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October 18, 2019 -

August 2019
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				1	2 Simchat Shabbat for Preschoolers August 2, 2019 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm Simcha means joy, and joy fills the room at this Shabbat experience for Preschoolers and their families. Our clergy join early childhood music leader Jennifer Woda in song and story each month. Following the brief 25-minute service, kids can enjoy an optional light meal and a craft. Open to all families with preschool age children. iCal Read more Shabbat Evening Service August 2, 2019 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm Every Shabbat (Friday) evening, Fairmount Temple offers a Shabbat service led by our clergy at 6:15 p.m. Often our worship service includes blessings for congregants celebrating a special milestone such as a baby naming, wedding blessing, birthday or anniversary. All are welcome. Service is followed by an oneg. iCal Read more Shabbat Evening Service with guest speaker Rabbi Laura Geller August 2, 2019 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm This service will be led by our Rabbi Caruso and Cantor Sager. It will include guest speaker Rabbi Laura Geller, Rabbi Emerita of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, who will speak on Acquiring a Heart of Wisdom. She was twice named one of Newsweek’s 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America and was featured in the PBS documentary Jewish Americans. Author of numerous articles in books and journals, she was on the editorial board of The Torah: A Women’s Commentary. She is a Fellow of the Corporation of Brown University. Ordained by Hebrew Union College in 1976, she is the third woman in the Reform Movement to become a rabbi. She is a founder of the first synagogue based village, Chai Village LA, which is part of the national Village Movement (www.chaivillagela.org). She is co-author with her husband Richard Siegel,(z’l) of the soon-to-be-released book Getting Good at Getting Older. All are welcome. Service is followed by an oneg. iCal Read more	3 Shabbat Morning Torah Study August 3, 2019 9:15 am – 10:15 am Engage the text of the weekly Torah portion, led by Diane Lavin. Hebrew knowledge not required. Each Shabbat gathering is a stand-alone session. Come once or come often! Books provided, or bring your own favorite translation to compare with others. We meet in the Arthur J. Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning (Library). There is a lay-led Minyan at 10:30 a.m. for those who wish to stay. iCal Read more Shabbat Morning Minyan August 3, 2019 10:30 am – 11:30 am This lay-led Shabbat Minyan meets in the Arthur J. Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning (Library) and begins at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome. Come early if you like to be part of Torah Study which begins at 9:15 a.m iCal Read more Shabbat Morning Service, Bar Mitzvah - Noah Rosenthal August 3, 2019 11:00 am – 12:30 pm iCal Read more
4	5	6	7 Wednesday Morning Torah Study August 7, 2019 7:30 am – 8:30 am This is an opportunity to learn with colleagues and friends on Wednesday mornings. Come as often as your schedule permits. The rabbis lead this weekly series, which is open to all – stop in before work, before your morning walk, or after the kids have gotten on the school bus! Each year, our Wednesday morning students select a new theme for study. Questions? Call the Temple at 216-464-1330. iCal Read more Summer BBQ, hosted by Men of FT August 7, 2019 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm MFT Adult Summer BBQ (Free to MFT members, but open to all) Wednesday, Aug. 7, 6:30 p.m. Come join the Men of Fairmount Temple at a Summer BBQ with good food, including vegetarian options, and live music from Irwin Weinberger. Enjoy a summer cookout dinner with sides and drinks. Dine al fresco on the patio, weather permitting. This evening is free to paid-up members of Men of FT and only $20 person for everyone else. RSVPs and payment needed by July 31. Questions? Contact Hedy Silber at 216-447-9540 or Hsilber@fairmounttemple.org. iCal Read more	8	9 Shabbat Evening Service August 9, 2019 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm Every Shabbat (Friday) evening, Fairmount Temple offers a Shabbat service led by our clergy at 6:15 p.m. Often our worship service includes blessings for congregants celebrating a special milestone such as a baby naming, wedding blessing, birthday or anniversary. All are welcome. Service is followed by an oneg. iCal Read more	10 Shabbat Morning Torah Study August 10, 2019 9:15 am – 10:15 am Engage the text of the weekly Torah portion, led by Diane Lavin. Hebrew knowledge not required. Each Shabbat gathering is a stand-alone session. Come once or come often! Books provided, or bring your own favorite translation to compare with others. We meet in the Arthur J. Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning (Library). There is a lay-led Shabbat Morning Minyan at 10:30 a.m. for those who wish to stay. iCal Read more Shabbat Morning Minyan August 10, 2019 10:30 am – 11:30 am This lay-led Shabbat Minyan meets in the Arthur J. Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning (Library) and begins at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome. Come early if you like to be part of Torah Study which begins at 9:15 a.m iCal Read more
11	12	13	14 Wednesday Morning Torah Study August 14, 2019 7:30 am – 8:30 am This is an opportunity to learn with colleagues and friends on Wednesday mornings. Come as often as your schedule permits. The rabbis lead this weekly series, which is open to all – stop in before work, before your morning walk, or after the kids have gotten on the school bus! Each year, our Wednesday morning students select a new theme for study. Questions? Call the Temple at 216-464-1330. iCal Read more	15	16 Early (5 pm), Abbreviated Shabbat Service August 16, 2019 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Please note the Aug. 16 Shabbat Service begins at 5 p.m. and is abbreviated due to Shabbat Across Fairmount Temple. iCal Read more Shabbat Across Fairmount Temple August 16, 2019 6:00 pm Carrying on the energy and enthusiasm from that inaugural gathering Shabbat Across Fairmount Temple, all temple members are again invited to share Shabbat dinners with others. A summer date allows those who were out of town in February to participate, while also creating more summer dinner options, including dinner on the deck or pizza in the park. As before, we have a great committee who will match hosts and guests. As before, registration is needed early to give time to work out the logistics. RSVP Deadline July 29. How to Participate in Shabbat Across Fairmount Temple? ONLINE: Click here for the sign up link. Our Religious School is coordinating a Shabbat dinner at Fairmount Temple for all Religious School families also on Aug. 16. When signing up, please indicate if you are a RS family and will be attending that dinner. Email: Caringcommunityft@gmail.com CALL: Wendy Jacobson, 216-447-9542 iCal Read more Shabbat Evening Service August 16, 2019 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm Every Shabbat (Friday) evening, Fairmount Temple offers a Shabbat service led by our clergy at 6:15 p.m. Often our worship service includes blessings for congregants celebrating a special milestone such as a baby naming, wedding blessing, birthday or anniversary. All are welcome. Service is followed by an oneg. iCal Read more	17 Shabbat Morning Torah Study August 17, 2019 9:15 am – 10:15 am Engage the text of the weekly Torah portion, led by Diane Lavin. Hebrew knowledge not required. Each Shabbat gathering is a stand-alone session. Come once or come often! Books provided, or bring your own favorite translation to compare with others. We meet in the Arthur J. Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning (Library). There is a lay-led Shabbat Morning Minyan at 10:30 a.m. for those who wish to stay. iCal Read more Shabbat Morning Minyan August 17, 2019 10:30 am – 11:30 am This lay-led Shabbat Minyan meets in the Arthur J. Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning (Library) and begins at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome. Come early if you like to be part of Torah Study which begins at 9:15 a.m iCal Read more Shabbat Morning Service, Bat Mitzvah - Nora Resnick August 17, 2019 11:00 am – 12:30 pm iCal Read more
18	19	20	21 Wednesday Morning Torah Study August 21, 2019 7:30 am – 8:30 am This is an opportunity to learn with colleagues and friends on Wednesday mornings. Come as often as your schedule permits. The rabbis lead this weekly series, which is open to all – stop in before work, before your morning walk, or after the kids have gotten on the school bus! Each year, our Wednesday morning students select a new theme for study. Questions? Call the Temple at 216-464-1330. iCal Read more	22	23 Shabbat Evening Service August 23, 2019 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm Every Shabbat (Friday) evening, Fairmount Temple offers a Shabbat service led by our clergy at 6:15 p.m. Often our worship service includes blessings for congregants celebrating a special milestone such as a baby naming, wedding blessing, birthday or anniversary. All are welcome. Service is followed by