Calendar

December 2020

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		1	2 The Spirit and Spirituality of the Psalms 10:30 am The Spirit and Spirituality of the Psalms Dec 2 @ 10:30 am Tickets Rabbi Frenkel leads a continuation of her summer series on Psalms. Three Wednesdays, November 11 & 18 and December 2, 10:30 am – noon A continuation of our exploration of the Biblical Book of Ritual Committee Meeting 7:30 pm Ritual Committee Meeting Dec 2 @ 7:30 pm Tickets	3 First Thursdays: Love and Fear 7:00 pm First Thursdays: Love and Fear Dec 3 @ 7:00 pm Tickets Film Discussion, led by Brien Brothman via Zoom Love and Fear is a three-part animated film and is part of “Jewish Food for Thought: The Animated Series,” by Hanan Harchol. Each part runs about	4 Tot Shabbat 6:15 pm Tot Shabbat Dec 4 @ 6:15 pm Tickets Join us for our monthly Tot Shabbat service on the first Friday of the month. (No service on October 2 or January 1.) Pre-registration required; click here. Notice: In order to provide high Erev Shabbat Service 7:30 pm Erev Shabbat Service Dec 4 @ 7:30 pm Tickets We encourage you to join our weekly live services (via Zoom) so we can draw strength from our traditions and from our connections to one another. Erev Shabbat Services are held at 7:30 pm on	5 Healing Service 9:30 am Healing Service Dec 5 @ 9:30 am Tickets Healing Service led by Rabbi Frenkel & Cantor Harrison This service is open to all. Just as our Mi Shebeirach prayer reminds us that there are multiple levels of healing we may find ourselves Kesher 2nd Annual (1st Virtual) Festive Sweater Party 8:00 pm Kesher 2nd Annual (1st Virtual) Festive Sweater Party Dec 5 @ 8:00 pm Tickets Get in the holiday spirit with M’kor Shalom’s Kesher Club, comprised of the synagogue’s 35-55 year old cohort! Join us for night of fun games and receive a goody bag including a bottle of
6	7 Education & Youth Committee Meeting 7:00 pm Education & Youth Committee Meeting Dec 7 @ 7:00 pm Tickets Communications Committee Meeting 7:30 pm Communications Committee Meeting Dec 7 @ 7:30 pm Tickets	8 Kesher Committee Meeting 8:00 pm Kesher Committee Meeting Dec 8 @ 8:00 pm Tickets	9 Biblical Political Science 10:30 am Biblical Political Science Dec 9 @ 10:30 am Tickets Led by Yossi Afek Four Wednesdays, December 9, 16, 23 & 30, 10:30-11:45 am While thinking about political science, names like Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke come to mind intuitively – rightfully Executive Committee Meeting 7:00 pm Executive Committee Meeting Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm Tickets	10 Chanukah Begins: 1 Candle Chanukah Begins: 1 Candle Dec 10 all-day Tickets	11 Chanukah: 2 Candles Chanukah: 2 Candles Dec 11 all-day Tickets Kabbalat Shabbat Service: Chanukah Shabbat & Shabbat Mishpacha 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service: Chanukah Shabbat & Shabbat Mishpacha Dec 11 @ 6:30 pm Tickets Our Shabbat Mishpacha (Family) Service is geared toward families of all ages. Be sure to have your own Chanukiah & Candles ready for a communal lighting on the 2nd night of Chanukah. We encourage you	12 Chanukah: 3 Candles Chanukah: 3 Candles Dec 12 all-day Tickets Torah Study 9:00 am Torah Study Dec 12 @ 9:00 am Tickets Join the conversation, Saturday mornings at 9:00 am (according to schedule). Notice: Check your synagogue email communications for direct Zoom links; all programs are password protected. Also, be sure to change your Zoom display name Spice Up Your Judaism 10:15 am Spice Up Your Judaism Dec 12 @ 10:15 am Tickets Join the conversation, Saturday mornings at 10:15 am (according to schedule). Notice: Check your synagogue email communications for direct Zoom links; all programs are password protected. Also, be sure to change your Zoom display name Shabbat Morning Service 10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service Dec 12 @ 10:30 am Tickets Join our Shabbat Morning Service. Check your M’kor Shalom email communications for direct Zoom links; all services are password protected. Or, contact MainOffice@mkorshalom.org to request Zoom link. Also, be sure to change your Zoom display
13 Chanukah: 4 Candles Chanukah: 4 Candles Dec 13 all-day Tickets Adult Education Committee Meeting 10:00 am Adult Education Committee Meeting Dec 13 @ 10:00 am Tickets Music Committee Meeting 10:15 am Music Committee Meeting Dec 13 @ 10:15 am Tickets Trex Challenge Plastic Bag Drop-Off 11:30 am Trex Challenge Plastic Bag Drop-Off Dec 13 @ 11:30 am Tickets The Trex Challenge is a synagogue-wide effort to collect thousands of plastic bags that would otherwise go into landfills and waterways to be turned into sustainable outdoor materials. If we collect more than 500 Latke Fundraiser Pick-Up and Menorah Lighting 4:00 pm Latke Fundraiser Pick-Up and Menorah Lighting Dec 13 @ 4:00 pm Tickets We’re selling latkes! 