Rabbi Raanan will be away this Shabbat - Shabbat services will be led by Sam Shnider
Please join us at JCM this Shabbat for regular services at 6pm on Friday and 9:30am on Saturday for services led by Sam Shnider.
Welcome Kalo, JCM's new Administrative Assistant
JCM is excited to welcome Kalo as our new administrative assistant. A message from Kalo, "Aloha and Shalom. I’m Kalo, the new administrative assistant. It’s with much gratitude to be selected for this role and to be part of the Jewish Congregation of Maui. I’m looking forward to meeting all of you and providing my support to JCM. Todah! Mahalo nui loa for this wonderful opportunity!"
Israeli Folk Dancing Sundays 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
We continue our dances this Sunday, all are welcome to join us. Come learn some Israeli Folk dances. Israeli dance will be on a break from Sunday, Apr. 9 to Sunday, Apr. 30 resuming again on Sunday, May 7.
Please help hungry children on Maui! Donate to the Maui Food Bank by bringing non perishable food to JCM and placeing it in the bin. The bin will be outside until April 2.
Tickets for the Community Passover Seder on Wednesday, April 5th at 6pm You can purchase tickets for the Community Passover Seder by clicking HERE. The cost is $100 for JCM members and Maui residents and $120 for visitors. The dinner will be chicken, matza ball soup, gefilte fish, roasted vegitables (vegan), and potatoes. Note that only when you select if you are a member or a visitor does the option to pay and indicate how many people will be part of your group appear.
Sell your Hametz by Wednesday, Apr. 5 11am You can sell your Hametz byclicking HERE.
Rabbi Raanan will sell your chametz on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 11:00am HST.
NOTE: If possible, all hametz - food not acceptable during Passover, or materials containing such unacceptable food - should be destroyed or given away before the holiday begins on Tuesday evening, April 4th (13th of Nisan), 2023/5783. Should this be impossible, the hametz may be stored in such a way that we are sure not to use it during the holiday and its actual ownership is transferred to a non-Jew until the holiday ends. Please complete the form below by 11am HST on Wednesday, April 5th, 2023.
By filling out this form, I hereby am providing my digital signature that will be fully valid legally on my behalf. This transaction will be in effect for the duration of Passover 5783/2023, which this year begins with sundown of Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 and runs until the evening of Thursday, April 13, 2023. Only after 8pm on the evening of Thursday, April 13, 2023 does the hametz revert back to your ownership.
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Wednesday, March 29 5-6pm - JCM Talmud Torah Chocolate Seder for Kids — We will have fun eating chocoate that has Passover symbols. Our teens will be leading part of the Seder as part of their Madrichim (guide) training.
Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder with lots of English. Please CLICK HERE to purchase tickets. Can you volunteer? Please email us at: admin@mauijews.org to help out.
Tuesday, April 25 6-9pm - JCM Gala Fundraiser at the Kula Lodge for Israel Independence Day — $126 per person, menu to follow. Live music, dancing and a silent auction.
Any changes and additions will be posted on the website calendar.
No Kabbalah Class Rabbi Raanan is away Join us next week at our regular time
Friday, March 24
Kabbalat Shabbat led by Sam S. 6:00pm Live at JCM Please note that due to our technical issues we will be unable to have the service on Zoom this week. They will resume next week.
Saturday, March 25
Morning Shabbat Service led by Sam S. 9:30am Live at JCM Please note that due to our technical issues we will be unable to have the service on Zoom this week. They will resume next week.
Sunday, March 26
Israeli Folk Dance 3:00 - 5:00pm Live at JCM
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission... names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits March 19 - March 25
Allan Fairbarg Gertrude Mlotok Harold Shapiro Harry Green Irma Goldberg John August John T. Ebbers Joseph Freund Lillian Farber Louis Bernstein Louise Pells Margaret Litt Philip Solomon Rose Minsky Rose Tolin Tillie Weiner Vilma Lili Burger
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Israeli Folk Dancing on Sundays! Sundays 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
Please help hungry children on Maui! Donate to the Maui Food Bank by bringing non perishable food to JCM and placeing it in the bin. The bin will be outside until April 2.
Tickets for the Community Passover Seder on Wednesday, April 4th at 6pm You can purchase tickets for the Community Passover Seder by clicking HERE. The cost is $100 for JCM members and Maui residents and $120 for visitors. The dinner will be chicken, matza ball soup, gefilte fish, roasted vegitables (vegan), and potatoes. Notethat only when you select if you are a member or a visitor does the option to pay and indicate how many people will be part of your group appear. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Madrichim (Teen Guides) have begun helping the younger students learn Hebrew. It was amazing to see how well the younger students responded to the teens as they sat with and helped them learn Hebrew from our new Aleph Champs curriculum. This week the teens prepared to lead the Chocolate Seder that we hope every one will enjoy in two weeks as we prepare for Passover!
Save the Dates
Wednesday, March 29 5-6pm - JCM Talmud Torah Chocolate Seder for Kids — We will have fun eating chocoate that has Passover symbols. Our teens will be leading part of the Seder as part of their Madrichim (guide) training. Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. Please CLICK HERE to purchase tickets. Can you volunteer? Please email us at: admin@mauijews.org to help out.
Parshat VaYakhel-Pikudei - Lessons from Instability
It was only after the incident of the golden calf when the community struggled with divisiveness, disillusionment and a sense of failure that Moses called the whole community to assemble. Why couldn't this have happen beforehand? What was it about the incident of the golden calf that prepared the Nation of Israel to embark forward on their spiritual and practical mission of becoming a nation? What is it about brokenness that forges a community to become stronger than it was before?
Just as our ancestors in the Wilderness longed for a G!d of stability and safety, so do we. This longing is completely understandable. The Israelites have just been uprooted from their homes in Egypt, thrown into the Wilderness, and are living in temporary huts. One moment they have water, and the next they don’t. One moment food is guaranteed, and the next moment they are dependent on the mercy of the heavens. They have no idea what tomorrow will bring, where they are going, or when they will arrive.
We have a deep fear of change that is built into our psyche. Anything resembling change triggers our deepest fears and we must instantly decide whether or not we want to be part of it or push it forever out of our lives. And yet, the longing for a G!d of stability is very problematic. Stability is not part of what the Eternal is promising us. Continued here...
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that JCM has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Thank you again to everyone who helped make Purim a success at JCM this year A huge thank you to Rebecca Rhapsody for directing the Purim Play, to Sam Shnider and Helen Kritzler for taking part in the Improv Reading of the Megillah, to Stephanie Vojdani and Elnaz Tavakoli for preparing the food, to Rabbi David Glickman for leading a traditional Megillah reading, to Naor Nave and his band for amazing music and to the congregation for lending hand as we continue to be short staffed.
Any changes and additions will be posted on the website calendar.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, March 18th
Morning Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, March 19th
Israeli Folk Dancing 3:00-5:00pm Live at JCM
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits March 12 - March 18
Adolph Levy Benjamin Miller Brandon Lee Colleen Case Fay Blank Hamaline Doris Fenichel Peltz Irving Yawnick Isadore Gordon Ita Chavah Leaman Lorraine Sandler Milton Teitelbaum Moses Halparin Pauline Kristel Robert Chapman Steven Moser Sylvia Rogers
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Israeli Folk Dancing on Sundays! Sundays 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
Please help hungry children on Maui! Donate to the Maui Food Bank by bringing non perishable food to JCM and placeing it in the bin. The bin will be outside until April 2.
Tickets for the Community Passover Seder on Wednesday, April 4th at 6pm You can purchase tickets for the Community Passover Seder by clicking HERE. The cost is $100 for JCM members and Maui residents and $120 for visitors. The dinner will be chicken, matza ball soup, gefilte fish, roasted vegitables (vegan), and potatoes. Notethat only when you select if you are a member or a visitor does the option to pay and indicate how many people will be part of your group appear. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Thank you to everyone who helped make Purim a success at JCM this year Monday, Mar. 6 at 6:30pm A huge thank you to Rebecca Rhapsody for directing the Purim Play, to Sam Shnider and Helen Kritzler for taking part in the Improv Reading of the Megillah, to Stephanie Vojdani and Elnaz Tavakoli for preparing the food, to Rabbi David Glickman for leading a traditional Megillah reading, to Naor Nave and his band for amazing music and to the congregation for lending hand as we continue to be short staffed.
Madrichim (Teen Guides) have begun helping the younger students learn Hebrew. It was amazing to see how well the younger students responded to the teens as they sat with and helped them learn Hebrew from our new Aleph Champs curriculum.
Save the Dates
Wednesday, March 29 5-6pm - JCM Talmud Torah Chocolate Seder for Kids — We will have fun eating chocoate that has Passover symbols. Our teens will be leading part of the Seder as part of their Madrichim (guide) training. Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. Please CLICK HERE to purchase tickets.
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that JCM has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Last year when we read Ki Tissa, we were full of hope that the future was full of promise for JCM’s success. The Golden Calf was a theoretical lesson to be learned from. I spoke of the Japanese form of art called kintsukuroi or “to repair with gold”. It is the art of repairing pottery with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken. The hope was that the brokenness was behind us. Instead we were, and in many ways still are, as a congregation and certainly as a people in the midst of brokenness.
And so how do we emerge from the brokenness? The builder of the Tabernacle, Bezalel, can perhaps guide us. The Eternal spoke to Moses, saying, “See, I have singled out by name Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. I have endowed him with a divine spirit of skill, ability, and knowledge in every kind of craft; to make designs for work in gold, silver, and copper” (Exodus 31:1-4). Our Sages said that Bezalel’s wisdom emanated from being in the Shadow of the Eternal (which is the literal meaning of his name: Bezalel), thus named for his ability to connect the words with which the heavens and the earth were created” (Yalkut Shimoni).
Bezalel’s great ability was to know the secrets of linking one thing to another; how everything in the world - from the invisible atomic level to the level of human beings, connects in an organic way, so that the whole is much greater than the sum of its parts. Every connection is an art. Every link is a miracle, from the electron connecting to a proton and creating an atom to the interpersonal connections we seek between one another. Continued here...
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, March 11th
Morning Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, March 12th
Israeli Folk Dancing 3:00-5:00pm Live at JCM
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits March 5 - March 11
Dora Heller Dr. Leslie Malkin Dr. Stuart Ratner Judy Grant Larry Litt Mary-Ruth Mazzacano Max Mendlow Patricia Solomon Rosa Povich Rose Farber Sidney Baum Stanley Pomerantz Yoni Silberman Zvi Mandel
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Join today Monday, March 6 at 6:30pm 6:30pm Talmud Torah Purim Play Thank you Rebecca Rhapsody! 6:50pm Maariv 7:00pm Improv Reading of the Megillah 7:20pm Appetizers 7:30pm Live music with Naor Nave Bring a gift of food to pass on to a friend for fulfilling the Mitzvah of Mishloah Manot "Sending of Portions" and non-perishable goods for fulfilling the Mitzvah of Donating Charity to the Poor, known in Hebrew as mattanot la-evyonim Recommended donation: $20 Additional donations will be warmly appreciated
Please help hungry children on Maui! Donate to the Maui Food Bank by bringing non perishable food to JCM and placeing it in the bin. The bin will be outside until April 2.
Purim: Was Haman really from Amalek?
The relationship between written and oral Torah has been a central theme of my Thursday classes here at JCM. The Oral Torah (דרש) brings life to the Torah and this in turn is how Jews understand the Bible. One of our beloved legends about Purim is called the Second Targum. It is an Aramaic translation ("targum") that elaborates on the Book of Esther and embellishes the Biblical account with new material that does not seem directly related to the Esther story.
It is here that the Rabbinic belief explains how Haman descends from Amalek. The source call him "Haman the son of Hamedatha, descended from Agag the son of Amaleq." His lineage is presented as follows as follows: "Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, son of Khada, son of Kuza, son of Alipilot, son of Dios, son of Diosos, son of Peros, son of Ma'dan, son of Bala'qan, son of Antimiros, son of Hadrus, son of Shegar, son of Negar, son of Parmashta, son of Vaizatha, son of Agag, son of Sumqar, son of Amalek, son of a concubine of Eliphaz the son of Esau". There must be several generations omitted between Agag, who was executed by Samuel the prophet in the time of King Saul, and Amalek, who lived several hundred years earlier. Furthermore, according to the first Book of Chronicles 5:41-43, "King Hezekiah of Judah... destroyed the last surviving Amalekites."
