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August 1, 2022/in /by Temple Shalom

	January 2026
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				1	2 Zoom Shabbat Evening Services Zoom Shabbat Evening Services January 2, 2026 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm www.zoom.com Tonight's services will be on Zoom only. Please use the link sent out in the weekly eBlast to access. See more details •	3 Parashat Vayechi Parashat Vayechi January 3, 2026 Vayechi (“He Lived”) is the final Torah portion in the Book of Genesis. It opens as Jacob prepares for his death, making his son Joseph swear to bury him in the Cave of Machpelah. Jacob blesses Joseph’s two sons and his own 12 sons and then dies. Jacob’s sons bury him. The portion ends with Joseph’s death. Torah: Genesis 47:28-50:26 Haftarah: I Kings 2:1-12 https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/vayechi See more details Zoom Shabbat Morning Services Zoom Shabbat Morning Services January 3, 2026 10:30 am - 12:00 pm www.zoom.com This morning services will be on Zoom only. Please use the link sent out in the weekly eBlast to access. See more details • •
4 Let's Play Mah Jongg Let's Play Mah Jongg January 4, 2026 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Rd #1531, Louisville, KY 40220, USA Beginners, intermediate, advanced, or willing to learn welcome! Snacks and drinks provided. RSVP to Janet Naamani. See more details •	5 Bingo @ Breckinridge Bingo City Bingo @ Breckinridge Bingo City January 5, 2026 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Bingo City At Breckenridge, 3441 Breckenridge Ln, Louisville, KY 40220, USA See more details •	6	7 Hebrew Class @ TS Hebrew Class @ TS January 7, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Rd #1531, Louisville, KY 40220, USA See more details •	8	9 Memorial Service for Michael Ginsburg Memorial Service for Michael Ginsburg January 9, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Rd #1531, Louisville, KY 40220, USA See more details Shabbat Evening Services Shabbat Evening Services January 9, 2026 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Rd #1531, Louisville, KY 40220, USA Join us for evening Shabbat Services every Friday starting at 6:30 PM. Services streamed online on Temple Shalom's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@templeshalomky See more details • •	10 Parashat Shemot Parashat Shemot January 10, 2026 Shemot (“Names”) is the first Torah reading in the Book of Exodus. It opens describing the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt. Moses is born, placed in a basket on the Nile, and adopted into Pharaoh’s household. He later encounters God at a burning bush and begins his mission of demanding that Pharoah let the Israelites go. Torah: Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftarah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23 https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/shmot See more details BLT: Bagels, Lox, and Torah Study at the J BLT: Bagels, Lox, and Torah Study at the J January 10, 2026 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Trager Family Jewish Community Center, 3600 Dutchmans Ln, Louisville, KY 40205, USA BLT: Bagels, Lox, and Torah Study at the J All are welcome to study Torah with Rabbi Beth Jacowitz-Chottiner as Temple Shalom comes to the Trager Family JCC. We will have bagels, lox, and juice along with study and lively discussion. Everyone from the community is invited. We will be meeting in the Trager Family JCC's board room. Please note that there will not be Shabbat morning services at Temple Shalom that day. See more details • •
11	12 Bingo @ Breckinridge Bingo City Bingo @ Breckinridge Bingo City January 12, 2026 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Bingo City At Breckenridge, 3441 Breckenridge Ln, Louisville, KY 40220, USA See more details •	13	14 Hebrew Class @ TS Hebrew Class @ TS January 14, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Rd #1531, Louisville, KY 40220, USA See more details •	15	16 MLK Shabbat Evening Services MLK Shabbat Evening Services January 16, 2026 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Rd #1531, Louisville, KY 40220, USA William H. Hamilton, Jr., of Louisville, an executive board member at The Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project, which seeks to to commemorate captive Africans during the slave trade, will be our guest speaker at Temple Shalom's annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Shabbat on Friday, Jan. 16, at 6:30 p.m. Join us for evening Shabbat Services every Friday starting at 6:30 PM. Services streamed online on Temple Shalom's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@templeshalomky See more details •	17 Parashat Vaera Parashat Vaera January 17, 2026 Vaera (“I Appeared”) opens as God promises to redeem the enslaved Israelites and bring them to the Promised Land. When Pharaoh repeatedly refuses to let the Israelites go, God sends a series of plagues: water turning to blood, frogs, lice, wild animals, death of livestock, boils, and hail. Torah: Exodus 6:2-9:35 Haftarah: Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/va-eira See more details Shabbat Morning Service Shabbat Morning Service January 17, 2026 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Rd #1531, Louisville, KY 40220, USA See more details • •
