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February 2017 / Shevat - Adar 5777 Kehillat Bet Hamidrash (KBH) - Kempsville Conservative Synagogue

Newsletter

Kehillat Bet Hamidrash - Kempsville Conservative Synagogue

952 Indian Lakes Boulevard Virginia Beach, VA 23464-5655

Your board meets at 7:30 PM on the second Wednesday of each secular month

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Cantor David Proser Co-Presidents Ed Landress (757-305-0626) Myra Savransky (757-639-4213) 1st Vice President Norman Cohen 2nd Vice President David Lesser Treasurer Sam Epstein (757-420-5891) Trustees Harvey Eluto (2017) Nathan Segal (2018) Amos Berkovich (2019) Ritual Vacant Facilities Vacant Financial Secretary Libby Furst Secretary Chris Epstein (757-420-5891) Ways and Means Karen Rosenberg Member At Large Judy White Alene Kaufman Auxiliary of KBH co-Presidents Heliene Siegel Lynn Bell Programming/Social Rona Proser Webmaster Jason Silverstein Newsletter Sam Epstein Kiddush Coordinator Rona Proser

(757) 495-8510

www.kbhsynagogue.org [email protected] www.facebook.com/kbhsynagogue

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land with the L-rd your G-d gives you. (Shemot (Exodus) 20:12).

United Jewish Federation of Tidewater (UJFT) and the Tidewater Synagogue Leader Council present Tidewater Together with support from the Milton “Mickey” Kramer Scholar-in-Residence Fund. Join Mr. Alan Morinis, a leading figure in the revival of the Mussar tradition (www.mussarinstitute.org), Rhodes Scholar, anthropologist, filmmaker, teacher, and author of Everyday Holiness: The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar and With Heart in Mind: Mussar Teachings to Transform Your Life. You may register for any or all events at goo.gl/3IWG2d or contact Ms. Amitay at (757) 965-6138 or [email protected].

Kehillat Bet Hamidrash (KBH), the Kempsville Conservative Synagogue, hosts the 10:00 AM Sunday, 05 FEB 2017 Tidewater Together brunch and learn. To help welcome the Jewish community to our synagogue home, please contact [email protected] or (757) 495-8510 for one (or more) of three volunteer opportunities:

• 7:00 PM on Thursday, 02 FEB 2017 to help set-up the building; • 7:00 PM on Saturday, 04 FEB 2017 to assist with preparing food

and tables; and • Sunday, 05 FEB 2017 following the speaker to reset the building.

KBH holds a Shacharit minyan at 9:15 AM on Sunday, 05 FEB 2017, prior to the Tidewater Together brunch and learn.

Brith Sholom members that desire to vote in their annual elections, also held on 05 FEB 2017, may do so between 2:00 and 3:00 PM at Beth Sholom Home, 6401 Auburn Drive, Virginia Beach, VA.

Observe Tu b’Shevat (the 15th of the Jewish month of Shevat) on Saturday, 11 FEB 2017. This “new year for trees” relates to tithes required during Temple days. We also read the Song of the Sea and how G-d delivered

us from the Egyptians when fleeing Pharaoh’s armies. Come for the Torah and stay for the boxser!

Volunteers and Buyers Needed for the

KBH Annual Art Auction

2:00 PM EDT

Sunday, 19 MAR 2017

Shabbat Experience and Dinner for Families

Friday, 24 FEB 2017 5:30 – 7:00 PM at KBH

$15 per adult / children free RSVP by 20 FEB 2017

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Saturday, 18 FEB 2017 features Parshat Yitro. During the morning we hear the Ten Commandments, Tidewater synagogues jointly acknowledge the importance of the Beth Sholom Village for our community. KBH plans to build a wall of honor with pictures of your parent(s) and how a parental experience/event/attribute effects your actions and positively reflects upon your parent’s teachings. You may either e-mail photos and anecdotes to [email protected], or bring them to the Tidewater Together brunch on 05 FEB 2017. Open to children of all ages (everyone is a son/daughter) and to those living down the hall or on another continent. Let’s fill the wall before 18 February 2017!

