Congregation Kol Halev Newsletter, 
January 01, 2007 / 23 Tevet 5768

This Week at Kol Halev .... 

Torah Study, Tuesday, January 1st, CANCELED.

Rebbe & Rebbetzin's Tisch, Friday, January 4th, 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 <rabbi@kolhalev.org> to RSVP.

Memorial Service for Paul Schultz, Sunday, January 6th, 2:30 pm, JCAA Community Hall.
Mr Schultz was the father of Marcia Hoffman and grandfather of Josh Hoffman.  All congregants are encouraged to perform the mitzvah of comforting the bereaved.

 .... Next Week at Kol Halev .... 

Torah Study, Tuesday, January 8th, Noon, CKH Office.

Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday, January 11th, 7:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.
Join us for our regular Friday night Shabbat Service.

Chevrat Shlosha Devarim (CSD), Saturday, January 12th, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall.
Join us as young and old alike help lead this warm and intimate service.  Many of our B'nai Mitzvah students (past & present) lead prayers and chant Torah.  Please contact Reuven Robbins (453-5456 or <rrobbins@austin.rr.com> ) if you would like a part in the service.  A kiddish luncheon follows the service.  If you would like to help sponsor the luncheons, send your tax-deductible contributions to the CKH office (with a note designating if for this purpose).

Board of Directors Meeting, Sunday, January 13th, 1:00 pm, CKH Office.
Last week, I sent a message to all members (at the email address in the congregational database) reporting on our successful fund raiser and the Board of Directors' intent to amend our budget and fund another Friday Night Alive!  (If you did not receive the message, check the account you put in your membership renewal paperwork.  Or send me a message and I'll forward a copy.  If you have not updated your email address with Karen, you should do that!)

Mazel Tov

In Remembrance

There will be a memorial service for Paul Schultz, father of Marcia Hoffman and grandfather of Josh Hoffman in the JCAA Community Hall on Sunday, January 6th at 2:30 pm.  All congregants are encouraged to perform the mitzvah of comforting the bereaved.

.... In the Community ....

The Dell Tones, in Concert! Thursday, January 17th, 7:00 pm, JCAA Community Hall.
Jewish Family Service Senior Program Invites You to Attend The Dell Tones, Our Senior Vocal Ambassadors, Under the direction of Cantor Marie Betcher. "Love Changes Everything", A Cabaret of Music from Musicals.

$5 donation requested. Dessert reception following the performance.  For info and reservations, call 735-8086.  For transportation from your home, call 735-8024.

Comedian Judy Gold Performs Stand- up Routine
Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian Judy Gold shares gems from her critically acclaimed long-running off-Broadway hit show 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother as well as other comical life events.  Judy talks about marriage, motherhood, faith, hope, love, laughter, and acceptance.  In addition to her work on the stage, Judy has made numerous television appearances on shows ranging from "Law & Order" to the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno".  She received two Emmy Awards for writing and producing "The Rosie O'Donnell Show".

Judy Gold Performs her Stand up on Sunday, January 20th, 7:00 pm, JCC Community Hall Stage. www.shalomaustin.org/boxoffice for tickets, $18-$25.

Visions of Israel: Israeli Filmmakers and Images of the Jewish State, Thursday, January 24, 6:30 pm.
This six-part film series celebrates the diversity of Israel through the medium of film in coordination with the Jewish Heritage Video Collection, a project of the Jewish Media Fund, Charles H. Revson Foundation. This film series is also co-sponsored by the Austin Jewish Film Festival.

The Legacy of the Holocaust
Film:  Operation Jonathan
Synopsis:  A salute to the Israeli soldiers who rescued Jewish hostages held by terrorists and a statement about the need for vigilance after the Holocaust.  On June 27, 1976, Air France Flight 139, en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, was hijacked by Arab and German terrorists and commandeered to Entebbe, Uganda. In short order, the 103 Jewish and Israeli passengers (joined by the French crew) were separated from the others, who were then freed.  The terrorists' demand:  the release of 43 Arabs held in Israeli prisons in exchange for the Jewish lives.  The Israeli government negotiates, while secretly planning one of the most daring rescues ever attempted.  Operation Jonathan reenacts these heart-stopping events in realistic and thrilling detail, giving us an inside look at the decisions that led to the dramatic rescue.  Many of the figures who played a role – Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Yigal Yadin, and others – appear in cameo roles, lending the film a unique authenticity. (124 mins.)

Professor Pascale Bos will discuss the effect the Holocaust has had on contemporary Israeli society.  [Pascale Bos is a professor of Germanic Studies at UT Austin, affiliate in the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Texas, Comparative Literature, and Women's and Gender Studies programs.  She has published on German Jewish culture, Holocaust literature, and second generation Jewish writing.  Dr. Bos is the author of "German-Jewish Literature in the Wake of the Holocaust: Grete Weil, Ruth Kluger and the Politics of Address." (Palgrave 2005)

To register, call (512) 735-8032 and mention registration code JE3605.  Cost is $5 per screening or $25 for the entire six-part series. For more information about the event in history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Entebbe.

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 January 7, 2008).

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3415 Greystone Drive, Suite 307,
Austin, Texas  78731

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