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	May 2024
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			1	2 🥯Lox & Learn 🥯Lox & Learn May 2, 2024 8:00 am - 9:00 am Beth Am Synagogue, 2501 Eutaw Pl, Baltimore, MD 21217, USA Join us every other Thursday morning beginning January 4th for bagels, lox, and a chance to learn together! We have invited a range of fascinating scholars and experts to share their knowledge with us. Class will be held in-person and via Zoom bi-weekly on Thursdays from 8 – 9 AM. If you plan to attend in person, please find us in the Beit Midrash. Register here! Questions? Contact Zack Berger at zackarysholemberger@gmail.com or Melissa Gerr at gerrmelissa@gmail.com. May 2nd, 2024 – Bernadette Wegenstein – Jewish Monumentality in The Archives Bernadette Wegenstein is an Austrian-born linguist, author and critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker living in Baltimore. Her work brings together her feminist thought and interest in human-centric storytelling. Bernadette has produced and directed several award-winning documentary features and shorts. She is currently working on a new documentary called The Archives, which shines a light on the memory of the Holocaust, which is at risk of erasure. Bernadette is a professor of media studies at Johns Hopkins University, where she directs the Center for Advanced Media Studies. She is the author of several influential books in the field of feminist media studies with MIT Press. Prof. Wegenstein will share two scenes from her current documentary in production, The Archives. The hallowed spaces and places of stored history resound with the voices of the archivists who struggle to uncover, document, and preserve facts. The scenes in question will stem from two sites representing Jewish life during the Austro-Hungarian empire in the late 19th century: Kerepesi Jewish Cemetery at Salgótarjáni Street in Budapest, Hungary, and Brno Jewish Cemetery in Czechia. She will discuss her documentary’s quest to restore the forgotten and erased history of such families as Manfréd Weiss, the Hungarian-Jewish industrialist and owner of Csepel Works, which was one of the largest defense contractors for the Monarchy, through documentary story-telling and visual restitutive approaches. https://bethambaltimore.org/learn/continuing-education/loxandlearn5784/ See more details •	3	4 Parashat Achrei Mot Parashat Achrei Mot May 4, 2024 Achrei Mot (“After The Death”) opens by describing the ritual service of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It then details the prohibitions of offering sacrifices outside of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and of eating animal blood, and ends with a list of forbidden sexual relations. Torah: Leviticus 16:1-18:30 Haftarah: Ezekiel 22:1-19 Haftarah for Sephardim: Ezekiel 22:1-16 https://hebcal.com/s/achrei-mot-20240504?uc=ical-diaspora See more details Shabbat Mevarchim Chodesh Iyyar Shabbat Mevarchim Chodesh Iyyar May 4, 2024 Molad Iyyar: Wed, 41 minutes and 8 chalakim after 11:00 See more details 🕮 Torah Study (In-Person Only) 🕮 Torah Study (In-Person Only) May 4, 2024 8:45 am - 9:45 am Please meet in Rav Daniel's study. See more details 🕍Sanctuary Shabbat Morning Services & Pressman Bar Mitzvah 🕍Sanctuary Shabbat Morning Services & Pressman Bar Mitzvah May 4, 2024 9:30 am - 12:00 pm https://bethambaltimore.org/connect/videos/ End times are approximate. See more details • • • •
5 Jewish Discovery Lab Open House 5784 Jewish Discovery Lab Open House 5784 May 5, 2024 9:30 am - 12:30 pm 9:30 am - 11 am \| Incoming K/1 students 11 am - 12:30 pm \| Prospective Lab students Grades 2-7 Register here! We are excited to welcome you and your children to come explore with us at our Jewish Discovery Lab. Our premiere youth education experience for students K-7, allows them to explore Judaism, their community, and their own identity through project-based learning. Students learn Torah through movement, Jewish law through Art, history through technology, and build lasting relationships along the way. Out students love coming to Lab, and we hope that you will come join the fun this coming year. Prospective students will be able to participate in a typical day at our Jewish Discovery Lab. Parents will observe the learning, and have special time to meet with Rabbi Tyler Dratch, Director of Youth and Family Education and Alex Pomerantz our Executive Director. They will share more about the program, and answer your questions about our upcoming year. See more details •	6 ✡️ Yom HaShoah ✡️ Yom HaShoah May 6, 2024 Holocaust Memorial Day https://hebcal.com/h/yom-hashoah-2024?uc=ical-diaspora See more details •	7	8 🌒 Rosh Chodesh Iyyar 