The Charlotte Jewish News - May 2012 - Page 21
Temple Israel Book Club
Tuesday, May 29, 7:30 PM at Temple Israel
Nemesis by Philip Roth
Discussion Leader, English Prof. Dr. Jay Jacoby
Temple Israel Adult
Education
Set in a Newark, NJ neighbor
hood during the terrifying polio
outbreak of July 1944, ^"Nemesis
is a wrenehing examination of the
foree of eireumstanees on our
lives.” The protagonist Bueky
Cantor is unlike the typieal wise-
eraeking, sex-erazed eharters in
many Roth novels. He is an alto
gether dutiful 23 year old physieal
edueation instruetor and a dedieat-
ed, earing playground supervisor
in that eventful summer. Exeused
from serving in the military
beeause of vision problems,
Bueky faees down a gang of
toughs who threaten to bring the
dreaded polio germs from their
side of town.
When Bueky heeds the adviee
of his fianee and spends the sum
mer in a Poeonos summer eamp,
he hopes to eseape the ravages of
polio, but polio and guilt follow
Bueky at the eamp. ^"Nemesis ten
derly and startlingly depiets the
eondition of ehildhood, Bueky’s
passage into personal disaster, and
the painful effeet that the wartime
polio epidemie has on a elosely-
knit, family-oriented Newark
eommunity and its ehildren.”
Leading the diseussion of this
engrossing novella is Asheville
English Professor Jay Jaeoby. The
Temple Israel book elub is looking
forward to Jay’s annual leader
ship.
Copies of Nemesis are available
at the publie library, the Levine-
Sklut Judaie Library and for sale
at loeal bookstores and on-line for
less than $15.
Temple Israel book elub meet
ings are open to the entire eommu
nity. “Drop-ins” are weleome.
MEMEStS
Tuesdays with Torah
9:30-10:30 AM
Eaeh Tuesday, we hold a lively
diseussion on the weekly parsha
(reading from the Torah portion).
Past topies have ineluded:
Managing in erisis mode, wearing
“holy elothes,” preventing a dark
outlook, entering in a relationship
with God, visiting the siek, and
having a hard heart. Join us for
more great eonversations to eome.
Faeilitated by Rabbi Raueher.
even those who haven’t read the
book, but the illustrious Philip
Roth novella is well worth reading
and under Jay’s skilled leadership,
the diseussion will add to the
attendees’ literary enjoyment.
For additional information eon-
taet Linda Levy at 704-366-6362
or levyollie@aol.eom.^
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Torah Sparks
Wednesdays at 12:30 PM
After an exeiting six months
touring the history of the Jewish
People from Sinai to the 21st
Century, Torah Sparks will be
beginning looking at the develop
ment of Jewish Ethies. Using the
“Pirkei Avot,” The Ethies of our
Aneestors as a guide, we will
explore the wellspring of ethies
and morality from the beginning
of Rabbinie Judaism to today. Our
study will inelude sueh issues as:
“The Value of a Smile,” “How
Honest Must We Be?,” “What Age
is the Best Age To Be?,” and “The
Best Way To Diseover God.”
Rabbi Murray Ezring faeilitates
this elass. ^
Temple Israel Alternative
Services
Temple Israel Honors
Rabbi Murray Ezring
On the weekend of May 25 and
26, we will be having a speeial
Shabbat to thank Rabbi Ezring for
his leadership and dedieation to
Temple Israel and its eongregants
for the past 18 years. The week
end will inelude a fabulous
Shabbat dinner after Friday
Evening serviees as well as a
Kiddush Luneheon following
serviees on Saturday.
To further honor Rabbi Ezring,
we have asked several religious
leaders in the Charlotte eommuni
ty who have worked with him to
speak to our eongregation. We
hope that all of you will partiei-
pate and join us for this speeial
Simeha. For more information,
eontaet the TI Offiee at 704-362-
2796 or visit www.templeisrael-
ne.org. ^
Java & Jeans
Saturday, May 5 at 10 AM
Do you have questions about
Jewish prayer that you have never
been able to ask? Do you want a
deeper meaning behind the
prayers? Are you looking for
something different from the main
sanetuary serviee? Join us for
Java and Jeans, where you ean
learn about and experiment with
prayer, eapped off with lively
Torah study and diseussion.
Kavanah Service
Saturday, May 19 at 10 AM
The Kavanah serviee is an
experienee in foeused Jewish
prayer, whieh eombines tradition,
meditation and the rhythm of live
ly spiritual expression. Be pre
pared not only to partieipate in the
beauty of Jewish prayer but also
the wonder and stimulation of
open and honest Torah study dur
ing the serviee.^
Temple Israel Book Drive
For Huntingtowne Farms Elementary
School
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Clean out your bookshelves
and do a mitzvah.
Now through-May 20, the Bet
Class at TIRS is eolleeting new
and gently used books for stu
dents in grades Kindergarten-
5th at Huntingtowne Farms
Elementary Sehool. There is a
huge need for books as the sehool
is hoping to fill their elassroom
bookshelves with books for their
students to read.
You ean drop off your books at
these loeations:
* Coat Closet in the Temple
Lobby-by the Offiee
* Outside the TIRS Offiee
* Outside the Bet Classroom
on the 3rd Floor of TIRS
Questions: Contaet Kathy
Warshaw, kewarshaw@yahoo.
eom or Margaret Musa,
mmusa@earolina.rr.eom. ^
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Temple Israel Social Club
We invite eouples and singles
affiliated with Charlotte area syna
gogues to join the Temple Israel
Soeial Club. Meet friendly people
and enjoy our interesting pro
grams and trips. For more infor
mation, eall Irving Bienstoek at
704-542-0094, or Ruth Goldberg,
704-366-8903, eo-presidents.
Upcoming Event
Sunday, May 13 at 3 PM
Enjoy “Hooray for
Hollywood,” the Carolina Voiees
Coneert at Spirit Square. Cost of
tiekets $26.50 eaeh and non-mem
bers are $29.50 eaeh. Reservation
deadline is May 3. Mail eheeks to:
Douglas Mann, 137 N. Canterbury
Road, Charlotte N.C. 28211.
Dinner at restaurant after the
show. For more information eall
Maxine Stein, 704-364-1178. ^
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INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS
Sample the program everyone is talking about
Sunday, May 20th from 7 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday,June 27th from I I a.m. to noon
Sunday,August 12th from I to 2 p.m.
“TASTE OF FOUNDATIONS”
Foundations of Jewish Family Living, our newj
Parenting Values Class geared for parents and grandparents
of school age children.
Sunday, August 19th I I a.m. to noon
All classes will be held in the Levine-Sklut Judaic
Please contact Talli Dippold at 704-944-6780 or
Melton(@shalomcharlotte.org
New Melton classes starting in August.
Partial scholarships and payment plans available.
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