Join us in the KBH social hall for Game Night at 7:00 PM on Saturday, 04 MAR 2017. Enjoy some light snacks while participating in games such as Pictionary and Jewish Trivia.

We still seek volunteers to help with the annual art auction on Sunday, 19 MAR 2017. Duties include help cleaning before and after the auction; setting up and taking down tables and chairs; kitchen help to include cooking and serving; setting up food and drinks; contacting previous donors and congregation members; working the door and collecting ticket money; keeping the parking lot lanes clear and directing overflow parking; unloading and reloading the art truck; art runners; seeking locations to accept our posters; taking materials to other local synagogues and religious establishments; tracking art purchases; collecting payments; selling tickets; and getting advertisements for the art book. The art auction is our only major fundraiser that reaches out beyond our synagogue participants. To lend your support, please contact Ms. Savransky at (757) 639-4213 / [email protected]. You may leave a voice mail message. KBH hosts its next Shabbat Experience for Families on Friday, 24 FEB 2017, from 5:30 – 7:00 PM. The evening consists of Shabbat-inspired games, songs, stories, prayers, and a child-friendly dinner designed for the 7 and under person and their families. $15 per adult, with children free. Please RSVP by 20 FEB 2017 to [email protected] or via the U.S. Mail. Kindly include the names and ages of children and your phone number and/or e-mail address.

• Thursday, 02 FEB 2017 at 6:30 PM, The Jewish

Spiritual Path of Mussar, discussion and reception, B’nai Israel, 420 Spotswood Avenue, Norfolk, VA.

• Friday, 03 FEB 2017 at 12:00 PM, The Ways of the Righteous: Contemporary Lessons from a 16th Century Text, lunch and learn, Temple Israel, 7255 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA.

• Friday, 03 FEB 2017 at 7:30 PM, You Shall be Holy: Personal Transformation as a Jewish Imperative, service & Oneg Shabbat, Ohef Sholom Temple, 530 Raleigh Avenue, Norfolk, VA (adults $10, children 12 and under free for the 6:30 PM dinner).

• Saturday, 04 FEB 2017 at 9:30 AM, Torah Through a Mussar Lens: A Mussar Lesson from Parshat Bo, service and Kiddush lunch, Beth El Synagogue, 422 Shirley Avenue, Norfolk, VA.

• Saturday, 04 FEB 2017 at 7:30 PM, What is Spirituality? A Jewish Take, discussion and dessert reception, Temple Emanuel, 424 25th Street, Virginia Beach, VA.

• Sunday, 05 FEB 2017 at 10:00 AM, How to Get to Heaven: Practice! Practice! Practice! brunch and learn, Kehillat Bet Hamidrash (KBH), 952 Indian Lakes Boulevard, Virginia Beach, VA.

http://jewishva.org/tidewatertogether

Tu B’Shevat

Saturday, 11 FEB 2017




We thank everyone who brings in non-perishable food items. Unfortunately, families struggle throughout the year. The Jewish Family Service (JFS) food locker, in addition to the normal non-perishable items, requests baby and toddler products (e.g., diapers, food and formula) for those in need. You may also bring perishable items directly to the JFS on the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus of the Tidewater Jewish Community, 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23462. If you have any questions about this non-denominational program, please contact Ms. Laibstain at (757) 321-2227 or [email protected].

The Stein Family Scholarship offers an annual $10,000 renewable college grant for Jewish students. Applicants must reside in Hampton Roads, attend a degree-granting institution as a full time student, complete the Free

Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and have a minimum 3.0 grade point average. For details, please visit goo.gl/BNgPq2 or contact Ms. Weinstein at (757) 965-6105 or [email protected]. Application due by 31 MAR 2017.

Rabbi Menachem Nissel, a published author on women and prayer and an instructor at Israel’s Bar Ilan University, visits Norfolk as a scholar-in-residence. For details concerning his schedule, which includes a 7:30 – 10 PM talk on Saturday, 11 FEB 2017 at the Simon Family Jewish Community Center (JCC) on the Sandler Family Campus, please contact Ms. Amy Lefcoe at [email protected].

