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December 11, 2013
Tevet 8, 5774

The Weekly
Har HaShem
 E-News

LIFECYCLE ANNOUNCEMENT! Congregant Barry Siegal Passed  Away December 9th

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 Congregant Barry Siegal Passed Away  December 9th

 

 We are saddened to report that Barry Siegal, husband of Jetta, father of Ron and Naomi, passed away on Monday, December 9th. The family is having a private minyan at their home led by Rabbi Rose. There will later be a memorial service in Oregon.

 

Hamakom y'nachem - may his family receive strength and comfort from the blessing of his memory and may Barry rest in peace.

LIFECYCLE ANNOUNCEMENT! Congregant Michael Milligan's Father Passed  Away November 30th

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 Congregant Michael Milligan's Father  Passed Away November 30th

 

 We are saddened to report that Merle Milligan,  father of Michael Milligan, grandfather  of Elizabeth and Emily, passed away on  November 30th.

 

Hamakom y'nachem - may his family receive strength and comfort from the blessing of his memory and may Merle rest in peace.

NEW POST! Update Your HHS Financial Obligations

 Please Make Sure Your HHS Financial  Obligations are Up to Date

 

 As we approach the mid point of our July-June  financial year, please make sure your financial  obligations to Har HaShem are up to date. For  those members who send us a monthly  payment or a twice-a-year payment, this would mean that one half of dues and tuition payments will need to be received by our office by December 31. For those members on a monthly credit card plan, we will automatically do this.

 

All payments to Har HaShem received by December 31 will be acknowledged in statements you will receive in late January and may be used by you for tax purposes. Thank you for your support.

Support Our Tikkun Olam Initiatives

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 Support Our Tikkun Olam Initiatives

 

 We have long engaged in Tikkun Olam (literally,  "world repair") through social action programs  and the pursuit of social justice. One of our  major initiatives has been our work to better the  lives of the homeless community. See the  latest Daily Camera Article.If you would like to financially support this or other Tikkun Olam work, please DONATE HERE and select the Tikkun Olam Fund. You can also drop off packaged breakfast bars at Har HaShem. Thank you!

In This Issue - Click on Event for Details
LIFECYCLE ANNOUNCEMENT! Congregant Barry Siegal Passed Away December 9th
LIFECYCLE ANNOUNCEMENT! Congregant Michael Milligan's Father Passed Away November 30th
NEW POST! Update Your HHS Financial Obligations
Support Our Tikkun Olam Initiatives
Women Who Talked Back: Our 7 Biblical Prophetesses Class Taught by Rabbi Gelfarb Starts 12/12
2nd Shabbat Musical Service Followed by Dinner 12/13
NEW POST! Sociable Seniors Brunch at Panera 12/15
WHHS Hosts Rivvy Neshama, Author of "Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and Few Miracles" 12/17
Ziknei Har HaShem Holiday Luncheon 12/19
2014 Mah Jongg Cards Now Available through 1/27
November/December Issue of Chadashot Print Newsletter Now on HHS Website
REMINDER! New Office Hours
Volunteers Needed to Help the Homeless
Looking for a Way to Get Involved? Volunteers are Always Needed
On the Colorado Jewish Community Calendar
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Women Who Talked Back: Our 7 Biblical Prophetesses
Taught by Rabbi Ruth E. Gelfarb 

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 Women Who Talked Back: Our 7 Biblical  Prophetesses Taught by Rabbi
 Ruth E.  Gelfarb 

 Thursdays, December 12, 19, and tbd

 Note December 5th has been cancelled. 

 South Building
 $36

 

In this three session class, we will explore the lives and prophecies of the renowned and the little known Hulda, Abigail, and the renowned Sarah, Miriam, Esther, Deborah and Hannah. Please feel free to bring a bag dinner and a snack for the group. 

2nd Shabbat Musical Service Followed by Dinner

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 We're Cooking Up Something Special at 2nd Shabbat Musical Service 
 Followed by Dinner and Oneg 

 Friday, December 13th

 Service at 6 PM

 Dinner at 7:15 PM

 

 Join us as we celebrate "2nd Shabbat" with a lively evening of inspirational song  and prayer. Services will be led by Rabbi Gelfarb, Cantorial Soloist Holli Berman,  and Or Zimrah, the Har HaShem band. Stay for dinner or the Oneg. We'll be  serving a vegetarian pasta dish, salad and a vegetable. There will also be fun  music at the dinner led by Cantorial Soloist Holli Berman!