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that JCM has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you. You can also give via PayPal by CLICKING HERE
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Tickets for the Community Passover Seder Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm You can purchase tickets for the Community Passover Seder by clicking HERE. The cost is $100 for JCM members and Maui residents and $120 for visitors. Note that only when you select if you are a member or a visitor does the option to pay and indicate how many people will be part of your group appear. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Save the Dates
Wednesday, March 29 5-6pm - JCM Talmud Torah Chocolate Seder for Kids — All are welcome. We will have fun eating chocoate that has Passover symbols. Our teens will be leading part of the Seder as part of their Madrichim (guide) training.
Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. You can purchase tickets for the Community Passover Seder by clicking HERE. The cost is $100 for JCM members and Maui residents and $120 for visitors. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Any changes and additions will be posted on the website calendar.
Talmud Torah 5:00 - 6:00pm We resume Hebrew studies and the learning before Passover
Thursday, March 9
Kabbalah Class with Rabbi Raanan 7:00 - 8:00pm Join us as we continue to study the mystical interpretations of the holy Mishkan (Tabernacle)
Friday, March 10
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, March 11
Morning Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, March 12
Israeli Folk Dance 3:00 - 5:00pm Live at JCM
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission... names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits March 5 - March 11
Dora Heller Dr. Leslie Malkin Dr. Stuart Ratner Judy Grant Larry Litt Mary-Ruth Mazzacano Max Mendlow Patricia Solomon Rosa Povich Rose Farber Sidney Baum Stanley Pomerantz Yoni Silberman Zvi Mandel
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Israeli Folk Dancing IS BACK! Sundays 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
Come Celebrate Purim at JCM Monday, Mar. 6 at 6:30pm For the Purim Play, an Improv Reading of the Megillah with Sam, Rabbi and Helen followed by Live Music by Naor Nave & Friends. Bring a Mishloah Manot (food gift exchange). We will use raffle tickets to ensure that everyone can exchange their gifts. Fulfill the Mitzvah (commandment) of feeding the poor by bringing a non-perishable to donate to the Maui Food Bank. Please donate online here
Please help hungry children on Maui! Donate to the Maui Food Bank by bringing non perishable food to JCM and placeing it in the bin. The bin will be outside until April 2.
Tickets for the Community Passover Seder You can purchase tickets for the Community Passover Seder by clicking HERE . The cost is $100 for JCM members and Maui residents and $120 for visitors. Notethat only when you select if you are a member or a visitor does the option to pay and indicate how many people will be part of your group appear. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Save the Dates
Wednesday, March 29 5-6pm - JCM Talmud Torah Chocolate Seder for Kids — We will have fun eating chocoate that has Passover symbols. Our teens will be leading part of the Seder as part of their Madrichim (guide) training. Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. Please CLICK HERE to purchase tickets.
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM for a successful 2023. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay for dynamic programming, our bills and the Rabbi's salary. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
This Wednesday the JCM Teen Gathered We had a fun time making Hamentaschen (Purim cookies) and then ate cheesecake. Stay tuned for our next teen gathering Teens 12+ are welcome to join us.
Tetzaveh (Zachor)
Last week we read about the building of the Tabernacle and this week we meet those who work in it, the Cohens, or the Priests. This is a caste whose sole function is to bring the people closer to their Creator. And they do this dressed in very specific clothing:
"Make sacral vestments for your brother Aaron, for dignity and splendor... These are the vestments they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a fringed tunic, a headdress, and a sash. They shall make those sacral vestments for your brother Aaron and his sons, for priestly service to me." -Exodus 28:1-4
It is interesting that in non-leap years we always read this Torah portion before Purim. There is a direct link between clothes and costumes. Every costume is a form of clothing, and perhaps every outfit is a costume. In Hebrew, the word for clothes (beged) and for betrayal or deceit (begida) share the same root: ב-ג-ד. The word for costume תחפושת also has several meanings. Its root is ח-פ-ש which can also mean "to search." Continued here...
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, March 4th
Morning Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, March 5th
Israeli Folk Dancing 3:00-5:00pm Live at JCM
Monday, March 6th
Purim at JCM 6:30-9:00pm Children's Play, Improv Reading of the Megillah and Live Music by Naor Nave.
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits February 26 - March 4
Mark Ellman Bernard Wollen Daniel Shafer David Ezekiel Edit Felbert Elsie Zisken Greta Rosenberg Jack Michaels Jacob Frohman Jean Caplan Judith Alice Singer Lawerence Pollock Lydia Siegel Martin Schiff Morris Lamm Phyllis Kober Rosalie Ehrlich Klompus Sanford Heller Sarah Ruth Lisack Narrowe Yussie Joseph Harris
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Parents, please join us for the rehearsal of the Purim Play during Talmud Torah starting at 5:40pm. We are looking for some costume props, so if you have them, please print them. We ask that the kids wear dark colors: black or dark blue, also for the play.
This Wednesday - JCM Teen Program - For ages 12+ Wednesday, Mar. 1 after Talmud Torah, here at JCM. 6:00pm - 6:45pm The teens will be making Hamentashen for Purim.
Purim 2023 is almost here! Join us on Monday, March 6 at 6:30pm For the Purim Play, an Improv Reading of the Megillah and Live Music by Naor Nave & Friends Donations warmly appreciated
Israeli Folk Dancing IS BACK! Sundays 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
We continue our dances this Sunday, all are welcome to join us. Come learn some Israeli Folk dances.
JCM is looking to hire an Administrative Assistant If you or someone you know is interested in a part time position as administrative assistant for the Jewish Congregation of Maui, please have them email their resume to rabbi@mauijews.org
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Monday, March 6 starting at 6:30pm - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, drama teacher from the Carden Academy. Practices for the play will take place during Talmud Torah on Wednesdays: Feb. 8, 15, 22 and March 8. Children that would like to be in the play but are not Talmud Torah students are welcome. Please contact Rabbi Raanan with your interest.
Wednesday, March 29 5-6pm - JCM Talmud Torah Chocolate Seder for Kids — All are welcome. We will have fun eating chocoate that has Passover symbols. Our teens will be leading part of the Seder as part of their Madrichim (guide) training.
Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. Pricing, tickets and further information will be available starting on March 1. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Thursday, April 6 at 6pm - Tentative - We are still determining if we will be holding a JCM Community Second Night Passover Seder led by Sam Shnider with a traditional full reading of the Seder. If this is something you are interested in attending please email rabbi@mauijews.org
Any changes and additions will be posted on the website calendar.
JCM Teen Group We will make hamentaschen for Purim 6pm - 7pm
Thursday, March 2
Kabbalah Class with Rabbi Raanan 7:00 - 8:00pm Join us as we continue to study the mystical interpretations of the holy Mishkan (Tabernacle)
Friday, March 3
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, March 4
Morning Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, March 5
Israeli Folk Dance 3:00 - 5:00pm Live at JCM
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission... names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
We mourn the passing of Chef Mark Ellman ז"ל, one of Hawaii’s founding fathers of Hawaiian regional cuisine, and long-time successful local restauranteur, has unexpectedly passed away. Mark was a long-time member of JCM - and was not only a talented chef but a great man. He was (and always will be) a legend on Maui and his craft will undoubtedly be remembered worldwide. Our sincerest condolences go out to the Ellman family… we shall all be mourning this tragic loss with you. May the Eternal be with you in this time of need, and bring you the utmost in peace and comfort. You can view Chef Ellman's biography here. Rest in Love, Chef.
Yahrzeits February 26 - March 4
Mark Ellman Bernard Wollen Daniel Shafer David Ezekiel Edit Felbert Elsie Zisken Greta Rosenberg Greta Rosenberg Jack Michaels Jacob Frohman Jean Caplan Judith Alice Singer Lawerence Pollock Lydia Siegel Martin Schiff Morris Lamm Morris Lamm Phyllis Kober Rosalie Ehrlich Klompus Sanford Heller Sarah Ruth Lisack Narrowe Yussie Joseph Harris
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
This Wednesday the JCM Teen Gathered We spoke with the director of the Jewish Surfer movie, Waves Apartand then watched the film while eating pizza. The documentary asks what to do when a popular culture threatens your Jewish identity. We then spoke with Ren Cooper who told us about her recent trip to Texas for the International Convention of BBYO representing Hawaii.
Next Wednesday, March 1 at 6pm we will make hamentashen for Purim Teens 12+ are welcome to join us.
Israeli Folk Dancing IS BACK! Sundays 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
Please speak with Rabbi Raanan if you are interested in sponsoring a kiddush meal in memory of your loved one.
Save the Dates
Monday, March 6, 2023 - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, daughter of Joseph Narrowe. Practices for the play will take place during Talmud Torah on Wednesdays: Feb. 22 and March 8. After the Purim Play will be a reading of the Megillah with improv following each chapter. We will conclude with a festive meal and music by Naor Nave. Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. Pricing, tickets and further information will be available starting on March 1. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Thank you to our president Dorothy Tolliver for sponoring Kiddush and the Shabbat dinner in memory of of her father, Morris Lamm and her husband Robert Tolliver
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM for a successful 2023. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay for dynamic programming, our bills and the Rabbi's salary. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Terumah: Giving for the Future of JCM I would like to thank Joe Narrowe for his help with this week's Torah portion
Our Torah portion this week is Terumah ("gift" or "offering") and it tells of the Eternas instructions to make the Tabernacle and its furnishings. I have always found it beautiful to note that the entire Tabernacle was built from free will offerings from all the Nation of Israel. They were not forced to give, but gave from their hearts so that the Tabernacle could be built. The Jewish Congregation of Maui's (JCM) membership model, Giving from the Heart is built along this same principle. And why? Why should someone give to keep JCM going? Well, let's look back over the years and see what JCM has stood for.
JCM was founded in the late 1970s by Jews from diverse backgrounds, practices, knowledge and geographical areas of the world. Meeting monthly at parks, community centers, and homes, they gathered to share Shabbat, religious holidays and festivals together. Being an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, away from mainland Jewish influences, JCM persevered and formed its own Jewish identity becoming a beacon to locals and tourists looking for a Jewish experience. Today we have our own building, rabbi, and weekly Talmud Torah.
JCM is a non affiliated congregation which allows us to attract Jews from all branches of judaism—from those who are religious (not orthodox); to those with little or no knowledge of their Jewish heritage, religion, or culture; to those on the fringes of “accepted” Judaism. We provide assistance to everyone whether local or tourist. JCM accepts everyone equally. Continued here...
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Community Shabbat Dinner 7:00pm We welcome donations
Saturday, February 25th
Morning Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, February 26th
Israeli Folk Dancing 3:00-5:00pm Live at JCM
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits February 19 - February 25
Alvin Moss Aryeh Sadan Bernard Mehl Chai Debrash Eli Bensignor Geoffrey Meyers Jacob(Jay) Wager James Bartlett Jody Saeks Leah Kirey Marvin Marder Michael Mopper Milya Halip Murray Ackerman Nathan Hirschhorn Phoebe Kassenoff Regina Flaks Robert Forrest Tolliver Rose Kraft Portnoff Sarah Nagavkar Sima Bela Abrashin Thea Levinsky Victor D. Rosen
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Happy New Month of Adar This Tuesday evening and Wednesday during the day begin the new Hebrew month of Adar. During the Second Temple period, there was a Jewish custom to make a public proclamation on the first day of the lunar month Adar, reminding the people that they are to prepare their annual monetary offering to the Temple treasury, known as the half-Shekel (today worth about $5.60).
This Thursday - JCM Teen Program - For ages 12+ Wednesday, Feb. 22 after Talmud Torah, here at JCM. 6:00pm - 6:45pm The teens will be making pizza and watching a movie.
Israeli Folk Dancing IS BACK! Sundays 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
We continue our dances this Sunday, all are welcome to join us. Come learn some Israeli Folk dances.
Once a year after this past Shabbat, each adult Jew is required to contribute half of a Biblical shekel (about $5.60)* for the upkeep of the Tabernacle, or Mishkan (משכן). In our day and age, this contribution is given to a person's local synagogue. Please contribute today by clicking below. This Shabbat takes place on the Shabbat before or on the first of the Hebrew month of Adar. A happy new month to us all.
