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Congregation Kol Halev Newsletter,
April 25, 2006 / 27 Nisan 5766
You Are Invited to Congregation Kol Halev's Shabbaton,
"Connecting with Judaism"
Friday and Saturday, April 28th & 29th
Immerse yourself in a complete Sabbath experience ...
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Explore the meaning of Shabbat and of family; |
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Deepen your connection with Judaism; |
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Get acquainted with your Kol Halev family; |
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Combine Jewish learning and worship with food, fun, and friends! |
Schedule
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To register: see the Shabbaton flier (requires Adobe Acrobat or other PDF viewer).
Adult B'nai
Mitzvah: "Modern Jewish Thought", Monday, May 1st, 7
- 8:30 pm, Rabbi's office, 3415 Greystone, Suite 307.
This is the third meeting of the class. (The books arrived late,
so the schedule was slipped one week.)
Torah Study, Tuesday, May 2nd, Noon, Rabbi's office, 3415
Greystone, Suite 307.
Haverim Ke'tanim Havdalah, Saturday, May 6th, 5:00 pm, location to
be announced.
Aliyah Electa McRoberts Bat Mitzvah, Saturday, May 13th, 4:30 pm,
Congregation Beth Israel.
Penny and Alan McRoberts invite the congregation to join them as their
daughter, Aliyah Electa, becomes a Bat Mitzvah on May 13th, 2006 at 4:30
pm. The Mincha/Ma'ariv service will be held at Congregation Beth
Israel, 3901 Shoal Creek Blvd. Austin, Texas. Please RSVP to pkarpel@austin.rr.com
Also, mark your calendars for the 2006 - 2007 kick-off meeting for the B'nai Mitzvah Chavurah on Sunday, August 27th, details to follow.
Contact Eileen Ladd at 512.996.9579 or by email at el629austin.rr.com
The Coop families also donated items for Soldier Care Packages for Pesach. The Care Packages included toiletries, candy, magazines, socks, and washcloths. The Care Packages were shipped to three different service members now overseas:
| Chaplain Mitch Schranz in Camp Victory. Chaplain Schranz is the Head Chaplain for all of Iraq. |
| Sgt. Patricia Ballao, Air Force Weather in Kalsu. |
| Bramer, Brianna R, HHC, 626th BSB, in Speicher. |
Summer Services
Last month, you received a survey (by email) from Lorenzo Sadun (one of our co-presidents) asking for your input about services this summer. He received 16 responses summarized as follows: | Regular summer services will start at 7:30 |
| We WILL have family-oriented events earlier, probably monthly. |
| Because of Passover, there was no early family service in April, but there is one on May 26th. (We might expand this into a Memorial Day celebratory meal followed by a family service, but the details aren't set, yet.) |
Sisterhood Returns
Marcia Hoffman has stepped up to re-activate the CKH Sisterhood. She would like to hear from members that may be interested in helping with this effort. They can call her at 310-7762 or email her at Sungoddess47@hotmail.com with their interest. Armed with names, phone numbers, and email address she hopes to schedule a brainstorming meeting.
Chesed Committee
The
Caring Committee is being reborn as the Chesed (Loving kindness)
Committee. And you are all drafted!
The Chesed Committee exists to ensure that every Kol Halev family is
supported in times of need. Meals, babysitting, transportation,
shopping assistance, feeding pets, and mowing lawns are a few of the
services the Committee arranges. We are instituting a Mi Shebeirach
list to be sent to Rabbi Baker before services each week. We are
also gearing up to acknowledge various milestones in congregants’ lives,
such as the birth of a child, graduation, and marriage.
Your job is to let the committee chair know of opportunities to lend a
hand or make a call. Illness, death, a request to mention a name for
the Mi Shebeirach prayer, as well as milestone events should be
communicated. And when the request for help appears in your e-mail
in box, please consider volunteering some time to help out. It’s a
small thing that can make a huge impact.
In order to accomplish these goals, a few volunteers are needed for
administrative tasks, such as maintaining the Mi Shebeirach list, sending
out cards, calling congregants who may need our help, and arranging for
that help to be delivered. These volunteers will form the core of
the committee.
Please contact Diane Graves if you are interested in any of these tasks,
or would like more information about the committee. And please tell
us of illnesses, losses, or milestone events. Kol Halev is your
extended family.
Diane Graves
Chesed Committee Chair
795-9150 / 796-8315
dsgraves@austin.rr.com
Welcome
New Members
Please
join the rest of Kol Halev and welcome our new members:
Stan
Biderman
Stan has 2 adult children, Andrea and Zach, who live in Chicago.
Let me know what else you need from me.
If you notice someone at services whom you don't recognize, please
introduce yourself, that's how we become a community.
| Happy Birthday: | ||
| Katie Nowicki | Thursday, April 27th | 17th birthday |
| Allan Sadun | Thursday, April 27th | 11th birthday |
| Peter Simmons | Friday, April 28th | 14th birthday |
| Eitan Suez | Friday, April 28th | |
| Rachel Toprac | Friday, April 28th | 21st birthday |
| Neil Kimmelman | Saturday, April 29th | |
| Katherine Brown | Tuesday, May 2nd | |
| Paul Constantine | Tuesday, May 2nd | |
| Richard LaVallo | Tuesday, May 2nd | |
| Hal Weiner | Tuesday, May 2nd | |
| Happy Anniversary To: | ||
| Jeffrey & Elizabeth Blatt | Wednesday, April 26th | 19th anniversary |
| Evelyn Kupferberg-Hill | Wednesday, April 26th / Nisan 28, 5766 | Grandmother of Allison Benesch |
| Dick Martin | Friday, April 28th / Nisan 30, 5766 | Father of Michael Martin |
| Elvio Sadun (Chaim) | Friday, April 28th / Nisan 30, 5766 | Father of Lorenzo Sadun |
| Phil Born | Tuesday, May 2nd / Iyar 4, 5766 | Friend of Diane Graves |
In the Community
Rally for Darfur,
Sunday, April 30th, 1:00 - 4:00 pm, South Steps of the Capitol.
Join this important event as we speak out and give a voice to the
voiceless. Help us raise awareness about the genocide going on in the
Sudan. This event is being held simultaneously to the national rally in
D.C. as a call to our government to take greater action in ending the
injustices.
We
cannot print what we do not know about. Please send
submissions for inclusion into the Congregation newsletter to newsletter@kolhalev.org
by 10:00pm Monday (next deadline is May 01, 2006). My
goal is to send the newsletter every Tuesday.
Congregation Kol Halev is located at:
3415 Greystone Drive, Suite 307,
Austin, Texas 78731
(512) 419-0945
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a map ...
Previous Newsletters:
April 18, 2006 / 20 Nisan 5766
February 28, 2006 / 30 Shevat 5766
February 21, 2006 / 23 Shevat 5766
February 14, 2006 / 16 Shevat 5766
February 7, 2006 / 9 Shevat 5766
January 31, 2006 / 2 Shevat 5766
January 24, 2006 / 24 Tevet 5766
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