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May 21, 2014
21 IYAR, 5774

In observance of 

Memorial Day, we will 

be closed on Monday, 

May 26.  We hope you enjoy the long weekend. 

 

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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 per session 

RSVP 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.

NEW POST! 
Sociable Seniors Brunch at Panera

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 Sociable Seniors Brunch at Panera

 Sunday, May 21st
Friday Evening Shabbat Service Led by Rabbi Rose and Cantorial Soloist Holli Berman

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 Friday Evening Shabbat Service

 May 23rd

 6 PM

 North Building

 

 At this service, Rabbi Rose and Cantorial Soloist Holli Berman will lead an engaging and participatory musical service. It is a Kabbalat Shabbat service, a term that means "Welcoming Shabbat" and refers to the beautiful Psalms and mystical poems compiled over centuries of Jewish history and inserted into the prayer book on Friday evening to prepare us for Shabbat. The evocative, easy-to-learn melodies and prayers will help you shift your heart and soul from "Monday through Friday" mode to "Shabbat" mode and leave you rejuvenated and buzzing with positive Shabbat energy.

Saturday Morning Torah Study Discussion and Minyan

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Saturday Morning Torah Study Discussion and Minyan

May 24th

9-10:30 AM

North Building

 

What a combination: Bagels, cream cheese, coffee and inspiration. Wake up to your  Saturday morning with a group discussion of the weekly Torah portion led (usually) by Rabbi Rose or a visiting teacher. We will weave together traditional Jewish wisdom and insights with a modern angle and walk away spiritually awake with ideas to carry into the week.

The Many Sided Story: Holding a Conversation about Israel/Palestine with Love and Respect

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The Many Sided Story: Holding a Conversation about Israel/Palestine with Love and Respect

Thursday, May 29th

Har HaShem North Building

7 pm  Doors Open                                    

 7:30 to 9 pm Panel

 Everybody is welcome! A $5-$10 suggested donation at the  door. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

 

Haver (Boulder Council of Rabbis) is hosting a very special and unusual panel to discuss Israel. Rabbis Josh Rose, Marc Soloway, Tirzah Firestone, and Professors Caryn Aviv and Liora Halperin from CU will lead a discussion about Israel's situation and also how we can create a civil discourse within our community on this topic. How can we hear those with whom we disagree - left, right and center - with respect and an approach that embodies Jewish values? Please join us for this important night. 

In This Issue - Click on Event for Details
World Renowned Teacher of Torah and National Jewish Book Award Winner Avivah Zornberg 5/21-5/22
New Post! Sociable Seniors Brunch at Panera 5/18
Friday Evening Shabbat Service Led by Rabbi Rose and Cantorial Soloist Holli Berman 5/23
Saturday Morning Torah Study Discussion and Minyan 5/24
The Many Sided Story: Holding a Conversation about Israel/Palestine with Love and Respect 5/29
New Post! Help Say Goodbye 5/30
NEW POST!...RSVP Now for 2nd Shabbat Musical Service Followed by Dinner-OUTDOORS 6/13
Volunteers Needed for Boulder's Jewish Goat Co-Op
Donate a Sleeping Bag for Homeless Guests
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!
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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Sunday, June 8th
 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

New Post! Help Say Goodbye To Three Wonderful Members Of Our Staff

Har HaShem is losing three wonderful members of our staff as they move along in their personal journeys. Rabbi Rose and his family are moving to Portland, Oregon. Hilly Haber, our Youth Director, is entering rabbinic school. Ellen Kowitt, our Director of Communications and Membership Engagement will be spending more time with her family. We know that all of these individuals have touched the lives of our members and that many people wish to say goodbye and express their good wishes. Please join us for one or both of these opportunities.  Read on, and then RSVP HERE.

 

Shabbat services, Friday May 30, at 6:00 PM, followed by a special oneg.

 

Outdoor picnic, Saturday June 14 at 1:30 PM.  (Hilly will have left Boulder). 

Lake Valley and North Rim,4402 Lake Valley Drive Longmont

Feel free to bring your own lawn chairs, blankets, volleyball, kickball, tennis equipment, basketball, and soccer ball.  Bring your own picnic lunch if you would like.  We will supply watermelon, assorted desserts and drinks.  There are covered tables and restrooms available.

 

From Boulder - via 119(Diagonal):

Take Foothills Parkway to the Diagonal Highway and continue north. Exit LEFT onto 63rd at the traffic light. Continue on 63rd to the first stop sign (Niwot Road). LEFT onto Niwot Road. Continue on Niwot for 2.25 miles. The road will turn 90 degrees to the right then left and at approximately 3 miles, you will see the entrance to Lake Valley on the left (it's the 1st left after the turns). Take this LEFT onto Fairways Drive and continue to the Park which will be south east corner of the next intersection.

 

From Boulder - via 36:

Take US 36 north to Neva Road. RIGHT onto Neva Road. Continue on approximately 1.4 miles where you will see the entrance to Lake Valley on the right. Take a RIGHT onto Fairways Drive and continue to the Park which will be south east corner of the next intersection.

 

There are parking spots and you can easily park along the edge of the road as well.

NEW POST! RSVP Now for 2nd Shabbat Musical Service Followed by Dinner - OUTDOORS

2nd Shabbat
 

RSVP Now for 2nd Shabbat Musical Service Followed by Dinner

Friday, June 13th

Service at 6 PM Followed by Dinner

South Building Lawn

RSVP Online HERE 

 

Join us as we celebrate "2nd Shabbat" with a lively evening of inspirational song and prayer in the shadows of the Flatirons. Stay for dinner or the Oneg. There will also be fun music at the dinner led by Cantorial  Soloist Holli Berman and Rabbi Rose!  

 

 

  
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 much 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].   

Donate a Sleeping Bag for Homeles Guests

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 Donate a Sleeping Bag for Homeless Guests
 
 Now that NOHO's indoor sleeping program for homeless adults is winding down  for the season, our outdoor camping guests will be using our grounds every  night. Many of them could use sleeping bags, so if you have any to donate,  please contact Sara-Jane Cohen as soon as possible, [email protected]. Guests would also appreciate combs and hair brushes!
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! 

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 SHELTER:  
Har 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 
 
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

"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.

  

Save the Date for the 2014 Boulder Jewish Festival, a one-day celebration of Jewish culture, featuring live entertainment, fine art and Judaica, ethnic food, community organizations and activities for all ages.FREE! Sunday June 8th, 11 am to 5 pm at the Courthouse Lawn and Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, Colorado. Free parking on Sundays in Boulder parking lots! For information including entertainment schedule, visit boulderjewishfestival.org.

 
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/Hazon brings resources and expertise directly to the Denver and Boulder areas to strengthen and support existing Jewish institutions and start-ups. We work with local leaders and organizations to respond to their expressed needs and desires to build and strengthen Jewish food, outdoor, and environmental programs. Hazon catalyzes energy and passion that already exist, gives people a sense of Jewish possibility, seeds programs and ideas, and supports nascent leaders, so that a growing range of programs and experiences transform people's lives and materially strengthen the Jewish community overall. We support local programs and institutions to take their work to the next level and enable the Jewish community to contribute to creating healthier and sustainable Denver and Boulder communities overall. Spend your day learning, celebrating, and hands-on doing at the intersection of food, sustainability and Jewish life on June 29th at the Denver Jewish Community Center. 9:30 AM. hazon.org/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 explanations, 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.