We’re excited to announce lectures by Professor Amy-Jill Levine, Our Online Scholar in Residence for 2020
Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt (Divinity and A&S); she is also Affiliated Professor, Woolf Institute: Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge.
November 5, 2020
Thursday Evening at 7 pm Central
“Agreeing to Disagree: How and Why Jews and Christians Read the Same Scriptures Differently.”
November 6, 2020
Friday Morning at 9 am Central
“Understanding Jesus and Paul Means Understanding Judaism”
Programs will take place on Zoom with links posted on the Temple B’nai Jeshurun website and on Facebook as the event nears. www.TempleBnaiJeshurun.org
For the Friday morning program, it would be helpful to have a copy of Professor Levine’s book, the Jewish Annotated New Testament, which can be found at most online booksellers.
Presented as part of the Association for Jewish Studies Distinguished Lectureship Program.
Sponsored by Christian-Jewish Connection and Temple B’nai Jeshurun.
The Friday Morning Program is also sponsored by the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa.
Books by Amy-Jill Levine include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus; Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi; ; The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us (with Douglas Knight); The New Testament, Methods and Meanings (with Warren Carter); and The Gospel of Luke (with Ben Witherington III (the first full-length biblical commentary co-authored by a Jew and an Evangelical).
Her children’s books (with Sandy Sasso) include Who Counts? 100 Sheep, 10 Coins and 2 Sons; The Marvelous Mustard Seed; Who Is My Neighbor? and God’s Big Problem. With Marc Brettler she edited The Jewish Annotated New Testament. Her most recent volumes are The Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner’s Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven, and, co-authored with Marc Brettler, is The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently.
Guide for Yom Kippur Morning 2020
Welcome to our 2020 – 5781 Yom Kippur Morning Service.
We are happy to provide this viewing guide for your use as you watch our service. It will inform you of page numbers and the names of participants.
The TBJ Yom Kippur Morning 2020 Service can be watched on YouTube or Vimeo anytime!
YouTube
Vimeo
(These will also be posted on www.tbjdsm.org)
Welcome – Rabbi Kaufman
p. 166 Tsadik Katamar Yifrach
p. 146 “One who says” – Ruth Robinson
p. 176 Reader’s Kaddish
p. 178 Barchu
p. 178, 180 English of Yotseir
p. 185 “Adonai Echad – We Proclaim You One” – Lindsey Pletcher
pp. 186-187 Shema
pp. 188, 191 V’ahavtah – Wendy Beckerman
p. 194
p. 196 Mi Kamokha
p. 198 Adonai Sephatai
p. 200 Avot v’Imahot
p. 202 Zochreinu
p. 204 Gevurot
pp. 206-207 Silent Meditation before Unataneh Tokef
p. 208 Unetaneh Tokef
p. 212 B’Rosh Hashanah
p. 214 U-t’shuva U-t’filah
An Unataneh Tokef Reading for 2020-5781 By Rabbi David Kaufman
P. 215 “When we walk” – Hanna Kaufman and Ben Stone
p. 218, 220 N’kadeish and Chatimah p. 228 bottom
p. 232 and 233
p. 237 At Bottom of Page English
P. 244 Priestly Benediction
p. 246 Sim Shalom
Introduction to Mishebeirach
Mi Shebeirach
Personal prayer and Silent meditation
p. 250 Y’hiyu L’ratson
pp. 252-253 Avinu Malkeinu
p. 258 Torah Blessings
p. 266 Deuteronomy 29 and 30
Sara Coleman
Laura Belin
Sermon – Rabbi Kaufman
p. 284 Prayer for Our Congregation – Gwen Copple
p. 286 Prayer for Our Country – Jeff Lipman
p. 292 English
p. 296 English at Top
p. 296 Ashamnu
pp. 300, 302, 304, and 306
p. 312 Bottom
p. 316 Shma Koleinu
p. 318 Hayom
Please join us live later this afternoon on Zoom and Facebook Live for Yizkor, Neilah, and Havdallah.
G’mar Chatimah Tovah!
Yahrzeit Observances for the week of
September 27 through October 3, 2020
9 Tishrei, 5781 through 15 Tishrei, 5781
May Their Memory Always Be For A Blessing
Allan Abrams
Irving Bernstein
Samuel H. Bloom
Tony LeRoy Clemens
Arthur Cohen
Ethel Miller Cohen
Lillian Epstein
Margot Faivush
Edna Frankel
Isidore Kaplan
Sally Klearman
Earl Koskovick
Ariel Parkinson
Hans Pintus
Lorraine Plaslur
Sol Shapiro
Norma Silver
Benjamin Strasburger
Jerry Ward
Mi she-bei-rach a-vo-tei-nu
M’kor ha-bra-cha l’i-mo-tei-nu
May the source of strength
Who blessed the ones before us
Help us find the courage
To make our lives a blessing
And let us say, Amen
Mi she-bei-rach i-mo-tei-nu
M’kor ha-bra-cha l’a-vo-tei-nu
Bless those in need of healing
With r’fu’a sh’lei-ma
The renewal of body
The renewal of spirit
And let us say, Amen
Thank you to all of our service participants and musicians :
Laura Sparks, Cantorial Soloist
Sam Miller, Guitar
Chuck Kuba, Bass
Francine Griffith, Piano
Bruce Brown, Singer
Tara Star, Singer
Maggie Schmitt, Singer
Bobby Stinnett, Organ
Patrick Riley, Cello
As in year’s past, we are collecting donations for DMARC’s Food pantry. Feel free to drop off non-perishables during office hours (9am-4pm) or you can donate through our virtual drive!
