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Dim the lights,
cue the music... We're
on the lookout for talented singers, dancers and entertainers to join the CBB
Cabaret Players. The variety ensemble
will be the featured performance at CBB's premiere
social event, "Celebrate! A Nod to the Past, a Look to our Future,"
Saturday evening, March 7th, 2009 at The Fess Parker DoubleTree
Resort. Open casting call and orientation on Sunday, October 19th starting at
4:00 pm. Email Cantor Childs at
cantor@cbbsb.org for more information and to reserve an audition spot.
Housing Needed We are looking for housing for Rabbinic Intern Josh Samuels for the following weekends between now and the end of June: Oct. 17-19, Nov. 21-23, Dec. 5-7, Dec. 19-21, Jan. 16-18, Jan. 23-25, Feb. 20-22, Mar. 6-8, Mar. 13-15, Apr. 3-5, May 1-3, May 15-17, June 5-7. If you are able to house Josh on one of these dates, please contact Brooke Jackson at 964-7869 x25 or brooke@cbbsb.org. Help Needed for Yom Kippur Set-up We are looking for volunteers on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 6, 7 and 8, to help set up chairs for the Yom Kippur services at CBB. If you are available for even an hour or 2 between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on those days, please contact Audrey at 964-7869 or audrey@cbbsb.org. Donations Needed The
Sisterhood is collecting items for its Mitzvah Day Pillowcase Project. Needed
are small
puzzle books (suduko, word search etc.),
toothbrushes, plush animals, journals or anything else teens would like. If
you have anything to donate, please mark it for the Pillowcase Project and
leave it in the baskets outside of Karen Greenberg's office (near the
Religious School). Calling all Preschool Moms! Join the members of Sisterhood after preschool drop off on October 7th and decorate a pillowcase under Jacque Book's and Sissy Taran's direction! We will be in Meeting Room 1 and Meeting Room 2, in the Religious School hallway near the back patio.
High Holiday Information If you have not received your High Holiday tickets in the mail, or need additional tickets, please contact Deborah Shafritz at deborah@cbbsb.org. The Rosh Hashanah Evening and Morning Services will take place at the Arlington Theater and the preschool childcare and Youth Services will be held at CBB (see schedules below). Bring a book
reading light to the Arlington tonight –since the lighting there may be
a little challenging to read by, we invite you to bring your own reading
light. We will have some to hand out
as well. We
will be back in our newly renovated Attention Past
Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class Members! Did you become a Bar/Bat Mitzvah as part of one of CBB's Adult B'nai Mitzvah classes? We are looking for past members to be honored with an aliyah at the current Adult B'nai Mitzvah class's services on January 31, 2009 and February 7, 2009. If you are interested, please contact Audrey at 964-7869 or audrey@cbbsb.org and let her know which date you prefer.
Below are many of this week’s events. We now have the monthly calendar of events online. You can view all of Congregation B’nai B’rith’s activities at http://www.cbbsb.org/Calendar/current_calendar.pdf. Monday, September
29 8:00 p.m. Rosh
Hashanah Evening Service at the Arlington Theater 8:45 a.m. Young
Family (5 and under) Rosh Hashanah Service at CBB 9:15 a.m. Preschool Childcare at CBB (RSVP required, 967-6619) 9:30 a.m. K-6 Rosh Hashanah Program at CBB (RSVP required, becca@cbbsb.org) 10:00 a.m. Rosh Hashanah Morning Service at the Arlington Theater 2:00 p.m. Tashlich at Goleta Beach Wednesday, October
1 6:45 p.m. Confirmation Friday, October 3 7:30 p.m. Shabbat
Evening Service in the Girsh-Hochman Sanctuary Welcome Shabbat in our newly refurbished sanctuary with Rabbi Cohen and Cantor Childs. Tonight's Oneg is sponsored by The Temple. Saturday, October 4 9:00 a.m. Torah
Study with Rabbi Cohen 10:30 a.m. Shabbat
Morning Minyan in the Girsh-Hochman
Sanctuary
Sunday, October 5 Sunday Morning Live with Author Jim Keen 8:45 a.m. Best Darn Breakfast, PERIOD! 9:45 a.m. Guest Speaker Jim Keen, author of Inside Intermarriage: a Christian
