Newsletter

Torah Study, Tuesday, March 14th, Noon, Rabbi's office, 3415 Greystone, Suite 307.

Bar Mitzvah and Wedding! Mazel tov to Jim Gelb, who becomes Bar Mitzvah on March 11th and married on March 12th - no, he's not 13! We welcome Jim as an adult Bar Mitzvah and his lovely fiancée, Gail Tosto, and we celebrate their joy with our entire community. Jim joins the growing Kol Halev "Torah Corps" as a fluent Torah reader. The Bar Mitzvah is March 11, 5:00 PM, JCC Community Hall.

Ongoing at Kol Halev
Fresh Ideas? New directions? We want to hear from you!
Send your missives to our co-President, Charna Linder <clinder@austin.rr.com>

Professional Services Database

CKH has always emphasized the importance of community. At the request of Rabbi Baker, Misha ben-David is assembling a roster of CKH members and their professional skills. We specifically seek those with human services skills and training; such as physicians, psychotherapists, social workers, counselors, etc. By having this information at hand, you will have some excellent choices from within the CKH community when you seek professional services. There may also be rare occasions where it would be helpful to call on you in an emergency situation. If you would please take a moment to email Chaplain Misha ben-David <mbd@austin.rr.com>, you would be performing a mitzvahs that will benefit the entire congregation.

B'nai Mitzvah Havurah Book Drive

Our first event in March requires some advance participation from the group. We are holding a book drive for the Capital Area Reach Out and Read organization (CAROR). CAROR is an organization which promotes reading to young children, ages 0 - 5. Books are distributed at area clinics by pediatricians and staff to at risk families in an effort to promote literacy and quality time between parent and child.

Between now and March 19th we ask that you collect gently uses books appropriate for children new born to five years. We urge you to be creative. Some ideas are to ask the administrators of your school if you may put out a donation box for CAROR. Girl scouts, sports teams, music school, local Hangout, or Starbucks are some other places to ask permission.

We shall gather on March 19th, 2-4pm to sort the books and schmooze with a make your own sundae buffet at the Blatt residence address; 3801 Agape Lane, Austin TX 78735.

Please let us know if you can make it, Liz Blatt <lblatt@austin.rr.com> or 329-8127

I’ll Take Romance

Wednesday, March 29th, 7:30pm — "I’ll Take Romance", a musical evening at the JCAA's Community Hall. Popular jazz vocalists, Judy Alpert and Donna Menthol, perform romantic popular songs that have become international hits. Song selections include American, Yiddish, Spanish, French, and Hungarian favorites. Buy tickets at the door: $11 general admission, $9 JCAA members, seniors & students. Information & reservations: 453-5365 or Judy Alpert <judyalp101@aol.com>

Welcome New Members

Please join the rest of Kol Halev and welcome our new members:

David & Naomi Friedman

David & Lori Henderson

Susanna Sharpe & Sergio Santos and their children Corina, Paulo, & Adrian

If you notice someone at services whom you don't recognize, please introduce yourself, that's how we become a community.

Mazel Tov

Happy Birthday To:
Steve Wallach	on Wednesday, March 8th
Joshua Jacobvitz	on Thursday, March 9th	10th birthday
Aaron Joshua Weintraub	on Thursday, March 9th	11th birthday
Aliyah McRoberts	on Friday, March 10th	13th birthday
Rona Pogrund	on Friday, March 10th
Joshua Hoffman	on Saturday, March 11th	31st birthday
Jay Adkins	on Monday, March 13th
Dr. Judy Alpert	on Tuesday, March 14th
Penny McRoberts	on Tuesday, March 14th
Happy Anniversary To:
Catherine Schmid & David Frank	on Wednesday, March 8th	8th anniversary
Diane & Ernie Graves	on Sunday, March 12th	18th anniversary

Several boys from CKH are members of Cub Scout Pack 36. They earned the following awards at their Blue-and-Gold Banquet on Sunday, February 12th:

        Jeremy Statman and A. J. Tarsi earned their Bear Badges.

        A. J. also earned a gold arrow point and six silver arrow points.

        Michael Kimmelman earned his Webelos Badge as well as his Aleph Emblem.

On February 11th, Allan Sadun won the first annual city-wide fifth grade math contest, sponsored by Harmony
Science Academy. 195 fifth graders from across Austin competed, and Allan took home the grand prize of a Dell desktop computer. You can find pictures at the HSA website.

In Remembrance Of

Allan Glazer (Avraham)	Thursday, March 9th / Adar 9, 5766	Father of Anita Lorenzo
Julie Parker	Thursday, March 9th / Adar 9, 5766	Grandmother of Bonnie Martin
Emanuel Itzkovits (Menachim Mendel ben Mosche Nechemyeh)	Monday, March 13th / Adar 13, 5766	Father of Judy Alpert
Mildred Smith	Monday, March 13th / Adar 13, 5766
Howard Weisberg	Tuesday, March 14th / Adar 14, 5766