Shabbat Shalom Thursday, November 19, 2020/3 Kislev 5781
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Coffee and Conversation is back! Thursday, December 3, 9:30-10:15 am Parents of Nursery School-aged children are invited to join Rabbi Gelber to talk about how to find light in these times as we prepare to celebrate Hanukkah. We'll also have space to raise whatever is on your mind. Contact rabbigelber@habonim.net with topic suggestions for our monthly sessions.
Torah on Tuesday Join our thoughtful and inquisitive group to discuss the weekly parasha on Tuesday mornings. NEW THIS YEAR: In 5781, we will make use of The Heart of Torah, Rabbi Shai Held's Essays on the Weekly Torah portion.
This week we will look at Vayetsei #1 - Can We Be Grateful and Disappointed at the Same Time? Click for text: 60-61 , 62-63
We continue to pray for those in need of healing of body, mind and spirit. Contact Rabbi Gelber at rabbigelber@habonim.net to add names to our new Misheberach list for 5781
Mazal Tov
Mazal Tov to Jeremy Levine, Yael Taqqu, their son, Noah, and their family on the occasion of Noah's bar mitzvah.
High Holiday Appeal
Please Donate to the High Holiday Appeal Read the Appeal message here. Thanks to generous contributions received in the past week, we are approaching our goal. We hope those who have not yet given will help put us over the top. Your gift will help Habonim stay strong during these difficult times and plant the seeds for our future. Thank you for your contribution and to those who have already contributed.
For a FULL listing of events and services at Habonim this week and beyond, please follow the links in the buttons below.
Please click on the picture to see this week's Yahrzeit observances. May all the mourners be comforted.
Grades 10-12 Semester in Israel
Sunday, November 22, 2 pm Virtual Open House to learn about the USY High School semester in Israel for grade 10-12 students. Click here to register for Zoom link.
Israeli Philharmonic
Sunday, December 6, 2-3 pm Israeli Philharmonic Pre-Hanukkah Global Celebration Free Virtual Event Click here to register
Light Against the Darkness Hanukkah Program
The Adult Education Committee is proud to present a special Hanukkah event with Rabbi Francine Roston: Light Against the Darkness Sunday, December 13, 5 - 6 PM (EST) Rabbi Roston will share how Hanukkah's message of spiritual resistance inspired her Montana community when it was harassed and cyber-terrorized by Neo-Nazis and how Hanukkah can guide us all in the face of antisemitism and hatred. The program concludes with candle lighting. Appropriate for young people in Grade 6 and up. Register here and click on the photo for more information.
Sisterhood Hanukkah Happy Hour
Sisterhood Hanukkah Zoom Happy Hour Monday, December 14, 8 pm Please RSVP to sisterhood@habonim.net
Community Events
Turkey Challenge The annual West Side Campaign Against Hunger drive to provide Thanksgiving meals to families in need is underway. The goal of this year's Turkey Challenge is to provide 5,000 meals. Click here to donate or text TURKEY to 56512
Book Club
Next Book Club: Wednesday, December 16
We're reading The Color of Love by Marra Gad (recommended by Rabbi Gelber).
Habonim Reads
Habonim Reads Sunday, January 10, 5:15-6:15 pm Join this special event where community members of almost all ages can read or listen to the same book and discuss it in a Zoom gathering. We're reading Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse. It's a fictional story based on the real-life inventors of the Teddy Bear, the Michtom Family, who arrived in Brooklyn from Russia in the late 1880s. Click here to register.
When We Turned Within
When We Turned Within, Volume 2 features writing by 107 contributors from around the world - Rabbi Lisa Gelber and Malkie Grozalsky among them. Proceeds support UJA-Federation of New York’s COVID-19 relief work.
Congregation Habonim supports core Jewish values, including racial justice and dignity for all.
Congregation Habonim - Building Jewish Community Together RABBI LISA B. GELBER CANTOR BRUCE HALEV MALKIE GROZALSKY, Director of Administration RINA COHEN SCHWARZ, Education Director TINA LOBEL, Nursery School Director RICHARD VERNER, President www.habonim.net
