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synagogues B’nai israel synaGoGue
618 Mynster Street Council Bluffs, IA 51503-0766 712.322.4705 email: CBsynagogue@hotmail.com
BeTh el synaGoGue
Member of United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism 14506 California Street Omaha, NE 68154-1980 402.492.8550 bethel-omaha.org
BeTh israel synaGoGue
Member of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 12604 Pacific Street Omaha, NE. 68154 402.556.6288 BethIsrael@OrthodoxOmaha.org
chaBad house
An Affiliate of Chabad-Lubavitch 1866 South 120 Street Omaha, NE 68144-1646 402.330.1800 OChabad.com email: chabad@aol.com
conGreGaTion B’nai Jeshurun
South Street Temple Union for Reform Judaism 2061 South 20th Street Lincoln, NE 68502-2797 402.435.8004 www.southstreettemple.org
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Capehart Chapel 2500 Capehart Road Offutt AFB, NE 68123 402.294.6244
rose BluMKin Jewish hoMe
323 South 132 Street Omaha, NE 68154
TeMple israel
Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) 13111 Sterling Ridge Drive Omaha, NE 68144-1206 402.556.6536 templeisraelomaha.com
TifereTh israel
Member of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 3219 Sheridan Boulevard Lincoln, NE 68502-5236 402.423.8569 tiferethisraellincoln.org
B’nai israel synaGoGue
Please join us for our upcoming events: Kol Nidre services, friday, sept. 29, 7:30 p.m. with guest, Dr. Leonard Greenspoon, Professor and Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization Historical at Creighton University, To Gefi & Shosh: A Grandfather’s Reflections on Jews and Judaism. Services, saturday, sept. 30, 10:30 a.m. with guest speaker Karen Gustafson, Executive Director, Jewish Family Services, Jewish Federation of Omaha, Over 100 Years Later...Is Jewish Family Service Still Relevant?; Concluding Service followed by Break-the-fast potluck, 5:30 p.m. Please call Carole Lainof, 402.293.0321, for more information. If you would like any names read for remembrance, please send a note by email or otherwise to Nancy Wolf at nancy wolf16620@gmail. com. All services led by Jeffrey Taxman. Shabbat Speakers Series resumes friday, oct. 13, 7:30 p.m. Annual Membership Meeting, sunday, oct. 15, 11 a.m. For information on our historic synagogue, please contact any of our board members: Scott Friedman, Rick Katelman, Carole Lainof, Marty Ricks, Sissy Silber, Nancy Wolf and Phil Wolf.
BeTh el synaGoGue
Services conducted by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman. friday: Synagogue office closed; Morning Service, 9 a.m.; Babysitting, 9 a.m.; Youth Programming Grades K-2, 9 a.m.; Torah Service, 9:45 a.m.; Story Time, 10 a.m.; Youth Programming Grades 3-7, 10 a.m.; Shofar Service, 10:30 a.m.; Sermon, 10:45 a.m.; Junior Congregation, 11 a.m.; Musaf, 11 a.m.; Final Shofar Blasts, 12:45 p.m.; Lunch (by RSVP only), 12:45 p.m.; Kabbalat Shabbat/Ma’ariv, 6 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 7:03 p.m. saTurday: Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Junior Congregation, 10 a.m.; Mini-Minyannaires, 10:45 a.m.; Mincha/ Ma’ariv, 6:30 p.m.; Havdalah, 8 p.m. weeKday services: Sundays, 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; weekdays, 7 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. sunday: Sukkot Building, 8 a.m.; BESTT Classes, 9:30 a.m.-noon; Torah Study, 10 a.m.; BESTT Torah Tots, 10:30 a.m.-noon; BESTTT Kibbutz Chaverim (Grades 3 & 4), noon2 p.m. wednesday: BESTT Hebrew School (Grades 3-7), 4:15 p.m.; USY General Membership Meeting and Lounge Night, 5:15 p.m.; BESTT Hebrew High (Grades 8-12), 6:30 p.m. Kol Nidre, friday, sept. 29, 6:15 p.m. Babysitting begins at 6 p.m. All classes and programs are open to everyone in the Jewish community.
