february 2007 ~ shevat - Adar 5767
Chevre and Friends...
Announcements:
CATERED FAMILY SHABBAT DINNER
Friday, February 16 @ 6:15 pm.
Catered Shabbat dinners are back! Bring your kids, friends and loved ones, and join Rabbi Elisheva in welcoming in the Sabbath. There will be plenty of singing & chanting, as well as a delicious, catered vegetarian meal.
Adults: $10
Under 12: $7
Under 5: free
Reservations are required.
Please call or email the office by Tuesday, February 13 by 10am to reserve your spot.
Help us spread the word throughout our Jewish Community!
JFCS RIDES hits the road to help seniors go to medical appointments, shopping, personal care appointments, and local community events.
Rides will be available:
Tuesdays and Wednesdays from Windsor to Rohnert Park (North to South) and from Oakmont to West Santa Rosa (East to West)
Thursdays are reserved for Petaluma
Mondays are reserved for Friendship Circle luncheons
How to Apply:
Those interested in enrolling in JFCS RIDES need to complete an application and schedule an in-home interview. The cost for this one time enrollment fee is $30 per year.
Rides can then be scheduled between 8:30 am and 4:00 pm based on the above schedule and the cost is $5 per stop.
For example: $10 for a round trip ride to a doctor
$15 for a round trip ride to a doctor and a stop for grocery shopping.
(Scholarships are available for those who do not have the ability to pay).
Please feel free to call Seniors At Home, a program of JFCS, at 707-571-8533 with any questions you might have.
We have flyers available that we can mail to you for distribution.
JFCS RIDES is funded through client fees, individual contributions, corporate sponsorships, and a grant from the Jewish Community Federation. Thank you very much for your help to make sure our community's seniors receive the help and support they need!
ADMINISTRATOR’S WISH LIST: A small table to place Shabbat candles on during services
From the Rebbe
Dear Hevre,
A wonderful Tu B'shvat to all of you.
L'Shalom, Elisheva
Gifts of Light
MEMORIAL DONATIONS...
LORRAINE LICHTMAN, a donation in memory of Ray Goodman
MARLENE IADAVAIA, a donation in memory of Ben Gluck
OFFERINGS... RUSS MESSING, a donation to the General Fund
LAURIE LIPPIN, a donation to the General Fund
THANK YOU TO...
TAMAR BERG and ROZALIA DAGUE, for sponsoring the Jan. 5th Oneg
RHONDA FINDLING & HEIDI DOUGHTY, for sponsoring the Jan. 19th Oneg
News from Dor Hadash
Shalom Chevre,
Happy New Year for the Trees! It time to plant a tree. Tu B'shvat will be celebrated by Dor Hadash on Sunday, February 4 at 10:00 am. As in the past 5 years, we will be having an update from about the restoration and health of Cotati Creek. Then we will walk to the creek, with gloves, garbage bags and shovels in order to clean up the creek area and plant new seedlings. The confirmation class will not be coming with us to the creek because they will continue their film class with Rabbi Elisheva.
Families are invited to join us for this tikkun olam event. We will be back to the synagogue by 12:15 in order to have a tefillah service and share the fruits of the season from the 7 species.
Does your child want to go to a sleep-away camp this summer? It is time to sign up for Jewish Summer Camps! The Bureau of Jewish Education has scholarship money available to families who want their children to go to camp, and who find the cost to be limiting. I received a scholarship last year for my son to go on a 12-day Quest with Camp Tawonga. He had a remarkable experience, the process of receiving a scholarship was not overwhelming, and I am happy to help anyone in our congregation go through the hoops to get their child to a summer camp program. I have also worked extensively with both Camp Newman and Camp Tawonga, and I am happy to discuss both programs with you. Camp RJF ( Reconstructionist Movement) also has a summer camp program that I have information about.
I am in correspondence with the Islamic society, trying to find a venue for us to come together with their congregational families.
Dor Hadash will not meet on February 11 because of the President's Holiday weekend. We do have school February 4, 18, and 25.
La'hitraot v' shalom, Leslie
"The most direct means for attaching ourselves to G-d from this material world is through music and song. Even if you can't sing well, sing. Sing to yourself. Sing in the privacy of your own home. But sing."
Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
Dor Hadash is supported by our community, and by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel.
eScrip and more...
Do you need new tires or more for your vehicle? If you do, than check out the participating merchants in the eScrip (two are Big O Tires and Pep Boys) www.eScrip.com and Communitysmart (such as McLea's Tire) www.communitysmart.com programs. All it takes is having work done at one of these merchants and then when you go to pay for it present your Communitysmart card or use your credit/debit card linked with eScrip. Its so easy to make your vehicle safe and provide a donation to your community.
eScrip shoppers please make sure you keep your credit/debit cards up to date. Just go on-line to www.eScrip.com and check out "my escrip" to see what your expiration dates and card numbers are on their records.
Oliver's and about 9 other markets belong to the Communitysmart Card program. Oliver's shoppers please note this major change!! To join this program you can: instantly join by asking for a card at Oliver's checkout counter; call COMMUNITYsmart at 568-4995 or go on-line to www.communitysmart.com. When you check out at one of the participating merchants, you slide your Communitysmart card just like a debit card to get credit for your transaction. This program requires that a certain minimum be spent but then we receive a greater rebate (for Oliver's you need to spend $25 for a rebate of 5%).
Albertson's shoppers can participate by connecting your blue and white Preferred Savers card to Ner Shalom by going to www.Albertsons. com or using a tan and white Community Partners card Anna can provide you.
Raley's users just need to obtain a Raley's partner's card from Anna and activate it through their website (Raleys.com). Using the card without activating it for Ner Shalom will leave those rebates in suspense.
Not sure where you stand with all these programs? Give Anna Ghandour a call at 584- 4829 or e-mail her at huskyanna@yahoo.com and let her help you make a difference today.
Board News
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
Ariana Elster 824-5609
e-mail: aelster@comcast.net
Jack Fender 588-8824
e-mail: fenderola@yahoo.com
Renee Kramer 823-9555
e-mail: reneek777@sbcglobal.net
Ellyn Lazar 838-4785
e-mail: emlazar@sbcglobal.net
William Rogers 762-8645
e-mail: willrogers13@gmail.com
Steve Rotstein 795-7894
e-mail: stevenroy@sbcglobal.net
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Education - Liz Hagen 829-3031
e-mail: lizhagen@earthlink.net
No-Cost Fundraising - Anna Ghandour 584-4829
e-mail: huskyanna@yahoo.com
Membership - Sally Churgel 823-0541
e-mail: churgel@pacbell.net
Building and Maintenance - Jack Fender 588- 8824
e-mail: fenderola@yahoo.com
Newsletter - Pamela Pepper 588-8824
e-mail: p.pepper@yahoo.com
Website - Anne Woods
e-mail: rainywoods@yahoo.com
Rabbi: Elisheva Sachs Salamo 664-8603
Dor Hadash Education Director: Leslie Gattmann
e-mail: lgatttmann@msn.com
Office Manager: Carol Vanek 664-8622
e-mail: shalom@sonic.net
Office Hours: Tues.-Fri. 9:00 AM- 2:00 PM
Birthdays and Anniversaries ~ February
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
LORRAINE LICHTMAN ~ FEBRUARY 18
MARY ANN MALINAK ~ FEBRUARY 19
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO...
RUSS MESSING and ARLENE NASCKE ~ FEBRUARY 23 1986
Community Announcements
The Jewish Community Free Clinic is again accepting donations of toys and children's books. Please bring them to Ner Shalom and drop off in lobby. Or you may deliver them directly to the Jewish Free Clinic now located at Commerce Blvd. next door to the old Albertson's and across from Summit Bank.
The Jewish Community Center, Sonoma County, is pleased to announce the opening of our new Jewish Artist Series.
On Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 3 pm, visit the studio of internationally recognized, award- winning Judaica Artist, Nina Bonos.
Nina creates original watercolors and mixed media collages for individuals, businesses, Jewish organizations and synagogues. Bonos' designs are reproduced on greeting cards, calendars, periodicals, logos, clothing, ceramic tiles and home accessories. Her work is exhibited at Judaica galleries and shops across the country, at Jewish events and at ARTrails. Her website is: www.ninabonos. com
Her work may also be viewed on the JCC websitewww.jccsoco.org.Click on Jewish Artist Series.
