Both Services will be in person as well as streamed to YouTube
Friday, October 18 at 5:30pm - Tot Shabbat 
All are invited to join us for our clergy-led tot service,
followed by a festive community potluck dinner.
TNT will generously provide the main courses, and we kindly request
that you bring a dairy side dish or dessert to share
(please refrain from including meat, shellfish, or nut products).
If preparing homemade food items, we encourage you to attach a note card
listing all the ingredients for the benefit of our guests.
Because the dinner is catered, we need to know how many are coming.
REGISTER NOW for our next Tot Shabbat on October 18th
Thursday, October 31st at 8:00pm - Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
Join Cantor Greenberg for a fun and intriguing evening
as we welcome the New Moon of Cheshvan on
Thursday, October 31st at 8 p.m.
Together, we'll explore the fascinating character of the dybbuk,
drawing upon texts from Jewish folklore.
Feel free to bring some candy to nibble on!
Did you know that Ner Tamid has an Adult (70+) Group?
Our very active 70 plus community meets twice monthly on Tuesdays
from 10:45am-1:15am for stimulating conversations, guest speakers,
cultural programing, holiday celebrations, Qi Gong exercise and much more.
The group is open to Temple Ner Tamid members and parents and friends of members.
If you or anyone you know is interested in meeting new people in an inviting atmosphere,
come give us a try!
The group is sponsored by Temple Ner Tamid and the JCC Metrowest.
October Meetings - Oct 22 & Oct 29
10:45 - 11:15 Qi Gong with Stan Keyles (optional)
11:15-11:45 - Current Events Discussion
11:14-12:15 - Lunch (bring your own DAIRY lunch, coffee and cake provided)
12:15-1:15 Program:
For further information, please contact Dianna Chipkin
at 973-202 2497 or diannachipkin@gmail.com
Monday, Oct 21st - The Golem of Brooklyn
author Adam Mansbach in conversation with Jodi Rudoren
REGISTER TO ATTEND in person OR view it streamed on YouTube
PURCHASE THE BOOK AT WATCHUNG BOOKSELLERS HERE!
TNT MAH JONG
Join our informal all-level (but mostly beginner) Mah Jong group!
Meeting weekly on Mondays 2:00-4:00
(no commitment; you don't have to come every week)
Start date: Monday, October 21st
Bring: your Mah Jong set & a folding card table
Prep: after you RSVP, we'll send a link to purchase an official Mah Jong card
Prep: we'll also send a link to an intro video and some apps to get you started
Note: we welcome advanced players to help guide and teach our beginners
Note: even if you're not able to join us, we'd still love to borrow your Mah Jong set!
RSVP to rennie.ackerman@gmail.com
Get your tickets now...
for the premiere of
Our Peace Journey Documentary
at
Montclair
Film Festival
on Sunday, October 27 at 1:30pm
and
RSVP for the After Party at TNT
Purchase Tickets Here RSVP for the After Party
Synopsis of Film:
If Russia fails to crush Ukraine, many fear the superpower will prey on neighboring Georgia – a tiny country Russia invaded and permanently confiscated land from only 15 years earlier. Against this unsettling backdrop, I Will Build This World From Love tells the story of some young women and men from the country of Georgia who bravely aspire to practice their Judaism in all its fullness and without limitation. While their impending b’nai mitzvah ceremony raises the ire of Georgia’s dominant patriarchal orthodox Jewish community, they find acceptance from Georgia’s former Evangelical Baptist archbishop – demoted for his controversial stand against homophobia and Islamophobia. Undaunted, the bishop is now building what he calls a Peace Cathedral, which houses a church, synagogue, and mosque under one roof – this, in an effort to advance interfaith relations and global harmony. In so doing, he partners with an Israeli rabbi and an American cantor and some congregants from the USA who are still reeling from a Molotov cocktail attack on their temple. From half a world away, they help train the spiritually hungry students, thereby enabling Georgian women to read publicly from the Torah for the first time in 2600 years.
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Malkaz Songulashvili is a Baptist pastor from Tbilisi, Georgia. Additionally, he is a peace activist who advocates for Muslims, Yezidis, Jews, people of faith or none, and people of different sexual identities. He is also a professor of comparative theology at Ilis State University, liturgical writer and Bible translator. Last year, The House of One Foundation honored Bishop Songulashvili with the Inaugural House of One Peace Award.
Golan Ben-Chorin is a third generation Israeli Reform Rabbi. An international consultant, his work in both the intra-faith and inter-faith arenas is informed by his doctoral thesis on pluralism. Until recently, he was the Principal Rabbi of Alyth (North Western Reform Synagogue) in London. Working at the confluence of tradition and innovation, he creates programs combining Jewish wisdom, personal growth, community building and spirituality.
Friday, Nov 1st - Join Us For A Musical Shabbat Experience
Come celebrate a special musical Erev Shabbat with us on Friday, November 1, at 6:30pm!
We're thrilled to welcome TNT's own Zach Adleman
and the Zach Adleman Quartet,
who will join our clergy team
for an uplifting and soulful service.
Afterward, they'll treat us to a live performance
featuring music from their newly released album,
We Make: Stories for a New Day.
