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April 2009                                     
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Contents
Voices of the Silenced
Annual Memorial
Israel's Independence Day
Faces of Israel
Israel at 61
CG Seal
The Consulate General of Israel to New England
  
Voices of the Silenced
Holocaust Remembrance Day | Yom Hashoah


Please join JCRC and the greater Boston Jewish community as we remember and bear witness to the six million Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis.
This year we are pleased to welcome:
Cardinal Séan O'Malley, OFM Cap., Archbishop of Boston
Nadav Tamir, Consul General of Israel to New England
Holocaust survivor Rabbi Marc Samuels
The 2009 Israel Arbeiter Holocaust Essay Contest winners.
Musical Presentation by Zachor
UPDATED TIME 
Sunday, April 26, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Great Hall, Faneuil Hall, Boston, MA 
Buses are available from Newton (JCC) and Brookline (Kehillath Israel)
   
Annual Memorial Ceremony for Fallen Israeli Soldiers
Yom Hazikaron

In co-sponsorship with The Consulate General of Israel to New England, JCRC is announcing the Annual Memorial Ceremony for Fallen Israeli Soldiers. The ceremony will be conducted in Hebrew and English.

After the Ceremony there will be a Sing-A-Long in the spirit of Memorial Day. A bus to the event will be available from Harvard Sq. in front of the Charles Hotel at 6:00pm, and at Coolidge Corner in front of Devotion school (345 Harvard St.) also at 6:00pm. (Please RSVP for the bus to dhorton@jcrcboston.org)
Monday April 27,  7:00pm
Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center
333 Nahanton St., Newton MA
To RSVP or for more information please contact:  617-535-0208 or admin@boston.mfa.gov.il
  

Come join us and celebrate
Israel's Independence Day 
Wednesday, April 29th
5:00pm - 8:00pm
At the JCC
401 Elmgrove Avenue
Providence, RI
Guest speaker:
Samuel Lehman-Wilzig, PhD
Bar-Ilan University
7:15pm
Special Performances:
Sounds of Simcha
Beepop Docs
Tefilan Groovey
Face painting!
Live music!
Bedouin tent!
Kosher food for sale!
Israeli folk dancing!
Local Judaica for sale!
And much more...!!!
For more information please contact Sam Grossberg:
401.331.0956 x178 or sgrossberg@bjeri.org
  
Faces of Israel
Taste the Food & Try the Wine...
Many Cultures Come Together to Create Israel's Table  
Sunday, May 3rd
4:00-6:00 pm
at The Boston Synagogue
55 Martha Road
In Charles River Park
Boston
Join us for this fun and enlightening event that will include:
Josh Ruboy from Chai Catering  & The Butcherie in Brookline
Cathy Huyghe of 365daysofwine.com   Cathy and her team find the quirky charactersand the surprising stories that make up Boston's vibrant local wine scene. Professional
wine-tasting and sampling
This event is open to the community.  Suggested donation: $5.00.
Sponsored by The Boston Synagogue & Zionist House/Israel Cultural Center in cooperation with  The Consulate General of Israel to New England and JCRC.
The Boston Synagogue is located at 55 Martha Road in Charles River Park.  It is near Mass General Hospital/Charles Street Red Line T, TD Bank North Garden/North Station,  MuseumTowers,  Science Park Green Line T.  Charlestown, Cambridge.   
For more information:
Tel. 617-523-0453.  www.bostonsynagogue.org 
 
 
  
North Shore Celebrates Israel at 61!
Community Celebration
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
Yom HaZikaron:
Memorial Service for fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror
Led by the North Shore's Israeli Community
Saturday, May 2nd
Temple New Tamid, Peabody
8:30pm: Refreshments
9:00pm: Memorial Service
Yom HaAtzmaut on "The Hill"
Four Community Rd., Marblehead
1:30pm - 5:00pm
All afternoon: Brad Brodie and Party
Excitement playing music, food at all locations, moonbounce, balloon magic, the "shuk" - marketplace
Maccabiah at the JCC:
1:30pm - 4:30pm:
Swimming: Competition in water polo, relay races and a scavenger hunt
Basketball: Score points by shooting baskets from designated shooting areas
Track and Field: Competition in long jump, high jump and a limbo contest
For further information contact Julie Newburg at 781.631.8300 or jnewburg@jccns.com
Israeli Dancing at Temple Sinai:
2:00pm - 3:00pm: Beginner dances
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Demonstration of advanced dances
4:00pm - 4:30pm: Dances related to places in Israel
Israel Discussion Series at Temple Emanu-El:
1:45pm - 2:30pm: Rabbi Samuel Barth, "Poetry and Songs of Jerusalem"
2:30pm - 3:15pm: Rabbi David Klatzker, "Religion and State of Israel: A Partisan View"
3:15pm - 4:30pm: Jed Filler, Eretz Yisrael (the land of Israel) and Medinat Yisrael (the modern state of Israel): confluence, conflict, and collaboration
Kids' activities at Cohen Hillel Academy:
1:30pm - 4:30pm: Mini-Maccabiah led by CHA's very own Frank James, Gaga-Israel dodgeball, family photos at the Western Wall mural, sand art, make your own puzzles and mezuzot and more!
Zimriya and Maccabiah Awards Ceremony
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Zimriya by the flag pole outside CHA (at Temple Sinai in case of rain) with Marcy Yellin and "Hope Rising" from the Christian Renewal Church in Beverly
For further information, please contact Laura Shulman Brochstein at 978.564.0714 or laurasb@jfns.org
Consulate General of Israel to New England                                                                     
Tel: (617) 535-0200 
Fax: (617) 535-0255

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