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Weekly News

August 31, 2016 

27 Av 5776

          

Issue 200 


Dear ,
Labor Day weekend is approaching.  Consider joining us for Open Shabbes at Sanctuary.  If you want to have dinner and stay over Friday night we have a special rate this weekend!   More information below.
 
Our focus this Shabbat is on labor, the teachings related to work and workers in Judaism and the issues surrounding workers wages and workers rights today.  Jews United for Justice, an organization that we helped found, is focused on this concern and has, for years, designated this Shabbat as "Labor on the Bimah."
 
A teaching from this week's Parsha, Re'eh, will give you a sense of our ancient commitment to act justly.   From Deuteronomy 15.
 
 "At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their people, because God's time for canceling debts has been proclaimed. 
There need be no poor people among you, for in the land the Eternal your God is giving you as your inheritance, you will be fully blessed, if only you fully obey these teachings I am giving you today...
 
If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land, Eternal your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need....Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Eternal your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to....There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow, the poor and needy in your land..."
 
If you have a minute please check out JUFJ website and their efforts for advocating for a Living Wage, Sick Pay and issues affecting our labor force in Maryland and D.C. Today.  To go the link at JUFJ.
 
"Chesed  U-MIshpat Ashirah."   "Of love and justice I will sing..."  Psalm 101:1
 
B'Shalom,
 
Reb David
 

  



High Holiday Information
  

 

 

 
 HIGH HOLIDAY TICKETS ARE ON THE WAY!
Am Kolel sent High Holiday information and tickets to full dues-paying members. Associate members will receive information with instructions to order tickets. If you are an Associate Member or need additional tickets go to our website at www.am-kolel.org.
If you need help please call the office.

Open Shabbes: Friday Night begins Rosh Hodesh Elul at Sanctuary


             
Members are invited to dinner Friday night for $25 and no charge for staying over at Sanctuary. Non-members dinner and accommodations are $50.
Highlights in this Issue
HIGH HOLIDAY INFORMATION
Open Shabbes, Rosh Chodesh Elul
Schedule for Shabbat Services
Community Building Workshop, September 17
Shabbat Services 
 Services begin at 10:00am, followed by a potluck vegetarian/dairy lunch.  Please bring a dish to share!
  

September 2
Shabbat Dinner
and Overnight
BY RESERVATION
7:00pm

September 3
 Led by Reb David
 
 
OPEN SHABBES
Rosh Chodesh Elul
   Parsha: Re'eh
Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17

September 10
Led by Reb David
   Parsha: Shoftim
Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9

September 17
Led by Reb David
Cedar Lane
Parsha: Ki Teitzei
Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19
September 24
Led by Reb David
Cedar Lane
Parsha: Ki Tavo
Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8
 
October 1
Led by Reb David
Cedar Lane
Parsha: Nitzavim
Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20


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Garden Volunteers Needed
Reb David needs helpers 1 morning a week to work in the Gene Lippman Plus veggie garden. Contact admin@am-kolel.org
Visitors Project for People with Dementia
Seeking volunteers to be trained to visit people with Alzheimer's or dementia. Training will begin in the Fall. If interested, contact 
Community Building Workshop for Am Kolel September 17

Community Building Workshop for Am Kolel
Saturday afternoon (after Shabbat services)

September 17, 2016    1:00p -3:00pm
Led by Cherie Brown
  
One of the best things about Am Kolel is our commitment to being a community for each other.  We encourage everyone in Am Kolel to attend this important community building workshop. Through interactive exercises, we will learn new things to appreciate about one another. Families, partners, friends and new members are all welcome!

Cherie Brown is a longtime member of Am Kolel.  She is the founder and director of a nonprofit leadership organization, the National Coalition Building Institute and she is an adjunct faculty at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College .

RSVP to admin@am-kolel.org by Friday September 9 so we can plan accordingly. 
Community News   

Sunday School Open House for Kehila Chadasha
Sunday, September18, 2016 from 9:15am-12:15pm. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School at 4301 East-West Highway, in Bethesda.  FREE fall semester to first time enrollees. For more information e-mail schoolinfo@e-kehila.org
 
Fall Day of Learning: "The Wisdom of Kabbalah" with Rabbi Daniel C. Matt
Sunday, September 11, 2016 at Kol Shalom, 9:00 am - 4:45 pm
Registration:  $45 by Wednesday, September 7th, then $54

Brunch Honoring Bob Hausman As Jewish Funeral Practices Commitee celebrates his 40 years of service Sunday, September 26, 2016, 10:30 am. For Information and Tickets visit: click here

EMBODYING THE GREAT MYSTERY, A KABBALISTIC MOVEMENT JOURNEY with Simona Aronow and Guest Faculty click here

Workmen's Circle online Yiddish courses 
For detailed Class information, click here

Jews United for Justice For a list of events endorsed by Jews United for Justice, visit www.jufj.org.

The Foundation for Jewish Studies
For detailed class offerings and locations, click click here.


Am Kolel Pardes Cemetery

 The Am Kolel Pardes is our section at the Garden of Remembrance in Clarksburg. 

 

The Garden of Remembrance is the region's only not-for-profit cemetery owned & operated by a board of Jewish community leaders.  More information about the Am Kolel Pardes can be found on the Lifecycle page of our website, or you may contact our Office Manager at admin@am-kolel.org.

 

Am Kolel Board of Trustees 2016-2017
Acting President - Annette Jolles
Vice President - Shelley Sturman
Treasurer - Fran McMahon
Secretary - Carol Perone
Trustee, At Large - Sandy Hoffman
Trustee, At Large - De Herman
Immediate Past President - Ira Levine
Emeritus - Paige Jacobson

Director - R. David Shneyer
Reb David & Staff
Am Kolel
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