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Community S’lihot Service

Saturday, September 8, 2012at Congregation Or Shalom, 205 Old Grassy Hill Road, Orangejointly with Temples Beth Sholom, Or Shalom, Beth El Keser Israel and B’nai Jacob8:00 pm showing of the film Nora’s Will with discussion of the film, led by Rabbi WainhausThis story begins when Jose finds out that Nora, the woman he'd been married to for 30 years and then divorced, has committed suicide. The rabbi explains to Jose that due to the celebration of the Passover festivities, together with a few other factors, if Nora is not buried that same day, they will have to wait almost five days to be able to carry out the burial. It turns out that before she died, Nora devised a Machiavellian plan in order for him to take care of her funeral. But she missed something, a mysterious photograph left under the bed will lead to an unexpected outcome which will…

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Do You Have a Child in College?

The TBS College Liaison committee sends several care packages a year that includes kosher treats, holiday chochkies, coffee gift cards and a note from Rabbi Scolnic.  Please send in your child’s college address to the office.  Forms can be found on the website or at the temple office.  Contact Shira or Greg with any questions at (203) 271-3433 or gsr8890@yahoo.com

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The Unedited Full-text of the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia

The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of TBSJewishEncyclopedia.comThe unedited full-text of the 1906 Jewish EncyclopediaThis website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 fully indexed articles and illustrations. This online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia. Since the original work was completed over 100 years ago, it does not cover a significant portion of modern Jewish History (e.g., the creation of Israel, the Holocaust, etc.). However, it does contain an incredible amount of information that is remarkably relevant today. I. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, AND SOCIOLOGY. Jews in America. Jews in Russia. II. LITERATURE. Bible. Hellenistic Literature. Talmud. Rabbinical Literature. History of Literature. Hebrew Philology. Jewish Bibliography. III.…

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Maccabeats

Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 3:00 pm at Temple Beth SholomAdults: $18      Children under 13: $12Voices From the Heights: $1200 for 10 Premium ticketsOut of the Box: $613 for 10 Premier ticketsMiracles: $136 for 6 General Admission ticketsFor sponsorships contact Jessica at jmalkin@comcast.net or Evan at evan.wyner@gmail.com

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L’Chaim Lectures X

Thursday, August 30, 2012 – 5:30 pm

Healthy eating and nutritious food preparation

Featured speaker Mary Maloy

The lecture and dinner are free and open to the public.

RSVP required no later than August 24th.
Call Eta at (203) 281-3349 or
the TBS office at (203) 288-7748.

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Ice Cream Social

Monday, August 27, 2012 - 7:15-8:15pmWho: Prospective & New Members of Temple Beth SholomWhere: Social Hall at 1809 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CTWhy: Informal get together to meet Rabbi Scolnic andrepresentatives of various Temple organizations.Learn about social programs for both adults and children.Enjoy a tour of our Sanctuary & the Hebrew School classrooms. Get answers to all of your questions.RSVP to Sherri, Membership Vice-President at (203) 214-3587 oremail membership@tbshamden.com

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The Singing Blacksmith

 
  Monday, September 10, 2012 – 7 pm

  “The Singing Blacksmith” (1938) Yiddish film (with English titles)
      starring the renowned cantor, Moishe Oysher.

  Shown at Best Video, across the street
  There is no charge for this event.
  Best Video’s cafe will be open during the film for refreshments (not free).

  Adult Education’s Yiddish Group is hosting the showing.  (more…)

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Israel Matters! / Uncategorized

IM Issue 61 – September 2012 – 1 more page than in the Bulletin

U.S., Israel at Odds Over Iran Nuclear ProgramThe White House recently expressed confidence that American intelligence will know if Iran escalates its nuclear program in a sprint to build an atomic bomb. The announcement came a day after Israel’s defense minister warned that the allies might not know “in time” to prevent it.“We have eyes, we have visibility into the program,” press secretary Jay Carney told reporters at his daily briefing. “We feel confident that we would be able to detect a break-out move by Iran towards the acquisition of a nuclear weapon.”click Israel Matters! 61 to read the complete issue.

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