18	19 Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat January 19, 2026 Start of month of Sh’vat on the Hebrew calendar. שְׁבָט (transliterated Sh’vat or Shevat) is the 5th month of the civil Hebrew year and the 11th month of the biblical Hebrew year. It has 30 days and corresponds to January or February on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar. It is marked by the birth of a new moon Torah: Numbers 28:1-15 https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/rosh-chodesh/rosh-chodesh See more details Bingo @ Breckinridge Bingo City Bingo @ Breckinridge Bingo City January 19, 2026 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Bingo City At Breckenridge, 3441 Breckenridge Ln, Louisville, KY 40220, USA See more details • •	20 Ambassador to Israel to Speak @ JCC Ambassador to Israel to Speak @ JCC January 20, 2026 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm Trager Family Jewish Community Center, 3600 Dutchmans Ln, Louisville, KY 40205, USA Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro will be in Louisville to speak with our Jewish community on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 6:15 p.m. in the JCC auditorium. A career diplomat, Shapiro served as ambassador to Israel during the Obama administration from 2011 to 2017. Previously, he was the senior director for the Middle East and North Africa in the National Security Council. Following his time as ambassador, he became a distinguished visiting fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, but he returned to public life in 2021 when. President Biden named him a special liaison to Israel on Iran. A graduate of Brandeis University, where he majored in Near Eastern and Judaic studies, Shapiro went on to earn his master's degree in Middle Eastern politics from Harvard University. He speaks Hebrew and Arabic. RSVPs for the event, which is supported by the Jewish Federations of North America, are strictly required for security reasons. Seating is limited. Contact Jewish Community Relations Director Trent Spoolstra at tspoolstra@jewishlouisville.org for more details. Click here to register. See more details •	21 Hebrew Class @ TS Hebrew Class @ TS January 21, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Rd #1531, Louisville, KY 40220, USA See more details Panera Fundraiser Panera Fundraiser January 21, 2026 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm Panera Bread, 6221 Dutchmans Ln, STRATHMR MNR, KY 40205, USA See more details • •	22	23 Shabbat Evening Services Shabbat Evening Services January 23, 2026 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Rd #1531, Louisville, KY 40220, USA Join us for evening Shabbat Services every Friday starting at 6:30 PM. Services streamed online on Temple Shalom's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@templeshalomky See more details •	24 Parashat Bo Parashat Bo January 24, 2026 Bo (“Come”) recounts the last three plagues that God inflicts on the Egyptians: locusts, darkness, and death of firstborns. God commands the Israelites to offer a Passover lamb sacrifice. After the last plague, Pharaoh and the Egyptians demand that the Israelites leave. Torah: Exodus 10:1-13:16 Haftarah: Jeremiah 46:13-28 https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bo See more details Shabbat Morning Service Shabbat Morning Service January 24, 2026 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Rd #1531, Louisville, KY 40220, USA See more details • •
25	26 Bingo @ Breckinridge Bingo City Bingo @ Breckinridge Bingo City January 26, 2026 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Bingo City At Breckenridge, 3441 Breckenridge Ln, Louisville, KY 40220, USA See more details •	27	28 Hebrew Class @ TS Hebrew Class @ TS January 28, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Rd #1531, Louisville, KY 40220, USA See more details •	29	30 Shabbat Evening Services Shabbat Evening Services January 30, 2026 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Rd #1531, Louisville, KY 40220, USA Join us for evening Shabbat Services every Friday starting at 6:30 PM. Services streamed online on Temple Shalom's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@templeshalomky See more details •	31 Parashat Beshalach Parashat Beshalach January 31, 2026 Beshalach (“When He Let Go”) describes the splitting of the Red Sea and the song the Israelites sing upon crossing through. In the desert, God sweetens bitter water and provides manna and quail. The portion ends recounting the victory of the Israelites against an attack by the Amalekites. Torah: Exodus 13:17-17:16 Haftarah: Judges 4:4-5:31 Haftarah for Sephardim: Judges 5:1-31 https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bshalach See more details Shabbat Shirah Shabbat Shirah January 31, 2026 Shabbat of Song. Shabbat that includes Parashat Beshalach https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/shabbat/shabbat-shirah See more details Shabbat Morning Service Shabbat Morning Service January 31, 2026 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Rd #1531, Louisville, KY 40220, USA See more details • • •