Partner's Perspective on Raising a Jewish Family Everyone knows that marriage isn't easy. For couples of different faiths, finding a spiritual balance while navigating each other’s religious beliefs and cultural traditions can test even the strongest of relationships. Guest speaker Jim Keen will explores these challenges as he shares his own journey as a Christian father helping his Jewish wife raise their two daughters in the Jewish faith. As an observant Protestant raising Jewish children, Jim provides an unusual perspective and offers a great deal of insight, humor and wisdom. A book signing will follow the discussion. Monday, October 6 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Let’s Talk About it: Sex and Love in Jewish Literature. A new class led by Dr. Mashey Bernstein, PhD (Lecturer at UCSB), and held at Santa Barbara Hillel, 781 Embarcadero Del Mar in Isla Vista. The class will be held every 2 weeks. Dr. Bernstein will lead a discussion on the theme of sex and love in American, Israeli and Yiddish fiction. Each session will begin with a short lecture and be followed by lively discussion by all who wish to participate. Open to all in the community who enjoy reading and talking about books. Refreshments will be served Books will be available for purchase at Chaucer’s Books, UCSB Bookstore and Borders. For more information, please visit: http://www.letstalkaboutitucsb.info/ Co-Sponsored by:
Congregation B’nai Brith,
Congregation Young Tuesday, October 7 9:30 a.m. Sisterhood Board Meeting, followed by the Pillowcase Project. No experience necessary. Come join in this fun and quick craft project to help prepare for Mitzvah Day. Wednesday, October
8 8:00 p.m. Yom
Kippur/Kol Nidre at our
newly renovated Temple! Thursday, October 9 9:00 a.m. Young
Family Service (5 and under) at CBB 9:30 a.m. Preschool
Childcare at CBB (RSVP required, 967-6619) 9:45 a.m. K-6 Youth Program (RSVP required, becca@cbbsb.org) 10:00 a.m. Yom
Kippur Morning Service at CBB 2:00 p.m. Family
Service at CBB 3:00 p.m. Afternoon
Service at CBB, followed by Yizkor and Ne'ilah Save the date! Mitzvah Day 2008 will be October 12th! Help us again give back to our community! Mitzvah Day is the one opportunity we have each year to gather together as a congregation and devote the day to acts of compassion. You and your family will have many projects to choose from – look for your Mitzvah Day brochure in the mail. Can't wait to get started? We need your Mitzvah Day donations now! We are collecting travel-sized toiletries, books and toys, magazines for teens and sudoku games or books for kids in shelters, in very good condition, and the following items for Doctors without Walls: women’s clothes – top & bottom in one size, undergarments and warm outerwear for both men and women – scarves, hats, gloves and white tube socks. Please bring your donations to the Temple Office or Karen Greenberg's office, near the Religious School. Bring your used batteries to the temple on Mitzvah Day. The Greening Committee will appropriately dispose of them since they cannot be thrown away in regular garbage. Preserve the environment, bring in your used batteries. We will make it easy for you. Monday, October 13 6:00 p.m. Community
Sukkot Dinner Enjoy a catered Sukkot dinner under or around our huge Temple sukkah, followed by Sukkot stories, lessons and a family worship service at 7:30 p.m. in our sanctuary. $10 for adults/$7 for children 7-11. RSVP to the Temple Office, 964-7869. Tuesday, October 14 9:00 a.m. Young Family Festival Program (5 years old & younger) 10:30 a.m. Sukkot Morning
Service 6:00 p.m. Interfaith Family Potluck Sukkot Dinner The whole family is invited to enjoy dinner in CBB's festive Sukkah while meeting and mingling with other interfaith families. Please bring your own dinner; we'll provide the setting and activities for kids. RSVP to amuchnick@aol.com or Audrey, 964-7869. 7:30 p.m. Special Night of Learning for the entire congregation: “Jewish Raindance & Fertility Rites” Wednesday, October