Get a taste of the album with this teaser
Watch the Quartet in action at Dizzy's Club, Lincoln Center
Learn more about Zach Adleman and his music
We hope to see you there for this beautiful evening of music, spirit, and community!
Do you do a handicraft?
Get together with your fellow TNTers for 2 hours of crafting.
Bring your knitting, needlepoint, embroidery, crochet,
lace-making, cross-stitch, or whatever handicraft
you are working on and join us for schmoozing,
learning from each other and community.
We meet once a month on a Sunday afternoon
at a congregant’s home.
Click here to Contact Beni Fishbein for further information
Lunch With the Rabbi 2024...REGISTER NOW!
Join us this year for Lunch With the Rabbi
starting Tuesday, October 15th.
REGISTER HERE
We will start with lunch at 12pm followed by class at 12:30pm. Bring your own dairy / parve lunch.
This year we will be discussing the book
Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism
by Rabbi Irving Greenberg.
The Triumph of Life is Rabbi Irving Greenberg’s magnum opus—a narrative of the relationship between God and humanity as expressed in the Jewish journey through modernity, the Holocaust, the creation of Israel, and the birth of Judaism’s next era.
We will continue to meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
Creatives' Beit Midrash
If you are a visual artist, a musician, a theatrical artist, a creative cook, a writer, a dancer, a photographer, a lover of “art”-
or creative in any way and want to delve into Jewish texts
that will inspire you to create more, this group may be for you.
The Creatives’ Beit Midrash began in the fall of 2019
and its participants have been exploring
and producing creations from their hearts & minds.
A monthly gathering includes:
PART 1: text study – in the first half of our time together we will examine a relevant text to see how,
as creatives, we can interpret the narratives
PART 2: share/critique – In the second half of our time together we will share our ‘creations’
These Virtual/ZOOM gatherings (The 3rd Thursday of each month @ 7:30PM),
will be co-led by Clergy Associate, Ronni Pressman
(a visual artist that works in ceramics, fused glass and other medium)
and a monthly guest co-teacher of text.
We form a community of creatives’ who analyze, interrogate and create.
If this type of gathering seems to be ‘up your alley’, send your query to rpressman@nertamid.org
Dates/Times: 7:30-9:00 PM
(2024) Oct 17 • Nov 21 • Dec 19
(2025) Jan 16 • Feb 20 • Mar 20
Apr 17 will be in-person
Join a Talmud Group for Lawyers
Rabbi Katz is once again hosting a Talmud class
for lawyers in the congregation
who are looking to study a little Talmud together.
Meeting one Friday a month before work,
Rabbi Katz will prepare a study sheet
on topics close to the legal areas of those in the group.
If you are interested, please email Rabbi Katz rabbi@nertamid.org.
The class will begin on October 18th.
A weekday option will be available for those who cannot make Friday AM.
Sign up for Friday AM monthly parent class with Rabbi Katz
reading "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew"
Register Here First Session is Oct 25th @ 8:45am
Understand Israel Better with Rabbi Katz
in a weekly class presented by the Melton School
Register Here
Learn Jewish Ethics and Grow in our New Mussar Va'ad
led by Cantor Greenberg
“Beginner” Tai Chi class... 6-7pm
Newbies always welcome!
Continuing Tai Chi Classes... 7-8pm
Thursdays @ Ner Tamid
Tai Chi is an ancient art…movement…exercise…meditation and fun way
to enhance health and improve balance and mobility.
The instructors Irene Sherman, Ray Wolfson and assistant instructor, Linda Gross
have had extensive training and practice in these arts.
After learning the set, the opportunity to refine the practice and reap the benefits this art
provides continues on Thursday evenings from 6-8pm. Classes are fun and nonjudgmental.
As with other practices, Tai Chi does take time and effort to learn
and the benefits are worth the investment.
Interested in more information?
Click here to contact the instructors.
The TNT Short Story Group will start up again beginning in October.
For the past 3 and 1/2 years the sessions have taken place virtually on Thursdays at 1PM
with more than 110 Jewish short stories discussed.
All sessions are free and there is no registration required.
The schedule for virtual (ZOOM) Thursday sessions will be once a month
on the 2nd Thursday of each month.
Here is the schedule:
October 10 • November 14 • December 12
January 9 • February 13 • March 13 • April 10 • May 8
To download the next story that we will be reading, CLICK THIS LINK.
To join the ZOOM meeting on the day of the discussion: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83485037976
We hope you will join us!
We think the discussions have been enlightening, thought provoking
and always bring a new appreciation of the art of story-telling.
There is no charge and no registration is needed. All are welcome.
Questions? Contact Norm Pollack at Norman@unsoft.com
Wellness Offerings
Karen Frank, TNT’s Congregational Nurse, has a variety of offerings to the community, all of them having to do with enhancing wellness. Her practice integrates physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
She works with individuals, families, and groups.
Karen leads two groups at TNT: BOTH BEGINNING IN OCTOBER
- Grandparents’ Group, which meets on the third Tuesday of the month on Zoom at 5:00pm. Topics have been grand-parenting at a distance, when values clash,
the blended family, and grandchildren with special needs.
