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THIS WEEK AT CONGREGATION
BETH SHALOM of the BLUE HILLS
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May 17, 2017 || 21 Iyyar, 5777
"Children's Summer Clothing Drive" - Thurs May 18, 1-8:30pm; Mon-Thurs May 22-25 9am-3pm. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED THURS MAY 18, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 5-8PM. Please contact Jack Levy at jack.levy@umb.edu or 617-901-3473 - OR JUST SHOW UP! Thanks!
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Solidarity Committee News
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ommunity Educational Opportunities
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Congregation Beth Shalom
of the Blue Hills
18 Shoolman Way
Milton, MA 02186
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Rabbi Benjamin's Office Hours
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Monday
: Rabbi's Day off
Tuesday
: 11:00 - 3:30
Wednesday
: 11:00 - 3:30
Thursday
: 2:00 -6:00
Friday
: 11:00 - 3:00
To arrange a meeting outside of Office Hours please call the office at 617-698-3394
or email Rabbi Benjamin at
rabbifredbenjamin@gmail.com
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View the
PDF Calendar for this month's events at Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills
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| Fruit Platters made for our Musical Shabbat on May 12th by David Dauer |
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Reminders
If you are emailing the Office
staff on any matter, please be
sure to use this email address: Office@BethShalomBlueHills.org.
Thank you.
Please pass this information
along to any Temple members
who do not have email.
Please visit our website for
additional information:
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When a Leader Says the Wrong Thing
This past Shabbat we held our last "School Service Family Shabbat" of the year. No surprise, the overall theme was Mother's Day. During the service, I asked if women who had experienced pregnancy would be willing to explain what it felt like when they first realized something was different; that a new "light of life" (an ohr chadash) was inside. A few spoke beautifully and nostalgically, but here's why this was an inappropriate question. The idea was to celebrate mothers, not pregnancy, and after all, there are ways a woman can become a mom that do not involve becoming pregnant - for example, adoption. I failed to lift up and celebrate each path to motherhood. In addition, as I know from my own life, a woman can feel the "light of life" inside and then suffer the anguish of a pregnancy that fails. And then there are those who always wanted a child but it just never happened. So in far too many ways, and much to my regret, my words resulted in hurt and upset. Not the shul experience anyone is looking for.
After services were over, a few congregants came up to me in a more private setting and, with kindness, compassion and thoughtfulness filled me in on the painful impact my words had on some of those present. I immediately had one of those "Ah-ha - oh, no, I've messed up" moments. It meant a lot to me personally when they added, "Rabbi, we know you and that your intentions were only for good. It just didn't come off well. It's important to be more careful." The bottom line is that I blew it. I said the wrong thing. I hurt people's feelings and for that I truly and deeply apologize.
I do know that it isn't always easy to tell someone they have made a mistake and it might be even more difficult for some to say it to their Rabbi. But the truth is the truth and it seems to me the only way to correct an error is to be made aware of it. So I want to thank those who spoke to me directly and those who asked a trusted other to do so on their behalf. Also and especially I want to thank each person for the menschy way this was brought to my attention.
Rabbi Chanina said, "I have learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues, but the most from my students". Talmud
Shabbat Shalom, RabbiB
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The Courage to Reject a Corrupt System
Shabbat Shalom from Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills
Friday, May 19th
7:44 pm Candle Lighting Time
7:45 pm Shabbat Services at Fuller Village-Brush Hill
Saturday, May 20th
9:30 am Sisterhood Shabbat
Join our Sisterhood members as they participate in the service, honor this year's Woman of Achievement, Janet Petkun, and celebrate with a special Kiddush.
We will be reading Parashot Behar and Bechukotai.
Everyone is welcome!
Sunday, May 21st
9:00 am Sunday Morning Minyan
11:00 am Religious School's Final Day Picnic
All are welcome!
