Chag Sameach 5775
April 2015
12 Nisan through 11 Iyar
www.cabi-boise.org
Chag Sameach CABIites!
Home-grown horseradish is available at CABI
Wednesday April 1
No fooling--the CABI Community
Garden grew horseradish
through the winter. As long as
supplies last, fresh horseradish
root will be available for pickup
and use at your Passover Seder
on Wednesday, April 1, from
9:30 am to 3:00 pm, and
from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. A donation to support the CABI Community Garden will be gladly received.
8am—Friday April 3—Fast of the First Born Study Session at CABI. The day before Pesach is known as ta'anit
bechorim, a fast day for first-born children, since God
spared the first-born of the Israelites in the tenth plague.
However, one is granted a reprieve from fasting if one
spends time that day on Torah study. In that tradition, at
8am on Friday morning, Rabbi Dan will lead a study session
on "What is the Story of the Jewish People? A Look at a
Talmudic Debate and the Haggadah.”
Submit your Passover Photos for the May Chai Lights
by emailing them to Nancy Feldman at
[email protected].
Deli Days Baking has Begun
W
here do you find 400 hamentaschen, 500
rugelach, 30 cheesecakes, dozens of kugels
and 100s of challot in Boise, Idaho? Deli Days
at the Idaho Jewish Festival, our annual fundraiser, taking place this year on Thursday June 18 and Friday June 19. Coming up with this inventory of sumptuous
treats each year is a challenge, but also an annual opportunity for camaraderie, community, learning, and fun.
Before we moved to Latah Street,
there was no space to gather for
mass baking. We produced amazing quantities, mostly alone in our
own kitchens, and it was never
enough. It was also lonely, hot, and
last-minute if you didn’t have freezer space to stockpile your product.
Our new big commercial kitchen
was just what we needed to change
community baking from dream to
reality.
we say, ‘L’dor v’dor : from Generation to Generation.’” Experienced bakers work alongside newbies of all ages, and
the results fill the CABI freezer. Besides providing a core
inventory for Deli Days, the group also meets three or four
times a year to bake all of the challot for CABI’s Shabbat
and holiday services.
This year’s Deli Days baking sessions start with a challah
bake on Tuesday April 14, right after
Passover. On Tuesday April 21 we'll
bake sweets. Stay tuned for additional dates!
New bakers are welcome to learn
and to help, and the group can guide
home bakers, too. Whether you join
a mass baking group, bake at home,
or donate money to fund the huge
quantities needed for Deli Days,
your contribution makes a difference.
To sign up for baking sessions, get
CABI mass baking has become a
on the Bakers’ email list, tell us what
labor of love for many, and it is also great fun. Abby
you’ll
bake
at
home,
or
get recipe ideas, contact Marya
McLean has led a group of bakers for over five years. Abby
(pronounced
Ma-rye-uh)
Bruning:
says, “Baking together means a lot of learning and sharing
[email protected]
or 331-7998.
where traditional recipes and methods are passed down as
C o n g r e g a t i o n Ah a v a t h B e t h I s r a e l , 1 1 N o r t h L a t a h , B o i s e , I D 8 3 7 0 6
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Teen Group Elects New Board
T
he teen group at CABI now
has their first official board!
We are proud to announce
Ana Novak as our teen group
President, Rachel Kaufman as our
Religion and Culture Vice President,
Mira Torf as our Programming Vice
President, Sarah Chasin as our Communications Vice President, Carly
Hann as our Membership Vice President and Olivia Duque as our Social
Action Vice President. This group of
teens will be representing Idaho and
our youth group at NFTY (North American Federation of Temple Youth)
events. NFTY is an organization where
all Jewish youth groups in the northwest gather for events throughout the year. Our newly elected board will be the first teen led board that represents Idaho
participating in NFTY events. We are very excited for our new board and hope to see even more leadership come from
our teens at CABI.
