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Please join us as we Desacralize our Memorial Hall
After 36 years of serving as a sacred space for prayer and contemplation, we now continue our journey towards the construction of our new Memorial Hall. Please join us TONIGHT, Thursday, April 11 at 6:15 pm for Minyan in the Main Sanctuary followed by a brief, yet poignant, Tekes Praydah, Ceremony of Separation and Desacralization in the Memorial Hall, which is adjacent to the Mendelson Library. All are welcome as we decommission this holy space, which has meant so much, to so many, for so long. May we go MeChayil LeChayil, from strength to ever greater strength! Please note: ALL existing plaques are being reconstructed and will be placed in our NEW Memorial Hall. Any members who wish to take their current memorial plaque home will be contacted in June to make arrangements.
Shabbat Spotlight
USCJ SHABBAT - with Rabbi Joshua Rabin, USCJ Director of Innovation Learn more about Rabbi Rabin HERE.
Friday, April 12
6:00 pm - Friday Evening Services, Main Sanctuary
7:18 pm - Candle Lighting
Parashat HaShavua: Metzora
Saturday, April 13
9:00 am - Shabbat Morning Services, Main Sanctuary
Special Birthday of Beverly Chervitz
9:30 am - Childcare, Room 23
9:30 am - Shabbat Club, Hieken Conference Room
10:15 am - Torah for Today with Rabbi Josh Rabin, God's Dwellings on Earth: The Mishkan, the Beit Ha-Mikdash, and the Synagogue's Place In Our Lives, Mendelson Library
10:30 am - Junior Congregation, MultiPurpose Room
11: 15 am - Sermonette with Rabbi Rabin, The Optimistic Movement - Conservative Judaism in a Time of Anxiety, Main Sanctuary
6:30 pm - Minchah, Seudah Shlishit, Study Session with Rabbi Rabin, Community, Covenant, and Polarity Management - A Third Way on Intermarriage; followed by Ma'ariv and Havdalah, Main Sanctuary
You are cordially invited to our Annual Congregational Meeting Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 10:00 am
"State of the Shul" presented by our President and Executive Committee
Presentation of next year's Congregational Theme by our Klei Kodesh
Election of our new Officers and Board of Trustees
Witness the historic signing of Cantor Sharon Nathanson's Lifetime Contract
Capital Campaign
Act now... Make a difference... Every dollar counts! Join the many B’nai Amoona families who are already helping to secure "Our Future…ATIDEYNU - עתידנו" - for generations to come.
Contact Mark Dana at markadana62@gmail.com or 314-502-3277, and make your pledge to help sustain our Kehillah.
Pesach 5779
Second Night Passover Seder B'nai Amoona is proud to host this inclusive, inter-generational, and interfaith Passover Seder open to the community. This year, we are limited to 240 attendees, only 20 spots remain! Please RSVP for your family today!
Please join us on Monday, April 29 at 7:00 pm for a debriefing session on Rabbi Sid Schwarz's "Davening Out of the Box" experience presented on Shabbat, March 23. All are welcome and invited to attend and share their thoughts. Kindly RSVP to Amy@bnaiamoona.com or 314-576-9990 x131
B'nai Amoona is Headed to Morocco!
Jewish Heritage Morocco Tour led by Rabbi Carnie Shalom Rose, February 10 - 18, 2020 There will be an Informational Meeting May 1, 7:00 pm at B'nai Amoona. RSVP to amy@bnaiamoona.com , 314-576-9990 x131 Click here to view a tentative itinerary.
Please join us at the Pasta House Co. at 700 N. Ballas Rd. Thursday April 18, from 4:00-8:00 pm A portion of the proceeds from your meal with be donated to the LRECC. This flyer attached HERE just be printed and presented to your server. Valid for dine-in or take-out.
LRECC/CAMP B'NAI AMI
We are looking for PreSchool and Camp B'nai Ami Staff Call Anita! 314-576-3688 Looking for great people!
We are thrilled to announce and exciting NEW 7th Grade Program to Camp this summer! Click here to read more!
Camp Ramot Amoona is hiring for Summer 2019! If you are interested in being part of an incredible staff, or know someone who may be a great fit, please contact Sarah Shulman at sarah@bnaiamoona.com . Looking forward to hearing from you!
