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WELCOME ADINA BLAUSTEIN

We are thrilled to welcome Adina Blaustein – our new Yoetzet Halacha and Community Scholar – and her family to KMS! Adina has officially started in her role and is eager to meet members of our community and continue to grow our Yoetzet program. Over the coming weeks and after the Chaggim, Adina will also begin teaching in various capacities in shul. See the Shabbat Sheet and stay tuned for more details. Please feel free to contact Adina at yoetzet@kmsynagogue.org or 216- 714-2782 or with any questions or to say hello and welcome her.

This Shabbat, September 13: Join us for a special Pre-Selichot Shabbat with Adina, where we will have the opportunity to learn with her as she joins us in the kickoff to the Yamim Noraim and the new year.

· Shiur Between Mincha/Maariv: Zakhor and Yom HaZikaron: Commanded Memory and Rosh Hashanah, the Day of Remembrance 

· Motzei Shabbat, 10pm: Pre-Selichot Talk: When the Dead Pray for the Living: Zechut Avot and the Power of Ancestral Memory in Selichot

This Sunday, 9/14, 8:45 am: Rav Moshe Taragin: Jewish Identity After October 7th: Is There Jewish Identity Without Torah and Mitzvot?.

This Tuesday, September 16, 11:00 am: Tuesdays Together with Rabbi Ari Israel: “Teshuva: Backward Steps, Forward Growth”

This Tuesday, 9/16, 8:15 pm: Evening of Inspiration: Themes of Tishrei. Featuring Rabbi Weinberg and other community Rabbis. (Zoom only: https://zoom.us/j/3497542180 Password: Learn) See flyer here.

Shabbat, September 20, After 9am Minyan: Dvar Torah by Rabbi Weinberg and Daf Yomi Siyum by Jon Katz on Horayot and all of Seder Nezikin on behalf of all the men and women who are completing Nezikin.

Mon, 9/29, 8pm: Rabbi Frand’s Teshuva Drasha at YISE, 1132 Arcola.

Tuesday, September 30, 7:30 pm: Pre-Yom Kippur Learning Buffet with the Greater Washington Community Kollel! Stay tuned for details.

Shabbat, October 24-25: Oriya Mevorach and Yair Agmon, authors of "One Day in October."

Sunday, 11/2: Rabbi Sacks, z”l Annual Memorial Lecture with Rabbi Meir Soloveichik. Sponsored by Laura & Sheldon Margulies. See flyer.