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Apply today if you need assistance with rebuilding damaged property or temporary housing. You can apply at www.disasterassistance.gov/.
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COVID UPDATE:
During February, Temple Shalom physician team members of our Covid-19 Task Force shared a Covid update video. The Covid-19 Update Preview Video can be viewed here:
https://app.vidhug.com/r1CGjMwWu/hug |
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| Temple Shalom Brotherhood’s Ron Wolff Blood Drive
Sunday, March 7
8:30am – 1:30pm
Carter BloodCare Bus in the Temple Shalom Parking Lot
Click here to sign up (Photo ID required at appointment)
To honor social distancing, please make an appointment, complete donor questionnaire online using QuickScreen, and plan on bringing/wearing a mask. We will do our best to provide one for you but our supply is very limited.
Questions? Contact Leon Harris, Volunteer Drive Coordinator
leonharr@aol.com
Donate blood at Temple Shalom on March 7th and receive a McDonald’s value meal gift card along with Covid-19 antibody testing!
Carter BloodCare continues to follow all current FDA and CDC guidelines to limit the spread of COVID-19. |
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| Wednesday, March 3 at 7:00pm
History Highlights: The Fight for Civil Rights in the South
The 1960s were pivotal years in the African American struggle for civil rights and social equality in the United States. Join us for an exploration of two key moments in Civil Rights history, the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march and the burning of the Freedom Riders bus in Anniston, Alabama, through photographs and artifacts featured in the Museum’s current special exhibition, The Fight for Civil Rights in the South.
Click Here to sign up.
Thursday, March 11 at 7:00pm
Upstander Speaker Series
The Funk Family Upstander Speaker Series showcases individuals and organizations who stand up for human rights on a local, national, or global level.
Named in loving memory of Blanch & Max Goldberg | Fannie & Isaac Funk.
Mohammed Al Samawi and Justin Hefter
In 2015, Mohammed Al Samawi, an interfaith activist from a Shiite Muslim background, found himself trapped in the city of Aden, Yemen. The target of death threats from al-Qaeda squads, Al Samawi knew his life depended on escaping the city. That’s where Justin Hefter, along with three other young people in the U.S. and Israel, came in.
Growing up in Yemen, Mohammed al Samawi was raised to view Christians and Jews as his enemy. While he was a student at university, a trusted professor shared a copy of the Bible with him. It didn’t take long for Al Samawi to study the text and wonder if his hate was unjustified. He began connecting with young people of other religions on social media and attending interfaith conferences, where he met the people who would ultimately help save his life, including Justin Hefter. When Al Samawi’s life was at risk, Hefter and others reached out across social media platforms to politicians, activists, diplomats, and anyone else who might be able to help to secure Al Samawi’s safe passage out of Yemen and eventually to the United States. But the work did not end there. Both Al Samawi and Hefter continue their interfaith work today.
Click Here to sign up.
For more information on the Dallas Holocaust and Human Right Museum, go to:
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| Monday, March 1
2:30pm Knitting Hour with Cantor Avery
Meeting ID: 898 3822 2319
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89838222319
One tap mobile: +13462487799,,89838222319# US
7:00pm Temple Board of Trustees Meeting via Zoom
Tuesday, March 2
7:00pm Temple Shalom Gathers with Rabbi Paley & Cantor Avery
Meeting ID: 842 1526 7465
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84215267465
One tap mobile: +13462487799,,84215267465#
Listen by telephone: +1 346 248 7799
Wednesday, March 3
12:00pm Lunch and Learn
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88219805264
Meeting ID: 882 1980 5264
Passcode: 831365
5:00pm Midweek Hebrew at Temple
Thursday, March 4
7:00pm Sisterhood Game Night via Zoom (see below)
Friday, March 5
5:30pm going live for gathering and schmoozing
6:00pm Shabbat Service
We are broadcasting both through Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/templeshalomdallas/
8:00pm COVIDeo Chat
Our virtual after service social gathering
Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82820867321?pwd=TjRjMXV6SnhIZUt1QktWQTVVTmF2 Zz09
Meeting ID: 828 2086 7321
Passcode: SHABBAT
One tap mobile +13462487799,,82820867321#,,,,,,0#,,3341545#
Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799
For security purposes, please RSVP by Noon Friday to Toba Reifer at reifernotary@gmail.com. You can also email her with any questions.
