Congregation Kol Halev Newsletter, 
March 18, 2008 / 11 Adar-II 5768

This Week at Kol Halev .... 

Torah Study, Tuesday, March 18th, Noon, CKH Office.

Purim & Shabbat, Friday, March 21st, 7:00 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.
Join us for a folk celebration of Purim with a Megillah reading and Purim Spiel!!!!

Please note that we will start our Purim service at 7:00 pm.

Immediately following the service, we will enjoy the "American Idol" edition Purim Spiel!!!!

Bar Mitzvah of Aaron Weintraub
Steven Weintraub and Tina Huckabee invite the congregation to celebrate Aaron's Bar Mitzvah, Saturday, March 22nd, 10:00 am, JCAA Community Hall.

Derekh Torah, Sunday, March 23rd, 7:00 pm, Rabbi Baker's house (new location).
.... Rabbi Baker's class continues ....

 .... Next Week at Kol Halev .... 

Torah Study, Tuesday, March 25th, Noon, CKH Office.

Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday, March 28th, 7:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.
Join us for our regular Friday night Shabbat Service.

Derekh Torah, Sunday, March 30th, 7:00 pm, Rabbi Baker's house (new location).
.... Rabbi Baker's class continues ....

 .... Mark Your Calendar .... 

Kol Halev will host our
Annual Second Night Passover Seder on Sunday, April 20th, 5:30 pm, JCAA Community Hall.
We have plans for a wonderful Seder with delicious food (catered by Pascal’s)!
Plan to bring yourself, your family, and your friends!

Adults: $28        Children (Pre-Bar/Bat Mitzvah age): $12
Please send your check (to the CKH office) with names of people attending and how many adults and children.
Reservations will be accepted until Friday, April 11th.

Marcia Hoffman (chair for this event) is looking for a volunteer to man the kids craft table before the seder begins. If you can help, email her at <sungoddess47@hotmail.com>.

Membership

The Membership Committee needs You!  We need a few volunteers who are interested in educating folks about the benefits of Kol Halev.  Committee members will help grow our congregation by introducing Kol Halev to new Austin residents, unaffiliated Jews in the area, or people who are just Kol Halev curious!  Please contact Seth and Lisa Feder at <lisa@lkfeder.com> if you'd like to be a part of it.

Also, the Membership Committee is here to contact potential new members and facilitate the new member process.  We ask that you challenge yourself this year to invite a friend or acquaintance to at least one event this year, then give us a “heads-up” if you know when somebody will be attending an event or a religious service.  That way, we can make sure someone from the membership team or the board is aware and available to answer any questions they may have.  This will go a long way in making that person feel welcome into the Kol Halev community.

Thanks!

Tzedakah Rocks/Super Week

Kol Halev Sisterhood is joining the 2008 Austin United Jewish Campaign!
We need a team of 10 Kol Halev Sisterhood and Congregants on Thursday night, April 10, 6-9:00 pm

Join Us for Tzedakah Rocks/Super Week.  We have a goal of raising $2.8 million and want to include you in helping build our community.  Tzedakah Rocks/Super Week is a large part of our over-all fund-raising campaign and is a great opportunity for people in Austin to be together, get to know each other, have fun and raise very important dollars to support our Jewish programs in Austin and around the world.  You are critical to our success!  We need you for just 3 quick hours.

For Super Week - April 6th - 13th, we need lots of volunteers to help with:

* Creating and leading teams of 10 to be at Super Week
* Helping create excitement for team competitions
* Make Tzedakah-raising calls, assist with follow-up paper work and emails.

All the events will be at the JCAA, 7300 Hart Lane, in the Community Hall

Please let me know if you can join us on April 10!

Thanks, Karen Gault
Kol Halev Sisterhood President
512-249-7949

Mazel Tov

In Remembrance

.... In the Community ....

JCAA Women's Division's Annual Senior Seder, Friday, April 11th, 11:30-1:00, JCAA Community Hall.

The JCAA Women's Division sponsors this each year to partake in the mitzvah of Gemilut Hasadim (acts of loving kindness).  Volunteers are needed to serve as to make and bring food, and to be table hosts and servers.  Please take part in this beautiful tradition.  Watch you e-mail boxes for more specifics or contact Lisa Feder at <lisa@lkfeder.com> for more information about how you can help.

A Novel Approach: Exploring Israel through literature

Fiction lover, author and book reviewer Neena Husid will cover Israeli literature choices a little off the beaten track.  Selections include graphic novels, contemporary Israeli fiction, and off-beat humor.  Come talk, learn, and laugh.  This class has been delayed for a week and we will start with the Etgar Keret selection, The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God and Other Stories.  Other selections include:

April 1:    Apples from the Desert: Selected Stories by Savyon Liebrecht
April 8:    Exit Wounds by Ruth Modan
April 15:  Love Burns by Edna Mazya

Cost is JCC member, Melton students, and AJA Staff: $8 per class; Non-member: $10 per class.  You don't have to had read the books before you come and that the selections are short reads.  They can be read in class for the most part.  Those interested MUST RSVP to Brandi Bowie, 735-8062.  For more information please contact Neena Husid, (512) 735-8370.

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 March 24, 2008).

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

For a map ...

 
Copyright 1999-2008 Congregation Kol Halev
info@kolhalev.org
Site Design by Greenbrook Technical Communications