Category Archives: Ram’s Horn
JOKE
Chaim Yankel was walking down the street when a security guard came up to him and said, “Why is there a penguin following you?”
Chaim Yankel said, “I don’t know, he just followed me.”
The security guard replied, “You take that penguin to the zoo right now.” And Chaim Yankel complied.
A couple of hours later, Chaim Yankel came out of the zoo with the penguin still following him.
The security guard said, “I thought I told you to take that penguin to the zoo.”
Chaim Yankel replied, “I did, but he enjoyed himself so much that now I’m taking him to the library.”
BORSCHT
dice everything else up and add to pot with sugar.
Serve hot or cold with boiled potato and sour cream,
Amy-Jill Levine to Lecture in Helena, September 23-25
Professor Amy-Jill Levine of Vanderbilt Divinity College will again be lecturing in Helena!
Professor Levine, who last lectured on the Jewish roots of Christian traditions, will be lecturing on “Sex and the Bible: Thou Shalt Not, Thou Shall and Though Might Want To — What the Bible Says about Sexuality” as part of the annual St. Paul’s United Methodist Church lecture series, September 23-25, 2011.
Congregants can sign up for lectures at the series through this brochure. The lecture series is offered at $25/day or $50 for the entire series.
Article By Clair Baiz in the Jewish Magazine
Our sharp-eyed Cantor, Hazzan Elliott Magalnick, noticed that our own Clair Baiz, daughter of Arlene Reichert, penned a very poignant and personal article in the May issue of the Jewish Magazine entitled “Growing Up Jewish in Great Falls, Montana.”
The article talks about many of the Jews that lived in Great Falls over the previous years and our previous worship space at the Malmstrom AFB chapel. The article is worth your time and attention — mazel tov Clair!
Mark Your Calendar for 2012 MAJCO and Hadassah Shabbatonim
The Montana Association of Jewish Communities (MAJCO) held its annual Shabbaton over the past weekend, July 15-17, near Glacier Park hosted by Congregation Bet Harim of Kalispell. By all reports, it was an exceptional event. The weekend saw a keynote address by Rabbi David Sapperstein, the Director and Chief Legal Counsel for the Union for Reform Judaism’s Religious Action Center.
Unfortunately, scheduling conflicts kept any congregants from Aitz Chaim from attending the Shabbaton. The next MAJCO Shabbaton will by hosted by Congregation Beth Aaron in Billings over October 5-7, 2012. The 2013 Shabbaton is scheduled by be hosted by Great Falls.
During the MAJCO business meeting on July 17, Hadassah also announced that their 2012 Hadassah Shabbaton will be June 22-24, 2012 at Big Sky. (ed note: This information has been corrected as of 7/26/2011).
Other news from the meeting included:
* Announcement of an election for MAJCO officers during the December, 2011 meeting in Helena (coinciding with the annual menorah lighting in the Capitol).
* A series of changes to the MAJCO bylaws. Those by-law changes will be the subject of an additional article on this site.
PLEASE MAKE PLANS TO JOIN US THE WEEK END OF JULY 22
- Airport Pickup: Don Cherry
- Week end Hospitality: Don and Helen Cherry
- Friday evening Dinner with Cantor Elliott: Jerry and Nadyne Weissman
- Friday evening, July 22, 7:30 P.M.: Shabbat (Parashat Matot) Services led by Cantor Elliott Magalnick at the Bethel
- Oneg by Helen Cherry and Arleen Heinzelman
- Saturday morning, July 23, 10:00 A.M.: Adult study led by Cantor Elliott Magalnick at the Bethel
- Saturday lunch with Cantor Elliott Magalnick: Arlyne Reichert
- Saturday evening, July 23, 5:30: milchig (dairy) Potluck at the Bethel
MAJCO SHABBATON REGISTRATION
Shabbaton,
MONTANA: JEWISH VOICES, MORAL CHOICES
26TH ANNUAL SHABBATON
Hosted by… Bet Harim Jewish Community of the Flathead Valley
The Sanctuary At Kila, Montana
Registration is also available at Bet Harim’s website: www.betharim.com
June 2011 Joke
A Doctor was addressing a large audience in Tampa.
“The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water.”
“But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all, and we all have eaten, or will eat it. Would anyone care to guess what food causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?”
After several seconds of quiet, a small 75-year-old Jewish man in the front row, raised
his hand and said:
“Vedding Cake?”
One state solution for Israel!
I don’t know how many have seen this, but it is an AWESOME video sent to me by one of my New York congregants.
2011 Montana Council Scout Shabbat
The Montana Council of the Boy Scouts of America had its Council Camporee over the previous weekend in Townsend, MT. The Scouts have a Camporee like this every four years.
In 2007, Montana Scouts had their first-ever Scout Shabbat at the Council Camporee in Townsend, led by our own Aaron Weissman. This year, Bozeman-based Beth Shalom rabbi Ed Stafman came to the Camporee to lead Shabbos Services.
The Service was well attended by interested Scouts and Scouters.
Interestingly enough, the weekend fell on Parashat Sh’lach, the only section of the Torah that discusses “Scouts!” An interesting discussion ensued about whether the “Scouts” sent by Moishe really embodied the Scout Oath and Law. (Caleb and Joshua certainly did!)
The service was sponsored by the Montana Council’s Jewish Committee on Scouting, which is chaired by Great Falls resident (and Aitz Chaim congregant) Diane Sherick. More information on the National Jewish Committee on Scouting can be found at jewishscouting.org.