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July 2022

2022-23 Religious School Calendar

July 31, 2022 by • Features, Religious School • Tags: • 0 Comments

Religious School for Fall 2022 begins September 10! Fill out our interest form for more info.

B’ShERT 2022–2023 Religious School Calendar

September 10, 17, 24
(Confirmation: 9/14, 21, 28)

Sept. 10—Opening Day! Open house, registration, breakfast
Other Notable Dates:
September 17: Selichot
September 18: Flatbush Frolic
September 25: Erev Rosh Hashanah
September 26 and 27: Rosh Hashanah

October 1, 15, 22, 29
(Confirmation: 10/12, 19, 26)

No RS: October 8: Indigenous People’s Day/Columbus Day Weekend
Other Notable Dates:
October 1: Shabbat Shuvah
October 4-5: Yom Kippur (No Confirmation)
October 9: Erev Sukkot
October 10: Indigenous People’s Day/Columbus Day
Brit Mitzvah: Oct 22 – Lila Behrman

November 5, 12, 19
(Confirmation: 11/2, 9, 16, 30 — no confirmation class the day before Thanksgiving)

No RS: November 23–26: Thanksgiving Break
Other Notable Dates:
November 11: Veterans Day
November 24-25: DOE Thanksgiving Recess

December 3, 10, 17
(Confirmation 12/7, 14, 21)

No RS/Confirmation: December 24, 28, 31: Winter Break
Other Notable Dates:
December 18 – 26: Hanukkah
December 26–Jan 2: DOE Winter Recess
Brit Mitzvah: Dec 3 – Sydney McGee

January 7, 21, 28
(Confirmation: 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25)

No RS: January 14: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend
Other Notable Dates:
January 16: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

February 4, 11
(Confirmation: 2/1, 2/8, 2/15)

No RS: February 18, 22, 25: Midwinter Recess
Other Notable Dates:
February 4: B’ShERT Tu b’Shvat celebration
February 6: Tu b’Shvat
February 20–24: DOE Midwinter Recess

March 4, 11, 18, 25
(Confirmation: 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22. 3/29)

Other Notable Dates:
March 4: RS Purim Celebration
March 6-7: Purim

April 1, 22, 29
(Confirmation: 4/19, 4/26)

No RS: April 5–16: Passover (Chol ha’moed)/Spring Break
April 15: Spring Break
Other Notable Dates:
April 5–12: Passover
April 17-18: Yom haShoah
April 24-25: Yom haZikaron
April 25-26: Yom haAtzmaut

May 6, 13, 20
(Confirmation: 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24 + 5/27 Service)

Other Notable Dates:
May 25-26: Shavuot
May 27: Confirmation
May 29: Memorial Day

June 3–Closing Day of Religious School–Honoring Teachers

Support Temple on Prime Day with Amazon Smile!

July 9, 2022 by • Features • 0 Comments

Did you know that you can support Temple as you shop online? It’s as easy as switching your Amazon destination from www.amazon.com to smile.amazon.com!

If you’re planning to make any purchases on Prime Day this year (July 12 and 13), please take a moment beforehand and bookmark smile.amazon.com. Once there, make sure your “Supporting” charity is Beth Shalom v’Emeth Reform Temple! (If it’s not, you can quickly change it here.)

While it’s true that only a small portion of your Smile purchase goes towards Temple, it’s also true that every little bit helps — and of course we also welcome your direct support 24/7 at bshert.org/donate.

Screening of “Article 116: Beyond Citizenship” with Q&A to Follow

July 3, 2022 by • Features • Tags: , , , , , , , , • 4 Comments

***RSVP requested***

July 10th 4 to 5:30pm at B’ShERT and on Zoom 

On July 10th, documentary film producers David Padrusch and Jeffrey Nosanov will be coming to the B’ShERT Community Room to premiere 30 minutes of their documentary-in-progress entitled Article 116: Beyond Citizenship.

The documentary, a work currently still in progress, explores the meaning of German citizenship stolen by the Nazis from 1933-1945, and the stories behind the current process that descendants are undergoing to reclaim that citizenship today.

The filmmakers’ families are personally impacted by this quest to reclaim citizenship, as are several of our congregants and likely so many people in our extended Jewish communities. 

The 90-minute event on the afternoon of July 10th will be an in-person screening and concurrent Zoom screening, followed by a Q & A with the filmmakers, facilitated by congregant Emma Tattenbaum-Fine. We will discuss the themes presented in the short cut of the upcoming documentary; we will ask questions of the filmmakers and learn about the goals and obstacles they are currently embracing as they seek to finish the project, as well as their plans for the film once it’s finished. 

This is a unique opportunity for the B’ShERT community to support Jewish filmmakers as they endeavor to tell an important historical story, while it is unfolding before us in real time. 

To see the brief trailer, visit:

https://vimeo.com/618444143

Password: citizenship

Please RSVP to Emma at tattenbaumfine@bshert.org if you will be attending in person or on Zoom.