*Maimonides writes (Laws of Shekalim 1:5) that the half shekel mentioned in the Torah – the annual contribution every Jew was required to give to the Temple coffers – is equal to 160 grains of barley, which, in modern measurements, would be approximately eight grams of silver. At today's rate of approximately $21.62 per ounce, 8 grams of silver is around $5.60.
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Monday, March 6 starting at 6:30pm - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, drama teacher from the Carden Academy. Practices for the play will take place during Talmud Torah on Wednesdays: Feb. 8, 15, 22 and March 8. Children that would like to be in the play but are not Talmud Torah students are welcome. Please contact Rabbi Raanan with your interest.
Wednesday, March 29 5-6pm - JCM Talmud Torah Chocolate Seder for Kids — All are welcome. We will have fun eating chocoate that has Passover symbols. Our teens will be leading part of the Seder as part of their Madrichim (guide) training.
Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. Pricing, tickets and further information will be available starting on March 1. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Thursday, April 6 at 6pm - JCM Community Second Night Passover Seder - A Traditional full reading of the Seder. Pricing, tickets and further information will be available starting on March 1. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Any changes and additions will be posted on the website calendar.
JCM Teen Group We will make pizzas and watch a movie 6:15pm - 7pm
Thursday, February 23
Kabbalah Class with Rabbi Raanan 7:00 - 8:00pm We study the weekly Torah portion on a mystical level
Friday, February 24
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Community Shabbat Dinner 7:00pm We welcome donations
Saturday, February 25
Morning Shabbat Service 9:00am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, February 26
Israeli Folk Dance 3:00 - 5:00pm Live at JCM
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission... names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits February 19 - February 25
Alvin Moss Aryeh Sadan Bernard Mehl Chai Debrash Eli Bensignor Geoffrey Meyers Jacob(Jay) Wager James Bartlett Jody Saeks Leah Kirey Marvin Marder Michael Mopper Milya Halip Murray Ackerman Nathan Hirschhorn Phoebe Kassenoff Regina Flaks Robert Forrest Tolliver Rose Kraft Portnoff Sarah Nagavkar Sima Bela Abrashin Thea Levinsky Victor D. Rosen
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Israeli Folk Dancing IS BACK! Sundays 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
Join us next Wednesday for the next JCM Teen Gathering Wed. Feb. 22 at 6pm after Talmud Torah The Rabbi will make pizzas with our teen group and watch a movie. Teens 12+ are welcome to join us.
Save the Dates
Monday, March 6, 2023 - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, daughter of Joseph Narrowe. Practices for the play will take place during Talmud Torah on Wednesdays: Feb. 22 and March 8. After the Purim Play will be a reading of the Megillah with improv following each chapter. We will conclude with a festive meal and music by Naor Nave. Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. Pricing, tickets and further information will be available starting on March 1. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
This Shabbat is Shabbat Shekalim Once a year during this Shabbat portion, each adult Jew is required to contribute half of a Biblical shekel (about $5.60)* for the upkeep of the Tabernacle, or Mishkan (משכן). In our day and age, this contribution is given to a person's local synagogue. Please contribute today by clicking below. This Shabbat takes place on the Shabbat before or on the first of the Hebrew month of Adar. A happy new month to us all.
*Maimonides writes (Laws of Shekalim 1:5) that the half shekel mentioned in the Torah – the annual contribution every Jew was required to give to the Temple coffers – is equal to 160 grains of barley, which, in modern measurements, would be approximately eight grams of silver. At today's rate of approximately $21.62 per ounce, 8 grams of silver is around $5.60. If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM for a successful 2023. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay for dynamic programming, our bills and the Rabbi's salary. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Then he took the record of the covenant and read it aloud to the people. And they said, “All that the Eternal has spoken we will faithfully do!” Exodus 24:7
Wouldn’t it make more sense to hear what we are required to do before we do it? “We will hear and we will do” would make so much more sense. Our modernized way of life leaves us thinking that this is a strange and problematic statement. We Jews are known as a stiff-necked nation that logically leads us to think that we would never promise to hear and obey without asking a lot of questions.
The logical way that rings true to us in this day and age is if we said: “We will hear, we will think about it, and then we will do it.” In other words, we will listen to You and hear what You want from us, and then we will consider it and think about it. And finally, if we are convinced, we will obey.
Over the past year, I have been teaching that there are four levels of understanding the Torah: Peshat (literal meaning), Remez (hint), Derash (tradition from the Sages or Oral Torah) and Sod (Secret Kabbalistic meaning). Let's look deeper into this idea and see if there is a deeper meaning for why we said that we will "do for the good of the doing."
One of the principles of Torah study is that there is nothing accidental in the Torah, and therefore, there must be something about these words and this particular sequence that touches the human experience deeply.
We live in an age that an old person is required to retire and vacate their space for the young. As for wisdom, we are all taught to think, investigate, and thoroughly understand before we act. Every Friday night we sing the Lecha Dodi hymn, which includes the words “Forethought determines the outcome of an action.” But Rabbi Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz who wrote this beautiful hymn in the mystical city of Safed, certainly did not mean that human forethought determines the outcome.
Is the human mind truly capable of thinking and planning life? Is it really possible to reduce that infinite, amazing thing called “life” to the dimensions of a limited human mind? What percentage of our actions - both the daily, routine ones and the unique, creative ones - really and truly originate from a conscious process of thought? Continued here...
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, February 18th
Morning Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, February 19th
Israeli Folk Dancing 3:00-5:00pm Live at JCM
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
ALEXANDER BEN ABRAHAM SINGER SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
Purpose of the Alexander Ben Abraham Singer Scholarship: The Alexander Singer Scholarship Fund was established in blessed memory of its namesake. The purpose of the scholarship is to financially assist Hawai`i’s Jewish youth to experience a Jewish camp on the U.S. Mainland or in Israel, or to travel to Israel for an educational program or the Birthright Israel Program.
Application Requirements: Applicants for camp must be between the ages of 12 to 18 and/or not yet a high school graduate.
Priority will be given to first time Singer Scholarship applicants. Click here for the application or email rabbi@mauijews.org
Yahrzeits February 12 - February 18
Abraham Rudman Al Tuckman Anna Wallin Bea Goodman Ben Wosk David Costell Elias Wolfson Gordon Irving Stern Joe Kline Lewis Weil Lottie Garaway Marvin Mastroff Norman Cecil Leiman Rose Baum Sam Wallin Walter Birk
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday. LAST CHANCE: Amazon Smile ends on February 20. Please make use of this today!
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
This Sunday: Hawaii Inter-Island Chevrah Kadisha presents Exploring Jewish Views of the Afterlife: Contemporary Implications with Rabbi Dr. Simcha Raphael, Ph.D. via Zoom Feb 12 at 5pm on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85257776358 Donations Welcomed! Send to HIICK 1200 Queen Emma St. Apt 3704 Honolulu, Hi 96813
Join us for the next JCM Teen Gathering Wed. Feb. 22 at 6pm after Talmud Torah The Rabbi will make pizzas with our teen group and watch a movie. Teens 12+ are welcome to join us.
ALEXANDER BEN ABRAHAM SINGER SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
Purpose of the Alexander Ben Abraham Singer Scholarship: The Alexander Singer Scholarship Fund was established in blessed memory of its namesake. The purpose of the scholarship is to financially assist Hawai`i’s Jewish youth to experience a Jewish camp on the U.S. Mainland or in Israel, or to travel to Israel for an educational program or the Birthright Israel Program.
Application Requirements: Applicants for camp must be between the ages of 12 to 18 and/or not yet a high school graduate.
Priority will be given to first time Singer Scholarship applicants. Click here for the application or email rabbi@mauijews.org
NEXT JEWISH BOOK CLUB MEETING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH @ 10:00 AM
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING:
The Other Einstein : a novel by Marie Benedict
The Other Einstein offers us a window into a brilliant, fascinating woman whose light was lost in Einstein's enormous shadow. This novel resurrects Einstein's wife, a brilliant physicist in her own right, whose contribution to the special theory of relativity is hotly debated. Was she simply Einstein's sounding board, an assistant performing complex mathematical equations? Or did she contribute something more?
Israeli Folk Dancing IS BACK! Sundays 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
Save the Dates
Monday, March 6, 2023 - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, daughter of Joseph Narrowe. Practices for the play will take place during Talmud Torah on Wednesdays: Feb. 8, 15, 22 and March 8. Children that would like to be in the play but are not Talmud Torah students are welcome. Please contact Rabbi Raanan with your interest. Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. Pricing, tickets and further information will be available starting on March 1. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM for a successful 2023. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay for dynamic programming, our bills and the Rabbi's salary. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Yitro: The Commandment to Know the Eternal - A Short Text Study
"I, the Eternal, am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage." Exodus 20:1 - The First of the Ten Commandments
"The foundation of all foundations and the pillar of wisdom is to know that there is a Primary Being who brought into being all existence. All the beings of the heavens, the earth, and what is between them come into existence only from the truth of His Being." Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Yesodei HaTorah 1
"Maimonides did not say: believe that there is a Primary Being... [but rather] that the commandment is to know this with the knowledge of the mind, and this is, as Maimonides said in A Guide for the Perplexed 2:33, 'these two commandments... a person can achieve with their mind' and it isn't necessary to receive them from Moses by way of faith..." Rabbi Meir Leibush Wisser (1809–1879) also known as the Malbim.
I am reminded of a saying that is in most Israeli synagogues: "Know before whom you stand." Rabbi Shefa Gold comments on this idea as follows:
"These words are inscribed on many synagogue walls and are meant to remind the congregants of the seriousness of prayer. In the past I’ve dismissed this phrase as being too stern, too much like 'Big Brother' watching and judging. Yet now, when I chant this phrase, an entirely new meaning emerges. The verb ידע yada to “know” also means to “be intimate with” (To know someone in the Biblical sense). As I chant, I am called into intimacy with The Great Mystery who stands before me. That Mystery is disguised as this world, as my life. As I stand before that Mystery I am called into my power, in order to fully engage. The veil between me and the world-as-God drops away, and I can experience the intimate knowing that I am not a separate observer, but rather an integral part of The Mystery of existence."
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, February 11th
Morning Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, February 12th
Israeli Folk Dancing 3:00-5:00pm Live at JCM
Hawaii Inter-Island Chevrah Kadisha presents Exploring Jewish Views of the Afterlife: Contemporary Implications with Rabbi Dr. Simcha Raphael, Ph.D. via Zoom 5:00pm On Zoom: Use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85257776358
San Francisco Yiddish Combo Klezmer Music at JCM 7:00pm Live at JCM
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits February 5 - February 11
Adelle Sherry Feigelman Alfred Levin Betty Meyers Bunny Klein Fanny Weisman Goldberg Harold Rubenstein Herman W. Klompus Hilda Weissberg Howard Schwartz Irving Seifert James Gaviser Jane G Fein Jean Madow Jochai Tas-Goodblatt Joseph Gorfinkle Maylin Arcangel Phillip Blank Richard Mostow Samuel Portnoff Sarah Blum William Silverman
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday. Amazon Smile ends on February 20. Please make use of this soon!
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Israeli Folk Dancing IS BACK! Sundays, Starting in February! 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
We are starting to dance this Sunday, all are welcome to join us. Come learn some Israeli Folk dances.
JCM Teen Program - For ages 12+ Wednesday, Feb. 22 after Talmud Torah, here at JCM. 6:00pm - 6:45pm The teens will be making pizza and watching a movie.
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Tuesday, February 7 at 6pm - Sam Glazer Concert at JCM - A joyful night of Jewish music. Tickets at the door.
Sunday, February 12 at 7pm - San Francisco Yiddish Combo - Klezmer Music at JCM - Tickets for $23 can be purchased on EventBrite by clicking here
Monday, March 6, 2023 - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, daughter of Joseph Narrowe. Practices for the play will take place during Talmud Torah on Wednesdays: Feb. 8, 15, 22 and March 8. Children that would like to be in the play but are not Talmud Torah students are welcome. Please contact Rabbi Raanan with your interest.
Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. Pricing, tickets and further information will be available starting on March 1. Please disregard the price that came out last week. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Any changes and additions will be posted on the website calendar.
