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Congregation Beth Israel
“In the News”
MITZVAH DAY - Sunday, April 18th
Join us at 9:00 a.m. for Breakfast and then the Kickoff. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER * If you need any help with registration, or do not have internet access, please call Carol Danek at (713) 771-6221 ext. 309
THE SAMUEL E. KARFF LEADERSHIP AWARD
will be bestowed on May 7, 2010 on Marsha Stein and Craig Lieberman, two very deserving Beth Israel Congregants. The evening will start at 6:30 p.m. where the entire Congregation is invited to a beautiful Musical Shabbat and the recognition of our honorees. At 7:45 p.m. guests who purchased tables and tickets to our GALA will move into Wolff-Toomim Hall for dinner catered by Tony Mandola’s and a night of great fun. For table/ticket prices please call Kathy Knott at (713) 771-6221,ext 612 or email kknott@beth-israel.org.
SHABBAT PLAY DATE
We will meet with Rabbi Miller in Levit Hall, 10:00-11:30 a.m., Saturday, April 10, for songs, bagels, games and plenty of time to relax. Please use the Shlenker entrance.
SISTERHOOD TORAH STUDY
will be held in the Board Room, 10:00-11:30 a.m., on Wednesday mornings, April 7, 14 & 21. Our Rabbis will lead the study on Jewish Sources for Coping with Stress: Part II. There is no charge to attend. You are invited to participate in any or all of the sessions. Plan to join in for stimulating conversation, coffee and a light bite.
LITTLE MENSCHES
will meet 11:15 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 28. For details, see Michelle Renfrow, (713) 771-6221 x340 or mrenfrow@beth-israel.org.
BETH ISRAEL READER'S GROUP
On April 21 our selection will be All Other Nights, a novel set during the Civil War, by Dara Horn, who is scheduled to be interviewed by teleconference during the meeting. All members and friends are welcome to attend the meetings at 1:00 p.m. in the Board Room.
COMMUNITY-WIDE YOM HASHOAH SERVICE
Please join in the observance at Congregation Beth Yeshurun, 3:00 p.m., Sunday, April 11. At this observance we’ll pay our respects to the 6,000,000 Jewish people who lost their lives during the Holocaust, honor those who survived and pray ofr a future free of hatred and prejudice.
WORLD RELIGIONS LECTURE SERIES - Starts Feb 9
Interested in World Religions but don't know where to start? Finding sources on the internet but not sure which to trust? Come learn the basics from scholars of Rice University's Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance and get the facts. Click here for more information.
CENSUS 2010
Within the next few weeks, you will be receiving materials from the United States Census Bureau. It is vital that we obtain a full count of residents - not only does it affect national policy for the next 10 years, but it determines funds that Houston and Texas will receive for a variety of programs. The form is short and easy to complete - only 10 questions that take about 10 minutes. Click here for more information.
PASSOVER HAGGADAHS FOR LOAN
The Schachtel Library has a large supply of Passover Haggadahs for our congregants to use at their seders, and it's not too early too request copies! We have a good supply of the traditional Baskin Haggadah, as well as a number of the 1993 Haggadah developed by Rabbi Lyon. Call or email Judy (jweidman@beth-israel.org) to reserve your copies.
TOT SHABBAT
6:00 p.m., Friday, March 19 in Levit Hall, led by Rabbi Miller. Please use the SHLENKER entrance. Reservations are required for dinner. Please RSVP no later than Wednesday, March 17 to (713) 271-4012, leaving a message with your name, the event and the number of children and adults. The cost for dinner is $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for children.
Rabbi Samuel E. Karff, What is a Rabbi Doing Teaching Future Physicians? The New Look of Medical Education. Sunday, March 28 at 9:30 a.m.
Rabbi Karff will speak on his work at the Texas Medical Center, where he teaches medical students about the importance of connecting to the person in the patient because there is healing power in the doctor/patient relationship. This program is an integral part of the residency program at The University of Texas Medical School, and is being implemented with patient technicians in 11 hospitals in the Dallas Metroplex. Rabbi Karff became Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Beth Israel in May 1999 after serving for 24 years as Senior Rabbi. He currently is associate director of the John McGovern Center for Health, Humanities and the Human Spirit and Visiting Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. RSVP to Claudia O’Neal 713-771-6221 Ext. 360, coneal@beth-israel.org.
