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Tonight is Going to be a Good Night

Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 7:30pm

An evening of music, parodies, and comedy.

It has been nine years since the Temple Beth Sholom Players have put on a musical review. With the addition of some new players, the group of fourteen under the direction of Steve Schulefand are excited about this new and different production. Rabbi Scolnic will appear with the group – singing, dancing, emphasizing the importance of Jewish humor in all of our lives. The evening includes dinner with dessert, and show. (more…)

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President's Message

February 2012: Gratitude

I have been thinking a lot recently about gratitude. Gratitude, gratefulness, thankfulness; whatever you want to call it, it seems that there is not enough of it in our society. The in-your-face consumerism that surrounds us creates a constant feeling of inferiority. You have an LCD television? You need an LED. You have high definition cable service? You need 3D. It is simply an unending cycle of needless waste that leads us from one store to the next and warps our sense of reality. (more…)

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The Dispossessed – Another Cuba?

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 TBS. Hugo Chávez is ramping up his assault on Venezuela’s upper class, and now a rare Jewish paradise is squarely in his sights. Can it be salvaged?By Matthew Fishbane January 23, 2012 7:00 AMMatthew Fishbane is a senior editor at Tablet Magazine.For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.During a recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia, where I’d lived for years, I discovered that the wealthier parts of the city were filling up with an odd sort of super-refugee. The new arrivals were mainly rich Venezuelans fleeing an increasingly chaotic situation in their home country: oil execs booted out by nationalization, industrialists frustrated by the corrupt and now hostile business environment, successful entrepreneurs…

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Israel Matters! / Uncategorized

IM Issue 55 – February 2012

Technion-Israel and Cornell Win Global Competition To Create Super Science School in NYCNew York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Cornell University President David J. Skorton, and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology President Peretz Lavie recently announced an historic partnership to build a two million-square-foot applied science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City. “Thanks to this outstanding partnership and groundbreaking proposal from Cornell and the Technion, New York City’s goal of becoming the global leader in technological innovation is now within sight,” said Mayor Bloomberg.Click Israel Matters! 55 to read the complete issue.

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Board of Directors Resolutions

2011 BoD Resolutions

2011-November-15  Bryan Pines - Ritual - Motion to approve expenses of $2250.00 from the Prayer Book Fun to replace 75 weekday prayer books with the Sim Shalom Week Day prayer book. Motion carried.2011-November-15 Bryan Pines - Ritual - Motion to approve renewing High Holiday Cantor contract with Cantor Murray Simon for one year at a salary of $12,500.00 plus documented expenses up to $1,000.00. Motion carried.2011-October-18 Eta Kaplan – Membership – Motion to approve the following new members: Jason Krass, Roslyn Croog, and Deena Williamson. Motion carried.2011-September-20  Hinda Piscitelle - Board of Education - Motion to approve the Hebrew School and K’tanim contracts in accordance with the Budget. Motion is approved by House.2011-September-20  Bryan Pines - Ritual - Motion to increase budget for HH security to $8,000.00 to cover increase from Town of Hamden of $65/hr/officer. Approved by House.2011-September-20  Membership - Motion to approve the following new members:__ Edward and…

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Yellow Sages

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 TBS. "Torah that is not accompanied by a worldly trade will in the end amount to nothing and will lead one into sin."(Mishnah Avot, chapter 2; Rulings on this basis are found in Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, “Laws Concerning Torah Study”, chapter 10, and in Shulhan Arukh, Orah Hayyim #157)Many of you are aware of the distress of so many in Israel over the fact that not only do the vast majority of Haredim not serve in the IDF or do national service, but more than ten thousand of them have been receiving government stipends for their yeshiva study. The Israeli Supreme Court ruled that these stipends were not permissible and now Shas and its allies in the government have been working to find ways…

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The 49-hour Shabbat in Samoa

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 TBS. With Samoa calendar change, question for Jews: When is Shabbat? NEW YORK (JTA) By Adam Soclof · December 30, 2011 The Pacific island nation of Samoa is taking 186,000 citizens through a national time warp by moving west of the international dateline, forfeiting the last Friday of 2011 and jumping straight from Thursday into Saturday. For Samoans, this solves a practical question: Why remain 18 to 23 hours behind chief trade partners Australia and New Zealand? For Jews, it poses a question of a different sort: When does Shabbat start in Samoa? And are there really any Jews in Samoa? A country adopting a new stance vis-a-vis the international dateline is nothing new. In 1995, the island nation of Kiribati also shifted westward.…

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President's Message

January 2012: President’s Message

The other day, a friend posted a link to a management guru’s website. Those of you who have ever looked for these sorts of websites before know that there are lots of them around, and each typically has some particular slant or hook. This particular site was no different, and their focus was on personal productivity and effectiveness with a bias towards inner satisfaction and renewal. Two things on the site immediately caught my eye. (more…)

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Israel Matters! / Uncategorized

IM Issue 54 – January 2012

Mossad Linked to Iranian Military BlastReports claim the Israeli secret service, the Mossad, was recently behind a huge blast at an Iranian facility that killed an Iranian missile development pioneer. The blast, which killed 17 people and wounded15, gained widespread coverage in the Israeli media. While Iranian officials insisted the explosion at the Bid Ganeh base was accidental and caused by the movement of ammunition, claims from anonymous western and Israeli officials that the blast was a covert Israeli operation have gained momentum.Click Israel Matters! 54 to read the complete issue.

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