Congregation Kol Halev Newsletter, 
May 15, 2007 / 27 Iyar 5767

This Week at Kol Halev:

Shabbat Service, Friday, May 18th, 7:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room. "Echoes of Anguish" special service. This a special Shabbat service to remind us of and remember the Holocaust. There will be a brief service including the Shema, Amidah, etc. Then 36 CKH congregants will read the "Echoes of Anguish" liturgy. (More details after "Next Week" section.)

Haverim Ke'tanim (Little Friends), Saturday, May 19th, 5:00 pm, la Madeleine (restaurant), 3418 N. Lamar Blvd. (map).
After a wonderful learning and worship experience featuring stories, music, arts & crafts, games and a kid-friendly Havdalah service, the kindergartners, pre-schoolers and their families can stay for dinner and get to know each other, schedule play-dates, etc.

Torah Meets Tinseltown, Saturday, May 19th, 6:30pm, Rabbi & Lynda Baker's house.
Come to the next meeting of "Torah Meets Tinseltown" at Chez Baker. We will observe Havdalah at 6:30 pm. Then, Rabbi Baker will give a brief introduction to the move. We’ll watch and talk about “The Debate.” After the movie Rabbi Baker will lead a discussion. Please RSVP at 419-0945 or <rabbi@kolhalev.org>.

Annual Congregation Meeting, Sunday, May 20th, 3:30 - 5:00 pm, CAA Multi-purpose Room (upstairs).
Please join us to review the past year, honor our wonderful volunteers, elect a Board of Directors, and adopt the budget. A copy of the proposed budget was mailed to all members last week.

Adult Education, "Mysticism", Monday, May 21st, 7:00 pm, CKH Office.
Rabbi Baker's Basic Judaism course covering Mysticism began on May 7th. This is the third meeting of the class. The next meeting will be on Monday, June 4th.

Torah Study, Tuesday, May 22nd, Noon, CKH Office.

....  Next Week  ....

Weintraub Unveiling, Friday, May 25th, 4:30 pm, Austin Memorial Park Cemetery.
We will unveil the memorial for Shoshana Weintraub at that time.  The cemetery is located at 2800 Hancock Dr. (map), immediately east of MoPac.

Shavuot and Shabbat Service, Friday, May 25th, 7:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.
Come celebrate Shavuot and Shabbat with CKH.  And help celebrate ten wonderful years with Cantor Sherwin. (See the next section for details.)

Shabbat at Kerrville, Saturday, May 26th, 10:30 am, Kerrville Folk Festival.
For the 16th year, Rabbi Kerry Baker and Cantor Robbi Sherwin bring their contemporary, spiritual style to Shabbat at the Kerrville Folk Festival. If you wish to come to services, in this beautiful Hill Country setting, you can attend for free. Please contact Rabbi Kerry Baker <rabbi@kolhalev.org> for details.

Sundays in the Park (with Rebbe), Sunday, April 29th, 10:00am, Central Market Café, 4001 N. Lamar Blvd. (map).
“Sundays in the Park with Rebbe” is the title of Rabbi Baker’s Sunday morning series of discussions at the Central Market Café from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. This year’s series features topics taken from “You Be the Judge,” a book by Joel Lurie Grishaver which presents a number of provocative ethical dilemmas, quandaries, and challenges with a Jewish, spiritual or moral twist—and a proposed Jewish resolution, all of which is fair game for our discussion over gourmet coffee and nosherei (little stuff to nibble). Here are the kind of the dilemmas we’ll consider: The Kippah That Was Too Trustworthy, The Nolan Ryan Rookie Card Caper, Can You Cheat at Torah?, and How Long Is ‘Til Death Do Us Part’?

Torah Study, Tuesday, May 29th, Noon, CKH Office.

Goodbye Cantor Sherwin

It's time to send-off Cantor Sherwin.  Friday, May 25th will be Robbi's last service as Cantor of Congregation Kol Halev.  Please join us to give her a rousing "L'hit ra'ot" (until we meet again).  She's not going far, but this is our opportunity to give her "a big hug" for all the love, joy, and spiritual life she has brought to CKH over the last ten years.

