Volunteering to sponsor a Kiddush has never been so easy, musical (really) and fun. Check out the new website, www.bkkp.info.
It has everything you  need to make
a successful Kiddush, including:
"BK KIDDUSH FOR SHMENDRICKS";
a calendar which shows the available dates; and an easy to complete online request form.

Don't forget to click on the Blog, which has a delightful posting entitled, "What's a Kiddush Have to do With It?"

A hearty mazal tov to Rabbi Darby for being honored with the Sheldon Williams Leadership Award, conferred by the Center for Hearing and Communication. The award recognizes his efforts in "assuring a world without limits."

Again mazal tov to Rabbi Darby on being accepted into The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership's innovative new program called "Rabbis Without Borders." Twenty rabbis from all over the country will come together six times over the next year to discuss and learn about making Judaism and Jewish wisdom more accessible and meaningful in the public sphere.

A teaching of Reconstructionism is that we live in two civilizations, and that the values of each inform and enrich the other. Without doubt, the American values of democracy, gender equality, and inclusion have informed our Jewish practice. Shabbat falls on the 4th of July this year, so in order to celebrate both Shabbat and the 4th, we will begin services at 9:30 and end at 11 a.m., just when the parade is set to begin a block north of the synagogue.

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Religious School and the wide
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* Engage Your Mind ** Nourish Your Soul *

The Fast of the Ninth of the Jewish month of Av, Tisha b'Av, marks the end of a three week period of mourning during which the Jewish people remember the series of events that led to the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem and the destruction of the first Temple on that date in the year 586 BCE. Sadly, it also marks the day some six hundred years later in the year 70 CE when the Roman legions pushed through the crumbling defenses of Jerusalem to desecrated and destroyed the rebuilt second Temple, as they crushed a rebellion that shook the heart of the Empire and drove the Jewish people into exile. Over time, we associated many of the most painful moments with this grim day.

Bnai Keshet will be hosting families through the Interfaith Hospitality Network program. This year the economic tumult has created a greater need than ever for outreach to support and find safe and secure shelter for homeless families with children. As a congregation committed to Tikkun Olam, we are proud to be part of this effort, which provides a wonderful opportunity for Bnai Keshet families to help out, meet and support other members of our extended community—and have some fun in the process.