This Week at OT

Especially for Our Younger Members

Baby and Me Playgroup, Thursdays, 9:30–11:00am, starting September 15. Free.

We've got all-new Shabbat morning programs for children from 18 months through 6th grade, held in our beautiful new Youth Wing. 

OTRS Homework Helpers
Tuesdays, 4:00-4:30pm

For our 2nd- through 7th-grade students who attend OTRS on Tuesdays, we now offer a supervised space where students can sit and work on homework before they head off to their classes.

Just for fun: Enjoy a look at OT youth past and present with this PowerPoint Slide Show!

Now available online: This month's printer-ready calendar and yahrzeit list. Find three months of synagogue calendars on our Calendar page.

Download Olam Tikvah's new Kashrut Guide. The Guide will remain available through the Rabbi's Study page or directly on our Kashrut Guide page.

Read the February 2012 Contemporary for more information on coming events and activities. Past issues are available on our Publications page.

Help OT Reach Our Annual Campaign Goal!

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Coming Events

Nuances of Trope, Wednesdays, January 4, 18, 25, & February 1, 7:30pm-9:00pm. Taught by Rabbi Paskind. Open to anyone comfortable with a trope system.  Listen to the trope notes being taught.

Bunco with Sisterhood, 2nd Sundays, 6:00pm-8:00pm. Drop in for an evening of dice and schmoozing.

2012/5772 Men's Club Blue Yarmulke Man-of-the-Year, Sunday, January 29, 6:00pm. Olam Tikvah Men’s Club is proud to host the Seaboard Region Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs and to honor our own Bob Watts at the annual Blue Yarmulke Men-of-the-Year Dinner.

World Wide Wrap and Breakfast: Learn How and Why We Wrap Tefillin, Sunday, February 5, 9:00am. Join us for a light breakfast after minyan as Rabbi Paskind teaches about tefillin.

Sifreinu Book Club, Sunday, February 5, 11:00am. All 5th graders and families are invited to join a discussion of A Shout in the Sunshine by Mara W. Cohen Ioannides.

Tu B'Shevat Seder, Wednesday, February 8, 7:00-8:00pm. No charge but please RSVP to Rachelle Palley to ensure we have enough food.

Modern Jewish Theologians, Wednesdays, February 15, 22, 29, & March 14, 7:30pm-9:00pm. Taught by Rabbi Kalender. Study the works of several 20th century Jewish theologians.

Midwinter Support for the Homeless, Sunday, February 5. Contact Eric Rothberg at ericandrachel@verizon.net to volunteer.

Sisterhood & Men's Club Judaism Is for Lovers Party and Casino Night, Saturday, February 11, 8:00pm.

The Sabbath Soul: Mystical Reflections on the Transformative Power of Holy Time, Thursday, March 15, 7:30pm-9:00pm. Co-sponsored by The Foundation for Jewish Studies, with special guest speaker Dr. Eitan Fishbane, Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. No charge, but please register online at http://www.foundjs.org/Calendar.php?evntId=629.