News From Beth Shalom

We will meet again to greet shabbat and each other this Friday night at 7 at the temple, 956 J St. in Crescent City. This is Shabbat Nachamu, the first of the seven sabbaths of comforting between Tisha B'Av and Rosh Hashana.

Saturday morning, we will continue our study of the Torah from 10 AM to noon at the temple. The parsha is Vaetchanan, Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11. This parsha contains the shema.

Hebrew class begins this Sunday, July 25. at 11 AM at Barbara's apartment in Brookings. No prior knowledge of Hebrew is necessary. Call Vivian at 541-412-7105 to register and get directions.

Beth Shalom is having a picnic Sunday, August 1, from 1 to 5 PM at the small picnic area in Florence Keller County Park. It will be potluck with a $5 charge to cover expenses. Florence Keller Park is east of US 101 off Elk Valley Crossing north of Crescent City. More details early next week.

Our newsletter will hopefully be out this week. We will be asking you to send in dues of $360 per household. It will be possible to make arrangements to pay monthly. See the newsletter for details. Please support our community.

Rosh Hashana begins at sundown September 8. We will have second day services at Beth Shalom led by Rabbi Les Scharnberg the evening of September 9 and the morning of September 10.

Joe and I proudly announce a new addition to our household: Tappuz Katom, a female orange-colored cat adopted Monday from the Humane Society.

Have a great rest of the week and a peaceful shabbat. I hope to see everyone this weekend.