Enid, Susan and Barbara want you to save the following dates for the interesting programs we are planning:

Wed., January 11, 2012:  Enid and Barbara will talk about their trip to Chautauqua this summer to hear Anat Hoffman, Director of the Israel Religious Action Center, which works for equality, social justice, and religious tolerance in Israel, and we will see the DVD In Her Voice about The Women of the Wall.  (If you would like to host this evening, please call Susan or Barbara.)

Wed., February 29, 2012:  To help us prepare for our Women’s Seder; we will be talking about moving along on our personal journeys.  Rhoda Rosen will be our host for the evening.

Thursday, April 12, 2012:  Our sixth annual Women’s Seder!

Wed., June 13, 2012:  Our program is called Daughters of Abraham, and we hope to have conversations with our spiritual sisters of Islamic and Christian faith.  (We have not named a location for this evening program.)

Mah Jong comes back to Circle of Friends. at the home of Holly Neumann 26349 Cook Road Olmsted Falls, OH  44138.  If you have a Mah Jong tile set, please bring it, and if it has a special history to share, all the better.  Rabbi Enid will lead our Rosh chodesh Service, and then Holly will instruct the uninitiated.  RSVP by Wed., October 26th to Holly.

Circle of Friends evokes the spirit of Tom Sawyer!  Rhoda Rosen and Barbara Schwartz are having such a great time sorting through boxes of Beth Israel photographs, that they want others to have as much fun as they are having.  Wednesday, October 6, 2010 from 7Pm to 9Pm at Beth Israel the West Temple is our first meeting of the new year.  After a short service to welcome Cheshvan led by Enid, we will have a great time looking at old photographs, identifying the who, what, and when in them.  This is an essential step in sorting and preparing the photos to add to the Beth Israel archives at the Jewish Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society.

We think this will all go better with whatever snacks you would like to bring and share.  We’ll provide coffee, tea, etc..  Please feel free to bring, spouses, friends, or anyone who has had anything to do with the Temple, Sunday School, Tot Shabbat, Galas, etc., etc..  You’ll love looking at the pictures, and we need all the help we can get!

If you need a ride, have any questions, or to R.S.V.P., please call Barbara Schwartz or Susan Wagner

Circle of Friends of Beth Israel- The West Temple invites you to celebrate Rosh Chodesh Tamuz.

This celebration will be in honor of Enid Lader’s ordination!  Enid will share her senior project show us a film called “The Tribe” and discuss what it means to be Jewish in the 21st century.

Dee Lazarus is hosting us in her party room on Thursday, June 10th at 7:00 PM.

Please R.S.V.P. to Barbara Schwartz or Susan Wagner by Monday, June 7th.  Call Dee for directions.