Are you interested in supporting peace in much needed areas of our world?  Do you enjoy biking either recreationally and/or for exercise?  Come and join us as we Pedal for Peace at the Major Taylor Velodrome!  This 6-hour team bike relay promises to be a worthwhile, memorable, and fun event for bikers of all experience levels. 

Pedal for Peace supports organizations throughout the world that are committed to peace through education, especially for girls and women. 

Saturday, October 2, 2010         4:00 to 10:00 p.m.       at Major Taylor Velodrome

Proceeds from this year’s Pedal for Peace will go toward two organizations that are building schools and promoting education in Afghanistan:

* The Central Asia Institute (Greg Mortenson’s organization, author of Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools), www.ikat.org. 

* AWAKEN (Afghan Women’s and Kids’ Educational Necessities), founded by Bibi Bahrami, an Afghan woman who lives in Muncie, Indiana, www.awakeninc.org.

Become a “team captain” and get a group of friends together to form a team for this great event or join the Beth-El Zedeck team. 

Please contact Shari Lipp-Levine at the synagogue office if you’d like to participate or visit www.pedalforpeace.org.

To kick-off Peace Week, Greg Mortenson will be speaking at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church on Monday, September 27th at 6:30 p.m.  This is a free event; however, tickets are required.  Tickets can be picked up beginning August 15 at the following locations: St. Luke’s UMC, 100 W. 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN (Mon-Fri, 8:30AM-5PM) or Congregation Beth-El Zedeck, 600 W. 70th Street, Indianapolis, IN (Mon-Th. 9AM-4:30AM, Fri 9AM-3PM).  There is a limit of 4 tickets given to any one person.

For more information on both events, please visit www.stlukesumc.com

6:00 p.m. Shabbat services followed by pitch-in dairy dinner and family activity

Enjoy the fresh air at our Casual Shabbat service on the lawn (weather permitting).  If you would like, bring a blanket.  Chairs will be provided.

Following services there will be a dairy pitch-in dinner.  We’ll provide the entree, challah and lemonade – you bring a dairy salad or dessert.

$6.50/adult     $3.50/child

Your check is your reservation and is due in the synagogue office by June 15th.  Contact George Kelley for more information.

 If you are interested in this plan, please print and complete the attached application. Mail it to the office with a voided check.  In setting your monthly amount, please remember that we can apply the funds to all Beth-El obligations, present and future.

ACH CONTRACT-membership current

The Dor l’Dor Legacy Society recognizes and honors those who have made an outright endowment gift or included Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in their wills or estate plans. Ensure that the traditions of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck continue to grow from generation to generation, as we move into our second century and beyond.

For further information or to set up a confidential meeting, please contact Executive Director Gale Halperin, call 317-253-3441 or email ghalperin{@}bez613(.)org.

The rabbinic and lay leadership of the synagogue have attained local and rabbinical recognition and our congregation has been commended for its innovative and creative programming.  We are affiliated with both the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation.