March 2021 Bulletin

A Note from Stephanie. . .

Hi everybody, We’ve had such a great month! At the end of January, we were able to celebrate Tu B’Shevat with the entire Beth El community and the Religious School! Our Shinshinim in Israel ran a spectacular educational program about Tu B’Shevat for all our youth families where we were able to virtually visit their backyards in Israel, see fruit trees growing, learn about gardening, and play some fun games.

Rabbi Josh Warshawsky made a special visit in the Religious School and also joined us for a special Tu B’Shevat Kehillah for all our families—we love our Sunday morning Kehillah! We sang songs together and had a meaningful mini Tu B’Shevat Seder. What a great way to learn about Tu B’Shevat and celebrate with our community!

We have also been having loads of fun with Cooking Chug on Tuesdays at 4:00 pm. Since the New Year, we have indulged in chocolate covered potato chip popcorn—a fan favorite!—and delicious mac n’ cheese. Let’s not forget our very own hummus with chips, a vanilla chocolate glazed cake, monkey bread, hamantaschen, and so much more…It is so hard to figure out which is everyone’s favorite recipe!

Lookout for our special Cooking Chug, event on March 23rd—A decadent flourless chocolate cake perfect for Passover.

Don’t forget to join us at www.bethelnr.org/cookingchugzoom and visit our page at www.bethelnr.org/cookingchug for details.

Plus, we have other awesome programs happening this month .

Check out the website and stay tuned for more details! We hope to see you all month long!

Kol Tuv, Stephanie Lederman,Youth & Family Coordinator

Religious School Dates in March Thursday, March 4 Sunday, March 7 Thursday, March 11 Sunday, March 14 Thursday, March 18 Sunday, March 21 Thursday, March 25 Sunday, March 28

RS & Teen Learning Kehillah & RS RS & Teen Learning Kehillah & RS RS & Teen Learning Kehillah & RS RS CLOSED (Spring Break) RS CLOSED (Spring Break, Pesach)

Youth & Family Programming Sunday, March 14 2:00 pm – Apollo 11 with Ramah Berkshires for grades 3-5, visit bethelnr.org/apollo11zoom.

Sunday, March 21 8:30-9:45 am – Drive-By and pick up Pesach youth activity bag 2:00 pm – “Let My People Go,” grades K-3, bethelnr.org/matzahzoom 3:30 pm –Matzah, Manna & A Whole Lotta Drama!, grades 4-7, bethelnr.org/matzahzoom 2:00 pm – Teen Chocolate Seder for grades 8-12,

bethelnr.org/quaran-teen Tuesday, March 23 4:00 pm – Cooking Chug: Deccadent Pesach flourless chocolate cake

Every Tuesday at 4:00 pm, with Stephanie Lederman Youth and Family Coordinator bethelnr.org/cookingchugzoom

Gan/Kitah Alef loved spending time with Morah Beth at omanut (art)!

Above: Proof that Cooking Chug is so much fun!

Pictured at right: Religious School Educators had a great meeting last month as they planned out spring lessons for our classes!

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