Category Archives: April
URJ: INTERGENERATIONAL SURVEY OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY
We invite you to participate in an important new intergenerational survey of the American Jewish community.
This national survey was created by Dr. David Elcott, the Henry and Marilyn Taub Professor of Practice in Public Service and Leadership at New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and Stuart Himmelfarb, CEO and co-founder of B3/The Jewish Boomer Platform. Please note that all responses are confidential.
Your responses will help us better understand people’s attitudes, activities and plans.
The survey covers all four adult generational groups (Millennials, Gen X-ers, Boomers and WWII/Greatest), so if you’re over 18, we hope to hear from you.
Please go to https://www.research.net/s/F682HKD, to take the survey.
We think you will find the survey interesting and quick; we know it will be a helpful new resource for us all. We also encourage you to share the link with members of your community to gather a wider sample from which to learn about the various generational groups.
Thank you!
Rabbi Victor S. Appell
Congregational Marketing Director
Union for Reform Judaism
212-650-4144
MAZAL TOV! IT’S A BOY!
Dear Friends,
With Gratitude to Hashem we are pleased to announce that as of earlier today, a precious newborn baby boy has joined our family.
As the adoption process is a lenghty one, the Bris of our baby son will take place on Monday at 1:30 PM in Baltimore, MD. If you can make it, we’d be honored, if not, we hope you can join us for the celebration we will host for him in Montana sometime soon.
Baby Boy Bruk has a registry at http://www.Diapers.com
We are very excited to welcome this new addition to our family and look forward to raising him to Torah, Chupah and good deeds.
May we share in each others Simchos.
May we be collectively blessed with joy in our families and share happy occasions together.
Rabbi Chaim, Chavie, Chaya and Zeesy
PROUD TO BE A JEW
EDITOR’S NOTE: I found this very moving. Look out, Max. This is a hard act to follow.
Read more about Rabbi Leonid Feldman at
http://www.bethelwpb.com/rabbi-leonid-feldman.html
or
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-03-07/news/fl-rabbi-feldman-20130306_1_bar-mitzvah-coming-of-age-ceremony-jewish-boys-and-girls
A TRIBUTE TO MARGARET THATCHER
Contributed by Karen Semple, who says:
I understand people have different political points of view; however, this is an inspiring tribute to the late Margaret Thatcher that tells a little-known story about her part in saving an Austrian girl during WWII.
http://www.aish.com/ci/s/A-Tribute-to-Margaret-Thatcher.html
B’Shalom,
Karen Semple
REFUSE TO BE A VICTIM — CLASS AT THE GREAT FALLS LIBRARY
EDITOR’S NOTE: Karen Semple has asked us to distribute the following information.
Below is a flier for a very good class that you may wish to share with the Great Falls Jewish Community. I know it’s on a Saturday, but it is a VERY excellent class with a lot of good info put on by an experienced NRA Instructor. Lots of good demonstrations!
Safety experts agree the single most important step toward ensuring your personal safety
is making the conscious decision to Refuse To Be A Victim®. You stand a much better
chance of preventing criminal attack if you develop a safety plan before you need it.
That is why the National Rifle Association is offering the Refuse To Be A Victim®crime
prevention seminar.
The seminar teaches easy-to-understand methods you can use to increase awareness and
prevent criminal confrontation. In just three hours, you will get the tools you need to
develop your own personal safety strategy, including information about:
The Psychology of the Criminal Mind
Personal Awareness Strategies
Home & Phone Security
Automobile & Travel Security
Personal & Technological Security
Self-Defense Devices and Training Options
Attendees receive a student manual, handouts, and a resource CD
Date: Saturday, May 11th
Time: 2-5:45PM
Location: Great Falls Library; Large Meeting Room;301 2nd Avenue North, Great Falls
Cost: $20/person or $60/agency or close family for 4+ attendees.
Open to all with an interest in crime prevention
To register or for more information, call 422.5019 ; Pre-registration
is requested. To register: go to
http://www.nrainstructors.org/searchcourse.aspx. Choose: NRA
Refuse To..; Choose: Montana, Click: search. Then register.
STUDENT RABBI MIRIAM FARBER’S VISIT TO GREAT FALLS IS THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 19!
Student Rabbi Miriam Farber’s next visit to Great Falls is fast approaching.
Todah Robah to the following congregation members who have offered their hospitality to Rabbi Miriam Farber the week end of April 19.
- Friday, April 19: Airport pickup for Student Rabbi Miriam Farber – Marty Foxman
- Friday evening dinner host(s) – Gary and Mimi Wolf
- Friday evening Oneg – Laura Weiss
- Saturday, April 20: lunch after adult study – Stephen Boyd
There will be Kabalaat Shabbat services Friday evening at 7:30 P.M. at The Bethel, and an adult study time at 10:00 A.M. Saturday morning, April 20, also at The Bethel.
There will also be a milchig (dairy) potluck at the Bethel on Saturday evening at 5:30 P.M., followed by adult discussion. Please bring a dairy dish to share.
Student Rabbi Miriam Farber’s final visit of 5773 will be the week end of May 10, Mother’s Day week end.
Shabbat Shalom,
Joy Breslauer and Aaron Weissman, editor@aitzchaim.com
GFIA MEETING
The GFIA meeting this month was centered around raising awareness of the plight of homeless students in Great Falls schools, as well as inmates transitioning back into society from prison.
There are 186 homeless students in the Great Falls public school system. In Shelby, the prison system busses all inmates they release to Great Falls and drops them off with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Rents are doubling and tripling in Great Falls due to the influx of oil workers. Cascade County Inmates are not getting the education they need in order to transition back into society successfully.
St. Vincent DePaul, the Salvation Army, and other groups are trying to help them. Some of the bigger churches can do more than others, since they have food pantries and access to affordable housing.
-Stephen Boyd
DIAPER SUNDAY
Please bring packages of diapers to services Friday evening or to adult discussion Saturday evening for Diaper Sunday. Helen will make sure they are distributede to those who need them.
MAY 4-6 WEEK END SCHEDULE
Here is the week end schedule for May 4-6.
- Friday evening, May 4, 7:30 P.M.: Shabbat services led by Student Rabbi Rebecca Reice at The Bethel. Oneg to follow.
- Saturday morning, May 5, 10:00 A.M.: Adult Education led by Student Rabbi Rebecca Reice at The Bethel.
- Saturday evening, May 5, 5:30 P.M.: Adult discussion and milchig potluck at the Bethel.
- Sunday morning, May 6, 10:00 A.M.: Hebrew School at the YWCA
Don’t forget to bring diapers for Diaper Sunday.
Hope to see you at one or more of these events.
“UNLESS YOU REMEMBER” — PLEASE WATCH AND SHARE THIS YOM HASHOAH VIDEO
Adam Farberman has produced a memorial video for the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal for this year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah. It is important for all of us to watch it.
Submitted by Don and Helen Cherry
The Aitz Chaim Ram's Horn 