Cooking Matters
C
ABI co-sponsored a Cooking Matters Class on behalf of the neighboring Somali Bantu immigrant community who have diligently
shared the work and proceeds of the CABI Community Garden for
the past decade. The class was held Sunday mornings during January and February supported by Kathy Gardner and Kirstin Mann of the Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force and conducted with funding supplied by Katie
Painter from the Idaho Office for Refugees and the staffing and coordination
of Carly Kristofik with the Idaho Foodbank. There were nearly 20 students
that learned new cooking skills, new shopping skills, and valuable nutrition
information that will serve to improve life for their families for generations to
come. This is part of the CABI Social Action GreenFaith initiative for which
Kathy Gardner is our Environmental Leader. Questions may be directed to
Tom Rogers at [email protected].
Still need Passover items? Albertsons on Parkcenter and 16th & State, Whole Foods , Boise Co-Op, Trader Joes
and Fred Meyer have a selection.
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Jewish Journeys Education Program 2014/2015
A Special Tot Shabbat Passover Seder
Friday, April 10th at 6pm
Celebrate the Jewish Holiday of Passover at Tot Shabbat on April 10th. The Passover story will be presented in a simple,
kid friendly way and our Passover meal will feature all the holiday favorites that both kids and their parents will enjoy.
Children 2 & under eat free. For children 3 & up, and adults, dinner is $7.50 each, which you can pay at the door.
Questions or to RSVP: email Becky Groves at [email protected] or 343-6601 ext.2.
P’nai Shabbat Family Friendly Services
Saturday Mornings, 10:00 – 12:00
P’nai Shabbat is a family friendly, interactive Shabbat morning service filled with music, art, drama, and games.
April 4- Passover (No P’nai Shabbat)
April 11 –“The Land Beneath Our Feet.” Virginia Gillerman, Associate Research Geologist for the Idaho Geological
Survey/UI and Adjunct Professor at BSU, will lead a discussion on the geology of the lands traveled by the Israelites as
they left Egypt on their journey to the Promised Land, followed by an age appropriate activity led by Becky Groves.
April 18 – No P’nai Shabbat
April 25 – Kitah Gan and Kitah Alef present their take on the Torah Portion with a presentation of “A Sack Full of Feathers,” a story about the trickiness of telling half truths.
May 2 – Our final P’nai Shabbat of the year is a Social Action Shabbat Off-Site Activity. All ages are welcome! We will
meet at the Idaho Foodbank at 10:00 and lend a hand to those in need.
April Havdalah and Movie Series—April 25
I
n honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut join us for a witty and satirical look at the
growing pains of a new country. We will be showing Sallah Shabati. This
sharp, often hilarious satire that became the most successful film in Israeli
history, is about new immigrant Sallah and his family, who are left in a
shack near their promised apartment and are abandoned for months.
Subtitles,110 min (the Movie Maven may have to substitute another film if
she is unable to locate a copy with subtitles). Bring snacks to share, comfy
chair, and maybe a blanket.
April 25, nosh at 7:30 JST, movie at 8pm JST, contact Rebecca
333-0868 if needed.
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Adult Learning Opportunities Continued
Talmud Study (in English)—12:00pm Tuesdays—April 7, 14, 21 and 28
For beginners and veterans alike. We will discuss passages that touch on contemporary concerns, and learn more
about the Talmud and why it continues to be the central text of our tradition. Bring a brown-bag lunch to these weekly
sessions.
Adult Alefbet: Decoding Prayerbook Hebrew—5:30-6:15pm Wednesdays,
April 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29
In this class, we use exactly the same book as our CABI kids to learn the Hebrew ABCs–the alefbet. No
previous knowledge of Hebrew is required—just a willingness to learn. Practicing at home helps, too!
Contact is Leigh Evans, [email protected].
Torah Trope: How to Chant Torah—5:30-6:15pm Wednesdays—April 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
In this class, we are learning how to chant Torah according to the traditional musical system. Participants
who choose will be encouraged to put this skill into practice, leyning (chanting) from the weekly portion on
selected Shabbat morning services. This is recommended for B’nai Mitzvah students. It is also highly
recommended for CABI adult members who are able to read Hebrew phonetically (see prerequisite below). I am very eager to build a badly needed communal corps of Torah readers.
Prerequisite: one MUST be able to decode Hebrew proficiently in order to take this class; if one cannot read the
Hebrew smoothly, it is too much to take on learning the musical notation.
Contact is Rabbi Dan at 343-6601.
