june 2008 ~ iyar-sivan 5768
-- Rabbinical Support
-- Gifts of Life
-- News from Dor Hadash Religious School
-- Board News
-- Birthdays and Anniversaries ~ June
-- Community Announcements
-- Donations Make a Difference!
-- eScrip and more...
-- Jewish Family and Children's Services
-- Newsletter Guidelines
ANNOUNCEMENTS ~
Saturday, June 7 ~ 10:00 am - Shabbat Morning service and Torah study
Our Jewish Celebrations class for Special Need Students will focus on Shavuot on Sunday, June 8 ~ 11am - 1pm
For more info, please phone Mary Ann Malinak at 707-766-6667 or e-mail mamalinak@comcast.net
Board Meeting ~ Thursday, June 19 ~ 7- 9pm
Guest Rabbi Bonnie Sharfman will lead Shabbat services the weekend of June 20th. Details of services will be e-mailed out shortly.
All Congregational Meeting ~ Sunday, June 22 ~ 10-12pm.
Friday, June 27 ~ 7:00pm ~ Sufi Shabbat
The Breath of Alef
Greens are blues
Containing yellow
Light of the sun.
Supernal Light
Is Ever-present
Always implied.
Red is above
Fire burns up
Blue sinks low
As waters flow.
Wshh is in my head
Hmm in my belly.
And the Breath of Spirit
Decides between them.
by Yitzak, from Sefer Yetzirah
Rabbinical Support
If any Ner Shalom member is in need of spiritual counseling or rabbinic support for a life cycle event please feel free to contact Rabbi Ted Feldman of B'nai Israel Jewish Center in Petaluma. He will be available for spiritual counseling or rabbinical support. Please feel free to contact him directly at 707-765-2937.
We are very pleased and honored that he has agreed to assist in serving our community and hope this will also create ties with the members of B'nai Israel.
Gifts of Life
MEMORIAL DONATIONS...
ARIANA ELSTER, donations in memory of Hyman Elster and Ben Elster
OFFERINGS...
IRWIN KELLER and Family, a donation in honor of Jack and Pam Fender's wedding
News from Dor Hadash Religious School
Dear Chevre,
     This weekend is our Dor Hadash school year's culminating activity -- a weekend Shabbaton at Spring Lake Park in Santa Rosa. The Shabbaton, which will focus on the Torah portion, Bamidbar, runs from Friday evening, May 30 to Sunday morning, June 1, and is open to all congregants and friends. Contact irwin@irwinkeller.com for more details, or just come find us at the Lower Jackrabbit Group Picnic Site. This event is sponsored in part by a grant from the Bureau of Jewish Education.
     Meanwhile, our Education Committee is busy working on our 2008-2009 Dor Hadash curriculum and calendar, and exciting things are abrew. The curriculum will include a B'nai Mitzvah track for those families who are interested. Dor Hadash will also help coordinate a Youth Group for Ner Shalom teens. Watch for more news over the summer!
     We'd like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our teachers this year -- Rebecca Price, Sharon Gendelman and Margo Miller. We also want to thank Pam Fender and Shari Brenner for their leadership! The Education Committee of Pam Fender, Shari Brenner, Jack Fender and Berrine De Carmo all acknowledge and thank each other for the collective leadership brought to Dor Hadash this year. We also gratefully acknowledge the inspiring gifts of wisdom brought to students, parents and the Dor Hadash community by Irwin Keller, who, we are delighted to announce, has joined the Education Committee.
Many blessings,
The Education Committee
Board News
Dear Members of Ner Shalom,
     As the month of June and summer is amongst us, we welcome new changes and opportunities for you to participate in 3 committees. We are currently welcoming members to join the following committees: The High Holidays, Spiritual Life and Rabbinic Search. We are looking for chairperson(s) and enthusiastic folks who would love the opportunity to fulfill not only their volunteer hours, but also will be making a mitzvah in contributing to our community. Please contact myself or Carol in the office if you would be interested in participating in any of these new committees.
