Calendar

August 2020

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1 Torah Study/Spice Up (Zoom; earlier time) 9:00 am Torah Study/Spice Up (Zoom; earlier time) Aug 1 @ 9:00 am Tickets Virtually join the conversation, Saturday mornings at 10:00 am. Our Summer schedule runs June 27 through August 29, when we will host either Torah Study OR Spice Up Your Judaism at 10:00 am, according to
2	3	4	5 Mining the Prayer Book: Living A Life of Meaning (Zoom) 10:30 am Mining the Prayer Book: Living A Life of Meaning (Zoom) Aug 5 @ 10:30 am Tickets Mining the Prayer Book: Living A Life of Meaning Led by Rabbi Richard Address Three Wednesdays, July 22 & 29, August 5, 10:30-11:45 am We rarely look at the prayer book as a curriculum for Toiletries Collection Drop-off 11:30 am Toiletries Collection Drop-off Aug 5 @ 11:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Kim Coffina will be at the M’kor Shalom parking lot on August 5, 11:30 am – 12:00 pm, to collect travel-size toiletries for local organizations like the Food Pantry and the Cathedral kitchen. Items needed: Virtual Bingo Night (Zoom) 7:00 pm Virtual Bingo Night (Zoom) Aug 5 @ 7:00 pm Tickets A limited number of additional tickets are still available on a first come first served basis. Sponsorships can also still be purchased. Please email Sarah Zalcmann by Tuesday evening, 8/4. B-I-N-G-O = F-U-N! Join us	6 Religious Action Center New Jersey – Official Launch (Zoom) 7:30 pm Religious Action Center New Jersey – Official Launch (Zoom) Aug 6 @ 7:30 pm Tickets Congregation M’kor Shalom is supporting the Religious Action Center’s newest statewide organizing project, RAC-NJ. RAC-NJ will enable us to work in concert with other congregations across the state to put our Jewish values into practice	7 ECC Town Hall 10:30 am ECC Town Hall Aug 7 @ 10:30 am Tickets We anticipate that there will be many questions regarding the opening of our ECC, and we invite you to register for our Town Hall meeting by clicking HERE. We also want to give you a Kabbalat Shabbat Service: Shabbat Mishpacha (Zoom) 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service: Shabbat Mishpacha (Zoom) Aug 7 @ 6:30 pm Tickets ZOOM Only! Summer Kabbalat Shabbat Services Fridays, June 26 through August 28, 6:30 pm We encourage you to join our weekly live services so we can draw strength from our traditions and from our connections	8 Torah Study/Spice Up (Zoom) 10:00 am Torah Study/Spice Up (Zoom) Aug 8 @ 10:00 am Tickets Virtually join the conversation, Saturday mornings at 10:00 am. Our Summer schedule runs June 27 through August 29, when we will host either Torah Study OR Spice Up Your Judaism at 10:00 am, according to
9	10 Pots & Pandemic: Cooking in Quarantine – Deadline for Recipe Submission Pots & Pandemic: Cooking in Quarantine – Deadline for Recipe Submission Aug 10 all-day Tickets Submit your recipes for a new M’kor Shalom sponsored cookbook, “Pots & Pandemic: Cooking in Quarantine.” These historic times have brought out the best in so many of us, especially as we struggle to Religious School Town Hall 5:00 pm Religious School Town Hall Aug 10 @ 5:00 pm Tickets We anticipate that there will be many questions regarding the opening of our Religious School, and we invite you to register for our Town Hall meeting by clicking HERE. We also want to give you	11	12 The When, Why and Where of Elul 10:30 am The When, Why and Where of Elul Aug 12 @ 10:30 am Tickets The When, Why and Where of Elul: Preparing for the High Holy Days Led by Cantor Rhoda J. Harrison, Ph.D. Elul, the month that precedes Rosh Hashanah in the Jewish calendar, is a period during Executive Committee Meeting (Zoom) 7:00 pm Executive Committee Meeting (Zoom) Aug 12 @ 7:00 pm Tickets This is a Closed meeting; Executive Committee members only.	13 Women & Spirituality Summer Book Club (Zoom) 