What's New at Bet Mishpachah, Washington, DC's Egalitarian Synagogue, Embracing a Diversity of Sexual and Gender Identities

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#000000" VLINK="#000000" ALINK="#000000"> <CENTER><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH=20% VALIGN="TOP"> <A NAME="top"> <P> <B><a href="http://betmish.org/text/whatsnew.html">Text-Only Version</a></B> <P> <BIG><B><a href="http://betmish.org/index.html">Home</A></B></BIG> <P> <BIG><B><a href="http://betmish.org/whatsnew.html">What's New</A></B></BIG> <P> <BIG><B><a href="http://betmish.org/calendar.html#May17">Coming Events</A></B></BIG> <P> <BIG><B><a href="http://betmish.org/drashot.html">D'rashot</A></B></BIG> <P> <BIG><B><a href="http://betmish.org/do.html">What We Do</A></B></BIG> <P> <BIG><B><a href="http://betmish.org/who.html">Who We Are</A></B></BIG> <P> <BIG><B><a href="http://betmish.org/contact.html">Contact Us</A></B></BIG> <P> <BIG><B><a href="http://betmish.org/faq.html">Frequently Asked Questions</A></B></BIG> <P> <BIG><B><a href="http://betmish.org/archives.html">Archives</A></B></BIG> <P> <BIG><B><a href="http://betmish.org/links.html">Links</A></B></BIG> <P> <BIG><B><a href="http://betmish.org/member.html">Membership</A></B></BIG> <P> <BIG><B><a href="http://betmish.org/credits.html">Credits</A></B></BIG> <P> <BIG><B><a href="http://betmish.org/addbook.html">Guest book</A></B></BIG> </FONT></TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="80%> <CENTER>    <table border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td align="center"> <a href="http://betmish.org/index.html" target="_top"><IMG border=0 src="http://betmish.org/images/banner2.gif" align=center height="104" width="512" hspace=5 alt="Bet Mishpachah banner"></a> </td> <td align="left"> <font size="-5"><a href="http://betmish.org/child/descriptions/banner.html">Banner<br>Description</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <p><font size="-1"><i>Washington, DC's Egalitarian Synagogue</i><br> <i>Embracing a Diversity of Sexual and Gender Identities</i></font> </p> <p> <b><font face="Arial"><font size="+1">Rabbi Bob Saks<br> </font></font></b><br> <font face="Arial"><font size="-1"><i>Founded in 1975 by Members of the GLBT Community<font color="white" size="-4"> </font></i></font></font></p> </td> <td align="left"> <font size="-4" color="white"> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <h1 align=center>What's New at Bet Mishpachah</h1> <center><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica" size="1"><b>Updated on <nobr>Wednesday, May 11, 2005 at 12:32 PM EDT</nobr> </b></font></p></center> <P><table width="90%" border="1" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" align="CENTER" valign="TOP" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <thead><tr> <th bgcolor="#CCFFCC" width="50%"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica" size="3" color="#000000"><b><div align="center">High Holy Days 2004</b></font><p> </th> <th bgcolor="#FFCC66" width="50%"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica" size="3" color="#000000"><b><div align="center">Features</b></font></div></th> </tr></thead> <tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" width="50%"> <P>March 4<br><a href="women.html"><b>Women's Program</b></a> <P>March 18<br><a href="dinner.html"><b>Congregational Shabbat Dinner</b></a> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica" size="2" color="#000000"> <P><a href="forumnotes.html"><B>Summary of Notes from the November 16, 2003 Strategic Planning Open Forum</b></a></p></li> <p><b>New <span lang="Transliterated Hebrew"><i>d'rashot</i></span>:</b> <ul><P><li><a href="20040227drash.html"><b>Talk on Gay Marriage</b></a>, February 27, 2004, by Claire Snyder</li> <P><li><a href="miketzdrash.html"><b>From Dreams to Action</b></a>, December 26, 2003, by Brian Harradine</li> <P><li><a href="ss5764drash.html"><b>Tapestry and T'shuva</b></a>, Kol Nidre 5764, by Sarajane Garten</li> <P><li><a href="kn5764drash.html"><b>The Heart of T'shuva</b></a>, Erev Shabbat Shuva 5764, by Sarajane Garten</li> <p><li><a href="exclusiondrash.html"><b>Lessons on Exclusion</b></a>, April 4, 2003, by Brian Harradine</li> </ul> <p><a href="/newsletters/MishMatters0502.htm" target="_top"><b>May Mishpachah Matters (print newsletter) now available on this site</b></a>. <a href="/newsletters/" target="_top">Click here to see archived newsletters</a>.</p></li> <P><a href="/cafepress.html" target="_top"><B>Visit Bet Mishpachah's new online gift store!</b></a></p></li> </font></td> </tr></tbody> </table> </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> <P><HR> <p align="center"><FONT face=Arial><small><small><b>For a description of any of the graphics on this page, click on the D next to the graphic. <BR>For more information, contact our office at <a href="mailto:office@betmishpachah.org?SUBJECT=Request for Information from Web Site">office@betmishpachah.org</a><br> Send comments about this site to <a href="mailto:webweaver@betmishpachah.org?SUBJECT=Comments About Web Site">webweaver@betmishpachah.org</a>.<br> Copyright 1996 - 2008 Bet Mishpachah.</b></small></small></FONT> </body>