Ritual Committee Meeting on Zoom All are welcome via Zoom 6:15pm - 7pm
Thursday, February 9
Kabbalah Class with Rabbi Raanan 7:00 - 8:00pm We study the weekly Torah portion on a mystical level
Friday, February 10
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, February 11
Morning Shabbat Service 9:00am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, February 12
San Francisco Yiddish Combo Klezmer Music at JCM - Tickets for $20 can be purchased on EventBrite by clicking here 10:00am At JCM
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission... names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits February 5 - February 11
Adelle Sherry Feigelman Alfred Levin Betty Meyers Bunny Klein Fanny Weisman Goldberg Harold Rubenstein Herman W. Klompus Hilda Weissberg Howard Schwartz Irving Seifert James Gaviser Jane G Fein Jean Madow Jochai Tas-Goodblatt Joseph Gorfinkle Maylin Arcangel Phillip Blank Richard Mostow Samuel Portnoff Sarah Blum William Silverman
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
This Shabbat! Childrens Shabbat Morning Service at 10:00am with kiddush sponsored by Nicole Lasko in Honor of her conversion!
Tu Bishvat at JCM Sunday Feb. 5 This Tu Bishvat at JCM we have the unveiling of our brand new community garden! We'll be planting trees, fruits, veggies, and don't forget about the Holy Smokes BBQ with kosher meat!
JCM Teen Group gathers for the first time
Aryeh led our teen group meeting to discuss how to create fun evenings that bring our teens together. They will meet again after Hebrew School at 6pm on Feb. 22 to make pizza and watch a movie. Teens 12+ are welcome to join us.
Israeli Folk Dancing IS BACK! Sundays, Starting in February! 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
Since we are starting to dance on Feb.5, all are welcome to join us after the Tu B'Shevat activities. Come learn some Israeli Folk dances.
Save the Dates
Saturday, February 4 at 10am - Children's Shabbat Morning Service. We will also be celebrating Nicole (Leah) Lasko's recent conversion to Judaism. Mazal Tov to her and her wonderful family.
Sunday, February 5 at 12:30pm - Tu BiShvat JCM Holy Smokes BBQ & Garden Dedication Ceremony (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Tuesday, February 7 at 6pm - Sam Glazer Concert at JCM - A joyful night of Jewish music. More information coming soon, stay tuned.
Sunday, February 12 at 7pm - San Francisco Yiddish Combo - Klezmer Music at JCM - Tickets for $20 can be purchased on EventBrite by clicking here Monday, March 6, 2023 - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, daughter of Joseph Narrowe. Practices for the play will take place during Talmud Torah on Wednesdays: Feb. 8, 15, 22 and March 8. Children that would like to be in the play but are not Talmud Torah students are welcome. Please contact Rabbi Raanan with your interest. Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. Pricing, tickets and further information will be available starting on March 1. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM for a successful 2023. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay for dynamic programming, our bills and the Rabbi's salary. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Beshalach: Taking Initiative to Lead the People Forward
The Torah reading this week is BeShalach ("Letting Go"). In the context of the verse, Pharaoh is finally letting the people go. The people are then sent on a longer journey than the fastest way to their goal. Why? To build them as a community and as a nation. The Sea of Reeds would quite literally (albeit a great miracle) give birth to the Nation of Israel.
Before that could happen, a great lesson on leadership needed to be taught to the people. Moses was doing his best as a leader. The rest of the nation were very rational and sane in their complaints against him and the Lord. Afterall, they were stuck facing the sea and quickly approaching was the entire Egyptian Army coming to enslave the people and destroy whatever hopes they had of the future. "And Moses said to the people, fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show you today. For as you have seen Egypt this day, you shall not see them again any more forever. The Lord shall fight for you and you shall hold your peace. And the Lord said to Moses: Why do you cry out to me? Speak to the children of Israel that they go forward." (Exodus 14:13-15)
The people of Israel must have thought Moses delusional. The Egyptian troops were coming toward them... the sea was in front of them. Being trapped, they blamed Moses for bringing them out of Egypt only to die here. Moses offered words of reassurance. The Lord will fight for you, all will be well.
Now let's think from Moses' perspective. He himself would have had huge doubts. Afterall, he too could see the reality. Whatever theological hope he had in the Lord was theory based on miracles that ended up being curses to the Egyptians who were fast approaching to end this attempt to free his people. Moses could not conceive that the sea would open and save the people.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, February 5th
Childrens Shabbat Service 10:00am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, February 5th
Special Leadership Meeting with Bree 10:00am Live at JCM
Tu Bishvat Holy Smokes BBQ and Inauguration of the JCM Garden 12:30am Live at JCM We would like to thank Mitch Berman for all of his hard work in making this happen.
Israeli Folk Dancing 3:00-5:00pm Live at JCM
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits January 22 - January 28
Fayga bat Mandel Anita Kagan Benjamin Kaplan Carl Bonaventura Charlie Butterfly Dora Elfand Gerald Jacob Blumberg Gertrude Goldman Gertrude Goldman Harry Gomberg Herbert Alvin Epstein Jacob Fine Jo Marcia Feinberg Joan Ellenhorn Morton Pinch Richard Alan Kaiman Ruth Granat Sam Kaplan Shalom Vojdani Shirel Gold Sol Brown Stuart Shaines
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
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Saturday, February 4 at 10am - Children's Shabbat Morning Service. We will also be celebrating Nicole (Leah) Lasko's recent conversion to Judaism. Mazal Tov to her and her wonderful family.
Sunday, February 5 at 12:30pm - Tu BiShvat JCM Holy Smokes BBQ & Garden Dedication Ceremony (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Tuesday, February 7 at 6pm - Sam Glazer Concert at JCM - A joyful night of Jewish music. Tickets at the door.
Sunday, February 12 at 7pm - San Francisco Yiddish Combo - Klezmer Music at JCM - Tickets for $23 can be purchased on EventBrite by clicking here
Monday, March 6, 2023 - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, daughter of Joseph Narrowe. Practices for the play will take place during Talmud Torah on Wednesdays: Feb. 8, 15, 22 and March 8. Children that would like to be in the play but are not Talmud Torah students are welcome. Please contact Rabbi Raanan with your interest.
Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. Pricing, tickets and further information will be available starting on March 1. Please disregard the price that came out last week. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Israeli Folk Dancing IS BACK! Sundays, Starting in February! 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
We are starting to dance this Sunday, Feb.5, all are welcome to join us after the Tu B'Shevat activities. Come learn some Israeli Folk dances.
JCM Teen Program - For ages 12+ Wednesdays after Talmud Torah, starting this week, here at JCM. 6:00pm - 6:45pm We will start this week with a brief introduction
The JCM Teen Program will be run by Aryeh Glickman and Rabbi Raanan Mallek. We will decide on fun things to do like watching movies and making pizzas in our new kitchen.
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Introducing the JCM Teen Program Parents are welcome to ask questions 6:00pm - 6:45pm
Thursday, February 2
Kabbalah Class with Rabbi Raanan 7:00 - 8:00pm We study the weekly Torah portion on a mystical level
Friday, February 3
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, February 4
Childrens Shabbat Services and Kiddush in Honor of Nicole Lasko's Conversion 10:00am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, February 5
Tu Bishvat!
Special Board Session with Bree 10:00am At JCM
Tu Bishvat Holy Smokes BBQ & Dedication of the JCM Garden 12:30pm At JCM - Donations appreciated
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission... names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits January 29 - February 4
Archie Halparin Clara Halparin Elizabeth Cohn Hilde Teltscher Isadore Tinkleman Jack Ungerman Jerome Weiner Kevin Pearlman Kurt Schweizer Lily Wosk Margo Landesman May Robbins Norman Greenberg Norman Greenberg Robert S. Richards Rose Freund Rose Margolese
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
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Our apologies for any inconvenience or any confusion as there were some errors on the mailing that went out yesterday. Please disregard the amount that was stated for the price of the Passover tickets. More information on that will come on March 1. Shabbat Shalom.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today, January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, and commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities between 1933 and 1945 by Nazi Germany. The day remembers the killing of six million Jews, two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population, and millions of others by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. It was designated by United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005.
Special Kabbalat Shabbat of Music and Joy with Israeli Musician Nave Naor THIS Friday, January 27 at 6pm at JCM
Join us for an instrumental Kabbalat Shabbat at JCM followed by a Community Dinner. Although the dinner is free, we rely on your donations to make these evenings possible. Please give.
Israeli Folk Dancing IS BACK! Sundays, Starting in February! 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
Since we are starting to dance on Feb.5, all are welcome to join us after the Tu B'Shevat activities. Come learn some Israeli Folk dances.
Save the Dates
Saturday, February 4 at 10am - Children's Shabbat Morning Service. We will also be celebrating Nicole (Leah) Lasko's recent conversion to Judaism. Mazal Tov to her and her wonderful family.
Sunday, February 5 at 12:30pm - Tu BiShvat JCM Holy Smokes BBQ & Garden Dedication Ceremony (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Tuesday, February 7 at 6pm - Sam Glazer Concert at JCM - A joyful night of Jewish music. More information coming soon, stay tuned.
Sunday, February 12 at 7pm - San Francisco Yiddish Combo - Klezmer Music at JCM - Tickets for $20 can be purchased on EventBrite by clicking here Monday, March 6, 2023 - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, daughter of Joseph Narrowe. Practices for the play will take place during Talmud Torah on Wednesdays: Feb. 8, 15, 22 and March 8. Children that would like to be in the play but are not Talmud Torah students are welcome. Please contact Rabbi Raanan with your interest. Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. Pricing, tickets and further information will be available starting on March 1. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM for a successful 2023. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay for dynamic programming, our bills and the Rabbi's salary. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Then the Eternal said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh. For I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his courtiers, in order that I may display these My signs among them, and that you may recount to your children and your grandchildren how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I displayed My signs among them—in order that you may know that I am the Eternal. -Exodus 10:1-2
The classic question is that if Pharaoh's heart was hardened by the Lord then his free choice was taken away and he should not have been punished. And we must remember that this was the same Pharaoh who chose to murder the Israelite boys and enslave our people.
I can imagine Pharaoh's lawyer saying, "But he was trapped in the injustice of the Egyptian system. The system needed slaves and the Israelite slaves needed to be controlled. Pharaoh was simply responding to the needs of his nation."
Are we personalizing evil or even worse, justifying it? After all, Pharaoh was a human being and thus also made in the image of the Creator. What lesson can we gain from engaging in such an intellectual exercise?
I remember once being told that every character in the Torah represents a part of our psyche, even Pharaoh himself.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service and Community Dinner with Naor Nave 6pm, followed by a 7pm dinner Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, January 28
Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits January 22 - January 28
Fayga bat Mandel Anita Kagan Benjamin Kaplan Carl Bonaventura Charlie Butterfly Dora Elfand Gerald Jacob Blumberg Gertrude Goldman Gertrude Goldman Harry Gomberg Herbert Alvin Epstein Jacob Fine Jo Marcia Feinberg Joan Ellenhorn Morton Pinch Richard Alan Kaiman Ruth Granat Sam Kaplan Shalom Vojdani Shirel Gold Sol Brown Stuart Shaines
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Special Kabbalat Shabbat of Music and Joy with Israeli Musician Nave Naor THIS Friday, January 27 at 6pm at JCM
Join us for an instrumental Kabbalat Shabbat at JCM followed by a Community Dinner. Although the dinner is free, we rely on your donations to make these evenings possible. Please give.
Israeli Folk Dancing IS BACK! Sundays, Starting in February! 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
Since we are starting to dance on Feb.5, all are welcome to join us after the Tu B'Shevat activities. Come learn some Israeli Folk dances.
Save the Dates
Saturday, February 4 at 10am - Children's Shabbat Morning Service. We will also be celebrating Nicole (Leah) Lasko's recent conversion to Judaism. Mazal Tov to her and her wonderful family.
Sunday, February 5 at 12:30pm - Tu BiShvat JCM Holy Smokes BBQ & Garden Dedication Ceremony (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Tuesday, February 7 at 6pm - Sam Glazer Concert at JCM - A joyful night of Jewish music. More information coming soon, stay tuned.