15 12:00 noon Sisterhood Paid Up Membership Luncheon, featuring chef Lisa Rynes who will prepare an elegant meal in front of us. 5:45 p.m. Academy/Confirmation Sukkot Dinner $5 per person for Academy/Confirmation students and their families, or bring your own dinner -- RSVP to Becca, 964-7869 x28 6:45 p.m. Academy
Begins Thursday, October
16 7:30 p.m. SoulAviv
-- Music with Jewish Soul As part of the Daniel Pearl
Music Days for 2008, at Santa Barbara Hillel, 781
Embarcadero Del Mar, Isla Vista; Free
admission. Presented by The
Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia
in Jewish Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, a program
of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, and is cosponsored by UCSB Arts
& Lectures, Department of Religious Studies, Congregation B’nai B’rith, and
Santa Barbara Hillel. Friday, October 17 6:00 p.m. New Member Shabbat Dinner -- RSVP to Karen, 964-7869 x11 7:30 p.m. Shabbat/Sukkot Evening Service Saturday, October
18 10:30 a.m. Shabbat/Sukkot Morning Service -- Aryanna Aronson Bat Mitzvah 4:30 p.m. Seudah Shlishit, the 3rd meal of Shabbat Join in in good conversation, a potluck vegetarian/dairy dinner, and singing as the sun slowly sets. We end with havdalah under the stars at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 19 12:30 Introduction
to Judaism Taught by Rabbinic Intern Josh Samuels, with guest appearances by Rabbi Cohen, Bryan Conyer and Cantor Childs. This class is designed particularly for people who might be considering converting to Judaism, and their partners, but it is open to anyone who wants to strengthen their foundation of Jewish knowledge. Enrollment in the class will be open until the end of November and then will close until this time next year. The class is free for Temple members; tuition for non-member singles or couples is $300 for the year. RSVP to Audrey, 964-7869. Free childcare available (ages 3 and over) with RSVP. 1:00 p.m. Rabbi Malka Drucker will join Sisterhood as she speaks about her new book, Portraits of Jewish American Heroes. 3:00 p.m. The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story Diane Ackerman, author of the bestselling A Natural
History of the Senses and An Alchemy of Mind, will discuss and sign copies of
her latest book, The Zookeeper's Wife:
A War Story, at
UCSB Campbell Hall. Thie book recounts the story of Jan and Antonina Zabinski, Christian
zookeepers horrified by Nazi racism, who capitalized on the Nazis' obsession
with pureblood animals in order to save over 300 doomed Jewish refugees and
Polish resistance fighters by hiding them in the bombed-out cages of the
Warsaw Zoo. Free admission. Presented by the Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies at
the University of California, Santa Barbara, a program of the
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, and cosponsored by UCSB Arts &
Lectures, Department of Religious Studies, Congregation B’nai
B’rith, and Santa Barbara Hillel.
This event is also sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, UCSB Affiliates,
UCSB Community Relations, UCSB Department of Feminist Studies, UCSB
Environmental Studies Program, and UCSB History Associates. Monday, October 20 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 pm Simchat Torah (Rejoicing in the Torah) We celebrate Simchat Torah with unbridled dancing and joy. The Torah scroll will be unrolled around the room as this past year’s B’nai Mitzvah chant the opening lines of their Torah portions from Genesis through Deuteronomy. Tuesday, October 21 10:30 a.m. Simchat Torah
Service with Yizkor Thursday, October
23 6:30 p.m. Lodge Dinner
The Jewish Community Center offers a wide variety of activities. Please contact the JCC at 957-1115 or info@sbjf.org, or view the JCC website at www.jewishsantabarbara.org for more information. "The Art of Music": Paintings by Seco;
exhibit runs through October 10. Bryan Tari, the
classical pianist who performed at the Seco
opening, will perform again, this time at the Schmooze Room on Tues, Oct. 7
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