THIS MONT H HaHodesh AT CHIZUK AMUNO CONGREGATION AND SCHOOLS
NOVEMBER 2016 | Tishri -Cheshvan 5777 Engaging Jewish Life & Learning
RABBI’S COLUMN Looking around the sanctuaries on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, I noticed a popular accessory. The RABBI DEBI WECHSLER clothing people wore was different. The tallitot were different. The Kippot were different. Yet so many people seemed to have the exact same thing around their wrist. Hundreds of you wore Fitbits or other activity trackers. Even if you don’t personally wear one, you’ve surely seen them around. You or someone in your family probably even wears one because 1 in 5 of us has a wearable health and fitness device. Activity trackers have two main purposes: (1) to give you accurate data on your activity to keep you accountable and (2) to motivate and inspire you to do more. Some people swear by them and I see those people walking the neighborhood late at night, eyes on their wrists, huffing and puffing their way to 10,000 steps before the end of the day. As we spoke on the High Holidays about our choices, our behaviors, and the ways we express our Jewishness and saw all those Fitbits, I wondered if we could create a Jewish activity tracker. It could be called the “Yidbit” from the Yiddish slang term for Jewish. A Yidbit would be used to track all the Jewish things that we would do in the course of a day, week, month, and year. Continued on Page 2
Carlebach Shabbat & Communal Dinner Friday, November 11, 6:00 p.m. Shabbat Dinner, Conversation & Song - 7:15 p.m.
In special celebration we are excited to welcome Neshama Carlebach, daughter of the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, a master and popular composer of Jewish melodies for prayer and song. Neshama Carlebach will join Hazzan Perlman and Rabbi Shulman in leading our Friday evening Kabbalat Shabbat Service with joyous melodies and song as we rejoice in spirit, high energy, and a spiritual beginning to Shabbat. Like her father, Neshama's talent and charisma captivate and endear her to people of all ages and backgrounds. She has performed and taught in cities worldwide, has sung on the Broadway stage, and has sold more than one million records.
Reserve your spot for dinner online at
http://bit.ly/carlebachShabbat by Thurs., Nov. 3 or call the front office at 410-486-6400 Make your check payable to Chizuk Amuno Congregation 8100 Stevenson Rd. | Baltimore, MD 21208
Cost: $25/adult ; $15/child, (children under 4 are free) Neshama Carlebach will also join us on Shabbat November 12 for conversation with Rabbi Shulman and more song after Shabbat Morning Services and Kiddush Lunch. Underwritten by the Chizuk Amuno Sisterhood.
“The Middle East and the New President Fireworks Ahead?”
Mr. Mark Lavie Mideast Correspondent for the Associated Press and Major News Networks Tuesday, November 15, 7:30 p.m. Like it or not, the next President will have to focus on the volatile Middle East. Once we know who the President is, what can we expect? What is the view from inside Israel about our new President and the complicated issues of the Middle East? We ask a 40 year veteran of covering the news from inside Israel and the Arab world to help answer our questions.