TalmudicTales. of Love and Darkness. Jeffrey L. Rubenstein scholar-in-residence. March 31 April 2, Providence, Rhode Island

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1 TalmudicTales of Love and Darkness March 31 April 2, 2017 Jeffrey L. Rubenstein scholar-in-residence Before the discussions, join us for meals centered around the homelands of the two Talmuds: an Iraqi Shabbat dinner, an Israeli kiddush buffet lunch, and a delicious Sunday brunch. Sponsored by the Koffler Bornstein Families Institute of Jewish Studies, the Peter J. and Anna C. Woolf Education Fund, the Rabbi Morris G. and Rebbitzen Diana Silk Memorial Lecture Fund For more information and to register: teprov.org/institute/edweekend17 Temple Emanu-El 99 Taft Avenue,Providence, R.I., All are welcome! shabbat evening 8:15 pm Love, Babylonian Style shabbat morning 11:00 am Hearing the Call shabbat afternoon 1:00 pm Stories of Shame in the Talmuds sunday morning 9:30 am Stories of Destruction s c h o l a r - i n - r e s i d e n c e w e e k e n d Temple Emanu-El Providence, Rhode Island

2 Services this Shabbat Sanctuary Service Main Sanctuary Rabbi Wayne Franklin Rabbi Rachel Zerin Cantor Brian Mayer Officer: Margaret Wool Junior Congregation Rosen Library USY Board Members Tot Shabbat Sisterhood Lounge Nora Salomon Upcoming Youth Services Saturday, April 8: Youth Minyan, led by Samuel Gelman, will take place in the library, 10:30am- 12 noon Tuesday, April 11: Family Service, led by Rabbi Zerin, will take place in the Chapel, 10:30am-12 noon There will be NO Youth Minyan on Saturday, April 15. At Temple Emanu-El, we seek to fashion an atmosphere of peace and tranquility on the Sabbath. To help create this environment throughout the Temple, we refrain from writing, taking photographs, texting, and using cell phones. Please join us in observing these traditions as we make Shabbat a sacred experience for us all.

3 Announcements Mazal Tov Ivy and Toby Marwil would like to announce the marriage of their son, Noah Elinoff Marwil, to Ioulia Fenton, daughter of Gayla Fenton, on Saturday, March 25, 2017, in Atlanta, Georgia. Congratulations to all! If you would like to make a Mazal Tov donation in honor of the Marwil family, please visit the website: New Temple Website Be sure to log in to your account on our updated website: Please add to or correct your personal information on your page. If you have any questions, contact Paul Stouber at or by pstouber@teprov.org Volunteer to Chant Haftarah We are looking for volunteers to chant Haftarah in the coming months. Please contact Cantor Brian Mayer if you are interested in volunteering: bjmayer@teprov.org Support Emanu-El Bring your East Side Marketplace receipts to the Temple. We receive 1% of all receipts. Last year we raised over $2,000 for the Temple! Visit Temple Emanu-El s Rosen Library Are you looking for a Jewish book? Visit the Rosen Library. Open on weekdays, Sundays, Shabbat, and holidays-every day!

4 Grief Support Group The monthly grief support group has opened its doors to congregants at both Temple Emanu-El as well as other Kesher synagogues. If you feel you are living with grief and think a group community might be helpful in your grief journey please contact your Temple s Kesher social worker or Tara Watkins. Her information is listed below. Greater Providence United Moes Chitim Fund Do you celebrate the Passover holiday? Do you need assistance to purchase Passover food? If so, Jewish Family Service may be able to help. Moes Chitim, meaning Money for Wheat, is support given to help members of the Jewish community buy the essential food needed for Passover. Assistance will be in the form of supermarket gift cards (for either Stop & Shop or Eastside Market). Application can be obtained by contacting your Kesher social worker, Tara Watkins at or tara@jfsri.org or calling case management at Jewish Family Service at Household size and income verification required with application. Donate Maot Hittim If you would like to participate in the Mitzvah of donating Maot Hittim, please send your gift to JFS. Drop In Hours Tara Watkins has drop in hours this Saturday, April 1, from 10:30-2:00 PM in the Main Office. Note: There will be no Shabbat Kiddush on April 8 and April 15

