posted Mar 8, 2010 6:57 PM by Karen Arango
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb shank-bone--
Passover is around the corner, right?
Here are a few important Shoreshim dates you should know about:
March 13th, 7:30 pm. Shoreshim and St. Anne's sponsor a Relief
Concert for Haiti. This free concert, featuring the multicultural,
interfaith Mosaic Harmony choir, will help raise funds and our
consciousness about current conditions in Haiti, post earthquake. This
will be held at St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Reston.
March 19th: Shabbat Happens. Join us for a musical, family-friendly
Shabbat dinner and service lead by guitar-wielding Andrea Foster. This
is a Friday night gathering of song and celebration as we welcome
Shabbat, organized for you by the parents of 5th graders in the
Shoreshim school.
April 3rd: Passover. Join us for a community-wide Seder lead by our
members. More information and Evite to follow.
Adult and teen education classes continue. Please check your email for
the announcement.
If you have any questions about these or any upcoming Shoreshim
events, feel free to contact us.
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posted Feb 22, 2010 6:59 PM by Karen Arango
Shoreshim & St. Anne's are co-sponsoring a concert on March 13 to benefit the Haiti Earthquake Victims. For details, please see the concert flyer. Donations will benefit Partners in Health. |
posted Feb 9, 2010 2:31 PM by Karen Arango
February may be the shortest--and snowiest!--month, but Shoreshim still has plenty of events on the calendar. Don't miss our special gatherings, holiday and educational opportunities this month, including TWO teen/'tween events, beginning this friday night: - Teen Shabbat, Friday, February 12th. WEATHER PERMITTING. A Shabbat gathering will be held at 6pm, catered by the fabulous Cookie, followed by a teen group discussion led by Paul Mandel. Group discussion is suitable for pre-teens, teens and their parents. To RSVP or for more information, please contact Edythe: efrank01@yahoo.com
- TEEN Education Classes to be held February 21st at 6:30pm. Location to be announced. If you missed the first class, no worries. All tweens/teens welcome (Class is free for members; $10 for non-members ). Please contact Paul Mandel for more information: cookielover@aol.com
- ADULT Education Classes: February 21st. Adults join us for a class on Jewish rituals on death and dying. Classes to be led by Janet Zucker, and held at the home of Jenny and Phil Garfinkle, Great Falls. 3:30 to 5pm. Please contact Jenny for more information: Jengarfinkle@aol.com (Free for members; $50 for the series for non-members)
- PURIM celebration February 28th. 2 to 5pm. Come shake your grogger! Don't miss this family-friendly celebration, featuring a most beautiful guest Vashti, plus a wonderful communal dinner catered by Cookie. Evite to follow.
We hope to see you at one or more of these events!
Wendi Kaufman and Nikki Haas, Co-Presidents, Shoreshim |
posted Jan 5, 2010 5:12 PM by Karen Arango
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Friday, January 8th: Help Feed the Homless. Shoreshim hosts a sandwich-making Friday night Shabbat gathering in support of the Embry Rucker Community Shelter. Family, older kids and teens, all are needed to step up and help out--this is a good opportunity for teens looking for community service hours! Sandwich making will be followed by a community potluck dinner. Please see the Evite or contact us for more information.
Sunday, January 17th: Free Teen Jewish Identity classes covering a brief history of Judaism to the creation of the state of Israel to famous gunfighters of the Wild West. The class will be held in a private home in Reston. Please contact us for more information.
Saturday, January 23rd: Join us for Saturday morning services at a private home in Reston, led by the always-inspiring Rabbi Gilah Langner. Contact us for more information.
Sunday, January 31st: Tu B'Shevat. Come celebrate Jewish Arbor day, the " New Year of the Trees." Dinner, service and social gathering. Contact us for more information.
Torah Study Group, the Women's Group and free adult education classes will also be gearing up this month. Please watch your email for more information or contact us for more information! |
posted Jan 5, 2010 4:53 PM by Karen Arango
The next Torah Study Group meeting will take place on Wednesday, January 6 at a private home in Reston. If you are interested, please contact us for more details.
Here's a brief rundown on the next meeting and future meetings: - Text and next session: Tanakh should be the main text, informed
by outside reading as a session leader thinks best, with session
participants providing whatever they want to add into the mix. Though
one person wanted to continue onward, reading Leviticus, nearly
everyone else was worried that would be too dry (at least for now).
Thus, for reasons noted below, the group decided to re-start TSG by
focusing on Nevi'im/the Prophets portion of Tanakh. We will start
with Joshua and move forward. The next session is Wednesday Jan. 6 at
Eileen Harahan's house.
- Future schedule: we sort of talked about meeting every 3 weeks or
so, and to schedule sessions on different nights of the Monday-
Thursday week so that people with standing conflicts on a given
weeknight won't be out of luck throughout. Locations will rotate. We
only booked the 1st session.