Sunday, February 12 at 7pm - San Francisco Yiddish Combo - Klezmer Music at JCM - Tickets for $20 can be purchased on EventBrite by clicking here Monday, March 6, 2023 - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, daughter of Joseph Narrowe. Practices for the play will take place during Talmud Torah on Wednesdays: Feb. 8, 15, 22 and March 8. Children that would like to be in the play but are not Talmud Torah students are welcome. Please contact Rabbi Raanan with your interest. Wednesday, April 5 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. $180 per person. Tickets will be available starting on March 1. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM for a successful 2023. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay for dynamic programming, our bills and the Rabbi's salary. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Then the Eternal said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh. For I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his courtiers, in order that I may display these My signs among them, and that you may recount to your children and your grandchildren how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I displayed My signs among them—in order that you may know that I am the Eternal. -Exodus 10:1-2
The classic question is that if Pharaoh's heart was hardened by the Lord then his free choice was taken away and he should not have been punished. And we must remember that this was the same Pharaoh who chose to murder the Israelite boys and enslave our people.
I can imagine Pharaoh's lawyer saying, "But he was trapped in the injustice of the Egyptian system. The system needed slaves and the Israelite slaves needed to be controlled. Pharaoh was simply responding to the needs of his nation."
Are we personalizing evil or even worse, justifying it? After all, Pharaoh was a human being and thus also made in the image of the Creator. What lesson can we gain from engaging in such an intellectual exercise?
I remember once being told that every character in the Torah represents a part of our psyche, even Pharaoh himself.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, January 21
Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Melava Malka, Havdallah and a Spiritual Study with the Schachters 7:30am Live: Come and join us to learn some Torah from Rabbi Shlomo Schachter and his wife, Ahava Zarembski-Schachter.
Sunday, January 22
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (0-4) & their Parents at JCM 3:30pm - 4:15pm Taught by Sahrit Freud-Weinstein, B.Ed. in Dance Theatre Education. Sarit was a caregiver in a kibbutz before her army service where she danced and sang for young children. She has three kids of her own who will be joining us this Sunday. No need to register
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits January 22 - January 28
Fayga bat Mandel Anita Kagan Benjamin Kaplan Carl Bonaventura Charlie Butterfly Dora Elfand Gerald Jacob Blumberg Gertrude Goldman Gertrude Goldman Harry Gomberg Herbert Alvin Epstein Jacob Fine Jo Marcia Feinberg Joan Ellenhorn Morton Pinch Richard Alan Kaiman Ruth Granat Sam Kaplan Shalom Vojdani Shirel Gold Sol Brown Stuart Shaines
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Save the Dates (More details will follow in subsequent newsletters)
Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 10am - Children's Shabbat Morning Service. We will also be celebrating Nicole (Leah) Lasko's recent conversion to Judaism. Mazal Tov to her and her wonderful family.
Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 12:30pm - Tu BiShvat JCM Holy Smokes BBQ & Garden Dedication Ceremony(Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Monday, March 6, 2023 at 7pm - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, daughter of Joseph Narrowe. Practices for the play will take place during Talmud Torah on Wednesdays: Feb. 8, 15, 22 and March 8. Children that would like to be in the play but are not Talmud Torah students are welcome. Please contact Rabbi Raanan with your interest.
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 6pm - JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
A big mahalo to The Jewish Congregation of Maui my recent hire as the new Administrative Assistant! I am very happy to be here for the congregation as a whole. I plan to make everyone’s lives a little bit easier, and be a consistent presence around the Shul. Thank you to the Board of Directors for granting me this opportunity to serve my community once again, and thank you to the community for being so welcoming and supportive of my new role here!
-Aryeh Glickman
Israeli Folk Dancing IS BACK! Sundays, Starting in February! 3:00pm - 5:00pm Led by Paula Wolk at JCM Ages 16+
Since we are starting to dance on Feb.5, all are welcome to join us after the Tu B'Shevat activities. Come learn some Israeli Folk dances.
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Mahjjong Location not yet determined Beginners to experienced welcome Please call Ellyn for final details: 808-385-4726 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Talmud Torah 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Thursday, January 26
Kabbalah Class with Rabbi Raanan 7:00 - 8:00pm We study the weekly Torah portion on a mystical level
Friday, January 27
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, January 28
Shabbat Morning Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission... names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits January 22 - January 28
Fayga bat Mandel Anita Kagan Benjamin Kaplan Carl Bonaventura Charlie Butterfly Dora Elfand Gerald Jacob Blumberg Gertrude Goldman Gertrude Goldman Harry Gomberg Herbert Alvin Epstein Jacob Fine Jo Marcia Feinberg Joan Ellenhorn Morton Pinch Richard Alan Kaiman Ruth Granat Sam Kaplan Shalom Vojdani Shirel Gold Sol Brown Stuart Shaines
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Barbara Lou Cohen Schweitzer's ז"ל funeral will take place tomorrow, Friday, January 20th at 12:30pm at Valley Isle Memorial Park in Haiku May her memory be for a blessing.
Special Spiritual Evening after this Shabbat Saturday, January 21 at 7:30pm at JCM Havdallah & Melava Malka: A Spiritual Evening with the Schachters
Come and join us to learn some Torah from Rabbi Shlomo Schachter and his wife, Ahava Zarembski-Schachter.
Rabbi Shlomo Schachter received his Smicha in 2014 from Rabbi Riskin of Efrat after spending nine years studying in Israel. He identifies as a Modern Orthodox Breslever Chassid and strives to draw on the experiential piety of chassidut in order to face the challenges of the contemporary world.
Ahava Zarembski-Schachter received her Master's Degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. She moved to Israel in 2001. Ahava is an expert in post-disaster relief. While studying at Nishmat The Center for Advanced Jewish Studies for Women in Jerusalem (for 7 years), Ahava worked in Israeli policymaking giving recommendations to the Prime Ministers Office.
Today the Interfaith Talk Story took place at JCM with clergy and leaders from all the different religions on Maui. These gatherings discuss ways to provide safe spaces for members of our LGBTQIA+ community and visitors to our congregations. A wonderful outcome has been the design and production of pamphlets, created by Rev. Kerry Kiyohara of Makawao Hongwanji Mission, for LGBTQIA+ persons who attend Buddhist services statewide. It is a great resource for all of us from a variety of religious backgrounds as we consider developing similar resources, and actively seek ways to provide safe, welcoming havens within our congregations. We at JCM will be modifying the pamphlet with Jewish sources so that all can feel welcome in our place of gathering.
There are many needs of those who are feeling voiceless and vulnerable here on Maui. Do you have ideas/thoughts/concerns to bring to the table? Please email Rabbi Raanan (rabbi@mauijews.org) if you would like to be part of future initiatives that will share inspiring dialogue.
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (0-4) & their Parents at JCM THIS Sunday, January 22 from 3:30pm - 4:15pm Taught by Sahrit Freud-Weinstein, B.Ed. in Dance Theatre Education. Sarit was a caregiver in a kibbutz before her army service where she danced and sang for young children. She has three kids of her own who will be joining us this Sunday. No need to register.
Save the Dates
Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 12:30am - Tu BiShvat BBQ & JCM Garden Dedication Ceremony led by the Bnai Mitzvah class of 2022-2023.
Stay tuned for the date and details: A joyful concert by Sam Glaser at JCM.
Monday, March 6, 2023 at 7pm - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, daughter of Joseph Narrowe.
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 6pm- JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help).
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM for a successful 2023. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay for dynamic programming, our bills and the Rabbi's salary. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
"And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel; but they listened not to Moses for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage." (Exodus 4:9)
When the going gets tough it is sometimes difficult to listen to our leaders. We seek to blame someone for the difficulties that we are experiencing and it is easiest to point a finger at our leaders. After all, if they were better leaders, then we would not be in this situation in the first place. It is important to remember that vision does not manifest overnight. That is the main message of what we experienced in last week's Torah portion: that yes, life can seem absolutely hopeless and we are still called to believe that change is possible.
Moses' message is one of freedom, ending slavery and leaving for a legendary promised land. No matter how great his message may have been, it has to reach the intended audience successfully. If it does not, it becomes a soundbite that goes in one ear and out the other. There is so much noise and promise, especially in our modern era. "Buy this and your life will be better." Many great ideas have fizzled out of our collective consciousness because they were not able to convince a critical mass of people.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, January 21
Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Melava Malka, Havdallah and a Spiritual Study with the Schachters 7:30am Live: Come and join us to learn some Torah from Rabbi Shlomo Schachter and his wife, Ahava Zarembski-Schachter.
Sunday, January 22
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (0-4) & their Parents at JCM 3:30pm - 4:15pm Taught by Sahrit Freud-Weinstein, B.Ed. in Dance Theatre Education. Sarit was a caregiver in a kibbutz before her army service where she danced and sang for young children. She has three kids of her own who will be joining us this Sunday. No need to register
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits January 15 - January 21
Barry Pachino Bayard Berman Bernard "Benny" Gibbs Bernie Katz Bess Marcus Carl S. Sandell Edward Shinder Elaine Klipstein Enoch Goldstein Etti Lea Mendzigursky Frieda Mendzigursky Joel Jaffe Joseph Brandt Julius Mopper Lester Klipstein Lina Tick Max Dodek Max Heinz Nathan Melvin Wolk Michael Mostow Naomi Mildred Leno Horwitz Norman (Leon) Summer Patricia Adams Peter Attell Ronald Warner Rose Shrago Kaplan Shirley Miller Shlomo Mostov
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
A Special Spiritual Evening after this Shabbat, January 21 at 7:30pm at JCM: Havdallah & Melava Malka: A Spiritual Evening with the Schachters
Come and join us to learn some Torah from Rabbi Shlomo Schachter and his wife, Ahava Zarembski-Schachter.
Rabbi Shlomo Schachter received his Smicha in 2014 from Rabbi Riskin of Efrat after spending nine years studying in Israel. He identifies as a Modern Orthodox Breslever Chassid and strives to draw on the experiential piety of chassidut in order to face the challenges of the contemporary world.
Ahava Zarembski-Schachter received her Master's Degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. She moved to Israel in 2001. Ahava is an expert in post-disaster relief. While studying at Nishmat The Center for Advanced Jewish Studies for Women in Jerusalem (for 7 years), Ahava worked in Israeli policymaking giving recommendations to the Prime Ministers Office.
Save the Dates (More details will follow in subsequent newsletters)
Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 12:30pm - Tu BiShvat JCM Holy Smokes BBQ & Garden Dedication Ceremony led by the Bnai Mitzvah class of 2022-2023. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Monday, February 6, 2023 at 6pm - ט"ו בשבט - A donor event for Tu BiShvat - Come for a special sunset dinner to experience the newly renovated JCM. Ticket prices and more information will follow. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Monday, March 6, 2023 at 7pm - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, daughter of Joseph Narrowe.
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 6pm- JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 6pm - Private JCM Seder to Honor our Donors - A traditional Seder where we will read the complete Hagaddah. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (0-4) & their Parents will take place next JCM on Sunday, January 22 at 3:30pm - Join us! We are thankful to Sahrit Freud-Weinstein.
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Mahjjong at Meredith's House 1449 Oka Kope St. Kaanapali 12:00pm - 4:00pm Meredith: 650-208-6978
Talmud Torah 5:00pm - 6:00pm
JCM Board Meeting 6:15pm - 7:45pm
Thursday, January 19
Kabbalah Class with Rabbi Raanan 7:00 - 8:00pm We study the weekly Torah portion on a mystical level
Friday, January 20
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, January 21
Shabbat Morning Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Havdallah and a Spiritual Evening of Torah Learning 7:30pm at JCM Join us to learn some Torah from Rabbi Shlomo Schachter and his wife, Ahava Zarembski-Schachter.
Sunday, January 22
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (Ages 0-4) 3:30pm Tots and their parents are welcome to join us at JCM for Hebrew dancing with Sahrit Freud-Weinstein
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits January 15 - January 21
Barry Pachino Bayard Berman Bernard "Benny" Gibbs Bernie Katz Bess Marcus Carl S. Sandell Edward Shinder Elaine Klipstein Enoch Goldstein Etti Lea Mendzigursky Frieda Mendzigursky Joel Jaffe Joseph Brandt Julius Mopper Lester Klipstein Lina Tick Max Dodek Max Heinz Nathan Melvin Wolk Michael Mostow Naomi Mildred Leno Horwitz Norman (Leon) Summer Patricia Adams Peter Attell Ronald Warner Rose Shrago Kaplan Shirley Miller Shlomo Mostov
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
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The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
We mourn the passing of Barbara Lou Cohen Schweitzer ז"ל More details will follow next week
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (0-4) & their Parents at JCM THIS Sunday, January 15 from 3:30pm - 4:15pm Taught by Sahrit Freud-Weinstein, B.Ed. in Dance Theatre Education. Sarit was a caregiver in a kibbutz before her army service where she danced and sang for young children. She has three kids of her own who will be joining us this Sunday. No need to register.
