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April 17, 2014
17 Nissan, 5774
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LIFECYCLE ANNOUNCEMENT! Congregant Gerald Hertz' Father Passed Away 4/8

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 Congregant Gerald Hertz's Father Passed  Away

 

 We are saddened to report Daniel Hertz, father  of Jerry Hertz, grandfather of Shiloh and Ilana  passed away April 8 in Florida. The funeral was  April 13th in Easton, Pennsylvania.

  

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

Shir Aviv - Boulder'
s Music Festival and Gala Honoring Rabbis Bronstein and Rose

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 Shir Aviv - Boulder's Spring Music Festival  and Gala 

 Honoring Rabbis Bronstein and Rose

 Sunday, May 4th

 5:30-9:30 PM

 Boulder Theatre

 RSVP Online HERE

 

Check your mailbox for an invite to this special event starring The Josh Nelson Project (www.joshnelsonproject.com/bio) and Har HaShem's own Or Zimrah band. There will be a cocktail reception with delicious small plates and desserts plus an auction!

REVISED POST! News of the Rabbinic Transition

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News of the Rabbinic Transition
 

Interim candidate Rabbi Mark Glickman has been meeting with congregants and staff this week on the HHS campus. Feedback is being collected by the Interim Search Committee at [email protected]. Many thanks to all who have been involved in this interviewing process. 

 

The Committee will make a final recommendation to the Board of Trustees, utilizing feedback from all involved, immediately following the last interview. Since Interim Rabbi candidates are interviewing with other congregations, the Committee will recommend the Board act swiftly by extending an offer to the best candidate. We anticipate being in final negotiations the latter half of April and completing this search process in May.

 

As a reminder, the one year term and role of the Interim Rabbi is to provide a steady, guiding hand as we proceed with our congregational planning, visioning and subsequent search for a Senior Rabbi. We look forward to the broadest congregational involvement in the search for and selection of the next Senior Rabbi.

If you have further questions please feel free to contact Sam Goldman at [email protected].

Youth Shabbat Service Returns NFTY-Style!

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 Youth Shabbat Service Returns NFTY-Style!

 Friday, April 18th

In This Issue - Click on Event for Details
LIFECYCLE ANNOUNCEMENT! Congregant Gerald Hertz' Father Passed Away 4/8
Order Tickets Now for Shir Aviv - Boulder's Music Festival and Gala Honoring Rabbis Bronstein and Rose 5/4
REVISED POST! News of the Rabbinic Transition
Youth Shabbat Service Returns NFTY-Style! 4/18
Friday Evening Shabbat Service Led by Rabbi Gelfarb and Cantorial Soloist Holli Berman 4/18
REVISED POST! A Message From Rabbi Rose About Tuv Ha'Aretz, Boulder's Interfaith Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Volunteers Needed at Community Food Share Warehouse 4/20
NEW POST! Yizkor Memorial Service 4/22
California Pizza Kitchen Fundraiser is Back 4/23
NEW POST! Three Free Health Lectures 4/24
Musical Remembrance for Yom Ha-Shoah 4/27
NEW POST! Minyan for Bonnie Leaf's Father 4/28
Jewish Hereditary Disease Panel 4/29
New Boulder Jewish Teens Initiative (BJTI) Through April
SAVE THE DATE! World Renowned Teacher of Torah and National Jewish Book Award Winner Avivah Zornberg 5/21-5/22
Volunteers Needed for Boulder's Jewish Goat Co-Op
Registration is Live for Har HaShem Summer Camp for Kids Entering 1st-5th Grades
Rose Community Foundation "Live On: Build Your Jewish Legacy Initiative" Comes to HHS
Shabbat Service Greeters Needed in 2014 - Sign Up Now!
Trouble Emailing HHS Staff
REMINDER! HHS Office Hours
Looking for a Way to Get Involved? Volunteers are Always Needed
On the Colorado Jewish Community Calendar
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Friday Evening Shabbat Service Led by Rabbi Gelfarb and Cantorial Soloist Holli Berman

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 Friday Evening Shabbat Service

 April 18th

REVISED POST! A Message From Rabbi Rose About Tuv Ha'Aretz, Boulder's Interfaith Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

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 Eat Delicious and Healthy Food and Support Jewish Values
 
 For the last several years, Channah and I have been participants in the Boulder  Jewish CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)  program, which goes by the  name Tuv Ha'Aretz. If you don't know what that is, here's a simple version: You  pay your contribution and then for the rest of the season you get fresh,  beautiful, healthy, organic vegetables straight from the farm. Har HaShem is a sponsor of Tuv Ha'Aretz because we believe it is an expression of several Jewish values coming together: being mindful about caring for our bodies, taking care to see that food is grown in a sustainable way that is good for us and for the planet, participating in a way that supports our community economically and that supports Jewish community. 

