Sunday, November 22, 2009

Rabbi Avram Bogopulsky scheduled to be next Scholar at WAM


Rabbi Avram Bogopulsky, seen here at a Torah Dedication Ceremony, will be the next Scholar in Residence at the West Ashley Minyan in Charleston, SC on Shabbat of December 4th and 5th, 2009.

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"My favorite aspect of the Rabbinate is to see people growing spiritually [and] emotionally . . . . There's really nothing so special or unique about what we do. We are just trying to help Klal Yisrael in our small way."

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Shabbat Vayishlach, December 4th & 5th

WAM Welcomes
Rabbi and Leah Bogopulsky
back to Charleston

Friday Night (JCC) – Services 5:00 pm
Dinner 6:15 pm

Keynote Speech 8:00 pm

"CLIMBING THE LADDER & ACROPHOBIA"

Shabbat Morning - Pre-Mussaf Drasha (JCC)

"WHAT RUNG ARE YOU ON?"

Pre-Mincha Class - Rabbi Bogopulsky 3:45 (JCC)

"CHANUKAH -
BEIT HILLEL and BEIT SHAMMAI

GOING UP AND GOING DOWN"

Melava Malka – 7:30 pm (Home of Robyn & Randy Cohen)

"SATURDAY NIGHT!" or "MOTZEI SHABBAT"?
by Rabbi Bogopulsky
"EMPOWERMENT THROUGH JOY"
by Rebbetzin Leah Bogopulsky

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Dinner reservations for Friday night -
please send your check to
Arlene Rosenthal,
"Attention: Dinner reservations"
2221 Portside Way
Charleston, SC 29407

Thursday, November 05, 2009

ORT Brunch Sun Nov 8; 10:30 am











ORT Charleston Presents
the Annual Scholarship Brunch

Sunday, November 8, Brunch and Reception 10:30 am

At the Charleston Jewish Community Center,
1645 Raoul Wallenberg Drive

ORT will be honoring David Odle
recipient of ORT America's 2009
Community Achievement Award.

The special guest speaker is Hilly Panovka of ORT Atlanta.

Dietary Laws Observed.
Couvert: $36 per person. The couvert covers the cost of the brunch and is not tax-deductible.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Next Scholar in Residence at WAM










“Behold, a ladder stood
on the earth, the top of it
reached to heaven;
and behold,
angels of G-d were ascending
and descending on it”







The West Ashley Minyan
Presents
Another “Climbing the Ladder” Event
Shabbat Vayera – November 6th and 7th

Rabbi and Mrs. Nosson Kaiser
Jacksonville, Florida

Program of events:

Friday Night Nov 6th 2009
Carlbach Shabbat and Dinner* (all at JCC)
Mincha at 5 pm
Ma'ariv at 5:15 pm
Dinner 6:30 pm
Keynote Address at 8 pm
An ‘I’ for an ‘I’: Exploring the Hidden World of the Self
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Shabbat Morning Nov 7th
Pre-Mussaf Shabbat Drasha (JCC)
The Most High and I: Finding G-d’s Love in the Dow Jones

Women’s Class - Rebbetzin Kaiser 2:30 pm
at Linda Kirshstein’s home
Empowerment through Prayer

Shalosh S’eudos (JCC)
When the Sun Gets in Your “Aye”:
Finding Inspiration & Opportunity by Cutting through the Glare

Melaveh Malka 8:00 pm
(at home of Arlene & Peter Rosenthal)
The South Shall Rise Again:
Building a Torah Community below the Mason-Dixon Line

*For reservations for the dinner
or to volunteer contact
Arlene at arleneshawinsky@yahoo.com

RABBI NOSSON KAISER

A native of Toronto, Canada, Rabbi Nosson Kaiser has been Rabbi of Etz Chaim Synagogue in Jacksonville, Florida since 2001. He helped to found Torah Academy of Jacksonville, where his wife, Rebbetzin Orit Kaiser, was the founding principal. An alumnus of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia and Jerusalem's Mir Yeshiva, Rabbi Kaiser served previously on the faculties of the Miami Beach Community Kollel and Mechina High School of South Florida. His accomplishments in Jacksonville have been recognized by the National Council of Young Israel, which gave him its Young Rabbinic Leadership Award in 2005. He has taught and lectured in three languages and is a popular guest speaker and scholar for synagogues, schools and national organizations. Rabbi Kaiser is also a trained cantor and is a past winner of the Canadian Mathematics Competition. The Kaisers are the proud parents of six children.