26 Broad Street – Pittsfield, MA 01201 – Phone: (413) 442-5910 … · 2019-07-22 · 24 SPF -...

26 Broad Street – Pittsfield, MA 01201 – Phone: (413) 442-5910

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Event Key

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Family Events FAM

Learning LRN

Lecture LEC

Services and Torah Plus SRV

SPF (Spiritual Physical Fitness) SPF

Welcome to Temple Anshe Amunim! Whether this is your first visit, your second home, or your life-long residence, we’re happy you’re here. Summer really is great in the Berkshires. From the Tanglewood

lawn (p. 9 and p. 11) to our mountains and trails (p. 6), to finding

a quiet moment (p. 6 and p. 18) or studying and socializing (p. 5,

6, 17... and more!), there’s so much to do at Temple and beyond.

I’m particularly thrilled to introduce Spiritual Physical Fitness, or SPF - a new way to experience Shabbat (p. 6). Come hike, meditate, or learn with us this summer. At the conclusion of the summer, we’ll begin a year-long

celebration of Temple Anshe Amunim’s 150th year. We look forward to sharing this significant milestone with you, beginning on August 18 (p. 19). There’s so much more to see and do, so I’ll let you get started.

And if you don’t see something or want to find a time to connect, I hope you will! I look forward to hiking, meditating, praying, singing, learning,

listening, and summer-ing with you!

L’shalom, Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch

2019 Calendar

July

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2 Why the Vote Mattered & Why it Didn’t

p. 11

5 Erev Shabbat Service p. 5

6 Torah Plus p. 5

6 SPF: Mindfulness p. 6

9 Play Analysis: In Fascism's Grip

p. 12

10 The God You Don't Believe in Doesn't Exist

p. 13

11 Open Meditation p. 18


13 Torah Plus p. 5

13 SPF: Learn p. 6

14 Tanglewoood Young Families Summer Sundays Meet up

p. 11

14 Dr. Joyce Antler - Jewish Radical Feminism

p. 15


p. 12


p. 13



20 Torah Plus p. 5

20 SPF: Hike p. 6


p. 12


p. 13


27 Torah Plus p. 5



p. 12

1 Torah Plus p. 5

1 Shabbat Morning Service (Emmett & Noah Krantz Bar Mitzvah)


8 Torah Plus P. 5

8 SPF: Hike p. 6

9 70 Faces of Torah Community Shavuot Celebration

p. 17


14 Shabbat Across the Berkshires

p. 7


June

15 Torah Plus p. 5

15 Shabbat Morning Service (Lyle Bernard Bar Mitzvah)





29 Torah Plus p. 5

29 SPF: Learn p. 6

30 TAA Picnic at Pittsfield Suns Baseball Game

p. 8

2019 Calendar

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2 Erev Shabbat Services p. 5

3 Torah Plus p. 5

3 SPF - Learn p. 6

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The Old is New And the New is Holy: Preparing for the High Holy Days

p. 18



10 Torah Plus p. 5

10 SPF - Hike p. 6

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p. 18



17 Torah Plus p. 5

17 SPF - Mindfulness p. 6

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p. 18



24 Torah Plus p. 5

24 SPF - Learn p. 6

25 52nd Annual Feigenbaum Foundation Lecture p. 16



31 Torah Plus p. 5

4 Jewish Federation of the Berkshires Annual Concert p. 10

6 Jesse Waldinger - The Rosenberg Case: an Illustrated Lecture P. 14

3 Tanglewood Havdalah p. 9

August

SHABBAT AT TAA You can truly embrace the concept of a day of rest

when you observe Shabbat with us in the heavenly Berkshires. Our non-traditional program offers a

variety of ways to participate. Everything is free of charge and all are welcome!

Welcome Shabbat each week with

TAA’s joyful, friendly and song-filled Friday evening services. SHABBAT EVENING Every Friday all summer at 5:30pm in the TAA Sanctuary and

occasionally outside on the back lawn. Rabbi Liz leads our congregation in prayer and song every Friday night. Join our Temple family for our weekly Shabbat gathering.

Torah Plus is the place to be on Shabbat

morning. Grab your coffee and join us for an hour of thought-provoking discussion led by

Rabbi Liz.

TORAH PLUS Every Saturday all summer at 9:30am in the TAA library. Join us weekly for an open conversation about Jewish text, religion, culture and spirituality. Texts range from weekly Torah portions to modern poems and reflections. Come often or come just once, we’d love to have you. All are welcome.

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Introducing a new way to

experience Shabbat: SPF (Spiritual Physical Fitness).

