Function Committee Meeting via Zoom
2021-04-06 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)

Hebrew School: Wednesday Class – Kitah Gimmel via Zoom
2021-04-07 15:30 - 16:30, 2021-04-14 15:30 - 16:30, 2021-04-28 15:30 - 16:30

Adult Ed: Making Prayer Meaningful via Zoom
2021-04-07 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-04-14 19:30 - 20:30, 2021-04-28 19:30 - 20:30

Yom haShoah (Holocaust Remembrance) (no service)
2021-04-08

Erev Shabbat Celebration
2021-04-09 19:30 - 21:00

Tot Shabbat via Zoom
2021-04-10 09:30 - 10:30

Sisterhood Annual Meeting and Brunch via Zoom
2021-04-11 10:00 - 12:00

Hebrew School: Sunday Class – Kitah Alef
2021-04-11 10:30 - 12:00, 2021-04-25 10:30 - 12:00, 2021-05-02 10:30 - 12:00

Temple Reads: The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
2021-04-11 19:00 - 20:30
Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this unforgettable historical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the “epic and heart-wrenching World War II tale” (Alyson Noel, #1 New York Times bestselling author) The Winemaker’s Wife.
Eva Traube Abrams, a semi-retired librarian in Florida, is shelving books one morning when her eyes lock on a photograph in a magazine lying open nearby. She freezes; it’s an image of a book she hasn’t seen in sixty-five years—a book she recognizes as The Book of Lost Names.
The accompanying article discusses the looting of libraries by the Nazis across Europe during World War II—an experience Eva remembers well—and the search to reunite people with the texts taken from them so long ago. The book in the photograph, an eighteenth-century religious text thought to have been taken from France in the waning days of the war, is one of the most fascinating cases. Now housed in Berlin’s Zentral- und Landesbibliothek library, it appears to contain some sort of code, but researchers don’t know where it came from—or what the code means. Only Eva holds the answer—but will she have the strength to revisit old memories and help reunite those lost during the war?
As a graduate student in 1942, Eva was forced to flee Paris after the arrest of her father, a Polish Jew. Finding refuge in a small mountain town in the Free Zone, she begins forging identity documents for Jewish children fleeing to neutral Switzerland. But erasing people comes with a price, and along with a mysterious, handsome forger named Rémy, Eva decides she must find a way to preserve the real names of the children who are too young to remember who they really are. The records they keep in The Book of Lost Names will become even more vital when the resistance cell they work for is betrayed and Rémy disappears.
An engaging and evocative novel reminiscent of The Lost Girls of Paris and The Alice Network, The Book of Lost Names is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of bravery and love in the face of evil. (from Amazon)
Liz & Joe host at 7:00 PM

Board Meeting via Zoom
2021-04-13 19:30 - 21:00

Yom HaZikaron (Israel Remembrance Day) (no service)
2021-04-14

Yom Ha Atzma'ut (Israel Independence Day) (no service)
2021-04-15

Shabbat Morning Celebration via Zoom
2021-04-17 09:30 - 10:30

Virtual Pot Luck with a Twist - the Letter R, via Zoom
2021-04-18 19:00 - 20:30
April 18, 7:00 PM
Pescatarian
Eat before or after ZOOM get-together
Your R meal can reflect any meal you have had today! No need to chomp on Zoom!
THE TWIST:
Create a menu for you and your family
with all/most dishes starting with the letter
R
Be creative! Have some fun!
For every “R” food, you get a point!
Example: Rattlesnake steaks with fish Roe = 2 points
Rich chocolate cake with Rinsed strawberries = 0 points!!!
We will discuss the menus, add up the points for those participating, and
whoever gets the most points wins a “virtual” prize!!
Afterwards, join in a fun game such as Jewish Jeopardy! This is THE monthly social event of Temple Emmanuel! Be part of the fun!
ZOOM information to follow

Mental Health Workshop #2: Jewish Wisdom for Self Care and Growing Older
2021-04-19 19:00 - 20:00
“Rabbi Hillel used to say: If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And when I am for myself alone, what am I? And if not now, when?” (Pirkei Avot/Ethics of Our Ancestors 1:14)

We have experienced physical isolation for many months and have tried to find creative ways to stay connected to each other and to ourselves. These workshops offer tips, techniques, and resources to promote wellbeing and connection based on current research and Jewish wisdom. It will be an opportunity for meaningful community conversations to explore together how we understand and find meaning and purpose in the experience of growing older during these uncertain times – the challenges, the transitions, the losses, and the joys!

The Workshop Facilitator will be Marjorie Sokoll, M.Ed., Director of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing at Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JF&CS).

Please RSVP: Rabbi Greg at gregory.hersh@gmail.com

School Committee Meeting via Zoom
2021-04-20 19:30 - 20:30

Adult Ed: Making Prayer Meaningful via Zoom - NO CLASS 4/21
2021-04-21 19:30 - 20:30

Erev Shabbat Celebration with Special Guest Joe Jencks via Zoom
2021-04-23 19:30 - 21:00
Joe Jencks is a 22-year veteran of the international Folk circuit, an award-winning songwriter and a celebrated vocalist based in the Chicago area. He is known for his performances of musical beauty, social consciousness and spiritual exploration. Joe delivers engaged musical narratives filled with heart, soul, groove, and grit. Blending well-crafted instrumentals and vivid songwriting, Jencks serves it all up with a lyric baritone voice that has the edgy richness of a good sea-salt caramel. Co-founder of the harmony trio Brother Sun, Jencks has penned several #1 Folksongs including the ever-relevant Lady of The Harbor. From Carnegie Hall to Lincoln Center to Festivals across the US and Canada, Jencks has become a fan favorite throughout North America and beyond. Joe is also a dual US-Irish citizen and has served as a Cultural Ambassador with the US State Department. For more info, please visit: www.joejencks.com.

Hebrew School: Tuesday Class – Kitah Bet via Zoom
2021-04-27 15:30 - 16:30
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Continuing Ed Committee Meeting
2021-04-27 19:30 - 21:00

Lag B'Omer (no service)
2021-04-30

Shabbat Morning Celebration followed by Torah Study with Rabbi Greg via Zoom
2021-05-01 09:30 - 11:00

Function and Ways & Means Committee Meeting
2021-05-03 19:30 - 20:30

House & Grounds Committee Meeting via Zoom
2021-05-04 18:45 - 19:30
