End of Sukkot-O-Gram, Oct. 5, 2002 and Tishre 29, 5763
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman, Temple Beth El, Stamford, Connecticut
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Previous Shabbat-O-Grams can now be accessed directly from our web site (www.tbe.org), or more directly at www.tbe.org/sog/index.htm -- and our Web site now also has High Holy Day sermon postings and great Sukkah photos.
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JUST THE FACTS: Services and Such (note – 7:30 Friday evening!)
Friday Night: Candles: 6:25 PM, Services at 7:30 PM in the sanctuary
Shabbat: Torah Portion: Bereisheet Service begins at 9:30 AM, with children’s services at 10:30.
Read the Masorti commentary at http://www.masorti.org/mason/torah/index.asp. JTS commentary is at: http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/parashah/. USCJ Torah Sparks can be found at http://uscj.org/item20_467.html. UAHC Shabbat Table Talk discussions are at http://uahc.org/torah/exodus.shtml. Other divrei Torah via the Torahnet home page: http://uahcweb.org/torahnet/. Test your Parasha I.Q.: http://www.ou.org/jewishiq/parsha/default.htm. CLAL's Torah commentary archive: http://click.topica.com/maaaiRtaaRvQhbV2AtLb/. Nehama Liebowitz archives of parsha commentaries: http://www.torahcc.org/nechama/gilayonarchives.htm. For a more Kabbalistic/Zionist perspective from Rav Kook, first Chief Rabbi of Israel, go to http://www.geocities.com/m_yericho/ravkook/index.html.
Morning Minyan: Daily at 7:30
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Spiritual Journey on the Web
Required Reading and Action Items
NPR’s series on the roots of the Arab Israeli conflict – transcripts: http://www.npr.org/news/specials/mideast/history/transcripts/p1.093002.herzl
Israel Faxx – a great selection of links http://www.israelfaxx.com/links/themeindex.html
http://web.israelinsider.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=HomePage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=Zone Israel Insider Online Magazine
http://www.israelsg.com/ Israel Support Group: News, History, Documentaries, good news links
Other Useful Websites
Israel Goverment Gateway
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Israel Defense Forces
Jewish Agency for Israel
N.Y. Consulate
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Israeli News Sources
Ha'aretz
Jerusalem Post
Kol-Israel Radio
Media Monitoring Sites
Camera
Honest Reporting
MEMRI
Palestinian Media Watch
A Great Site devoted to Jewish Life in Central and Eastern Europe. Lots of documentary photos and slide shows: http://www.centropa.org/mainpage/main.asp
http://www.walk4israel.com/honey.cfm “Sweets of Solidarity,” Send holiday gift packages to terror victim families, Israeli soldiers, or someone in your own family.
A wealth of information that I post here comes from the Daily Alert of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, in association with the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. To subscribe directly to the Daily Alert, please send a blank email message to: daily-subscribe@jcpa.org
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp
This 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 articles and illustrations. This online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia. Since the original work was completed almost 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.
In case you missed them last week: Some great sites to see on Sukkot:
Sukkot Through the Ages - http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/festivls/tish/30.html
Beliefnet section on Sukkot - http://www.beliefnet.com/features/jewishholidays/
UAHC Jewish Parent Page (family education on Sukkot) - http://www.uahc.org/educate/parent/0203.shtml
Mish-Mash – Lots of Sukkot Links: http://www.mish-mash.ca/sukkot.html
Virtual Jerusalem lulav site: http://207.168.91.4/vjholidays/sukkot/lulov.htm
Sukkot family and educational activities - http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/festivls/tish/sukkot.html
OU Sukkot Site (basic and “advanced” information) http://www.ou.org/chagim/sukkot/default.htm
Rabbi Schneierman’s Sukkot Page (with a link to the award winning MIT Sukkah) http://scheinerman.net/judaism/hhd/sukkot.html
JTS Sukkot Site http://learn.jtsa.edu/sukkot/
www.myjewishlearning.com -- Great new Web site devoted to Jewish learning. Check it out.
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Quotes of the Week:
“…Before being assaulted one of us was able to have a brief conversation with a demonstrator who was yelling ‘Free Palestine.’ Howard told him I agree, there should be a free Palestine alongside a free Israel. ‘Oh no,’ he replied—‘only Palestine, not Israel.’…[F]or him Mr. Netanyahu was not the issue…The ‘provocation’ is Israel’s existence itself…We do not just look at this as a Jewish issue. We were attacked by a group that apparently does not accept the basic values and social contract of our society and now plagues Montreal, Quebec and Canada. They claim…provocation and justification to violence from any idea or event that is not to their liking…Their arrogance knows no limits and they are willing to disrupt our society and its institutions, interrupting the lives of students and citizens alike.”—Dr. Norma Joseph, associate professor in the Dept. of Religion at Concordia University and Dr. Howard Joseph, Rabbi of Montreal’s Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue and adjunct professor in the Dept. of Religion at Concordia University, offering their first-hand accounts of the 9 September riots which prevented former P.M. Netanyahu from speaking at Concordia.
“One reason for the military’s caution about entering Gaza may be concern about Hamas’ support from Syria and Iran; a strike on the political or religious leaders of Hamas, could invite a counterstrike from Iran, which might take the form of a terrorist attack against Israeli interests abroad…In this crazy war, there are some rules.”—Yediot Aharonot columnist Nahum Barnea (Int’l. Her. Trib., Sept. 25)
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS…..
Adult Education
"The Prayer-Which Project" -- Building our own Friday night Siddur
with Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
Begins Thursday, October 3rd
8:00 p.m.
“Jewish Holidays 101” with Barb Moskow
Begins Thursday, October 3rd
7:00 p.m.
Learn to Read Hebrew for Adults
with Shirley Fish
Sunday, October 6th
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. in the Library
Cost: $50 for 10 week session
Israeli Movie Night & Nosh
with Barb Moskow
Begins Sunday, October 13th 6:00 p.m.
“Latte and Learn” at Borders Book Store
October 22 & November 26
7:30 p.m. (October’s topic: the Akeda – chapter 22 of Genesis)
with Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
A Celebration of Rosh Chodesh
Held monthly with Barb Moskow & friends
Begins Monday, October 7th
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. in the Youth Lounge
Shabbat Morning Learner's Minyan
with Barb Moskow
Begins November 16th
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
DATES, TIMES AND FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH OFFERING WILL BE FOUND IN THE ADULT EDUCATION BROCHURE - WATCH YOUR MAIL!
Youth Programs…
KADIMA (6-8)
SIMCHAT TORAH SUNDAY
September 29th
following services 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Food-Fun-Friends
KESHER (3-5)
Sunday, October 6th
Visits Jones Farm
Hayrides, pumpkins, crafts & games
USY (9-12) & KADIMA (6-8)
Friday night dinner, service & discussion
Friday, October 11th
6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
ATID (K-2)
Goes to Silverman’s Farm
Sunday, October 13th
Petting zoo, pumpkins, hayrides, apples
USY REGIONAL BOAT CRUISE
Sunday, October 13th
4:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Don’t miss the boat!
KADIMA (6-8)
MITZVAH DAY
Sunday, October 20th
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
In cooperation with the JCC
Jr. Choir Meets
Sundays, from 10:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Starting October 13, 2002
Details to follow...
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