Newsletter — 20 January 2009 / 24 Tevet 5769
This Week at Kol Halev ….
Torah Study, Tuesday, January 20th, Noon, CKH Office.
Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday, January 23rd, 7:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.
Join us for our regular Friday night Shabbat Service.
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.
…. Next Week at Kol Halev ….
Torah Study, Tuesday, January 27th, Noon, CKH Office.
Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday, January 30th, 7:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.
Join us for our regular Friday night Shabbat Service.
Chevrat Noar, Friday, January 30th, 9:00 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.
All 13-18 year old (post B’nai Mitzvah through high school) students are encouraged to join us after services (around 9) this Friday night.
…. Upcoming B’nai Mitzvah ….
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 | ||
| Dr. Ernie Graves | Wednesday, January 21st | |
| Alan Greenberg | Thursday, January 22nd | |
| Liz Dubrow | Friday, January 23rd | |
| Terry Lipman | Saturday, January 24th | |
| Chris Meyer | Saturday, January 24th | |
| Franklin Feder | Monday, January 26th | 13th birthday |
| Melanie Robyn O’Desky | Monday, January 26th | 4th birthday |
| Betsy Woldman | Monday, January 26th | |
| Elisabeth Winkelman | Tuesday, January 27th |
…. In Remembrance ….
| Frank Gilford | Wednesday, January 21st / Tevet 25, 5769 | Brother of Eileen Ladd |
| Hyman Walkow | Thursday, January 22nd / Tevet 26, 5769 | Grandfather of Diane Graves |
| Ruth Baron | Friday, January 23rd / Tevet 27, 5769 | Grandmother of Liz Nowicki |
In the Community
Austin Council of the Anti-Defamation League Community Program
Thursday, January 22nd, 7:30 – 9:00 pm, AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, 1900 University Avenue.
“I Didn’t Mean to Sound Anti-Jewish—How and Why Sermons Go Wrong”
Dr. Amy-Jill Levine
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, Vanderbilt University Divinity School
For more information, contact the ADL at 512-735-8012 or <Austin@adl.org>.
Congregation Kol Halev sponsored film:
NOODLE
Sunday, January 25th, 12 noon & Monday, January 26th, 4:30 pm, Regal Arbor Cinema.
Director: Ayelet Menahemi; Israel 2007, 100 min., Hebrew & Mandarin w/subtitles.
At thirty-seven, Miri is a twice-widowed El Al flight attendant whose life has been crumbling around her for years. Miri wants nothing more than to be left alone, but her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside down when her Chinese housekeeper asks her to watch her son for an hour and is summarily deported from Israel and never comes back. Miri goes on a remarkable journey to try and reunite the boy she dubs “Noodle” with his mother, a journey that takes them both back to a meaningful life. Noodle is a touching, light-hearted comic-drama about the importance of family and emotional healing.
More information about this film (and the festival) can be found at www.austinjff.org/2009 FILMS/Noodle/Noodle.html.
Community wide Tu B’Shevat Seder, Sunday, February 8th, 4:00 – 6:30 pm, Congregation Beth Israel.
The entire community is invited to come together on Sunday, February 8th from 4 – 6:00 pm for a special Community Tu B’Shevat Seder. During the Seder, conducted by area clergy, we will use a specially written haggadah to explore the Kabbalistic meaning attached to the “New Year for the Trees,” as well as sample many tasty foods. Entertainment during the program will be provided by area children’s choirs. This event will take place at Congregation Beth Israel at 3901 Shoal Creek Blvd. RSVP to Gail Manuel at <gail@bethisrael.org> or (512) 454-6806 (ask for Gail). Cost is $8 per person/$20 per family.
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 26, 2009).
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Congregation Kol Halev is located at:
3415 Greystone Drive, Suite 307,
Austin, Texas 78731
(512) 419-0945
