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April 8, 2021

Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah
Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust and the Bravery


Join our TBO ceremony, featuring lovely music, texts, poetry, stories read by children, and a survivor's video testimony... to never forget!

Thursday, April 8
5:00 pm via Zoom

Register Here


After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom Link.
You can order just deli, just beer, or both!
But to do the Beer Tasting, you will need (and want) the beer.
Beer purchase and tasting open to all Adults

Beer Tasting Experts include
our own temple VP and Beer Maker, Mark Goldberg
PLUS
Adam Satz (Rabbi's brother!), a manager at
New Belgium Brewing Company

Variety 12-packs of craft beers (3 of each variety)
on sale for $20
Be among the first 10 to register... and get your variety pack for $5 instead of $20!


DEADLINE TO ORDER is Friday, April 9 at 3pm

Sunday, April 11
3 - 5 pm: Deli/Beer Pickup at Temple
6 pm: Beer Tasting Event via ZOOM


DOWNLOAD the ORDER FORM for Beer and/or Deli

REGISTER HERE for Zoom Beer Tasting

 

Online Services and Programming


Celebrate Shabbat with your Temple Family at TBO.  Friday, April 9, 2021.  Shabbat Services begin at the regular time of 7:00 PM.


We hope you will register to join us for services on Zoom, but if you prefer, you can join us on YouTube -- and you can access an online prayer book if needed.   

If you know of anyone who cannot join by computer or TV and would like to call in, please let us know in the office.

Friday Night Oneg, Friday, April 9 at 8:15 PM, will immediately follow services on Zoom. The Oneg is not available on YouTube, but you can join the Oneg by using the services Zoom link above. 

This Saturday morning, April 10, Bagels and Torah meets at 9:00-10:00 AM.   
Register to join us on Zoom

Celebrate Israel's Independence Day through Story & Song

Cantor Galit is performing!
 
Wednesday, April 14
7:30-8:30 pm

Join us for a celebratory evening filled with the sounds of our deep connection to our Greater MetroWest partnership communities in Israel. You’ll hear from local friends about Israel travel experiences that feed our souls and from Israeli partners about what our friendship means to them... all mixed in with favorite songs of Israel to sing along to!

Click to Register


Join your Greater MetroWest community for a week-long series of events to celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut -- Israel Independence Day! Families, hop in the car and learn about Israel through a fun, interactive Drive-thru Scavenger Hunt around the neighborhood on April 11, complete with a box full of Israeli goodies shipped to your home! Everyone is welcome to a special Yom Ha'atzmaut Unpacking Israel program where we'll celebrate Israel through stories and song on April 14. And, just for teens, join us on April 18 for a virtual Meet the Israelis event where you'll talk to real people, hear real opinions, and engage in real dialogue.
 
Do you love ISRAEL so much that one Birthday Celebration is not enough? 
We've got more celebrating independence to do!

Join other Reform Zionists across the USA and Israel to celebrate a Shabbat Atzmaut (a Shabbat of Independence)! 

See the flyer below and register here for the Friday night Musical Oneg!
R.S.V.P. for Contemplative Hike
Click to Email Audrey Forman

Lifelong Learning at TBO 
Take exciting new steps on your journey of Jewish learning


TBO Spirituality Workshop

Explore your spiritual journeys in a thoughtful, supportive environment.   TBO Spirituality Workshop is a lay-led exploration and discussion of our personal experiences of spirituality in an inclusive and accepting environment. 

Join our Open Planning Meeting
Monday, April 19 at 7pm
                                                                 
At our Open Planning Meeting, we will decide how to structure The TBO Spirituality Workshop in the year 5782, aka 2021-2022.  Everyone is welcome to join.

4/19:  Planning meeting for 5782 Spirituality Workshops  Click here to preregister.
5/3:  The Spirituality of Final Preparations, Alise Ford
6/7:  Impressions on the Civil Rights Trail, Laurie Spiegel

Click here to preregister for Alise's and Laurie's sessions.

TBO Spirituality Workshops are being conducted on Zoom the first Monday of each month at 7:00 pm. All are welcome to join, participate, and lead! For more information or to volunteer to lead a session, please email tbospirituality@gmail.com 

Friendly tech support provided before and during programs.  Your Zoom links will be sent to you upon registration. If you know of someone who wants to join a session of TBO Spirituality Workshop and wants to call in because they do not use the internet,  please contact the office so we can contact them and give them a phone number to call instead.  Please register today!

RENAISSANCE
Upcoming Events

Wednesday, April 21 at 1:00 pm
Morris County Tourism Bureau's Lesley Bensley
This event is being sponsored by Ilene Dorf Manahan
 
As we are well into Spring, Leslie Bensley will discuss the many attractions now open to visitors locally.  These include museums and gardens, plus opportunities to safely enjoy cultural events.  Leslie will also give a brief history of the Foote Estate and Gardens, neighbor to Temple B'nai Or. 
 

REGISTRATION LINK for ALL RENAISSANCE ZOOM EVENTS:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvce2rrzojH9df3Hh3zEBd1gKtmCXzjfiN
 

Hebrew with Cantor   Thursdays, 1:00 PM  
Join us each week!