A Shared Journey through the Prayer Book at CABI Café on Saturday mornings
For this informal Shabbat morning session, we’ll gather thirty minutes before services, enjoy the new CABI
Café, and learn more about the siddur and how it can be experienced in so many different ways.
We will work our way through the Friday night and Saturday morning service, looking at different tunes,
readings, and styles of congregational leadership in Tefillah (Jewish worship). Members are encouraged to
come with questions and to share their own experiences of synagogue services.
Monthly Parent Discussion Group—
Wednesday, April 15
K’Tanim Parent/Young Child Discussion Playgroup—Leslie Drake
and Lezlie Ellard are leading a monthly parent/young child discussion group using
Wendy Mogel’s book, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee as a basis for the discussion.
Deli Days / Idaho Jewish Festival Planning Meetings
Thursdays April 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 from 5:30—6:30pm at CABI
Please come join this year’s planning crew, Shellie & Eric Falk and Oliver Thompson.
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April Worship Schedule
Friday, April 3—
8am—Fast of the First Born Study Session
No Service on First night of Pesach
Saturday, April 18—9:30 am
Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study
Portion Shemini—Leviticus 9:1-11:47
P’nai Shabbat off site
Saturday, April 4—9:30 am
Shabbat and 1st Day Pesach Morning Service
and Torah study
No P’nai Shabbat Family Service
Friday, April 24—7:30 pm
Shabbat Evening Service
Shabbat Unplugged with musical accompaniment and
singing.
Friday, April 10
6pm Tot Shabbat Seder
7:30 pm Shabbat and 8th Day Pesach Evening Service
.
Saturday, April 11—9:30 am
Shabbat and 8th Day Pesach Morning Service and Torah
study
Yizkor memorial service
10:00 AM: P’nai Shabbat Family Service
Friday, April 17—5:30 pm
Early Bird Shabbat Evening Service
Saturday, April 25—9:30 am
Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study
Portion Tazria-Metzora: Leviticus 12:1-15:33
10:00 AM: P’nai Shabbat Family Service
Coming in May
May 6—Lag Ba’Omer celebration / Landscape Dedication/
Teacher Appreciation / Graduation Recognition
May 8 - CABI Choir at Shabbat Service
May 22-24—Shavuot Retreat in McCall
May 27 - Annual Meeting
On Sunday April 19 all women of CABI are invited to a gathering to celebrate Rosh Chodesh Iyar. We will be gathering at the home of Nancy Feldman, 5205 S. Hayseed Way, Boise, 83716 from 7-9pm. Please bring a snack
or beverage to share. Our tradition tells us that Rosh Chodesh, the holiday of
the new moon, was given to women to honor us, that we might be renewed
each month just like the moon. In recent decades, groups of Jewish women
have been rediscovering this ancient holiday, meeting to
share time, learning, food and drink, good company, and a sense of our own worth and place in our
tradition and in the world. Our CABI Rosh Chodesh gatherings are now a 10-plus year tradition.
`Please RSVP to Nancy at 384-1729 , or by email to Betsy Russell at [email protected].
Let us know if you need directions or to arrange for a ride. Please join us if you can, and have a
chodesh tov - a good month!
Bring a light jacket. If the weather is good we will meet outside around a campfire.
Annual Teen Sponsored
Idaho Food Bank Food Drive
Purim to Passover
Through April 6
Clean out your pantries
before Passover!
Non-perishable items can be
brought to CABI
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Film Series!
“In Between Remembering and Forgetting”
J
oin us Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 starting this April for CABI’s first Social Justice Film Series, organized by
the Social Action Committee, in conjunction with CABI’s GreenFaith initiative. We may gain a new perspective on
the plight of Jewish and African refugees, explore the journeys to their respective safety, and hear their resettlement stories. A short discussion will follow each film.
April 14th: Into the Arms of Strangers:
Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
April 21st: Falasha: Exile Of The
Black Jews,
Mark Jonathan Harris, 122 min
Simcha Jacobovici, 80 minutes
In 1938 and 1939, about 10,000 children, most of them
Jews, were sent by their parents from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia to the safety of England where
foster families took most of them in for the duration of
the war. Years later, eleven children, one child's mother, an English foster mother, a survivor of Auschwitz
who didn't go to England, and two of the kindertransport
organizers remember: the days before the Nazis, saying
farewell to family, traveling to England, meeting their
foster families, and trying to find families after the war
ended.