 

You can learn more about Tuv Ha'aretz and CSAs at http://tuvhaaretz.wordpress.com/ and you can sign up with the link that follows the blurb below. Before you sign up, keep in mind that it might make sense for you to split a weekly share of vegetables with someone else. This is what Channah and I did with Rabbi Bronstein. Each week when we got our bag full of fresh veggies we would give half to Rabbi Bronstein and take half for our family. Here is the blurb that was put together by Tuv Ha'Aretz:

 

The start of the CSA season is only a few weeks away!  If you have not yet signed up for your CSA membership, now is the time to do so. Red Wagon Organic Farm has now sold almost 75% of the available shares and they are no longer reserving shares for returning members. Tuv Ha'Aretz is planning many programs for the 2014 season including a new and improved newsletter, a blog that helps you plan how to use all of your delicious vegetables as well as our ever popular food tastings and cooking classes. Please avoid disappointment by signing up before it is too late. Follow this link to sign up and be sure to select one of the Tuv Ha'Aretz options. 

 

http://www.farmigo.com/join/redwagonorganicfarm/2014

 

If you have questions about Tuv Ha'Aretz, send an email to Emily Warm at [email protected] or visit our website at http://tuvhaaretz.wordpress.com.  

Volunteers Needed at Community Food Share Warehouse

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 Volunteers Needed at Community Food Share Warehouse

 Sunday, April 20th

 11-3 PM

 

There is a big food drive going on in the Longmont/Niwot/Broomfield area in mid-April. We are trying to get a Har HaShem group together to sort the food that comes into the Louisville warehouse from the grocery stores. We are looking for families (children must be at least 10 years old) and individuals, you and your friends. 

Contact Nancy Cohen from Har HaShem ([email protected]) and Sue Ericson from CFS ([email protected]).
NEW POST! Yizkor Memorial Service

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 Yizkor Memorial Service

 Tuesday, April 22nd

 9 AM

 North Building Sanctuary

 

 Yizkor, which means remembrance in Hebrew, is Judaism's service for  commemorating the dead, held on Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzereth, the second day of Shavuot, and the last day of Passover. This is a brief  service with an opportunity to remember and recite the mourner's kaddish. 
California Pizza Kitchen Fundraiser is Back

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 California Pizza Kitchen Fundraiser is Back

 Wednesday, April 23rd

 11 AM - 9 PM

 California Pizza Kitchen

 1711 29th Street, Boulder

 

Come support a Women of Har HaShem fundraiser by eating pizza, salad, and more at California Pizza Kitchen! This fundraiser is a fun and sociable opportunity to support our Congregation. 20% of your check will benefit Har HaShem. Good for dine-in or takeout! Pickup the required coupon in the HHS lobby and bring it with you to the restaurant.

NEW POST! 
Three Free Health Lectures

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Three Free Health Lectures

Thursday, April 24th

5:30-8:30 PM

North Building

Registration Required

Relieving Chronic Heartburn
Come learn about the latest approaches for relieving chronic heartburn - from lifestyle changes and medications to new surgical treatments, including da Vinci robot-assisted surgery. RSVP: Reservations required. Call 303-441-0580 or visit bchlectures.org/GERD to register.
 
Latest Treatments for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Pelvic organ prolapse is a condition that afflicts up to 40 percent of women over 50. Come hear a board-certified gynecologist discuss both non-surgical and minimally invasive surgical innovations for treating pelvic organ prolapse, including next-generation robot-assisted surgery. RSVP: Reservations required. Call 303-441-0580 or visit bchlectures.org/prolapse to register.

GET A HANDS-ON LOOK AT BCH'S SURGICAL ROBOT
Robot-assisted surgery is changing the surgical experience for many patients - it offers less pain, less scarring and a quicker recovery. Come get an up-close look at the da Vinci Si Surgical System during a hands-on technology demonstration. Details at bchlectures.org.
Musical Remembrance for Yom Ha-Shoah

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 Musical Remembrance for Yom Ha-Shoah

 Featuring the Colorado Hebrew Chorale

 Sunday, April 27

 North Building Sanctuary and Social Hall

 7 - 8:30 PM

Sponsored by Haver, the Boulder Jewish Fellowship of Rabbis

 

Please join Haver, local Holocaust survivors, and community B'nai Mitzvah students for a program of musical remembrance for Yom HaShoah. Introductory remarks will be made by Rabbi Rose.

