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Looking Ahead
REMEMBERING SIBYL COHEN
Beyond the High Holidays and Simchat Torah we
arrive at Shabbat Bereishit, the very
beginning of the Torah. On Kabalat Shabbat,
October 16 at 7 PM, we join together for a
rich service that will feature Dr. Lori
Lefkovitz, the Kolot Director of the
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, who
will enlighten us about: Gender, Creation and
Creativity. This will mark the first Sibyl
Cohen Memorial Lecture. Sibyl passed away
suddenly on November 1, 2006. She still is
very much missed.
-- Roby Jacobs, event chair
Bagels & Books Brunch
On Sunday, October 25th, at 11 AM, enjoy an
exquisitely composed, absolutely captivating
true story about a gentile couple who saved
100's of Jews from Nazi extermination by
harboring them as their "guests" in the
Warsaw Zoo. The book is "The Zookeeper's
Wife", by Diane Ackerman.
Margie Wiener will facilitate the discussion.
More details will be announced.
Marking Life Cycle Events
Making a financial contribution to
Congregation Leyv
Ha-Ir is a great way to mark special life events,
simchas, yahrzeits, etc. We are happy to send an
acknowledgement of your contribution to a
designee
of your choice. Contributions can be sent to our
regular P.O. Box address, or contact Evy
Simon, at
215-561-7474 or evylhi@hotmail.com, if you'd
like to
have an acknowledgement card sent.
Thank you.
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Dear Friends and Members of Leyv Ha-Ir~Heart of the City,
L'shana tovah, Happy New Year.
I am looking forward to seeing you later
this month as we celebrate
the High Holy Days together. This is a good
time to notice the fluid
nature of this life. As we look around, we
notice that things have
changed. We are older. Some people are no
longer with us. There are
new people with us. The circumstances have
changed. There are also
new opportunities. One constant is that
Leyv Ha-Ir~Heart of the City
is a volunteer run organization. We do not
have full time staff.
This means that the functions which sustain
our operations are
completed by our members. Please amplify my
gratitude for these
volunteers. As you attend services, feel
free to thank people you see
exerting effort. Our members our proud to
provide High Holy Day
services for our wider community. Please
help me recognize their
contribution.
Michael Meketon, President
Leyv Ha-Ir ~ Heart of the City
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| Karen Zeitz Shares Photos from Israel! |
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Photos from Karen's recent trip to Israel:
Top to Bottom: (1) This is a large gold
menorah on display near the Western Wall,
awaiting the building of the Third Temple.
(2) Although this picture is slightly out of
focus, it's of Karen in full Phillies
regalia, holding up a ceramic shard she has
just uncovered at Hebrew University's
archeological project from the site of the
1st and 2nd Temples in Jerusalem.
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September 2009 Activities
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Saturday - September 5 - 2009,
10:00 AM
Shabbat Morning
Service
Join us for a lay-led service
back at the Ethical Society, 1906 S.
Washington Square, followed by a
dairy/veggie potluck lunch.
Saturday - September 12 - 2009,
7:00 PM
Selichot Service
These prayers, led by Rabbi Julie, are part
of our preparation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur. Join us at the William Penn House,
1919 Chestnut Street, Community Room.
Friday - September 18 - 2009,
7:30 PM
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Our Rosh Hashanah services will be led by
Rabbi Julie Greenberg, with Cantorial Soloist
Jessi Roemer and the Leyv Ha-Ir Choir. Join
us at the Ethical Society, 1906 S.
Rittenhouse Square. Please register in
advance on our website.
Saturday - September 19 - 2009,
10:00 AM, Rosh Hashanah First Day
Our Rosh Hashanah services will be led by
Rabbi Julie Greenberg, with Cantorial Soloist
Jessi Roemer and the Leyv Ha-Ir Choir. Join
us at the Ethical Society, 1906 S.
Rittenhouse Square. Please register in
advance on our website.
Saturday - September 20 - 2009,
10:00 AM, Rosh Hashanah Second Day
Our Rosh Hashanah services will be led by
Rabbi Julie Greenberg, with Cantorial Soloist
Jessi Roemer and the Leyv Ha-Ir Choir. Join
us at the Ethical Society, 1906 S.
Rittenhouse Square. Please register in
advance on our website.
