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LEARNING & WORSHIPING WITH THE SOUL SISTERS, Oct. 9-14
Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader, Rabbi Ilana Mills and Rabbi Mari Chernow are history’s only trio of sisters who are also ordained rabbis!  Ilana and Mari, along with their mother Arlene Chernow, will be our guest presenters in October. Click here for more details and RSVP info on the following programs.

• Tuesday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m. – Guest Speaker Rabbi Mari Chernow will speak on Ritual Revival and share insights and experiments she has led to make prayer lives more meaningful, inspired and personal.
• Wednesday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m. – Soul Sisters & Rabbi Sisters – Rabbis Jordana Chernow-Reader, Mari Chernow and Ilana Mills will lead a dynamic learning session about both familial and chosen sisters in our lives and in the texts of Judaism. Refreshments provided by the Women of FT.
• Friday, Oct. 12, 6:15 p.m. – Kabbalat Shabbat – Rabbis Ilana Mills and Jordana Chernow-Reader will speak on How Noah’s Ark Changed the World.
• Sunday, Oct. 14, 9 a.m. – Arlene Chernow, Outreach Consultant at the URJ and mother of Rabbis Chernow-Reader, Mills and Chernow, will speak and facilitate a conversation, Fostering Judaism in an Interfaith Household.

HARVEST HAVDALAH – Saturday, Oct. 20, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
A fun evening, especially inviting for families with young children, which includes music, crafts, hayride and havdalah family service led by Rabbi Caruso and educator/musician Julie Moss. Click here to learn more and register online ($10/family).

SPECIAL SPEAKERS – Click here to learn more   about the Sunday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m., presentation by Justin Herdman, U.S. Attorney for Norther Ohio, and the Sunday, Oct. 21, 10 a.m. presentation by Jerry Graham, Mid-Term Election: Math 101. Coffee/bagels available at 9:30 a.m. before each program. Free.

The CLEVELAND JAZZ ORCHESTRA Benefit Concert, Sunday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m.
This concert at Fairmount Temple will feature the music of Rodgers & Hammerstein with vocals by Vince Mastro and Treva Offutt. Tickets are only $20!  To learn more and order your tickets, click here for a flyer with registration form.

BOOKS & BEYOND Discussion Series
Monday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m. with Rabbi Nosanchuk, The Hate U Give 
Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk will lead a discussion of the powerful book, The Hate U Give, written by recent Fairmount Temple speaker Angie
Thomas. The riveting award-winning book about racism and activism and the love of a family has been made into a major motion picture. Prior to the book discussion, see the movie with Rabbi Nosanchuk on Oct. 24 in the evening (time/theater TBA). RSVPs requested to Staci Cohen at 216-464-5780 or email.  Next book discussion is Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor led by Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader on Monday, Dec. 10.

BAND TOGETHER Returns! Saturday, Nov. 3, 6 p.m. 
This is always a fun night at Fairmount Temple with The No Name Band.  Enjoy appetizers, light dinner, desserts and a cash bar.  Sing and dance and have fun with the music you know – from the 60’s, 70’s and beyond.  Only $25 for Fairmount Temple members and $30 for guests who register by Oct. 27.  Click here to register online.   If you buy tickets at the door, it’s $5 more.  Casual dress, adults only.  Come join the fun!!!

 ADULT TRIP TO ISRAEL, May 2-12, 2019, led by Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk

• Premier accommodations for three nights in Tel Aviv, four nights in Jerusalem, and two nights in Mitzpe Ramon in Israel’s Negev Desert.
• Unique experiences for both first-time travelers and returning visitors to Israel.
• Guided visits to the Israel Museum, Shrine of the Book with Dead Sea Scrolls, Yitzhak Rabin Center, Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, the City of David and Southern Wall archaeological excavations and more!
• Other highlights: Visit a base of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to observe the country-wide Air Force flyover on Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day), tour of the Negev Desert home of Israel’s first prime minster David Ben Gurion, Jeep tours and more!

Click here for flyer with the details for opportunities for both first time travelers to Israel and returning visitors. There will be a $250 credit for the first 20 who register.  Click here for the registration form.  Any questions, please contact Hedy Silber by email or 216-464-1330.

ADULT TRIP TO Poland/Prague/Germany, Sept, 2019, with Cantor Sarah Sager
You are invited to join Cantor Sager on a Jewish Heritage Tour of Poland, Prague, and Germany during the first two weeks of September, 2019. Final details of the trip are being finalized, but if you are interested in, please contact Peggy Sullivan at 216-447-9538 or email.

Did You Know through OPERATION 100% AFFILIATION: JUDAISM FOR EVERY GENERATION, Fairmount Temple offers the first year voluntary dues to new and returning members?  We want you to experience what we know, Fairmount Temple is a special place to belong. Click here for more info.   

    To learn more about these programs or other opportunities for learning, worship and social action at Fairmount Temple, click on the website calendar,  the Bulletin newsletter, or call us at 216-464-1330.