Monthly Calendar of Services and Events
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December 12, 2024 -
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December 12, 2024 -
Monday & Thursday at 8:00 AM – In Person/Zoom
Monday – Thursday at 5:45 PM – Zoom
Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday at 5:45 PM – Zoom
Shabbat, Saturday at 9:30 AM – In Person/Live Stream
*Sunday at 9:30 AM – In Person/Zoom
*when Religious School is in session
*Please contact the CBI office for the link and passcode to Zoom services.
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Friday mornings in November & December 11 AM – 12 PM, In-person at CBI
Join us each Friday morning to discuss and learn the weekly Torah portion with fellow CBI members and friends.
No registration or a knowledge of Torah required. Let’s all learn together!
THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN TO THE MEMBERS OF ALL LOCAL CONGREGATIONS WITH RSVP
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:45 PM In-Person at CBI
Run time: 1 hour, 58 minutes
Billy Crystal tells the stories of his youth, growing up in the jazz world of Manhattan, his teenage years, and finally adulthood. The Tony Award-winning show is a funny and poignant exploration of family and fate, loving and loss.
Cost is $5 per movie. Snacks will be provided.
OPEN TO THE MEMBERS OF ALL LOCAL CONGREGATIONS
RSVP to Kim Brody at kbrody@cbitoledo.org by Fri., December 6, 2024
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 10:30 AM In-Person at CBI
Winner of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award, the Mimi S. Frank Award for Sephardic Culture, the National Jewish Book Award, the Association of Jewish Libraries Honor Book Award and the 2024 Mass Book Award Longlist.
A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries, Kantika—“song” in Ladino—follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are forced to move to Barcelona and start anew, Rebecca fashions a life and self from what comes her way—a failed marriage, the need to earn a living, but also passion, pleasure and motherhood. Moving from Spain to Cuba to New York for an arranged second marriage, she faces her greatest challenge—her disabled stepdaughter, Luna, whose feistiness equals her own and whose challenges pit new family against old. Exploring identity, place and exile, Kantika also reveals how the female body—in work, art and love—serves as a site of both suffering and joy. A haunting, inspiring meditation on the tenacity of women, this lush, lyrical novel from Elizabeth Graver celebrates the insistence on seizing beauty and grabbing hold of one’s one and only life.
The Toledo Library has 4 physical copies in print, plus various digital formats. 22 libraries have copies on SearchOhio. 3 libraries have copies on OhioLink.
OPEN TO THE WOMEN OF ALL LOCAL CONGREGATIONS
Sharon Stein will be the discussion leader for this book club meeting.
RSVP to Ellen Federman at efederman@sbcglobal.net by Sunday, December 15, 2024.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM In-Person at CBI
Run time: 1 hour, 29 minutes
When Jews Were Funny features two dozen interviews with a variety of Jewish comedy professionals and explores the role of Jewish humor in the context of comedy. The filmmaker asks whether earlier generations of Jews were funnier than the present generation and, if so, why.
Cost is $5 per movie. Snacks will be provided.
OPEN TO THE MEMBERS OF ALL LOCAL CONGREGATIONS
RSVP to Kim Brody at kbrody@cbitoledo.org by Fri., December 13, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 11:00 AM In-Person at CBI
Join us as we assemble Hanukkah goodie bags to donate to Jewish Family Service and to give to CBI members at local senior living facilities.
RSVP by December 16, 2024.
Contact Kim Brody at kbrody@cbitoledo.org to add your name to the volunteer list .
Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 9:30 AM at Shabbat Morning Services
On Saturday, December 21st, we will read Parasha Vayeishev. This Torah portion recounts the story of when Jacob gives his best loved son, Joseph, the “coat of many colors”.
Join us at services by dressing in many colors to commemorate that event.
Monday, December 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM at CBI
Join us as we get ready to celebrate Hanukkah by learning how to make “sufganiyot”,
Israeli jelly donuts.
Be sure to bring your apron so you can fully participate in making your own sufgainiot to take home. A light lunch will be served following the cooking class.
This program is space-limited to 15 participants.
Please bring the $10 registration fee (cash only) with you to the event.
RSVP to Miriam Beckerman at mesb@bex.net by December 18, 2024.
Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at the Cherry Street Mission Building, 1501 Monroe Street
We are in need of 8-12 volunteers.
The volunteers will be putting together packages of food for children that live in the Toledo area.
RSVP to Kim Brody at kbrody@cbitoledo.org.
Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 5:45 PM on Zoom
From our own homes, together, we will light the second candle at CBI evening services to commemmorate the second night of Hanukkah 5785/2024.
The Zoom link and passcode will be included in the regular Wednesday e-blast email.
Saturday, December 28, 2024 at Shabbat Morning Services and Kiddush
HANUKKAH TRIVIA ~ PRIZES! ~ HANUKKAH SONGS
YUMMY LATKES ~ SUFGANIYOT ~ CHOCOLATE GELT & MORE…
No cost but RSVP’s Required. Please RSVP to the office or to Kim Brody kbrody@cbitoledo.org by Monday, December 23rd.
Tuesdays at 12:30 – 2:45 PM In-Person at CBI
We have had great fun playing canasta on Tuesdays at Congregation B’nai Israel.
OPEN TO THE MEMBERS OF ALL LOCAL CONGREGATIONS
If you are interested in playing, please contact Rhoda Miller at rmiller@cbitoledo.org.
Shabbat Candles • Candlesticks • Kiddush cups • Challah Covers • Challah Knives & Boards • Havdallah Sets • Holiday Items • Shofars • Menorahs • Jewelry Assortment • Mezuzzot & Scrolls • Tallits (Prayer Shawls) • Women's & Men's Kippot • Tzedakah Boxes • Jewish Books • Kid's Holiday Items • Jewish Books and much, much more!
To make an appointment, please contact
the office at 419-517-8400.
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From the North:
Take US 23 to Sylvania Exit, turn left on Monroe St. to Harroun Rd. Take Harroun Rd. to Holland-Sylvania Ave., turn left at light. Take Holland-Sylvania Ave. to Sylvania Ave., turn right at light. Follow Sylvania Ave. about 1/2 mile to entrance to JCC/YMCA drive, turn left, then follow signs.
From the South:
Take US 23 to the Central Ave. Exit, turn left on Central Ave. Take Central Ave. to McCord Rd. (second light), turn right. Take McCord Rd. to Sylvania Ave. (about one mile), turn right, go about 1/4 mile to next light, turn right into JCC/YMCA drive, follow signs.
From the East:
Take I-475 West to Talmadge Rd. Exit, turn right on Talmadge Rd. Go to next light at Sylvania Ave. and turn left on Sylvania. Go about 2 and 1/2 miles on Sylvania Ave. to red light at entrance to JCC/YMCA drive, turn left, then follow signs.
Congregation B'nai Israel
6525 Sylvania Avenue, Sylvania, Ohio 43560
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