Week of September 24

Mark Your Calendar!

End of Semester Shabbat Dinner!

You’ve been waiting a long time for this, so here it is! All Jewish law students, faculty and staff and their significant others are invited to the Linas home for a Kesher Shabbat service and a homemade Shabbat dinner. Don’t want to come to services? Don’t worry! We’ll wait for you for dinner!

Services will start at 6:00 and dinner at 7:15.

RSVP to Alison Linas

Friday, December 2

6:00 pm Kesher Service

7:15 pm Dinner

Alison’s house

Volunteer Opportunities

Like kids? Want to make a difference?

Be a mentor! 

Richmond Jewish Coalition for Literacy is looking for new mentors at Swansboro Elementary School. Spend an hour a week getting to know a child and helping him/her work on their reading and/or math skills. RJCL encourages everybody to participate but is in particular need of males. The boys at this school are sorely lacking in positive male role models and a weekly visit with a law student or professor is just what the doctor ordered. This is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in a child’s life and it’s a fairly small time commitment.

If you are interested, please email Alison Linas.

Upcoming Events

On Campus:

Jewish Conversations: Environment, Responsibility, and Genesis 1

Join the Jewish graduate students, faculty and staff for a lively discussion facilitated by Richmond Law professor Noah Sachs.

Thursday, November 3

12:00 pm

Location TBA

In the Community:

Stromboli/Sangria/Salad Dinner

Join J-Town and Beth Ahabah for services, a delicious dinner, guest speaker New York Times Baghdad Correspondent Michael Schmidt and and oneg with Israeli dancing.  Dinner is $5. RSVP to Lori Lacy at (804) 358-6757 or l.lacy@bethahabah.org.

Friday, November 4

7:45 pm

Beth Ahabah

An Evening with Meir Shalev, Bestselling Israeli Novelist & Writer

Q & A and book signing

One of Israel’s most celebrated novel­ists, Meir Shalev was born in 1948 in Nahalal, Israel’s first moshav. Shalev is the recipient of the Juliet Club Prize (Italy); The Prime Minister’s Prize (Israel); The Chiavari (Italy); The Entholomogical Prize (Israel); The Wizo Prize in France, Israel and Italy; and The Brenner Prize of 2006—the highest Israeli literary recognition awarded for his novel, A Pigeon and a Boy, published in theU.S. by Random House in 2007. Shalev will talk about his most recent novel My Russian Grandmother and Her America Vacuum Cleaner. This event is co-sponsored by the University of Richmond.

Sunday, November 6th

7:00 p.m.

Weinstein JCC

The Maccabeats in Concert

YouTube sensation, The Maccabeats, with hit videos “Candlelight” and “The Purim Song”, have been viewed by over five million people and features Richmond’s own RTA graduate Ari Lewis. Strongly committed to the philosophy of Torah u-Madda, the integration of traditional and secular wisdom, The Yeshiva University a cappella group has performed at the White House, on Good Morning America and CBS2 and has been featured by CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times. They will perform an eclectic array of Jewish, American and Israeli songs.

Saturday, Nov. 12

7:00 pm

The Oates Theatre at Collegiate School

Preferred Seating: $20 M / $25 NM

General Admission: $10 / $15 NM/ $8 seniors & STUDENTS

For tickets, contact Lisa Looney at 804-545-8608 or llooney@weinsteinjcc.org

JCFR’s Annual Legislative Reception

Meet federal, state, and local representatives and learn about issues in our community. More details to be announced.

RSVP to Diane Munsey at (804) 545-8654

Friday, November 28

5:30 – 7:00 pm

Carole and Marcus Weinstein Jewish Community Center

Week of October 17

THIS WEEK:



On Campus:

Torah Tuesday
Jewish Conversations
"Being Jewish; Teaching Milton" - facilitated by English professor Louis Schwartz

Tuesday, Oct. 18
For information on time and location, email Rabbi Andrew Goodman

Homecoming Shabbat
Join alumni, current students, faculty, and staff as we welcome Shabbat as a community of Jewish Spiders, past and present.

A Kabbalat Shabbat Service will be followed by a kosher Shabbat dinner.

Friday, October 21
6:30 pm
University Club of the E. Bruce Heilman Dining Center
RSVP to Rabbi Andrew Goodman

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

Like kids? Want to make a difference?

Be a mentor! 

Richmond Jewish Coalition for Literacy is looking for new mentors at Swansboro Elementary School. Spend an hour a week getting to know a child and helping him/her work on their reading and/or math skills. RJCL encourages everybody to participate but is in particular need of males. The boys at this school are sorely lacking in positive male role models and a weekly visit with a law student or professor is just what the doctor ordered. This is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in a child’s life and it’s a fairly small time commitment.

