Newsletter

Haverim Ke'tanim Havdallah, Saturday, March 25th, 5:00 pm, Central Market on Lamar.
Haverim Ke'tanim invites you to Havdallah, hosted by Gwen Zucker. Come up to the 2nd floor of the café. We will gather, pray, eat, and play!

Birthday & End-of-chemotherapy celebration for Adan Zylberberg, Saturday, March 25th, 5/5:30 (stop by after the Haverim Ke'tanim Havdallah). The Zylberberg family are celebrating at their our house, 4032 Dominion Cove, Austin (for those who have kids there will be a surprise). "We’ll stay later with all the friends that helped us through this tough year and we want to extend an open invitation to the congregation."

Sunday Torah Study, Sunday, March 26th, 11:00 am, Room 137 at the JCC.

Adult B'nai Mitzvah: "Modern Jewish Thought", Monday, March 27th, 7-8:30 pm, Rabbi's office, 3415 Greystone, Suite 307.
This is the second meeting of this class.

Torah Study, Tuesday, March 28th, Noon, Rabbi's office, 3415 Greystone, Suite 307.

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.

I’ll Take Romance

*** WEDNESDAY ***, March 29th, 7:30 pm — "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> .

Celebrate Passover with Kol Halev

Thursday, April 13th, 6:30 pm — Join us for a Passover second-night Seder in the JCAA Community Hall. Rabbi Baker and Cantor Sherwin will lead us in a very special Seder while we enjoy a wonderful catered dinner. Adults $27.50; Children $14.00. Please reserve your spot early. Payment due by April 6th. Call the CKH office at 419-0945 or (volunteer) coordinator, Marcia Hoffman at 310-7762.

And mark your calendar for the return of Friday Night Alive! on Friday, April 14th at 7:30 pm.

Congregational Shabbaton

The Congregation Kol Halev Shabbaton is back on our schedule. Please save Friday & Saturday, April 27th (evening) & 28th (all day) for this special event. We will send more information in a separate email.

B'nai Mitzvah Chavurah Book Drive

The B'nai Mitzvah Chavurah met on Sunday, March 19th at the Blatt home to sort the books they collected for Capital Area Reach Out and Read (CAROR). The books were sorted by age: those for ages 0 - 5 were boxed for CAROR and the remainder were boxed for deliver to the Children's Hospital by Cub Scout Pack 36 (sponsored by JCAA). After all that hard work everyone (prepared and) enjoyed ice cream sundaes.

B'nai Mitzvah Chavurah to work at Capital Area Food Bank

On Saturday, March 25th, 9 am -12 pm, the B'nai Mitzvah Chavurah will work a shift at the Capital Area Food Bank. The Food Bank requires at least one adult per five kids. Please RSVP to Alice Dawson at abdawson@sbcglobal.net or 418-1968 as soon as possible if you can help.

Rabbi Michael Lerner in Austin

Rabbi Michael Lerner, author of The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right will speak at the Congregation Beth Israel, 3901 Shoal Creek Blvd., on Tuesday, March 21st at 7:00 pm. Admission is free.

Mazel Tov

Happy Birthday To:
Nels Christensen	on Friday, March 24th	16th birthday
Tamara Kimmelman	on Saturday, March 25th
Mike Horwitz	on Sunday, March 26th
Alan McRoberts	on Sunday, March 26th
Jackie Urbach	on Sunday, March 26th
Happy Anniversary To:
Betsy Woldman & Paul Bonner	on Wednesday, March 22nd	20th anniversary
Eileen & Brent Ladd	on Monday, March 27th	18th anniversary
Peter & Haddassah Schloss	on Monday, March 27th	29th anniversary

Thank You!
Peter and Jean Becker have given a generous gift to Kol Halev in honor of Gregory Blum Becker, their grandson, becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Please join us saying thank you to the Beckers.

Thanks to the following congregants who sponsored Oneg Shabbat since January:

Tina Huckabee and Steven Weintraub, in honor of Shoshana's Bat Mitzvah.
Leslie and Alan Davis, in honor of Kara's Bat Mitzvah
Rebecca and Scott Van Den Berg, on the occasion of their family namings.

On Shabbat, when a family does not have a simcha, we often search for a sponsor of the Oneg. Recently, the following families have come to our rescue and sponsored an Oneg because they care about the experience at CKH:

Eileen Ladd
Cindy Tarsi
Charna Linder

If you would like to perform this mitzvah for our congregation, contact Linda Cox, Oneg Coordinator, at lindacox@austin.rr.com, or 458-8449. Volunteer Oneg sponsors are always appreciated! Dates currently needing sponsors are: April 14th (Friday Night Alive!), April 21st (6:30 Family Service), April 28th (Shabbaton), May 26th (6:30 Family Service), June 2nd (6:30 Folk Celebration), June 16th, and June 23rd (6:30 Family Service). [If I have inadvertently omitted your name, please let me know so we can include you next time.]

In Remembrance Of

Clara Schultz	Wednesday, March 22nd / Adar 22, 5766	Mother of Marcia Hoffmann & Bubi of Joshua Hoffmann
Myra Sadker	Wednesday, March 22nd / Adar 22, 5766	Sister-in-law of Fabio & Susan Pintchovski
Ralph Harold Winkler (Rafael ben Moshe)	Thursday, March 23rd / Adar 23, 5766	Father of Connie Peters
Sophie Lyons	Friday, March 24th / Adar 24, 5766	Mother of Naomi Friedman
Jesse Seligman	Saturday, March 25th / Adar 25, 5766
George Baron	Sunday, March 26th / Adar 26, 5766	Uncle of Liz Nowicki
Sam (Smul) Vitemb	Monday, March 27th / Adar 27, 5766	Father of Edie Ochoa
Albert Levine	Tuesday, March 28th / Adar 28, 5766	Father of Tobi Levine