NEW POST! Sociable Seniors Brunch at Panera

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 Sociable Seniors Brunch at Panera
WHHS Hosts Rivvy Neshama, Author of "Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and Few Miracles"

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 WHHS Hosts Rivvy Neshama, Author of 

 Recipes for a Sacred Life:  True Stories and Few Miracles

 Tuesday, December 17th

 7 PM

 North Building Social Hall

 

The Women of Har HaShem are pleased to host an evening of readings  and discussion with local author, Rivvy Neshama. We have invited women from Bonai Shalom, who are still unable to use their flood - damaged synagogue.

 

Rivvy's newest book, RECIPES FOR A SACRED LIFE: TRUE STORIES AND FEW MIRACLES is a collection of short, true tales, featuring real people and experiences. She shows us how ordinary encounters with friends, lovers, and strangers can connect us with the sacred, adding love, joy and purpose to our lives. Jewish wisdom, holidays and traditions are threaded throughout the book.

 

Rivvy's work has appeared in such publications as Ms., Glamour, and The New York Times. Reviews are excellent, and as this is written, her book is the #1 seller at the Boulder Bookstore. She will bring some of her books to autograph.

 

We hope you will plan to come and enjoy the readings and discussion, and help us greet our friends from Bonai. Your friends are welcome, and there is no charge. We have a generous, anonymous sponsor. Please contact Harriet Boonin with any questions, 303-494-3189, or [email protected].

Ziknei Har HaShem Holiday Luncheon

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 Ziknei Har HaShem Holiday Luncheon

 Thursday, December 19th
 Golden Lotus Restaurant
 1964 28th Street, Boulder
 Noon
 

 The Ziknei Seniors of Har HaShem will gather for a Chinese food luncheon on Thursday, December 19th at the Golden Lotus Restaurant in Boulder. For reservations and directions, call Nanette Mannheimer at (303) 494-4646. Everyone is welcome!

2014 Mah Jongg Cards Now Available

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 2014 Mah Jongg Cards Now Available

 Large Card = $9

 Standard Card = $8

 

 Attention all Mah Jongg players! Get your new 2014 Mah Jongg card(s)  through the Women of Har HaShem and help support the synagogue. The  cost of the cards will be $1 more than last year, but the charity  organizations also receiving more for their efforts.


Please make out checks to "Women of Har HaShem" (or WHHS) and mail to Cindy Jacobson, 485 Quail Circle, Boulder, CO  80304. Please include address of where you wish your card(s) to be mailed. If you have any questions, please call Cindy Jacobson at (303) 506-7203.

 

The deadline to be mailed is Monday, January 27, 2014.

November/December Issue of Chadashot Print Newsletter Now on HHS Website

 

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November/December Issue of Chadashot Newsletter Now on HHS Website

 

The November/December 2013 issue of Har HaShem's print newsletter Chadashot is now available on our website HERE!

 

If you would like to receive the printed version of Chadashot by mail, please contact Paula Young at (303) 499-7077 or [email protected].

REMINDER! HHS Office Hours

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HHS Office Hours

  

We have reduced our administrative support staff and office hours as a result of the financial challenges we have been publicizing. Please note the following new hours for contacting Paula Young, Assistant to the Executive Director, or Carol Maldonado, Clergy & Lifelong Learning Executive Assistant:

 

Monday: Noon - 5:00 PM

Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday and Thursday: 9:00 AM   - 5:00 PM

Friday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Saturday and Sunday: Closed

 

Please try to reach us when the office is open during the above hours. If you contact us via email or telephone when we are closed, we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Volunteers Needed to Help the Homeless

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 Volunteers Needed to Help the Homeless
 Tuesday Evenings Through Winter

 

Once again we are hosting homeless adults to sleep in our South Building, through BOHO (Boulder Outreach for Homeless Overflow). This year, our weekly night is TUESDAY. We need volunteers to:
  
1. Help set out our blankets (for 60-130 guests) between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. 
  
2. (If we get enough volunteers) Heat and serve a simple vegetarian meal (probably soup or chili and bread), from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
  
3. Provide individually wrapped nutritious breakfast bars (protein bars etc) -- to be delivered by 7:00 Tuesday nights.
  
If you can help (sometimes) please contact Sara-Jane Cohen, [email protected], to be on the list of possible volunteers. You will get an email every Tuesday morning to see if you are available that night. THANK YOU!
Looking for a Way to Get Involved? Volunteers are Always Needed

 

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 Volunteers are Always Needed 

 If you don't see something of interest listed below, contact [email protected] to discuss other needs. 

