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Road Closure this Saturday - A Message From MODOT
A portion of Ladue Road near Bellerive Country Club will be closed on Saturday, August 10, from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm, so that crews may replace a drainage pipe.
Westbound traffic on Ladue Road will be able to go as far as S. Mason Road during the closure. Eastbound through traffic will not be able to travel from Route 141 to Mason Road. On Saturday, eastbound drivers should access B'nai Amoona via Conway Rd. https://www.modot.org/node/16154
Shabbat & Tishah B'Av
Friday, August 9
6:00 pm - Friday Evening Services,Main Sanctuary
7:00 pm - Shabbat Dinner, Banquet Hall - Bet
Complimentary dinner by reservation only - Please contact Andy at 314-576-9990 x106 or andy@bnaiamoona.com
7:45 pm - Candle Lighting
8:00 pm - Discussion with Rabbi Arie Hasit, On Baseless Hatred and Unconditional Love-The Western Wall in 2019, Banquet Hall - Gimmel
Parashat HaShavua:Devarim
Saturday, August 10 - Shabbat & Erev Tishah B'Av
9:00 am - Shabbat Services, Main Sanctuary
Simchat Bat of Miriam Hana Lyss
2nd Bar Mitzvah of Sheldon Enger
9:30 am - Childcare, Bride's Room
9:30 am - Shabbat Club, Banquet Hall - Alef
10:15 am - Torah for Today with Rabbi Arie Hasit, Banquet Hall - Gimmel
Topic: Hineh Mah Tov U'Mah Naim: Modeling Successful Jewish Pluralism
11:15 am - D'var Torah with Rabbi Arie Hasit, Main Sanctuary
7:00 pm - Shabbat Minchah Service, Main Sanctuary
7:45 pm - Seudah Shlisheet and Introduction to Tishah B'Av, Banquet Hall & Main Sanctuary
Pirkei Avot Study, What is the Talmud's Most Famous Heretic Doing Teaching Torah?
8:45 pm - Ma'ariv for Tishah B'Av with Megillat Eichah (Lamentations) & Kinot (Elegies), Main Sanctuary
Sunday, August 10 - Tishah B'Av
9:00 am - Shacharit Service without Tallit and Tefillin
Special Torah Reading, Haftarah, & Megillat Eichah, Main Sanctuary
10:15 am - A Thinking Person’s Judaism
Modern Kinot Discussion and Special Movie Screening of "The Women's Balcony" with Rabbi Arie Hasit, Hieken Conference Room
6:15 pm - Minchah Service with Tallit and Tefillin
Special Torah Reading and Haftarah, Main Sanctuary
7:00 pm - Tishah B'Av Discussion with Rabbi Arie Hasit
Success Stories of Conservative Judaism in Israel, Banquet Hall - Gimmel
8:15 pm - Ma'ariv Service and the Conclusion of Tishah B'Av, Main Sanctuary
8:31 pm - End of the Fast & Light Refreshments, Banquet Hall - Alef
Rabbi Arie Hasit’s visit and Tishah B’Av at B’nai Amoona are generously sponsored by Enid Weisberg-Frank and Bruce Frank in memory of Shurlie J. & Sidney Weisberg and the Masorti Movement in Israel.
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.
BA Sisterhood's Summer Wednesday Morning Continuing Education Series facilitated by Rabbi Neal Rose Wednesdays, June 12 - August 21, 9:45 - 11:30 am in Banquet Hall - Gimmel Mysticism, Madonna and Modernity: A Study in Modern Day Kabbalists and Mysticism $18 for Sisterhood and Men's Club members and $36 for non-members Additional $24 book fee: The Kabbalah Reader: A Source of Visionary Judaism by Edward Hoffman Books can be purchased from Amy Maupin in the Rabbinic Suite. Please make checks payable to Rabbi Rose's Discretionary Account. Please call Barb Hoffman at 314-691-0435 or email Mzbarb50850@aol.com for more information Click here to register.
For more information and a full list of our Adult Education classes and programs, please click HERE to be directed to our Adult Education page.
Pre-Register your Pre K-12th Grader for Activities & Programming
We are asking ALL families with children in PreK - 12th grade to complete the form below. Please fill out the form, regardless of whether you are registering your child(ren) for the Meyer Kranzberg Learning Center (MKLC).
To ensure accuracy, you will need to be logged in to complete this form. Your username is your email on file. If you are unsure of your email on file or need help logging in, please contact Tanya at tanya@bnaiamoona.com .
We can’t wait for MKLC to begin for our Pre-K- 8th Grade Students on September 8th!
Don’t forget to CLICK on the Registration form above to sign up for classes now! Contact Liessa Alperin at liessa@bnaiamoona.com for more information!
College Connect
We want to connect with our college students via Facebook, Skype, and special packages to help them keep their Jewish identity away from home. Please share your student(s’) information with us (even if it hasn’t changed) so we know where they are and can update our lists for goodies throughout the year.
Click HERE to fill out our online form or email the information to Jeanne Gaska at jeanne@bnaiamoona.com
A special thank you to the Rabbi Bernard Lipnick Foundation for the Conservative Movement for sponsoring this initiative!
B'nai Mitzvah Project Help Needed
Help Eddie Ciemnoczolowski with his Mitzvah Project: Sweet New Year Care Packages for Deployed U.S. Jewish Troops Eddie has a goal to send 72 packages to arrive by Rosh Hashanah. There is a collection box in the lobby by the Main Sanctuary and the list of needs is posted. Thank you for helping Eddie to achieve his goal of 72 care packages.