6 latkes for $18 13 latkes for $36 Oversize latkes prepared by Healing Meals’ Chef Trevor also benefit St. Joseph’s Homeless Shelter in Camden, NJ. Place your latke order by December	14 Chanukah: 5 Candles Chanukah: 5 Candles Dec 14 all-day Tickets Chanukah & Chocolate Tasting 7:45 pm Chanukah & Chocolate Tasting Dec 14 @ 7:45 pm Tickets Join Cantor Harrison and the Women of M’kor Shalom as we light Chanukah candles, eat chocolate and toast our new Education Director, Jill Cogan Moghadam – and celebrate raising our children at M’kor Shalom, in	15 Chanukah: 6 Candles Chanukah: 6 Candles Dec 15 all-day Tickets	16 Chanukah: 7 Candles Chanukah: 7 Candles Dec 16 all-day Tickets Biblical Political Science 10:30 am Biblical Political Science Dec 16 @ 10:30 am Tickets Led by Yossi Afek Four Wednesdays, December 9, 16, 23 & 30, 10:30-11:45 am While thinking about political science, names like Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke come to mind intuitively – rightfully Board of Trustees Meeting 7:30 pm Board of Trustees Meeting Dec 16 @ 7:30 pm Tickets	17 Chanukah: 8 Candles Chanukah: 8 Candles Dec 17 all-day Tickets	18 Chanukah: Last Day Chanukah: Last Day Dec 18 all-day Tickets Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service Dec 18 @ 6:30 pm Tickets We encourage you to join our weekly live services (via Zoom) so we can draw strength from our traditions and from our connections to one another. Erev Shabbat Services are held at 7:30 pm on	19 Torah Study 9:00 am Torah Study Dec 19 @ 9:00 am Tickets Join the conversation, Saturday mornings at 9:00 am (according to schedule). Notice: Check your synagogue email communications for direct Zoom links; all programs are password protected. Also, be sure to change your Zoom display name Spice Up Your Judaism 10:15 am Spice Up Your Judaism Dec 19 @ 10:15 am Tickets Join the conversation, Saturday mornings at 10:15 am (according to schedule). Notice: Check your synagogue email communications for direct Zoom links; all programs are password protected. Also, be sure to change your Zoom display name Theater Group Virtual Performance: The Corona Monologues 8:00 pm Theater Group Virtual Performance: The Corona Monologues Dec 19 @ 8:00 pm Tickets This year, the Theater Group could not perform their annual show. Instead, our M’kor Shalom Players decided to present their quarantined feelings in video versions of songs and literature. We’ve gone through cycles of
20 Membership Committee Meeting 11:00 am Membership Committee Meeting Dec 20 @ 11:00 am Tickets Our Membership Committee works year round to recruit, welcome and retain members. We welcome new committee members to join in our efforts! Meetings take place via Zoom, until otherwise noted.	21 Social Action Meeting & Immigration Presentation 7:00 pm Social Action Meeting & Immigration Presentation Dec 21 @ 7:00 pm Tickets The Social Action Committee will present a program on immigration issues. Attendees can join the Zoom at 7:00 pm for our business meeting, or at 7:30 pm for the program only, or both. The program	22	23 Biblical Political Science 10:30 am Biblical Political Science Dec 23 @ 10:30 am Tickets Led by Yossi Afek Four Wednesdays, December 9, 16, 23 & 30, 10:30-11:45 am While thinking about political science, names like Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke come to mind intuitively – rightfully	24 Holiday (Offices close early, 3:00 pm) Holiday (Offices close early, 3:00 pm) Dec 24 all-day Tickets	25 Holiday (Offices closed) Holiday (Offices closed) Dec 25 all-day Tickets Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service Dec 25 @ 6:30 pm Tickets We encourage you to join our weekly live services (via Zoom) so we can draw strength from our traditions and from our connections to one another. Erev Shabbat Services are held at 7:30 pm on	26 Torah Study 10:00 am Torah Study Dec 26 @ 10:00 am Tickets Join the conversation, Saturday morning at 10:00 am (note special time). Notice: Check your synagogue email communications for direct Zoom links; all programs are password protected. Also, be sure to change your Zoom display name
27 Scholar-in-Residence Zoom Storytelling Workshop with Rabbi Mark Novak & Renée Brachfeld 11:00 am Scholar-in-Residence Zoom Storytelling Workshop with Rabbi Mark Novak & Renée Brachfeld Dec 27 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets We are the Stories We Tell: Building Community Through Personal Storytelling An interactive workshop Our scholars, co-founders of the MultiFaith Storytelling Institute, Rabbi/Hazzan Mark Novak and master teacher Renée Brachfeld, will train us	28 House Committee Meeting 7:00 pm House Committee Meeting Dec 28 @ 7:00 pm Tickets	29	30 Biblical Political Science 10:30 am Biblical Political Science Dec 30 @ 10:30 am Tickets Led by Yossi Afek Four Wednesdays, December 9, 16, 23 & 30, 10:30-11:45 am While thinking about political science, names like Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke come to mind intuitively – rightfully	31 New Years Eve (Offices close early, 3:00 pm) New Years Eve (Offices close early, 3:00 pm) Dec 31 all-day Tickets