This award winning movie was released in 2004. The
Jewish community in Ethiopia struggled for acceptance
in a hostile environment. They lived over 2,000 years
in this region, vastly outnumbered in a state that is half
Muslim, with Jews less than 1%. They have undergone
centuries of abuse at the hands of Ethiopians who refuse to accept them. The Falashas in the Sudanese
refugee camps were afraid even to be photographed.
Meanwhile, Israel says it is doing everything it can to
help the Falashas, while Jewish agencies here claim
Israel is doing next to nothing for them. In the end it is
clear they suffer from a double stigma, both black and
Jewish.
April 28th: God Grew Tired of Us,
May 5th: Rain in a Dry Land,
Anne Makepeace, 82 minutes
Christopher Quinn, 89 minutes
An official Selection of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival 2006, the film chronicles two
years in the lives of two Somali Bantu families who
leave Kakuma refugee camp for Springfield, Massachusetts and Atlanta, Georgia.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award
at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, God Grew Tired of
Us explores the spirit of three Sudanese young men
who leave their homeland, triumph over adversities, and
move to America.
All movies will be shown at CABI, from 7-9pmin the Social Hall. Admission is Free. Any questions email Thomas
Rogers at [email protected].
Bone Marrow Match
In January 2014 Tom Rogers and his Social Action Committee helped facilitate a bone marrow drive at Boise State University. On March 6 Tom received a notice from the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation that a donor recruited at that
drive has been identified as a match for a 38 year old woman battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
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State Day of Holocaust Remembrance April 21st
O
n Tuesday, April 21st, Yom HaShoah, Idaho's official Day of Holocaust Remembrance, will take place from
noon to 1pm at the Idaho State Capitol.
This annual ceremony is a cooperative effort between CABI and the Wassmuth Human Rights
Center and will include proclamations from the Governor, recognition of WWII Veterans, readings, music
and a moving candle lighting. Members of CABI as well
as those from other faiths, community leaders, human
rights activists and educators will participate. The 8th
grade winner of the Wassmuth Center's Holocaust Remembrance Essay Contest will read his/her entry.
Members of the Boise Master Chorale and Boise Hospice Singers will perform.
The ceremony will be held in the Lincoln Auditorium on the lower level, west wing, of the Capitol, beginning at noon. It is
free and open to the public (street parking only).
This year's observance will mark the 34th consecutive state ceremony, first organized by CABI's Gayle Speizer.
Friday April 24 at 7:30pm
Sunday April 26 at 2pm
Cathedral of the Rockies,
11th and Hays Streets, Boise
Invites you to the world premiere of
Shalom, A Holocaust Memorial
By Idaho Composer Jim Cockey
Tickets
www.boisebaroque.com or
208-891-1300 or at the door
Student: $20, General $25, Children 17
and under with paying adult admitted free.
The Boise Baroque Orchestra, Daniel Stern, Conductor
Jason Detwiler, baritone
The Opera Idaho Chorus, Kelly Kaye, director
Idaho Interfaith Roundtable Against Hunger Spring Gathering
Local Food Systems with Access for All
Join us for an engaging discussion on the food system with our two presenters, Ariel Agenbroad and Erin Guerricabeitia
from University of Idaho Extension and Boise Urban Garden School, respectively.
Though Idaho is rich in agriculture, many in our state go hungry. Ariel and Erin will describe our local food systems and
how they relate to food insecurity. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how to reach the potential of the
systems to alleviate hunger.
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2015, from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm.
Location: Morley Nelson Elementary School, 7701 W. Northview, Boise
Visit www.iirah.org for more information.
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The Nature of a Spacious Life
Dr. Rebecca Gould, Middlebury College
Thursday April 23
6pm with reception to follow
Boise State Student Union Building
Free and Open to the Public (for free reception tickets email [email protected])
Dr. Gould’s current research involves religion and the environment, from eco-theology to
studies of contemporary, religiously-based environmental activism among Protestants,
Catholics and Jews, with a particular emphasis on eco-Judaism.