5 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Presented by Temple Emanu-El Youth Theater Join us for a laugh out loud comedy about serious competition, being a kid, and the trials of growing up. For tickets and more information please call Temple Emanu-El at $10 for adults $5 for kids 12 & under Meeting House Thursday, April 6 at 7 PM Sunday, April 9 at 1:30 PM & 6:30 PM

6 The Bielski Partisans Honoring the Victims Celebrating the Survivors This year's Yom HaShoah event will remember the April 23, 4 PM -Temple Emanu-El This year s Yom HaShoah event will remember the victims of the Holocaust and celebrate the heroism of the Bielski Partisans, who saved 1,200 Jewish lives in the fronts of Belarussia between Our guest speaker will be Ruth Bielski Ehrreich, daughter of Tuvia Bielski, the leader of the Bielski Partisans, whose story was featured in the book and movie Defiance: The Bielski Partisans. The Never Again Award will be presented to Herb Stern.

7 From Arts Emanu-El: Remembrances: Two Photography Exhibitions & a Symposium on Art, Memory & the Holocaust At the Art Gallery on Main St., Pawtucket The Blackstone Valley Visitor s Center s Art Gallery 175 Main St., Pawtucket March 3 to April 30: Photographer Jonathan Sharlin s: Portrait Narratives: A Photographic Installation of RI Holocaust Survivors: Walk among larger-than-life photo-portraits and word-panels of Rhode Island Holocaust survivors. You will recognize and remember many people including Edward O. Adler, Ray Eichenbaum, Leah Eliash, and others. Wednesday April 19th at 7 pm: Symposium on Art as Memory Keeper: A stimulating forum about the responsibilities and demands on artists to engage with their cultural histories. Discussion to be led by Dr. Deborah Johnson, professor of art history and of women s studies, Providence College, and Cantor at Temple Sinai, with Dr. Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, professor of photography and Director of the URI Center for the Humanities, & artist Jonathan Sharlin.

8 In the Bohnen Vestry, Temple Emanu-El March 14th to April 2nd: Alexandra Broches Letters and Pictures from a Box: An exhibition of hauntingly beautiful digital collages. The exhibit invites us to puzzle out the ways that suddenly discovered letters, photographs and documents from another time and place give clues and glimpses into one family s Holocaust narrative.

9 Jewish-Catholic Engagement in Rhode Island A Panel Discussion Dr. Holly Taylor Coolman, Assistant Professor of Theology, Providence College Rabbi Barry Dolinger, Congregation Beth Sholom, VP, Board of Rabbis of Greater RI Dr. Deborah Johnson, Professor of Art History, Providence College Fr. Christopher Mahar, Rector, Our Lady of Providence Seminary Monday, April 3rd 6pm - 7:30pm Barnini Room, Lower level of Harkins Hall Refreshments, including kosher food, will be available. ***RSVP by March 29 kindly requested but not required: mmcneil4.ga@providence.edu Sponsored by the Theology Department, the Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies, and the Office of Institutional Diversity.

10 Prepare for Passover by helping those in need. ALL DONATED FOOD PRODUCTS MUST BE CERTIFIED KOSHER*: As a Jewish community, it is our responsibility to come to the aid of fellow Jews who struggle with life s basic needs. Please support this mitzvah by participating in our Passover food drive. 5 th Annual Chametz Challenge Benefiting the Louis and Goldie Chester Full Plate Kosher Food Pantry April 3 7, :00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. or call to arrange a drop-off SUGARMAN SINAI MEMORIAL CHAPEL 458 Hope St., Providence For every item donated, Sugarman Sinai Memorial Chapel will purchase another item for donation. Applesauce (sugar free) Barley / Couscous Beans (vegetarian) Breakfast cereal Canned fruit (low sugar / sugar free) Canned salmon Canned soup (vegetarian / kosher) Canned vegetables Coffee / Juice Cooking oil Graham crackers Instant potatoes Jam / Sugar-free jam Jelly / Sugar-free jelly Kasha / Rice Milk / Powdered milk Pancake mix Parmalat Pasta / Pasta sauce Peanut butter Raisins Shabbat candles Shampoo / Toothpaste Soda / Sugar-free soda Toilet paper Tomato products Tuna fish *Non-perishables only. Wishing the joy of the Passover holiday to you and your loved ones! SugarmanSinai.com