NEW POST! Minyan for Bonnie Leaf's Father 4/28

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 Minyan for Bonnie Leaf's Father

 Monday, April 28th
 6:30 PM
 North Building Sanctuary
 Community Support Welcome

Jewish Hereditary Disease Panel

 Jewish Hereditary Disease Panel

 Tuesday, April 29

 7-9 PM

 North Building Sanctuary/Social Hall

 Sponsored by the Women of Har HaShem

  

An information session on Jewish Hereditary Diseases will be presented by a small panel and followed by questions. Panel to include:

Ms. Katie Storm, MS, CGC, Genetic Counselor at the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center in Boulder,
Phil Rosenblum, MD, Family Practice Physician with Arbor Family Medicine and HHS member, and
Dianne Glenn, MD, Family Practice Physician, Keiser Permanente, and HHS member.

For information, contact Pam Rosenblum a720-635-2013. 


BTY at DIA

 NEW Boulder Jewish Teen Initiative  

 Through April

 Sessions Will Be at Har HaShem

 

 SAVE THE DATE! World Renowned Teacher of Torah and National Jewish Book Award Winner Avivah Zornberg to Be Scholar in Residence

 World Renowned Teacher of Torah and National Jewish Book Award  Winner Avivah Zornberg to Be Scholar in Residence

 Wed. May 21, 7 PM in North Building

 Thurs. May 22 Breakfast and Teaching at South Building Following 7 AM  Minyan

 A Joint Program of Congregations Bonai Shalom and Har HaShem 

 Suggested Donation of $18 Online HERE in Advance

 

One of the foremost Torah teachers of our generation will visit Boulder. Avivah Gottleib Zornberg is an internationally renowned teacher of Jewish stories and Torah interpretation.

 

Avivah Zornberg is the author of several books, including National Jewish Book Award winner The Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Genesis. She travels widely, lecturing in Jewish, academic, and psychoanalytic settings and appeared on the Bill Moyers PBS program Genesis: A Living Conversation.

 

For the past twenty-five years, she has taught Torah in Jerusalem at Matan, Yakar, Pardes and the Jerusalem College for Adults. Dr. Zornberg also holds a Visiting Lectureship at the London School of Jewish Studies.

Volunteers Needed for Boulder's Jewish Goat Co-op

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 Volunteers Needed for Boulder's Jewish Goat Co-op

 

New shifts are available in Boulder's Jewish Goat Co-op. They don't come around often, so if you were thinking how fun it would be to join the co-op, care for the goats, and enjoy fresh milk and cheese, now is the time! The current and upcoming openings are for late afternoon and evening shifts. Concerned you have no experience milking? Not to worry. We train you! Har HaShem members Rabbi Ruthie Gelfarb, Anita Simon, and Yael Cohen are all members of the co-op and would love for more congregants to participate. Contact Yael at (303) 884-3806 or [email protected].   

Registration is Live for Har HaShem Summer Camp for Kids Entering 1st-5th Grades

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 Registration is Live for Har HaShem KHHS Summer Camp for 
 Kids Entering 1st-5th Grades

 

 Keitanat Har HaShem Summer Camp is right around the corner, and your  child's Jewish camp experience starts here! Entering its 10th season, Keitanat Har HaShem is Boulder's Jewish day camp for kids entering 1st through 5th grades. Led by experienced educators and wildly fun directors Caroline Saliman and Leah Boonin, days are filled with ruach, fun, music, and more! Activities include swimming and water play, sports and games, storytelling, music and art, field trips and Judaics. Each day begins with prayer and songs, and every week includes time with the rabbis, challah baking, and a mitzvah project. Campers become playmates for summer and friends for life.


Five one-week sessions run June 9th to July 11th ending with an all-camp overnight on Saturday, July 12 - Sunday, July 13th. Membership in the Congregation is not required to attend, so tell your friends and neighbors!


If you have any questions, please email [email protected], call 303-499-7077, or visit www.campharhashem.org.

Rose Community Foundation "Live On: Build Your Jewish Legacy Initiative" Comes to HHS

 
Legacy Giving offers donors a way to protect the organizations and communities they love, while making a profound impact on future generations through a gift that will keep on giving in perpetuity.  
 
