Watch this space for more information! On Sunday, June 19, 2005, at 7:00pm, Bernie Dean will bring to Nevey Shalom his one-man performance narrating, singing, and portraying the story of the Rothschild family's story from its humble beginnings to its position of wealth. Deluxe dessert buffet follows. $18 per ticket. Program is open to the public. RSVP to the office, 301-262-9020.

You are cordially invited to join Congregations Shaare Tikvah and Nevey Shalom at a dinner honoring the Resnicks before they embark on their new life in Israel. Dinner starts at 5:00pm, June 12, 2005, at Nevey Shalom. This is also erev Shavuot. Cost is $20 for adults and kids 12 and up, $10 for children ages 5 - 12, and free for children under 5. RSVP by June 7, 2005, to Andy Sheldon, and make checks payable to Congregation Shaare Tikvah.

Plan to joins us at the year's final event while we celebrate Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Unification Day). There will be Israeli food followed by a program of Israeli music performed by Cantor Shula Resnick. Mark your calendar for Sunday, June 5, 2005, at 6:00pm at Nevey Shalom. Cost: $5 if Sisterhood member; $12 if spouse or guest. Send check to Nevey Shalom Sisterhood, 12218 Torah Lane, Bowie, MD 20715, RE: APPRECIATION EVENT.

Start saving items for the Spring Sisterhood yard sale, to be held at the synagogue on Sunday, May 15, 2005, 8:00am - 1:00pm. You can rent a table to sell your merchandise for a donation of only $18. We will also need helpers to man tables set up by the Sisterhood with donated items. For more information, to reserve a table, or to volunteer, please call Marilyn Kessler.

Nevey Shalom Sisterhood invites you to celebrate Rosh Hodesh Iyar with our Women's Study Group, on Monday evening, May 9, 2005, at 7:45pm. Learn about Rosh Hodesh traditions. Refreshments will be served. RSVP to the synagogue office, 301-262-9020 by Tuesday, May 3, 2005.

You are cordially invited to a benefit convert, FAMILY GLUE, a collaborative effort from the Resnick and Leinvand families, presenting poetry/lyrics by Libba HaLevey (Rabbi Resnick's mother), music by Michael Leinvand (Shula's father), and songs performed by Cantor Shulamit Resnick. There will be some nudging by Rabbi Reuven Resnick. The concert will take place on Sunday, April 17, 2005, at 7:30pm at Nevey Shalom. Cost is $15, with proceeds donated to benefit the spiritual absorption of Soviet Jews in Israel. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP the office.

Join Nevey Shalom and Shaare Tikvah Sisterhoods for lunch and a panel discussion on medical ethics, featuring Dr. Jonathan Arden and Rabbi Charni Flame Selch (from Kol Ami in Annapolis). The program will take place on Sunday, April 10, 2005, at 12:30pm at Nevey Shalom. Cost for luncheon: $8. Gentlemen are welcome to come. Your check to Nevey Shalom Sisterhood is your reservation and is due by Friday, April 1, 2005. Please send to the office, marked ATTN: Medical Ethics Luncheon.

There will be a dinner Friday evening, April 8, 2005, at 6:00 pm. Adults: $18.00; Children: $9.00; maximum per family: $50.00. A hearty full course meal will be prepared by Chief Chef Ed Halikman. The dinner is being coordinated by Dave Kremnitzer. Responses should go to Dave no later than Monday, April 4, 2005. Respond by email or phone and send checks to Dave.

Contact Herb Cohen or Dan Lieman if you are interested in participating in services on either Friday evening, April 8, 2005 (8:00 pm), or Saturday morning, April 8, 2005 (9:30 am).

On Friday, April 1, 2005, at 7:30pm, we will be holding Shabbat Services, with a special guest speaker, Mark J. Pelavin, attorney and Associate Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC). Mr. Pelavin will speak on "Pursuing Justice: The Jewish Stake in Today's Constitution Revolution". Oneg Shabbat will follow. RSVP to the office, 201-262-9020, by March 17, 2005.

Purim services will be held on on Thursday, March 24, 2005, at 7:00pm and Friday, March 25, 2005, at 9:30am. On Friday after the Megillah reading (approximately 11:00am), there will be a lunch, which includes rotisserie chicken, roasted potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, hamantaschen and MANY ALCHOLIC BEVERAGES. Please RSVP to Nevey Shalom office (neveyshalom@maxinter.net) by Monday, March 21. Cost for the meal is $12.00 per person. Please make checks payable to "Nevey Shalom Sisterhood". Telephone reservations to the Nevey Shalom office at 301-262-9020.

Kol Ami Sisterhood in Annapolis has invited us to join them on Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at Kol Ami from 6:00 to 8:30pm for a light supper and discussion of the new book, "The Gilded Chamber" by Rebecca Cohn. This book is about Ester of the Purim story, and is a follow-up to our International Study Day on Megillat Ester. The fee is $5.00. If interested, please call Linda Rosenberg.

On Sunday, March 13, 2005, at 12:15pm, Sisterhood will hold its annual study session, participating in parallel with other Sisterhoods nation-wide, in a short session to study Torah and midrash. We will study Megillat Ester. Come and get a glimpse of life in the women's palace. Women from Kol Ami in Annapolis and Shaare Tikvah have been invited to join us. Rabbi Charni Flame Selch from Kol Ami will be leading our study session. Lunch will be served. Fee is $5. RSVP by Friday, March 4, 2005, with your check, to Nevey Shalom Sisterhood, 12218 Torah Lane, Bowie, MD 20715, ATTN: Linda Rosenberg.