Saturday, March 6
9:00am Torah Study via Zoom
Meeting ID: 847 4289 3902
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84742893902
Passcode: 664930
Listen by telephone: +1-346-248-7799
5:00pm Ava Schamerloh Bat Mitzvah Service at Temple
6:30pm Havdallah & Kids Movie Night (see below)
Sunday, March 7
8:30am-1:30pm Brotherhood Blood Drive – Temple Parking Lot (see above)
9:00am Traditions Passover Boutique – Temple Parking Lot (see below)
9:30am Religious School – Temple grounds
9:30am Tots Academy – Temple grounds
11:00am Religious School Online Learning via Zoom
2:00pm Adult Yiddish Reading Class via Zoom (see below) |
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| Monday, March 8
12:30pm Great Decisions via Zoom
2:30pm Knitting Hour with Cantor Avery
Meeting ID: 898 3822 2319
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89838222319
One tap mobile: +13462487799,,89838222319# US
7:00pm Sisterhood Board Meeting via Zoom
Tuesday, March 9
7:00pm Temple Shalom Gathers with Rabbi Paley & Cantor Avery
Meeting ID: 842 1526 7465
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84215267465
One tap mobile: +13462487799,,84215267465#
Listen by telephone: +1 346 248 7799
Wednesday, March 10
12:00pm Lunch and Learn
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88219805264
Meeting ID: 882 1980 5264
Passcode: 831365
5:00pm Midweek Hebrew at Temple
Thursday, March 11
7:00pm Brotherhood Guys Night Out Game Night via Zoom (see below)
Friday, March 12
5:30pm going live for gathering and schmoozing
6:00pm Shabbat Service
We are broadcasting both through Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/templeshalomdallas/
8:00pm COVIDeo Chat
Our virtual after service social gathering
Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82820867321?pwd=TjRjMXV6SnhIZUt1QktWQTVVTmF2 Zz09
Meeting ID: 828 2086 7321
Passcode: SHABBAT
One tap mobile +13462487799,,82820867321#,,,,,,0#,,3341545#
Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799
For security purposes, please RSVP by Noon Friday to Toba Reifer at reifernotary@gmail.com. You can also email her with any questions.
Saturday, March 13
9:00am Torah Study via Zoom
Meeting ID: 847 4289 3902
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84742893902
Passcode: 664930
Listen by telephone: +1-346-248-7799
10:30am Munchkin Minyan – Temple Grounds (see below)
Sunday, March 14
Daylight Savings Time Begins – Spring Forward One Hour
4:00pm Super Seniors via Zoom (see below)
Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83709462057?pwd=NFA2bzc4SGcwQnd2WDBoM1BvZllCQT09
Meeting ID: 837 0946 2057
Passcode: 528553
One tap mobile: +13462487799,,83709462057#,,,,,,0#,,528553#
Dial by your location: +1 346 248 7799
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| Most on-site events are cancelled thru March.
We’ll let you know about any rescheduling as it occurs.
Please go to our website to check for updates.
www.templeshalomdallas.org |
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Please consider, if you are able, making an extra donation toward membership support.
Any personally meaningful amount will help support our membership belonging during this unprecedented and uncertain time. Support our members belonging initiative by going to https://templeshalomdallas.org/donate/ and choose “Special” for the campaign and “Congregant Assistance” for the fund from the drop down menus. Thank you for your continued support of the Temple Shalom family.
Debra Levy-Fritts, President
Rabbi Andrew Paley, Senior Rabbi
Steve Lewis, Executive Director |
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Knitting Hour with Cantor Avery
Mondays at 2:30pm
Bring any creative projects you are working on, needle point, crocheting, knitting, coloring, beading, etc… We will schmooze, create, and connect. Further into our time together, we will talk about creative projects we can work on as mitzvah projects.
