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NEWS FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 12, 2014

REMINDER: Offices Closed Nov. 24-28   

Please note that our offices will be closed November 24 - 28 (and the weekends before and after).  Phone calls and emails will be returned after that time.  If you have an existing appointment with a member of our staff, they will be available to meet with you. Our main phone number will have instructions regarding reaching us in the event of a life cycle emergency.  

- Torah Study will take place Nov. 22 at 9:00 AM.

- Shabbat Services will take place Nov. 28 at 6:00 PM.

We hope you enjoy Thanksgiving.

Make Thanksgiving Special for Someone Less Fortunate

Two Ways to Help
1.) Frozen Turkey Collection: November 3-17
2.) Let's Bag Hunger: November 16-26

   

As we approach Thanksgiving, many of us are looking forward to a festive gathering and a great meal. Not everyone in our community is fortunate to be celebrating like that. We hope you can join us in helping others.

 

November 3 - 17

*Bring a frozen turkey to Har HaShem's lobby freezer by Monday, November 17th. All donated turkeys will go to Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA). If you would prefer to donate via credit card, DONATE HERE and we will forward the money to EFAA. A donation of $18 is suggested, but any amount is welcome. Thank you.

 

November 16 - 26

* Volunteer to be a greeter at a grocery store for 2 hours. Along with 1 or 2 other people, this can bring in an additional 200-300 pounds of donated food, (feeding a family of 4 for almost a month!)* 

* Donate a bag of food at your favorite grocery store - look for signs.*

* Pick up donations at grocery stores using your own large vehicle and bring them to the Louisville warehouse.*

* Sort donated food at the Louisville warehouse along with other volunteers on Sunday, November 23rd afternoon. Must be at least 12 years old.*

*For these activities, please contact our coordinator, Nancy Cohen at 303 444-5610 or [email protected] with questions or to volunteer.


Volunteer to Help our Homeless Guests

Once again, we are be hosting homeless adults in our SOUTH building on Tuesday nights through the fall and winter. To volunteer to help serve a simple dinner and/or provide milk, bread, desserts, please contact Sara-Jane Cohen, [email protected].  You can volunteer once or many times - whatever works for you!  All ages welcome!!!

 

ALSO, we are again collecting protein bars, granola bars, breakfast bars, etc for our homeless guests this winter. Please leave individually-wrapped bars (boxed, if possible) in the collection box in the NORTH building lobby.  Thank you so much!   

Second Shabbat Musical Services

Friday, November 14th at 6:00pm
Led by Or Zimrah, Cantorial Soloist Holli Berman and Rabbi Glickman

Join us as we celebrate "2nd Shabbat" with a lively evening of inspirational song  and prayer. Stay for dinner or the Oneg. No RSVP required for services. Dinner reservations are now closed.

Movie Screening "Fed Up"

Saturday, November 15th at 7:00pm
Doors open at 6:30pm, No Charge (Donations Accepted), Refreshments

Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
5001 Pennsylvania, Boulder

Everything we've been told about food and exercise for the past 30 years is dead wrong. FED UP is the film the food industry doesn't want you to see. From Katie Couric, Laurie David (Oscar winning producer of An Inconvenient Truth) and director Stephanie Soechtig, FED UP will change the way you eat forever.

 

Sponsored by: Red Wagon Organic Farm, Hazon, Tuv Ha'Aretz Interfaith CSA and its partner congregations: Boulder Jewish Community Center, Congregation Bonai Shalom, Congregation Har HaShem, Congregation Nevei Kodesh, St. Aidan's Episcopal Church, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder. 

Sociable Seniors

Panera
Sunday, November 16th, 11am
Panera Bread at the 29th St. Mall

   

Join other seniors for brunch at Panera Bread at the 29th St. Mall. Bring a friend!  
 
Women of Har Hashem Fundraiser

CPK
Monday, November 17th, 11am-9pm
California Pizza Kitchen at the 29th St. Mall

   

Bring in this flyer, present it to your server, and WHHS will receive 20% of your check. Purchases include dine in, take out, catering, and all beverages. Enjoy a fabulous meal and help WHHS at the same time!
Ziknei - Love and Tradition: Intermarriage and the New Jewish Family in the 21st Century with Rabbi Glickman
Change of Speaker!

Thursday, November 20th, noon
Bring your own dairy or vegetarian lunch. Har HaShem will provide beverages.

  

"Rabbi, Seamus McDonald wants to know if his grandmother Fatima can lead Hamotzi during the Oneg on Friday night."  The fact that this statement and countless others strike us as so unusual is the product of a few simple realities: The Jewish family is changing; more Jews are marrying non-Jews than ever before; the presence in Jewish communities of people who grew up as non-Jews presents us with opportunities and challenges that we've never encountered before. This session will examine some of the many ways that intermarriage is affecting us and how we as a Jewish community can best respond to the new realities we face because of it.

Har Nevo, Har HaShem's Legacy Society

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. We hope to build our endowment fund over time so that annual returns can be used to continue to serve our community for generations to come. 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 families have already "signed up" to do this via their wills or retirement accounts.

"HHS provided a home and added foundation to help instill a sense of Judaism and Jewish heritage in our children, and helped us grow in our own Jewishness.  We hope HHS will be around in the future so other individuals and families can similarly grow." - Dianne Glenn and David Price 
Many of you have already included Har HaShem in your Estate Plan, and if you have - please contact Jane Stein at 303-247-0481, so that we may thank you and confirm that your wishes are documented. If you have any questions or want to know more, please contact Gary Fifer at [email protected] or Jane at [email protected].

