August 27, 2010 / 17 Elul, 5770
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 TCS Event Calendar:
THE PROPHETS OF ISRAEL
Saturday, August 28
12 noon
Are we living in a world destined for doom and gloom, or is there a way to find peace and tranquility? Israel's Prophets are a good place to begin a search for answers. Perhaps their words, uttered so long ago, have relevance to our lives today.
TCS is forming a discussion group to examine, in depth, the lives and teachings of the Prophets of Israel. The discussion group will meet monthly, for approximately one hour, following Shabbat services.
The first class will be held on Saturday, August 28th at noon. TCS member, and scholar, George Carey will help guide the discussion and provide historical context. All synagogue members are welcome to participate. PDFs of materials for the first class will be posted on The Chatham Synagogue website.
POETRY READING / BOOK RELEASE / BOOK SIGNING
Saturday, August 28
2 PM
Lee Gould will read from her new book "Weeds" and
Georganna Millman will read from her new book "Set Theory." Both books were recently published by Finishing Line Press.
The readings will take place at Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 66 Partition Street, Saugerties, N.Y.
September
SYNAGOGUE PICNIC
Sunday,September 5 at 1:00 pm
Enjoy the Labor Day weekend with a backyard BYO (bring your own) Picnic at the Synagogue, featuring music by "Spuyten Duyvil," a bluegrass/folk group who were featured as part of this year's Emerging Artist Showcase at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in Hillsdale. Bring your lunch, a couple of chairs and/or a blanket and enjoy a late summer afternoon with friends.
In the event of rain, the picnic will be moved indoors.
HIGH HOLIDAYS SCHEDULE
Wednesday, September 8 at 6:00 pm
Erev Rosh HaShanah
Ma'ariv Service
Thursday & Friday, September 9 & 10 - 9 am - 1 pm
Rosh HaShanah Services
Children's services for 6-12 year olds and for 3-6 year olds will be held inside the Synagogue, on both days of Rosh HaShanah. All children's services will include songs, discussions, and activities.
- Services for 3-6 year olds will be led by TCS member, Gloria Kaufman. All 3-6 year olds should be accompanied by a parent or elder.
- Services for 6-12 year olds will be led by Shoshanna Friedman.
Friday, September 17, 6:30 pm
Kol Nidrei
Saturday, September 18, 9:00 am until sundown
Yom Kippur Services
There will be a break at around 1:00 pm.
TORAH DISCUSSION
The Synagogue is looking for people to be part of a group that will share responsibility for leading the Saturday morning Torah discussion at the Synagogue. We would like the group to be large enough so that each participant would lead a discussion every 6 to 8 weeks. This is a wonderful opportunity to ponder the Torah a bit more deeply and to play a critical role in our synagogue community. Anyone interested should email Debra Kalmuss (dk6@columbia.edu).
NOTE: You do not have to be Rashi (or have read Rashi) to facilitate. The preparation is modest and and very engaging. Debra will be available to walk volunteers through the necessary steps for preparation.
All Summer
FUNDRAISER: Plant Sale
All Summer - by Appointment Only
Synagogue president, Alice Swersey and her husband Burt are offering some of their wonderful plants at discounted prices.
Enhance your garden and support the synagogue. The Swerseys' beautiful Shadowbrook Nursery is located on NY Rt. 22, 10 miles from Pittsfield 30 miles east of Albany.
Please call Alice or Bert at 518-733-5092 to make an appointment. www.shadowbrooknursery.com
For more information on The Chatham Synagogue, go to www.chathamsynagogue.org.
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Weekly Parsha:
Friday, August 27
Candle Lighting: 7:21 pm
Saturday, August 28
Shabbat Services at 9:30 am
Shabbat ends at 8:21 pm
Ki Tavo
Deuteronomy 26:1 - 29:8
Ki Tavo is one of the most well-known parshiot, and certainly one of the most oft-quoted. This is the parsha of Blessings and Curses, a great litany of the ills that will befall those who do wrong and the benefits following those who keep the mitzvot.
This parsha is not a chronicle or a parable, it's a song or a poem. Taken at face value, Ki Tavo promises epic plagues that match or even trump those visited upon Egypt in Exodus to the sinners of Israel and it offers paradise to its righteous ones. There is no value whatsoever in a direct application of these words.
Ki Tavo, in very symbolic language, is attempting to impress upon its readers a sense of what they carry with them when they go about their lives. When we act unjustly or foster cruelty, we cultivate hatred and ruin, not as an arbitrary punishment from on high but as a matter of course. The worker with an unsympathetic boss grows spiteful and the company suffers; the parent who neglects his or her child ensures the loss of love and cooperation.
We need no divine intervention to see our actions result in blessings and curses. So, read Ki Tavo as a passionate song. It has infinitely more value as an appeal to the emotions and imaginations of readers than any actual attempt to motivate behavior with bribes and boogeymen.
from JudeoTalk.com
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Mazel Tov
To two of our playwright members:
Lucile Lichtblau, whose full length play, "The English Bride," was a winner of a play competition and was selected along with four other plays for a reading by Panndora's Box, a professional theater group in Santa Ana CA. They will be presenting all five plays September 10-12th at the Empire Theater in Santa Ana in their fourth annual festival of new plays.
Alan Gelb, whose play "Processional" has been chosen to be included in Stageworks' PLAY BY PLAY, its annual festival of new one-act plays, running from September 29th to October 10th.
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