BIFTY Pizza Hour for 4th-12th Graders,
in the BIFTY Lounge, 6:00-7:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 7. Cost is $5.00 per person. Please contact Michelle Renfrow, (713) 771-6221 x340 or mrenfrow@beth-israel.org, for further information.
Beth Israel Goes to Israel, May 30-June 8, 2010
On May 30th, Beth Israel will lead a ten-day trip to Israel. To date, 40 people are registered and there are a few spaces left for you. Our trip is great for first-timers and those who haven't been in many years. To review the itinerary for our 5-star trip, please follow the link. Rabbi David and Lisa Lyon and Mike and Marcia Nichols will lead us to Israel, where excellent tour guides, accommodations, speakers, sites and experiences await us. Click the link! Register now!
THE GREEN COMMITTEE WANTS YOU
Interested in sustainability? Interested in making your home more efficient? Interested in what Judaism has to say about the environment? We'll be exploring all this and more. Contact Rabbi Miller, mmiller@beth-israel.org, for details.
SUMMER CAMP TEEN SCHOLARSHIPS
The Bureau of Jewish Education’s Scholarships and Grants Committee is now accepting applications from families who need assistance to provide their children with a Jewish summer experience. All scholarships are need based for Jewish-content overnight summer camps and Israel teen programs for 2010. Summer camp scholarships are for children ages eight through 16. For more information or to request an application, please contact Paulette Walden with the Bureau of Jewish Education, at (713) 729-7000, x309 or pwalden@houstonjewish.org.
COMMUNITY - RESPONSIBILITY - COMMITMENT
Through "Community, Responsibility, and Commitment" we can support the varied programs that enrich our spiritual lives. For an online version of this brochure please click here. Donations can be made online now at this link.
Paving our Future
As we continue to build our school with a vision for the future, we ask you to be our partners in helping us pave the way for the future by purchasing engraved brick pavers to be placed in one of the two beautiful walkways leading to the entry of Religious School. All proceeds will benefit Congregation Beth Israel Religious School. Your participation will enable you to inscribe a message in honor of your child or grandchild on a brick which will become a permanent record to be seen and appreciated for years to come. Please see Ways to Give on the homepage of our website. Or you may contact Susan Perry in the Religious School office at (713) 271-7369 or
sperry@beth-israel.org
FRIENDS OF MARGOLIS GALLERY provides enrichment to Congregation Beth Israel and to the entire community through high quality art exhibitions, educational programs, and distinguished art acquisitions which enhance our building and enrich our lives. A participation form is available here.
HOSPITAL VISITS
Our Clergy and members of the Hospital Visitation Committee are available and eager to visit Beth Israel patients who are hospitalized. However, due to privacy rules, hospitals no longer provide Beth Israel with the names of patients. Please contact Rabbi Scott at ascott@beth-israel.org or (713) 771-6221 x329, to let us know of relatives or friends who are hospitalized and who would like a visitor. We don't want to miss anyone, so please call.
WHAT YOU MAY BE MISSING
Many members have taken the opportunity to register for a member login at the Temple's website. If you have yet to request your login, you are missing the opportunity to access an online member directory, update your demographic information, review your yahrzeit list, and make dues payments and donations online. By using your member login to change demographic information and make statement and donation payments you are directly helping us log your information into the member database. Please consider requesting your member login today. You can start the process by clicking here and emailing us your member name and email address!
TEMPLE PARKING AREAS
Please be advised that Beth Israel’s parking area gates are locked every evening Monday through Friday at 9:00 p.m. This includes after Services and Religious School at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sundays. All congregants and visitors should remember to remove their cars before the designated time. Otherwise, access to automobiles will not be available until the gates re-open on the next Temple work day.
BETH ISRAEL NEWSLETTER
If you would like to subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter please let us know at info@beth-israel.org. Don't miss the opportunity to reply back to Rabbi Lyon by using the link at the end of his weekly "Letter from the Rabbi" included in each weeks newsletter
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