Beit Emanuel Bulletin for week ending 25 June 2022

Johannesburg (Parktown) Progressive Jewish Congregation
Affiliated to the SA Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ)

www.beitemanuel.co.za
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Friday, 24 June 2022 to Saturday, 25 June 2022

26 SIVAN 5782, PARASHAT SH’LACH
(MEVARCHIM CHODESH TAMUZ)

Friday, 24 June, 18h00 - Shabbat Evening Service, https://beiteman.link/evening

Saturday, 25 June, 09h30 - Shabbat Morning Service, https://beiteman.link/morning

Mishkan T’filah flipbook: https://beiteman.link/mishkan

Torah readings: Numbers 13:1−15:41, https://beiteman.link/torah
https://www.sefaria.org/Numbers.13.1-15.41

Haftarah readings: Joshua 2:1-24, https://beiteman.link/haftarah
https://www.sefaria.org/Joshua.2.1-24

Shabbat Evening Service

Shabbat Morning Service

WE HAD A GREAT NIGHT AT THE MOVIES!!

BEIT EMANUEL MATTERS

The Week That Was

Your Management Committee (Mancom) and Board of Guardians (BoG) held a successful strategy workshop on the morning of Sunday, 12 June. We will bring you some of the exciting outcomes from that workshop in the weeks ahead.

Our youth-led Kabbalat Shabbat Service on the 17th was also a great success, and was very well-attended, both in-person and on Zoom. All credit to those members of our younger age cohorts for organising and participating in the service, as well as to Simonne Horwitz for facilitating.

The word from Vice-Chair Lesley Hudson is that the AFDA/Beit Emanuel “night at the movies” on the evening of the 18th was a great success. This was a preview of Professor Merle Williams’ documentary interview with Justice Albie Sachs, and an opportunity to engage with Robyn Aronstam and the team of student filmmakers who participated in the project.

In the Rabbi’s absences over the past few weeks, our remarkable team of Lay Readers stepped in to ensure that our Shabbat service ran without missing a beat.

Looking Forward

Please join us this (admittedly rather chilly) Friday evening for our heart-warming Kabbalat Shabbat Service in the Shul, followed by a stunning Brocha in the Janks Hall. The Shabbat Morning Service will be in the Gillis Boardroom, followed by a potluck Brocha in the Atrium. The Talmud Study Group will meet in the Boardroom thereafter. The Scrabble Club (an external group of hardcore Scrabble afficionados) will be in the Atrium for the rest of the afternoon, if Scrabble is your thing.

Netzer (our Reform Zionist youth group) will be holding a series of day camps next week, including a Peulah (activity) at Beit Emanuel on Tuesday morning. See the flyer below or click this link for details and to register: https://forms.gle/mRxoTbcMMdDUVvhm7

Please join us in the Shul next Saturday morning (the 2nd) for the adult Bar Mitzvah of Bradley Goodson.

Our next Music Circle will be on Friday the 8th. Please see the insert below for details.

Shabbat Shalom!
--
Russell Cohen (Executive Director)

REMINDERS…

Saturday Cheder classes

We’ll be resuming full Religion School classes every Saturday morning, from 09h30 to 11h00. Diane McColl will be joining Jody Segel. Morah Diane will be teaching the junior class, while Jody will continue with the Barmie/Battie candidates. Diane will also run a Peulah (activity) for the entire group every second week.

Your Shul needs you!

Because we’re a community rather than an organisation that provides services for a fee, we often need to call on our members for their time and skills rather than their money (although that’s also always welcome!). A case in point is our volunteer Security Team, which was well supported until the lockdown. We’re now struggling to get our numbers back up again, to ensure that volunteers don’t need to be on duty more than once every month (or even two).

If you’re willing to push beat on a Friday evening, please chat to Virgil Challens, Peter Joseph or Graeme Hochschild, or just send your contact details to Morgana at the Shul Office.

We hope to have our numbers back up to where they should be before the High Holy Days. Please help us to make this become a reality.

MUSIC CIRCLE is back

Friday, 8 July, at 17h15 (5.15 PM) in the Courtyard.
Bring your voices and your instruments to learn some old and some new melodies.

JKIDS/YOUTH PROGRAMMES

Jkids Club Activity

Next JKids Club activity to be advised.
Love from your Jkids team, Jody and Kathryn.

