From weddings and Bar/Bat Mitzvahs to business functions and lectures, our facility is a great setting and location for your special occasion. BAS Future Events
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Shabbat Across America/Canada 2010
Bnai Abraham Synagogue and Temple Covenant of Peace joyfully invite you, your family and friends to join us in celebrating a traditional Shabbat meal and service.
Friday, March 5, 2010
6:00 p.m. Candle Lighting
~ to be followed by a delicious dinner ~
7:30 p.m. Shabbat Services
Please call the Bnai Abraham Synagogue office at 610-258-5343 or e-mail at office@bnaiabraham.org or return this portion by March 1. Reservations after that date may not be accepted, due to specific requirements of SAA.
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Men’s Club "Havdalah and a Movie"
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Havdalah at 7:00 PM
Deluxe Dessert Reception - $3 covert
Movie * Yippee * Popcorn
YIPPEE: A Journey to Jewish Joy
Directed by award-winning American filmmaker, actor, and scriptwriter Paul Mazursky (Next Stop Greenwich Village; An Unmarried Woman; Down and Out in Beverly Hills; Enemies: A Love Story). Yippee chronicles the director’s whirlwind journey to Uman, a small Ukrainian town that is the site of a unique, annual gathering of Jewish men making pilgrimages to the burial place of Rabbi Nachman.
When Mazursky was told (by his optometrist) that 25,000 most Hasidic Jews from around the world were expected to visit Uman for three days of praying, singing, and dancing, the director felt compelled to make the journey himself. Arriving in the Ukraine with a small film crew, Mazursky experiences an amazing series of events. He meets and interviews a wide variety of Jewish men from many countries, sharing meals, laughs, and this unique experience. The director visits the gravesite of Hasidic movement founder the Bal Shem Tov (Nachman’s great-grandfather) and talks with Uman’s non-Jews about their reactions to the annual massive influx of Hasidim. The adventure culminates on the evening of Rosh Hashanah in a mass expression of spiritual ecstasy. Yippee is an infectious road movie filled with electricity and awe, and Mazursky is a splendid guide, funny, curious and generous.
Please RSVP to ihlewismd@yahoo.com or leave message (610) 253-2481
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Simcha Club featuring our own Rabbi Mark Shrager
The Simcha Club, for Seniors 70 years or older, is featuring Rabbi Mark Shrager at its next luncheon. The price of the luncheon will be $3.
Wednesday, March 17th
Noon at Brith Sholom
Featuring: RABBI MARK SHRAGER of Bnai Abraham Synagogue
“Jewish Humor - Come and Laugh”
Please RSVP to Brith Shalom - 610-866-8009 or Keneseth Israel - 610-435-9074
Rabbi Allen Juda 610-866-8009
Cantor Ellen Sussman 610-435-9074
Jewish Family Service 610-821-8722
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Bethlehem/Easton Hadassah Lunch
March 25, 2010 – 1:30 PM
Book Review: The Men in the White Sharkskin Suit by Loucette Lagnado
At the home of Marna Simon, 2241 Montgomery Street, Bethlehem, PA
Board Meeting at 1:00 PM – All are welcome
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BAS Second Passover Seder
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
6:00 p.m. - Start of Seder
(Conducted by Rabbi Mark Shrager and Cantor Robert Weiner)
To be followed by a Traditional Passover Dinner:
Matzo Ball Soup
Gefilte Fish with Carrots
Roast Chicken dinner
Wine and Juice
Coffee, Tea and Desserts
Adults (16 yrs. and up) - $20.00/each
Children (8-15 yrs.) - $10.00/each
Children (7 yrs. and under) - FREE
Please try and make your reservations by March 15th.
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Jewish Day School Matzoh Factory/Open House
The Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley invites the entire community to a special evening event Matzoh Factory/Open House.
On March 16, 2010, the JDS will host a two-part program. In anticipation of Pesach, we will have a Special hands-on, interactive Matzoh Factory/Open House
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Bnai Abraham Fundraising with Al's Cleaners
Bnai Abraham has been signed up at Al’s Cleaners, 1132 Northampton Street, Easton, PA to enable the synagogue to collect 10% of all sales of dry cleaning and laundry services that our congregants spend there.
Just tell them you are a member of Bnai Abraham Synagogue and they will credit the synagogue and send the proceeds periodically.
