Temple Israel’s Programs
TempleIsraelin Athol:
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Jewish Book Club at Temple Israel
Please join us at Temple Israel for the second season of our Jewish Book Club. The club will meet one Sunday per month starting in the fall 2011 after the High Holy days.
The subject matter will be about Jewish life in the Yiddish and Sephardic worlds, the Jewish immigrant experience in America, the Holocaust, Zionism, and life in Israel at various periods. The books will be both serious and humorous and written during the Modern Period or during the Late 19th or 20th Century.
Cost: $5 per session for Temple Israel members and $10 for all others to cover written handouts.
A minimum of ten people is required for the Jewish Book Club.
I am interested in participating in the Jewish Book Club:
Name:________________________________________________
Phone Number:________________________________________
E-mail Address:________________________________________
For more information call 978 – 249 – 9481 or e-mail info@templeisraelathol.org
Participants are required to purchase their own books. Used copies can be purchased at a discount from Amazon.com, ABEBooks, or any other website as well as through your local bookstores.
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Temple Israel Celebrated its First Adult Bat Mitzvah
Saturday morning, May 22 will be a special occasion for the Temple Israel Athol community. Ann Marie Meltzer will be the first person in our community to celebrate her bat mitzvah as an adult.
Ann Marie will be joined by her children, her grandchildren, many members of her extended family, close personal friends, and the entire Temple Israel community.
Ann Marie, who is a well known dancer, dance instructor, and social activist in the North Quabbin region, has been preparing for her bat mitzvah for over two years. She will integrate some of her own special gifts and talents as well as some unique personal experiences that have marked her life into the bat mitzvah service. There will be meditation, chanting, and inspiring original perspectives on various parts of the prayer service. Ann Marie will also perform all of the traditional rituals that mark the occasion of a bat mitzvah. She will be called to the Torah for the Maftir Aliyah. She will read her portion from the scroll. She will read her Haftorah and chant the traditional blessings. She will also lead many parts of the Shabbat morning service. This bat mitzvah service promises to be a unique and spiritually enlightening experience for all who attend.
Following the service, there will be a special Kiddush luncheon to celebrate this spiritual passage.
A heartfelt "Mazel Tov!" to Ann Marie and to her family! Khazak V'Ematz! May she grow from strength to strength and be a source of blessing and inspiration for all of us who know her.
It is hoped that Ann Marie will only be the first adult to celebrate bar and bat mitzvah in our community. We encourage every adult who is interested in bar and bat mitzvah training to contact Rabbi Bob by e-mailing us at info-@templeisrael.org or by telephoning the synagogue at 978 - 249 - 9481..