Come and see Nina's Judaica, hear explanations of symbolism in her work, touch your own creative genius and taste delectable treats.
The Bonos studio and home is located at:
220 Alderbrook Dr., off Montgomery Dr. (between Montgomery Village and Memorial Hospital)
Space is limited and RSVPs are requested no later than Tuesday, February 6.
Please call Nina at 707/525-1521.
OPEN YOUR HEART TO A WAITING CHILD
Sonoma County has a growing number of children and youth whose families are unable to meet their physical and/or emotional needs. At the same time, we have a serious shortage of caring foster families willing and able to provide safe, loving homes for children and teens, including those approaching adulthood.
Foster parents are needed for children and youth of all ages and ethnic backgrounds. Both short and long- term homes are being recruited. We particularly need people who are willing and able to care for siblings, and for children who may return home to their parents.
Both couples and single people may become foster parents. Renters are also welcome. We pay a monthly stipend for each child, and medical and dental coverage is provided. Training and support are also provided.
Foster care information meetings are held monthly at Sonoma County Family, Youth & Children's Services. If you or someone you know is considering becoming a foster parent, please call Rita Jacobs, Foster Home Recruiter, at (707) 565-4274.
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OUTREACH!
If you are 55+ living outside of Santa Rosa, but still in Sonoma County, then something very exciting is happening for you right now!
The Friendship Circle of the Jewish Community Center, Sonoma County received a grant from the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, to develop and implement low-cost programs for those of us 55+ in the under-served smaller communities of Sonoma County. If you are looking for:
• A more active social life right in your home town area
• A way to get out and about on entertaining day trips (Broadway shows, Jewish Film Series, San Francisco Shopping Sprees)
• Organized card games (mahjong, pan, dominoes)
• Help with transportation, for fun & entertainment
• Exercise classes designed with you in mind
• Classes to take, a book club, and interesting speakers
Please, don’t hesitate! Call me today to join the Friendship Circle mailing list to get our monthly newsletter with all of the updated events. Also, please call me with your ideas! I’m here to make it all happen for you. You can reach me, Elly Cohen, Outreach Coordinator, Friendship Circle, at the Jewish Community Center, Sonoma County at (707) 528-1476 or by email at ellyc@jccsoco.org
website: www.jccsoco.org
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Jewish Reconstructionist Federation West Coast Region website: www.jrf.org/westcoast
ASK JCI & R...
Q: What is my child doing this summer? Do you have camp brochures and information?
A: Have we got a camp for you! JCIR is pleased to send you brochures and tell you about the upcoming summer camp fair. We have listings for day and overnight summer camps and information about trips to Israel. If you let us know your interests and needs, we will provide you with information so you can make the right choice. We can tell you about camperships for financial aid. Did you know we also provide listings for family and adult camps?
For more information about connecting to Jewish life, call JCI & R at 415/777-4545 or local toll-free 877- 777-JCIR (5247)
Jewish Community Information and Referral is a service of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, and Sonoma counties. Visit our websites at: www.JewishNfo.org or bayarea.planitjewish.com
Interested in an Interest-Free Loan?
The Hebrew Free Loan Association provides interest-free loans to Jewish residents in Northern California needing assistance with personal or financial matters. Types of loans include: Student, Emergency, Adoption, Personal, Business, First-time Home Buyer, Life Cycle, Debt Consolidation, Institutional (for Jewish communal agencies and synagogues) and Special Needs (for emotionally and physically challenged people).
Since 1897, the Hebrew Free Loan of San Francisco has provided vital assistance to more than 50,000 families. Each year, we help more than 350 people to reach their goals and pave their way towards financial security and future success.
We offer a helping hand, rather than a handout. Whether we're providing people a way out of their financial distress, or helping them to realize a lifelong dream, our recipients maintain dignity and self- sufficiency as they repay their interest-free loans.
If you, or someone you know, needs financial assistance and would like to apply for an interest- free loan, please contact us by phone (415-546- 9902) or e-mail info@hflasf.org.
Check out our website: www.hflasf.org.