You can join the meeting here. - Caregiving Aging Parents, which focuses on providing care whether local or long-distance.
They meet monthly, the first Tuesday of the month on Zoom at 7:30pm.
Topics include dealing with parent’s physical or mental health,
when to consider a move and what are the options, how to find help,
and assisting the parent with dementia.
You can join the meeting here.
Our numbers are small but many have indicated it is important to them to continue.
Please feel free to invite people to join us.
I am considering beginning a new group - Taking Care of our Spouses if there is sufficient interest.
Please tell me if you will be continuing with us or if you want to be removed from the list.
Karen is also available for individual consults on health, caregiving, and coping. Call her at 862-485-9062 or email to nursekarenfrank@gmail.com to make arrangements for a home or synagogue visit or a call.
Temple Ner Tamid hosts a monthly food drive to benefit
the Human Needs Food Pantry, collecting donations from shoppers at
the Brookdale ShopRite (1409 Broad Street in Bloomfield).
Our food drives have always been a major charitable resource for the pantry,
which is serving many more food-insecure families since the start of the pandemic.
We’re looking for volunteers to request donations at the entrance or receive donated items at the exit. The final shift includes driving to the food pantry in Montclair to help unload the truck.
The next food collection will be on November 17th.
Follow this link to sign up for a shift today!
Questions? Please contact Amy Strickler and Mark Dodd at mdodd107@yahoo.com.
News from the Human Needs Food Pantry
The Human Needs Food Pantry, located at 9 Label Street in Montclair, provides food and services to people and families in need from Bloomfield, Montclair and surrounding neighboring Essex County communities. Currently, the Food Pantry provides over 2,500 bags of groceries each month, along with hundres of deliveries for homebound clients. The Pantry is great and it continues to grow. The Food Pantry is very appreciative of the partnership with Temple Ner Tamid.
As you shop for your family each week, please pick up a few extra items for those in need. Drop off canned or boxed food (no glass or outdated items) to the Mazon Box, which is located at TNT in the hallway near the main office entrance. The Food Pantry requests cereal, peanut butter, jelly, crackers and other breakfast food, as well as tuna fish, pasta and beans. As soon as the Mazon box is full it will be delivered to the Food Pantry. Temple Ner Tamid continues to be a strong supporter of the Human Needs Food Pantry.
The Chesed Committee is Here for You!
Do you need a ride to the doctor or a medical appointment?
If so, the Chesed committee may be able to help you!
Reach out
to Susan Goldstein at sgolds4727@aol.com,
with as much notice as possible, and we will see if we can be of help to you!
Bring Them Home FAST - Fasting for Hostages
A group in Montclair is organizing stagger fasts for the hostages in Gaza in the hope of drawing attention
and continued prayers for the approximately 220 hostages in Gaza
whose conditions and whereabouts are unknown.
They are looking for one person per day, and you can sign up here.
Want To Learn More About Israel and J Street?
Following up on the visit of J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami to Temple Ner Tamid last April 23rd, the organization is offering to update us on the political situation in Israel now, as well as their continued support for justice and a two-state solution. J Street is a pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy American Jewish organization. If you’d like to learn more let us know: contact Larry Westreich (Larrywestreich@gmail.com) or Sherri Neuwirth (sherri1953@yahoo.com) and we’ll send information your way!
B'nai Mitzvah Collective
Looking to work with other B’nai Mitzvah students
on your Tikkun Olam Project?
Period Project - 7th Grade B'nai Mitzvah
Please help support our first ever 7th Grade Collective Tikkun Olam Project.
As a group our students will be participating in 4+ tikkun projects throughout the year.
Our students will be working with the National Council of Jewish Women
for their Period Project,
we will be asking for support in
donating pads no later
than Wednesday, October 30th.
Please consider dropping off donations at TNT
in the box labeled
B'nai Mitzvah Tikkun Project in the lobby.
The Following Dedications Have Been Made This Week:
RABBI MARC KATZ DISCRETIONARY FUND
In Appreciation For
The Funeral of Elise Lainof from Elliot Lainof
In Memory Of
Paul Poster from Michael & Kendra Poster
CANTOR MEREDITH GREENBERG DISCRETIONARY FUND
In Appreciation For
Leading Shiva Minyan for Elise Lainof from Elliot Lainof
CLERGY ASSOCIATE RONNI PRESSMAN DISCRETIONARY FUND
In Appreciation For
Leading Shiva Minyan for Elise Lainof from Elliot Lainof
GENERAL DONATION
Other
In honor of TNT’s music album and all the outstanding musicians who made it possible. from Naomi Serlen
CHESED FUND
In Memory Of
Paul Poster from Michael & Kendra Poster
2024 ANNUAL APPEAL
from Alan & Andrea Berner
from Brian Arbour & Erin Ackerman
Maia Rabinowitz in the year leading up to her Bat Mitzvah from Dr. Anna Rabinowitz & Ms.Emilia Flores
from Randi Coppa
from Robert & Jessica Filipovic
from Stephen Lindholm & Julie Keller
To make a contribution for a yahrzeit, simcha, or to discretionary funds, please visit nertamid.org/donate.
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