Upcoming Adult Education
Sunday, 4/14 - Due to our Annual Meeting, A Thinking Person's Judaism will not meet this Sunday.
Wednesday, 4/17 - 10:00 am - Pre-Pesach Workshop, Pesach D’Atideynu – Passovers to Come: What Can Our Contemporary Observance of Pesach Teach Us About the Passover Rites That Will Be in place in the Future; special Sisterhood class with Rabbi Carnie Shalom Rose, in the Mendelson Library
Yom Hashoah Yellow Candles A recent poll found that 1/3 of Americans have little or no awareness of the Holocaust! This is a tragic statistic, to be certain. As only a relative few survivors of this horror remain alive to tell their stories, it falls upon succeeding generations to do so. The Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs provides the conversation starter with the yellow memorial candles which help to raise awareness, as well as to keep the victims’ souls alive in our hearts.
Our Men’s Club delivers these candles to each member household with the help of fifty volunteers. Please be one of these volunteers and let Men’s Club know that you are ready to lend a hand on Sunday morning, April 28, towards insuring that all B’nai Amoona members have a candle to light and to display in their windows as a beacon of memory and knowledge. Please sign up online HERE or email mensclub@bnaiamoona.com.
2019 AIPAC St. Louis Annual Event
Please join us again for this year's 2019 AIPAC St. Louis Annual Event Monday, May 6, 2019, The Ritz-Carlton St. Louis, 100 Carondelet Plaza 7:00 pm - Community Program & Dessert Reception Speaker: Ronen Bergman, an award-winning Israeli investigative journalist, historian, lawyer and a New York Times bestselling author. The Klei Kodesh will, once again, be hosting a B'nai Amoona tables. To reserve a seat or host a B'nai Amoona table of your own for B'nai Amoona, please contact Amy Maupin at 314-576-9990 x131 or amy@bnaiamoona.com .
Sisterhood
Mother's Day Toiletry Drive Sisterhood is running a Mother's Day toiletries drive to collect toiletries for women's shelters. We are working in partnership with Traditional Congregation Sisterhood.
We will have installed a collection receptacle in the Sanctuary lobby for drop-off. This will continue until April 28.
Book Club B'nai Amoona's Sisterhood has a Book Club that we share with Kol Rinah's Sisterhood. Meetings are on the 4th Thursday of each month at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters on Lindbergh Blvd (across from Plaza Frontenac) from 10:00 - 11:30 am. New members are always welcome! You do not need to attend every month, just come when you can, nor is it required that you have read (or finished reading) the book selection for the month!
Our next date is April 25 and the book is If All the Seas Were Ink by Ilana Kurshan (320 pages
For more information on the Book Group or author events, please call Enid Weisberg-Frank at 314-576-2864.
B'nai Amoona Judaica Shop
Come see all the beautiful Passover selections during our special Passover shopping hours! Tuesday, April 16 & Wednesday, April 17: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Sunday, April 14: 9:30 am - 12:00 pm. Cash or check only, please. As always we are still open by appt. To make an appointment call Charlene at 636-484-2596 .
Social Action Committee
This Passover remember those who are less fortunate: 1. Donate non-perishable, unexpired items to the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry 2. Donate Kosher for Passover items to the food pantry for Jews who cannot afford the cost of Kosher food. 3. Donate money to Rabbi Rose's Discretionary fund to help those who need it.
JF&CS Office Hours at BA
JF&CS is coming to you with walk-in hours at Bnai Amoona, Mondays 2:00-5:00 pm in Classroom 19. During walk-in hours, Michael will provide assessments, locate resources, and arrange for follow-up - all without an appointment. You can come to find services for yourself or for a loved one. Contact Michael at 314-812-9307 or mfaccini@jfcs-stl.org with any questions.
STL Jewish Light Unsung Heroes
Mazel Tov to B'nai Amoona's Delmar Gardens West "Welcome Shabbat" Volunteers, who were selected as one of this year's STL Jewish Light Unsung Heroes. This group includes Beverly Chervitz, Laurie Cohen, Mark Dana, Joel Dennis, Jay Englander, Harvey Greenstein, Ron Heller, Richard Hitt, Andrew Oberman, Sherry Phillips, Randi Shenberg, Joel Spigel, and Phyllis Traub.