Help Us End the Kol Nidre Appeal

We are preparing to end our annual Kol Nidre Appeal. The funds raised are a significant part of our operating budget and because we raise them early in our financial year the success of this appeal determines the degree to which we can support, or not support, many planned activities in the coming year. Thank you if you have already made a donation. If not, please click here to donate

Help Har HaShem Teens go to Israel
Reloadable Grocery Store Gift Cards

Reloadable Gift Cards for King Soopers and Safeway

11th Graders have the opportunity to travel to Israel with the Israel Study Tour (IST). This 5-week program is amazing but very expensive. King Soopers and Safeway give Har HaShem 5% of all purchases made on these cards. Please contact Alise Jackson to purchase a reloadable card and find out more information.
Mah Jongg Cards for Sale

Attention all Mah Jongg players:

Please get your new 2015 Mah Jongg card(s) through the Women of Har HaShem and help support Congregation Har HaShem. For each card you order through WHHS, the National Mah Jongg League gives us $2.00. This goes a long way to help with the many services WHHS provides our temple. 

LARGE CARD $9

STANDARD CARD $8

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 303-506-7203.

DEADLINE TO BE MAILED:  Monday, January 26, 2015

Annual Jewish Community Blood Drive

Sunday, January 25th, 8:30am-12:30pm

Donors are needed to give blood on the Bonfils Bus in the Har HaShem parking lot. Schedule an appointment now! Email Donna Werner or call her at 720-308-8825. The blood drive is sponsored by Congregations Har HaShem and Bonai Shalom, but is open to the public, so tell your friends.

Fashion Show Thank-Yous

Save the Date for Next Year's Show! Thursday, November 12, 2015!

The Fashion Show Committee would like to thank:

The Planners

Barb Margolis, Harriet Boonin, Elise Garland and Lisa Hainline

 

The Models

Sue Baer, Holli Berman, Sharin Berger, Barb Hill, Ilana Hertz, Dianne Glenn, Aliyah Price, Lisa Hainline, Elise Garland, Karen Braverman, Sofia van Surksum

 

Clarrisa Edelen, Laura Teta and Sofia van Surksum from

Fabulous Finds, Upscale Consignment of Longmont

 

The Support

Gary Fifer and Andrew Frank-Martin for set up and support

Lisa Webber and Dawn Rogers for help with communication and advertising

Ann Garland, Pam Rosenblum and Alice Gansfield in the kitchen

 

The Sponsors

Anonymous, Karen Braverman, Miriam Gilbert, Dianne Glenn & David Price,

Golden West/Flatirons Terrace, Gould/Taggart Family, GSG Sales,

The Hainline Family Foundation, Har HaShem Gift Shop,

Elayne Oligschlaeger with the Pampered Chef,

Pulitzer Promotions, Rincon del Sol & Tequila Bar

 

The Dressers

Brenda Burnell, Robin Galloway and Caroline Saliman

 

Ticket Sales

Alice Gansfield, Paula Young and Carol Maldonado

News from the Senior Rabbi Search Committee

 

The Senior Rabbi Search Committee is busy interviewing candidates and will schedule visits with the finalists soon. Look for upcoming publicity about how and when you can meet the candidates.

 

Feel free to contact one of the co-chairs of the Search Committee with any questions or suggestions - Paul Schwartz or David Bernstein

On the Colorado Jewish Community Calendar

The JEWISHcolorado Men's Event is November 12th from 6-9pm at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. Click here for more information.

Philippe Karsenty is giving a talk called "Stop the Media Lies Now" at the Denver JCC on November 15th at 7:30pm. He will also be speaking at a private home on Sunday, November 16th at 3:30pm. Click here for more information.

Boulder Community Hospital Health Ambassadors' 2014 Holiday Extravaganza will be held on November 22, 2014 from 10:30am to 2:30pm at the Omni Interlocken Hotel in Broomfield. Click here for the event website. The 2014 Holiday Extravaganza is a fundraising event for Boulder Community Hospital's Inpatient Behavioral Health Services. 

 

J Street Colorado in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now and New Israel Fund presents Making Peace Possible:  Bringing Together an American Jewish Response - Three prominent Jewish community leaders - Jeremy Ben Ami, President of J Street, Debra DeLee, President & CEO of Americans for Peace Now and Daniel Sokatch, President of the New Israel Fund - discuss the path to Israeli-Palestinian peace and some of the current challenges to Israel's Jewish and democratic values.  Thursday, December 18, 7 p.m., Temple Emanuel (51 Grape Street).  No charge. For additional information - [email protected] or 303-748-4815.

 

Boulder Jewish Family Service is looking for compassionate, sensitive people to establish relationships with older adults. Visits can take place during the week or on weekends. We ask for a commitment of one or two hours a week, for a minimum of six months. Currently, we have people in Boulder, Louisville and Lafayette, who are waiting for such wonderful volunteers! www.jewishfamilyservice.org to complete an online application Ingrid Swords [email protected] 303-415-1025.

Jewish Together Boulder has created an online New Baby Resource Guide. 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.
Interested in Joining?
Contact Gary Fifer at [email protected]

Main Office: 303-449-7707