The board also thanks the members of the Visioning Committee for their efforts over the past 18 months and we will now be moving ahead with a Rabbinic Search process.
B'shalom,
Jack D. Fender
Board President
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
Jack Fender - President 588- 8824
e-mail: fenderola@yahoo.com
Berrine DeCarmo - Vice President 588- 9088
e-mail: berrine1988@sbcglobal.net
Barbara Lesch McCaffry - Secretary 585-2291
e-mail: mccaffry@sonoma.edu
Nancy Rapp (415) 897-5090
e-mail: rappwayne@prodigy.net
Renee Kramer - Treasurer 823- 9555
e-mail: reneek777@comcast.net
Ellyn Lazar 838-4785
e-mail: emlazar@sbcglobal.net
Anna Belle Kaufman 824-2997
e-mail: rxarts@gmail.com
Barkat Ferar 765-1844
e-mail: ferarfamily@yahoo.com
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Education - Co-Chairs Shari Brenner 575-5863
e-mail: sbrenner@sonic.net
and Irwin Keller 665-0681
e-mail: irwin@irwinkeller.com
Personnel - Barbara Lesch McCaffry 585-2291
e-mail: mccaffry@sonoma.edu
Finance - Ariana Elster 824- 5609
e-mail: aelster@comcast.net
Membership - Nancy Rapp (415) 897- 5090
e-mail: rappwayne@prodigy.net
Building and Maintenance - Jack Fender 588-8824
e-mail: fenderola@yahoo.com
Newsletter - Pamela Fender 588-8824
e-mail: pdfender@yahoo.com
Website - Anne Woods
e-mail: rainywoods@yahoo.com
Dor Hadash Education Director - position open
No-Cost Fundraising - Anna Ghandour 584-4829
e-mail: huskyanna@yahoo.com
Administrator - Carol Vanek 664-8622
e-mail: shalom@sonic.net
Office Hours: Tues.-Fri. 9:00 AM- 2:00 PM
Birthdays and Anniversaries ~ June
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
KAREN MITCHELL ~ JUNE 1
BARBARA LESCH McCAFFRY ~ JUNE 14
Please e-mail Pamela Fender pdfender@yahoo.com with your birthday and anniversary dates so we can wish you a happy celebration!
Community Announcements
The Jewish Community Free Clinic is now accepting donations of toys and children's books. Please bring them to their new location at Center Drive in Rohnert Park behind the public library.
JFCS RIDES hits the road to help seniors go to medical appointments, shopping, personal care appointments, and local community events.
Please check our website nershalom.org for more information.
OPEN YOUR HEART TO A WAITING CHILD
Sonoma County has a serious shortage of caring foster families.
Foster parents are needed for children and youth of all ages and ethnic backgrounds.
Please check our website nershalom.org for more information.
Jewish Reconstructionist Federation West Coast Region website: www.jrf.org/westcoast
ASK JCI & R...
Want to find out about museums and exhibits featuring Jewish art? Want to sing Yiddish folk songs? Shall we folkdance Israeli? View Jewish art and sculpture? Tour San Francisco Jewish architecture? Taste kosher wine and chocolate? Watch Jewish film and theater? Buy Jewish arts and books? Volunteer at the new Contemporary Jewish Museum?
To explore Jewish culture and connect to Jewish life, please phone 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.
For more information please check their website at: hebrewfreeloan.org
Donations Make a Difference!
Donations to Ner Shalom Make A Difference!
- Building Repair Fund
- Dor Hadash School
- General Fund
- Music 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.
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.c om 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.c om 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.Al bertsons. 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.
Jewish Family and Children's Services
See our website www.nershalom.org/news/JFCS for programs and classes listed for June 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.
Newsletter Guidelines
- 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.)
- All submissions should be sent to the editor via e- mail with the subject heading: NL submission.
- Editor will change, edit, or delete any or all portions of submission(s) as deemed necessary without prior approval of the author.
- 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 |