Save the Dates
Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 10:30am - Tu BiShvat JCM Garden Dedication Ceremony led by the Bnai Mitzvah class of 2022-2023.
Monday, February 6, 2023 at 6pm - A donor event for Tu BiShvat - Come for a special sunset dinner to experience the newly renovated JCM. Ticket prices and more information will follow. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Monday, March 6, 2023 at 7pm - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, daughter of Joseph Narrowe.
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 6pm- JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 6pm - Private JCM Seder to Honor our Donors - A traditional Seder where we will read the complete Hagaddah. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM for a successful 2023. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay for dynamic programming, our bills and the Rabbi's salary. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
I am very thankful to the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation for their sponsorship of the Nitzavim Hawai'i program that brought Rabbis and other Jewish leaders to Oahu to continue important conversations that you can read about HERE. This was after they supported a visit to Maui by their main speaker, Rabbi David Freidenreich of the Center for Small Town Jewish Life.
One of my central take-aways that is of special relevance to where we are as a congregation is learning how to move from SWOT to SOAR. SWOT analysis is a strategic planning technique used to help an organization identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats related to future planning. This technique is designed for use in the preliminary stages of decision-making processes and can be used as a tool for evaluation of the strategic position of organizations like JCM. SOAR, on the other hand, looks at Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results and is an alternative technique inspired by appreciative inquiry.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, January 14
Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, January 15
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (0-4) & their Parents at JCM 3:30pm - 4:15pm Taught by Sahrit Freud-Weinstein, B.Ed. in Dance Theatre Education. Sarit was a caregiver in a kibbutz before her army service where she danced and sang for young children. She has three kids of her own who will be joining us this Sunday. No need to register
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Zoom Jewish Book Club Next meeting Monday Jan. 16th at 10:00 am.
At that time we will be discussing: The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Grace opens the suitcase, where she discovers a dozen photographs--each of a different woman. Grace takes the photographs and leaves the station.
Grace soon learns that the suitcase belonged to Eleanor Trigg, leader of a network of female secret agents who were deployed out of London during the war. Twelve of these women were sent to Occupied Europe as couriers and radio operators to aid the resistance, but they never returned home, their fates a mystery.
A light is shined on the incredible heroics of the brave women of the war and weaves a mesmerizing tale of courage, sisterhood and the great strength of women to survive in the hardest of circumstances
Yahrzeits January 8 - January 14
Avraham Joseph Liebowitz Dr. Sender Stolove Elianna Meira bat Batya Nechama Joshua Smith Leo Rochen Leonard Jacobs Leslie Granat Lila Rose Nissenbaum Martha Hayes Martin David Caprow Maurice Halpern Michael Epstein Nancy Ostroff Nathan Cutler Nathan Geller Norman Levinsky Philip Golove Raizel Garelick Renee Goldsmith Rose Cutler Vera D. Rosen
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Save the Dates (More details will follow in subsequent newsletters)
Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 10:30am - Tu BiShvat JCM Garden Dedication Ceremony led by the Bnai Mitzvah class of 2022-2023.
Monday, February 6, 2023 at 6pm - ט"ו בשבט - A donor event for Tu BiShvat - Come for a special sunset dinner to experience the newly renovated JCM. Ticket prices and more information will follow. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Monday, March 6, 2023 at 7pm - Purim Play - Come and see the JCM Talmud Torah students perform in the Purim Play being led by Rebecca Rhapsody, daughter of Joseph Narrowe.
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 6pm- JCM Community Passover Seder - A family-friendly inclusive Seder. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 6pm - Private JCM Seder to Honor our Donors - A traditional Seder where we will read the complete Hagaddah. (Volunteers needed: please contact Rabbi Raanan if you can help)
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (0-4) & their Parents will take place next JCM on Sunday, January 15 at 3:30pm - Join us! We are thankful to Sahrit Freud-Weinstein.
Zoom Jewish Book Club: Next meeting Monday Jan. 16th at 10:00 am.
At that time we will be discussing:
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Grace opens the suitcase, where she discovers a dozen photographs--each of a different woman. Grace takes the photographs and leaves the station.
Grace soon learns that the suitcase belonged to Eleanor Trigg, leader of a network of female secret agents who were deployed out of London during the war. Twelve of these women were sent to Occupied Europe as couriers and radio operators to aid the resistance, but they never returned home, their fates a mystery.
A light is shined on the incredible heroics of the brave women of the war and weaves a mesmerizing tale of courage, sisterhood and the great strength of women to survive in the hardest of circumstances
Starting this week:
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Mahjjong at JCM 12:00pm - 4:00pm Call Ellen L. for more info: 808-385-4726 Also: If anyone has a card table that they can donate, please contact Ellen at the number above.
Talmud Torah 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Thursday, January 12
Kabbalah Class with Rabbi Raanan 7:00 - 8:00pm We study the weekly Torah portion on a mystical level
Friday, January 13
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, January 14
Shabbat Morning Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, January 15
Hebrew Dancing for Tots 3:30pm Tots (0-4) and their parents are welcome to join us at JCM for Hebrew dancing with Sahrit Freud-Weinstein
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits January 8 - January 14
Avraham Joseph Liebowitz Dr. Sender Stolove Elianna Meira bat Batya Nechama Joshua Smith Leo Rochen Leonard Jacobs Leslie Granat Lila Rose Nissenbaum Martha Hayes Martin David Caprow Maurice Halpern Michael Epstein Nancy Ostroff Nathan Cutler Nathan Geller Norman Levinsky Philip Golove Raizel Garelick Renee Goldsmith Rose Cutler Vera D. Rosen
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (0-4) & their Parents at JCM THIS Sunday, January 8 from 3:30pm - 4:15pm Taught by Sahrit Freud-Weinstein, B.Ed. in Dance Theatre Education. Sarit was a caregiver in a kibbutz before her army service where she danced and sang for young children. She has three kids of her own who will be joining us this Sunday. No need to register.
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM for a successful 2023. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, the Rabbi's salary, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
VaYechi: "There is nothing so whole as a broken heart." -Kotzker Rebbe
"And Jacob lived in the Land of Narrow-mindedness (which is the literal translation of 'Egypt' into Hebrew)." -Genesis 47:28
Our Torah portion this weeks opens with Jacob on his deathbed. He is an old man who has lived a full life and is surrounded by his loved ones during the last moments of his life. Before he dies, he blesses each one of them.
Our people are named after Jacob's other name, Israel: "Those who struggle with the Eternal and with human beings and persevere." There is also a Land of Israel. And our forefather whom we are named after has to spend the last part of his life in a foreign land. How is it that the grandson of Abraham, to whom the Holy Land was promised, ends his life in exile? Could it be that this fact means that the journey of our foremothers and forefathers ended in a huge failure?
After such struggle, Jacob can finally live his life in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the day, run by none other than his own son, Joseph. Everywhere else that Jacob was, he suffered horribly. Finally, in the Land of Narrow-mindedness, Jacob could rest his weary head.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6pm Special instrumental service Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, January 7
Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, January 8
Zoom for Board with Bree Kessler 2pm-3pm The JCM Board will meet with Bree via Zoom to discuss the Hanukkah events.
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (0-4) & their Parents at JCM 3:30pm - 4:15pm Taught by Sahrit Freud-Weinstein, B.Ed. in Dance Theatre Education. Sarit was a caregiver in a kibbutz before her army service where she danced and sang for young children. She has three kids of her own who will be joining us this Sunday. No need to register
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Zoom Short Story Book Club with Laura Shulman
Laura Shulman is planning to host a zoom short story book club. You are all invited to join. If you are interested, please email her at lauragshulman@gmail.com with your telephone number and your preferred day and time for the book club. She will contact you.
The short story book club will meet monthly on Zoom. At each meeting, we will read and discuss one story from the Best American Short Stories 2021 edited by Heidi Pitlor, published by HarperCollins, and available on Amazon.
Please buy the paperback edition for $16.86 so that we can easily refer to page numbers in the text. Before the class, Laura will send you some discussion questions to consider while reading. Laura uses a method called Shared Inquiry in which we agree not to refer to any other work or personal experience, but to base our interpretations on the text alone. Laura asks that you read the story twice so that you can support your opinions with evidence from the text and respond knowledgeably to other participants' ideas.
We will read the stories consecutively so that if you miss a month you will know which story to read for the following month. The stories are very stimulating; discussions will be lively; and sharing our ideas will make us a cohesive group.text goes here!
Yahrzeits January 1 - January 7
Alex Landesman Bernice Gertrude Schneider Brad Chinn Cecelia Rosenheimer Daniel Shafer David Lazarovich David Weinstein Fay Hermes Gabriel Amira Harry Kain Isidor Weil Larry Greenman Manuel Cole Marc Siegel Morris Narrowe Mrs. Isabel Stark Nehemiah Cohen Nicholas R. Shelley Patricia Janis Lyon Ruth Sanft Serena Kain Stephen Sandler Vera Ann Richman
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (0-4) & their Parents will take place next JCM on Sunday, January 8 at 3:30pm - Join us! We are thankful to Sahrit Freud-Weinstein and Naor Nave! No need to register.
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Laura Shulman is planning to host a zoom short story book club. You are all invited to join. If you are interested, please email her at lauragshulman@gmail.com with your telephone number and your preferred day and time for the book club. She will contact you.
The short story book club will meet monthly on Zoom. At each meeting, we will read and discuss one story from the Best American Short Stories 2021 edited by Heidi Pitlor, published by HarperCollins, and available on Amazon.
Please buy the paperback edition for $16.86 so that we can easily refer to page numbers in the text. Before the class, Laura will send you some discussion questions to consider while reading. Laura uses a method called Shared Inquiry in which we agree not to refer to any other work or personal experience, but to base our interpretations on the text alone. Laura asks that you read the story twice so that you can support your opinions with evidence from the text and respond knowledgeably to other participants' ideas.
We will read the stories consecutively so that if you miss a month you will know which story to read for the following month. The stories are very stimulating; discussions will be lively; and sharing our ideas will make us a cohesive group.
Any changes and additions will be posted on the website calendar.
Mahjjong at JCM 12:00pm - 4:00pm Call Ellen for more info: 808-385-4726
Talmud Torah 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Thursday, January 5
Kabbalah Class with Rabbi Raanan 7:00 - 8:00pm We study the weekly Torah portion on a mystical level
Friday, January 6
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, January 7
Shabbat Morning Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, January 8
Board Session with Bree via Zoom 2-3pm
Hebrew Dancing for Tots 3:30pm Tots (0-4) and their parents are welcome to join us at JCM for Hebrew dancing with Sahrit Freud-Weinstein
Lost and Found at JCM
Forgot something at JCM? Here is a picture of all we have found. Items may be reclaimed at JCM from the coffee room in the Macy's bag by the Judaica items. Please claim it soon as we will donate all clothing before Purim to charity.
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits January 1 - January 7
Alex Landesman Bernice Gertrude Schneider Brad Chinn Cecelia Rosenheimer Daniel Shafer David Lazarovich David Weinstein Fay Hermes Gabriel Amira Harry Kain Isidor Weil Larry Greenman Manuel Cole Marc Siegel Morris Narrowe Mrs. Isabel Stark Nehemiah Cohen Nicholas R. Shelley Patricia Janis Lyon Ruth Sanft Serena Kain Stephen Sandler Vera Ann Richman
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (0-4) & their Parents at JCM THIS Sunday, January 1 from 3:30pm - 4:15pm Taught by Sahrit Freud-Weinstein, B.Ed. in Dance Theatre Education. Sarit was a caregiver in a kibbutz before her army service where she danced and sang for young children. She has three kids of her own who will be joining us this Sunday. No need to register.
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM as we wrap up 2022. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, the Rabbi's salary, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
In honor of the reconciliation between Joseph and his brothers
"We are not mad. We are human. We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey." -Leonard Cohen
Looking Within
Genesis 44:18 Then Judah went up to Joseph and said, "בי אדני - It's within me my lord, let your servant appeal to my lord, and do not be impatient with your servant, you who are the equal of Pharaoh."
