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Megillah, January - February 2004

Items of Interest

Campbell Soup Labels

Campbell Soup labels are being collected by the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Home for Children, an orphanage for the children of deceased veterans. Please save any of these labels that you may have and put them in a bag in the box in the synagogue lobby. Theda Rosenblum has undertaken this project and she will be in charge of collecting the Campbell Soup labels. This is a worthy cause and helping out will cost you nothing but the time it takes to bring the labels to the synagogue lobby.

FYI, Campbell's Vegetarian Vegetable Soup is now certified kosher by the Orthodox Union. The soup should be in the grocery stores in this area now.

Samples for the Homeless

Theda Rosenblum wants to remind everyone that she is still collecting unopened sample-sized personal products to be distributed to the homeless. Please leave your donations in the box in the synagogue lobby.

Student-led Services

Please note that Friday evening student-led services start at 7:30pm, instead of 8:00pm.

Dates of these services are:

  • January 23, 2004
  • March 26, 2004
  • June 11, 2004

Come and enjoy the services and show your support for the students. Just remember to come at 7:30pm instead of 8:00pm for these three dates.

Help needed for Minyans

We are trying to have minyans on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:45pm for those people who are saying Kaddish. If you would come just one evening a week, it would be greatly appreciated. The evening minyans are held in the synagogue library. Thank you for your help.

Reminder: Women's Head Coverings

Women who go up on the bimah during Shabbat or Holiday services are requested to wear a head covering. Please do not cause someone to have to remind you. Head coverings are available for you if you do not have one of your own.

Katz Kosher Supermarket

We are pleased to welcome a new advertiser, Katz Kosher Supermarket, to the Megillah. The next time you are in that store, please stop by the office, tell them you are from Bowie, and thank them for their ad in our synagogue newsletter.

Ads placed in the Megillah help to defray the cost of publishing and mailing. Please try to patronize our advertisers. And, of course, let them know that you saw their ad in the Megillah.

Attention, Baseball Fans!

Martin Abramowitz, a vice president at Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston, made a deal with the Fleer Trading Card Company and the American Jewish Historical Society to develop a set of baseball cards, "Jewish Major Leaguers: American Jews in America's Game". The set includes 142 cards of the Jews who have played ball in the big leagues. The cards include well-known players such as Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, as well as less familiar players.

The sets can be ordered from the American Jewish Historical Society, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011, or go to Jews in Sports for more information.

Foundation for Jewish Studies Presidents' Day Weekend

The Foundation for Jewish Studies will be holding a weekend retreat on "The Remarkable History of Our Prayers", with Rabbi Barry Freundel of Kesher Israel Congregation, on Sunday - Monday, February 15 - 16, 2004. The retreat will take place at the Pearlstone Retreat and Conference Center, Reisterstown, Maryland. For further information, call the Foundation at 301-770-4787.

Chanukah Party a Big Success!!

On Sunday, December 21, 2004, there was a Chanukah program and dinner at our synagogue sponsored by Shaare Tikvah. For all of us who attended, there were songs, a wonderful dinner (including latkes made by the "Latke King"), skits by the children of the Hebrew school, and everything tied together with lots of talking, laughing, and a hamisheh feeling.

Lots of thanks go to all of the people who did the cooking, setting up, and cleaning up. We look forward to going again next year!

~Bernice Cohen

© 2004, Nevey Shalom, The Jewish Congregation of Belair.