Shavuot immediately follows this Shabbat.
Shavuot Dinner and Late Night Torah Study: The dairy dinner will follow an 8:40 PM Maariv and will begin at 9:15 PM. Following dinner, Rabbi Bellino will teach until midnight; this year's topic is Coffee Talk: Stimulating Percolations of Jewish Laws, History, and Culture of Coffee. Dinner costs $35 per adult. Please RSVP here ASAP.
Later that night, (at 12:45 AM), Rabbi Bellino will teach at the 14th Street Y. For more information, or to register for this event, click here.
Women's Wine and Cheese Event: Please join the women of Sixth Street from 4:00 - 6:00 PM on Sunday, May 24th. Bring your own wine/spirits and your thirst for a great time with friends and neighbors in the Social Hall.
Thank you to Ellen Cherrick for sponsoring flowers for the shul for Shavuot in memory of the upcoming yahrtzeits of her parents: Udy Katz Cherrick, z"l (9th of Sivan) and William Cherrick, z"l (21st of Sivan).
We are grateful to Rabbi Simcha Krauss for joining us last week as our third Shabbat Scholar in Residence. Our Shabbat Scholar in Residence Shabbatonim are sponsored by a generous bequest made by Garry Roemer.
2015 Annual Dinner: On Monday, June 22nd, we will hold our Annual Dinner at the Brotherhood Synagogue. Click here to register and find more information.
Annual Membership Meeting: This will take place at the Synagogue on Thursday, June 25 at 7:30 PM. All members in good standing (dues paid for 2014 - 2015) will elect the Officers, Board of Trustees, and Advisory Board. Please make every effort to attend.
Israel Awareness Committee: A new committee, co-chaired by Jeff Katz and Annie Watman, has been created to strengthen our synagogue's identification with the State of Israel's culture, people, challenges, and history. There will be a bi-monthly Israel Awareness Reading Group, meeting for the first time toward the end of this month. The first book will be "Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel's Soul" by Daniel Gordis. To get involved, please email jeff.katz48@gmail.com.