an oneg. iCal Read more Shabbat Evening Service with Dr. Cecile Brennan August 23, 2019 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm This service will be led by our clergy and include guest speaker Dr. Cecile Brennan. The former chair of the Department of Counseling at John Carroll University, Dr. Brennan is a licensed professional clinical counselor with a supervisory designation, a licensed school counselor, a counselor educator and a clinician in private practice. She regularly presents at local and national counseling conferences and taught in the Art Therapy & Counseling Program at Ursuline College. At the service, Dr. Brennan will grant a Certificate of Counseling and Spiritual Wellness from JCU to Rabbi Nosanchuk who completed his post-graduate studies this spring. .All are welcome. Service is followed by an oneg. iCal Read more	24 Shabbat Morning Torah Study August 24, 2019 9:15 am – 10:15 am Engage the text of the weekly Torah portion, led by Diane Lavin. Hebrew knowledge not required. Each Shabbat gathering is a stand-alone session. Come once or come often! Books provided, or bring your own favorite translation to compare with others. We meet in the Arthur J. Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning (Library). There is a lay-led Shabbat Morning Minyan at 10:30 a.m. for those who wish to stay. iCal Read more Shabbat Morning Minyan August 24, 2019 10:30 am – 11:30 am This lay-led Shabbat Minyan meets in the Arthur J. Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning (Library) and begins at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome. Come early if you like to be part of Torah Study which begins at 9:15 a.m iCal Read more
25	26	27 Community Kitchen-Baking August 27, 2019 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm COMMUNITY KITCHEN Tuesday, Aug. 27, 7 p.m. Volunteers will be baking mini-honey cakes which will be delivered to congregants who have lost a loved one since last Rosh Hashanah. Our tradition of reaching out to those who are grieving is meaningful both to the recipients and those who deliver the packages. You can help us bake, and/or you can help us deliver the honey cakes in September. To learn more, please contact our Caring Community Coordinator Wendy Jacobson at 216-447-9542 or Wjacobson@fairmounttemple.org. iCal Read more	28 Wednesday Morning Torah Study August 28, 2019 7:30 am – 8:30 am This is an opportunity to learn with colleagues and friends on Wednesday mornings. Come as often as your schedule permits. The rabbis lead this weekly series, which is open to all – stop in before work, before your morning walk, or after the kids have gotten on the school bus! Each year, our Wednesday morning students select a new theme for study. Questions? Call the Temple at 216-464-1330. iCal Read more	29	30 Shabbat Evening Service August 30, 2019 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm Every Shabbat (Friday) evening, Fairmount Temple offers a Shabbat service led by our clergy at 6:15 p.m. Often our worship service includes blessings for congregants celebrating a special milestone such as a baby naming, wedding blessing, birthday or anniversary. All are welcome. Service is followed by an oneg. iCal Read more	31 Shabbat Morning Torah Study August 31, 2019 9:15 am – 10:15 am Engage the text of the weekly Torah portion, led by Diane Lavin. Hebrew knowledge not required. Each Shabbat gathering is a stand-alone session. Come once or come often! Books provided, or bring your own favorite translation to compare with others. We meet in the Arthur J. Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning (Library). There is a lay-led Shabbat Morning Minyan at 10:30 a.m. for those who wish to stay. iCal Read more Shabbat Morning Minyan August 31, 2019 10:30 am – 11:30 am This lay-led Shabbat Minyan meets in the Arthur J. Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning (Library) and begins at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome. Come early if you like to be part of Torah Study which begins at 9:15 a.m iCal Read more

Calendar

October 18, 2019 – Shabbat Evening Service with guest speaker Dr. Andrew Rehfeld, President, HUC-JIR
6:30 pm
October 19, 2019 – Shabbat Morning Torah Study
9:15 am
October 19, 2019 – Shabbat Morning Minyan
10:30 am
October 19, 2019 – Shabbat Morning Service, Bat Mitzvah - Haley Wynbrandt
11:00 am
October 19, 2019 – Mincha Havdalah - Bat Mitzvah - Nora Klein
6:00 pm
October 20, 2019 – Sunday Morning Forum with Michael Gershe
9:30 am
October 20, 2019 – Erev Simchat Torah Service and Celebration
6:00 pm
October 21, 2019 – Simchat Torah Yizkor Memorial Service
9:30 am

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