Tuesday, May 23rd
7:30-8:45 pm Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class
Wednesday, May 24th
12:15-1:30 pm Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Benjamin
Save the Dates
7:45 pm Shavuot Service and Study with Rabbi Benjamin
7:54 pm Shavuot Candle Lighting Time
9:30 am Shavuot Day 1 Morning Services followed by Kiddush with Cheesecake
7:45 pm Shavuot Service with Yizkor at Fuller Village-Blue Hill followed by Dairy Oneg
9:06 pm Shavuot Candle Lighting Time
9:30 am Shavuot Day 2 Morning Services with Yizkor followed by Cheesecake Kiddush
Friday, June 2nd
7:30 pm- CBSBH will have Friday Night Service with Temple Beth Abraham and Temple Beth Am at Temple Beth Abraham, Washington St., Canton to hear the inspiring story and music of joe Buchanan, Artist-in-Residence.
Saturday, June 3rd
9:30 am service.
Entire Congregation is invited to the Bat Mitzvah and kiddush of Shaina Lasoff.
Sunday, June 4th
10:30 am Congregational meeting (10:00 am refreshments and shmoozing).
Monday,June 12th
7-9:00 Pm Courageous Conversations in Sanctuary. More information to follow
Friday, June 16th
7:45 pm-CBSBH presents Elon Stricker, new England Synagogue Initiative Director AIPAC-America's Pro-israel Lobby. Feel free to send quetions (challenging or otherwise) about AIPAC or the topic before the presentation and Mr. Stricker will address as many as possible. Send questions to office@bethshalombluehills.org.
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CBS SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE NEWS
Community Educational Opportunities
Saturday, May 4-17th
The National Center for Jewish Film's 20th Annual Film Festival
The National Center for Jewish Film is a unique, independent nonprofit motion picture archive, distributor, resource center and exhibitor. This year, with their 20th anniversary they will bring us 7 Israeli film such as Avi Nesher's latest film
Past Life, the moving
Aida's Secrets and more. A special opening night screening for Israel's Independence day with a documentary about the founding father of the state of Israel,
Ben-Gurion.
Opening remark by Consul General Yehuda Yaakov.
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FREE Performances in May from Milton Reflecting at Library
PearlDamour will be presenting their play, MILTON (a play about 5 towns named Milton), later this month in the Keys Room at the Milton Public Library.
Tickets are FREE for all members of the Milton MA community. Tickets have been moving quickly, but you can still RSVP via our Eventbrite or by calling 1-800-946-6443. For more information about the play, see below:
MILTON is a multi-media live performance that uses audio interviews, artifacts, and dynamic projected video of the sky to connect 5 towns named Milton across the United States. Part family reunion, part night at the opera, and part poetic meditation, MILTON is an intimate and surprising examination of the tiny individual under our vast shared sky. The play is performed by a multi-racial cast of three actors, speaking and singing their way into a shared national question: What does it mean to be an American? Does an American community actually exist?
Show dates:
- May 17th at 7pm
- May 18th at 7pm
- May 20th at 2:30pm
- May 21st at 2:30pm
Saturday May 20, 2017 at 5:15 (FREE)
St. Elizabeth's Church Hall, 350 Reedsdale Road, Milton, Marjean Perhot, Director of Refugee and Immigration Services, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Boston, will present an overview of the Catholic perspective and teaching on refugees and immigrants. She will answer questions about existing and new changes in immigration policy and questions in general about refugees and immigrants. The entrance to the hall is located in back of the church and is handicap accessible. Catholic Charities immigration work is supported in part from funds donated by Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP). To read more about this, go to: https://www.jewishboston.com/cjp-partners-with-catholic-charities-for-immigrant-aid/#utm_source=JewishBoston=This+Week&utm_medium
=email&utm_campaign=2017-05-11
Tuesday, May 23rd
7:00PM, at Braintree Cinema
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Six Day War of 1967, there will be a film screening of "In Our Hands" at the Braintree Cinema on May 23rd at 7:00 PM, only.
Link for ordering tickets ($12.50 each)
Monday, May 29th
11:30 am-Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Special screening: Orchestra in Exile. This is the suspenseful chronicle of how one man helped to save Europe's premier Jewish musicians from obliteration by the Nazis during World War II. Free performance, ticket required. This event is part of the MDA's Memorial Day open house.
http://mfa.org/programs/film/orchestra-of-exiles
Sunday, June 4th
2-4PM First Congregational Church Milton, 495 Canton Street
Immigration/Deportation Training Session in partnership with MICA to serve as the first step in forming a network of support for immigrants and refugees who may find themselves under threat of deportation or detention.