On April 23 Dr. Gould will ask what it means to live a spacious life. In a time of environmental crisis, does “sitting still” have any value when action and activism are so urgently
needed? What role does the life of the spirit (however defined) play in our experiences
of nature and in our commitments to promoting ecological health? And how
does experience in nature, in turn, nurture the life of the spirit?
This lecture will engage these questions through a showing of the 2012 contemplative
documentary, The Fire Inside (co-created by Phil Walker and Rebecca Kneale Gould)
followed by a rich conversation about the deep questions that the film evokes.
May Chai Lights Deadline is Friday April 24
Email submissions to [email protected]
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CABI Receives Fain Award
T
he Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism awarded CABI a 2015
Irving J. Fain Social Action Award Honorable Mention for our outstanding
program, the CABI Garden. They were inspired by our congregation’s
sense of community responsibility. In the letter from the Fain Award Committee they noted “the work of tikkun olam is our common endeavor, and that work
merits respect and appreciation.” The Fain awards will be presented April 26-28 in
Washington, DC. Tom Rogers is going to the convention to accept the Fain award
for CABI.
Congratulations to Renée Kline and Tom Rogers for all their efforts.
Donations
If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
Religious School
Tamar & Adi Milstein
Youth Enrichment
Steve & Sandra Berenter
Jack Dym: Happy Birthday wishes to Rabbi Dan
Landscape Project
Zac Friedman honor of his Grandma Mollee Hecht
Unrestricted Contributions
Nancy La Bay & William Hewitt
Liron & Zvika Ramon
Charlie & Betsy Russell: in honor of the marriage of Renée Kline & Andrew Shaber
Teresa Shelton
April Birthdays
Janet Kaufman
April 1
Hilda Dornfest
April 2
Jonathan Kramer
April 5
Molly O'Shea
April 5
Steve Bard
April 6
Lorraine Gross
April 6
Samuel Eccard
April 7
Marjie Jacobs
April 7
Chad Page
April 7
Nancy Feldman
April 8
Isaac Beres Rasmus
April 8
Elon Whitlock
April 8
Gail LeBow
April 9
Elliott Groves
April 11
Simon Rodriguez
April 11
Pam Heuman
April 12
Andrew Stevenson
April 12
Zachary Moorhead-Rosenberg April 14
Lisa Stevenson
April 14
Jonah Kaufman
April 15
Sam Ledesma
April 16
Freddie Fisherman
Teo Ledesma
Amy Duque
Lillian Kagan
Gary Wiener
Anika Smulovitz
Karan Kahlke
Irv Littman
Allan Salzberg
Charles Hanna
Jacob Neufeld
Charlie Russell
Mandela Hoffman
Leigh Evans
Conlan Waylan
Marc Chasin
Suzanne Metzgar
Meridith Dahlin
Myira Wolf
Linda Tell
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Pesach (Passover)
Purim-to-Passover Idaho Food
Bank Donation Drive
6p-7:30p Choir practice (Social
Hall)
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Pesach (Passover)
Purim-to-Passover Idaho Food
Bank Donation Drive
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April 2015
12p-1p Idaho Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony (Lincoln Auditorium\, Idaho State Capitol)
12p-1p Talmud study (Library)
5:30p-7p Board of Trustees Mtg
(Library)
5:30p-8p Deli Days weekly mass
baking (CABI Kitchen)
7p-8:30p IIRAH Spring Gathering
(Morley Nelson Elementary
School\, 7701 West Northview
Street\, Boi)
7p-9p Social Action Film Series at
CABI
6p-7:30p Choir practice (Social
Hall)
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6p-7:30p Choir practice (Social
Hall)
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6p-8p Private use: SCA Meeting
(Social Hall)
12p-1p Overeaters Anonymous
(OA) (Eilat classroom)
12p-1p Talmud study (Library)
7p-9p Social Action Film Series at
CABI
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7p-9p Women's Rosh Chodesh
Gathering (Home of Nancy Feldman)
12p-1p Talmud study (Library)
5:30p-8p Deli Days weekly mass
baking (CABI Kitchen)
7p-8:30p Finance Comm Mtg
(Haifa classroom)
7p-9p Social Action Film Series at
CABI
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Pesach (Passover)
12p-1p Talmud study (Library)
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Tue
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6p-7:30p Choir practice (Social
Hall)
Mon
Sun
Purim-to-Passover Idaho Food
Bank Donation Drive
5:30-6:30—Deli Days / Idaho
Jewish Culture Festival Planning
Session
CABI Garden Agreement Deadline
Horseradish Pickup for Passover!