The beginning of the reconcilliation between Judah and Joseph occurs when Judah appoaches Joseph directly, not through arbitrators, messengers, or other indirect routes. Although he doesn't know that it is his brother Joseph he is standing in front of, nonetheless, he lifts his gaze and speaks directly to him. He points a finger at himself and says, "it is within me" - I will take responsibility for what has happened.
Joseph is seeing Judah take responsibility and it clearly plays on his heart strings. We may not be able to change the past, but we can let the past guide us to make better decisions in the future, and this is what Judah has accomplished, by looking within.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6pm Traditional services with Rabbi Raanan Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, December 24
Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, January 1
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (0-4) & their Parents at JCM 3:30pm - 4:15pm Taught by Sahrit Freud-Weinstein, B.Ed. in Dance Theatre Education. Sarit was a caregiver in a kibbutz before her army service where she danced and sang for young children. She has three kids of her own who will be joining us this Sunday. No need to register
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Zoom Short Story Book Club with Laura Shulman
Laura Shulman is planning to host a zoom short story book club. You are all invited to join. If you are interested, please email her at lauragshulman@gmail.com with your telephone number and your preferred day and time for the book club. She will contact you.
The short story book club will meet monthly on Zoom. At each meeting, we will read and discuss one story from the Best American Short Stories 2021 edited by Heidi Pitlor, published by HarperCollins, and available on Amazon.
Please buy the paperback edition for $16.86 so that we can easily refer to page numbers in the text. Before the class, Laura will send you some discussion questions to consider while reading. Laura uses a method called Shared Inquiry in which we agree not to refer to any other work or personal experience, but to base our interpretations on the text alone. Laura asks that you read the story twice so that you can support your opinions with evidence from the text and respond knowledgeably to other participants' ideas.
We will read the stories consecutively so that if you miss a month you will know which story to read for the following month. The stories are very stimulating; discussions will be lively; and sharing our ideas will make us a cohesive group.text goes here!
Yahrzeits December 25 - December 31
Barney Rosenberg (Baruch Bendit ben Reb Moshe) David Winograd Elizabeth Litt (Esther bat Sara) Esther Labaton Fay Shaw Howard Philip Schultz Irwin Rosenberg Jack Edwin Litt Jesse Margaret Crowe Joseph Abdel Wahed Lillian Goldenberg Marcella Solomon Margaret Schloss Marta Grinberg Max Haddad Max Rosenheimer (Moshe ben Yichiel) Molly Haddad Rhea Weinstein (Bailah bat Yakov v' Shaindel) Shirley Kravitt Stella Margot Moser (Esther bat Eigon v' Sonia) Sylvia Persky
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
An important announcement regarding today: Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Mahjjong today is at the Weiners in Kaanapali (and not at JCM) 12:00pm - 4:00pm Kaanapali Shores, Unit 331 Call Marla for directions as needed: 503-381-2788
Talmud Torah will resume next week and not today Due to Winter Holiday, we will delay JCM Talmud Torah until next week, Wednesday, Jan. 4 from 5-6pm. Looking forward to seeing you next week.
Thank you for understanding.
Rabbi Raanan
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The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Hebrew Dancing for Tots (0-4) & their Parents will take place at JCM on Sunday, January 1 at 3:30pm - Join us! Taught by Sahrit Freud-Weinstein. No need to register.
We would like to thank the following hosts and their families: Barbara Cooper, Nicole Lascow, Sam Shnider, Moriah Diamond, Marc Tolliver, Happy Lefton, Bonnie Newman, Steve Schachter and Laura Ahava.
JCM Annual Hanukkah Party
Family Fun Night in Kihei
Hanukkah at the Cat Cafe
Latke, Vodka, and Empanada JCM Fundraiser
Lahaina Happy Hour at the Weiners
Festivus at JCM
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM as we wrap up 2022. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
p.s. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Laura Shulman is planning to host a zoom short story book club. You are all invited to join. If you are interested, please email her at lauragshulman@gmail.com with your telephone number and your preferred day and time for the book club. She will contact you.
The short story book club will meet monthly on Zoom. At each meeting, we will read and discuss one story from the Best American Short Stories 2021 edited by Heidi Pitlor, published by HarperCollins, and available on Amazon.
Please buy the paperback edition for $16.86 so that we can easily refer to page numbers in the text. Before the class, Laura will send you some discussion questions to consider while reading. Laura uses a method called Shared Inquiry in which we agree not to refer to any other work or personal experience, but to base our interpretations on the text alone. Laura asks that you read the story twice so that you can support your opinions with evidence from the text and respond knowledgeably to other participants' ideas.
We will read the stories consecutively so that if you miss a month you will know which story to read for the following month. The stories are very stimulating; discussions will be lively; and sharing our ideas will make us a cohesive group.
Any changes and additions will be posted on the website calendar.
Mahjjong at the Weiners in Kaanapali 12:00pm - 4:00pm Kaanapali Shores, Unit 331 Call Marla for directions as needed: 503-381-2788
Talmud Torah 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Thursday, December 29
Kabbalah Class with Rabbi Raanan 7:00 - 8:00pm We study the weekly Torah portion on a mystical level
Friday, December 30
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, December 31
Shabbat Morning Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, January 1, 2023
Hebrew Dancing for Tots 3:30pm Tots (0-4) and their parents are welcome to join us at JCM for Hebrew dancing with Sahrit Freud-Weinstein
Lost and Found at JCM
Forgot something at JCM? Here is a picture of all we have found. Items may be reclaimed at JCM from the coffee room in the Macy's bag by the Judaica items. Please claim it soon as we will donate all clothing before Purim to charity.
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits December 25 - December 31
Barney Rosenberg (Baruch Bendit ben Reb Moshe) David Winograd Elizabeth Litt (Esther bat Sara) Esther Labaton Fay Shaw Howard Philip Schultz Irwin Rosenberg Jack Edwin Litt Jesse Margaret Crowe Joseph Abdel Wahed Lillian Goldenberg Marcella Solomon Margaret Schloss Marta Grinberg Max Haddad Max Rosenheimer (Moshe ben Yichiel) Molly Haddad Rhea Weinstein (Bailah bat Yakov v' Shaindel) Shirley Kravitt Stella Margot Moser (Esther bat Eigon v' Sonia) Sylvia Persky
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Come and look at the art that is all for sale. Make an offer! Please contact: rabbi@mauijews.org for more details.
A special thank you to Judith Elam for organizing the volunteers for the JCM Annual Hanukkah Party. Thanks Judith!
A big thank you to the hosts and their families of the JCM Hanukkah parties this year: Barbara Cooper, Nicole Lasko, Sam Shnider and the Cat Cafe', Marc Tolliver, Laura Ahava, Bonnie Newman and Steve Schechter
p.s. If you want to attend, but can't afford the $75, please reach out to Ellyn and we can put together a volunteer/trade for you :)
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM as we wrap up 2022. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, the Rabbi's salary, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Latke, (BYO) Vodka, and Empanada; A JCM fundraiser 6:00pm - 8:00pm A fun nght out for adults only (21+) $75 per person It's not so much what you get for your money, but how your money will support paying the bills at JCM. It's Chanukah...help us keep the lights on!
Kabbalat Shabbat and Chanukah; for the community 5:15pm -7:30pm Led by Laura Ahava, Bonnie Newman, & Steve Schecter A peaceful, beautiful environment set up at JCM. Followed by games, hang out, gift share, social sabbath, and our plan for seed planting which happens to be on a new moon.
Saturday December 24
Lahaina Happy Hour; for adults 7:00pm - 9:00pm Wine on the Westside with the Weiners They look forward to meeting new friends and conecting with old ones and celebrate Chanukah together.
Sunday December 25
Festivus at JCM 5:00pm Adults over 18 JCM's celebration of this day will include Chinese food and a movie, of course! Decor will include a plain pole with no decoration :) Click Here for more information on the history of Festivus.
Join us this Festivus (which is also the last day of Hanukkah) on Sunday, December 25 at JCM - 5pm for Chinese food and a movie.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Latke, (BYO) Vodka, and Empanada A JCM fundraiser 6:00pm - 8:00pm A fun nght out for adults only (21+) $75 per person It's not so much what you get for your money, but how your money will support paying the bills at JCM. It's Chanukah...help us keep the lights on!
Friday, December 23
Kabbalat Shabbat and Chanukah; for the community 5:15pm - 7:30pm Join us at JCM for a Hannukah Musical Kabbalat Shabbat led by Laura Ahava, Bonnie Newman, & Steve Schecter This Hannukah Shabbat is also on a new moon and will be a peaceful, beautiful environment to set the coming month intentions followed by a very delicious vegan meal!
Saturday, December 24
Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Lahaina Happy Hour; for adults 7:00pm - 9:00pm Wine on the Westside with the Weiners They look forward to meeting new friends and conecting with old ones and celebrate Chanukah together.
Sunday, December 25
Festivus at JCM 5:00pm JCM's celebration of this day will include Chinese food and a movie, of course! Decor will include a plain pole with no decoration :)
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits December 18 - December 24
Ann Heise Arlene Fuchs Katz Ben Zollotuchen Emil Teltscher Jane Levinsky Miriam Waldman Perle Heiman Ruth L Scharff Steven Survetnick Vera Rosen William Chamoy
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
We would like to thank the following volunteers: Ernesto Peraza, Barbara Singer, Barbara Cooper, Dylon Simonson, Joe Narrowe, Laura Ahava, Ellie McGaughey, Alan Levine, Cindi Levine, Marie Ankoua, Rabbi David Glickman and Aryeh Glickman.
Monday December 19
Family Fun Night in Kihei 4:30pm - 6:30pm Families are invited to a night of crafts, latkes, and family fun! You will get the address after you RSVP
Tuesday December 20
Cookie Decorating in Kihei 5:00pm - 7:00pm Cookies and hot chocolate. Perfect for the Talmud Torah age kids and thier families, but everyone is invited.
Wednesday December 21
Hanukkah at the Cat Cafe 6:00pm - 8:00pm Ages 12+ Dreidel Tournament. Photo ops with Judah the Maccakitty. Electric candle lighting
After you register, you will be sent a link to fill out a waiver.
We are excited to announce a Chanukah fundraiser for JCM! REGISTER HERE
Get a sitter, put on your festive holiday frocks, and come party with us at Loft 145.
$75 per person will not only make for an intimate night of Chanukah fun...it will will help JCM keep the lights on (and pay the rest of our bills).
p.s. If you want to attend, but can't afford the $75, please reach out to Ellyn and we can put together a volunteer/trade for you :)
Thursday December 22
Latke, (BYO) Vodka, and Empanada A JCM fundraiser 6:00pm - 8:00pm A fun nght out for adults only (21+) $75 per person It's not so much what you get for your money, but how your money will support paying the bills at JCM. It's Chanukah...help us keep the lights on!
Kabbalat Shabbat and Chanukah; for the community 5:15pm - 7:30pm Join us at JCM for a Hannukah Musical Kabbalat Shabbat led by Laura Ahava, Bonnie Newman, & Steve Schecter This Hannukah Shabbat is also on a new moon and will be a peaceful, beautiful environment to set the coming month intentions followed by a very delicious vegan meal!
Saturday December 24
Lahaina Happy Hour; for adults 7:00pm - 9:00pm Wine on the Westside with the Weiners They look forward to meeting new friends and conecting with old ones and celebrate Chanukah together.
Sunday December 25
Festivus at JCM 5:00pm Adults over 18 JCM's celebration of this day will include Chinese food and a movie, of course! Decor will include a plain pole with no decoration :) Click Here for more information on the history of Festivus.
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM as we wrap up 2022. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
p.s. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Talmud Torah is on Hanukkah Break We continue next week!
Thursday, December 22
Kabbalah Class with Rabbi Raanan is on break until next week.
Friday, December 23
Special Kabbalat Shabbat & Hanukkah Celebration with a Kosher Vegan Dinner 5:15pm - 7:30pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Join us at JCM for a Hannukah Musical Kabbalat Shabbat led by Laura Ahava, Bonnie Newman, & Steve Schecter. This Hannukah Shabbat is also on a new moon and will be a peaceful, beautiful environment to set the coming month intentions followed by a very delicious vegan meal!