Meeting ID: 898 3822 2319
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89838222319
One tap mobile: +13462487799,,89838222319# US
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Temple Shalom Gathers – Turn out, tune in and drop by!
Tuesdays at 7:00pm
Come join Rabbi Paley and Cantor Avery along with your Temple Shalom family each week as we check in, say hello and catch up. Invite a friend, grab your family and take a little time out of your day for some learning, laughing and connecting. See you soon!
Meeting ID: 842 1526 7465
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84215267465
One tap mobile: +13462487799,,84215267465#
Listen by telephone: +1 346 248 7799
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| Links for all Temple services, classes and activities are listed in the calendar at the top. |
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| This month our K-6th grade students begin exploring the value of K’hillah/community and connection. The study of this value provides additional tools for student to continue to explore our core text from Rabbi Hillel (Pirke Avot 1:14)
* If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
* If I am only for myself, what am I?
* If not now when?
This unit seeks to empower children to realize that the strength they bring to a k’hillah starts with their sense of self-worth, that they have much to contribute to a larger whole. We want to empower children to actively engage with each important k’hillah in their lives, contributing to a shared sense of purpose. Staying connected to one another in new and creative ways is more crucial than ever before. We want to empower children to find ways to engage with their k’hillah now, and in meaningful and lasting ways. Find out more about what our students are studying here: https://jec-tohealthcurric.weebly.com/
Deborah Niederman, RJE
Director of Religious School and Young Family Programming
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| Scholarship Opportunities
Dallas Jewish Community Foundation
Overnight Jewish camp scholarships for any jewish student entering grades 3-8 in the fall. Application closes March 3rd.
Information about each can be found at www.djcf.org
The Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas
is now accepting applications for need-based scholarships for teens who are attending summer programs in Israel. In order to qualify for the scholarships, applicants must:
1. Live in Dallas
2. Demonstrate financial need
3. Be a current high school student and have the same status at the time of the Israel
program.
4. Plan to participate in a recognized Israel experience program that is longer than 10
days and has educational content.
Students applying to attend summer programs in Israel must submit their completed
application no later than March 15, 2021. More details can be found on the website
For questions, please contact Peta Silansky, Manager, Israel & Overseas,
Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, 214-615-5250 |
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| Special Series Offered by Hebrew Union College
Wissenschaft – the Enlightenment’s scientific approach to understanding our history and our world – is the foundation of HUC’s mission and approach to Jewish learning. Please join us for stimulating lectures with our renowned faculty and guest experts whose scientific rigor, academic scholarship, and Jewish lens offer insight and inspiration on Judaism and women’s studies and culture.
Judaism and Civil Society
Description: Probe the pressing concerns of our civic life today, including race and identity, elections, prison reform, and religious voices on social justice issues in Judaism & Civil Society.
All sessions in this series are moderated by President Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D.
Tuesday, March 2 at 4:30pm – Sarah Bunin Benor, Ph.D. and Jared Jackson
“Language and Racism in the United States Today” REGISTER
Thursday, March 4 at 4:30pm – Kerwin K. Charles, Ph.D.
“Race and Identity Today” REGISTER
Tuesday, March 23 at 5:00pm – Chester Hollman III, Alan Tauber, and Rabbi Andrea Weiss, Ph.D.
“Let My People Go: Personal Reflections on Freedom and Injustice” REGISTER
Thursday, March 25 at 12:00pm – Rabbi Dvora Weisberg and Daniel Weinstock, Ph.D.
“Children and The Right to Vote” REGISTER
Judaism & Culture: Presented by Klau Library
Description: Experience the impact of Jewish material culture through the creativity of artists, composers, poets, architects, and writers who illuminate Jewish heritage and shape our identity today.
Monday, March 1 at 12:00pm – Joshua Teplitsky, Ph.D.
“Kashruth, Community, and Control: Shehitah Manuals and their Afterlives in Early Modern Europe” REGISTER
Tuesday, March 16 at 12:00pm – Edwin Seroussi, Ph.D.