Mr. Mishy Harmon, creator of the award winning radio show Israel Story (which Ira Glass calls “the Israeli This American Life”) visits the Sandler Family Campus as part of the Israel Today series on Thursday, 16 FEB 2017 from 7:00 – 9:30 PM. The event is free, but requires an RSVP. For details, please contact Ms. Weissmann at (757) 965-6107 / [email protected] or visit goo.gl/zMMl8l.

Simon Family JCC presents Operation Hamentashen on Sunday, 19 FEB 2017 from 10:00 – 3:00 PM. Volunteer to roll, fill bake and box hamentashen for Jewish troops in time for Purim. For details, please contact Ms. Kraus at (757) 321-2323 or [email protected].

CRC sponsors the annual Date with the State from 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM on Wednesday, 08 FEB 2017. $36 covers transportation and a Kosher meal. Meet your state senator and delegate, discuss issues that affect you and your community. CRC also extended invitations to the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general. For details or to RSVP, please contact Ms. Farrar at [email protected] or (757) 965-6107.

Temple Emanuel, 424 25th Street, Virginia Beach, VA hosts a blood drive on Sunday, 26 FEB 2017 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. For details, please contact Ms. Gail Gogan at (757) 428-2591 or [email protected].

Old and broken safety seats can place a child in danger. During FEB 2017, Drive Safe Hampton Roads will pay you for old, broken, and abused car seats. You may drop off seats at select Wal Marts and AAA offices. For details, please call (757) 498-2562.

Chabad of Tidewater presents Simple Truths, an exploration of Jewish insights for centered living. Open to women only, you may discover more about the 7:00 PM, Sunday, 26 FEB 2017 event from Ms. Brashevitzky at (757) 616-0770 or [email protected].

KBH Game Night

Saturday, 04 MAR 2017

7:00 PM EST Light Refreshments




Your Super Sunday contribution at work! Through the efforts of Ms. Alene Kaufman, UJFT awarded KBH a grant for Heart of Judaism – Bringing Torah and our Lives into Dialogue. Rabbi Rubenstein, the Dean of Students and Alumni at Yeshivat Hadar, who previously served KBH as a Jewish Theological Seminary Legacy Heritage Rabbinic Fellow, will participate in this learning event. Additional details to follow.

Celebrate an event and sponsor a Kiddush. Please contact Ms. Rona Proser via [email protected] to reserve your date. We thank Norman and Ellen Cohen for their upcoming 28 JAN 2017 Kiddush to honor the memory of their mothers, Ms. Gilda “Goldie” Cohen and our former member, Ms. Sylvia Levy.

KBH also expresses its gratitude for the following:

• Mr. David Lesser, for working with suppliers to repair and validate our fire alarms. • A financial gift from Mr. Elijahu Siman-Tov. • Mr. Harvey Hoffman, for shoveling the sidewalks after the

snow, placing mulch around the trees, and preparing the fruit trees for the cold.

• A donation from Ms. Sheila Weinberg. • Messers John Young and David Rabinowitz for bravely

facing and organizing our cleaning supply closet. • A contribution from Mr. Steve Kirschbaum • Ms. Alene Kaufman, for her work on the UJFT grant. • A financial gift from Mr. Harvey Hoffman. • Everyone who uses Amazon Smile, which gives the synagogue 0.5% of the purchase.

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Candle Lighting*

FRI 27 JAN 2017 5:07 PM FRI 03 FEB 2017 5:15 PM FRI 10 FEB 2017 5:23 PM FRI 17 FEB 2017 5:30 PM FRI 24 FEB 2017 5:37 PM FRI 03 MAR 2017 5:44 PM

*www.chabadoftidewater.com

Torah Talk 3rd Shabbat Each Secular Month

Learn with Rabbi Ruden 2:00 PM on Tuesdays

KBH Library

Minyan Sunday, 05 FEB 2017

9:15 AM KBH Sanctuary

Blood Drive

Temple Emanuel 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Sunday, 26 FEB 2017




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