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It is with anticipation and excitement that I start my third year as rabbi for Temple Beth El of Dubuque.
Dubuque is a diverse city, with new people joining us and a welcoming congregation - all ingredients for spiritual growth and enrichment. It is my sincere hope that our journey together this year will be a fruitful one, marked by increased interconnectedness and understanding.
Of course there’s more to say, but I’ll leave that for another Temple newsletter. I look forward to seeing everyone!
Shalom U’vracha,
Rabbi Jim
james.sagarin@gmail.com
2018
Rosh Hashanah begins on September 9 at 7 PM.
Sunday, September 9: Erev Rosh Hashanah Service, 7:00 PM.
Monday, September 10: Rosh Hashanah Morning Service, 10:00 AM There is a pot-luck luncheon (from 12:15 PM to 1:30 PM) following the Morning Service. Please bring a salad, cold dish, or dessert to serve approximately 12 people. (Dairy meal: fish, eggs, and milk products.) Please bring in a serving bowl or tray with serving utensils. Fern Reinstein is organizing this meal. You may contact her directly with any questions: threeamstamper@yahoo.com.
Tashlich Service (from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM) follows the luncheon. Tashlich will take place at the pavilion on the Mississippi, near the River Museum.
Our Cemetery Service will take place on Sunday, September 16th, at 9 AM at Linwood Cemetery.
Yom Kippur begins on Tuesday, September 18, 7 PM.
Tuesday September 18: Kol Nidrei Service, 7:00 PM
Wednesday, September 19: Yom Kippur Morning Service, 10:00 AM
Wednesday, September 19: Yizkor, 12:30 PM
Wednesday, September 19: Afternoon Service, 4:30 PM
Wednesday, September 19: Concluding Service, 5:45 PM
Wednesday, September 19: Break-the-fast meal immediately follows the Concluding Service. We will ask you to sign up to bring one of the following: herring, hard-boiled or deviled eggs, egg salad, lox, sliced vegetables, fruit, or kugel. Rebecca Gottlieb is organizing this meal. You may contact her directly with any questions: beccagottlieb84@gmail.com
Sukkot: Building, Celebrating and Eating. This will take place on September 27th. Everyone's invited.
>>> 5-6 PM, building the Sukkah
>>> 6-7 PM, meal in the Social Hall (volunteers gladly accepted)
>>> 7-8PM, Children of Abraham conversation in the sanctuary. Come for some;come for all.
October 19: Shabbat service, 7:00 PM Host the rabbi: Oneg: Dinner with rabbi Friday night:
October 20: Family School with Rabbi, 10:00 AM
October 20: Adult Hebrew with Rabbi, noon Dinner/Discussion Saturday night:
November 9: Shabbat service, 7:00 PM Host the rabbi: Oneg: Dinner with rabbi Friday night:
November 10: Family School with Rabbi, 10:00 AM
November 10: Adult Hebrew with Rabbi, noon Dinner/Discussion Saturday night:
December 2: Hanukkah Party (details to come)
December 14: Shabbat service, 7:00 PM Host the rabbi: Oneg: Dinner with rabbi Friday night:
December 15: Family School with Rabbi, 10:00 AM
December 15: Adult Hebrew with Rabbi, noon Dinner/Discussion Saturday night:
January 11: Shabbat service, 7:00 PM
January 12: Family School/Confirmation Class, 10:00 AM
January 12: Adult Hebrew, noon Dinner with rabbi Friday night: Dinner/Discussion Saturday night:
February 15: Shabbat service, 7:00 PM
February 16: Family School/Confirmation Class, 10:00 AM
February 16 Adult Hebrew, noon Dinner with rabbi Friday night: Dinner/Discussion Saturday night:
March 15: Shabbat service, 7:00 PM (Purim Celebration this weekend; details to come)
March 16: Family School/Confirmation Class, 10:00 AM
March 16: Adult Hebrew, noon Dinner with rabbi Friday night: Dinner/Discussion Saturday night:
April 5: Shabbat service—Visitor Service; details to come
April 6: Family School/Confirmation Class, 10:00 AM
April 6: Adult Hebrew, noon Dinner with rabbi Friday night: Dinner/Discussion Saturday night:
April 26: Temple Passover Seder (details to come)
April 27: Family School/Confirmation Class, 10:00 AM (Rest of temple weekend activities TBD)
May 10: Shabbat service, 7:00 PM
May 11: Family School/Confirmation Class, 10:00 AM
May 11: Adult Hebrew, noon Dinner with rabbi Friday night: Dinner/Discussion Saturday night:
June 14: Shabbat service, 7:00 PM
June 15: Family School/Confirmation Class, 10:00 AM
It's our 8th year. Come and participate. Questions, contact agarfield@dbq.edu
Download and print the 2018-2019 poster as a pdf. 11 x 8.5" 17 x 11"
Saturday, November 11, 2017. First Jewish Art exhibit ever in Dubuque. Opening on the occasion of the Israeli group, Sofi and the Baladis, at the University of Dubuque. Alan Garfield, Bisignano Art Gallery Director.
Importance of Interfaith in Politics article in the Saturday Telegraph Herald, 9-2-17
Interview with Becca Gottlieb, Rabbi Anne Persin and Alan Garfield
Every rabbi is asked throughout their career to find ways to define who they are as a rabbi. As a rabbi who sees myself as a teacher, first and foremost, I am constantly returning to Exodus 35:31 where we read, “And God filled Betzalel with the divine spirit, with hochmah (wisdom), t’vunah (understanding) and da’at (experience) and in all work.” In shaping my rabbinate, I look to Betzalel as my model for recognizing that all three of these ways of knowing—knowing through study, knowing through connecting, and knowing through doing—are all inherent to Judaism. My most sacred duty as a rabbi, therefore, is to bring hochmah (wisdom), t’vunah (understanding) and da’at (experience) to the people I serve. (Excerpted from July 2013 Newsletter.)
