Fellowships for Sophomores and Juniors
The Boston Diller Teen Fellowship is now recruiting for the cohort of 2012-2013.  The Diller Teen Fellowship is a fifteen-month youth leadership fellowship currently available in sixteen North America and Israel communities.

Twenty Boston area Jewish teens will be selected as Diller Teen Fellows based on their leadership aptitude, commitment to Jewish learning, interest in exploring their connection to Israel, and passion for serving their community.

Applicants must be high school sophomores or juniors in the fall of 2012.  Applications are accepted until June 1st, 2012.  Please visit www.bostonjcc.org/diller for more information, and please contact or 617-558-6512 with any questions.
 
Hot-Line to Combat Anti-Israel Activities on College Campuses
Israel Law Center - hotline to fight antisemitism on campusesA Jewish civil rights group named Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center has launched the “Campus Hotline,” a manned telephone switchboard to assist university students who are subjected to anti-Israel and anti-Semitic attacks at their schools. Students and faculty are encouraged to call the Campus Hotline at (718) 907-9258 to report any incidents of anti-Semitism, discrimination, intimidation, or harassment arising from anti-Israel activities on campuses.


Shurat HaDin is also soliciting information via the Hotline on boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns to delegitimize Israel on campus, as well as efforts to provide support for terrorist organizations.

Shurat HaDin is also in the process of creating a “Report Card” to rate campuses based on their commitment to the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights guidance and to providing a safe and welcoming environment for Jewish students and faculty and for pro-Israel viewpoints. The organization expects administrators at poorly-ranked campuses to become more actively aware of both their legal obligations and their social responsibilities in responding to hostility and discrimination against Jewish students.

Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center is an international human rights law organization dedicated to enforcing basic human rights through the legal system and to representing victims of terrorism in courtrooms around the world. The organization is based in Tel Aviv and has a newly established American office located in New York.
 
Hey, People of the Book!
books_4.jpgWhenever you buy books, you can help the Shul at the same time.  If you use the links below, Amazon will donate about 6% of your purchase to the shul.  Since they usually have the best prices, you save too! 

For example: Here's a link to buy the Artscroll Siddur: Nusach Sefard (the same Siddur we use in the Shul).  And here's the The Chumash: The Stone Edition (the same one we use in the Shul).  Or any Books at all!

In fact, Amazon donates to the Shul when you buy anything (if you go to Amazon via our links), including: 
So please use these links to help the Shul whenever you shop.   Thanks. 
 
Chesed Notes
Would you like to be included on a list of people willing to prepare and/or deliver meals to other Adams Street families in need of chesed at the time of a birth, death, or illness (or to help out in other ways)? 

If you would like to be contacted in these circumstances, please send your name, phone number and e-mail address along with any specific instructions (i.e. "I am happy to deliver meals, but I don't have any time during the week to cook.") to the following three members of the Chesed Committee:

We would like to keep names on file so that we will be able to contact you to ask if you are available to help when a situation arises.
 
Save Your Butcherie Receipts
stamper.png Donate to the shul without it costing you a cent!   When you shop at The Butcherie in Brookline, remember to ask for your receipt to be stamped. When you send your stamped receipts to the shul, we turn them in and The Butcherie donates 5% of your receipt total (3% for credit card purchases) to the Shul. What an easy way to support a great cause!  
 
 
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Can Jewish Law Change?

KlapperAryeh_01The Shul requests the pleasure of your company at the second lecture in our series: The Future of Judaism: In Celebration of the Centennial of the Adams Street Synagoguge.  

On Sunday, March 4th, Rabbi Aryeh Klapper will present "Can Jewish Law Change?" 

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper is Dean of The Center for Modern Torah Leadership and Rosh Beit Midrash of its Summer Beit Midrash program.  He is a member of the Beit Din of Boston, and Instructor of Rabbinics and Bioethics at Gann Academy.  He previously served as Orthodox Adviser and Director of Education at Harvard Hillel and as Talmud Curriculum Chair at Maimonides High School.  Rabbi Klapper lectures in many public and academic forums and has published in numerous popular and scholarly journals.

Come explore our second hundred years.  The event begins at 7:30 PM.  Reservations made in advance are only $10.  Use the on-line order form to make your reservation now, or to become a patron of the series. 


"Can Jewish Law Change?" is the second of four special educational events that will explore the Jewish future, our second hundred years.  You can make reservations or donations online below, or by mail to the synagogue office.  For more information, contact .

Reservation Form: 
Can Jewish Law Change?, by Rabbi Aryeh Klapper

Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 7:30 PM

Reservations  (@ $10 per person)
 Enter # of guests:
I would like to make a contribution to support the Centennial Lecture Series, which will be listed in the Program Book.
President's Circle ** >$1000
Benefactor ** $500 to $999
Patron ** $250 to $499
** includes two reservations to all Centennial Lectures (see schedule below).
Sponsor *
 $125 to $249
* includes two reservations to the March 4th lecture.
Supporter
$75 to $124
Friend
$50 to $75
other donation
 your support is welcomed

There are two more lectures in the series, all featuring outstanding scholars: 
  • On Sunday April 22 at 7:30pm, Rabbi Nehemia Polen of Hebrew College will present “Building Sacred Community: A Comparison of Biblical and Hasidic Approaches to Enriching Our Personal and Communal Quests for Meaning." 
  • On Sunday May 13 at 7:30pm, Rabbi Meir Sendor of Young Israel of Sharon will present “Reconciling Torah and Science in the Twenty-First Century.”
Next >  Chanukah Party Monday Night at Kadimah
 
 

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