Shir Chadash 
Weekly Newsletter
July 28 - August 4, 2017
Friday, July 28th
  • 8:00 pm, Shabbat Services (please note new time for July)
Saturday, July 29th
  • 9 :30 am, Shabbat Services followed by kiddush lunch  sponsored by  Ina, Robyn, Shai, and baby Maya Silverman in honor of Avital (Tali) Silverman
  • 10:30 am, Summer Children's Services
  • 4:00 pm, Shul Pool at the Metairie JCC
Sunday,  July 30th
  • 9:15 am, Minyan, followed by Men's Club breakfast
In This Issue
Parashat  Devarim
Torah:
Deuteronomy 1:1-2:1

Haftarah:
Isaiah 1:1-27
Within our congregational family we extend
Mazel Tov to:
Laurie & David Kirzner and Jewel & Lee Kirzner on the birth of their granddaughters and nieces,
Sarah Elizabeth Crownin born July 4th to Allyson & Cameron Crownin
and
Mathila Marie Kirzner born July 19th to Kellen & Kevin Kirzner

Condolences to:
Maxine & Albert Barrocas and Natalie & Michael  Cohen & Family on the passiver of their brother and uncle, Paul Handmacher
Schedule of Weekly Services
Shabbat
Fridays, 6:15 pm 
(8:00 pm during July)
Saturdays, 9:30 am
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Weekday
Sundays, 9:15 am
Wednesdays, 7:00 am
*Both Minyans are followed by breakfast*

Contact Us
Rabbi
 
Executive Director
 
Director of Youth Education and Community Engagement

Administrative Assistant
 
Chef


Office Phone
504-889-1144
 
Office Fax
504-889-1146

Quick Links
This Coming Week at Shir Chadash
Monday, July 31st
7:30 pm, Text study with Rabbi Silver "Jeremiah-Prophet of Sorrow & Joy" with chanting of Megillat Eicha

Tuesday, August 1st
7:00 am, Minyan with chanting of Megillat Eicha

Wednesday, August 2nd
7:00 am, Minyan followed by breakfast

Friday, August 4th
6:15 pm, Friday Night Services (please note back to regular time)

Saturday, August 5th
9:30 am, Shabbat Services followed by kiddush lunch
10:30 am, Summer Children's Services
4:00 pm, Shul Pool

Sunday, August 6th
9:00 am, Shul Camp at the Metairie JCC
9:15 am, Minyan, followed by Men's Club breakfast

Wednesday, August 9th
7:00 am, Minyan followed by breakfast

Friday, August 11th
6:15 pm, Friday Night Services

Saturday, August 12th
9:30 am, Shabbat Services followed by kiddush lunch
4:00  pm, Shul Pool

Sunday, August 13th
9:15 am, Minyan, followed by Men's Club breakfast

Monday, August 14th
6:45 pm, Executive Board Meeting
7:30 pm, Regular Board Meeting

Tisha B'Av
 
Join us as we observe the fast of the 9th of Av, commemorating the destruction of the two Temples and many other disasters.

Monday, July 31st at 7:30 pm
Text Study with Rabbi Silver "Jeremiah-Prophet of Sorrow & Joy"
with chanting of Megillat Eicha

Tuesday, August 1st at 7:00 am
Minyan with chanting of Megillat Eicha

Shir Chadash Shul School News

Shul School Packets for the 2017-18 have been mailed.  Please watch your mail and return the application back as soon as possible.  


Shir Chadash Brick Fundraiser

Dear Shir Chadash Community,
 
Our first order for bricks will be arriving in a few weeks, so keep watching the sukkah courtyard for some activity near the beginning of September.
 
We look forward to celebrating the beginning of this Pathway to Joy with all of our members.
 
We are grateful for your continued support of this now ongoing project. Orders continue to come in and the next installation date will be announced shortly.
 
Thanks again and Shabbat Shalom


Shul Pool
SHUL POOL

Cool off on Shabbat afternoons at the Metairie JCC Pool

Saturdays  4:00 pm now through Sep 16

Non JCC members welcome: please leave your name at the JCC front desk on arrival
 
Yiddish Song Night



Sisterhood News
Begin the New Year by wishing the entire congregation "L'Shanah Tovah!" and underwriting a page in the Sisterhood/Synagogue Member Directory.  
 
Complete the information below and send your $28.00 check payable to Shir Chadash Sisterhood to the Synagogue office.
 
