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President: Michael Feldstein
Vice-President: Rosalind Bronsen
Vice-President: Joyce Lazarus
Secretary: Steve Adler-Golden
Treasurer: Ellen Fisher
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Adult Education: Joyce Hollman
Gemilut Hasadim: Richard & Joan Yospin
High Holidays: Ruth Badler & Joan Belson
House & Operations: Martha Jaffe
Membership: Judith Hurwitz & Madelyn Morris
Music: Richard Yospin
Newsletter: Dena & Todd Rakoff
Planning & Finance: Chuck Rich
Program: Elaine Lindy & Ruth Seidman
Ritual: Naomi Myrvaagnes
Social Action: Peter Barrer
Technology: Reuben Fisher
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Shir Hadash
The Reconstructionist Havurah of Greater Boston
P.O. Box 610431
Newton, MA 02461
(617)-965-2775
http://www.jrf.org/shirhadash/
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Change in 2009 Retreat Date
Since the previously published 2009
Retreat date conflicts with Father's
Day, the Retreat has been changed to
Friday, June 26 to Sunday, June 28
Questions? contact Charlotte Swartz
chars1@msn.com 781-488-3615
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Tu b'Shevat Celebration
Saturday, February 7
The sap is rising somewhere, so think SPRING! Spring definitely is just around the corner; the problem is, in New England it's a very long block.
To help us prepare for the change in season we will have a morning service plus program. Rabbi Natan Margalit will join us as guest speaker for the service. This will be followed by a pot-luck lunch and afterwards we will
have an additional study hour with our guest. Plan to stay until 2:00.
For the pot luck:
A - I please bring side dishes or salad
J - Q please bring dessert or cold drinks
R - Z please bring main dishes
Usual dietary considerations please (vegetarian or dairy dishes)
Our Guest:
Rabbi Natan Margalit, Ph.D. teaches Rabbinics at Hebrew College Rabbinical
School. He has taught and written for many years on Judaism and Ecology. He
lives in Newton with his wife Ilana and sons Nadav and Aiden.
After the Torah reading: “Is the Torah Organic?”
It has become clear that if we humans are going to live sustainably on planet earth, we need to radically shift our way of thinking about our place here. Rabbi Margalit will lead a discussion that takes us beyond quoting a verse here or a law there, and asks whether the Jewish textual tradition can point us toward a different way of thinking and being in the world – so that we can choose life for ourselves and for the planet.
After lunch: “From Waste to Wonder”
We will look at some verses from the Torah which give us a hint at the ancient roots of our current culture of waste, and give us some hints toward creating a culture of wonder, appreciation and sustainable living.
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Tzedakah Night
February 20, 6:30 pm
Good feelings, good contributions, good food!
Plan to join everyone on Friday February 20 for this year's Tzedakah Night event. It will be held at a member home, starting 6:30 pm (call 617-965-2775 for more information).
We'll start with a Shabbat welcome, then there is a pot luck dinner, food assignments according to last name. Social Action will provide tea and decaf coffee.
A- F dessert
G-L side dish or drinks
M-Z main dish
Following dinner, we will proceed to the main event, giving away $2,300 of our available budget.
The recipient list consists of groups that received a donation last year plus any other suggestions that members propose. Please let Peter Barrer (pbarrer@verizon.net) know by February 13 if there is a group you would like to add to the recipient list below:
- Carroll Center for the Blind
- Center for Jewish and Arab Economic Development FINCA International
- Full Life Gospel Center Food Pantry
- Grow Clinic
- Jewish Family Service of Metrowest
- Hillel
- Living Tradtions (KlezKamp)
- Mathari Fund, Nairobi, Kenya
- NACOEJ
- Mali Project – Empowered Woman
- Remuh Jewish Library - Krakow
- Second Step
- Solutions at Work
- Yad Chesed
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