Community Supported Agriculture Delivery for Shareholders
Thursday, July 2, Temple Israel South Entrance
Check out the CSA Blog for updates, recipes and photos.
Summer Speaker Series: WRJ Caring Community,
Lisa Epstein, Judy Josephson, Bonnie Pfrenger, & Sherrie Saag
Friday, July 3, 6 p.m., Livingston Chapel
Rabbi Eric Linder, Rabbinic Intern Nicole Luna and guest soloist Tami Field will lead the service. Celebrate our Caring Community volunteers and thank them specifically for their work for Temple Israel. Learn how to get involved with our Blumkin volunteers, knitters, card makers, soup and challah makers, assisted living volunteers and more!
Summer Speaker Series: My Life of Social Justice and Community Service, Debbie Finnicum
Friday, July 10, 6 p.m., Livingston Chapel
Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Rabbinic Intern Nicole Luna and guest soloist Jill Idelman will lead the service. Followed by an Outdoor BBQ on the Temple lawn. $10 per family, $5 for individual. RSVP to the Temple office, 556-6536 or mkube@templeisraelomaha.com.
Donations for Used Book Sale
Please drop off any gently used books, CD/DVD, music, VHS tapes and books on tape at the Temple Office during business. Contact Susie Norton, 391-7333, to schedule a book pick up, if you don’t have a way to get them to Temple.
Donate 5% of your Grocery Bill to Temple Israel at NO EXTRA COST TO YOU!
BUY ONLINE TODAY! Whole Foods, Baker's, Bag ‘n Save and The Bookworm gift cards. Buy them and keep them handy for shopping at these stores, which are gracious enough to return a percentage to Temple. The dollars raised will fund camp scholarships. Gift cards are available in the foyer on Wednesday afternoons and Sunday mornings, or during the week in the Temple office.
FROM THE DESK OF RABBI LINDER
Why should I follow you on Twitter? Don’t I have enough things I already don’t read?!
Communication happens in many ways. We talk, we put post-its on the fridge, we type a to-do on the blackberry, we write letters, we pray.
We think that Twitter can be an excellent communication tool to quickly share thoughts and opinions, send links to interesting articles and themes, and continue to strengthen the relationships that we have with each other.
For those of you on Twitter, we ask you to follow us and our thoughts, and to share yours!
If you haven't jumped on this yet, here's a short video introduction: http://www.commoncraft.com/twitter. A tutorial can be found here: http://punetech.com/why-twitter/. Then, go to www.twitter.com and get an account (which will take under one minute.) Once you've done that, click the links below to add us, and we can provide other suggestions and help if you'd like.
As a religious community, we know that this can be a great way to collectively share ideas and thoughts with each other. It is another way to strengthen our network, our synagogue, and our Jewish identity.
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CSA Shareholder Tour the Farm
Sunday, July 12, 10 a.m. - Noon
At Bloom's Farm
New Member Happy Hour with Rabbi Linder
Wednesday, July 15, 5 p.m. at the Dundee Dell
Summer Speaker Series: Reflections From My Trip to Israel, Rabbi Eric Linder
Friday, July 17, 6 p.m., Livingston Chapel
Guest soloist Tami Field
Summer Speaker Series: Jewish Influences in My Life From Childhood Through College Years,Judge Larry Gendler
Friday, July 24, 6 p.m., Livingston Chapel
Guest soloist Tami Field
Summer Speaker Series: My Life Since Returning to Live in Omaha Four Years Ago, Mark Javitch
Friday, July 31, 6 p.m., Livingston Chapel
Guest soloist Tami Field
New Member Coffee with Cantor Shermet
Sunday, August 2, 10 a.m., Paradise Cafe Village Pointe
Tri-Faith Picnic
Sunday, August 2, 12:30-3:30 p.m., All Saints Episcopal Church, 93rd and Blondo
Activities for children, health screening tests, and a great chance for followers of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to break bread together. No admission charge but please bring a dish to share. We ask that your food contribution does not include pork or gelatin products (like Jello), and does not mix meat and dairy (mac and cheese is fine, but mac and cheese with hamburger is not.) Please label any foods that contain dairy (milk, butter, cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese, yogurt) with a label that says “contains dairy”. Inside seating available for those who can’t take the heat and/or in case of bad weather.