Each week we’ll try

something new. Join us for

an easy hike in our beautiful

Berkshires, a mindfulness and light yoga session or a

deeper learning experience. Spiritual Physical Fitness: SPF

Every Saturday all summer at 10:30am We will meet at TAA

HIKE: We’ll carpool from the front of TAA. Locations will include Pleasant Valley Wild Life Sanctuary, Kennedy Park, Canoe Meadows, and Olivia's Overlook. We’ll announce hike locations every week on our webpage and by email. Please be prepared for moderate physical activity and dress accordingly. We’ll get wet, but we won’t get soaked, so even if it looks cloudy, meet us at the Temple. MINDFULNESS: Be present physically and spiritually with Rabbi Liz and other guest presenters for Shabbat meditation and light yoga. LEARN: We will meet in the TAA Library, where Rabbi Liz will lead a Shabbat morning experience focused on deepening our understanding of Shabbat, prayers, and more. No SPF experience on June 15th or July 20th

SPF HIKE SPF MINDFULNESS SPF LEARNING

June 8 June 22 June 29

July 6 July 13 July 27

August 3 August 10 August 17

August 24

Spiritual

Physical

Fitness

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SHABBAT ACROSS THE BERKSHIRES

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Take Us Out to the Ballgame! Meet your

Temple friends for a Pittsfield Suns game and a picnic! TAA Picnic at Pittsfield Suns Game Sunday, June 30, 5:00pm game time at Wahconah Park, 105 Wahconah St., Pittsfield Come cheer on The Suns as they play the Worcester Bravehearts on Sunday, June 30. Let’s root for our team and enjoy our picnic at the park. RSVP by June 20 to Temple office (413) 442-5910 $20 for adults, $10 for kids under 10 (price includes game ticket and picnic)

FAMILIES Your TAA Family looks forward to spending time

with your family this summer. Join us for these fun activities, enjoying all the pleasures of summer in

the Berkshires.

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What could be better than Havdalah on the

lawn at Tanglewood with your friends?

Tanglewood Havdalah Saturday, August 3, 7:00pm (concert starts at 8:00pm) at Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox MA Pack your picnic gear, dinner and wine and join us on the lawn at Tanglewood for a brief Havdalah service followed by a BSO concert. Asher Fisch conducts Schumann, Dorman, Beethoven and Mendelssohn featuring violinist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth. Look for the blue and white balloons on the lawn to find us. Purchase your own lawn tickets at the gate or at www.bso.org to join us.

Join us for a family afternoon at

Tanglewood! Summer Sunday Young Families Meet Up Sunday, July 14, 12:00pm start at Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox, MA We’ll put up blue & white balloons on the lawn to mark our meeting spot. Bring a picnic, enjoy the activities and stay for the concert, which begins at 2:30pm: BSO’s Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven, HK Gruber and Strauss featuring Håkan Hardenberger. Purchase your own lawn tickets at the gate or at www.bso.org to join us.

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Bluegrass & Jewish Music met & fell in

love: check out Nefesh Mountain. NEFESH MOUNTAIN CONCERT Sunday, August 4, 7:30pm at Lenox High School Auditorium, 197 East Street, Lenox The Jewish Federation of the Berkshires' Annual Concert.. featuring Nefesh Mountain. An Evening of Peace, Love and Toe Tapping Joy. $25 per person $20 young adults under 30 Children under 10 Free Sponsored by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires

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LECTURES & LEARNING Engage your mind with our varied and

stimulating learning programs this summer.

A look at women reformers 1920s - 1970s. LUNCH & LEARN

Why the Vote Mattered & Why it Didn’t: Thinking beyond suffrage on the Centennial of

the 19th Amendment Tuesday, July 2, 11:30am at TAA Marist College history professor and TAA member, Dr. Robyn Rosen explore the suffrage victory in the broader context of concerns and demands that animated women reformers from the 1920s through the 1970s. TAA members are free $5 Not-yet-members Bring your own lunch, beverages and dessert will be provided.

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Join us for a deep dive into two powerful plays with TAA member and theater professor Dr. Barbara Waldinger. PLAY ANALYSIS GROUP: In Fascism's Grip Tuesdays, July 9, 16, 23, 30 at 10:00am in the TAA library Dr. Barbara Waldinger will lead discussion and analysis of two plays. The first two sessions of the class will focus on Bertolt Brecht's “The Private Life of the Master Race”, the first of Brecht's anti-Nazi works. It premiered in Paris in 1938, during Brecht's exile from Germany. We will be reading several of the short plays contained within this depiction of life in 1930s Germany under National Socialism. In the second half of the course we will read and discuss Michael Frayn's “Copenhagen,” which premiered in London in 1998, on Broadway in 2000, and became a BBC film in 2002. Based on a 1941 meeting in Copenhagen between the Nobel Prize-winning physicists Niels Bohr (a Danish Jew) and Werner Heisenberg (a German), this play takes place after their deaths as their spirits (and that of Bohr's wife, Margrethe) come to grips with what happened at that meeting and its influence on the development of the atom bomb. $40 for members (all 4 sessions) $45 for not-yet-members (all 4 sessions) $15 per session

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Bring your questions, doubts, hopes and an open mind to this lunch and learn series! LUNCH AND LEARN: The God You Don't Believe in Doesn't Exist

Wednesdays, July 10, 17, and 24 at 11:30am at TAA Join Rabbi Liz to talk God. We'll examine Jewish perspectives on God from the Bible to present times, with a special emphasis on the role of God in our lives today. Whatever your relationship or understanding of God, this class is for you. TAA members are free $5 Not-yet-members Bring your own lunch, beverages and dessert will be provided.

