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Congregation Kol Halev Newsletter,
May 2, 2006 / 4 Iyar 5766

Rebbe & Rebbetzin's Tisch, Friday, May 5th, 6:30 pm, Rabbi Kerry & Lynda Baker's home.
Shabbat as it should be - at home, surrounded by family and friends with great food, stories, songs, and of course, schmoozin'!. A great Kol Halev tradition, all are welcome to the home of Rabbi Kerry, Lynda & Emily Baker. Please bring a dish to share: dairy/pareve only. Please call (512) 419-0945 or email Rabbi Baker <rabbiurgent@kolhalev.org> to RSVP.

Joint traditional service with Chevrat Shlosha Devarim, Saturday, May 6th, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall.
This traditional egalitarian minyan meets at 10:00 PROMPTLY. Please contact Reuven Robbins (453-5456 or rrobbins@austin.rr.com) if you would like a part in the service or would like to help sponsor this or future luncheons, which follow services.

Haverim Ke'tanim Havdalah, Saturday, May 6th, 5:00 pm, location to be announced.

Adult B'nai Mitzvah: "Modern Jewish Thought", Monday, May 8th, 7 - 8:30 pm, Rabbi's office, 3415 Greystone, Suite 307.

Torah Study, Tuesday, May 9th, Noon, Rabbi's office, 3415 Greystone, Suite 307.

Galeet Dardashti leading a Sephardic-style service, Friday, May 12th, 7:30 pm, Kol Halev Sanctuary.
Kol Halev is pleased to host Divahn's Galeet Dardashti for a Sephardic-style service. Galeet pursues her artistic and academic passion for Mizrahi music (Jewish music from the Middle East and North Africa) as both accomplished singer and anthropologist. She has performed as a soloist both in the US and Israel, including significant cantorial work. (Read more on our web site.)

CKH Office for Sub-lease

Do you need an office? Do you know someone who does? CKH is offering space within our suite for sub-lease. The lease is $350.00 per month; 1 year contract; A/C separate from the remaining space. Please contact Cindy Tarsi (512) 419-0945 or <ckhadmin@gmail.com> to view the space.

Volunteers Needed for Israel Independence Day

JCAA is celebrating Yom HaAtzma'ut (Israel Independence Day) on Sunday, May 8th. CKH will have a booth at the celebration. We need volunteers to man the booth. If you can help, please contact Cindy Tarsi (512) 419-0945 or <ckhadmin@gmail.com> to view the space.

Concert Canceled

Some of you may have heard our fund raising committee was trying to schedule a concert by Billy Jonas. Due to a last minute conflict at the venue, this show is canceled.

B'nai Mitzvah Families

Please send your preferred times for meeting with the Rabbi during the summer to Eileen Ladd by May 5th. To the extent possible, all sessions with the Rabbi will be scheduled Monday - Wednesday between 9:00 am - Noon. The Rabbi will not be scheduling appointments during the month of July.

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

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.

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.)

We are grateful for the input. Remember, the Voice of the Heart is YOUR voice.

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

Mazel Tov

Happy Birthday:
Melissa Woskow	Wednesday, May 3rd
Linda Halbreich	Friday, May 5th
Jeremy Horwitz	Sunday, May 7th	17th birthday
Carol Christensen	Monday, May 8th
Cyral Miller	Monday, May 8th
Cherie Christensen	Tuesday, May 9th	19th birthday
Jorge Kenig	Tuesday, May 9th

In Remembrance of

Theodore O'Krent (Tevye ben Schmuel)	Sunday, May 7th / Iyar 9, 5766	Grandfather of Mike O'Krent
Charlotte Blatt	Monday, May 8th / Iyar 10, 5766	Aunt of Liz Nowicki
Julius Drayer	Monday, May 8th / Iyar 10, 5766	Grandfather of Debra Haas
Josephine Kimmelman (Yassel bat Jacob)	Monday, May 8th / Iyar 10, 5766	Grandmother of Neil Kimmelman

Thank You

Congregation Kol Halev thanks Bob & Karen Glina for their contribution in memory of their Aunt Jean, mother of Roberta & Malcolm Barach.

Congregation Kol Halev thanks Bob & Karen Glina for their contribution in memory of Bobbi LaFonde's brother.

Condolences

All of Congregation Kol Halev joins Steven Weintraub, Tina Huckabee, and their son Arron mourning the loss of their daughter and sister, Shoshana. If you would like to help them in this time of need, contact Diane Graves, Chesed Committee Chair, at 795-9150 / 796-8315 or dsgraves@austin.rr.com to provide meals and other assistance.

Additionally, there will be Shiva minyanim at the Weintraub home (8709 Stillwood), as follows:

Evenings at 7:30 pm - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Mornings at 9:00 am - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday

We cannot print what we do not know about, e.g., if your child (or grandchild, etc.) is graduating this spring. Please send submissions for inclusion into the Congregation newsletter to newsletter@kolhalev.org by 10:00pm Monday (next deadline is May 08, 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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