Weekly News and Updates, November 30, 2011
Shabbat Candle Lighting Times for Fairfield
Shabbat (candle lighting) begins at 4:22 p.m. on Friday, December 2. Shabbat ends (Havdalah begins) Saturday, 5:25 p.m. in Fairfield.
If you are interesting in helping with the Chanukah Party, please contact Janet Swartz at janet@empowermentprocess.com
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In this free talk, Peter (the brother of David Scharf) will discuss how emphasis on the name of G-d, the fact that G-d is One, and that His essential nature is Being that pervades the long tradition of Judaism parallels the Vedantic understanding of the One Being (ekam sat).
Dr. Evan Finkelstein of M.U.M. will respond. The entire Fairfield and M.U.M community is warmly invited to attend.
Peter Scharf is a Visiting Professor at M.U.M. Research Institute, and the founder and director of The Sanskrit Library.
Yagyas for Israel
A group of friends of Israel is organizing Maharishi Yagyas to promote peace and prosperity in the Holy Land. For more information and to contribute to this worthy cause please contact Joe Boxerman at 641.451.5000 or jboxerman@tm.org.
2012 Beth Shalom Board
At the Beth Shalom Annual Meeting on November 28 at 8:00 p.m., the following board members and officers were elected to serve for 2012:
President: Marc Berkowitz
Vice President: Sol Waksman
Vice President: Dean Draznin
Vice President: Ben Winkler
Treasurer: Fred Swartz
Secretary: Lisa Cohen
Ex Officio: Julie Blum
Board Members: Joy Hirschberg, Steve Sufian, Brian Teitzman, Nathan Zenack