are gift members at Adath. During this trial period we’ve been exploring various ways to become more involved within the community and to get to know our fellow Adath members. Participating with Hesed has been a great way to start building community, while at the same time fulfilling a mitzvah through performing tzedakah. by Rabbi Harold J. Kravitz This April celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Jewish Welfare Board (JWB) an organization founded in 1917, during World War I, to support Jews serving in the U.S. military. The JWB continues to provide rabbis of all Movements to serve as military chaplains and supplies the kinds of items that provide religious and general support to Jews serving in our military such as prayer books, Bibles, mezuzot, etc. When you donate a minimum of $36 or three hours of volunteer time at either STEP, ICA or PRISM food shelves you will become part of Hesed's Giving Circle. You can also gift a membership. Danielle Berkow, a Makomnik, received a Giving Circle membership at Hannukah. Here is her story: By Danielle Berkow One of my favorite gifts I received this year during Hanukah was not something you could shop for at a store or online; I became a member of Adath’s Giving Circle. I didn’t specifically ask for the membership, but I had outlined on the wish list that I prefer not to receive material gifts. As a twentysomething, I have more than my fair share of material things. In fact, I’m tired of things. I want fewer things, and I seek to replace them with meaningful experiences and contributions to society. |
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