CIRCLE OF LIFE

Our grateful thanks to the following for their generous donations:

(Up to 23 Jun)

General Donations
Lesley Hudson (Brocha)

Yahrzeits/In loving memory
Stanley and Rita Gawron (for Ethel)
Neville Goldin (Omission from previous week, for Molly and for Elizabeth Nkhereanye)
Peter Joseph (for Frances)
Ruth Topol (for Milly Holz)
Merle Williams (for Hilliard Edelstein)

Sarmies Project
Anonymous Donor
Jo Norris

(Donations in cash (EFT) will be gratefully received, as this allows Beit Emanuel to supplement the contributions in kind from congregants and other supporters.)

A hearty Mazal Tov on your birthday:

Elizabeth Harris (90!), Morris (Matey) Koton, Rowan Williams, Leo Bogolubov, Greg Cohen, Diane Fine, Ian Kessly, Candice Schneider, Rose Kransdorff.

And to our children up to 18 years:

Alexander Cole, Nicolas Thompson-Yates, Liam Smollan.

Refuah Shlema and a Speedy Recovery to:

Sylvia Favis, David Hodes, Lance Wolov.

Please contact the Shul Office to have a loved one included on (or taken off) the list for a Refuah Shlema.

In Memoriam

(Yahrzeit, relationship, observed by)

Lorna Belling, mother of Herb Lewis
Simon Echt, father of Leonore Karr
Peter Hudson, husband of Lesley Hudson
Mona Nathanson, mother of Aubrey Nathanson
Joe Schwartz, father of Pat Tucker
Julius Segel, father of Brian Segel
Sandi Toubkin, mother of Gavin Toubkin and Mandy Toubkin

May their memory be for blessing.

Please inform the Shamas on duty if you are observing a Yahrzeit.

"A bisl un a bisl, vert a fule shisl - a little and a little, becomes a full bowl."
It's customary to make a donation (however large or small) to the Shul when observing a Yahrzeit. See our banking details below.

BANKING DETAILS

Temple Emanuel
FNB Killarney Branch, C/C 256 205
Account Number 5486 0049 352

When making payments via electronic funds transfer (EFT), please use a your surname as a beneficiary reference.

We’re now registered for SnapScan. Feel free to make a random donation using our unique QR code! Please use a your surname as a payment reference.

Please insist on an official receipt when making a cash payment!

The link below will take you to all the payment mechanisms for which we are registered:

https://beiteman.link/donate

PROGRESSIVE NEWS AND VIEWS

Wall of Remembrance Westpark

The Wall of Remembrance at Westpark Jewish Cemetery is in need of some significant repairs, as well as more ongoing maintenance than it currently receives. This all takes money, of course. If you have family members interred at the Wall of Remembrance (WOR), please consider making a small (or large!) donation to the upkeep of the structure, if at all possible on a monthly basis. The WOR’s bank details are as follows:

Wall of Remembrance Westpark
Nedbank
Clearing Code 191605
Account Number 1916100538

Please send Proof of Payment (PoP) to email address admin@beitemanuel.co.za.

GENERAL COMMUNITY NOTICES

CLASSIFIEDS

Kethyleroy Health Care Services

One of our tenants, Shirley Khethi, runs an agency specialising in recruiting and placing nursing, patient, elder and baby care staff, as well as cleaning/domestic staff and maid services.

Please contact Shirley on 071 968 6131 or shirley.khethi@gmail.com

HEARTY SOUPS

Back in time for freezing winter days and nights

Please contact db@domesticbliss.co.za or
Whatsapp 083 525 4992 to enquire about our weekly specials

Free deliveries to areas close to Beit Emanuel

Marketplace

In these tough times, we’re always looking for ways to help our members promote their businesses, whether small or large, informal or formal, part or full-time.

Click on the link below to be taken to our Facebook Group, where you can post (as a Comment) to promote your business, goods, practice or service to our members and friends. Images can also be used.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/beitemanuel/permalink/4319988238011359/

(Hat tip to Kathryn Henning for setting this up.)

Affordable spaces to let

Beit Emanuel has a number of vacant spaces to let, suitable for use as offices, classrooms or consulting rooms, and all at affordable rates.

Please contact Morgana Segel on 087 188 9000 or office@beitemanuel.org.za .

ENGAGE WITH US

Morgana Segel, Receptionist & Admin Assistant
087 188 9000 | office@beitemanuel.org.za

Rabbi Sa'ar Shaked
087 188 9001 | rabbi@beitemanuel.co.za

Christine Mcintosh, Financial Administrator
087 188 9003 | admin@beitemanuel.co.za

Russell Cohen, Executive Director
087 188 9005 | director@beitemanuel.co.za

26 SIVAN 5782, PARASHAT SH’LACH (MEVARCHIM CHODESH TAMUZ)