Leaving a contribution to Har HaShem in your will is a wonderful way to help ensure its future for years to come without any impact to your current annual giving. HHS has been selected by Rose Community Foundation to participate in their Live On: Build Your Jewish Legacy initiative - an incentive grant that will help educate our community, and has provided us with training and informational materials about Legacy Giving. Our goal is to create an "endowment" where the principal remains untouched but annual returns are  used yearly to continue to serve our community. This would provide a cushion of safety to smooth over any yearly fluctuations in resources due to emergencies, the economy or other adverse events. Many of you have already included Har HaShem in your Estate Plan, and if you have - please contact Jane Stein, who is spearheading this effort, so that we may thank you and confirm that your wishes are documented. We will begin to launch this exciting campaign soon but if you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jane (or Gary) at [email protected] or 303-247-0481.
Shabbat Service Greeters Needed in 2014 - Sign Up Now!

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 Shabbat Service Greeters Needed in 2014

 

 Greeters are needed every Shabbat - 52 Friday  evenings a year. Greeters  welcome guests at  the front door of the building and at the  sanctuary door. A  smile, friendly attitude, and a willingness to show up 15 minutes before the  service starts and stay through the Oneg are all it takes to help in this significant way as we welcome members and guests.

Won't you commit now 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 because it's the right thing to do.


We're using the online scheduling website, VolunteerSpot, to schedule the 
Shabbat Greeter Program for the entire year in advance. Click this link to go to our invitation page at http://vols.pt/7xTnUU - then enter your email address and choose your date(s) in 2014.

We thank you for your consideration as you choose to honor the mitzvah to welcome others into our synagogue! 

Trouble Emailing HHS Staff

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Trouble Emailing HHS Staff
 
We are experiencing trouble with our email domain name. If you have an email address for anyone at Har HaShem in the format <first initial> <dot> <last name> @congregationharhashem.org we would like you to change that address. The new format will be <first initial> <dot> <last name> @harhashem.org ("congregation" is not utilized). 
Please make that change for all Har HaShem email addresses you have. For example, [email protected] will become [email protected]

We apologize for the inconvenience. 
REMINDER! HHS Office Hours

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HHS Office Hours

  

Please note the following hours for contacting Paula Young, Assistant to the Executive Director, or Carol Maldonado, Clergy and 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.

Looking for a Way to Get Involved? Volunteers are Always Needed and Appreciated

 

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 Volunteers are Always Needed and Appreciated 

  

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].
  
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

Women and Heart Disease: What Every Woman Should Know presented by: Barbara Abrahams, MD, FACC on Thursday, May 1st at 7:30 p.m. at the Boulder Jewish Community Center, 3800 Kalmia Avenue, Boulder. Open to the entire community. Come join us for Boulder Hadassah's Heart Healthy Program under EVERY BEAT COUNTS, Hadassah's US Initiative that educates, engages, and empowers women to live healthy lifestyles by learning symptoms and prevention tips for women's heart disease. Sponsored by Boulder Hadassah, University of Colorado Hospital and the Boulder JCC. RSVPs appreciated. Go to www.uch.edu/womenandheart or call 720-848-7854. Alternate contact is Sandy Friedman at 303-257-3995 or 

 

No charge to attend. Light refreshments will be served.

 

The Boulder Chorale will sing the regional premier of The Annelies on Saturday, May 10th at 7:30 PM at the First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce Street in Boulder. This 75-minute choral work is divided into 14 movements, that includes only text from Anne Frank's diaries. In addition to the concert, on Sunday May 4th, we will hold a free Dramatic Reading of the Gerda Letters by actor and Boulder Chorale singer, JoAn Segal, from 4 to 6 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave, Boulder. A panel featuring special guest, Holocaust survivor, Anita Budding, as well as Gerda's husband Charles will take place after the reading. Anita Budding is a Boulder resident who, as a Dutch Jewish child, was hidden in a home during the war. She attended the same school as Anne Frank. Tickets can be purchased at www.boulderchorale.org.

 
"Real Men Get Depressed," a 2 day conference on the hidden epidemic of male depression is sponsored by the Interfaith Network of Mental Illness. Thursday, May 29th-Saturday, May 31st at First Congregational Church. Events are free. Details at www.inmi.us.

 

The 2014 Hazon Food Festival: Rocky Mountains will be held on Sunday, June 29th at the Denver JCC. For information or to register, visit http://hazon.org/calendar/hazon-food-festival-colorado/
 
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!  
 
JEWISHcolorado 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. At the Boulder JCC, 3800 Kalmia Ave. Free. Time for networking at the end of the evening.