 
Join our intimate group to study Hebrew at an accessible pace and to analyze concepts of the language.  We warmly welcome new learners.  New members study with current members to help accelerate their learning and to become part of our community. Please let Cantor Galit know you are coming. “I love love love learning Hebrew!  Prayers are more expansive, poetic and theologically open in Hebrew than in English.”--Class member
Participate via Zoom.

 

Pre-School Registration is now open for the 2021-2022
school year

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Please visit our Temple Website to download the forms and to read about the school's philosophy and values.
Don’t forget to check out our Pre-School Facebook page
(Temple B’nai Or Pre-School) to see
the amazing things that happen every day at school for young children.

 

Social Action / Volunteer Opportunities / Social Activities

TBO's SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE
 
We are excited to participate in the Jewish Federation's 18-Day Challenge focused on Racial Injustice.  Please email Judith Stein if you would like to participate and click here to register.

Sunday, April 11 to Sunday, May 2
 
At the conclusion of the 18-Day Challenge, TBO's Gail Lalk will lead a one-session Zoom discussion for TBO members, when we will reflect on the challenge and on ideas it inspired. Zoom in early May, date/time TBD.

 

Celebrate Earth Day with
"Climate Chutzpah: The Jewish Response to Climate Change"
 
Betsy Rosenberg, an award-winning national broadcast journalist and a green media trailblazer, will present a fascinating Earth Day program. 
Monday, April 19 • 7 pm
via Zoom

 

SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE
 
The theme of this upcoming Earth Day on April 22 is RESTORE OUR EARTH.  As Jews, protecting our earth is a religious and spiritual imperative.
 
Morris Township + Madison are offering Earth Machine backyard compost bins & rain barrels at deep discounts -- to residents, as well as to residents of all neighboring towns.  
Composters & Rain Barrels at 45% Off  
 
Composting is the easiest and cheapest way to fight Climate Change. The Earth Machine is a passive composter that turns food scraps into nutrient-rich fertilizer in about six weeks. It normally retails for $100, but your cost is only $55. One-day pick-up on Thursday, April 22 at Ginty Pool. Learn more and order here.

We encourage you to sign up for the local Environmental Commission.
https://nj-morristownship2.civicplus.com/984/Sign-Up-for-News-Updates

 
RSVP for Coffee Talk at TBO:  Sisterhoodtemplebnaior@gmail.com

TBO's Meet the Author / Spring Series
Jewish Book Council


APRIL 20
Michelle Cameron will be discussing
Beyond the Ghetto Gates

REGISTER HERE FOR EVENT
 

Michelle is a former member of Temple B'nai Or, where her children made their B'nai Mitzvah. She also taught a class at temple on Sundays. 

Click to purchase Michelle's book from Amazon Smile:  Beyond the Ghetto Gates


TBO MEN'S SOFTBALL

Opening Day for TBO Men’s Club's Sunday morning slow-pitch softball league is approaching, and we are always looking for hard-hitting, slick-fielding, and/or energetic Temple members to join.   All games played in Livingston against other synagogues.  If interested, please email Bill Schlosser or Eric Axler.  Games begin April 25 (generally 9:45am), and run through July.  Let's bring the Championship Trophy back to TBO!
 
More Info to Come!
Meanwhile, you can reach us at Sisterhoodtemplebnaior@gmail.com
TBO's Meet the Author / Spring Series
Upcoming Author!


May 18
Michael Fertik, NYTimes Bestselling Author, Hip Set
Click on book title to purchase!

Other Temple-Wide Information

Call for
BOARD NOMINEES
 
It is that time of year again. If you have someone you would like to suggest the Nominating Committee review for participation in Board service, please share their name (and reasons why you think they would be a good fit) with Michele Murray, Chair of the Nominating Committee.  Thank you!

If you are interested in being on the Board in the future, and would like to dip your toe in, we have many committees and projects you can join.  Contact the Executive Director,
Barbara Kavadias, or our Volunteer Coordinator, Laura Mayer, to discuss available opportunities or to create new ones!
 
Temple B'nai Or
COVID updates

 
As more people get vaccinated, we will be starting to slowly open things up at Temple.  You may have noticed that B'nai Mitzvah Saturday morning services are now available to be done in the sanctuary.  There is no unscheduled entry except for staff and students; but if you have temple business, please contact the office to make arrangements.

Helpful new Call Center for those over 75 and who may struggle with technology!  NJ state senior-specific call center at 856-249-700. Their goal is to assist those 75 and older with registering for, scheduling, and rescheduling appointments.  They take calls from 8 am to 8 pm daily.

Helpful new Twitter Bot (@nj_vaccine) that tweets every time it finds appointments available. You must set your Twitter to notify you when there is a tweet, but then you just click on the link to try to register. Tweets for CVS, RiteAid, county sites, and other sites.  The bot still requires luck and page refreshes, but is helpful to find locations with available appointments.

To help stem the tide of this virus, please consider downloading the COVID Alert NJ app onto your smartphone (free from both Apple and Google app stores).  It provides anonymous, automatic contact tracing so that if someone you have been near contracts COVID, you are contacted and know to self isolate.  We can all help slow the spread of COVID if we download this app today!
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