BeTh israel synaGoGue
Services conducted by Rabbi Ari Dembitzer. friday: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv & Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:04 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 7:04 p.m. saTurday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Insights in the Weekly Torah Reading, 5:50 p.m.; Mincha/Seudah Shlishit, 6:45 p.m.; Havdalah, 8:02 p.m. sunday: Fast Begins, 5:51 a.m.; Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Bagels and Beit Medrash, 9:45 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7 p.m.; Fast Ends, 7:51 p.m. Monday: Shacharit, 6:40 a.m.; Talmudic Tales with Rabbi Shlomo, noon at JCC Kripke Library. Tuesday-wednesday: Shacharit, 6:40 a.m. Thursday: Shacharit, 6:40 a.m.; Ethics with Rabbi Ari, 7:45 a.m.; Woman’s Class with Rabbi Ari, 9:30 a.m.; Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Shlomo, noon.
chaBad house
Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. friday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Shofar Service, 11 a.m.; Light Candles before 7:03 p.m. saTurday: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m.; Shabbat Ends at 8 p.m. sunday: Fast Begins, 5:47 a.m.; Fast Ends, 7:45 p.m. Learn more at ochabad.com/TzomGedaliah. weeKdays: Shacharit, 7 a.m. followed by coffee, treats, study and shmoozing. Monday: Personal Parsha class, 9:30 a.m. with Shani. wednesday: Mystical Thinking with the Rabbi, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Mendel Katzman. Thursday: Talmud Class, noon with Rabbi Mendel Katzman.
Kol Nidrei, friday, sept. 29, 6:30 p.m. For help with your Sukkah or to buy a Lulav & Etrog set, please call 402.330.1800 or email rachel@ochabad.com. All programs are open to the entire community.
conGreGaTion B’nai Jeshurun
friday: Shabbat Evening Service, 6:30 p.m. led by The Committee; Candlelighting, 7:04 p.m.; Oneg Shabbat, 7:30 p.m. saTurday: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m. led by TBA; Torah Study, 10:30 a.m. on Parashat Ha’azinu led by TBA; Havdalah (72 Minutes), 8:32 p.m. sunday: LJCS Gan through Grade 7, 9:30 a.m. at Tifereth Israel; LJCS Gesher, 10 a.m. at Tifereth Israel; Jewish Book Club will meet 2-4 p.m. at Scooter's on 84th in Lincoln to discuss God Was in This Place and I, i Did Not Know, by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner. Tuesday: Star City Kochavim Rehearsal, 6:45 p.m. wednesday: LJCS Hebrew School, 4 p.m. at TI. Thursday: High Holidays Choir Rehearsal, 7:30 p.m. If you want to be involved and aren't on the current choir member list, contact Elaine Monnier (402.327.9212 or emonnier@allop hone.com), Holly Heffelbower (hheffel@inebraska.com), or ‘like’ South Street Temple High Holy Days Choir on Facebook. Yom Kippur Evening Service, friday, sept. 29, 8 p.m. led by Rabbi Allen Bennett. Break-the-fast Potluck, saturday, sept. 30, 6:30 p.m. Please join the congregation after Yom Kippur concluding services for a Break-the-Fast Potluck. The Temple will be collecting non-perishable food, personal care items, and monetary donations for the Food Bank of Lincoln to help with this year’s Lincoln CAN project. Donations can be placed in the blue barrels in the Temple vestibule. We’ll need a volunteer or two to bring the collected items to the East Campus Mall on Oct. 1, between 2 and 4 pm.
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friday: Services, 7:30 p.m. every first and third of the month.
rose BluMKin Jewish hoMe
friday: Morning service, 9:15 a.m., led by Marti Nerenstone. saTurday: Services, 9:15 a.m. led by Martin Nerenstone. Yom Kippur service, friday, sept. 29, 6:45 p.m. led by Marti Nerenstone. Services will be held in the Chapel. Members of the community are invited to attend.