🌒 Rosh Chodesh Iyyar May 8, 2024 Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar. אִיָיר (transliterated Iyyar or Iyar) is the 2nd month of the Hebrew year, has 29 days, and corresponds to April or May on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar. It is marked by the birth of a new moon Torah: Numbers 28:1-15 https://hebcal.com/h/rosh-chodesh-iyyar-2024?uc=ical-diaspora See more details •	9 🌒 Rosh Chodesh Iyyar 🌒 Rosh Chodesh Iyyar May 9, 2024 Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar. אִיָיר (transliterated Iyyar or Iyar) is the 2nd month of the Hebrew year, has 29 days, and corresponds to April or May on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar. It is marked by the birth of a new moon Torah: Numbers 28:1-15 https://hebcal.com/h/rosh-chodesh-iyyar-2024?uc=ical-diaspora See more details Christian Sectarianism: A Brief Introduction Zoom Lecture with Matthew D. Taylor Christian Sectarianism: A Brief Introduction Zoom Lecture with Matthew D. Taylor May 9, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Please join Beth Am Synagogue and Chizuk Amuno Congregation for an intensive learning experience in collaboration with the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies. This opportunity, organized by Beth Am’s Lifelong Learning Committee, in partnership with Chizuk Amuno, consists of two pre-trip remote lectures and film screening, and a field trip to Washington’s Museum of the Bible on Sunday, May 19th. Join this pre-trip lecture here. Everyone is welcome to attend this lecture, whether or not they are attending the museum trip. See more details • •	10	11 Parashat Kedoshim Parashat Kedoshim May 11, 2024 Kedoshim (“Holy”) opens by instructing the Israelites to be holy. It details dozens of laws regulating all aspects of life, including observing Shabbat, loving one’s neighbor, and leaving portions of a field for the poor. It ends by detailing punishments for certain types of idolatry and sexual misconduct. Torah: Leviticus 19:1-20:27 Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15 Haftarah for Sephardim: Ezekiel 20:2-20 https://hebcal.com/s/kedoshim-20240511?uc=ical-diaspora See more details 🕮 Hybrid Torah Study 🕮 Hybrid Torah Study May 11, 2024 8:45 am - 9:45 am Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83877833672?pwd=dWhRWVlZWExrRzdlQS95RU9wWEhTdz09 See more details 🕍Sanctuary Shabbat Morning Services honoring Beth Am Volunteers 🕍Sanctuary Shabbat Morning Services honoring Beth Am Volunteers May 11, 2024 9:30 am - 12:00 pm Please join us for a special Shabbat Service honoring the amazing number of Beth Am congregants who volunteer their time and expertise to support outreach, special events, task forces, and committees. We want to thank you! RSVP here! https://bethambaltimore.org/connect/videos/ End times are approximate. See more details 🪷Shabbat Morning Movement 🪷Shabbat Morning Movement May 11, 2024 9:30 am - 10:30 am Beth Am Synagogue, 2501 Eutaw Pl, Baltimore, MD 21217, USA Wake up your body & center your mind with Shabbat morning yoga asana (“movement” in Sanskrit). Beth Am’s own Jane Berg, a certified yoga instructor, will guide you through a mindful Shabbat yoga practice. Shabbat is a time for rest & rejuvenation. Yoga asana is movement in preparation for prayer and meditation. Come ready to move and center your mind. If you can breathe, you can do yoga. All people and abilities are welcome. Dress comfortably for movement and bring a mat and any props you wish. Beth Am also has a limited number of mats for use. Meet us in the room Aleph/Bet. After the program, you’re invited to join our Shabbat services. Change if you wish, or come as you are to services and kiddush lunch! See more details • • • •
12	13 🇮🇱 Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 Yom HaZikaron May 13, 2024 Israeli Memorial Day. Remembers those who died in the War of Independence and other wars in Israel. The full name of the holiday is Yom HaZikaron LeHalalei Ma'arakhot Yisrael ul'Nifge'ei Pe'ulot HaEivah (Hebrew: יוֹם הזִּכָּרוֹן לְחַלְלֵי מַעֲרָכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וּלְנִפְגְעֵי פְּעֻלּוֹת הָאֵיבָה), Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of the Wars of Israel and Victims of Actions of Terrorism. Although Yom Hazikaron is normally observed on the 4th of Iyyar, it may be moved earlier or postponed if observance of the holiday (or Yom HaAtzma'ut, which always follows it) would conflict with Shabbat https://hebcal.com/h/yom-hazikaron-2024?uc=ical-diaspora See more details •	14 🇮🇱 Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 Yom HaAtzma'ut May 14, 2024 Israeli Independence Day. Commemorates the declaration of independence of