Newsletter — 06 January 2009 / 10 Tevet 5769
This Week at Kol Halev …
Torah Study, Tuesday, January 6th, Noon, CKH Office.
Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday, January 9th, 7:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.
Join us for our regular Friday night Shabbat Service.
Chevrat Shlosha Devarim (CSD), Saturday, January 10th, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall (150-D).
Join us as young and old alike help lead this warm and intimate service. Many of our B’nai Mitzvah students (past & present) lead prayers and chant Torah. Please contact Sherry Blum if you would like a part in the service. A kiddish luncheon follows the service. If you would like to help sponsor the luncheons, send your tax-deductible contributions to the CKH office (with a note designating if for this purpose).
… Next Week at Kol Halev …
Torah Study, Tuesday, January 13th, Noon, CKH Office.
Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday, January 16th, 7:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.
Join us for our regular Friday night Shabbat Service.
Miriam Hood Bat Mitzvah, Saturday, January 17th, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall.
Debra Haas and Marty Hood invite the Kol Halev community to join them in celebrating as their daughter, Miriam, is called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, January 17th, 2009, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall. Kiddush Luncheon to follow the service. If you are planning to attend, please RSVP to Debra by Friday, January 9th.
… Upcoming B’nai Mitzvah …
Michael Kimmelman Bar Mitzvah, Saturday, January 24th, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall.
Tammy and Neil Kimmelman invite the Kol Halev community to join them in celebrating as their son, Michael, is called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, January 24th, 2009, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall. Kiddush Luncheon to follow the service. If you are planning to attend, please RSVP to Tammy by Friday, January 9th.
Franklin Feder Bar Mitzvah, Saturday, February 7th, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall.
Seth and Lisa Feder invite the Kol Halev community to join them in celebrating as their son, Franklin, is called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, February 7th, 2009, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall. Kiddush Luncheon to follow the service. If you are planning to attend, please RSVP to Lisa by Friday, January 30th.
Matthew Gorban Bar Mitzvah, Saturday, February 21st, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall.
Lonny Gorban and Debra Israel invite the Kol Halev community to join them in celebrating as their son, Matthew, is called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, February 21st, 2009, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall. Kiddush Luncheon to follow the service. If you are planning to attend, please RSVP to Debra by Friday, February 6th.
… Mazel Tov …
| Happy Birthday | ||
| Suzanne Aubin | Friday, January 9th | |
| Arieh Black | Friday, January 9th | 4th birthday |
| Eitan Raviv Black | Friday, January 9th | 4th birthday |
| Matthew Gorban | Friday, January 9th | 13th birthday |
| Marc Winkelman | Saturday, January 10th | |
| Patricia Rosen | Monday, January 12th | |
| Alan Davis | Tuesday, January 13th | |
| Sean Pintchoviski | Tuesday, January 13th | |
| Laurence Statman | Tuesday, January 13th |
Mazel Tov to proud parents, Alissa & Billy Zachary,
and grandparents, Regina Rogoff & Sam Jones,
on the arrival of
Elijah Alexander Zachary
at 11:00 pm, December 26, 2008.
Elijah weighed in at 8 lbs 7 oz and is 21 inches tall.
… In Remembrance …
| Erwin Schwartz | Thursday, January 8th / Tevet 12, 5769 | Uncle of Dana Bartholomew |
| Evelyn Sokoloff | Friday, January 9th / Tevet 13, 5769 | Grandmother of Scott Berman |
| Robert Bonner | Sunday, January 11th / Tevet 15, 5769 | Father of Paul Bonner |
| Ida November (Chaya Zissel) | Tuesday, January 13th / Tevet 17, 5769 | Mother of Abby November |
Thank You!
Congregation Kol Halev gratefully acknowledges the following contributions:
Mitzvah Fund
Marilyn & Michael Scher
Liz Blatt Writes …
Dear Femme Friends of Kol Halev,
I’m sending you warm greetings and wishes for a Happy Hanukah and New Year!
The 10th annual Women’s Division Mosaic Luncheon is February 11, 2009 at the Hilton Hotel. This year I’m really excited about the Keynote speaker: Suzi Weiss-Fishmann, Executive VP & Artistic director of OPI Products Inc. Suzi creates those fabulous names for the nail polish and has an amazing story to tell of her upbringing and inspiring Jewish life.
I’M CAPTAINING A KOL HALEV TABLE AND NEED YOU TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. WON’T YOU PLEASE JOIN ME?
The luncheon starts at 11:00 am. The cost is $40.00 for the lunch and at the event we ask for a campaign pledge of $180.00. This amount can be provided by installments of $18.00 per month for a year or any number of payment plans including credit card payment. For more information about the event got to www.shalomaustin.org/mosaic.
I so hope you can join me. I would love to share this time together as a community.
Fond regards,
Liz Blatt
In the Community
Tapestry of Jewish Learning
7 Years of Excellence in Jewish Education
A Day of Study Sunday, February 15, 2009, 21 Shevat
Accomplished Educators — Engaging Courses — Intriguing Topics — Award-Winning Education
A tapestry of Jewish life — past, present, and future — unfolds during this seventh annual, Jewish adult educational experience, bringing together a dynamic and accomplished group of presenters boasting expertise in a wide range of intriguing and meaningful topics.
Participants will unravel the deeper complexities of Jewish music, politics, literature, sciences, cuisine, Israel, and more in this evening of study.
Enrich your understanding. Deepen your knowledge. Expand your horizons.
For complete information or to register, visit www.shalomaustin.org/tapestry.
Our own Rabbi Kerry Baker will teach “The Rabbis’ View of People of Color”
Our recent national election signals a great cultural and political shift in the United States. It’s become more important than ever before for the Jewish community to understand and clarify its relationship to people of color in general and the African-American community in particular. We need to move beyond the comparatively recent history of the civil rights movement, affirmative action, and other questions of social policy to study what our most fundamental sources, the Torah and rabbinic literature, have to say about people of color, including the spiritual significance of cultural and racial diversity, and the relationship among ethnic groups prescribed by our tradition. In this class we will study a variety of texts that touch upon these questions, and provide an opportunity to discuss our own feelings and attitudes as we look forward to the changes that our society will inevitably undergo in the wake of the presidential election.
Do you have an announcement? Good news? Community service opportunity? Please send submissions for inclusion in the Congregation newsletter to by 10:00pm Monday (next deadline is January 12, 2009).
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Congregation Kol Halev is located at:
3415 Greystone Drive, Suite 307,
Austin, Texas 78731
(512) 419-0945
