Congregation Beth Israel 
January 16, 2017 ~ 18 Tevet 5777  
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Monthly Parshiot 

January 7, Vayigash
    T: Genesis 44:18-47:27
    H: Ezekiel 37:15-28

January 14, Vayechi
    T: Genesis 47:28-50:26
    H: I Kings 2:1-12

January 21, Shemot
    T: Exodus 1:1-6:1
    H: Isaiah 27:6-28:13

January 28, Va'era
    T: Exodus 6:2-9:35
    H: Jeremiah 46:13-28  
 
Mark Your Calendars!

January 16 - Temple Office Closed, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 18 - 4:00 PM B'nai Mitzvah Class

4:30 PM Hebrew School

7:30 PM Worship Committee Meeting

January 19 - 10:30 AM Adult Writing Class

January 20 - 6:00 PM 5th Grade Class Family Shabbat Dinner

7:30 PM Erev Shabbat Service with Rabbi Bruce Greenbaum and Cantorial Soloist Alisa Fineman

Thank you to our Oneg Hosts Cary, Jana, Creedence & Zane Stiebel

January 21 - 9:30 AM Religious School (6th & 7th Grades Only)

10:30 AM Shabbat Service & Study with Rabbi Bruce Greenbaum and Cantorial Soloist Alisa Fineman

10:30 AM Mazel Tots Program

6:00 PM Deli Dinner & a Movie Fundraiser @ CBI

January 22 - 9:30 AM Religious School

9:30 AM RS Parenting Book Discussion

10:30 AM CBI Munchkins

12:00 PM Sababa (Lunch Provided)

3:00 PM AAi Program Offsite Location

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Mark Your Calendars!

January 10 - 1:30 PM CBI Book Club

January 11 - 4:00 PM B'nai Mitzvah Class

4:30 PM Hebrew School

January 12 - 12:00 PM Lunch with the Rabbi - Discussion: Changes in Judaism

6:30 PM Executive Committee Meeting

January 13 - 7:30 PM Erev Shabbat Service with Rabbi Bruce Greenbaum

Thank you to our Oneg Host Maya Pollack

January 14 - 10:30 AM Shabbat Study with Rabbi Bruce Greenbaum

January 15 - No Religious School

January 16 - Temple Office Closed, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 21 6:00 PM Deli Dinner & Movie Night Fundraiser

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In This Issue
Deli Dinner & Movie Fundraiser
Community Shabbat Dinner
CJFF 2017 Tickets Now on Sale!
TBE, Salinas Annual Kosher Luncheon
Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with Roger Horwitz
One Small Hitch 
Movie: One Small Hitch
Deli Dinner and Movie Fundraiser 
January 21, 6:00 PM 
$30. per person


Offerings: Pastrami and brisket sandwiches, (Vegetarian option available upon request.), coleslaw, dill pickles, assorted beverages, dessert buffet including cupcakes.

One Small Hitch: Synopsis

On a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, childhood friends Josh (McRae) and Molly (Dollar) innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh's dying father happy. Things quickly get out of hand with their two boisterous families, and a series of events causes them to not only pretend to be a couple but to start planning a phony wedding. When the playacting begins to foster real feelings, the chaos takes a greater turn in this hilarious, romantic comedy.

During the film candy, fruit, and popcorn will be available.

RSVP required.  Phone the Temple office today!    
 
Monthly Shabbat  Dinner
Friday, January 27, 6:30 PM

We invite you to join us on January 27th for a catered Shabbat meal.  At 6:30 p.m. we will gather for some singing before our Sabbath table blessings and enjoy a delicious dinner. Cost:  $10. for members, only $5. for kids 10-18 and free for children under 10!  Non-members will be asked to pay $20. Call or email the Temple office to make your reservation.
 

Tickets are now on sale for the Carmel Jewish Film Festival. All dates and times on the website are correct. Please note that Once in Lifetime begins at 3:30 and Rosenwald at 7:00. Sponsorships and tickets can be purchased online at www.carmeljff.org.

Corned Beef
Temple Beth El, Salinas
Annual Kosher
Luncheon
Thursday, February 2


Our neighbor, Temple Beth El, Salinas is in the final countdown for the Kosher Luncheon.  Tickets are now available; deliveries are being scheduled with CBI named as a drop off location. 

Volunteers to work the event are needed and appreciated. Would love to have some volunteers help on January 31 (cut and wrap cakes and wrap pickles in the afternoon). February 1 we will make coleslaw and pack in containers. And of course, the big sandwich making and packing event on the 2nd!  If you can participate, call the TBE, Salinas office at 831.424.9151 to volunteer today! 
 
Guest Speaker on the BDS Movement
Sunday, January 29, 7:30 PM

On Sunday evening, January 29 at 7:30 PM as we welcome Professor Tammi Rossman Benjamin, a University of California at Santa Cruz Lecturer in Hebrew and Jewish Studies Program.  Now serving as a professor in the Humanities Department at UCSC, Tammi will share with us her concerns of the growing The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement on UC campuses and at Universities throughout the United States.  Don't miss this informative adult education program that will be held in our CBI Social Hall.  
 
Roger Horowitz
Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with Roger Horwitz 
February 3 - 4
 
We are excited to welcome to our congregation Roger Horwitz, author of "Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food." The book follows the journey of kosher foods through the modern industrial food system; their encroachment, conquests, limits and exclusions.  Have you ever wondered how mainstream products like Coca-Cola achieved kosher status? Dr. Roger Horowitz, Director of the Hagley Center's History of Business, Technology and Society, will answer this question and more as he delves into the subject of kosher food.  His first talk will be in place of the rabbi's sermon at the Friday evening service. He will introduce his topic for us and explain how he has done his research and what he has learned about kosher laws and how kashrut is determined.  After the 7:30 service which will also be led by our 4th grade students we will have a chance to visit with our guest at the oneg.

On Saturday morning between 10:45 and noon, Roger Horowitz will deliver his second talk following the morning service.  During his second talk Roger will share a success story on the expansion of kosher food options and the many certifications found on kosher foods.    As always we will provide coffee and tea and bagels and cream cheese for those who come  with an appetite for both food and information.

Saturday evening we will join in our social hall at 7:00 PM for a dessert buffet and Havdalah service followed by our scholar's final presentation concerning a more enduring problem, the ethical issues and supply challenges of kosher meat.  This talk will have a historical component to it as well.

Because of the Ted Orliss Scholar-in-Residence fund, CBI is able to welcome scholars like Roger Horowitz to our community.  This will be a special weekend for all those who participate.  Please share this information with your neighbors and friends.  The three talks should be enriching, enlightening and uplifting.   

 
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