The End of 2010 - The Beginning of 2011

We will meet at the temple. 956 J Street in Crescent City this Friday, December 31,201o, at 6 P.M. to celebrate shabbat. Please note the early time for this week only.

The celebration will continue as our group adjourns for dinner at Northwoods Restaurant, south of downtown Crescent City on US 101. We should be there no later than 7:30 P.M. Please send a note to delnortebethshalom@gmail.com if you are not a regular at services and would like to join us.

Torah study continues at the temple Saturday, January 1, 2011, from 10 A.M. to noon. We will be studying Va'era, Exodus 6:2- 9: 35. Moses is speaking to Pharoh as Egypt lives through the first of the plagues.

On behalf of the board of directors, I wish everyone who receives this love, health and prosperity in 2011.

Barry Wendell
President
Beth Shalom

This Weekend at Beth Shalom

Although some people have family and friends celebrating other holidays this weekend, we Jews will celebrate Shabbat as usual Friday night and Saturday morning. Services will be held at 7 PM Friday at the temple, 956 J St in Crescent City.

Torah study continues Saturday morning from 10 AM to noon. We will be reading Sh'mot, the first section of the Book of Exodus, 1:1- 6:1.

Services next week, the secular new year, will be at 6 instead of 7. We will then adjourn to a restaurant for dinner as a group.

I wish everyone a happy holiday season.

Barry Wendell
President, Beth Shalom

This Week at Beth Shalom

We will meet again this Friday night at 7 at the temple, 956 J Street in Crescent City, for Shabbat evening services.

Torah study resumes Saturday from 10 A.M. to noon at the temple. This week, we are reading Vayechi, Genesis 47:28-50:26. This is the last section of Genesis. It concludes the story of Joseph.

Services and Torah study will continue next week while our neighbors and some of our family members are celebrating their holiday. We will also meet at 6 PM December 31 for a short service , then adjourn for dinner at a restaurant.

Thanks to Jill Munger for leading a most excellent service last Friday. We are looking for volunteers to lead Friday night services. Send a note here if you are interested.

Barry Wendell
President
Beth Shalom

Message from Barbara Johnston

Thank you to every one for providing me the wonderful experience of being Jewish in a small isolated community. I learned a lot about what I need to live Jewishly and will have to look far to duplicate this back in the Bay Area where I will live (and return to). I have truly been blessed by sharing Jewish life with all of you and will never forget this brief (19 months) stay in the Del Norte/Curry community. I take back with me a little empty spot in my heart and my life.

Barbara

This Week at Beth Shalom

This Friday night, December 10, we will greet Shabbat at 7 PM at the temple, 956 J Street in Crescent City.

Torah study is canceled again this Saturday. The parsha is Vayigash, the climax of the Joseph story, Genesis 44:18-47:27.

Friday nights at the end of the year include December 24 and December 31. We will meet as usual on December 24. On December 31, we will have a short service at 6 PM, then adjourn for dinner at a local restaurant as a group. Please join us!

Congratulations to all the participants for a successful Chanukka latke-fest and dinner last Saturday. I think we all felt a sense of community and left with full hearts and stomachs.

We are sad that Dr. Barbara Johnston, our board member and dedicated Beth Shalom advocate, will be leaving us this week. She is returning to her home in the San Francisco Bay Area to be with her family, and to start a new job. We wish her well.

Rose Munger has volunteered to be our new treasurer. Judi Lewis will continue as the third person on the board. Thanks, Rose, for volunteering, and congratulations on the new house. Thanks, Judi, for your continuing support.

Please contact me if you have ideas for new programs for 2011, or if you want to lead a service. The e-mail address is delnortebethshalom@gmail.com.

Barry Wendell
President
Beth Shalom

More on Channukkah

Our Chanukkah party is set for 5 PM this Saturday, December 4 at the Crescent City Coast Guard Auxiliary, 150 Marine Way in the harbor area of Crescent City. Vivien has graciously offered to call people to arrange pot-luck donations. If you have not heard from her and want to attend, please call her at 541-412-7105 to confirm your attendance and what you are bringing.

Also, we will be lighting Chanukiot (menorahs). If you have one, please bring it with candles.

Rabbi Les Scharnberg will lead a brief service with the candle lighting. We will also sing Chanukkah songs.

Thanks to Judi and Barbara for making arrangements and making potato latkes for the congregation. Thanks to Jill for her help and reserving the site.

Please come out and celebrate what may be the only Jewish holiday event on the North Coast/South Coast.

Barry