21 Iyar–10 Tammuz 5773 Page 2 <strong>May</strong>/June <strong>2013</strong> <strong>May</strong> 3<strong>May</strong> 4<strong>May</strong>Shabbat Evening Services, 6:30 pmCommunal Table DinnerShabbat Morning Services, 9:30 amParashat Behar-Bechukotai<strong>May</strong> 8 92nd Street Y Lecture, 4:00 pm<strong>May</strong> 10 Shabbat Evening Services, 6:30 pm<strong>May</strong> 11 Communal Table DinnerTot Shabbat, 9:00 amParashat Bamidbar<strong>May</strong> 14 Shavuot study and desserts, 7:30 pm<strong>May</strong> 15 Shavuot Services (Yizkor), 9:30 am<strong>May</strong> 16 Board <strong>of</strong> Directors meeting, 7:00 pm<strong>May</strong> 17 Student Cantor Vera BroekhuysenShabbat Evening Services, 6:30 pmCommunal Table Dinner<strong>May</strong> 18 Shabbat Morning Services, 9:30 amParashat Nasso<strong>May</strong> 19 ICM Annual Meeting, 10:00 am<strong>May</strong> 22Red Cross Blood Drive at First<strong>Congregation</strong>al Church<strong>May</strong> 24 Shabbat Evening Services, 6:30 pmCommunal Table Dinner<strong>May</strong> 25 Shabbat Morning Services, 9:30 amParashat Beha’alotcha<strong>May</strong> 31 Shabbat Evening Services, 6:30 pmCommunal Table DinnerJoin us each Friday for a “preneg” at 5:45 pm!CALENDAR OF EVENTS June 1June 7JuneShabbat Morning Services, 9:30 amParashat Sh’lachJacob Waters becomes bar mitzvahShabbat Evening Services, 6:30 pmCommunal Table DinnerJune 8 Jacob Waters becomes bar mitzvahShabbat Morning Services, 9:30 amParashat KorachJune 14 Dr. Michael Grodin in residenceShabbat evening services, 6:30 pmCommunal Table DinnerJune 15 Dr. Michael Grodin in residenceShabbat Morning ServicesParashat ChukatLunch & Learn with Dr. Grodin, 12 pmJewish healing through guided Jewishmeditation with Dr. Grodin, 6:30 pmJune 20 Board <strong>of</strong> Directors meeting, 7:00 pmJune 21 Shabbat Evening Services, 6:30 pmCommunal Table DinnerJune 22 Shabbat Morning Services, 9:30 amParashat BalakJune 28 Shabbat Evening Services, 6:30 pmCommunal Table DinnerJune 29 Shabbat Morning Services, 9:30 amParashat PinchasSave the Date…July 4: Barbecue & performance <strong>of</strong> Tz<strong>of</strong>im: The <strong>Israel</strong> Friendship Caravan and Dessert Auction, 5:45 pm(Chaired by Sheila Mills and Carol Goldsmith)July 17: Dr. Jack <strong>May</strong>er, author <strong>of</strong> Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project, 7:00 p.mJuly 14: ICM’s Annual Tag SaleAugust 9-10: Miller Scholar in Innovation in Judaism with Rabbi Elie Kaufner, founder <strong>of</strong> MechonHadar and author <strong>of</strong> Empowered Judaism (Chaired by Dr. David and Linda Sischy)
21 Iyar–10 Tammuz 5773 Page 3 <strong>May</strong>/June <strong>2013</strong> Student CantorVera Broekhuysen ICM is delighted to welcome StudentCantor Vera Broekhuysen to our bimahfor the High Holy Days <strong>of</strong> 5774. StudentCantor Broekhuysen is a second-yearcantorial student at Hebrew College inNewton, Mass. She and her husband, agraduate student at University <strong>of</strong>Massachusetts, Amherst, make theirhome in Sunderland, Mass. She willalso be joining us to co-lead Fridaynight services on <strong>May</strong> 17.Student Cantor Broekhuysen, asoprano, received her bachelor’s degreein Music History and Theory with aspecialty in history from the University<strong>of</strong> Toronto Faculty <strong>of</strong> Music, conferredwith honors, in June 2007. She brings awealth <strong>of</strong> experience to ICM includingleading High Holy Day services andserving as Torah reader (leyner) bothinternally and pr<strong>of</strong>essionally at theJewish Community <strong>of</strong> Amherst, aReconstructionist synagogue; serving asa minyan leader at Temple Hillel B’neiTorah in West Roxbury, Mass.; andleading Shabbat morning services at aConservative congregation inSpringfield, Mass.She has also performed with manygroups including the Zamir Chorale <strong>of</strong>Boston; the Kol Arev choir <strong>of</strong> HebrewCollege; the Jewish community choir <strong>of</strong>Western Massachusetts, Mak’hela; andthe Bach Festival Singers <strong>of</strong> theInternational Festival in Toronto. She isthe leader and founder <strong>of</strong> CIRCLEChoir Interfaith, a group <strong>of</strong> singerscomprised <strong>of</strong> students from bothHebrew College and the AndoverNewton Theological Seminary, which islocated adjacent to Hebrew College’sNewton campus.The <strong>May</strong> 17 Shabbat is underwrittenby ICM’s new Music Fund, designed tobring creative individuals to ourcongregation who will introduce us toboth new and familiar music. We are allexcited to welcome Student CantorBroekhuysen warmly.Celebrating ShavuotWe will observe Shavuot on Tuesday, <strong>May</strong> 14 andWednesday, <strong>May</strong> 15. On Tuesday at 7:30 pm, we willjoin together for our annual Tikkun Leil Shavuot, thestudy session held to honor our commemoration <strong>of</strong>receiving Torah at Mount Sinai. This year we will bereading the Book <strong>of</strong> Ruth (in English!), which istraditionally read during Shavuot. Yummy dessertswill be served.We will also have a worship service at onWednesday at 9:30 am, including a Yizkor (memorial)service at approximately 11:00 am. All are welcomeand encouraged to attend both Tuesday evening andWednesday morning. Let us once again receiveTorah into our lives!Lifelong Learning needs youOver the winter and spring, ICM’s LifelongLearning Committee, chaired by Carol Goldsmith,has been working to put together a slate <strong>of</strong>programming for this summer that is sure tostimulate your mind on many levels.The first program is Dr. Michael Grodin (readmore about Dr. Grodin’s ICM residency on thefront page). We also will host the <strong>Israel</strong> FriendshipCaravan on July 4, performing in the Rec Park andin our sanctuary.On July 17, Dr. Jack <strong>May</strong>er will speak on hisbook Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project, the truestory <strong>of</strong> a Holocaust hero who rescued 2,500Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto. OnAugust 9 and 10, ICM will host Rabbi Eli Kaufner,founder <strong>of</strong> Mechon Hadar in New York City.Finally, one <strong>of</strong> our ongoing programs is theproposed bible garden on ICM’s campus.All <strong>of</strong> these programs need your support, bothfinancially and in the planning stages; we are alsolooking for people to serve on the committee.Please let us know if you would like to join us inworking on these exciting projects by emailingCarol at cgoldsmith251@gmail.com.❧ Pastoral Care and Bikkur CholimDo you know someone who is ill or inneed <strong>of</strong> a pastoral call or visit? Please letRabbi Novak know by calling the <strong>of</strong>fice at802-362-4578 or contacting him on hismobile phone at 802-688-3555.
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