Tuesday, June 6th
7:00 pm (doors open) 7:30 pm program begins. Temple Beth Zion, 1566 Beacon Street, Brookline, Kingdom of Olives and Ash complied and edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. Kingdom of Olives and Ash includes contributions from some of our most esteemed storytellers, including essays from editors Chabon and Waldmanm as well as Geraldine Brooks, Colum McCann, Colm Toibin, Dave Eggers, Madeleine Thien, Asaf gavron, Raja Shiehada. Their writing enables readers to understand the human narratives behind the litany of grim destruction broadcasted nightly on the news. Together they all stand witness to the human cost of the occupation. For more information, please call 617-566-8171.
Sunday, June 11th
2:00-6:00 PM, -Celebrate Israel Festival 2017
at the Arsenal Mall, 485 Arsenal St., Watertown
Join CJP and AIC Boston for a community celebration of Israel's 69th birthday! Tickets $20 per family until June 8th, $25 per family at the door, and $10 per individual..
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Volunteer Opportunities
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center needs adult volunteers!
Membership Directory
Join the CBSBH Who's Who Membership Directory today! Update your profile or search for members by logging in
here. Any questions? Email Dinah Berch at
dinah.berch@gmail.com or view the
how-to guide.
UPDATE: We are in the process of printing the membership pages from the website to be included in a hard copy version of the directory which will be placed in the library. If you do NOT wish to have your page included in the hard copy version please contact the Temple office, or Shelley Charnoff at skcharnoff@gmail.com.
Grant Writers and Researchers Needed!
In our effort to complete the Capital Campaign and sustain the long-term financial security of CBSBH, the Capital Campaign committee seeks volunteers to assist with research and identification of viable grant opportunities, as well as prepare and submit grant applications, letters of inquiry and formal proposals. If you have any experience in these areas, we kindly ask for your help.
There will be periodic meetings, but much of the work can be done independently and on your own schedule. It's a great way to get involved, support your community at CBSBH with your time and talent, and have a positive impact on the Jewish community of the South Shore.
Planned Legacy
You are invited to write up to 250 words and submit a photograph for each of your plaques for the Memorial Room in our new building. There is no cost for this for those who have existing plaques. Please call the office for further information.
Planned Legacy webpage link on Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills is Please click here
Yahrzeit List: May 20 - May 26, 2017
This week, we remember:
Fanny Alexander
Sarah Altsher
Benjamin Baron
Celia Baron
Abraham Binder
Pincus Blaustein
Samuel Brockman
Dr. Sidney S. Cahan
Bernard Carp
Vera Forman
Gary Goldstein
Irving Goodman
Mary Hamburger
Anna B. Hurwitz
Henry Kaplan
Bertha Katz
Rebecca Katz
Toby Konowitz
Fannie Kray
Hyman Lipson
Matilda Marcus
Philip Oberstein
Adele Peters
Harold Rose
Harold Shore
Paul Showstack
Jennie Slavine
Sam Spellberg
Barbara Stoller
Leo Swartz
Ida Tatel
Solomon Weistrop
May their memories be for a blessing.
Yahrzeit candles are available in the office. $1.00 donation per candle.
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Donate Your Car Today
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Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills has partnered with CARS (Charitable Adult Rides & Services) to offer an exciting new way to donate to our Capital Campaign, by donating a car, boat, or other motorized vehicle.
It's simple to do. Just visit
DonatingIsEasy or call 855-500-RIDE (7433). Tell them you would like to donate your vehicle on behalf of Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills and they will do the rest, including picking up your vehicle and sending you a receipt for the amount it was sold for after the sale has been complete.
We get most of the funds from every transaction and you get a tax deduction, a real win/win. This is available to us on a nationwide basis, so please spread the word to your family and friends and consider donating today!
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