MAY 2008.....NISSAN 5768
THE SEASON TO COME...
Temple
Adas Israel’s “high” season begins on Friday evening May 23rd
when our spiritual leader, Rabbi Leon Morris returns to Sag Harbor.
That evening the celebration of Lag B’omer starts with games and a
picnic at Havens Beach at 6 pm with Services at Temple at 8 pm. You
will receive a full calendar of special events.
On Friday June 6th at 8 PM, noted international scholar and
Professor, Ralph Buultjens, a favorite of many congregants, is returning
to speak, by popular demand.His talk is titled “American Crisis:
Elections 2008.”
TAI will show a very special and moving film, Praying With Lior
on Friday evening June 13. Refreshments will be served at 6 pm, the
movie will be shown from 6:30 to 8; services will begin at 8 pm.
Also beginning in June, Rabbi Morris will conduct a new Saturday morning
Study Service, explained in more detail in his column.
On June 29 the
congregation will hold its annual Members’ Cocktail party at the home of
Susan and Orin Snyder in East Hampton. This year the guests of honor
will be the entire Katz family spanning three generations. |
MESSAGE FROM RABBI LEON MORRIS...
Dear Friends,
We have a very promising summer ahead and I am looking forward to
reconnecting with you over Shabbat services, speakers, dinners, and
study sessions. This season (beginning Memorial Day weekend) our regular
Torah study experience will take place, as it has for several years, on
Saturday mornings at 10:30 AM. Of course, bagels and coffee are
provided. On alternate Saturday mornings, also at 10:30 AM, we will
launch a different kind of class focused on finding contemporary meaning
and relevance in the prayers of the Siddur (prayer book). Each of those
sessions will be devoted to just one single prayer. We will analyze the
words, learn a bit about the history of its development, and sing
several versions of it together. While each session will feel much like
an interactive class, we will – over the course of the summer – be
exploring the Shabbat morning service one small piece at a time. On
those Shabbat mornings, a Kiddush will follow.
One Friday evening a month will be devoted to a “town hall meeting”
exploring many of the ideas I introduced this past Yom Kippur in the
context of how to make a synagogue like ours into a House of God.
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TEMPLE ADAS ISRAEL REMEMBERS THE HOLOCAUST - MAY 4 AT 3 PM
Temple Adas Israel, Sag Harbor will remember the Holocaust with a
multi-media Yom Hashoah program on Sunday May 4, at 3 PM. The program,
titled If You Had Been There...East End Shoah Survivors Tell Their
Stories, is designed for all ages and is open to the community with
no charge. It will be moderated by Temple member Alan Klopman, Ph.D.
Ed Silverberg, also a Holocaust survivor and friend of Anne Frank (and,
member of Temple Adas Israel ) will speak about his experiences during
WWII. Excerpts from Director Steven Spielberg’s Shoah interview
of Jutta Rose will be shown and Ms. Rose will be there to answer
questions. Paintings by mystic artist Louna Starr, a French survivor,
will also be shown.
Temple Adas Israel’s Hebrew School principal, Leah Oppenheimer, who
arranged the program, said , "This gathering is for story telling and
reflection. It is an opportunity for the community to see and hear first
hand from Holocaust survivors who are among their neighbors". Light
refreshments will be served.
Rabbi Leon Morris will be returning to Temple Adas Israel for the
Temple’s first
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