Israel in 1948. Although Yom HaAtzma'ut is normally observed on the 5th of Iyyar, it may be moved earlier or postponed if observance of the holiday (or Yom HaZikaron, which always precedes it) would conflict with Shabbat https://hebcal.com/h/yom-haatzmaut-2024?uc=ical-diaspora See more details 📖Lunchtime Mishna Class with Rav Daniel 📖Lunchtime Mishna Class with Rav Daniel May 14, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Grab your lunch and Study Mishna every week with Rav Daniel and fellow Beth Am-ers! Utilizing the newly released Oxford Annotated translation and other resources, we’ll explore the legends and laws of early Rabbinic Judaism through this seminal 2nd-century text. Zoom link See more details • •	15 Environmental Team Meeting Environmental Team Meeting May 15, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89588956581?pwd=TzBoTzg4WklqL1pIQkNNMVBZR2E2dz09 Beth Am Synagogue is inviting you to a scheduled Zoommeeting. Topic: Environmental Team Meeting Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89588956581?pwd=TzBoTzg4WklqL1pIQkNNMVBZR2E2dz09 Meeting ID: 895 8895 6581 Passcode: 812898 One tap mobile +13017158592,,89588956581# US (Washington DC) +19292056099,,89588956581# US (New York) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592US (Washington DC) +1 929 205 6099US (New York) +1 305 224 1968US +1 309 205 3325US +1 312 626 6799US (Chicago) +1 646 931 3860US +1 669 900 6833US (San Jose) +1 689 278 1000US +1 719 359 4580US +1 253 205 0468US +1 253 215 8782US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799US (Houston) +1 360 209 5623US +1 386 347 5053US +1 507 473 4847US +1 564 217 2000US +1 669 444 9171US Meeting ID: 895 8895 6581 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kHyX8k3uD See more details •	16 Can We Separate Philo-semitism from Supersessionism? Zoom Lecture with Benjamin E. Sax Can We Separate Philo-semitism from Supersessionism? Zoom Lecture with Benjamin E. Sax May 16, 2024 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Please join Beth Am Synagogue and Chizuk Amuno Congregation for an intensive learning experience in collaboration with the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies. This opportunity, organized by Beth Am’s Lifelong Learning Committee, in partnership with Chizuk Amuno, consists of two pre-trip remote lectures and film screening, and a field trip to Washington’s Museum of the Bible on Sunday, May 19th. Join this pre-trip lecture here. Everyone is welcome to attend this lecture, whether or not they are attending the museum trip. See more details •	17 🪬BAYITT Shabbat 🪬BAYITT Shabbat May 17, 2024 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm See more details •	18 Parashat Emor Parashat Emor May 18, 2024 Emor (“Say”) opens with laws regulating priestly behavior, working in the Mishkan (Tabernacle), and consuming sacrifices and priestly food. It describes the biblical holidays of Passover, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, and ends with a story about a blasphemer and his punishment. Torah: Leviticus 21:1-24:23 Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31 https://hebcal.com/s/emor-20240518?uc=ical-diaspora See more details 🕮 Hybrid Torah Study 🕮 Hybrid Torah Study May 18, 2024 8:45 am - 9:45 am Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83877833672?pwd=dWhRWVlZWExrRzdlQS95RU9wWEhTdz09 See more details 🕍Kesher Shabbat Morning Services and the Cronan & Smith Aufruf 🕍Kesher Shabbat Morning Services and the Cronan & Smith Aufruf May 18, 2024 9:30 am - 12:00 pm https://bethambaltimore.org/connect/videos/ End times are approximate. See more details • • •
19 Museum of the Bible Trip Museum of the Bible Trip May 19, 2024 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Please join Beth Am Synagogue and Chizuk Amuno Congregation for an intensive learning experience in collaboration with the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies. This opportunity, organized by Beth Am’s Lifelong Learning Committee, in partnership with Chizuk Amuno, consists of two pre-trip remote lectures and film screening, and a field trip to Washington’s Museum of the Bible on Sunday, May 19th. View all details here. See more details •	20	21 ⛳Beth Am 3rd Annual Golf-a-thon! ⛳Beth Am 3rd Annual Golf-a-thon! May 21, 2024 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Pine Ridge Golf Course, 2101 Dulaney Valley Rd, Timonium, MD 21093, USA Come play for a good cause! We will be raising money for Beth Am children’s education and programming and need a few more players. Please join Cantor Ira, Steve Oliner, David Scher, Richard Rubin, and Alex Pomerantz as they attempt to play 36 holes of golf in one day. Sponsor