Congregation Kol Halev Newsletter, 
January 08, 2008 / 01 Shevat 5768

This 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!)

 .... Next Week at Kol Halev .... 

Torah Study, Tuesday, January 15th, Noon, CKH Office.

Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday, January 18th, 7:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.
Join us for our regular Friday night Shabbat Service.

Bar Mitzvah of Ryan Ladd
Brent, Eileen and Shannon Ladd invite the congregation to celebrate Ryan's Bar Mitzvah Mincha Service, Saturday, January 19th, 4:30 pm, JCAA Community Hall.

Mazel Tov

In Remembrance

Please join Rabbi Baker and all of Congregation Kol Halev as we extend condolences to
Leslie Suez who lost her grandmother, Yetta Goltzman.
The funeral was Monday in Victoria, Texas.

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

Mitzvot Donations
Maurice Ommerman
Chip Rainey

CSD Luncheons
Sherry Blum & Don Becker

.... In the Community ....

KLRU Austin PBS Affiliate will air The Jewish Americans documentary beginning on January 9th.
The Jewish Americans is a three-night documentary that explores 350 years of Jewish American history.  Written and directed by award-winning filmmaker David Gurbin, The Jewish Americans is a story of great achievement despite great odds.  From the First Settlement in the 17th century to the present, the six hour series is a journey in time.  While the story of Jewish life in America is emblematic of the American immigrant story, it is also a story of how a people overcame discrimination and eventually created some of the most remarkable accomplishments in American history, arts, commerce, science, and academia.  The series will air on KLRU Austin PBS over three consecutive weeks, on January 9, 16, and 23, 2008 from 8:00 - 10:00 pm. Visit http://pressroom.pbs.org/programs/the_jewish_americans to learn more about the programs.

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.

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 14, 2008).

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

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