Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Shabbat
June 27 15 Tammuz 8:00PM "The Ticking Bomb Scenario: Is Torture Ever Justified?" In recognition of Torture Awareness Month, join us for a study of a fascinating teshuva on the subject of torture which deals with the obligation to save a life and analyzes the possible permissibility of torture when there is a real and immediate opportunity to save innocent lives. Room: 2010	June 28 16 Tammuz 8:00PM Women's League Rosh Hodesh Planning Committee Room: Library	June 29 17 Tammuz	June 30 18 Tammuz	July 1 19 Tammuz The cost of a Memorial Plaque will be raised to $500 as of this date (from $450). This contribution is considered tax deductible. 8:00PM Library Committee Meeting Room: Library	July 2 20 Tammuz Light candles at 8:57 p.m. 6:00PM "Barbeque and Barchu" enjoy a grilled meal of hot dogs and hamburgers before the Kabbalat Shabbat service in honor of the 4th of July Weekend. $10 for adults. $7 for children 5 - 10 years old. No charge for children four years old and below.DEADLINE TO MAKE A RESERVATION -- WED. June 30 BY 9:00 A.M. After that date and time, please call the office to see if more people may be accommodated.	July 3 21 Tammuz Parasha: Pinchas
July 4 22 Tammuz 8:00PM HAZAK at "The Capitol Steps" Beth Israel is now offering expanded programming for our adult members ages 55 and older, called "Hazak." This month we are organizing a trip to see "The Capitol Steps" at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival. Reduced group rate tickets are $40.50 (normally $45). For tickets contact Program Director Jacob Kander: 769-1651 or programs@bethisrael-aa.org. After June 18 contact programs@bethisrael-aa.org to see if you can still reserve tickets.	July 5 23 Tammuz Office Closed	July 6 24 Tammuz 7:40PM Shiva minyan will be held at the Freed home (2575 Bedford Road) at through Wednesday. There will be no separate service at Beth Israel.	July 7 25 Tammuz 7:40PM Shiva minyan will be held at the Freed home (2575 Bedford Road) at 7:40 p.m. There will be no separate service at Beth Israel.	July 8 26 Tammuz	July 9 27 Tammuz Light candles at 8:55 p.m.	July 10 28 Tammuz Parasha: Matot-Masei Mevarchim HaChodesh 09:30AM Shabbat Service Room: Sanctuary 11:15AM Tot Shabbat: Celebrate Shabbat with songs and stories at Tot Shabbat! Children 5 and under and their parents or special friends are invited to Tot Shabbat led by Peretz Hirshbein. Tot Shabbat is an interactive, fun Shabbat experience for our youngest members! Tot Shabbat meets downstairs in Room 15. Following our Tot Shabbat celebration, all families are invited to stay for Kiddush upstairs. Room: Room 15
July 11 29 Tammuz 7:45PM Naomi Feuchtwanger-Sarig, Ph.D. from Tel Aviv Univesity, will present a multimedia presentation on "Jewish Identity and the Beginnings of Modern Jewish Art: Responses to the Emancipation." The Age of Enlightenment marked in change in the co-existence of the Jewish minority and its host society. The Jewish quest for equal rights, however, did not come to fruition until the mid twentieth century, when they were granted Emancipation gradually all over Europe. Its enormous impact on questions of Jewish identity resonates, among other cultural forms, in the art produced by Jewish artists. This is the age in which the first Jewish artists, such as Oppenheim, Kaufman, Gottlieb, and Israels flourished. Constantly probing their own identities through modernistic eyes, these artists laid the foundation for a new form of expression, reshaping and redefining Jewish art. With the birth of Zionism, issues of Jewish identity, religion, and nationality came prominently to the fore. While artists such as Boris Schatz sought to create, or revitalize, Jewish art, his own art remained embedded in the culture of the “Shtetl” on the one hand, and at the same time emphatically influenced by Palestine (Eretz Israel), its people and its landscapes. Modern Jewish art has become the art of Jewish artists. Examining their old traditions and exploring new turf, their religiosity and their nationalism, their subject-matter ranges from Biblical and Jewish themes, newly interpreted in dialogue with international art, to the mundane and the abstract. “Jewish art” is in the process of defining itself anew. Even without a clear-cut delineation, is a prism through which the individual identities of the artists are expressed. Room: Large Social Hall Details	July 12 1 Av R.H. Baking Room: Kitchen	July 13 2 Av R.H. Baking Room: Kitchen	July 14 3 Av R.H. Baking Room: Kitchen 10:30AM The funeral of Harold Levinson, husband of Lois Levinson with interment following at the Beth Israel Memorial Garden in Arborcrest Memorial Park. The family will return to the Garfunkel Schteingart Activities Center to receive visitors.	July 15 4 Av R.H. Baking Room: Kitchen	July 16 5 Av Light candles at 8:51 p.m. R.H. Baking Room: Kitchen R.H. Baking Room: Kitchen	July 17 6 Av Parasha: Devarim Shabbat Chazon
July 18 7 Av R.H. Baking Room: Kitchen 09:45AM Mussar Study Group Room: 2010 Youth Lounge	July 19 8 Av 9:00PM Tisha B'av Maariv Service and the Reading of Eicha, the Book of Lamenatations.	July 20 9 Av Tisha B'Av 08:00AM Tisha B'av Shaharit Service Room: Sanctuary 2:30PM Tisha B'av Mincha Service Room: Sanctuary 7:30PM Regular Minyan (mincha and maariv) Room: Chapel	July 21 10 Av	July 22 11 Av	July 23 12 Av Light candles at 8:46 p.m.	July 24 13 Av Parasha: Vaetchanan Shabbat Nechamu 11:15AM Tot Shabbat: Celebrate Shabbat with songs and stories at Tot Shabbat! Children 5 and under and their parents or special friends are invited to Tot Shabbat led by Jessica Kander. Tot Shabbat is an interactive, fun Shabbat experience for our youngest members! Tot Shabbat meets downstairs in Room 15. Following our Tot Shabbat celebration, all families are invited to stay for Kiddush upstairs. Room: Room 15
July 25 14 Av Beth Israel at the Ballpark: Toledo Mud Hens vs. Buffalo Bison! Contact Jake Kander at programs@bethisrael-aa.org for more information.	July 26 15 Av	July 27 16 Av Pickup of previous machzorim that families have donated and which bear dedication plates will take place from July 27 - August 9. Also, machzorim from other congregations may be picked up for free by anyone who wants them. 6:00PM Social Action Committee Planning session. Potluck diary dinner. Room: 2010 Youth Lounge	July 28 17 Av	July 29 18 Av	July 30 19 Av Light candles at 8:39 p.m. 6:00PM Barbecue and Barchu Two followed by an Outdoor Singing Kabbalat Shabbat service. There is a fee for dinner.	July 31 20 Av Parasha: Eikev
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Daily Minyan: Sun. – Thurs. 7:30 p.m. Austin Street Entry

Child care on Shabbat Mornings from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; Moadon 10 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.; Jr. Congregation 10:30 – 11:20 a.m.; * Tot Shabbat 11 – noon.

See the Table of Jewish Holidays and Hebrew Date Conversion Utility.