Congregation Kol Halev Newsletter, 
November 14, 2006 / 23 Cheshvan 5767

This Week at Kol Halev:

Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday, November 17th, 7:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.

Torah Study, Tuesday, November 14th, Noon, CKH Office.

....  Next Week  ....

Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday, November 24th, 7:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.

Torah Study, Tuesday, November 21st, Noon, CKH Office.

....  CKH B'nai Mitzvah Youth Group  ....

The CKH post B'nai mitzvah youth group is having its second event on Sunday, November 19th from 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm at Austin's Park & Pizza. Meet at the park entrance on IH35 in Pflugerville at 4:30. Current youth group members should bring $10, and CKH will cover the rest of your play/food package. And if you haven't joined yet, please bring the $10 for the event and a check for $36 made out Congregation Kol Halev (along with your membership application, from the CKH website) for the youth group membership. That covers membership for the entire school year, so it's quite a steal!!! Please RSVP to Amy O'Desky at <aodesky@austin.rr.com> NO LATER THAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16th.

Mazel Tov

Congratulations to Bob & Karen Glina on the birth of their
granddaughter, Samantha Gabrielle Glina.
She is the daughter of Melodye and Daniel Glina of Houston.

In Remembrance

Thank You!

Congregation Kol Halev gratefully acknowledges the following gifts:

A generous donation was made to Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
By an anonymous contributor

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
For making our wedding ceremony so beautiful and special
Laura Nehman

Welcome New Members

Scott Berman lives in Round Rock.

Rachel Cooper & Duane Clayton live on South Congress.

Kim and Jay Frankel live in Dripping Springs. They have a son, Joshua age 10.

Jeff Krys & Angie McDermott live on Palisade Court. They have a son, Max age 12, and a daughter, Mackenzie age 8.

Jayson Levin & Sandy Wright live on Neeley Drive.

Irina & Alexander Lubinin live in Round Rock. They have two sons, Sivan age 9 and Benjamin.

Rosemary & Roy Mersky live on Cascada Drive .

Allison & Kevin Pasternak live on Saber Creek Trail. They have two children, William 3 and Lara Lynn 1.

Jean & Bernard Rosenblatt live on Smith Oak Trail. They have twins Matthew & Megan 8 years old.

Cecile & Martin Zelinsky live on Holly Fern Cove. They have three children, Joseph 22, Natalie 21, and David 16.

Jewish War Veterans

On December 17 at 10 am, Austin Post 757 of the Jewish War veterans of the USA (JWV) will host a membership brunch at the at the Dell Jewish Community Center. We are proud to announce that Admiral Bobby Inman (retired) will be our featured speaker. Admiral Inman served as Director of the National Security Agency and as deputy Director of the CIA. He will speak to us on current events affecting Israel and the United States. We invite Jewish Veterans who are not members of post 757 and spouses as our guests at the brunch.

JWV has a richly deserved reputation as an Action organization. The Austin post proudly implements that designation by its four fold mission:

1.Jewish Veterans helping American Veterans

2.Jewish Veterans educating the Austin Jewish Community on the role of Jewish veterans in the United States

3.Jewish veterans supporting the State of Israel

4.Jewish Veterans helping Jewish Soldiers

If you want to learn more about how we do this, please come to our brunch on December 17. To reserve a place, contact Neil Goldman: phone 342 8233, email ngoldman1@austin.rr.com.

....  In the Community  ....

The Israelite Samaritans, Thursday, November 16th, 7:30 pm, at the JCAA.
Binyamim Tsedaka will address the Jewish community and describe the Israelite Samaritan way of observing the Torah. The Samaritan Israelites are the descendants of an ancient people. This visiting Samaritan scholar from Israel has been invited to the JCAA to speak on the following topics: the Samaritan Shabbat and Counting of the Omer; their ancient First Temple era Hebrew script and unusual pronunciation patterns; how they chant the Torah; why they hold B’nai Mitzvah celebrations even earlier than the 13th year; how they were able to maintain the Passover sacrifice every year even for the past 2,000 years; why they hold Mount Gerizim to be a sacred place according to the Torah; and why they count only seven festival days in the year.

Fifth Annual Hadassah Chanukah Bazaar, Sunday, November 19th 9 am - 3 pm, at the JCAA.
Selected vendors for all your gift-giving needs. Bake sale - plan ahead for the holidays. Community sponsored blood drive (10 am - 2 pm). Exchange a new toiletry item donation for a local women's shelter for a raffle ticket. Raffle tickets $1 each or six for $5. Activity center for kids. Proceeds will go to the Hadassah Medical Organization. Sandy Massman (331-8345) and Rachel O'Brien (775-8585) are co-chairing this event.

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 November 20, 2006).  My goal is to send the newsletter every Tuesday.

Have you missed a recent issue of the CKH Newsletter?  Due to recent problems with our listserver, you may have missed an issue. If so, you can always find back issues at http://www.kolhalev.org/emailnewsletters/index.html.

Congregation Kol Halev is located at:
3415 Greystone Drive, Suite 307,
Austin, Texas  78731

(512) 419-0945

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