Life, Study, and Worship at Temple Beth El. Congregants, Family Members & Visitors always welcome.
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All services begin at 7:00pm, unless otherwise noted.
Saturday adult study at 7pm.
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January 6-7
February 10-11
March 2-3
April 20-21
May 18-19
June 8-9
Shabbat, Religious School, Adult Study
Lay-led service.Service at 6pm followed
by Dinner. Family School w Larissa, January 7 and January 21 at 10 AM.
Shabbat, Religious School, Adult Study
Purim ?
Shabbat Visitor Service; also end of Pesach, so the Visitor Oneg will be Pesadich; Religious School, Adult Study
Rabbi Stephanie Alexander's 3-3-09 sermon quoted Natan Sharansky's 3D "Test of Anti-Semitism". Here is the reference Rabbi Stephanie made. From the Jewish Political Studies Review 16:3-4 (Fall 2004).
"...the so-called "new anti-Semitism" poses a unique challenge. Whereas classical anti-Semitism is aimed at the Jewish people or the Jewish religion, "new anti-Semitism" is aimed at the Jewish state. Since this anti-Semitism can hide behind the veneer of legitimate criticism of Israel, it is more difficult to expose. Making the task even harder is that this hatred is advanced in the name of values most of us would consider unimpeachable, such as human rights.
Nevertheless, we must be clear and outspoken in exposing the new anti-Semitism. I believe that we can apply a simple test - I call it the "3D" test - to help us distinguish legitimate criticism of Israel from anti-Semitism.
The first "D" is the test of demonization. When the Jewish state is being demonized; when Israel's actions are blown out of all sensible proportion; when comparisons are made between Israelis and Nazis and between Palestinian refugee camps and Auschwitz - this is anti- Semitism, not legitimate criticism of Israel.
The second "D" is the test of double standards. When criticism of Israel is applied selectively; when Israel is singled out by the United Nations for human rights abuses while the behavior of known and major abusers, such as China, Iran, Cuba, and Syria, is ignored; when Israel's Magen David Adom, alone among the world's ambulance services, is denied admission to the International Red Cross - this is anti-Semitism.
The third "D" is the test of delegitimization: when Israel's fundamental right to exist is denied - alone among all peoples in the world - this too is anti-Semitism."
