Calendar

Torah: Exodus 35:1 - 38:20
Maftir: Exodus 30:11 - 30:16 | Shabbat Shekalim
Haftarah: II Kings 12:1 - 12:17 | Shabbat Shekalim

https://hebcal.com/s/vayakhel

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar

https://hebcal.com/h/shabbat-shekalim

Beginning of new Hebrew month of Adar II (on leap years)

https://hebcal.com/h/rosh-chodesh-adar-ii

Beginning of new Hebrew month of Adar II (on leap years)

https://hebcal.com/h/rosh-chodesh-adar-ii

Torah: Exodus 38:21 - 40:38
Haftarah: I Kings 7:51 - 8:21

https://hebcal.com/s/pekudei

6th-8th graders are having a birthday party! It's not for anyone in particular, but do you really need a birthday boy/girl to have a birthday party? We'll decorate cake and play classic birthday party games. RSVP to Averyl! [averyl@betheldurham.org]

"Witness" won the award for the Jewish Book Council Best Biography for 2018! The book chronicles the intimate conversations between Ariel Burger and Elie Wiesel over decades, as Burger sought counsel on matters of intellect, spirituality, and faith, while navigating his own personal journey from boyhood to manhood, from student and assistant to rabbi and, in time, teacher.

ARIEL BURGER is a writer, artist, teacher, and rabbi whose work combines spirituality, creativity, and strategies for social change. A lifelong student of Elie Wiesel, he spent years studying the great wisdom traditions, and now applies those teachings to urgent contemporary questions. When Ariel's not learning or teaching, he is creating music, art, and poetry. He lives outside of Boston with his family.

Light refreshments will be provided. Register in advance: https://jccfed.wufoo.com/forms/beth-el-author-series-ariel-burger/

Torah: Leviticus 1:1 - 5:26
Maftir: Deuteronomy 25:17 - 25:19 | Shabbat Zachor
Haftarah: I Samuel 15:2 - 15:34 | Shabbat Zachor

https://hebcal.com/s/vayikra

Shabbat before Purim

https://hebcal.com/h/shabbat-zachor

Purim is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar

https://hebcal.com/h/purim

Fast of Esther

https://hebcal.com/h/taanit-esther

Purim is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar

https://hebcal.com/h/purim

Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities

https://hebcal.com/h/shushan-purim

Torah: Leviticus 6:1 - 8:36
Haftarah: Jeremiah 7:21 - 8:3; 9:22 - 9:23

https://hebcal.com/s/tzav

Rabbi Melissa B. Simon is in her second year as the Senior Jewish Educator and Rabbi at North Carolina Hillel, serving the students at UNC-Chapel Hill, providing students with rabbinic support, facilitating students’ meaningful Jewish experiences and playing a central role in crafting the Jewish educational vision for UNC Hillel.

Prior to joining the North Carolina Hillel team, Rabbi Simon was the Jewish Chaplain and Hillel Director at Muhlenberg College and the Director of Lifelong Learning at Shir Tikvah, a Reform synagogue in Minneapolis, MN. Rabbi Simon received Master's Degrees in Jewish Education and Hebrew Letters and was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. While a student at HUC-JIR, Rabbi Simon was named a Mandel Fellow, studying visionary leadership and Jewish education. Rabbi Simon received her undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College. Rabbi Simon served as the Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinic Intern and Director of Children's Education at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York and the Rabbinic Intern at Denison University in Ohio. Rabbi Simon has been named a Selah Fellow with Bend the Arc, a Rabbis without Borders Fellow with CLAL and a Rabbinic Fellow with JOIN for Justice.

She is passionate about Jewish education, social justice, inclusive Jewish communities and empowering young people.