Saturday - September 20 - 2009,
6:00 PM, Tashlich Ceremony
A
group of Center City congregations will hold
a Tashlich ceremony (symbolic casting of sins
into water) on the bank of the Schuylkill at
the Walnut St. Bridge.
Sunday - September 27 - 2009,
6:00 PM, Kol Nidre
Our Kol Nidre
services will be led by Rabbi Julie
Greenberg, with Cantorial Soloist Jessi
Roemer and the Leyv Ha-Ir Choir. Join us at
the Ethical Society, 1906 S. Rittenhouse
Square. Please register in advance on our
website.
Monday - September 28 - 2009,
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Yom Kippur
Our Yom Kippur services will be led by
Rabbi Julie Greenberg, with Cantorial Soloist
Jessi Roemer and the Leyv Ha-Ir Choir. Join
us at the Ethical Society, 1906 S.
Rittenhouse Square. At approximately 7 PM, a
break fast will be held on the second floor.
Please register in advance, for both or
either, on our website.
As part of the Kehillah of Center City we
are invited to attend all of the events that are
sponsored by the Kehillah and our larger
community. To learn more about these events,
check
out the link to Center
City Kehillah.
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| Rabbi's Message: Rabbi Julie Greenberg |
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Dear Chevre,
We are in the month of Elul, moving daily
towards our New Year and reading daily about
the raging health care battle taking place in
this country. At this time of introspection,
it makes sense to steep ourselves in Jewish
values relevant to this most pressing issue,
one that affects every one of us.
Jewish tradition values an informed
citizenry. Even when most of the world lived
in the dark ages of ignorance, the literacy
rate (of males) in Jewish communities was
astoundingly high. Commitment to intellectual
achievement has been a signature quality of
our people. The ignorance, misinformation,
and gullibility displayed by so many
Americans at recent town hall meetings on
health care matters is upsetting to a Jewish
sensibility.
Jewish tradition values dialogue. The
Talmudic process, for instance, is one of
deep and far- ranging discussion with respect
and tolerance for minority opinions. When the
Rabbis made legal rulings by majority
decision, they also recorded the dissenting
opinions. They realized that minority views
might be relevant to future conditions. The
inability of many Americans to engage in
calm, reasonable problem-solving about the
health care crisis is sad from a Jewish point
of view.
Jewish tradition values the well being of
the whole community, not just of the most
able or most affluent within it. The context
of our discussion has to be "how" to
accomplish decent health care for all, not
"whether" to do so. I hope that in this
coming year, each one of us will draw on
Jewish sources for an infusion of spirit and
energy to further productive engagement with
health care policy. Our neighbors,
representatives, doctors, and insurance
companies need to hear our voices.
May this be a year of learning, respect
and compassion for all, Rabbi Julie
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| Your Help is Needed! |
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With the High Holidays fast approaching, we
are looking for Hearts, Hands and Eyes -
that is VOLUNTEERS to man the Welcoming/
Check-in desk before and during the Services.
Email Roby
Jacobs if you can help out.
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| September 11 - Community-wide Shabbat Dinner |
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The kick off event of an exciting fall
season! See old friends and make new ones at
The Gershman Y's community-wide Shabbat
dinner. Whether you're young or old, reform
or orthodox, gay or straight, the Gershman Y
is a community center for all people. Come
at 7:15 for artists talk on Painting Midrash
in the Borowsky Gallery. Stay for schmoozing,
singing and relaxing. Certified Kosher meat
dinner will be served. Price: Adults $15 /
Children $10. Purchase tickets at www.gershmanY.org
or call 215-545-4400.
Friday, September 11 at 8 PM
Location: The
Gershman Y
401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia
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| Lunch & Learn - Back by Popular Demand! |
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Rabbi Julie Greenberg will be
leading us again in a "lunch
and learn" discussion. This Fall's
series will be about "The Prophets". Save
these dates:
Thursday, October 22
Thursday, October 29
Thursday, November 12
Thursday, November 19
All sessions will be held from 12 - 2PM at
the Bellevue
Building, 200 S. Broad St., at the offices
of PREIT (Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment
Trust). This is a brown-bag
event and there is no charge to attend.
More details will appear in the October
eNewsletter.
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| Classified: Let Jack-of-All-Trades Help You Get Things Done |
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I am available for all forms of
jack-of-all-trades, general-purpose work you
need done. Please call John Mason at (215)
271-2982. Thanks.
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