7:00 pm Women & Spirituality Summer Book Club (Zoom) Aug 13 @ 7:00 pm Tickets Please join us via Zoom for our summer meeting on Thursday, August 6. We will discuss the book Inheritance by Dani Shapiro, a memoir that discusses the author’s reaction to finding out through a DNA	14 Kabbalat Shabbat Service (Zoom) 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service (Zoom) Aug 14 @ 6:30 pm Tickets ZOOM Only! Summer Kabbalat Shabbat Services Fridays, June 26 through August 28, 6:30 pm We encourage you to join our weekly live services so we can draw strength from our traditions and from our connections	15 Torah Study/Spice Up (Zoom) 10:00 am Torah Study/Spice Up (Zoom) Aug 15 @ 10:00 am Tickets Virtually join the conversation, Saturday mornings at 10:00 am. Our Summer schedule runs June 27 through August 29, when we will host either Torah Study OR Spice Up Your Judaism at 10:00 am, according to
16	17	18	19 Psalms: Ancient Poetry and Timeless Messages 10:30 am Psalms: Ancient Poetry and Timeless Messages Aug 19 @ 10:30 am Tickets Led by Rabbi Jennifer Frenkel Three Wednesdays, August 19 & 26, September 2, 10:30 am – noon The Book of Psalms is one of the most read and utilized Biblical books in Jewish practice, because CANCELLED: Take-out Barbecue 5:30 pm CANCELLED: Take-out Barbecue Aug 19 @ 5:30 pm Tickets THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Due to a partial reopening of our state, New Jersey’s rates of Covid-19 infection have started to increase again. In an effort to avoid the possibility of exposure, we have Board of Trustees Meeting (Zoom) 7:30 pm Board of Trustees Meeting (Zoom) Aug 19 @ 7:30 pm Tickets Virtually join our Board of Trustees Meeting. Open to all congregants. Notice: Check your synagogue email communications for direct Zoom links; all services are password protected. Be sure to change your Zoom display name	20	21 Kabbalat Shabbat Service (Zoom) 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service (Zoom) Aug 21 @ 6:30 pm Tickets ZOOM Only! Summer Kabbalat Shabbat Services Fridays, June 26 through August 28, 6:30 pm We encourage you to join our weekly live services so we can draw strength from our traditions and from our connections	22 Torah Study/Spice Up (Zoom; earlier time) 9:00 am Torah Study/Spice Up (Zoom; earlier time) Aug 22 @ 9:00 am Tickets Virtually join the conversation, Saturday mornings at 10:00 am. Our Summer schedule runs June 27 through August 29, when we will host either Torah Study OR Spice Up Your Judaism at 10:00 am, according to
23	24 Evening of Gathering: “Just Mercy” Film Discussion 7:00 pm Evening of Gathering: “Just Mercy” Film Discussion Aug 24 @ 7:00 pm Tickets Rabbi Frenkel leads a discussion on the movie Just Mercy, based on the powerful and thought-provoking true story of young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice as he works to free a	25	26 Psalms: Ancient Poetry and Timeless Messages 10:30 am Psalms: Ancient Poetry and Timeless Messages Aug 26 @ 10:30 am Tickets Led by Rabbi Jennifer Frenkel Three Wednesdays, August 19 & 26, September 2, 10:30 am – noon The Book of Psalms is one of the most read and utilized Biblical books in Jewish practice, because	27	28 Kabbalat Shabbat Service (Zoom) 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service (Zoom) Aug 28 @ 6:30 pm Tickets ZOOM Only! Summer Kabbalat Shabbat Services Fridays, June 26 through August 28, 6:30 pm We encourage you to join our weekly live services so we can draw strength from our traditions and from our connections	29 Torah Study/Spice Up (Zoom) 10:00 am Torah Study/Spice Up (Zoom) Aug 29 @ 10:00 am Tickets Virtually join the conversation, Saturday mornings at 10:00 am. Our Summer schedule runs June 27 through August 29, when we will host either Torah Study OR Spice Up Your Judaism at 10:00 am, according to
30	31