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Bonfire and Discussion

Join Kollel for light snacks and some heavy conversation. We will sit around the bonfire and have a conversation on improving our relationships with our spouses, children, neighbors and friends. Snacks served at 8:00 followed by the bonfire at 8:30 PM.

Finance and Building Committees Forming

Congregation Beth David and the Jewish Collaborative of South County are forming two joint committees. One will work on building plans for the new building. The other will work on raising funds for that project. Both committees will begin by working with ESC of New England to refine the project and understand the best way to accomplish our objective. If you are interested in working on one of these committees, please contact Walter Horowitz at 295-4557 or email him via president@bethdavidri.org.

Adult Education - Judaism 2.0

Judaism 2.0 is a mini-semester of courses design to explore, investigate, understand and learn about our Jewish heritage. Sign up for one or two courses beginning January 16th, 2008. You may attend single sessions and join the course in progress. The classes are on Wednesday at 7:30 PM. We are continuing our investigation of the Amidah followed by a beginner's Hebrew session.

Torah & Holy Ark Gift

We received the gift of a Holy Ark and Torah from Temple B'Nai Israel. Click here to see the pictures of the Ark. We also received a sefer torah.

Hebrew School Merger

We approved our new bylaws at our Annual Meeting, June 24 9:30 AM at The Center, 375 Kingstown Road, the Narragansett Circle. The new bylaws and the new President's address are available for review..

Member Census

It was now after the plague. G-d spoke to Moses and Eleazar (son of Aaron the Priest), saying, 'Take a census of the entire Israelite community by paternal lines, [counting] every male over 20 years old who is fit for duty.' (Num 26:1-2)

Ok, so we haven't received any messages from the almighty lately, but we are asking our members to participate in a census by filling out our membership form.

We want to quickly get out news to you regarding changes and announcements. We are planning to create a yahrtzeit reminder system. The census will give us the information to be able to do that. We want to understand our members better so that we can do a better job in our planning for the future.

If you have filled out the form before, there is no need to fill it out again.

South County Jewish Collaborative

It's official, we want to build a new synagogue in Narragansett. We need your support. See the South County Jewish Collaborative for the latest news. The Jewish Collaborative has worked with the South County Hebrew School to convert the existing building on the Jewish Collaborative property to be a sanctuary and Hebrew school known as The Center. As of January 2007, all Hebrew School classes will be held at The Center, located at the Narragansett rotary, 375 Kingstown Road.

As of the December 2005 issue, there will be single newsletter for Congregation Beth David, South County Hebrew School and the South County Jewish Collaborative. The Congregation Beth David Calendar now includes events scheduled by the South County Jewish Collaborative. For last minute news about these events, see the Jewish Collaborative web site.

Old News

Looking for an a news item that used to be here? Old items are moved to our Postings page when they are no longer current.

Our Current Newsletter

Our latest newsletter is the May-Jun 2008 issue in PDF Format. You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader to be able to read these files. Get Acrobat reader from the Adobe web site.

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Web Changes

This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first. The web you are reading today is a work in progress. If you find pages missing, then write down what they should say and send the text to me. If you have comments, then share them. Send all comments to webmaster@bethdavidri.org.

On  June 25, 2006, the board listing was updated to reflect the 2006-2007 board.

In November 2004, the information about the South County Jewish Collaborative was added.

On October 23, 2003 the history of the synagogue was added to the web site. The membership information and board listing was added as well.