Click HERE to read about all of this year's recipients and for more information on the reception held in their honor.
In our BA Community
MAZEL TOV TO...
Stacey & Billy Hoffman, Phyllis & Larry Hoffman, and Marla and Alan Giblichman on the birth of their daughter, and granddaugher, Sydney Leah Hoffman. Proud big brother is Samson Hoffman. Great-grandmother is Joan Giblichman. Aunts and uncles are Lesley & Matt Goldenberg, Molly Hoffman & Yael Zinkow, and Matt & Cori Agase.
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF...
David Zoll; beloved brother of Dan (Amy Weiss) Zoll; dear uncle of Adam Zoll, Aaron Zoll and Alexandra Bankston. Dear brother, uncle and friend of many.
Good News from Israel
We are excited to include this section into our weekly newsletter that will include links to good news coming out of Israel!
ClickHERE to read the Weekly Newsletter from the Israel21
Click HERE read the AIPAC Synagogue Initiative Israel Update
In the Jewish Community
Jewish Federation of St. Louis on Show Me Israel 2019 Explore Israel from October 27 - November 4, 2019. Participate in one of four unique, customized tracks, and see Israel through your preferred lens: A Culinary Taste; Hi-Tech & Innovation; Politics & History; or Arts & Culture. Stay on the same track for the entire mission or switch between tracks. Itinerary and pricing available at JFedSTL.org/Show-Me-Israel . For more information, contact Karen Rader at KRader@JFedSTL.org or 314-442-3756.
Applications Open for 7th Cohort of Millstone Fellows
Applications are now open for the 7th cohort of Millstone Fellows, a collaborative model of leadership development for emerging and established leaders in the St. Louis Jewish community. Valuing effective leadership as being essential to ensuring a strong and united Jewish community, Fellows integrates Jewish learning with general leadership skill building so that participants will become more informed, thoughtful, and effective leaders wherever they are leading .Millstone Fellows is facilitated by local and national trainers and educators and includes eight monthly gatherings alternating between half-day Sundays and three-hour weeknight sessions beginning September 2019 and concluding in April 2020. Cost of the program is $395. Scholarships are available. Apply online at JFedSTL.org/Millstone-Fellows . Applications are due by July 15.
Academic Scholarships Available for St. Louis Area Students
Jewish Federation of St. Louis distributes a number of academic scholarships and interest-free loans to St. Louis area students. These scholarships are open to residents of the greater St. Louis metropolitan area, with a preference given to Jewish applicants. Click here for more information.
WIN/WIN at the seder with eMitzvah Bonds for Afikoman No trip to the mall and full of Mitzvah/Zionism! eMitzvah Bonds $36, $54, $72, $90 (available online and Israel Bonds app). Invest online at israelbonds.com, contact ncc@israelbonds.com or call 888 764 2631. Development Corporation for Israel. This is not an offering, which can be made only by prospectus. Read the prospectus carefully before investing to fully evaluate the risks associate with investing in Israel bonds. Member FINRA
Volunteers Needed at Covenant Place Covenant Place seeks volunteers for our new dinner program. Volunteers are needed Monday - Friday between 4:00-6:00 pm to help set up, serve and clear dinner. The Kosher dinner is catered by Kohn’s. Volunteering on an ongoing basis is preferred, however sporadic volunteers are welcome too. This is a wonderful volunteer opportunity for individuals or groups, and children age 10-15 are invited with an adult. In addition, Covenant Place hosts a monthly Sunday lunch that is perfect for a small group to volunteer together. Groups typically arrive around 11:30 am to set up and prep the food, and lunch is served at 12:30 pm. Ideally the group plans and prepares the food, and Covenant Place reimburses the cost. If the group has entertainment (playing an instrument, singing, dancing, etc.) that is wonderful. Some months have entertainment already scheduled. Please contact Jessica Wax for more information or to volunteer 314-432-1610, or jwax@covenantplacestl.org .
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