To make the evening special, there will be a pot-luck dessert Oneg after the service.  Linda Halbreich is organizing the dessert Oneg.  To help ensure appropriate variety and adequate quantity, email Linda <Lindahalbreich@aol.com> what you plan to bring (bring something even if you can't email Linda).

Let's show Robbi how much we appreciate that she has enriched each of our lives and made Kol Halev a special part of the Jewish community.

From the introduction to Echoes of Anguish:

“Echoes of Anguish is a Kaddish prayer for six million Jews, their lives, their yearnings and their deaths.

Echoes of Anguish is a Midrash-exploration meant to expose the questions and agonies that still, and forever, haunt Jewish existence after the Holocaust.

Echoes of Anguish is a reminder, grim and horrible, that when human beings plunge the world into the hell of Auschwitz , God is forced in eclipse.

Echoes of Anguish is an affirmation of faith, of the pathway toward believing that life has purpose even in the midst of black darkness and in the face of death.”

Echoes of Anguish is a beautiful, challenging and creative liturgy based upon the Jewish folk legend that the world continues to exist, despite the presence of evil and injustice, because of the lives of thirty-six secret tzadikim (completely righteous people) who are unrecognized by others and unknown even to themselves.”

Mazel Tov

In Remembrance

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

Mitzvot fund
In memory of Simon Okon
by Susan & Marshall Levett

....  In the Community  ....

Join NCJW for “LUNCH BUNCH”, NOW on May 17th!
National Council of Jewish Women, Austin ’s most progressive Jewish women’s organization, invites you to join us for lunch, a brief meeting, and plenty of time for schmoozing and networking. We will meet at the Clay Pit Restaurant, 1601 Guadalupe at 11:30 am on Thursday, May 17th (note new date). Newcomers welcome to learn more about what we do, while enjoying a great meal! To rsvp, call Bettie at 372-8214 or <bettie4man@austin.rr.com>. Visit www.ncjwaustin.org or www.ncjw.org.

Jewish Community Association of Austin 2007 Annual Meeting, Thursday, May 17th, 7:00 pm,JCAA Community Hall, Free and Open to All.
Special Guest Speaker: William Daroff, Vice President of Public Policy and Director of the Washington Office United Jewish Communities. The evening also includes: Election and Installation of JCAA Officers and Trustees, Dell Jewish Community Campus Development Corporation Update, Honoring Florence Melton Adult Mini-School Graduates, and Elegant Kosher Dairy and Pareve Dessert Reception.

Special Award Recipients:
Hymie and Louise Samuelson Young Leadership Award
Lisa Goodgame
Volunteer Leadership Award
Debby Kalk (CKH member!)
Community Service Award Austin
Jewish Film Festival: David Goldblatt, Cindy Pinto, and Sandy Sack

For more information, call (512) 735-8042 or e-mail <jcaamarketing@shalomaustin.org>.

Florence Melton Adult Mini-School Graduation 2007
After two years of studying together the 6th graduate class of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School in Austin will gather together with their families at the JCAA on Wednesday May 30th at 7pm for their graduation ceremony.  The graduates this year are: Susan Epstein, Jennifer Repass, Steve Burger, Shoshanah Dietz, Teri Golden, Kim Kahn, Sara Kolett, Sonia Paban, Pam Prais, Miriam Schimmoller, Natalie Weinstein, and Meredith Klein.

Make Graduation Gift Giving Meaningful and Easy with Israel Bonds
Whether the graduate is a pre-schooler or a doctor, the $100 Mazel Tov Bond is a meaningful way to share your values with the graduate and support the State of Israel.  Your gift of an Israel Bond is a wonderful way to commemorate a milestone while helping to ensure Israel 's future.  Investment forms are available at the J welcome desk or from Israel Bonds at (800) 676-3101.  When you buy a Mazel Tov Bond the recipient will receive a statement showing a bond has been purchased in his/her name along with a letter announcing your gift.  At maturity the graduate will receive a check for the principal and interest.  Meanwhile, Israel can re-establish the economic momentum needed for sustained growth and development.

Do you have an announcement?  Good news?  Community service opportunity?  Please send submissions for inclusion in the Congregation newsletter to <newsletter@kolhalev.org> by 10:00pm, Monday (next deadline is May 21, 2007).

Have you missed a recent issue of the CKH Newsletter?  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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