November 23, 2009   6 Kislev 5770

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For over 100 years, Congregation Beth Emeth has been, and continues to be, an important center to the Jewish community of Delaware and the surrounding area. We are a Reform Congregation whose mission is to enrich the lives of our members and our community by teaching, learning, and rejoicing in our Jewish ideals and traditions.

Memorialize and honor your loved ones

If you’re looking for a terrific and lasting Chanukah gift, a Bar or Bat Mitzvah gift, a Confirmation present, a gift to commemorate a birth, or if you’re interested in making an end-of-year donation, Congregation Beth Emeth’s program to purchase bricks on our premises is tailor-made for you.

You can memorialize loved ones on bricks in the Holocaust Garden or you can honor children, grandchildren, spouses, friends, and relatives in the brick pathway in front of the Temple. Each brick costs $150; each brick can hold three lines of text (including spaces) of 16 characters per line. That’s a lot of love for a small but ever-lasting piece of real-estate.

Get a brick form at the Temple or click here to print one out and mail in your order. There is no limit to the number of bricks you can buy. Contact Brian Gluck at be_brick@bethemethde.org with any questions. This program is on-going; however, we need a minimum of 50 bricks to place an order with the contractor for engraving and setting. More info.

Special Announcements  

Connect job seekers with potential employment opportunities via networking with the Job Mitzvah Networking Corps.

Jewish Grandparents with Grandchildren in an Interfaith Home? Don't do it alone. More info on a 6 session discussion group.
Shabbat Study and Schmooze - Saturday mornings at 9 AM. More info.

Consider Joining a Chavurah! More info.

Want to stay informed about important advocacy issues? The Religious Action Center has a customized e-mail advocacy system based on your personal preferences and interests. To learn more or sign-up, visit rac.org.

Bowl with the Brotherhood: Looking for a great time socializing with your fellow Beth Emeth congregants? Then how about going bowling! The Brotherhold would like to hold an outing soon and invites all those who are interested in this non-competitive event to
e-mail jeff ostroff. See the Beth Emeth News for his email.

PLEASE BRING A NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM TO SERVICES EACH WEEK FOR THE FOOD PANTRY.

Events are open to Beth Emeth members only, unless otherwise stated.