Saturday, December 24
Hanukkah Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM Happy Hour in Lahaina 7:00pm Cheese and wine at the Weiners. They will validate parking and look forward to welcoming the community to their westside Maui home.
Sunday, December 25
JCM Annual Hanukkah Party 4:30pm Join us for games, latka and live music and dancing with Barbara & Ernesto
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits December 19 - December 24
Ann Heise Arlene Fuchs Katz Ben Zollotuchen Emil Teltscher Jane Levinsky Miriam Waldman Perle Heiman Ruth L Scharff Steven Survetnick Vera Rosen William Chamoy
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
Are you (or do you know) an artist who has designed Hanukkah art? You are welcome to display and sell it at JCM during our Hanukkah Parties We ask that you support JCM by giving 26% of the sale price Up to 6 items can be displayed Please contact: rabbi@mauijews.org for more details or to send me a picture of the art that you would like to bring (optional).
You will need to RSVP...how else will know how many people to shop for?! Come to as many parties as you want. We look forward to celebrating together!
Sunday, December 18
JCM Annual Community Chanukah Party 4:30pm - 7:30pm This annual tradition will include latkes, games, live music and dancing...and ends with a beautiful candle lighting and songfest!
Family Fun Night in Kihei 4:30pm - 6:30pm Families are invited to a night of crafts, latkes, and family fun! You will get the address after you RSVP
Tuesday, December 20
Cookie Decorating in Kihei 5:00pm - 7:00pm Cookies and hot chocolate. Perfect for the Talmud Torah age kids and thier families, but everyone is invited.
Wednesday, December 21
Chanukah at the Cat Cafe 6:00pm - 8:00pm Ages 12+ Dreidel Tournament. Photo ops with Judah the Maccakitty. Electric candle lighting
After you register, you will be sent a link to fill out a waiver.
Thursday, December 22
We are excited to announce a Chanukah fundraiser for JCM! REGISTER HERE
Get a sitter, put on your festive holiday frocks, and come party with us at Loft 145.
$75 per person will not only make for an intimate night of Chanukah fun...it will will help JCM keep the lights on (and pay the rest of our bills).
p.s. If you want to attend, but can't afford the $75, please reach out to Ellyn and we can put together a volunteer/trade for you :)
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM as we wrap up 2022. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, the Rabbi's salary, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
P.S. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
Latke, (BYO) Vodka, and Empanada; A JCM fundraiser 6:00pm - 8:00pm A fun nght out for adults only (21+) $75 per person It's not so much what you get for your money, but how your money will support paying the bills at JCM. It's Chanukah...help us keep the lights on!
Kabbalat Shabbat and Chanukah; for the community 5:15pm -7:30pm Led by Laura Ahava, Bonnie Newman, & Steve Schecter A peaceful, beautiful environment set up at JCM. Followed by games, hang out, gift share, social sabbath, and our plan for seed planting which happens to be on a new moon.
Saturday December 24
Lahaina Happy Hour; for adults 7:00pm - 9:00pm Wine on the Westside with the Weiners They look forward to meeting new friends and conecting with old ones and celebrate Chanukah together.
Sunday December 25
Festivus at JCM 5:00pm Adults over 18 JCM's celebration of this day will include Chinese food and a movie, of course! Decor will include a plain pole with no decoration :) Click Here for more information on the history of Festivus.
VaYeshev: Canceling Joseph This week’s Torah portion marks 30 years since my Bar Mitzvah and 4 years since I was ordained as a Rabbi in Jerusalem. Three decades ago, I had just moved from Oahu to San Diego and realized that I would need more time to prepare for my Bar Mitzvah and had to delay it from April to December. Only when I started studying with the Rabbi did I understand how much I felt like Joseph.
My earliest memories are sitting underneath trees and looking at the shapes of the clouds, sure that they had meaning. I would share this with my young friends who would look at me strangely. Until I learned about Joseph, I felt alone with the lonely understandings that no one else shares.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Torah Class with Rabbi Raanan 7:00pm At JCM or on ZOOM7:00p
Dialogues on Leadership 8:00pm In person at JCM:00p
Friday, December 16
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, December 17
Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, December 18
JCM Annual Hanukkah Party 4:30pm Join us for games, latka and live music and dancing with Barbara & Ernesto
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits December 11 - December 17
Kenny Hultquist Malka Pearl David Nehemia Cohen Jeffrey Sway Joseph Pitkoff Richard Mann Sylvia Wallin Janice Lasko Myron Miller Ruth Savitz Esther Smith Bernard Singer Sylvia Hirsch
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
p.s. If you want to attend, but can't afford the $75, please reach out to Ellyn and we can put together a volunteer/trade for you :)
If you don't give today, how can we be here tomorrow?
You may not need us every day, or even every week. But when you want us, you need us to be here.
Please give a gift to JCM as we wrap up 2022. We rely solely on donations/memberships to pay our bills, our salaries, and programming. Your gift now will ensure that our dynamic leadership team has the resources we need to be here for you and your Maui Jewish community.
Give with joy, give with pride, give today.
p.s. We're not spending money and using resources to send out letters, this is this our ask and our reminder to you that we do not exist without you.
You will need to RSVP...how else will know how many people to shop for?! Come to as many parties as you want. We look forward to celebrating together!
Sunday December 18:
JCM Annual Community Chanukah Party 4:30pm - 7:30pm This annual tradition will include latkes, games, live music and dancing...and ends with a beautiful candle lighting and songfest! SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER HERE
Monday December 19
Family Fun Night in Kihei 4:30pm - 6:30pm Families are invited to a night of crafts, latkes, and family fun! You will get the address after you RSVP
Tuesday December 20
Cookie Decorating in Kihei 5:00pm - 7:00pm Cookies and hot chocolate. Perfect for the Talmud Torah age kids and thier families, but everyone is invited.
Wednesday December 21
Chanukah at the Cat Cafe 6:00pm - 8:00pm Ages 12+ Dreidel Tournament. Photo ops with Judah the Maccakitty. Electric candle lighting
After you register, you will be sent a link to fill out a waiver.
Thursday December 22
Latke, (BYO) Vodka, and Empanada; A JCM fundraiser 6:00pm - 8:00pm A fun nght out for adults only (21+) $75 per person It's not so much what you get for your money, but how your money will support paying the bills at JCM. It's Chanukah...help us keep the lights on!
Kabbalat Shabbat and Chanukah; for the community 5:15pm -7:30pm Led by Laura Ahava, Bonnie Newman, & Steve Schecter A peaceful, beautiful environment set up at JCM. Followed by games, hang out, gift share, social sabbath, and our plan for seed planting which happens to be on a new moon.
Saturday December 24
Lahaina Happy Hour; for adults 7:00pm - 9:00pm Wine on the Westside with the Weiners They look forward to meeting new friends and conecting with old ones and celebrate Chanukah together.
Sunday December 25
Festivus at JCM 5:00pm Adults over 18 JCM's celebration of this day will include Chinese food and a movie, of course! Decor will include a plain pole with no decoration :) Click Here for more information on the history of Festivus.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Torah Class with Rabbi Raanan 7:00pm At JCM or on ZOOM7:00p
Friday, December 16
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00pm Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Saturday, December 17
Shabbat Service 9:30am Live at JCM and on ZOOM
Sunday, December 18
JCM Annual Hanukkah Party 4:30pm Join us for games, latka and live music and dancing with Barbara & Ernesto
Refuah Schleima- Prayer For Healing
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits December 11 - December 17
Kenny Hultquist Malka Pearl David Nehemia Cohen Jeffrey Sway Joseph Pitkoff Richard Mann Sylvia Wallin Janice Lasko Myron Miller Ruth Savitz Esther Smith Bernard Singer Sylvia Hirsch
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
I want to inform you all that Thursday, Dec. 8 was my last day as Executive Director. It has been my pleasure to serve the JCM membership and my Jewish community; we have made amazing progress in the past few years, and we should all be proud of what we have accomplished together. I will remain available to help you make a minyan, play mahjong, have a chat over coffee, and participate in Jewish life on Maui. I look forward to our continued connections and paths together. With much aloha and gratitude for your friendship, Ellyn Mortimer
Vayishlach: Turning the Struggle into a Blessing
Why do the Jewish people seemingly struggle endlessly? To answer this question, we need to turn to what we call ourselves in prayer and what we call our modern nation-state: Israel. The meaning of the word Israel comes from this week's Torah portion (Genesis 32:29) when a mysterious figure is wrestling and then renaming Jacob:
“And [the mysterious figure said] you will no longer say that your name is Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with people and you have prevailed.”
Were the story of the Jewish people summarized into one verse, this very well could be it. The blessing received by being renamed Israel, or the God Wrestler, is that although Jacob’s descendants would struggle, they would prevail in the end. Although struggle and antagonism are seemingly inevitable, the blessing of the Israelites emerges through creative and inventive approaches in responding to their challenges, followed by acting in such a way as to preserve their culture and religion. Throughout the ages mighty empires have tried to destroy Judaism as a religion and the Jews as a people. Against the Roman Empire, the Jews were able to transform their religion from one of sacrifice, that was tied to a specific location (the Temple Mount), to a religion centered on prayer and a synagogue which could be constructed anywhere Jews happened to live.
You will need to RSVP...how else will know how many people to shop for?! Come to as many parties as you want. We look forward to celebrating together!
Sunday December 18:
JCM Annual Community Chanukah Party 4:30pm - 7:30pm This annual tradition will include latkes, games, live music and dancing...and ends with a beautiful candle lighting and songfest! SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER HERE
Monday December 19
Family Fun Night in Kihei 4:30pm - 6:30pm Families are invited to a night of crafts, latkes, and family fun! You will get the address after you RSVP
Tuesday December 20
Cookie Decorating in Kihei 5:00pm - 7:00pm Cookies and hot chocolate. Perfect for the Talmud Torah age kids and thier families, but everyone is invited.
Wednesday December 21
Chanukah at the Cat Cafe 6:00pm - 8:00pm Ages 12+ Dreidel Tournament. Photo ops with Judah the Maccakitty. Electric candle lighting
After you register, you will be sent a link to fill out a waiver.
Thursday December 22
Latke, (BYO) Vodka, and Empanada; A JCM fundraiser 6:00pm - 8:00pm A fun nght out for adults only (21+) $75 per person It's not so much what you get for your money, but how your money will support paying the bills at JCM. It's Chanukah...help us keep the lights on!
Kabbalat Shabbat and Chanukah; for the community 5:15pm -7:30pm Led by Laura Ahava, Bonnie Newman, & Steve Schecter A peaceful, beautiful environment set up at JCM. Followed by games, hang out, gift share, social sabbath, and our plan for seed planting which happens to be on a new moon.
Saturday December 24
Lahaina Happy Hour; for adults 7:00pm - 9:00pm Wine on the Westside with the Weiners They look forward to meeting new friends and connecting with old ones and celebrate Chanukah together.
Sunday December 25
Festivus at JCM 5:00pm Adults over 18 JCM's celebration of this day will include Chinese food and a movie, of course! Decor will include a plain pole with no decoration :) Click Here for more information on the history of Festivus.
Talmud Torah - open enrollment Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm We have a dozen students from ages 6-13 in three different classes. It's not too late to join the learning and the fun!
Our Mission: Our school seeks to inspire children to develop a rich Jewish life through a love of pluralistic learning and developing friendships in a diverse community.
Click Hereif you or a loved one would like to be added for a prayer for healing each week. No names will be read aloud without permission...names can be said privately by the rabbi.
JCM is here to support you and your loved ones, please let us know how we can help.
Yahrzeits December 5 - December 12
Jonathan David Golda Mopper Anna Henagow Bartlett Gene Hertzka Golda Jackson Nan Merson Carolyn Weisfeld Bruce Pachino Dr. Ralph Wasserman Murray Tepper Max DuBoff Avraham "Al" Kristel Richard Sandler Kenny Hultquist Malka Pearl David
Join us for services on Friday and Saturday to recite Mourner's Kaddish
You can make an impact while you shop everyday.
Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390 and AmazonSmile will donate to the Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.
Same amazon, same prices, same everything... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
The Jewish Congregation of Maui Beit Shalom Synagogue Kihei, HI 96753
The mission of the Jewish Congregation of Maui is to support and inspire Jewish religious and cultural practices for Maui residents and visitors, provide and encourage Jewish education and life cycle services, and engage the Jewish community with religious services, classes, and events.
