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MAY 29, 2024

Thursday Torah Study, 11AM (hybrid)

Shabbat Saturdays, 9AM (hybrid)

Sunday Morning Minyan Sundays, 9AM (Hybrid)

Parashat Bechukotai (Beginning on Page 747)

2nd Triennial Leviticus 26:3-27:15

Yahrzeits: Shabbat 6/1/2024 - Friday 6/7/2024

JUN 10 | 7PM (Hybrid)

Come at 6:45, shmooze and enjoy some

hors d'oeuvres before the meeting. A proposed slate of directors and officers as well as the annual budget will be presented.

JUN 1 | During Shabbat Services (Hybrid)

The Agostino, Cohen and Cowart family invite the congregation to join us as a fourth generation TAA member is named during Shabbat services. Kiddush luncheon will follow.

JUN 2 | 7PM (In-Person)

Internationally renowned Israeli singer-songwriter performing at Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport. Reception sponsored by TAA prior to the concert.

JUN 7 | 6PM (Hybrid)

Please join Rabbi Kudan, Abigale Reisman, the TAA Band & Choir for a Special Musical Kabbalat Shabbat Service as we Welcome our New TAA Members.

JUN 11 | 6:30PM (In-Person)

On the night of the festival of Shavuot, it is traditional to stay up and learn Torah – a centuries-old custom known as Tikkun Leyl Shavuot. This year, we will continue this tradition in our own TAA style.

Here is the schedule:

• 6:30 Ice Cream Party
• 7:00 Family Learning with Alex Marques, Incoming SCFLP Director
• 7:15(ish) Short Study Sessions with Sara Roizen, Laila Goodman and Rabbi Steven Lewis 
• 8:00(ish) After-Party with Rav Naomi's Magical Cheesecake

Please feel free to come when you can and leave when you want. Bring the kids in PJs if you'd like!

JUN 11 | 2PM (In-Person)

Rav Naomi welcomes you to join her in the TAA kitchen for a cooking lesson to make her magical cheesecake which we will enjoy that night.

JUN 12 | 9AM (In-Person)

Please join Rabbi Kudan and Rav Naomi for services including the recitation of Hallel, readings from the Book of Ruth and Yizkor. A festive kiddush will follow with Blintz Souffle prepared by Judy Arnold.

JUN 12 | 7PM (Zoom)

A portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries, Kantika—“song” in Ladino—follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul.

Click on the name of an event to learn more and register early.

"Chesed" is loving care in Hebrew, and

the Chesed Committee provides support to families in our community. To join the Chesed Committee or find out more, email Elaine Byrne.

Carole Sharoff received the highest community service award from the Rotary Club of Gloucester.

The Communications Committee is starting a re-do of the website and overall communications.

We are very excited to finally launch the Shabbat Shalom Dinners next

month, on June 21.

The Kitchen Team is seeking members to join us. Whether you are willing to help for a single event or become a regular member please consider joining our lively team.

TAA is a member of ECCO. See ECCO's latest initiative.

JUN 18 | 6:30PM (In-Person)

Mazel Tov to TAA member Marilyn Kramer for being honored as a menschion at this event.

An international exhibition of over 700 artifacts collected from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and various institutions that tell the story of Auschwitz, the deadliest complex of concentration camps employed by Nazi Germany during The Holocaust. 

JUNE 10 | 6:30PM Goldman’s Funeral Chapel in Malden.

A training session for the newly formed Community Hevra Kadisha. The Hevra Kadisha is a Jewish burial society which provides honorable Jewish burial preparation (Tahara) in accordance with Jewish law and tradition. The training will be preparing volunteers to perform this sacred mitzvah.

If interested in participating, please call Mark Farber, 508-566-6654.

Temple Ahavat Achim Leadership

• Rabbi David Kudan, Rabbi
• Rav Naomi Gurt Lind
• Rabbi Myron Geller, Rabbi Emeritus
• Richard Quateman, President
• Caren Morningstar, Executive Director

• Phoebe Potts, Director Sylvia Cohen Family Learning Project
• Abigale Reisman, Music Director
• Maya Smith, Office Coordinator