  

BE A FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICE GREETER AT THE SYNAGOGUE! 52 Friday evenings a year, Har HaShem holds an evening Shabbat service starting at 6 PM (except on the first Friday of each month when it begins at 7 PM). Greeters are needed to welcome guests at the front door and at the sanctuary door. A smile, friendly attitude, and willingness to show up 15 minutes early are all it takes to help in this significant way as we welcome members and guests. Won't you commit to at least one Friday a year? Do it for a loved one's yahrzeit, do it to commemorate a birthday or special occasion, do it to support a friend's b'nai mitzvah. Just do it! 
We're using VolunteerSpot to organize the Shabbat Greeter Program. Click this link to go to our invitation page on VolunteerSpot at 
http://vols.pt/7xTnUU - then enter your email address and choose your date. Easy!

THE MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT TEAM MEETS MONTHLY on the SECOND MONDAY FROM 6:30-8 PM
Volunteers are always needed to plan events, make phone calls to new members, and create a warm and welcoming synagogue environment for everyone. Contact Molly Goldsmith for information at [email protected].

 

JOIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE!   

If you are interested in joining the committee, please contact Cathy Shoenfeld at 

[email protected]With your participation, align Jewish values and deeds to make great things happen!

  
HELP SERVE FOOD WITH HHS on SUNDAY MORNINGS at HOMELESS SHELTERHar HaShem provides volunteers at the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless  on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Sundays by cooking and serving a hot breakfast to the residents at the shelter. This is a great volunteer opportunity for parents of Sunday School students as you can fit it in before the kids are even up for Sunday School. Contact Valerie Finberg at (303) 588 9392 or [email protected].  
 
DRIVE SENIORS to HHS: If 21 or older and you would like to volunteer to drive seniors to services and activities at Har HaShem, fill out a short  form and provide copies of your driver's license and insurance card in advance. Contact the office at (303) 499-7077.

On The Colorado Jewish Community Calendar

A National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day Service to commemorate the lives of the homeless members of our community who died this past year will be held on Saturday, December 21st, 2013, at the Central Park Bandshell in Boulder (southeast corner of Broadway and Canyon) from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM. Hot coffee and light refreshments will be served and all are welcome to attend.  Advocates, providers, and friends hold this memorial service every year to honor those who have passed away while living on our streets. We as a community must continue to come together to address homelessness. We must remain committed to creating innovative solutions and to prioritizing supportive services and housing so we can avoid this heartbreaking tragedy in the years to come. 
 
The 2013 Hazon Food Conference will be packed with more cooking demos, more D.I.Y. sessions, and more opportunities to get your hands messy than ever before. We're also throwing a New Year's bash as only Hazon and Isabella Freedman can -- delicious food, live music and more. Join fellow cooking enthusiasts, artisanal aficianados, and home gourmands for sessions with renowned cookbook authors, D.I.Y. experts, and sustainable chefs. The Hazon Food Conference is December 29 - January 1 at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Valley, CT. Scholarships specifically for people in the Boulder and Denver areas are available! Scholarships are available on a first-come, first-served basis so get the details and apply today! Get all the details online at http://www.hazon.org/foodconference or call (303) 886-5865.

 

Jewish Together Boulder has created an online New Baby Resource Guide on their website. Check out warm welcome visits, new parent groups, ritual explnations, local ritual leaders, and more!  
 
Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado is pleased to initiate a three-year pilot project to bring PJ Library back to the greater Denver/Boulder community. PJ Library mails free, high-quality Jewish children's literature and music to families across the continent on a monthly basis. There is funding for 1,500 families in the Boulder/Denver area for families with children ages 6 months to 5.5 years, so please register ASAP. A waiting list will be created for additional families.  
 
Visit MazelTot at www.mazeltot.org
 to sign up for discounts on Jewish programming for families with kids under age 5. Find Congregation Har HaShem listed on the MazelTot organization page for a list of activities you can apply your Mazeltot discounts.
 
The Jewish Community Career Network (JCCN) is a group in Boulder County for job seekers, job changers and career explorers run by experts with considerable professional career development experience. Free and open to all, meetings are held once a month. For job seekers, career changers, independent contractors, consultants and entrepeneurs. For information or to RSVP, contact Michael at [email protected] or www.jccnboulder.org.