Israel Scouts Performance & Community Dinner

 Israel Scouts

Friendship Caravan Performance
and
Community Dinner

Sponsored by Temple Sinai

Wednesday, June 29th, 6pm
at
Temple Sinai
500 Swift Street, South Burlington, Vermont 05403
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Cost $10 per person/$25 per family (3 people or more), $5 for children ages 6-18; Kids under 5 FREE

Advance tickets may be purchased with VISA/MC online Here. Cash only at the door the day of the performance.

Group Rate Available for groups of 10 or more. 
Contact Judy Alexander for more information, (802) 862-5125.

  

About Israel Scouts:

Formed in 1995, the Friends of Israel Scouts, Inc. – Tzofim (FOIS) encompasses programs that began in the early 1960s.  These programs develop and maintain a connection between the Tzofim (Israel Scouts) movement in Israel and North American Jewry.   The Tzofim movement is the only youth movement in Israel that is both non-political and non-sectarian.  Both the Tzofim and FOIS recognize that Israel’s youth are her hope and future.

Our objectives are to:

·         Strengthen relationships between Israel and North American Jewry

·         Project Israel in a positive light

·         Promote brotherhood, tolerance and respect among people of all faiths

·         Form strong bonds of friendship between the Israeli youth and their American counterparts

Provide support for the Tzofim movement in Israel.

Adult Education - Summer Film Series & Barbeque

How did Judaism develop from its biblical roots to the highly developed system we know today? What has changed—and what has remained constant? The answers to these questions are relevant to all faiths, as well as to anyone seeking to broaden their understanding of ancient history—a past that is inexorably linked to the present.

The Adult Education Committee is excited to offer a Beginnings of Judaism film course starting Sunday, July 10^th along with an outdoor barbeque! 

Where:           Temple Sinai – Social Hall

When:             Sundays July 10^th, July 24^th, August 7^th, August 21^st

Time:              5 – 7 pm

Topics for July 10^th:  We will watch two, 30 minute lectures taught by Reknown Biblical scholar, Professor Isaiah M. Gafni of Hebrew University on The Beginnings of Judaism: Biblical Roots and New Challenges in the Late Biblical Period.

Mark your calendars for this interesting and fun event!

June 2011

Shalom Chaveirim/Dear Friends:

The month of June has a finality about it.  It’s the end of the school year.  Many students are graduating.  Children head off to camp; families head off on vacation.  Things quiet down considerably when school is out.  Before we head off in many different directions, I want to bring your attention to several June events here at Temple, most notably Confirmation, which occurs during the celebration of the Festival of Weeks, Shavuot, this year on June 7^th at 7:30 p.m.

At a time when our teens are busy with so many extra-curricular activities and getting ready for college, we have three teens who have made a concerted effort to attend Chai School and have personally chosen to be Confirmed.  We, as a congregation, should make every effort to come out and support these wonderful students who have been such an integral part of our Jewish community:  Brian Charash, Jenny Rehkugler and Charlie Sheppard.  Their parents as well deserve a lot of kavod/honor, for fostering in them by example a sense of commitment to our Temple community– all three families have been active members through teaching, class parenting, and/or worship attendance over the years: Lori & Bill Charash; Abby & Colin Rehkugler; Marjie & Mitch Sheppard.

Aleinu:  We began this “living room lecture series” about five years ago as an opportunity for adults to gather in the informal setting of someone’s home on a Saturday night and have an evening with an interesting speaker on a Jewish topic in a convivial atmosphere with other members of the Jewish community.  We gather for drinks and dessert, mark the end of the Sabbath with Havdallah and listen to a speaker.  This June 4^th we are gathering at the home of Natalie and Mitch Fleischman to hear the first-hand account of his cousin’s survival during the Holocaust on what has come to be known as the Voyage of the Damned.  There are details about this even elsewhere in the Shofar so I urge you to read about it and come to the Fleischman home for a pot-luck dinner.

Israel Scouts Friendship Caravan – These wonderful youngsters have been coming to Temple Sinai for more than a dozen years, spreading the message of Israel in an entertaining song and dance show.  People young and old have loved their shows.  Often times we have had them here during “finals” week; this year they will be here on June 29^th – school is long over.  I hope that before you disburse for the summer you will come out and support these wonderful teens.  As always, we need overnight host families.

Bnai Mitzvot – It’s always a simcha when one of our students is called to the Torah for the first time.  And it’s certainly a joy when the community shows up to support them in this effort.  We have two Bnai Mitzvot this June – Hana Kallen on June 4^th and Steven Levite on June 25^th.   I hope you will come to services and worship with our wonderful students and their families.

Don’t forget, Friday night services now start at 6:00 until September.

B’Shalom,

Judy Alexander