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Parshat Bereshit
29 Tishrei 5767 / October 20-21, 2006
Haftarah - Shmuel I 20:18-42

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October 19, 2006
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National Leadership Training for Youth Directors
October 22, 2006
All day seminar (9am - 6pm) on how to build youth programming in your synagogue.

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October 22, 2006
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When Illness Strikes Communal Symposium
November 04, 2006
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