DorTikvahCharleston service times

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All Shabbat services are at the JCC.

Fri, August 3, Erev Shabbat

 
7:00 pm “Candle lighting to bring in  Shabbat with the community”
7:00 pm Mincha

Sat, August 4, Parshat Vaetchanan

 

9:00 am Shacharit

 

D’var Torah by Ari Daniels

7:10 pm Weekly Parsha Shiur
7:45 pm Mincha
9:01 pm Havdalah
 

Kiddush Sponsors: 

 

Marci and David Rosenberg in honor of their children Allan, Rachel and Sammy for all of their unique differences and how much they love them.

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General Notes:To contribute to WAM, you can download a donation form here: Chascom form

To sponsor a kiddush, contact Kim Berendt at berendt@musc.edu. A regular kiddush sponsorship is $125.00, send payment to New Chascom Fund using form above.
If you would like to chant the haftorah at any service, contact Lenny Zucker at LenBarbZ@alum.mit.edu.

For announcements to be made during services:

Please send in an email with details before 10 am Friday mornings.

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Standing Notices:
1: The eruv is up unless you get an email before Shabbat telling you otherwise.
2: There will be babysitting and children's programming from 9:00-12:00 every Shabbat unless you receive an email before Shabbat telling you otherwise.
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The Eruv serving the area of the JCC and the New West Ashley Minyan has been officially certified. Rabbi Barry Freundell from Washington has just completed his official review of the Eruv and it passed with flying colors. Thanks to everyone who helped make the Eruv, with special thanks to Randy Cohen. Anyone interested in helping to inspect the eruv weekly, please contact Randy Cohen (randycohen@comcast.net)
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Yom Ha'Shoah April 2006

These pictures were taken in May 2005 (prior to Hurricane Katrina). (To see the images more fully, click the desired image, and your browser should show you a larger view. Then look for options under the "View" command such as "Full screen" or "Zoom".)

The artist is Agam, and the type of work is called kinetic art, that is, its appearance changes as the viewer moves around.

Below are details from a panel explaining the different perspectives of the memorial.

To see more images by Agam and of the memorial, here are some links:

Holocaust Memorial New Orleans

Agam

JCC Board votes "Yes".... again!

At its April 17, 2006 board meeting , the JCC Board held discussions and moved to designate land on their campus for an orthodox synagogue. This is the third time in the last 2-or-so years that the board has addressed this issue. On the first two occassions, the votes granted the option for the designated land to BSBI, which voted not to relocate in January 2006. The current decision secures the land for an orthodox synagogue, but does not specify that the option can only be given to BSBI.

The following is the text of my correspondence with the JCC Board, expressing my personal support for this action.

From: peterosenthal
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 8:24 PM
Subject: Message to JCC Board

I believe there will be discussion at an upcoming JCC Board meeting regarding securing land at the JCC for an orthodox shul in some form. I am writing to express my support for such an arrangement.

The logical partner for this is, of course, BSBI. Although the outcome of the last formal vote on this issue resulted in a decision for BSBI to remain downtown, there was substantial support in the general BSBI membership for the shul to be placed at the JCC. It is regretable that the BSBI leadership at present does not have sufficient vision to be a partner in the process of rebuilding the AHA / JCC campus. However, this could one day change, or another entity may yet evolve to take up such an option.

It is in the interests of the Jewish community that options that allow the greatest flexibility for such developments be put in place. Of course, there may be opposition from some quarters. However, it is vital that we recognize that the success of all our major institutions can best be achieved by meeting the needs of people from all major sectors of Jewish affiliation and observance in our community.

The JCC and AHA are already a vibrant and successful partnership. Other facilities could bring further synergy to the center, including an Orthodox shul and an assisted living center.

For those who may be concerned that an orthodox shul might stand in the way of other changes at the JCC, let it be known that sharing land need not mean giving up autonomy.

Please convey this to the JCC Board, either during the actual discussion, or as part of the correspondence recorded at the meeting.

Sincerely,

Peter Rosenthal

Personal changeRs

So, you know?.... what’s happening?

No, really, what’s going on, you know, underneath it all?

I mean, I look around at the people at the new West Ashley Minyan, and I wander what’s going on in their minds.

I am not a mind-reader, of course, but puzzling things out, getting to understand things at a very basic level, that is something ....... well, enlightening.

To quote a song most of you won’t know: "Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if you look at it right...." (Hunter - Scarlet Begonias) Life is full of such moments, if you keep your heart open for them......

I am not a reader of minds, though for a living, I read images, and fit them to patterns of other data, and come to conclusions. Sometimes a fresh mind is better than a trained one, then again, experience can get you to the core of a problem in a way that you have to see to believe. Recurring patterns are everywhere, and sometimes you have to pick up on a little clue here and there, and then have the ability to decipher the larger order.... And not just on X-rays.... but in people's actions....

So, what is going on?

Sure, many of those who attend these services did so initially as an angry reaction to the vote at BSBI in Jan ‘06. I was as angry as many others, but with time, anger subsides. In other words, wanting to go to, and continuing to go to these services, has to have other incentives. Indeed, without a rabbi present most times, there must, indeed, be something more....... So, what can these incentives be?

A bunch are obvious, if you have been to just one of these services - the atmosphere is relaxed, and warm, the spirit is spontaneous and palpable. You don’t come back if it isn’t fun..... And then there is the sense of community - people of all ages, many who were not frequent-shul-goers, are suddenly inspired to attend like regulars. You know this is all connecting where it needs to.... And if a rabbi, better, if the rabbi, were there, the effects would be greatly multiplied.

Then, there are new faces - some come out of curiosity, some because they have been waiting for something new to take form in this corner of the South East, and the status quo didn’t offer it.....

For me, riding to shul always undercuts any potential spiritual experience I may get at shul, before getting back in the car, and driving home. Whereas, walking to shul, especially in great weather, is one inspiration following another. Is that hard to understand?

I think this works on many other levels for all of us at these services - we enjoy going, we get to participate more actively, follow the Torah reading more closely, and hear the Haftarah more melodically. Some have taken up challenges they would previously have shied away from - preparing a Davar Torah, or preparing a Haftarah. Everyone counts, their presence is noted, the kids get together to bring services to a close. And altogether, we know we are not just taking care of our needs that day, but that what we are doing is an investment in the future. An investment for us, for our children, and for the Jewish community at large.

(Hillel) used to say: If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am for myself (only), what am I? And if not now, when? (Ethics of the Fathers Chap 1:14, p549 in Artscroll Siddur - and on the web among many sources
Link to Jewish virtual library online)

In other words, each of us has a duty to take care of ourselves and our spiritual needs, but to do so with a view beyond just ourselves. And if there is something important to do, don’t delay.....

The engine at the heart of the new West Ashley Minyan is the need for personal growth and change, but its repercussions extend far beyond the individuals involved.

L'Chayim,

Peter R