(CABI front desk)
Purim-to-Passover Idaho Food
Bank Donation Drive
5p-7:30p School
5p-7:30p School
7:30p-8:30p 2016 B'nai Mitzvah
Info Meeting
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Yom HaAtzmaut Observance
5p-7:30p School
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5p-7:30p School
5:30p-6:30p K'tanim Parent
Discussion Playgroup (Social Hall
"Cozy Space")
6:30p-7:30p B'nai Mitzvah Family
Class (CABI Library)
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Pesach (Passover)
5p-7:30p School
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5:30p-7:30p Early Bird Shabbat
(Social Hall)
5:30-6:30—Deli Days / Idaho
Jewish Culture Festival Planning
Session
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Notes:
9:30a-12p Shabbat Service
10a-12p P'nai Shabbat Family
Service (Social Hall)
7p-9:30p Movie & Havdallah
(Social Hall)
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9:30a-12p Shabbat Service
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Pesach (Passover)
9:30a-12p Shabbat Service
10a-12p P'nai Shabbat Family
Service (Social Hall)
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Deli Days Underwriting deadline
Pesach (Passover)
6p-7:15p Tot Shabbat End-ofPassover Seder (Social Hall)
7:30p-9p Shabbat Service
2nd Seder
PASSOVER
Pesach (Passover)
Purim-to-Passover Idaho Food
Bank Donation Drive
9:30a-12p Shabbat Service
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4
8am First Born Study Session
1st Seder
NO Shabbat Service (Seders in
homes)
Pesach (Passover)
Purim-to-Passover Idaho Food
Bank Donation Drive
Sat
3
Fri
5:15p-7:15p Friendship Feast Chai Lights deadline
First Presbyterian Church 9th &
7:30p-8:30p Shabbat Unplugged
State
5:30-6:30—Deli Days / Idaho
Jewish Culture Festival Planning
Session
6pm—Nature of Spacious Life, Dr.
Gould at BSU Student Union
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Jewish Culture Festival Planning
Session
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Pesach (Passover)
5:30-6:30—Deli Days / Idaho
Jewish Culture Festival Planning
Session
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Marc Snyder (below),
Facilities Chair, lying
down on the job.
Grant Harbison (below) minding his own bees’ knees-getting
the CABees ready for spring.
Come join members on Friday night as we welcome
the Shabbat Bride and enjoy each other’s company.
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Sunday March 22 was the kickoff day for the CABI
Community Garden. About 30 depot bench neighbors and CABI members gathered to sign garden
agreements and organize the garden shed. Call
Renee Kline at 870-5093 if you would like to volunteer in the garden or apply for the plot lottery. (Photos
below)
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SAVE THE DATE for CABI’s Erev Lag B’Omer celebration!
Wednesday, May 6
5:30-7:30 pm
Includes baked potato bar with all the (vegetarian) trimmings
Appreciate our Jewish Journeys teachers
Recognize our graduating students
Dedicate our newly landscaped campus.
Lag B’Omer literally means the 33rd day (of the counting) of the Omer, which is the 49 days—7 weeks—between
Passover and Shavuot. The 33rd day is a joyous remembrance of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the greatest teacher of
Torah in his generation, and purportedly the author of the Zohar, a landmark text of Jewish mysticism. Bar Yochai’s
scholarly light was so great that it is customary for scholars to rejoice in the outdoors, and to light bonfires in his honor.
At CABI, we will celebrate the (temporary) end of our Jewish Journey of scholarly pursuits by appreciating our
dedicated teachers and recognizing the hard work of our graduating high school and college seniors. (If you know of
CABI kids receiving college or advanced degrees in 2015, please let us know!) This year we are blessed to celebrate
out of doors as spring takes hold in our newly landscaped grounds, so we will use this opportunity to give thanks for,
and dedicate, the landscaped areas. Join us for celebration, dinner, a bonfire, and songs of community and thanksgiving!
For more information, contact Joanna Jost: [email protected] or 590-9331.
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