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        ATTENTION:  TUITION-FREE Kindergarden for ALL Families!
B'nai Israel is pleased to announce that, effective immediately, Kindergarden at the B'nai Israel Religious School (BIRS) will be TUITION-FREE to both congregant and unaffiliated families. We are proud to welcome the community to experience our wonderful Kindergarden program.Contact Religious School Director Susan Pinsky Bleeks for more information at Blinskys1@aol.com.

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                        BIRS Life in Photos
1.Confirmation Class 2010.
2.Rabbi Eric visits Kitah Daled to field difficult questions from nine & ten year olds!
3.Sand Art during religious school's Chanukah Family Workshop.
4."Stained Glass" Window Art.

Confirmation Class 2010 Rabbi Eric visits Kitah Daled to field difficult questions from nine &ten year olds!
Sand Art during religious school's Chanukah Family Workshop'Stained Glass' Window Art

 5.BIRS Grade K/1 and teacher Diane Fuchs.
6.Tzipporim - Alice Manning,Anna Pekovich,Musical Director Linda Goodman,Joshua Ross,Jordan Burwin,Melissa Shohet,Jillian Weitz,Michael Wasserstein(not shown).
BIRS Grade K/1 and teacher Diane FuchsTzipporim - Alice Manning,Anna Pekovich,Musical Director Linda Goodman,Joshua Ross,Jordan Burwin,Melissa Shohet,Jillian Weitz,Michael Wasserstein(not shown)

Confirmation Ceremony on Erev Shavuot 
B'nai Israel recently held its Confirmation Ceremony on Erev Shavuot, celebrating its students who completed
the congregation's special  program for two years of post Bar/Bat Mitzvah religious study.   
Pictured are the recent Confirmants and the upcoming class, as well as  their religious instructors.  
Left to right: Front Row: Victoria Messinger, Rebecca Nerzig, Rebecca Hill, Teaching Assistant Shoshana Rabinovsky.
                  Back Row: Teaching Assistant Billy Crotty, Jr., Rabbi Eric Polokoff, Drew Berkowitz, Brendan Rabinovsky, 
                                   Melissa Buccino, Alex Lampel, Nathan Rubinstein, Evan Merrill, B'nai Israel Religious School
                                   Principal Roz Koch and Instructor Liz Wojnar. Missing from photo: Sam Rubinstein.


AGGRESSION AND RELIGION: CAUSE OR SOLUTION?
Interfaith discussion at Sacred Heart Church in Southbury on May 26 - participated Rabbi Eric Polokoff, Father Joseph Donnelly, Imam Gaxmed Aga - click to read detailed info

IAC CREATES INTERACTIVE GROUP ON FACEBOOK
It will allow us to post news of Israel Advocacy Committee activities and information about Israel and the Middle East. Join us - click to read detailed info

YOM HASHOAH & YOM HAATZMAUT 5770
Public Speech of Rabbi Polokoff at Taft School, April 15, 2010. Click to read

Mitzvah Day success provided by young B'nai Israelites - see photos

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"Mishkan T'Filah" Weekly Shabbat Prayer Book

Our beautiful new Weekly Shabbat Prayer Book is now available for purchase with a place for inscription on the inside cover. A purchase of this beautiful prayer book is a wonderful way to remember our loved ones or to honor those who beautify our services.
Please click here to open the form, print it out, and mail with a check or credit card information to Valerie Beckwith, and she will take care of the rest (or call her at 203-267-3394.)

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The Gift of the Shabbat Table

by Evelyne Klein When our (fabulous) Membership Director asked if I would host a Shabbat dinner at our house, as a way to have long-standing members meet new members, I thought:  What a terrific idea!!  There were so many new members we did not know, and members we saw at temple events only.  What better way to bring old and new together, get to know other members better, than around the Shabbat dinner table? I was amazed at the synergies between the old and new members who came: the conversation flowed around the table, with everyone introducing themselves, and topics ranging from the impact of Hillel on college students to training for boards, to activities for disabled youngsters and numerous other topics, both personal and otherwise. The conversation was lively and vigorous the entire evening. When our kids were young, my father would insist we come for Shabbat dinner on [...]

Do We Have The Courage for a Real Tikkun For Our Teens?

by Craig Parks I am a very rare breed in the Reform Movement.  Out of over 900 congregations I am one of the very few full time Directors of Youth Programming that has been in my job over ten years.  I have now spoken at my third national Biennial in a row and do so with great fervor.  When those attendees come to my presentations and hear about the 60 -70 kids coming to our Teen Shabbat Jam 2 hour Friday  night service once a month or our well over 100 9-12 graders participating in our  programs such as the social action youth group Tikkun Project, or the summer camp that brings in gobs of kids and teens who work on staff I sometimes have to reach for napkins to wipe the drool off the faces.  I can’t even tell you how many times I have heard the phrase “Can [...]

The Torah In Haiku: Bo

The Obama’s dog? No, it’s not that “Bo” my friend We’re talking Torah! In this week’s portion Pesach observance described A law for all time Kids are gonna ask What’s this seder mean to you? You must answer them   Exodus 12:26-27 Your children may ask you, ‘What is this service to you?’ You must answer, ‘It is the Passover service to God. He passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians, sparing our homes.’
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