The TBJ Kol Nidrei 2020 Service can be watched on YouTube or Vimeo anytime!
YouTube
Vimeo
(These will also be posted on www.tbjdsm.org)
Guide for Online Kol Nidrei Service 2020
Welcome- Rabbi Kaufman
Cello of Kol Nidrei
p. 9 Candle Blessings – Dana Dickson
p. 14 Release from Vows
p. 18 Kol Nidrei
P. 19 Give us the Strength – Ken and Joyce Wayne
p. 20 English then
Vayomer Adonai
p. 22 Barchu
p. 25 Day and Night
pp. 28-29 Shema
P. 30, 32 V’ahavtah – Wendy Beckerman
p. 40 Mi Kamokha
p. 43 When Fears Mulitply
p. 45 Reader’s Kaddish
p. 46 Adonai Sephatai
p. 48 Avot v’Imahot
p. 48 Zochreinu
p. 50 G’vurot
p. 53 Atah Kadosh SONG w Hatimah on p. 58
p. 62 English
p. 64 Hebrew and English at top.
p. 71 “On This Night” – Josh Mandelbaum
p. 72 R’tseih
P. 72, 74, 76 English and Chatimah.
p. 78 Shalom Rav
p. 78 English followed by introduction to Mishebeirach
Mishebeirach
SILENT
p. 16 Or Zarua
P. 82 English at top.
p. 82 Ashamnu
p. 84 English
pp. 86-90 Al Heit
p. 98 Sh’ma Koleinu
p. 107 English
p. 114 Avinu Malkeinu
Rabbi D’var Torah
p. 117 top – Aleinu
p. 118 V’neemar
P. 121 “Preparing for the Prayer of Memory
p. 122 Mourner’s Kaddish
p. 127 Hashiveinu
Yahrzeit Observances for the week of
September 27 through October 3, 2020
9 Tishrei, 5781 through 15 Tishrei, 5781
May Their Memory Always Be For A Blessing
Allan Abrams
Irving Bernstein
Samuel H. Bloom
Tony LeRoy Clemens
Arthur Cohen
Ethel Miller Cohen
Lillian Epstein
Margot Faivush
Edna Frankel
Isidore Kaplan
Sally Klearman
Earl Koskovick
Ariel Parkinson
Hans Pintus
Lorraine Plaslur
Sol Shapiro
Norma Silver
Benjamin Strasburger
Jerry Ward
Mi she-bei-rach a-vo-tei-nu
M’kor ha-bra-cha l’i-mo-tei-nu
May the source of strength
Who blessed the ones before us
Help us find the courage
To make our lives a blessing
And let us say, Amen
Mi she-bei-rach i-mo-tei-nu
M’kor ha-bra-cha l’a-vo-tei-nu
Bless those in need of healing
With r’fu’a sh’lei-ma
The renewal of body
The renewal of spirit
And let us say, Amen
Thank you to all of our service participants and musicians :
Laura Sparks, Cantorial Soloist
Sam Miller, Guitar
Chuck Kuba, Bass
Francine Griffith, Piano
Bruce Brown, Singer
Tara Star, Singer
Maggie Schmitt, Singer
Bobby Stinnett, Organ
Patrick Riley, Cello
As in year’s past, we are collecting donations for DMARC’s Food pantry. Feel free to drop off non-perishables during office hours (9am-4pm) or you can donate through our virtual drive!
As in year’s past, we are collecting donations for DMARC’s Food Ppantry. Feel free to drop off non-perishables during office hours (9am-4pm) before Yom Kippur or you can donate through our virtual drive!
Temple curbside High Holiday bag deliveries, over 100 served! A very special thank you to Rachele, Wendy, Sharon, David, Rabbi, Muriel, Charles, Jody, Gail, and Bill for your amazing help and support!! Wishing a very happy and healthy New Year to all who celebrate!!
COVID-19 has created a number of challenges and opportunities as we approach the High Holidays. This year, as you most likely have suspected, High Holiday services will be online. For a host of reasons, including concerns about internet reliability, complexity of coordinating multiple participants, and the quality of what we can provide, we have chosen to record the main services rather than doing them live.