a player! Sponsors pledge an amount for the number of holes of golf played by an individual player during the event. $1 a hole here, $3 a hole there, $5 a hole—it all adds up. Sponsors may also pledge a fixed amount instead of an amount per hole. The maximum number of holes a golfer can play is 36 and we play a Best Ball Format. Contact Alex Pomerantz at alex@bethambaltimore.org to learn more, sign up to play, or sponsor a player. See more details 📖Lunchtime Mishna Class with Rav Daniel 📖Lunchtime Mishna Class with Rav Daniel May 21, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Grab your lunch and Study Mishna every week with Rav Daniel and fellow Beth Am-ers! Utilizing the newly released Oxford Annotated translation and other resources, we’ll explore the legends and laws of early Rabbinic Judaism through this seminal 2nd-century text. Zoom link See more details • •	22 ✡️ Pesach Sheni ✡️ Pesach Sheni May 22, 2024 Second Passover, one month after Passover https://hebcal.com/h/pesach-sheni-2024?uc=ical-diaspora See more details •	23	24	25 Parashat Behar Parashat Behar May 25, 2024 Behar (“On The Mountain”) details the laws of the sabbatical year (Shemita), when working the land is prohibited and debts are forgiven. It also sets out laws of indentured servitude and of the Jubilee year (Yovel), when property reverts to its original ownership. Torah: Leviticus 25:1-26:2 Haftarah: Jeremiah 32:6-27 https://hebcal.com/s/behar-20240525?uc=ical-diaspora See more details 🕮 Hybrid Torah Study 🕮 Hybrid Torah Study May 25, 2024 8:45 am - 9:45 am Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83877833672?pwd=dWhRWVlZWExrRzdlQS95RU9wWEhTdz09 See more details 🕍Sanctuary Shabbat Morning Services and Shafron & Adelberg Aufruf 🕍Sanctuary Shabbat Morning Services and Shafron & Adelberg Aufruf May 25, 2024 9:30 am - 12:00 pm https://bethambaltimore.org/connect/videos/ End times are approximate. See more details • • •
26 🔥 Lag BaOmer 🔥 Lag BaOmer May 26, 2024 33rd day of counting the Omer. The holiday is a temporary break from the semi-mourning period the counting of the Omer. Practices include lighting bonfires, getting haircuts, and Jewish weddings https://hebcal.com/h/lag-baomer-2024?uc=ical-diaspora See more details •	27 Beth Am Administrative Office Closed Beth Am Administrative Office Closed May 27, 2024 See more details •	28 📖Lunchtime Mishna Class with Rav Daniel 📖Lunchtime Mishna Class with Rav Daniel May 28, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Grab your lunch and Study Mishna every week with Rav Daniel and fellow Beth Am-ers! Utilizing the newly released Oxford Annotated translation and other resources, we’ll explore the legends and laws of early Rabbinic Judaism through this seminal 2nd-century text. Zoom link See more details Tzedek Beth Am Meeting Tzedek Beth Am Meeting May 28, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87016554732 Beth Am Synagogue is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Tzedek Beth Am Committee Meeting Time: Jul 25, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Every month on the Fourth Tue, until Aug 27, 2024, 14 occurrence(s) Jul 25, 2023 07:00 PM Aug 22, 2023 07:00 PM Sep 26, 2023 07:00 PM Oct 24, 2023 07:00 PM Nov 28, 2023 07:00 PM Dec 26, 2023 07:00 PM Jan 23, 2024 07:00 PM Feb 27, 2024 07:00 PM Mar 26, 2024 07:00 PM Apr 23, 2024 07:00 PM May 28, 2024 07:00 PM Jun 25, 2024 07:00 PM Jul 23, 2024 07:00 PM Aug 27, 2024 07:00 PM Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZMtdu-tqz8tGda59JCaYoDtvDMKS6mW_-xh/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGvrjosH9GRtxqFRpwEAoj4M-_wmClajadcyUbPICFqbSfiIMZvGYEpHe_v Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87016554732 Meeting ID: 870 1655 4732 --- One tap mobile +13017158592,,87016554732# US (Washington DC) +16469313860,,87016554732# US --- Dial by your location • +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) • +1 305 224 1968 US • +1 309 205 3325 US • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • +1 360 209 5623 US • +1 386 347 5053 US • +1 507 473 4847 US • +1 564 217 2000 US • +1 669 444 9171 US • +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) • +1 689 278 1000 US • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 870 1655 4732 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kd7Dn5szRa See more details • •	29	30	31 🎵Klei Kodesh Services, Dinner, & Dr. Tal Becker Talk 🎵Klei Kodesh Services, Dinner, & Dr. Tal Becker Talk May 31, 2024 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm A Shabbat of Learning with Acclaimed Scholar, Dr. Tal Becker 6 PM \| Klei Kodesh Kabbalat Shabbat Services 7 PM \| Shabbat Dinner and Dr. Tal Becker Talk Register here! See more details •