Al’s Cleaners is only about seven blocks from the synagogue, has very convenient hours and does excellent work.
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Lafayette College Events sponsored by Hillel Society at Lafayette
Friday, March 5, 2010 – 12:00 p.m.
Benji Berlow, ’06, recently traveled to the Balkans with Jewish-American, Palestinian-American, Israeli, and Palestinian fellows as part of the Vision Program. The program, sponsored by conflict transformation organization Abraham’s Vision, used the Balkan wars of the 1990’s as a starting point for participants to develop their own alternative solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Lunch will be provided. Co-sponsored with the Office of Religious Life
Sunday, March 7, 2010 – 1:30 p.m.
Documentary film screening: “Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School”
Kirby 104
Hineini (Hebrew for “Here I am”) chronicles the story of one student’s courageous fight to establish a gay-straight alliance at a Jewish high school in the Boston area and the transformative impact of her campaign on everyone involved. Beyond the struggle to create a supportive environment for gay and lesbian students and teachers at the school, this is the story of a community wrestling with the very definition of pluralism and diversity in a Jewish context. The 60 minute film will be followed by a panel discussion with local rabbis and gay activists, as well as by a reception. The film is being screened as part of Allentown JCC’s Jewish and Israeli Film Series and is co-sponsored with QuEST.
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Jewish Family Services Announces Scholarships for 2010 and 2011
Jewish Family of the Lehigh Valley seeks applicants for its Annual Martin Philip Memorial Scholarship. The $1000 scholarship will be awarded to be used towards post high school educational expenses. Jewish Family Services also seeks applicants for the Gaines Family Foundation Prize in engineering, up to $5,000 per year to students enrolled in a college engineering program.
Application deadline for both scholarships is April 30, 2010.
For information on how to apply, call Jewish Family Services, 610-821-8722
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The Knitting Group
The Knitting Group will meet on January 28th at 10:00 am
Liz Cartine's home
2260 Sheffeild Drive, Easton
484.373.0990
Please call Liz if you will be attending.
Any one needing a ride should contact Jessica Ytkin at 610-253-8251
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BAS Sisterhood Mindful Fitness
Come join Sharon Trinker and Wendy Williams on Wednesday mornings at 9:00 am for sculpting, toning, pilates and yoga.
No prior workout experience necessary.
Bring hand weights, a mat or towel, water and a smile.
Cost: $5.00
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Forever Families Weekend
The Adoption Connection at Jewish Family Services of Greenwich in conjunction with the NJ Y Camps has opened registration for the second annual Forever Families Weekend, a family weekend experience for Jewish families touched adoption. The program will run from June 11-13, 2010 at Camp Nah-Jee-Wah in Milford, PA.
Families with have the opportunity to think consciously about their roles in both the Jewish community and the adoption community while enjoying a weekend at one of the largest Jewish summer camps in North America. Since 1960, the Center for Jewish Family Life at the NJ Y Camps has provided top-rated programs for people looking for family fun and the change to meet new people.
For more information about this program, or to receive Forever Families literature, please contact Debbie Schwartz at 203-622-1881 or dschwartz@jfsgreenwich.org or Krista Ytkin at 610-614-1988.
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Gift Shop
Looking for a baby gift, wedding gift, a bar or bat mitzvah gift or a new house gift?
Perhaps you’d like to treat yourself to a challah plate, brass or silver candlesticks or a new menorah.
Whatever your needs are, the Sisterhood Gift Shop may have the perfect gift for you. Browse in the lighted cases in the front hall and in the standing case outside the Bnai Abraham office.
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Tree of Life to Celebrate Special Events
Engrave a Leaf to Celebrate Special Events: Bar/Bat Mitzvah, birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, naming, weddings, etc. Honor your loved ones and special friends by dedicating a leaf or apple on the Tree of Life.
Leaf: $140 Apple: $800
Or memorialize your loved one: Stone at base of tree: $1,100
Dedicate a memorial plaque to be located on the walls of the Sanctuary: $300
To honor your friends on the Walk of Life: $350
Simon Merbaum, Chairman: 610-253-2175;
Lothar Gumberich: 610-253-5263;
BAS office: 610-258-5343
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Jewish War Veterans
Meet the second Sunday of each month, at 10:00 am at the Jewish Community Center, 22nd and Tilghman Streets, Allentown. A brunch will follow. Questions call: 610-437-4561
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