Purim
Schpiel and Carnival is this Sunday!
Come in
costume, parents included! Here’s the
schedule:
9:00 AM Hebrew classes as usual
10:15 AM Jewish studies (Pre-K – Grade 7) classes begin in classrooms***
11:00 AM Purim Schpiel in the sanctuary
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Purim Carnival and Silent Auction
We have a LOT of wonderful activities planned and great items to bid on!
***INSTEAD OF GOING TO T’FILLAH AT 10:15 AM, ALL
STUDENTS SHOULD GO DIRECTLY TO THEIR CLASSROOMS.
IMPORTANT
PURIM NOTE: If your child is in 2nd grade or below, you must
accompany your child during the carnival and activities, for the safety of
everyone involved.
Parking restrictions will be lifted for the Purim Schpiel and Carnival,
so there will be plenty of spaces on the street. Please remember
however, there is never any parking directly in front of the Temple on
University Avenue. Additional parking is available at the Bellarmine lot with the entrance
on Hedding, just east of Myrtle Avenue between Myrtle and Coleman Avenue.
You can pick up your Mishloach Manot
bags in the Temple
chapel on Friday after Shabbat services, on Sunday at the Purim Carnival, at
the Adult Purim Evening on Thursday, March 20th, or after Shabbat
services on March 21st.
ESSY, our Senior Youth Group, is going
roller skating and out to dinner on Sunday, March 30th. Roller skating will be
from 4 pm to 6 pm at San Jose Skate with dinner following at Buca di Bepo. Students should be dropped off at San Jose
Skate by 4 pm. Carpools will be
provided to the restaurant, where students should be picked up at by 8 pm. Cost is $20 per person. For further details and to RSVP, contact
Amanda Schmitt at sweetvoiceamanda@earthlink.net
or 408-821-0448.
Events for
our 4th through 7th grade youth groups are planned for
the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. The next get
together will be on April 9th.
(There is no event on March 26th
since Hebrew and Religious School are closed for the spring break.) Here’s the schedule for each event:
6
pm – 6:20 pm Dinner ($5;
RSVP a must)
6:20
pm – 7 pm Secular school
study time (bring homework)
7
pm – 8 pm A fun
activity
On Saturday, April 5th, you
can enjoy Shabbat in Nature at Uvas Canyon Park in the foothills of the Santa
Cruz Mountains. The Minyan Service begins at 10:30 am; the
site is reserved from 8:00 am until sunset, so plan on spending as much of
Shabbat at the park as you like. Flyers
with more detailed information are available from the Religious School office.
Miranda Katz is holding a bake sale
on April 6th immediately following Religious School at 12:30 pm in
front of the Temple House to raise money for her mitzvah project.
She is donating her proceeds to the Multiple
Sclerosis National Society in memory of her aunt who passed away
from this disease last December.
Miranda will become a Bat Mitzvah on May 3, 2008.
For parents
of all students in grades 2 through 7, there will be a B’nai Mitzvah
orientation
in the Temple sanctuary on
April 6th from 9 am to 10 am.
This is a terrific opportunity to learn about the requirements for
becoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah as well as helpful information for parents when
planning such an event.
Important
Upcoming Dates
March
15 Dalet Hebrew Class
Saturday Morning Minyan Service
March
20 Erev Purim Service (for
Adults)
March
21 Rock Shabbat Service at
7:30 pm
March
23 – 30 Spring
Break – NO SCHOOL – (Religious School
Office Closed)
March
30 ESSY Rolling Skating and
Dinner
April
4 Aleph Hebrew
and Grade 4 Shabbat Family Services.
Temple-wide potluck
precedes at 6:30 pm.
April
5 Shabbat in Nature
April
9 4th Through
7th Grade Youth Groups Get Together
April
13 Model Seders for Pesach
April
19 Erev Pesach – First
Seder
April
20 First Day of Pesach – NO
SCHOOL
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