Name as you want it to appear (i.e. Jane & Joe Smith):
 
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Please submit before Tuesday, August 15 th 


August Yahrzeits
   
August 1-5 (9-13 Av)
Louis Glassman
Madelaine Goldberg
Oscar Kagan
Dr. William Leon
Selig Levin
Alka Penny
Frieda Vigdorova
Aaron Zaidman
Jacob Zaidman
Zissel Zaidman
Norman Cooperstein
Lester Green
Rebecca L. Pentes
Harry Pollock
Jacob Seelig
Lester Seidenbach
Aline Sterbcow
Morris Dulitz
Matilda Goldman
Esther C. Lassen
David Stone
Eva S. Berenson
Isak Borenstein
Sadie Cohen
Rose Friedman
David Rodman
Isadore Zaslow
 
August 6-12 (14-20 Av)
Dan Lurie
Maurice Pailet
Bluma Weinstein
Hyman Karno
Ivan S. Malkove
Bernie Bernstein
Dora Niederman
Abraham Rubenstein
Cecile Tolmas
Rose S. Brodnitz
Joseph Kutcher
Ben Lubel
Maurice Paile
Jacob Udinsky
Lily Brainis
Isabel F. Harris
Bernard Kaplan
Nathan Kern, Sr.
Beryl Lomm
Meyer Rozen
Olga Schaeffer
Anne W. Bagalman
Herman Bagalman
Elias Cohen
Malka Rottersman
Eugene Trachtman
Edith Hecht
Nettie Heim
Shopse Pailet
James M. Rubin
Emily B. Voth
 
August 13-19 (21-27 Av)
Annie P. Berenstein
Joseph Casse
Nettie Fertel
Ben Glazer
 
August 13-19 (21-27 Av), cont.
Jacob Joseph
Solly Magdoff
Gabriel Zaidman
Sara Bien
Hannah D. S. Blaeker
Thelma Goldberg
Frances Hershberg
Carl Heyman
Pauline Malkove
Gertrude Solomon
Jacob Chass
Samuel Fertel
Morris Karno
Leah Zaidman
Max Bodenheimer
Esther Frumin
Aaron Stregevsky
Roza Wulliger
Reni Bloch
Jacob Ezkovich
Lily Sander
Dave Stillman
Max Watsky
Gertrude S. Weinstein
Mildred Berlow
Kalman Brener
Solomon Joseph
Maurice Sackett
Hannah Shackel
 
August 20-26 (28 Av-4 Elul)
Ernest Roth
Goldie Alexander
Meyer L. Koch
Morris Mishlove
Osser Frumin
Jacob Sazer
Hannah  A. Jacobs
Judge Raymond D. Levith
Sol Sherman
Isabel S. Benson
Melvin Burstein
Dr. Jose B. Namer
Stanley S. Schiffman
Lenora Fallas
Jakob Kleinmann
Murray Kops
Edythe S. Strauss
Joey Wish
 
August 27-31 (5-9 Elul)
Isadore Chesnick
Mildred Naihaus
Borris Burk
Sol Grishman
Rebecca B. Aronson
Max Plantowsky
Jacob Rubenstein
Simon Streiffer
Meyer Goldberg
Dorothy H. Tolmas
Samuel Jacob
Reuben E. Zerlin
Harold A. Jacobs
Ennis L. Kops
Sima Rutman
       
Weekly Donations
Caring Committee Fund
To:            Janice Stern
                  In honor of your birthday
From:      Marlene & Reuben Friedman

To:            Jeannine Burk
                  In memory of your brother-in-law, Bernard Burk
From:      Marlene & Reuben Friedman

To:            Alvin Samuels
                  Sending you caring wishes
From:      Marlene & Reuben Friedman

Gilda Finkelstein Gift of Israel Fund                
                  In memory of Nettie Heim
From:      Barbara & Kenneth Pailet

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
                  For honors received
From:      Jacqueline & Beryl Ames
 
                  In appreciation of delightful Shabbat Services
From:      Jacqueline & Beryl Ames

To:            Mark  & Diane Schleifstein
                  For your dedication to and work for Shir Chadash and the                   City
From:      Jacqueline & Beryl Ames

Yahrzeit Fund      
                  In memory of my beloved mother, Thelma Goldberg
From:      Natalie & Charles Cohen

                  In memory of Shopse Pailet & Maurice Pailet
From:      Marilyn Zackin

                  In memory of Aline Sterbcow
From:      Paul & Laurie Sterbcow

                  In memory of Morris Mishlove
From:      Sol & Lois Heiman

                  In memory of Norman Cooperstein
From:      Andi & Mark Madderra

                  In memory of our mother, Edythe Strauss
From:      Jacqueline & Beryl Ames

                  In memory of Norman Cooperstein
From:      Rosalyn Allison

                  In memory of Dan Lurie
From:      Joan & Jerald Album

                  In memory of Jacob Joseph
From:      Marc Goldman

                  In memory of Meyer Rozen
From:      Brenda & Jerry Katz

                  In memory of Raymond D. Levith
From:      Neil Levith

                  In memory of Sadie Cohen, Cecile Tolmas & 
                 Dorothy Horton
From:      Connie Tolmas

                  In memory of Ennis & Murray Kops
From:      Celia Katz

                  In memory of Esther Lassen & Dora Niederman
From:      Sandy Lassen

                  In memory of my mother, Gertrude Solomon
From:      Joann Eisenstatt

                  In memory of Isak Borenstein
From:      Morris Borenstein & Sabina Barash