“A Spark of King David: Rabbi Israel Najara’s Poetry and Music” REGISTER
Judaism & Women’s Studies
Description: Study the Jewish woman’s experience – from infertility in antiquity and biblical roles of leadership to the evolution of women’s spirituality and worship – through the lens of Jewish feminist scholarship.
Tuesday, March 9 at 5:00pm – Kristine Henricksen Garroway, Ph.D.
“Infertility in the Ancient World” REGISTER |
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Lunch and Learn
Wednesdays
12:00pm
“Together and Apart: The Future of Jewish Peoplehood”
This class will examine the forces dividing the Jewish people today, including nationalism, antisemitism, dual-loyalty, and identity politics; and it imagines new conceptual frameworks that can help sustain and grow the story of our people.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88219805264
Meeting ID: 882 1980 5264
Passcode: 831365
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| Torah Study
Every Saturday – Join Us For This Exciting Study
9:00am
Start your Shabbat morning with lively learning led by Rabbi Paley as we explore the Torah and its influence on many important topics affecting us today. We study the Torah’s impact on Art, Education, Science and Medicine, Acts of Mercy and Kindness to name just a few, using the Global Impact Bible as a resource.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84742893902
Meeting ID: 847 4289 3902
Passcode: 664930
One tap mobile: +13462487799,,631385245#
Dial in information: +1-346-248-7799
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Adult Education has a webpage of resources for Learning@Home.
The address is https://templeshalomdallas.org/learninghome/
During the COVID-19 social distancing while we Stay At Home, organizations and institutions across the country and around the world are offering a wide range of online classes, lectures and enrichment sessions that you can join from your home. We invite you to broaden your knowledge and enjoy learning. Most of the resources are free at this time.
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Yiddish Reading Class
Zoom Meetings: Sundays
Learn to read Yiddish with the Hebrew alphabet at an easy and relaxed pace. Students will read and enjoy stories and songs – all from the original Yiddish. Along the way, students will also learn basic Yiddish conversation and even learn to tell a Yiddish joke or two. No prior knowledge of Yiddish is required – so students of all levels and ages are welcome to come!
This class is a continuation of our Fall 2020 classes:
Sundays – 03/07, 04/11, 04/18, 04/25, 05/02, and 05/09
Time: 2:00-3:00 pm
To get the Zoom link along with copies of the Yiddish texts to be discussed, and to be added to our Yiddish class email list, please contact teacher David Katz at yiddish@templeshalomdallas.org
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Traditions Passover Boutique
And No Tax Day
Join us for our Passover Boutique on
Sunday, March 7th
from 9:30am-12:00pm in the parking lot by the Religious School! Make your holiday special with a new Seder plate, Elijah and Miriam’s cups, Matzo cover, Haggadot, children’s books and much more. Select merchandise will be on sale. Masks and social distancing required. Passover merchandise is also available at Traditions Retail to Go.
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Sisterhood
Join or Renew your Sisterhood Membership Today!
We are the Sisters of Shalom. Working together for Sisterhood, Spirituality and Social Good. Won’t you join us?
Click HERE for the Membership letter from our Sisterhood President.
Click here to complete the on-line membership form and use your credit card via PayPal’s secure credit card processor
Click here to download the membership form and mail your completed form along with a check to: Sisterhood at Temple Shalom, 6930 Alpha Road, Dallas, TX 75240.
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Sisterhood Game Night – Jewish Taboo
Thursday, March 4
7:00pm via Zoom
Join us for another fantastic game night with our host, Staci Mendelsohn. Described as “The Judaicized version of everyone’s favorite game”! Easy to play, Jewish Taboo is played like regular Taboo where the goal is to get your team to guess your word or phrase.
RSVP to Staci Mendelsohn at slm@hbrtech.com to receive the Zoom link.
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| Tikkun Olam Council
Click here for volunteer opportunities, and more!
Contact Chair Theresa Myers at tikkunolam@templeshalomdallas.org.