BA is Heading to Morocco *Almost Full! Only a few spots remain!*
We invite you to be a part of Sisterhood! 2019 - 2020 Membership sign-up is LIVE and online.
Come be a part of the group!
Click HERE to join online OR you may mail in your membership payment OR call the B'nai Amoona office.
Our Next Rosh Chodesh Circle You are invited to join with B'nai Amoona Sisterhood to celebrate Rosh Chodesh Elul with Lynnsie Balk Kantor to prepare our hearts, minds, and souls for the High Holy Days on Wednesday, September 4 at 7:00 pm in the Banquet Hall. Please click HEREto RSVP.
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!
Aug 22 - The Wartime Sisters: A Novel by Lynda Cohen Loigman Sept 26 - The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
For more information on the Book Group or author events, please call Enid Weisberg-Frank at 314-576-2864.
Sisterhood - High Holy Day Memorial Book
By now you should have received a letter regarding the Yizkor Memorial Book. Your response and check should be sent to: Robin Shulman, c/o Congregation B'nai Amoona 324 S. Mason Road, St. Louis, MO 63141
In preparation for the High Holy Days, Rabbi Rose recommends reading Beyond Survival: How Judaism Can Thrive in the 21st Century by Rabbi Terry Bookman.
Please contact Amy Mauping to purchase at 314-576-9990 x131 or amy@bnaiamoona.com . The cost is $22 - cash or checks made payable to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund.
It's Time To Order Your Rosh Hashanah Honey
High Holy Day 5780 - Children's Choir
In Our BA Community
MAZEL TOV TO...
Rabbi Josef and Barbara Davidson on the engagement of their son, Jacob Davidson to Yael Jacknis, daughter of Rabbi Ian and Suri Jacknis. Mazel Tov, as well to ElanaDavidson, Michaela and Dr. Myles Bogner, Adin and Joslyn on Jacob's engagement.
Shelley & Bruce Edwards and Terry & Harvey Hieken on the birth of their grandson and great-grandson, Solomon Jay Rosenberg. Proud parents are Julie and Fredric Rosenberg. Big brothers are Hamilton, Harry and Felix.
WE MOURN THE PASSING OF...
Elaine Davis Carp Oberman; born in Chicago to the late Abert and Bernice Davis; loving mother of Stanford (Mueriel) Carp and Bernice Carp; beloved grandmother of Elizabeth (Brad) Wallace, Scott (Jamie) Berzon, Brian (Heather) Carp and Adam (Nina) Berzon; doting great-grandmother of nine; wife of the late Jack Oberman and the late Herbert Carp.
Martin Jay Heligman; beloved husband of Barbara Heligman (Z"L); dear father and father in-law of Keith, Craig (Donetta), Cory and Todd (Suzanne); dear grandfather of Jillian, Zoe, Nicole and Joshua; great grandfather of Jake and Hunter; beloved brother and brother-in-law to Jack (Marsha); brother and brother-in-law of Florine Kay (Z"L)(Irwin) (Z"L); beloved brother-in-law to Marvin Greenberg (Sandy), Sandra Greene (Z"L); Gerald (Z"L) and Betty (Z"L) Greenberg; dear son of Anna (Z"L) and Nathan (Z"L)Heligman; dear son-in-law of Anne (Z"L) and Samuel (Z"L) Greenberg; dear uncle great-uncle, cousin and friend to many.
In the Jewish Community
JCRC Hosts "Forgiveness After Hate," An Inspirational Evening with Arno Michaelis and Pardeep Kaleka. August 14 at 7:00 pm with Dessert Reception to Follow
Congregation Shaare Emeth, 11645 Ladue Road in Creve Coeur, MO 63141
The Newmark Institute for Human Relations at the JCRC will be hosting “Forgiveness After Hate.” It is the story of two men who found the ability to move forward after a hate crime. For one, the massacre at the Oak Creek Sikh Temple took the life of his father. For the other, it was the realization of the hate that he fostered and recruited in his life as a white supremacist.
Additional Volunteer Opportunities at Covenant Place Next week, the last of 102 senior residents will move into the new Covenant Place II! We are still in need of volunteers to help pack and unpack the residents along their move. We have added additional volunteer time slots -- both weekdays and weekends, mornings and afternoons. We have also added a volunteer opportunity to help residents hang artwork in their new homes. We are in the final stretch; thank you for helping us make it to the finish line!
How to navigate the site: 1. Under the Volunteering box, click on “Opportunities-Help Wanted.” 2. Sign into the system with your phone number. Click on “add yourself” to input your name and contact information, if you are not already in the system. 3. Click on the month that you want to volunteer to find available dates, times, and roles.
Calling All Writers, Illustrators & Thinkers
www.thenewjewishthinker.org is a developing ezine looking for volunteers to write, illustrate, and share ideals. This online publication has a Jewish theme in its expression. Contact Berta Hyken, the volunteer coordinator at hyken.bb@gmail.com if you are interested in joining The New Jewish Thinker.
Seeking Community Gatekeepers
Jewish Family & Children’s Service is seeking “community connectors” to serve as Gatekeepers for vulnerable seniors. A Gatekeeper helps keep an eye out for relatives, neighbors, or friends who may be struggling with the challenges of aging. The JF&CS team will reach out to and work with these identified seniors one-on-one to develop a plan that helps them maintain independence, confidence, and a sense of connection to the local community. If you are interested in learning more about how you can serve as a gatekeeper, or if know of someone who could benefit from senior support, please reach out to Ken Schwartz at 314-812-9320 or kschwartz@jfcs-stl.org .
Congregation B’nai Amoona 324 South Mason Rd St. Louis, MO 63141 314-576-9990 www.bnaiamoona.com
