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		<title>Personal Reflections for Yamim Noraim</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ellen Band In my work with Jews by Choice, there are several subjects of Jewish study I look forward to teaching because of their personal resonance. One is the custom associated with the month of Elul when we have the opportunity of reconciling with those with whom we have an outstanding, unresolved conflict. This is a form of Teshuvah that we make with each other, bein adam lâ€™chavero (between a person and his/her friend) where we try to make â€˜course correctionsâ€™ with those who have hurt us or those whom we have hurt.Â In traditional circles this is known as hatarat nedarim and is more closely associated with vows we have made to each other and broken. There are a few manifestations of this custom. One is where a person asks others to serve as a beit din (a court of three) before whom he/she asks for forgiveness for breaking a vow or commitment. There are always two sides to a story and often these sides contradict each other. Hurt feelings are just that, and it is often difficult to ascertain who is in the right and who is in the wrong. Our tradition very wisely teaches us that conflicts, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now the Real Work Begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markâ€™s Remarks:Â  Now the Real Work BeginsÂ  By Mark FrydenbergÂ  5771 marks a new year and new beginnings at Temple Beth Israel.Â  In August, we welcomed Rabbi Tracy Nathan to join us as our rabbi. Â Rabbi Nathan received her ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, in 2003. Â In her first few weeks with us, she has been meeting members of the Temple, working with the Cantor and the Religious Committee to prepare for the High Holidays, and beginning the process of learning more about and becoming part of our community.Â High HolidaysÂ  Rabbi Nathan and Cantor Band will be leading a special program about the texts and melodies of the High Holidays, prior to our Selichot Service at 9 pm on Saturday, September 4.Â  Rosh Hashanah Services will begin at 8:30 am, so we will finish in time for you to have a leisurely lunch with your family and friends and enjoy the day. If you can, join for Tashlich at the Charles River near the Embassy Cinema that afternoon at 5pm.Â  Services on Yom Kippur morning start at 9 am (rather than 8:30) so that you can sleep in a little longer.Â  Please plan to come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standing at the Gates</title>
		<link>http://tbiwaltham.org/index.php/2010/08/09/standing-at-the-gates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rabbi Tracy Nathan When we complete one of the five books of Torah, we stand and chant Hazak, hazak, vâ€™nithazek!Â  Be strong, be strong, and may we be strengthened. As we say goodbye to our annual reading of that book, we acknowledge the ways in which its stories and ideas have strengthened us, and we look forward to being strengthened by the stories ahead. We stand at a similar threshold moment now at Temple Beth Israel of Waltham. In saying goodbye to Rabbi Foust, you recognized how much the community was strengthened through his teaching, leadership, and the depth of his kindness and open-heartedness. And now, in looking ahead, there is excitement but also uncertainty, and so we remind ourselves, â€œHazak, hazak, vâ€™nithazek â€“ Be strong, be strong, and may we be strengthened. I am writing this as I complete my first week as Temple Beth Israelâ€™s new spiritual leader, and I already feel full of gratitude for the opportunity to serve in such a warm and embracing community. As I too stand in this place of uncertainty, I am encouraged by your warm welcome and by the commitment to community and caring I observed during the interview process. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renew Your Membership</title>
		<link>http://tbiwaltham.org/index.php/2010/08/02/renew-your-membership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is time to renew your Temple Beth Israel membership for the coming year. We thank you for your continued support of the institution that has served and represented the Jewish community of Waltham for the last century. Membership dues for 2010-2011 are $300 per person and $600 per family. Despite a nominal increase, the first in several years, our synagogueâ€™s dues are among the lowest in the area. Annual synagogue dues cover less than 50% of the synagogueâ€™s operating costs.Â  We try to keep costs low. If you have a financial hardship, please contact the President or the rabbi to make appropriate arrangements. Our first commitment is to building community.Â  We will not turn anyone away. At the same time, expenses increase, so we encourage you to voluntarily increase your dues pledge by an additional amount as an affirmation of the value that Temple Beth Israel brings to you, your family, and the greater Waltham Jewish community. Please return your dues form by August 15, so that we may begin to process your High Holiday tickets and send them to you in time.]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to TBI</title>
		<link>http://tbiwaltham.org/index.php/2010/06/11/welcome-to-tbi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Temple Beth Israel in Waltham. We are a small, egalitarian, traditional, friendly, unaffiliated synagogue, serving the Jewish community in the Waltham area for nearly 100 years. We are pleased to announce that Rabbi Tracy Nathan will be joining us as our new Rabbi, beginning August 1.Â  Rabbi Nathan received her ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, in 2003. After serving at Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco, Rabbi Nathan and her family moved to the Boston area in 2006. She has taught at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston; at Genesis, Brandeis Universityâ€™s summer program for high school students; and Tufts University, where she also facilitated interfaith programs. She lives in Brighton with her husband Rabbi Scott Slarskey, who is on the faculty at the Solomon Schechter Day School in Newton, and their five-year-old son. Your first opportunities to meet Rabbi Nathan will be at our Monday and Thursday morning minyan services that she attends in August. We will welcome her at our congregational meeting on Sunday, August 22; her first Shabbat morning service with us will be August 28, and you will also have a chance to meet Rabbi Nathan during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search Update</title>
		<link>http://tbiwaltham.org/index.php/2010/06/10/search-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markâ€™s Remarks:Â  Rabbinic Search Update By Mark Frydenberg As the Search committee is winding down from weekly interviews, and moving on to the next phase of inviting candidates toÂ  lead Shabbat morning services with the congregation, it is worthwhile to reflect on the past four months of work that got us this far. In January, the Board and Ritual Committees met to begin the process of healing as the announcement was made that the Temple would be seeking a new rabbi.Â  We formed a Search Committee, composed of members that represent our diverse community.Â  This group began a process of trying to understand our synagogueâ€™s strengths and weaknesses, needs, and values as we seek a new Rabbi. We also began the process of accepting the transition we are facing with an open congregational meeting in February to discuss our situation. From there, we developed a description of our synagogue and the position, and posted it with several rabbinical schools and placement offices. During March and April, the Search committee received over 15 applicants, and after preliminary phone interviews with me or Temple President Merrill Griff, we invited seven candidates to interview in person or Â over the Internet, by Skype. (Yes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mahzors are In!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markâ€™s Remarks: The Mahzors are Here! If youâ€™ve stopped by the Temple office recently, you probably saw a pile of cardboard boxes filled with books sitting on the counter on the cabinet near the back wall.Â  Â Â As I wrote in the bulletin last fall, the Religious Committee made the decision to shift from the Orthodox Birnbaum Mahzor (High Holiday Prayerbook)Â  that the synagogue has been using for about sixty years, to the new Mahzor Lev Shalem. Lev Shalem means &#8220;A Full Heart.&#8221; The editors chose this name because theyÂ &#8220;would like contemporaryÂ Jews to prayer withÂ full hearts.&#8221; Their goal for Mahzor Lev Shalem was to make Jewish liturgy accessible and joyful to all who enter the synagogue. The book is visually appealing, the translations are in modern English, and each page is bordered by commentary and interpretations in the margins. The book was ten years in the making.Â  Â While the Rabbinical Assembly had planned a first run of 30,000 copies, the demand was such that over 100,000 were ordered, but that so many congregations had ordered copies at the pre-publication deadline that they increased the number printed to 130,000. Â A second printing is underway. Rabbi Foust has been teaching a class on [...]]]></description>
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