Congregation Kol Halev Newsletter, 
August 15, 2006 / 21 Av 5766

Alena Leseten Bat Mitzvah, Friday, August 18th, 7:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.

Alena Leseten Bat Mitzvah, Saturday, August 19th, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall. Michele Chandler and Michael Leseten invite you to attend the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Alena Felice Leseten, on Saturday, August 19th, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. in the JCAA Community Hall. Everyone is welcome to join the family at the Kiddush luncheon following services. Please RSVP to mchandlerlmsw@sbcglobal.net.

Aaren Noble Weiner Bat Mitzvah, Saturday, August 26th, 10:00 a.m., JCAA Community Hall.  
Hal Weiner and Shannon Noble invite you to attend the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Aaren Noble Weiner, on Saturday, August 26th, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. in the JCAA Community Hall.  Everyone is welcome to join the family at the Kiddush luncheon following services. Please RSVP to hweiner@aol.com.

Eliot Benjamin Blatt Bar Mitzvah, Saturday, September 2, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall.
Jeff and Liz Blatt invite the Congregation to join them as their son Eliot becomes a Bar Mitzvah.  Kiddush Luncheon following services.  Please RSVP to lblatt@austin.rr.com .

For details of other events, including our High Holy Days observance, please visit our home page and our calendar.

Torah Study is Back!  Tuesday, August 8th & Tuesday, August 15th, Noon, Rabbi's office, 3415 Greystone, Suite 307.

Please return your membership packets. 
All members should have received a membership packet for 2006 - 07.  (If you have NOT received yours, please contact Cindy at 419-0945 or administrator@kolhalev.org .)  Please return your packet as soon as possible.  Your commitment (financial and volunteer) are greatly appreciated. 

B'nai Mitzvah Chavurah Kick-off, Sunday, August 27th.
B'nai Mitzvah families, mark your calendars for the organizational event for 2006 - 07.  We will gather in the afternoon, watch this space for the exact time and place.

It's Time to Sign Up for Religious School!
Classes are now forming for the 2006-2007 school year of Kol Halev's religious school. If you have a child between the ages of 5 and 10, please contact Anita Sadun, at agsadun@sbcglobal.net or 323-6047, for more information.

Sisterhood Kick-off Event, Sunday, September 17th, 11:00 am, Café Gelato.  
Join us for a fun event at Café Gelato (in the HEB shopping center on Louis Henna Blvd). Contact Marcia Hoffman for more information.  See http://www.kolhalev.org/Sisterhood page.htm for more details about the renewal of Sisterhood.

Mazel Tov

In Remembrance of

Thank You!
Congregation Kol Halev gratefully acknowledges the following gifts:

In memory of Jeff's father's
Liz & Jeff Blatt

Mitzvah Donation
Stan Biderman


In the Community

Kol Halev Fund Raiser.  
Need a bar mitzvah gift? A tray for apples and honey? Shabbat candlesticks, perhaps? Then visit Kol Halev’s virtual gift shop, www.judaicabysolomon.com. Diane Stepakof-Fay, a Cedar Park resident and owner of this shop, will donate 10% of the purchase price for any item on her website to Kol Halev. Simply click the pull-down menu under the item, select Kol Halev, and a 10% donation is automatically made. You get quality merchandise, Kol Halev gets a donation. What’s not to like?

Honor the Dream, A Tribute to Louise & Hymie Samuelson, Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:30 pm, JCAA.
Join us to pay tribute, as a community, to two dreamers at the heart of it all.  To sponsor a table or for more information on the event, contact Liza Levine at (512) 735-8078 or liza.levine@jcaaonline.org.  Send Your Love.  Share a Memory.  To purchase a Well Wish in the Gala Tribute Book, download a purchase form at www.jcaaonline.org/gala.

ISRAEL BRIEFING & Screening of Obsession, the New Documentary about Radical Islam's War against the West.  
Thursday, August 17th, 7:00 pm, JCAA Community Hall Stage, Free Admission.  The documentary will be introduced by Cindy Pinto and David Goldblatt of the Austin Jewish Film Festival.  Discussion will follow the screening and will be facilitated by Diane Radin, JCAA President.  Dr. Avraham Zilkha, UT professor of Middle Eastern Studies will be available to address questions.  This movie is not yet rated but it is required that anyone under 16 be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian. The movie contains graphic material that is inappropriate for children.

Do you have an announcement?  Good news?  Community service opportunity?  Please send submissions for inclusion into the Congregation newsletter to newsletter@kolhalev.org by 10:00pm Monday (next deadline is August 21, 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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