On March 15, Susan Bingham is coming to TSS with her Children’s and Liturgical Opera Company!  They will be performing a short opera on the Book of Ruth.

Day of Dialogue – Sunday, April 21, 2013

 

This year’s Day of Dialogue, organized by the Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding, will be held on Sunday, April 21, from 1-5 PM at Temple Beth El in Allentown.  The topic for the afternoon is “Thin Places: Where We Touch Holiness.”  In Celtic tradition, places where we feel closer to God are known as “thin places.”

 

In this Day of Dialogue, there will be opportunities to share with neighbors of other faiths our personal experiences with “thin places.”  To provide a framework for these discussions, Dr. Peter Pettit, the Director of the Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding, will introduce us to one of the holiest places in the world, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, al-Quds and its significance to Christianity, Judaism and Islam.  Dr. Pettit first traveled to Jerusalem as a teen, lived there for a year as a graduate student and has returned there more than two dozen times in various professional capacities.

 

In addition to Dr. Pettit’s presentation, three friends from our local religious communities will briefly share their experiences of holiness in relation to Jerusalem.  The remainder of the time will be spent on dialogue in small groups where we will share our own respective holy places and our experiences there.

 

Registration begins at 1:00 PM and the program at 1:30 PM at Temple Beth El, 1305 Springhouse Road, Allentown.  The cost of the program is $10 per person.  To receive a flier or to make a reservation, please phone the Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding, 484-664-3470 or check their website: www.ijcu.org or email: ijcu@muhlenberg.edu.

Happy March birthday to our kids born this month! Yaaayyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rebecca Donahue 12th
Sofia Rembalsky 14th
Nina Iorio 17th

Jewish Community Seder
Tuesday, March 26 | 6 pm
$30 per adult / $15 per child / children under 5 free. This lively and interactive seder for the whole community (and your whole family!) will be held at the Jewish Community Center of Allentown and will be co-led by Cantor Ellen Sussman of Temple Shirat Shalom and Rabbi Seth Phillips of Congregation Keneseth Israel. LVKC-approved kosher meal. Reservation deadline: March 15. To reserve space, call 610-435-3571. Special financial arrangements can be made by contacting JCC Director Carol Kranitz.