TeMple israel
friday: Shabbat Shuvah, 6 p.m. saTurday: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m.; Shabbat Shuvah, 10:30 a.m. Torah Reader Jay Spiegelman and Haftarah Reader MIles Remer. sunday: Grades PreK-6, 10 a.m.; Help Reignite Social Jus-
tice at Temple Israel, 10:30 a.m. We are reviving the Temple Israel Social Justice Committee to pursue the work of Tikkun Olam and we need your help. If you have an interest in Social Action and volunteering, organizing and affecting social change, or are looking to engage more in our community join us; Temple Tots Sunday, 10:30 a.m.; Temple TED Talks, 10:30 a.m. with Margaret Mayhugh; Kol Rina Rehearsal, 1 p.m. Tuesday: Kol Rina Rehearsal, 6 p.m. wednesday: Grades 3-6, 4 p.m.; T’Filah for School, 4:30 p.m.; School Dinner, 6 p.m.; Grades 7-12, 6 p.m.; Family School, 6 p.m.; Guiding Principles for the Synagogue Community: The Amidah & Jewish Values, 6:30 p.m. with Rabbi Stoller. Kol Nidre, friday, sept. 29, 7:30 p.m. Break The Fast, saturday, sept. 30, 6:30 p.m. EARLY BIRD Reservations by friday, sept. 22. Adults and 13 and older are $12, Children 6-12 years old are $5, Children 5 and younger are no charge. Your payment is your reservation. Reservations made AFTER Friday, Sept. 22: Adults and 13 and older are $16, Children 6-12 years old are $9, Children 5 and younger are no charge. Menu: matzah ball soup, egg salad, tuna salad, fruit, vegetable salad, sweet kugel, plain kugel, bagels and cream cheese, desserts, root beer floats, Kid friendly food. Break the Fast with TiYPE and YJO, saturday, sept. 30, 6:30 p.m. Join us for Break the Fast at Temple Israel! We will have a table and break the fast together! RSVP to alasky@ templeisraelomaha.com by Friday, Sept. 22.
TifereTh israel
Services conducted by lay leader Nancy Coren. Office hours: Monday-friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. friday: Synagogue office closed; Services, 9 a.m.; Youth Service, 11 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:30 p.m. saTurday: Shabbat Morning service, 10 a.m. followed by a light Kiddish luncheon; Junior Congregation, 11 a.m. sunday: LJCS Gan through Grade 7, 9:30 a.m. at Tifereth Israel; LJCS Gesher, 10 a.m. at Tifereth Israel; Jewish Book Club will meet 2-4 p.m. at Scooter's on 84th in Lincoln to discuss God Was in This Place and I, i Did Not Know, by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner. Please contact Laura French with any questions. wednesday: LJCS Hebrew School, 4 p.m. at TI. Tifereth Israel will be participating in the Lincoln Food Bank's drive, LINCOLN CAN. We will be collecting canned food items to help support those in our community who face food insecurity through Erev Yom Kippur. Please make sure cans are dent-free and not bulged. You may also donate money by writing a check written the LINCOLN FOOD BANK and sending it to the synagogue office. We will deliver it with the canned items on Oct. 1. Kol Nidre, friday, sept. 29, 6:30 p.m. Congregational Yom Kippur Break Fast will follow Neilah service on saturday, sept. 30 at 7:51 p.m. There is no charge for this meal.
MeMorial services
sunday, september 24 Oak Hill/Bikhor Cholim, Council Bluffs, 11 a.m. Beth El Cemetery, 84th and ‘L’ Sts., 11 a.m. Temple Israel Cemetery, 6412 No. 42 St., 1 p.m. Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, 3 p.m.
B’nai israel welcomes Karen Gustafson
nancy wolf Boys Town, and also on the national level. Please visit B’nai Israel for Yom Kippur servThrough her efforts in 2002, the “Parenting ices Sept. 30 at 10:30 a.m. when Karen With Love and Logic” program by Jim Fay and Gustafson will be welcomed as the morning Dr. Foster Cline was introduced to JFS and now speaker. Ms. Gustafson will share is considered the best place to go reflections in her presentation, for that training in the Omaha “Over 100 Years later, is Jewish Metro area. Family Service Still Relevant?” Her work includes training others Karen has lived in Omaha for 31 on how to respond to community years, having been born in Pittsemergencies, having been personburgh, PA, and raised in St. Louis. ally involved in providing services She is married to an educator and following the traumatic events of has two sons who currently attend the Von Maur shootings, and after a the University of Kansas. She Metro Community College student joined Jewish Family Service in fell to his death while training on December 2000, after gaining sigan electrical pole. Other involvenificant experience at Boys Town, ments included serving on the Karen Gustafson the Child Saving Institute and Metro Area Suicide Prevention then Methodist Hospital’s Community CounselCoalition and working as a mentor in the Teaming Program. She became Executive Director of mates Program. JFS in 2009. As a Behavioral Health Professional, We hope you will join us. Our spiritual leader Karen has presented to many groups, including will be Jeffrey Taxman.