11 Our member, Carlos Spinola, is helping to organize this event and would love members of Emanu-El to attend. Rabbi Franklin will be one of the speakers at the event. For more information, visit:

12 Shabbat morning, April 22 Temple Emanu-El will welcome Daniel Sherman, who will speak on A Jewish & Zionist Response to Today s Volatile Middle East. Daniel Sherman is a strategic and organizational consultant focusing on peace and development issues. He served as a Senior General Staff officer in the Israel Defense Forces Strategic Planning Division where he worked on the peace process and Israel s defense-oriented international relations (completing reserve duty with the rank of major); developed social welfare programs for disadvantaged Jewish communities in central and eastern Europe with the Joint Distribution Committee; worked on strategic planning and leadership development at the Mandel Foundation; and was International Relations Director for the Israeli human rights organization, B Tselem, where he was responsible for engagement with diplomats and international policy makers. Daniel recently launched Yuvalim, an innovative project that promotes peace and shared society in Israel by linking communal networks with visionary Israeli leaders and with outstanding organizations working to solve Jewish-Arab and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts. To launch Yuvalim, Daniel embarked on a 273 kilometer solo sea kayaking journey in May 2016 from Nahariyya to Ashqelon during which he met and spoke with Israelis and Palestinians about their views on peace and war. Daniel made aliya from the United States in 1990 and lives in Modi in, Israel with his wife and two children. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, writing and sea-kayaking. Please come and enjoy this special opportunity to learn from someone who has been intimately involved in the peace process.

13 DO YOU SUFFER FROM A CHRONIC CONDITION? Many individuals suffer from symptoms of chronic conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, hypertension and heart disease. The Chronic Disease Self-Management program is designed to help individuals dealing with chronic conditions manage and improve their own health, while reducing health care costs. This program emphasizes practical strategies to manage chronic conditions. YOU WILL LEARN TO: manage pain improve nutrition exercise to increase strength manage medication use improve communication with doctors action plan and problemsolve for better decisionmaking WHO SHOULD ATTEND? anyone with a chronic condition interested in improving health, nutrition and pain management. Start date: Monday, April 24 th Location: Sisterhood Lounge (at Temple Emanu-El) Handicap accessible through kitchen entrance on Morris Ave. Time: 1:00pm-3:30pm RSVP: Temple Emanu-El s Kesher Social Worker, Tara Watkins, at or tara@jfsri.org. Classes are held once a week for 6 weeks and are 2 and ½ hours each. Gift cards offered as incentives for those who complete the series. This program is offered by Federal Hill House Association and Rhode Island Parent Information Network free of charge.

14 New Shabbat & Festival Siddur, Siddur Lev Shalem Thanks to the great generosity of many of our members, we now have over 200 copies of the new Siddur Lev Shalem available for use on Shabbat and holidays. We recently started using the new Siddur, and it will now be our primary prayer book. But we need many more copies to fill the Main Sanctuary, especially when we have special celebrations. If you would like to donate one or more of these new prayer books, please go to the Temple website, teprov.org, where you can make your donation, or call the Temple office at Each prayer book costs $36. Like the Mahzor Lev Shalem, which we use on High Holy days, our new Siddur features a four column format, new translations in contemporary language, a commentary providing historical context as well as kavanot, poetry and prose that expand and enrich our relationship to the text. To learn more about the Siddur, follow the link and click on the A Look Inside link in the left column: