March 28th News
28/03/08 11:33
Please be advised that Temple Emanu-El’s
Shofar is now available via our website:
www.te-atl.com.
A CD of the 30th Anniversary Shabbat Celebration Service of Friday, March 14th, will be available soon for purchase @ $15.95. Order forms will be available in the lobby and the office. CDs will also be available for purchase in the Judaica Shop.
Shabbat Service, Shabbat Schmooze…
Shabbat is about community. Feel welcome to arrive as early as 7:30pm for snacks and socializing as we prepare for Shabbat Services.
This project will extend a hand of friendship to young Jewish families who have recently experienced the birth or adoption of a child. Volunteers will deliver a beautiful gift bag to the new family also passing along wisdom and community resources. All volunteers will attend a brief training and may choose the number and locations of visits. For more information, contact Jessica Dickson, Young Family Programming Specialist for the MJCCA and Shalom Baby Project Coordinator at Jessica.Dickson@atlantajcc.org or 678.812.4173.
As Temple Emanu-El celebrates its 30th birthday, this is the perfect opportunity to reflect upon where we have been and where we will go into the future. We invite you to participate in one of the many focus groups being conducted at Temple Emanu-El.
Help us discover:
Your input is vital and enables us to continue to shape the congregation so that we all have a voice in our strategic planning process.
All we need now is YOU.
Please share your thoughts and ideas with us at one our many convenient focus group meetings. Contact Beverly Brown at bbrown@temple-emanuel.net or 770-395-1340 x255 to sign up or for more information.
Temple Inn – Sleepover for all 4th graders.
Volunteers Wanted– Please let us know if you are interested in helping with any of these: Phone tree committee, Women’s Seder Sunday 4/13, Lag B’Omer Picnic Sunday 5/4, Cans for Cookies Monday 5/5: 5-7 PM, Clergy and Staff Appreciation Week 5/12 - 5/16, Women’s Havdallah Retreat Saturday 6/7
Thursday, April 10 at 12PM – Women’s Study Group. Please contact Susan Wittenstein at parentspal@mindspring.com for more information.
Upcoming Events:
Sunday, April 13 at 5:30PM - Women’s Seder led by Rabbi Schwartz and Rabbi Nemhauser – an event not to be missed. Journey to Pesach - Share in the tradition! Come grandmothers, mothers, daughters, and granddaughters. Confirmation points available. Prices are: $18/Sisterhood members; $24/Non-members; $12/Daughters under 18. Please make checks out to Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood. RSVP by April 7th to templeemanuelsisterhood@gmail.com or evite*** Early Bird Special: If you pre-register and mail in your payment by April 1st, you will receive a $5 Judaica Shop gift certificate to use on April 13th.
Cookbooks are on sale now! Get yours now! Purchase in the gift shop or temple office. Cost $18. Variety Entertainment Books are also available, $13.
**For more information on all Sisterhood programs and events or if you are interested in helping, please contact Dara Amram at 678/795-9594 or email at templeemanuelsisterhood@gmail.com.
BROTHERHOOD INVESTMENT CLUB – Brotherhood’s parent- child investment club is for children age 13 and older with their fathers. You don't have to have a child to be a part of the club. If you are interested in becoming a member of the investment club, e-mail Gil Bubis at GBubis@register-akers.com.
The Judaica Shop will be open on Sunday, April 13th from 3:30 – 5:30 PM.
A volunteer is needed on March 28th from 9-11 AM; please contact sisterhood if you are interested.
It is a Tree of Life…and you can be part of it. Located by the main office, it shines in honor of Simchas and each leaf helps Sisterhood. Order forms for leaves and rocks are available in the front office. Cost per leaf is $118 and rocks are $180.
RSVP to: Rachel Simon at 770-677-9434 or rsimon@jfcs-atlanta.org.
Volunteers needed for Israel @ 60 Atlanta Community Festival & Celebration being held at MJCCA Zaban Park May 18th at 12 PM. Join us for a very exciting day as the Atlanta community gathers for the celebration of this historic occasion – the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. And this event for the entire community is possible because of the support of a terrific team of volunteers – including YOU – a very special volunteer who’ll help make this event a success. For more information, please contact the Israel @60 committee at 678-948-4006 or via email at www.atlantaajcc.org.
A CD of the 30th Anniversary Shabbat Celebration Service of Friday, March 14th, will be available soon for purchase @ $15.95. Order forms will be available in the lobby and the office. CDs will also be available for purchase in the Judaica Shop.
Journey to Passover
Watch our website and take a daily Journey to Passover. Rabbi Julie Schwartz, Rabbi Scott Colbert and Cantor Benjamin Adler will be taking you through this Journey - just go to our website www.te-atl.com and follow the link…JOURNEY TO PASSOVER.Friday, March 28:
- 7:30 AM – 7th Grade Trip to Whitwell, TN
- 5:30 PM – 7th Grade Families Pot Luck Dinner and Shabbat Service in the Brill downstairs.
- 8:00 PM – Shabbat Service. Rabbi Colbert’s sermon is entitled “What if?.”
Shabbat Service, Shabbat Schmooze…
Shabbat is about community. Feel welcome to arrive as early as 7:30pm for snacks and socializing as we prepare for Shabbat Services.
Saturday, March 29:
- Chevrah Torah at 9:00 AM. – Shemini -- Shabbat Parah - Leviticus 9:1-10:11. All are welcome.
- Casual Shabbat Service in the Chapel at 10:00 AM.
- 30th Anniversary Celebration at 7:00 PM.
Sunday, March 30:
- Minyan in the Chapel – 9:15 - 9:30 AM
- Religious School and 8th Grade ONEG - 9:15 AM
- Adult Advanced Hebrew Class in Room 133 – 9:30 AM
- Trop Class in the Chapel – 9:30 AM
- Back to Bible Class in Room 133 - 10:30 AM
- Adult Advanced Beginners Hebrew Class in Room 133 – 11:15 AM
Jazzercise at Temple Emanu-El
These 1-hour classes are held on Mondays and Wednesdays in the social hall at 9:00AM. RSVP to Nikkia Wright, Certified Jazzercise Instructor, at jazz4nikkia@comcast.net. Single class sessions are available at $9/session. Come prepared to have fun!Shalom Baby Program
Be the First to Greet the Future of Atlanta’s Jewish Community. Shalom Baby is looking for volunteers who speak with a smile, love our community, and love babies. Temple Emanu-El along with The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, and Jewish community organizations have teamed up to launch a new program, Shalom Baby.This project will extend a hand of friendship to young Jewish families who have recently experienced the birth or adoption of a child. Volunteers will deliver a beautiful gift bag to the new family also passing along wisdom and community resources. All volunteers will attend a brief training and may choose the number and locations of visits. For more information, contact Jessica Dickson, Young Family Programming Specialist for the MJCCA and Shalom Baby Project Coordinator at Jessica.Dickson@atlantajcc.org or 678.812.4173.
Focus Groups
Celebrating the past and looking towards the future…As Temple Emanu-El celebrates its 30th birthday, this is the perfect opportunity to reflect upon where we have been and where we will go into the future. We invite you to participate in one of the many focus groups being conducted at Temple Emanu-El.
Help us discover:
- how we are strongest as a congregation
- ways that we can strengthen our community
- how to effectively provide interesting programs and activities
- how to best allocate our resources
- our ritual behaviors and standards
Your input is vital and enables us to continue to shape the congregation so that we all have a voice in our strategic planning process.
All we need now is YOU.
Please share your thoughts and ideas with us at one our many convenient focus group meetings. Contact Beverly Brown at bbrown@temple-emanuel.net or 770-395-1340 x255 to sign up or for more information.
Coming Weeks
Family Shabbat
Friday, April 4th - Shabbat Dinner at 6PM followed by Family Shabbat Services at 6:45PM featuring 4th Grade Song Leaders.Temple Inn – Sleepover for all 4th graders.
Marriage Reconsecration Ceremony
Friday, April 11th at 8 PM - If you will be celebrating an anniversary of a multiple of five (5, 10, 15, 20, etc.) then you are invited to participate in this year’s marriage reconsecration ceremony. Please contact Rochelle Rubin at 770-395-1340 x201 to inform us if you will be attending and which anniversary you will be celebrating.Tot Shabbat
Saturday, April 12 - a special Passover Service at 9:30 AM in the Brill Youth Sanctuary. For further information, please contact Stacy Sullivan at 770-730-9475.Tapestry
Our next event is a Tapestry Passover Preparation Discussion and Model Seder which will be held on Sunday, April 13th, beginning at 11:00 am. All are invited.
Annual Meeting and Congregant-Volunteer Appreciation Day
Sunday, April 27 – Coffee, tea, juice and bagels will be served in the Lobby at 9:00 AM prior to the start of the meeting which will begin promptly at 9:30 AM in the Sanctuary. If you are unable to attend, please contact Beverly Brown at 770-395-1340 x255 to request an absentee ballot. Everyone’s vote counts! You must be a member in good standing to attend. If you have any questions, please contact Lori Maxwell at x206 or Beverly Brown.What Does Judaism Say About...
Thursday, April 17 at 7:30 PM -- “What Does Judaism Say about … The Last Supper and Passover Seder?” Was that matzoh on the table where Jesus and his disciples ate dinner for the lat time? Were they reading from their Haggadahs? Did they recite the four questions, and review the 10 plagues God brought to the Egyptians? And, did they read “One Kid, One Kid” after supper, without taking a breath?Sisterhood
Book Club - Upcoming reading selections: April 3: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM - “The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara” by David Kertzer; May 1: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM -“Thirteenth Hour” by Barbara Sofer. Evening Book Club May 1: 7:00 PM – “After Long Silence” by Helen Fremont RSVP to sheilacohen@suntrust.com. Everyone is invited. We meet upstairs in the Board Room at TE. Bring your lunch. To get on the Book Club mailing list or for more information call Vicki Siegel at 770-393-1221 or email at sisterhoodbookclub@mac.com.Volunteers Wanted– Please let us know if you are interested in helping with any of these: Phone tree committee, Women’s Seder Sunday 4/13, Lag B’Omer Picnic Sunday 5/4, Cans for Cookies Monday 5/5: 5-7 PM, Clergy and Staff Appreciation Week 5/12 - 5/16, Women’s Havdallah Retreat Saturday 6/7
Thursday, April 10 at 12PM – Women’s Study Group. Please contact Susan Wittenstein at parentspal@mindspring.com for more information.
Upcoming Events:
Sunday, April 13 at 5:30PM - Women’s Seder led by Rabbi Schwartz and Rabbi Nemhauser – an event not to be missed. Journey to Pesach - Share in the tradition! Come grandmothers, mothers, daughters, and granddaughters. Confirmation points available. Prices are: $18/Sisterhood members; $24/Non-members; $12/Daughters under 18. Please make checks out to Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood. RSVP by April 7th to templeemanuelsisterhood@gmail.com or evite*** Early Bird Special: If you pre-register and mail in your payment by April 1st, you will receive a $5 Judaica Shop gift certificate to use on April 13th.
Cookbooks are on sale now! Get yours now! Purchase in the gift shop or temple office. Cost $18. Variety Entertainment Books are also available, $13.
**For more information on all Sisterhood programs and events or if you are interested in helping, please contact Dara Amram at 678/795-9594 or email at templeemanuelsisterhood@gmail.com.
Brotherhood
DADS AND KIDS AFTERNOON AT THE HAWKS - It's a Father-Child afternoon at the Hawks game on Sunday, March 30th as the Hawks take on the New York Knicks. Tip-off is at 4:00 PM, and it's Gatorade Cooler Bag Day for the kids. To sign up, e-mail Sandy Zusmann at zusmann1@mindspring.com.BROTHERHOOD INVESTMENT CLUB – Brotherhood’s parent- child investment club is for children age 13 and older with their fathers. You don't have to have a child to be a part of the club. If you are interested in becoming a member of the investment club, e-mail Gil Bubis at GBubis@register-akers.com.
Judaica Shop
Gift Shop Hours: Monday/Wednesday (4:55-6:40PM), Friday (9-11AM) & Sunday's (9-12PM) & by appointment. TE Sisterhood operates a well-stocked, high-quality Judaica Gift Shop which offers a wide range of items to enhance Jewish holiday celebrations, life-cycle events, Simchas and daily life. Sisterhood members enjoy a 10% discount all year long, excluding sale items. For assistance, please contact: Samantha Susca at 404-867-0480 or Anne Friedlander at 404-966-1516 or email templeemanuelsisterhood@gmail.com.The Judaica Shop will be open on Sunday, April 13th from 3:30 – 5:30 PM.
A volunteer is needed on March 28th from 9-11 AM; please contact sisterhood if you are interested.
It is a Tree of Life…and you can be part of it. Located by the main office, it shines in honor of Simchas and each leaf helps Sisterhood. Order forms for leaves and rocks are available in the front office. Cost per leaf is $118 and rocks are $180.
Temple Emanu-El Social Action Committee
CARING COMMITTEE – Volunteers are needed to help as occasional substitute callers. It involves contacting congregants to offer assistance while they are experiencing life cycle events. This Mitzvah is very much appreciated by our congregants. If you are interested and can help, please call Ann Fine at 770-457-2786 or Gerri Penn at 770-457-2474.Community
March 31, 7:00-8:30 p.m., Internet Safety for parents of 5th-10th graders, at the JF&CS in North Metro office, 3159 Royal Drive, Suite 330, Alpharetta 30022. Learn how to monitor your children’s internet interactions, red flags to look for, and ways to teach your children to be responsible and safe online. Open to the community, $5.00 per person, payable at the door. Guest speaker: Agent Jeffrey Brown, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, High Technology Investigations Unit.RSVP to: Rachel Simon at 770-677-9434 or rsimon@jfcs-atlanta.org.
Volunteers needed for Israel @ 60 Atlanta Community Festival & Celebration being held at MJCCA Zaban Park May 18th at 12 PM. Join us for a very exciting day as the Atlanta community gathers for the celebration of this historic occasion – the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. And this event for the entire community is possible because of the support of a terrific team of volunteers – including YOU – a very special volunteer who’ll help make this event a success. For more information, please contact the Israel @60 committee at 678-948-4006 or via email at www.atlantaajcc.org.