- Themes people want to focus on: This occupied most of our
discussion. Various people want to explore the spirit side and inner-
life as expressed in Tanakh; historical and political questions;
questions about who wrote this thing; and the big 'Why' that Judaism
presents. We decided that Prophets/Nevi'im might provide good source/
discussion material for addressing all of these.
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posted Dec 9, 2009 4:45 PM by Karen Arango
CamperQuest 2009: CamperQuest, sponsored by The United Jewish Endowment Fund, has just partnered with the Foundation for Jewish Camp to expand the program. First time campers attending a Jewish educational overnight camp for 2 weeks will receive an incentive for $250 and those attending for 3 weeks or more will receive $1000. Grants will be awarded to public or secular private school students. The Jewish Federation supports students in Jewish day schools with annual allocations directed to their school to offset tuition. Please direct families to www.shalomdc.org/camperquestto find out more information and to fill out the application. If you would like to publicize this program in your synagogue bulletin, please be in touch and we will send you a camera ready ad. To download the CamperQuest flyer, click here: http://www.shalomdc.org/local_includes/downloads/37435.pdf.
JIFFY: Jewish Information For Families and You. Jconnect has compiled all the community listings for Hanukkah throughout the Greater Washington Jewish Community for your families. Here is the link to JIFFY: http://shalomdc.org/local_includes/downloads/37753.pdf. You are welcome to include this link on your website to help your families connect with the entire Greater Washington Jewish community!
B ai Mitzvah Project Matching: Jconnect is here to help your congregants select a meaningful Bar/Bat Mitzvah project. Whether they are looking for community service or somewhere to direct tzedakah, we have ideas and resources that can match up their Parsha with their interests and talents. They may want to participate in one of many ongoing worthwhile projects in the community or even start their own. Whatever they choose, we encourage the family to get involved as well. For more information, click here http://www.shalomdc.org/page.aspx?id=203140 and to download a flyer to give out to your Bai Mitzvah students, click here: http://shalomdc.org/local_includes/downloads/37746.pdf .
Hanukkah Volunteer Opportunities: There are many volunteer opportunities around the community this holiday season! As always, Jconnect is here to connect your congregants or groups from your congregation to a volunteer project that fits their interests or needs. All they need to do it contact Jconnect and we are happy to help! For more information about specific projects, click here: http://www.shalomdc.org/page.aspx?id=196523. To download a flyer of volunteer activities for Hanukkah, click here: http://shalomdc.org/local_includes/downloads/37743.pdf . |
posted Nov 22, 2009 3:16 PM by Karen Arango
Mark your calendars: December is a busy month at Shoreshim.
Please join us for some or all of these events. If you need more
information, please let us know.
December 4th: Shabbat Happens! Rabbi Andrea Foster will be playing
her guitar and leading a musical Friday night gathering of the
congregation--with a little help from our very own Lee DeCola! There
will be food, shmoozing and a family-friendly atmosphere. Don't miss
it. (Location and time to be announced. If you do not receive an
Evite, please let us know!)
December 13th: Hannukah. Bring your menorah and join us for a Sunday
evening gathering of joyous celebration, song and hannukah cheer. Amid
the warm glow of candles, families will play dreidel games, sing
dreidel songs and share a holiday meal. Volunteer latke fry cooks may
be needed--standby for announcements!
December 19th: Saturday with David Shneyer. Shoreshim and Am Kolel
combine their energies to bring your a Saturday morning service right
here in Reston. For those who missed the crowd-pleasing Reb David at
Simchat Torah, here's your chance to see him on this side of the
river--instead of schlepping to Maryland. Rabbi David will play his
guitar, sing songs and lead an exciting Saturday morning prayer
services suitable for all ages. The service will be followed by a
dairy potluck lunch.
Evites for all these events will be sent out soon. If you do not
receive one and would like more information, please let us know. We
look forward to seeing you at some or all of these December gatherings. |
posted Sep 30, 2009 4:37 PM by Karen Arango
Please join us for a Havdalah Shabbat Service and Dinner put on by our Kindergarden and 1st Grade Families. Please call or email for details. |
posted Sep 30, 2009 4:32 PM by Karen Arango
Don't miss guitar-wielding Rabbi David Shneyer, as we sing, dance, celebrate the annual cycle of Torah readings from last word to first. Visitors and members welcome. This is a family-friendly event from 4 to 7pm with a pot luck dinner. Please call or email for details.
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posted Sep 29, 2009 7:24 PM by Karen Arango
Visitors and members are invited to come and celebrate the harvest in our brilliantly engineered PVC Sukkah! We will be decorating the Sukkah starting at 3:30 PM. Havdalah and Sukkot Services will begin at 5 PM. Please bring chairs. A potluck dinner will follow the service, so please bring a dish to share for at least 10 people. Stick around for S'mores at the campfire, as well as a special treat created by the Sukkot committee. And, for the first time that evening, all are welcome to sleep in the sukkah, under the stars. Call or email for details.
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