CSA Shareholder Potluck Supper
Tuesday, August 4, 6 p.m.
at Bloom's Farm
WRJ Annual Used Book Sale Set Up
Thursday, August 6 & Friday, August 7
Used Book Sale Preview Party
Friday, August 7
Noon - 4 p.m., Preview Fee $20
Summer Speaker Series: Reflections from My Sabbatical,
Cantor Wendy Shermet
Friday, August 7, 6 p.m., Livingston Chapel
Followed by an Outdoor BBQ on the Temple lawn. $10 per family, $5 for individual. RSVP to the Temple office, 556-6536 or mkube@templeisraelomaha.com. Temple members may browse the used book sale during the congregational BBQ dinner following services.
WRJ Annual Used Book Sale
Sunday, August 9 – Monday, August 10
Come shop the book racks – you’ll be amazed by our collection. The general public is welcome to the sale free of charge.
Sunday, August 9, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Monday, August, 10 10 a.m. - Noon 1/2 price sale
Monday, August 10, Noon - 4 p.m. Fill a grocery bag full of books for $5
All proceeds of the sale support the work of WRJ-O. Any books that are left will be donated to the Omaha Public Library to support its used book sales. Please let us know if you are interested in helping. Please contact Linda Sadofsky, 397-2400, Danielle Gordman, 343-1435 or Wendy Goldberg, 556-6536.
Summer Speaker Series: Jewish Life in the Military,
Jonathan Beha
Friday, August 14, 6 p.m., Livingston Chapel
Summer Speaker Series: Friendship Tour of Turkey,
Dr. Howard and Lee Needelman, Rita Paskowitz, Wendy and David Goldberg
Friday, August 21, 6 p.m., Livingston Chapel
OTYG Fall Rush
Sunday, August 23, at Mahoney State Park
Annual Golf Outing
Monday, August 24
At Ironwood Country Club
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ONLINE WEBCASTS
Did you miss Dr. Ron Wolfson at Temple? Check out the webcasts of his presentations below:
April 24, 2009
Calling All Temple Israel Angels
April 26, 2009
Blessings and Kisses – The Power [...] 
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Mar 30, 2009
12:00 AM
Submitted by Rabbi Eric Linder
There is not one definition of what religion “does.” It is different things to different people, and often in the same faith. Of course, this doesn’t stop some from trying; the theologian Paul Tillich defines religion as one’s ‘ultimate concern.’ I like that.
But looking at it closer, [...] 
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Mar 28, 2009
12:00 AM
The Dinner in Abraham’s Tent: Conversations on Peace, was a remarkable night. If you missed dinner, we have a solution for you — a replay of the live webcast.
To watch the webcast which runs just over an hour go to this link:
mms://209.200.118.182/tfi032709
Watch the Tri-Faith Promotion Video
Check out the coverage of our Tri-Faith Event [...] 
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Mar 26, 2009
12:00 AM
If you can’t join us at the Qwest, consider organizing your own Dinner in Abraham’s Tent, inviting some interfaith friends over for dinner and to watch the webcast.
BREAKING NEWS
We have been able to make arrangements to webcast the “Conversation on Peace” live from the Qwest that night. Just before 8 p.m. Central Time Friday [...] 
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Mar 4, 2009
12:00 AM
After gathering the names and addresses of 21 Jewish soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, we were able to send wonderful packages containing many “comfort items.”
Thanks to Religious School students and Al Rieder for making cards to the soldiers, as well as helping us pack the boxes to be shipped. Special thanks to Omaha Steaks for [...] 
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Feb 26, 2009
12:00 AM
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
Annual Youth Group Spaghetti Dinner and Auction
Sunday, March 1, 5 p.m.
Click those ruby slippers three times to get the winning bid on dozens of great baskets up for auction. Will you be bringing home a Wii? Creighton basketball tickets? A gift certificate to El Basha? Only the wizard knows for sure. Silent [...] 
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Feb 26, 2009
12:00 AM
My Jewish Journey- by Jan Schneiderman, President Elect of Temple Israel. Jan shared her journey with the Board of Trustees at the February meeting.
Some of you heard my Jewish journey last summer but this will be a much shorter version.
I was brought up in what I call a secular orthodox home. We didn’t [...] 
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