Community Yom HashoaH Commemoration
Jewish Community Center
of Sonoma County
Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust, and
Sonoma County Synagogues
Present
Rebuilding our Lives: Darkness to Light
Community Yom HashoaH Commemoration
The Community Yom HashoaH Commemoration this year will feature many local survivors, young people, audience participants, and new rituals to enhance the mood and inspiration of this year's theme, "Rebuilding our Lives: Darkness to Light". The Commemoration will be held on Sunday, April 15 at 2 p.m. at the Friedman Center.
Among the local survivors, Hilde Catz of Santa Rosa will share her journey from darkness to light and resolution, highlighted this past year by her visit to her hometown in Germany as part of a re-union of former Jewish residents and survivors. Her daughter and 8-year-old granddaughter were an important part of this journey back to their historic roots.
Photographer Evvy Eisen will also present her DVD, Multiply by Six Million, filmed photographic portraits of California survivors, narrating brief accounts of their experiences and how those experiences affected their sense of meaning and values.
Six survivors of death camps will again highlight the solemn ceremony of lighting the memorial candles. In addition, teens will light candles in a new ceremony this year to commemorate and pledge to remember the lessons of the ShoaH. The teen winner of the annual Susy Raful Essay Contest will read his or her reflections on the ShoaH.
Rabbi Schlesinger of Congregation Beth Ami will be officiating this year. Cantorial soloist Leira Satlof of Congregation Shomrei Torah will lead the audience in niggun and song. Fredi Bloom, cantorial soloist of Congregation B'nai Israel will perform the traditional Eli Eli and El Molei Rachamim.
A new memorial book and yellow candles to light on Erev Yom HashoaH will again be available to take home after the conclusion of the Commemoration. Those who wish to contribute names of friends or relatives lost in the ShoaH in the memorial book may obtain Registration Forms at the Jewish Community Center or at the synagogue office. Others who have submitted forms in prior years will receive a renewal notice in the mail. Please return Victim Registration Forms to the JCC office by March 10, 2007.
Etz Chaim ~Tree of Life
Etz Chaim - Tree of Life
Our Tree of Life in the Oneg room began as a way to thank those in our community who worked so hard to establish our permanent home in Cotati.
It will now be used to help Ner Shalom continue to flourish through the celebration of life events. A simcha leaf to honor a special life event and a pomegranate to commemorate the seeds of our community's hard work, our B'nai Mitzvahs, can be obtained through a donation of 10 Chai or $180
To mark your special occasion with a simcha leaf or pomegranate please contact the office.
Jewish Family and Children's Services
See our website www.nershalom.org/news/JFCS for programs and classes listed for February at JFCS in Sonoma County.
All low-cost/ no-cost JFCS and Parents Place programs listed on our website are non-sectarian and open to all members of the public.
Donations Make a Difference!
Donations to Ner Shalom Make A Difference!
*Building Repair Fund
*Dor Hadash School
*Etz Chaim (Tree of Life)
*General Fund
*Music Fund
*Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
*Teen Fund
*Tikkun Olam Fund
*Written Word/Torah Fund
Honor some one; remember an event or a special person. Donations (minimum of $6 {1/3 Chai} per listing) will be listed in the Gifts of Light section of the next newsletter. Send the donation to the office with the appropriate designation or call the office at 664-8622 for more information. Your generous support of Ner Shalom is greatly appreciated.
Memorialize the memory of a loved one with a Yahrzeit Plaque on our Wall of Remembrance. The cost of a plaque and inscription is $200 Please contact the office at 664-8622 for more information.
Newsletter Guidelines
*1. Deadline will be at 2:00 p.m. on the first Friday of every month (unless arrangements have been made with the editor of the newsletter.)
*2. All submissions should be sent to the editor via e- mail with the subject heading: NL submission.
*3. Editor will change, edit, or delete any or all portions of submission(s) as deemed necessary without prior approval of the author.
*4. Editor is not responsible for retrieving submissions from other sources. It is the responsibility of the author to submit all necessary components to the editor by the deadline.
Contact Information
email: p.pepper@yahoo.com
phone: (707)664-8622
web: http://www.nershalom.org
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