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Caring Congregation
Privacy laws prevent hospitals from giving us personal information — we can only get this information from you. Please contact Halley Gottlieb in the clergy office at hgottlieb@templeshalomdallas.org or 972-661-1810 ext. 201 with information about illness, hospitalization, death, birth, etc.
Please notify us if you or someone you know needs help during this time. We are continuing to send out condolence cards, get well cards, and Mazel Tov cards for births. Contact Co-Chairs Lonna Rae Silverman and Jacque Comroe at caring@templeshalomdallas.org.
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Dallas Area Interfaith (DAI)
DAI is a way for Temple Shalom members to connect with others in our congregation and in Dallas and Collin Counties on Social Justice issues, and take action together on issues that affect us and those in our community. Contact DAI Chair Barry Lachman at 214-808-0042 blachman@sbcglobal.net or Tikkun Olam Chair Theresa Myers at tikkunolam@templeshalomdallas.org.
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Temple Shalom’s Interfaith Women’s Group
Embrace has been getting together for ten years with the women from the Islamic Center in Irving and the Northwood Church in Keller, an Evangelical Church.
We welcome new members so if you would like to join us please contact Chairperson Jane Lachman at 972-735-0133 or email embrace@templeshalomdallas.org.
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Super Seniors
For the 65+ crowd.
Questions or activity ideas: Contact Lonna Rae Silverman at lrsilvermtx@gmail.com.
Guys and Gals, are you ready to join the fun?
Sunday, March 14
4:00pm
Our speakers will be Jackie and Michael Wald “The Hidden Treasure of UTD – Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies”.
Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83709462057?pwd=NFA2bzc4SGcwQnd2WDBoM1BvZllCQT09
Meeting ID: 837 0946 2057
Passcode: 528553
One tap mobile: +13462487799,,83709462057#,,,,,,0#,,528553#
Dial by your location: +1 346 248 7799 |
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| In honor of In’tl Women’s Day on March 3rd, we’re spotlighting the heroines of the IDF. All you have to do to watch on March 3rd is to visit FIDF.org/FIDFLIVE at 7:30pm CST.
No registration is required. |
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Prior to COVID, Network was serving over 150 families per week in the Food Pantry. That number has grown to 700 per week. Without the help of volunteers we are not able to continue to maintain this service level.
Whether you are working from home, are retired or have a student who needs volunteer hours, we need you! Students 16 and up can sign up to volunteer in our Food Pantry and Clothing Closet.
Safety protocols are in place with temperature checks and mask and glove requirements. We are also putting limits on the number of volunteers that can be working at once to better manage our work areas.
Please consider signing up for a shift today at https://thenetwork.org/volunteer/
Volunteers are needed Monday-Thursday from 7:30 am to 4 pm, Friday 10 am to Noon and Saturday from 8:30 am to 2 pm. |
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GREENE FAMILY CAMP REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR SUMMER 2021 – register here now
Summer 2021 Registration Update
Summer registration is in full swing! Check out summer enrollment HERE to see which students from your congregation are already enrolled for the summer.
If you have any corrections to your congregation’s list, please be in contact with McKenzie at msigle@urj.org.
Campership Application is NOW OPEN
GFC is pleased to offer partial, need-based financial support or “camperships” to help families send their children to summer camp. The Campership application can be accessed here. Remember, all applicants must register for camp before they apply for a campership. Click here to download the 2021 Campership Checklist!
Chalutzim 2021
Camp magic continues to grow in new and innovative ways for Summer 2021. We are excited to share that GFC will offer a brand-new, on-camp program for 10th graders this summer! Chalutzim (Pioneers) will incorporate elements of leadership development, social justice, service to camp, building community with peers from both sessions, and so much more.
The dates for Chaultzim are July 11-August 3, 2021. |
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| The Jewish Community Relations Council’s Education Initiative seeks to educate about poverty in Dallas.
Click here to register for upcoming community service opportunities. |
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| Temple Shalom Facebook Page
Join Temple Shalom’s Facebook page! Get save the date reminders, see photos and stories about fantastic temple events, be a part of the fun! Click here to go to our Facebook page! |
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