Memorial Book
memorial book
Congregation B'nai Israel
Yizkor/Memorial Book 5781/2020-2021
Dear Member or Friend of Congregation B'nai Israel:
One of the most emotionally moving customs of our congregation is the remembrance of our departed relatives and friends. The 5781/2020-2021 version of our Memorial Book will be used during Yizkor Services and other occasions throughout the year.
This is a year like no other. For that reason, we are reaching out to let you know of some modifications that we are making so that we can continue to produce the book, albeit in a different form. We are, at this point, uncertain as to whether we will be able to hold High Holy Day Services in our sanctuary, virtually, or both. Regardless, you will receive the book via email to enable you to participate in our Yom Kippur Yizkor Service from your home, if need be. Books in hard copy will be made available for those who wish to have them.
As a member, if you had a listing in last year's book, it will be repeated unchanged. If you have any changes, corrections or sadly, additions, or any other questions, please contact one of us listed below by August 1, 2020 and we will assist you. We may not be able to make corrections, additions or changes after that date.
Please include your written instructions and donation, payable by check, and mail by August 1st
Congregation B'nai Israel Memorial Book
171 Ridge Road
Rumson, NJ 07760
This year you also have the option of paying by credit card by calling Alice Macphee, CBI Bookkeeper, at 732 842-1800, x211, or email her at bookkeeper@cbirumson.org.
Or you may pay online directly at this link:
https://secure.acceptiva.com/?
As in the past, non-members are invited to participate, at a required minimum donation of $18 per line.
If we do not hear from members, their listings will remain unchanged. If we do not hear from non-members, their listings will not be included.
Thank you in advance for your participation and understanding in these difficult times.
The Memorial Book Committee
For Questions:
Miriam Daitz Vogel Ellen Levine
miriamdaitzvogel@gmail.com hardwaredan5@gmail.com
Sat, February 27 2021
15 Adar 5781
Purim 2021
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Sunday ,
FebFebruary 28 , 2021
Sunday, Feb 28th 10:30a to 12:00p
February 28: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Is Judaism a Religion of the Heart or the Mind – And Who Decides? Hasidism and its Opponents. March 14: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. What Do we Mean by Jewish Continuity? The Legacy of “Be Fruitful and Multiply”. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) March 21: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. How Much Should Tragedy Define Us? The Holocaust in Contemporary Jewish Life. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) April 18: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Can Commitment & Critique Coexist? Teaching Israel in the 21st century. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) -
Tuesday ,
MarMarch 2 , 2021
Tuesday, Mar 2nd 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Friday ,
MarMarch 5 , 2021
Friday, Mar 5th 6:00p to 7:00p
Virtual Wine and Cheese followed by Kabbalat Service at 6:30pm -
Tuesday ,
MarMarch 9 , 2021
Tuesday, Mar 9th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Thursday ,
MarMarch 11 , 2021
Thursday, Mar 11th 7:30p to 8:30p
Rabbi Kagedan is the first female Orthodox Rabbi in the US to be hired by an Orthodox congregation. -
Sunday ,
MarMarch 14 , 2021
Sunday, Mar 14th 10:30a to 12:00p
February 28: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Is Judaism a Religion of the Heart or the Mind – And Who Decides? Hasidism and its Opponents. March 14: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. What Do we Mean by Jewish Continuity? The Legacy of “Be Fruitful and Multiply”. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) March 21: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. How Much Should Tragedy Define Us? The Holocaust in Contemporary Jewish Life. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) April 18: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Can Commitment & Critique Coexist? Teaching Israel in the 21st century. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) -
Tuesday ,
MarMarch 16 , 2021
Tuesday, Mar 16th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Sunday ,
MarMarch 21 , 2021
Sunday, Mar 21st 10:30a to 12:00p