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What is the real story behind the Rosenberg case ? Learn all about it in this illustrated lecture presented by Jesse Waldinger. LUNCH AND LEARN

The Rosenberg Case: An Illustrated Lecture Tuesday, August 6, 11:30am at TAA Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, having been convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage, were executed as traitors in June 1953. Their execution was and still is controversial: to some the Rosenbergs were traitors, to others, they were martyrs. Were they guilty of spying for the Soviet Union? Did they deserve the death penalty? Attorney and TAA member Jesse Waldinger will explore the case in an illustrated lecture. TAA members are free $5 Not-yet-members Bring your own lunch, beverages and dessert will be provided.

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Join a lively conversation to learn about Jewish Radical Feminism from the Brandeis professor who wrote the book! SUNDAY AFTERNOON LECTURE - Jewish Radical

Feminism: Learn from Dr. Joyce Antler Sunday, July 14, 5:00pm at TAA Dr. Joyce Antler, a renowned American Jewish History and Women’s History Professor from Brandeis University has caused quite a stir with her book Jewish Radical Feminism. She places women’s activism at the center of feminist and Jewish narratives. Hear stories of Jewish feminists, illustrating how women’s liberation and Jewish feminism unfolded over the course of the lives of an extraordinary cohort of women, influencing the social, political, and religious revolutions of our era. Free of charge and open to the public.

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Our signature event of the year. This year we bring Holocaust Historian Deborah Lipstadt to TAA! THE 52nd ANNUAL FEIGENBAUM LECTURE Assault on Truth and Memory: Lessons from

History Sunday, August 25, 7:30pm at TAA Dr. Deborah Lipstadt is a Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta and was appointed by President Clinton to be a consultant to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. She has been a leading international voice in fighting against Holocaust deniers. Dr. Lipstadt is often called upon by the media to comment on a variety of topics. She has spoken at the Chautauqua Institute and appeared on Good Morning America, NPR’s Fresh Air, and the BBC. She is also a frequent contributor to and is widely quoted in newspapers and journals including the Washington Post and the New York Times. She is an engaging speaker and provides studied and factual insights to her audiences. Her most recent book, Holocaust: An American Understanding explores how America has processed and interpreted the Holocaust since 1945. Her previous book, The Eichmann Trial, published in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Adolf Eichmann’s trial, was “a penetrating and authoritative dissection of a landmark case and its after effects.” Dr. Lipstadt, has published and taught about the Holocaust and the effects of hatred for almost 40 years. Professor Lipstadt’s latest book, Antisemitism: Here and Now was published in January of this year. This annual event is free of charge and open to the public. Note that seating is limited and early arrival is recommended. The doors may close before the lecture begins.

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HOLIDAYS WITH TAA

Our summer season kicks off with Shavuout…and ends with the High Holy Days. Come worship and

learn with us!

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Let’s get ready for the High Holy Days together.

LUNCH AND LEARN

The Old is New And the New is Holy: Preparing for the High Holy Days Wednesdays, August 7, 14, 21 at 11:30am at TAA As our congregation begins using Mishkan Hanefesh, the Reform movement's new High Holy Day prayer book, Rabbi Liz will use it as our guiding text for our spiritual journey into 5780. TAA members are free $5 Not-yet-members Bring your own lunch, beverages and dessert will be provided.

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Enjoy a quiet moment of guided reflection and spiritual connection.

Open Meditation Every Thursday (except July 4th) at 1:15pm at TAA Rabbi Liz will lead guided meditation and light yoga for all ages and abilities - no prior experience or athletic clothing necessary! Rabbi Liz has significant experience with mindfulness and meditation, particularly in a Jewish context. Free for all members, guests, and not-yet-members of Temple Anshe Amunim.

Service Date Time

Selichot followed by Oneg September 21 7:30 p.m.

Rosh Hashanah Evening Service September 21 7:30 p.m.

Rosh Hashanah Congregational

Service September 30 10:30 a.m.

Rosh Hashanah in Nature

at Pleasant Valley, Lenox October 1 10:30 a.m.

Yom Kippur Kol Nidre Service October 8 7:30 p.m.

Yom Kippur Congregational

Service October 9 10:30 a.m.

Yom Kippur Study Session October 9 1:30 p.m.

Yom Kippur Afternoon Service October 9 3:00 p.m.

Yizkor and Ne’ilah Service

Followed by Break-the-Fast

(R.S.V.P. required) October 9 5:00 p.m.

Sukkot SPF: Hike October 12 10:30 a.m.

Simchat Torah Celebration

and Dinner October 18 5:30 p.m.

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