On the calendar

Feb 28

Story time

Children look, listen, and have fun with picture books during our interactive Story Time which meets every Thursday at 3:30 and 5:30. Literacy connections are made through interactive stories that are centered on a theme. A final craft project ties in with the topic fostering a sense that stories are imaginative, yet lasting, and continue to enrich our creative thoughts & play.

5:30 - Story Time will feature guest story teller Tamir Goodman

6:30 - Life Lessons from the Basketball Court: An in-depth look at four concepts that are essential to basketball.

Tamir illuminates the deeper meaning of each concept and shows how the lessons learned from the court can be applied to and can enhance our daily lives.

Admission $5

Sport String Tzitzit will all be available for purchase.

Please consider making a donation to Tamir’s organization Coolanu Israel, a non-profit dedicated to strengthening Jewish identity and connection to Israel through innovative seminars, camps and clinics, sports based service initiatives, and multi-media projects for Jewish youth, college students, professionals, athletes, and coaches.

TAMIR GOODMAN: Tamir Goodman, dubbed “The Jewish Jordan” by the media, captivated the public’s attention with the intriguing combination of devout faith and basketball prowess on the court. Since retiring from playing in 2009, Tamir has established his reputation as a sought-after motivational speaker, coach, and educator. He is also the founder and director of the non-profit Coolanu Israel, creator and CEO of Sport Strings Tzitzit, partner in the Omri Casspi Basketball Camps, author of a soon to be published book, and the inventor of several basketball training aids. Tamir is a former soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces, holds a B.A. in communications, and is the father of four kids. For more information about Tamir, follow Tamir on twitter @tamirgoodman, like his Face Book page, or contact him through his website: TamirGoodman.com

Mar 2

Cong Beth Sholom Annual Dinner

THE 61ST ANNUAL TESTIMONIAL DINNER OF CONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2013—8:15PM GUESTS OF HONOR MELODIE & MARTY SCHARF

Dinner Chair: Lester Henner Lhenner@graubard.com

Dinner Co-Chair: Rob Satran rob@leiberts.com

Journal Co-Chairs: Annette Satran & Monica Glaubach

Jewels & Dividends Co-Chairs:

Nancy Hain, Estee Kornblum & Carrie Oliner

Raffle Co-Chairs: Mordy Lent & Rony Oved

Call Shul Office for Info/Reservations: 569-3600 x 21

Or visit our website: www.bethsholomlawrence.org

The office will be open this Sunday from 9:15—11AM to take your reservations & dinner ads &

to purchase raffle tickets.

Mar 3

The ASKOU OUTREACH program of OU Kosher

will present its first OU Kashrut Shiurim Weekend when it visits Washington Heights on Shabbat, March 2, Parshat Ki Tisa, and Sunday, March 3. Usually when ASKOU OUTREACH visits a community, it is for one session, which may have several speakers. This program will expand to cover the entire weekend.

All sessions will be held at the Mt. Sinai Jewish Center, 135 Bennett Avenue. They will feature Rav Hershel Schachter, Halachic Consultant for OU Kosher and Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University; Rabbi Chaim Loike, OU Kosher Rabbinic Coordinator and bird expert; and Rabbi Yosef Eisen, Rabbinic Administrator of the Vaad HaKashrut of the Five Towns and Rockaway.

There is free admission and the program is open to both men and women.

Rav Schachter will lead off the proceedings on Shabbat with a Q&A Kashrut session, at seudah shlishit following Mincha at 5:20. Priority will be given to questions submitted by email to Mt. Sinai’s Rabbi Etan Schnall, eschnall@mtsinaishul.com.

On Sunday at 7:30 p.m., Rabbi Loike will deliver a live presentation on “Preserving the Mesorah of Endangered Kosher Species of Birds,” followed at 8:30 with a session on “Proper Checking of Fruits and Vegetables” with Rabbi Eisen.

For further information, contact Rabbi Grossman at 212-613-8212, 914-391-9470, or grossman@ou.org. The synagogue office may be reached at 212-568-1900, or office@mtsinaishul.com.

March 4

Strengthening Your

Marriage

“Dr. Deb” as she likes to be called has earned a Master’s degree in 1978 and a Doctorate in Marriage & Family Therapy in 2001 for a dissertation called, I Was Never Good Enough: Qualitative Interviews with Nine People about Their Verbal Abuse Experiences.

Since then she has written scores of articles for newspapers and magazines, has been on TV and radio and speaks publicly. She maintains a blog at http://drdeb.com where you can get a flavor of her positions on marriage, divorce, counseling, medication for anxiety and depression, Sandy Hook, celebrity splits, the new DSM5 about to come out and much more.

Dr. Deb began researching the areas of verbal abuse and domestic violence 20 years ago and has been writing and sharing ever since. She has authored and co-authored dozens of articles that appeared in both academic and lay publications and currently writes for the Five Towns Jewish Home. Dr. Deb’s media appearances include America’s Health Network, News with Jim Turner and News Radio 820 with Robin Hart.

She has recently released her new book The Healing is Mutual: Marriage Empowerment Tools to Rebuild Trust and Respect – Together as well as a Home Study Course and e-book that are available on her website.

For more info: Email info@Lylibrary.org or call (516) 374 - BOOK (2665)