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Yom Chamishi, 12 Tammuz 5773

Worship lets us REFRESH our spiritual lives.

Working together to RESTORE our Jewish community.

As a congregation we aim to REFUEL our Jewish way of life.

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What's happening around our Jewish world

	New Trustees At the Annual Meeeting on May 19 the following were elected trustees for the term indicated: Three year term: Eric Weissman Two year term: Rani Chadowitz One year term: Howard Garfinkel Also joining the Board as a trustee representing the Sisterhood is Fay Zerbo.
	National Exhibits in Fayetteville March 18 - April 21, 2013 Three events of interest: 82nd Airborne Division and Propaganda in Nazi-Occupied Holland - Airborne Division War Memorial Museum History of Fayetteville's Jewish Community - Fayetteville Area Transportation and Local History Museum Anne Frank: A History for Today & Art and Propaganda in Nazi-Occupied Holland - Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County Go to: http://visitfayettevillenc.com/events and enter the dates in the search feature for more information.
	Our Current News - The Shofar Click here to view our latest issue of The Shofar - our bi-monthly newsletter.

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Our Link to The Holocaust

We are honored to have one of the Holocaust Torahs in our safekeeping. Ours is one of three from the town of Trebon in the Czech Republic. During the Holocaust, the 87 Jews living in Trebon and its surrounding villages were transported in about 1939 to the Terezin concentration camp, and none survived. To read about the amazing recovery of all these Torah, click this link. We also have on display in our Temple four paintings by Temple member Paul Field depicting the struggle for life in a concentration camp. Both of these bring a special meaning to our observance of Yom Hashoah.

Tikkun olam

This Hebrew phrase best translates as healing and restoring the world. It suggests humanity's shared responsibility with the Creator "to heal, repair and transform the world." Led by Mitch Lewis, many of our congregation are helping to raise awareness of the genocide and strife in Darfur through the One Million Bones project. For more information use this link.

Chesed

Kindness is valued by religious Jews and is seen as the foundation of particular interpersonal commandments and of a variety of communal institutions. The tannaic rabbi Simon the Just taught: "The world rests upon three things: "Torah, service to God, and bestowing kindness" (Pirkei Avot 1:2). In addition to individual acts of kindness, our Temple has a community outreach program to provide visitation to elderly Jews unable to attend services. This is staffed by two RNs and funded through the BJH Foundation for Senior Services. We also support the New Bern RCS food pantry and soup kitchen through donations of food and monetary contributions. Our Chevra Kadisha is available in times of need.