February 28: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Is Judaism a Religion of the Heart or the Mind – And Who Decides? Hasidism and its Opponents. March 14: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. What Do we Mean by Jewish Continuity? The Legacy of “Be Fruitful and Multiply”. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) March 21: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. How Much Should Tragedy Define Us? The Holocaust in Contemporary Jewish Life. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) April 18: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Can Commitment & Critique Coexist? Teaching Israel in the 21st century. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) -
Tuesday ,
MarMarch 23 , 2021
Tuesday, Mar 23rd 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Friday ,
MarMarch 26 , 2021
Friday, Mar 26th 6:00p to 6:30p
Family Shabbat Service designed for families and children with Shabbat Prayers, stories and songs and led by Rabbi Sagal. Zoom link will be sent out prior to services. Please note: there still will be a 7:30pm KAbbalat Service on Fourth Friday. -
Tuesday ,
MarMarch 30 , 2021
Tuesday, Mar 30th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Friday ,
AprApril 2 , 2021
Friday, Apr 2nd 6:00p to 7:00p
Virtual Wine and Cheese followed by Kabbalat Service at 6:30pm -
Tuesday ,
AprApril 6 , 2021
Tuesday, Apr 6th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Monday ,
AprApril 12 , 2021
Monday, Apr 12th 7:30p to 8:30p
Esperanto: L. L. Zamenhof’s Hopeful Language for Russia’s Jews & the World Brigid O’Keeffe Associate Professor of History, Brooklyn College In 1887, L. L. Zamenhof launched Esperanto from the polyglot western borderlands of a tsarist empire in crisis. This presentation will explore Esperanto’s origins in the tsarist empire’s Pale of Settlement. Zamenhof came of age in an era of both global transformation and the pogroms that devastated Jewish communities in the Pale. As he wrestled with the Jewish Question, Zamenhof designed Esperanto as a universal language that would uplift Russia’s Jews and ultimately unite the whole world. Zamenhof intended for Esperanto to serve humanity as more than a practical utility to facilitate international communication. Esperanto was the foundation for what Zamenhof envisioned as a future global moral community of new, emancipated people – comfortable with their differences and equipped with an international auxiliary language designed explicitly to transcend those differences rather than efface them. -
Tuesday ,
AprApril 13 , 2021
Tuesday, Apr 13th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Sunday ,
AprApril 18 , 2021
Sunday, Apr 18th 10:30a to 12:00p
February 28: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Is Judaism a Religion of the Heart or the Mind – And Who Decides? Hasidism and its Opponents. March 14: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. What Do we Mean by Jewish Continuity? The Legacy of “Be Fruitful and Multiply”. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) March 21: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. How Much Should Tragedy Define Us? The Holocaust in Contemporary Jewish Life. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) April 18: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Can Commitment & Critique Coexist? Teaching Israel in the 21st century. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) -
Tuesday ,
AprApril 20 , 2021
Tuesday, Apr 20th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Friday ,
AprApril 23 , 2021
Friday, Apr 23rd 6:00p to 6:30p
Family Shabbat Service designed for families and children with Shabbat Prayers, stories and songs and led by Rabbi Sagal. Zoom link will be sent out prior to services. Please note: there still will be a 7:30pm KAbbalat Service on Fourth Friday. -
Tuesday ,
AprApril 27 , 2021
Tuesday, Apr 27th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Thursday ,
AprApril 29 , 2021
Thursday, Apr 29th 7:30p to 8:30p
The Fraught Path to Inclusion: Newport's Jewish and African-American Communities in the Revolutionary Era." -
Friday ,
MayMay 7 , 2021
Friday, May 7th 6:00p to 7:00p
Virtual Wine and Cheese followed by Kabbalat Service at 6:30pm -
Friday ,
MayMay 28 , 2021
Friday, May 28th 6:00p to 6:30p
Family Shabbat Service designed for families and children with Shabbat Prayers, stories and songs and led by Rabbi Sagal. Zoom link will be sent out prior to services. Please note: there still will be a 7:30pm KAbbalat Service on Fourth Friday.