A JEWISH THANKSGIVING — Many years ago when Rabbi Rick Shapiro, interim rabbi of Congregation Beth Torah, was studying in Israel he was homesick for an honest to goodness American Thanksgiving. So he and his HUC classmates in Jerusalem gathered together for a Thanksgiving meal. At that time Rabbi Shapiro decided to write a service for the occasion — a Thanksgiving Seder.
“When I returned to Los Angeles the following year, I brought my Thanksgiving Seder with me and have used it all these years in my own family observance,” he shared.
Over the years the Thanksgiving Seder has undergone many revisions, but remains basically as it was created: {mprestriction ids="1,3"}“A Jewish dinner table observance of a quintessentially American holiday, albeit one that feels very Jewish.”
It’s available for all to share on the Beth Torah website, www.beth-torah.org.
HANUKKAH ART CONTEST SUBMISSIONS DUE — Artists planning to submit entries to the annual Hanukkah Art Contest presented by The Chronicle and Chabad need to do so by Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 5 p.m. Take entries to the Chabad House at 6201 Indian Creek Drive, Overland Park, KS 66207. The winning entries will be published in The Chronicle’s Dec. 3 issue.
There has been a change in the grand prize. It will now be a Motion Sensor Scooter! First prize in the three categories of art, photography/graphic design or writing with be a gift card to either Michaels or Target.
Each entrant will receive a free ticket to Chanukah on Ice on Sunday, Dec. 6, at Park Place Ice Rink.
For complete contest rules, visit kcjc.com or contact .
ISRAEL TO U.N.: CONDEMN PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT FOR NEGLECTING JEWISH VICTIMS (JNS.org) — Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon has asked U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to publicly condemn the Palestinian Red Crescent organization after one of its ambulances that was near the site of the Nov. 13 shooting attack near Otniel, which left Rabbi Ya’akov Litman and his son Netanel dead, failed to stop and treat the wounded Israeli Jews.
“An ambulance that doesn’t treat wounded civilians is complicit in terrorism. We’re talking about egregiously ignoring all universal moral values and contempt for human life,” Danon wrote to Ban.
Danon added that an ambulance not treating wounded people was a direct violation of international law.{/mprestriction}