Erev Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Morning, Kol Nidrei, and Yom Kippur Morning services will be recorded in the weeks preceding the holidays and then made available on the holidays for you to watch at the time and place of your choosing. We will let everyone know how to watch the recordings as we get closer to the High Holidays. Yizkor and Neilah with Havdallah, the concluding services on Yom Kippur day, will be live online on Zoom and Facebook Live, in the same manner that we hold our Shabbat services currently. We also plan to hold some High Holiday events in person outside with masks and social distancing as you will see on the calendar below.
For the major services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, services will be based on the Mishkan HaNefesh prayerbook, our normal High Holiday prayerbook, copies of which will be made available for you to pick up at the Temple as the holidays approach. All of the in-person events below are subject to change both based on the weather and on changes in the COVID-19 situation as determined by the Temple leadership. In the case that we cannot meet outside, services will be moved online or rescheduled for a later date. They will not be moved inside.
If you do not have access to the internet or necessary technology needed to access our services and are interested in doing so, please reach out to us at the Temple and we will do our best to help to determine ways to make that possible. We know that this year is both difficult and challenging. It also is affording us the opportunity to approach the holidays is new ways and we hope that you will find them enjoyable and meaningful. We are doing our very best to bring you the best holiday experiences that we can.
September 12 at 7 pm – Slichot – Online Live
Our Slichot program will be live online on Zoom and Facebook Live starting at 7 pm. We will watch a program about Jews in Medieval Art, followed by a bit of discussion, and then a brief Slichot service will follow.
September 13 – Kever Avot – Visiting The Cemetery – OUTSIDE IN-PERSON
At 12:15 pm, we will gather at Woodland Cemetery for a brief memorial service.
At 1 pm, we will gather at Jewish Glendale Cemetery for the community memorial service. Social distancing will be required along with masks and we will spread out in the cemeteries.
September 18 – Erev Rosh Hashanah – Recording posted in the afternoon
This year, our Erev Rosh Hashanah Service will be set in a different context than a normal Zoom Service, but which maintains the High Holiday experience. Because we will be celebrating in our homes, we have the opportunity to add some ways of celebrating the New Year that we would not normally be able to do. This year, our service will be more of a celebration, allowing families to celebrate the holiday with a festive meal as well as wine or grape juice to celebrate the sweetness of the holiday, similar to the way that we held Passover Seders this year. You will have the ability to watch it over the course of the evening, pausing for a meal, or to watch straight through and have more of a normative service experience. [Best viewed with your favorite wine or grape juice at the ready!]
September 19 – Rosh Hashanah Morning – Recording posted in the morning
On Rosh Hashanah morning, we encounter many of the most traditional elements of the holiday: the Torah reading, the Shofar service, and the solemn prayers for the Days of Repentance. Our Rosh Hashanah morning service will be a somewhat abbreviated version of the normal service, but will contain all of the normal service elements.
September 19 at 4 pm – Combination Tashlikh – Family Service – Shofar Service
OUTSIDE IN-PERSON We plan to hold a Tashlikh service which will include additional elements from our Rosh Hashanah Family service and the Full Set of Shofar Calls. We will, of course, be outside, near the water, at Raccoon River Park, socially distanced, exact location to be determined, and wearing masks.
September 25 at 6 pm – Shabbat Shuvah Healing Service – Online Live
Our Shabbat service will use the Connections service booklet and including much of the liturgy from the Healing service normally held on Yom Kippur Afternoon. The service will be live online on Zoom and on Facebook Live.
September 26 at 9 am – Shabbat Shuvah Morning Torah Study and Service – Online Live
Shabbat morning Torah study at 9 am will include the reading of the Book of Jonah along with the Haftarah Blessings. At 10 am, we will have our regular brief Shabbat morning service. The Torah study and service will be live online on Zoom and on Facebook Live.
September 27 – Kol Nidrei – Recording posted in the afternoon
Our Kol Nidrei service will be slightly shorter than normal, but include all of the traditional elements.
September 28 – Yom Kippur Morning – Recording posted in the morning
Our Yom Kippur Morning service will be slightly abbreviated as well, but include all of the normal morning service elements including the Torah and Haftarah.
September 28 at 5 pm – Yizkor and Ne’ilah/Concluding Services – Online Live
Yizkor and Ne’ilah will be held live on Zoom and Facebook Live. The Yizkor service will include the traditional reading of the names of all those who died in the past year. The concluding service will also include Havdallah and we hope that you will join us with your glowsticks as we celebrate the end of the fast day.
October 2 – Erev Sukkot – OUTDOOR IN-PERSON or Online Live
We plan to hold an outdoor in-person Erev Sukkot Shabbat service at the Temple. We will open both sides of the Sukkah to allow people to walk through the Sukkah, one family at a time, so that they can say the blessings and wave the lulav and Etrog in celebration of the holiday. If weather is bad, we will be online.
Shalom All,