If you are interested, please email Alison Linas.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

On Campus:

Jewish Conversations: 

"Environment, Responsibility, and Genesis 1" facilitated by law professor Noah Sachs

Thursday, Nov. 3
For time and location, email Rabbi Andrew Goodman

In the Community:

An Evening with Meir Shalev Bestselling Israeli Novelist & Writer
Q & A and a book signing

One of Israel’s most celebrated novel­ists, Meir Shalev was born in 1948 in Nahalal, Israel’s first moshav. Shalev is the recipient of the Juliet Club Prize (Italy); The Prime Minister’s Prize (Israel); The Chiavari (Italy); The Entholomogical Prize (Israel); The Wizo Prize in France, Israel and Italy; and The Brenner Prize of 2006—the highest Israeli literary recognition awarded for his novel, A Pigeon and a Boy, published in theU.S. by Random House in 2007. Shalev will talk about his most recent novel My Russian Grandmother and Her America Vacuum Cleaner. This event is co-sponsored by the University of Richmond.

Sunday, November 6th
7:00 p.m.
Weinstein JCC

The Maccabeats in Concert
YouTube sensation, The Maccabeats, with hit videos “Candlelight” and “The Purim Song”, have been viewed by over five million people and features Richmond’s own RTA graduate Ari Lewis. Strongly committed to the philosophy of Torah u-Madda, the integration of traditional and secular wisdom, The Yeshiva University a cappella group has performed at the White House, on Good Morning America and CBS2 and has been featured by CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times. They will perform an eclectic array of Jewish, American and Israeli songs.

Saturday, Nov. 12
7:00 pm
The Oates Theatre at Collegiate School
Preferred Seating: $20 M / $25 NM
General Admission: $10 / $15 NM/ $8 seniors & STUDENTS
For tickets, contact Lisa Looney at 804-545-8608 or llooney@weinsteinjcc.org

RABBI’S CORNER

After weeks of awareness of the cyclical nature of life (with Elul, Fall, Rosh Hashanah, etc.) we complete the High Holiday season this weekend with Simchat Torah when we start the Torah all over again.   After reading about Moses’ death we reroll the massive Torah scroll to the beginning and start “B’reishit bara Elohim… In the beginning, God created…”  And with those words, we segue from holidays and celebrations into the mundane.  We move from special events and we begin the methodical march through the Torah and the year.
The question that this parashah asks of us is, during the rest of the year, how are we going to remember the messages of sacredness so palpable in the High Holidays?  As we resume normal life, how do we make sure to imbue all that we learned about ourselves into otherwise regular existence?
I pray that we are all able to enter this new beginning with purpose.  I pray that we are able to harness the growth, introspection, and repentance in our near memories for a meaningful year.  And, I pray that as we read of the creation of a world build on an ideal of perfection, we can all contribute to that effort in some way this year.
L’shalom,
-Rabbi Goodman

Week of October 3

ON CAMPUS:

Yom Kippur Break Fast


Join students, faculty, staff, and their families as we mark the end of the Day of Atonement with a havdallah service and a dairy buffet.

Email Rabbi Goodman for more information.

Saturday, October 8
6:30-8:30 pm


International Center Commons

IN THE COMMUNITY:

JCFR Grand Event: An Evening with Dr. Jonathan Sarna

You are invited to a dessert reception and to hear Dr. Sarna address the community.  If you are interested in attending the cocktail hour and dinner prior to the main stage event, please contact Danielle Aaronson (DAaronson@jewishrichmond.org) for details and tickets.

Wednesday, October 5

7:30 pm

Virginia Historical Society

For information and tickets, contact Alison Linas

Sukkot Mitzvah Day


Help build a sukkah at Beth Shalom Gardens for their residents. 
Come participate in this mitzvah and enjoy the autumn weather with us!



Sunday, October 9 at 3:00 pm


Beth Shalom Gardens

UPCOMING EVENTS





On Campus:




Homecoming Shabbat Event


Join Richmond and Richmond Law alumni for a kabbalat Shabbat service and Shabbat dinner. This is a great opportunity to not only have a great meal but to network with alumni living in the area. 



Friday, October 21
6:30-9:00 pm

The University Club

In the Community:

J-Town Sukkot Open House Gathering


Saturday, Oct. 15
6:30 pm


Location TBA

RABBI’S CORNER:

This Saturday is our Yom Kippur Break Fast.  Saturday, October 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the International Center Commons.  Join students, families, faculty, and staff as we mark the end of the Day of Atonement with a havdallah service and a dairy buffet.  Please bring your family and let’s make this a wonderful community event... and the food will be great!

If you fast, Tzom Kal (have an easy Fast). 

Shannah Tovah Tik’teivu (Happy New Year, May you be written),

Rabbi Goodman