November 2009 Events  
Event IFSAC 11th Annual Thanksgiving Basket Brigade and Pot Luck Supper (11/22/2009)
Our IFSAC 11th Annual Thanksgiving Basket Brigade and Pot Luck supper will be held on Sunday 11/22/09 from 4 to 6:30.
December 2009 Events  
Event Women's Torah Study
7:15 PM 12/1/2009, 12/15/2009
Event Choir Rehearsal
12/02/2009, 12/09/2009, 01/13/2010, 01/27/2010, 02/03/2010, 02/10/2010, 02/17/2010, 02/24/2010, 03/17/2010, 03/24/2010, 04/07/2010, 04/14/2010, 04/21/2010, 04/28/2010, 05/05/2010
Event Communications Committee meeting (12/03/2009)
Interested in facebook, the BEN, or our website? Please share your ideas and join us at the next Communications Committee meeting on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 7:00 PM in the boardroom. New committee members are welcome.
Event Youth & Family: Kabbalat Shabbat Services and Dinner
Services start at 6:15 pm Dinner will immediately follow services 12/4, 2/5, 3/5, 4/2, 5/7, 6/4 A lively Kabalat Shabbat experience followed by a Shabbat dinner! Come and celebrate Shabbat with song, prayer, dance and lots of fun! RSVP is required. $5 per child, $8 per adult or $30 per family.
Event Brotherhood Breakfast: "Sharing the Silence: The Child of a Survivor Tells His Father's Story." (12/06/2009)
Sunday, Dec 6, 9:00 AM with our speaker, Rabbi Emeritus Peter Grumbacher. Many of us have heard part of Rabbi Grumbacher's Holocaust talk; here's a great opportunity to hear more as Rabbi Grumbacher shares with us what he has been sharing with groups all over the United States. For a preview, visit his web site, www.sharingthesilence.com. We welcome all members of Beth Emeth and the community. Please invite your spouse or friends. Let us know how many people will be coming. Breakfast will be a la carte from the Kishka Cafe. RSVP to Steve Zimmerman at 302-762-2976 or zimross@comcast.net, or Jerry Arenson at jerryarenson@earthlink.net, or reply to the Evite, by December 4. Save the dates for our other Brotherhood Breakfast Programs (topics TBA, and we are open to suggestions: Jan 10, Feb 7, March 7, April 11, and May 2. (Some of these dates could change if there is a Habitat Build.)
Event Chanukah Bazaar (12/06/2009)
9:00 a.m.
Event The Music School of Delaware presents "The Lights of Chanukah" (12/06/2009)
Dec 6th at 4pm, at Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth, tickets: $10 adults/$5 students & seniors. The Music School of Delaware and the Wilmington Jewish community come together for a multi-generational musical celebration of the Festival of Lights. This unique event will feature solo performances by the cantors of three local synagogues, Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth, Congregation Beth Emeth and Congregation Beth Shalom; as well as choirs, a dance troupes, a klezmer band, and Music School faculty and students. Please stop by The Music School of Delaware at 4101 Washington St. or call 302-762-1132 to purchase tickets in advance. Tickets will be available for purchase before the concert at Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth located at 4412 Washington St.
Event Youth & Family: Kibbitz and Kids
9am-10:30am, 12/6, 1/10, 2/21, quiet room on second floor. Kibbitz and Kids is for children who are not yet religious school age and their parents. Join us each month for bagels, music, crafts and more!!
Event Choir Shabbats
12/11/2009, 4/9/2010, 5/7/2010
Event Brotherhood: It's Time to Bowl!! (12/13/2009)
The Brotherhood invites congregants to join the fun in our first bowling get-together. The event will take place at First State Bowling Center (off Lea Blvd.) on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 2 PM. All who plan to attend should contact Jeff Ostroff by Dec. 12.
Event Youth & Family: Chanukah Celebration and Fry-Off (12/13/2009)
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM Celebrate Chanukah the right way by frying your favorite food! Music, games, Chanukah food favorites, a large deep fryer, a dreidel competition and so much more!!!
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Kishka Cafe

The Beth Emeth Brotherhood would like to invite you to come and socialize, meet other members and save the trips home & back when you bring your kids to Religious School on Sunday. We will be in the LOUNGE. For those Tech folks - bring your laptops or whatever and take advange of our free WIFI. Stop in and try our gourmet coffee!

New and Improved Gift Shop

Come in and check out the new and improved Beth Emeth Sisterhood Gift Shop. We've doubled our size and new merchandise is arriving every week! We have new tallit in different colors and fabrics. We are open during Religious and Hebrew school days, Sundays 9:00 AM until noon and Wednesdays 3:30 PM until 5:15 PM and by appointment.

Young Professionals 

Attention all local twenty and thirty somethings and their parents: Beth Emeth is in the process of creating a Jewish Young Professionals Group. Please send us your or your offspring's contact information, so we can keep them in the loop! Email the contact information to Rabbi Robinson.

Reform Jews Blog  

Rituals for Thanksgiving

  |   Nov 19, 2009 12:00 AM
by Rabbi Phyllis Sommer(Originally published in Ima on (and off) the Bima) It's hard to believe that the holiday of Thanksgiving is nearly upon us. Just one more week! Thanksgiving...

The Torah in Haiku: Toldot

  |   Nov 19, 2009 12:00 AM
by Ed NickowTemple Chai, Long Grove, IL(Originally published in The Torah in Haiku) Isaac falls victimTo Jacob and Rebecca'sBlessing stealing trick But was Isaac fooled?He said "the voice is Jacob's"Did...

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