Shaare Tikvah cordially invites us to attend the annual Spaghetti Dinner and Baffle Bowl sponsored jointly by the Shaare Tikvah Sisterhood and Men's Club. It will be held on Sunday, Feb. 27, at 5:00 p.m. in the Nevey Shalom Social Hall. The price is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children 12 and under. The dinner will include:

• Spaghetti with Howie Levin's famous meat or marinara sauce
• Salad bar
• Garlic bread or plain Italian bread
• Dessert
• Drinks

Following the dinner the annual Baffle Bowl will be held with our own Larry Garfinkel as the moderator and author of the questions. Teams from Sisterhood and Men's Club will fight a battle of wits for the honor of winning a spectacular trophy.

Please call Shirlee or Howie Levin by Friday, if you would like to attend.

"Gentleman's Agreement", starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, Celeste Holm, and John Garfield, is an award-winning film that illustrates the anti-Semitic feelings and issues that existed in our country in 1947. The film will be shown at Nevey Shalom, Saturday, February 5, 2005, 7:30pm. Cost is $7.50 per person. A discussion of the film will be led by Rabbi Resnick. Delicious desserts will be served. Please make your reservation by sending your check made out to Nevey Shalom Sisterhood to Rita Dahut at her house or c/o the office. Checks should be received by January 26, 2005.

In honor of Women's League Sisterhood Shabbat, we will be having a dinner with services to follow. Dinner starts at 6:30pm on January 21, 2005. Reservations will be accepted by check only and will be limited to the first 150 reservations received by January 7, 2005. We will be unable to honor any reservations after that date. No one will be admitted at the door without a reservation.

Cost: $18 adults; $9 children (11 and under). Make check payable to Nevey Shalom Sisterhood and bring or mail to the synagogue with the following information: your name, your address, your phone number, and the number and type of reservations you are making.

For more information, call Ellen Weiss or Amy Sheldon.

If you want to participate in the services on Friday evening and/or Saturday morning, please contact Amy Sheldon.

Join Sisterhood on Saturday, December 25, 2004, at 8:00pm, to have a fun night with games and refreshments. Bring your favorite game. All are welcome. Cover charge for refreshments is $5; make checks payable to Nevey Shalom Sisterhood. Please send reservation by check to Pauline Levin by December 17, 2004.

Once again, Nevey Shalom is joining with Shaare Tikvah to host a joint Hanukah dinner, on Sunday, December 12, 2004, at 5:00pm. We will be serving - of course! - potato latkes, tuna salad, egg salad, tossed salad, and dessert. RSVP by December 8, 2004, to Shirley Levin (Shaare Tikvah) or to the Synagogue (Nevey Shalom). Pay at the door: $10 adults, $5 children 12 and under.

Nevey Shalom Sisterhood is returning its Cinema Nevey film series, starting with "Crossing Delancey" on Saturday, December 4, 2004, 7:30pm. Come see this fun movie, enjoy delicious desserts, socialize with friends old and new, and support our fundraiser! Cost: $7.50 per person. Reservations are by check; please send your check made payable to Nevey Shalom Sisterhood to Irene Zitwer, by November 23, 2004.

Sisterhood is holding its annual paid-up membership program on Sunday, November 7, 2004, 1:15pm. The program will consist of a dairy lunch, followed by a program of Israeli dancing by University of Maryland Hillel group Avirah. RSVP to the office by Friday, October 29, 2004. Send payment of dues ($36) to the synagogue, attention Rita Dahut.

The Men's Club is bringing Lox & Vodka back, Saturday, November 6, 2004, 8:00pm.

Lox & Vodka, Washington's widely-acclaimed Klezmer Jewish band - will bring to Nevey Shalom an enchanting, entertaining, and emotionally enriching ethnic experience. Klezmer music - Jewish soul music - has been around since the Middle Ages, when itinerant musicians traveled from shtetl to shtetl to play for Jewish weddings and celebrations. As they traveled, these musicians adopted a wide range of musical idioms, and, in the turn-of-the-century America, Klezmorim quickly mastered new instruments and new styles. Today, there is a revival of this spiritually-endowed musical form. Lox & Vodka is a proud part of this inspiring renaissance.

Expect lively, spirit-filled music. Expect to be an active participant in the festivities. Expect to learn songs and to clap to Klezmer rhythms. Expect to learn folk dances, and expect to do a mean hora!

This program is open to the community. A deluxe dessert buffet will follow the concert.

Cost per person: $18.

Send payment with your name and telephone number to the office. Make checks payable to the Nevey Shalom Men's Club. For more information, call the office, or George Kessler.

Note: The Social Hall will not be available until 7:45pm. The concert will start promptly at 8:00pm.

Join in a discussion on Repairing the Order of Creation: A Jewish Perspective on Environmental Ethics by Rabbi Lawrence Troster. Gain additional insights from Rabbi Resnick (invited) and Dr. James Roberts, Vice President of the National Association of Environmental Professionals and Conference Lay Minister of the United Methodist Church. The entire Nevey Shalom and Shaare Tikvah congregations are invited. Those who RSVP will receive a copy of the article.

To RSVP, contact Helene Merkel by October 11, 2004.

Please join us on Saturday, October 2, 2004 during services as we celebrate Sukkot. After services, we will have a dairy lunch, followed by a study group led by Rabbi Resnick, on "Hands of Esau, Voice of Jacob". Please RSVP no later than Monday, September 20, 2004 (so the Sisterhoods can get the shopping and cooking done in advance). The cost is $10 per person. Your check is your reservation. Please make your check out to the Nevey Shalom Sisterhood or the Shaare Tikvah Sisterhood, and send it with your name, phone number, and number of people attending, to the Nevey Shalom office, and mark the envelope "ATTN: Sukkot Lunch".

The calendar committee is working on planning the coming year. More information will be posted later on the calendars, and event descriptions and reservation information will be posted as they become available.

If you are interested in what we have done in the past, check our Event Archives.