Shir Chadash 
Weekly Newsletter
July 21-28, 2017
Friday, July 21st
  • 8:00 pm, Shabbat Services (please note new time for July)
Saturday, July 22nd
  • 9:30 am, Shabbat Services followed by kiddush lunch 
  • 4:00 pm, Shul Pool at the Metairie JCC
Sunday,  July 23rd
  • 9:15 am, Minyan, followed by Men's Club breakfast
In This Issue
Parashat  Matot-Masei
Torah:
Numbers 30:2-9-31:54

Haftarah:
Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4
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
Wednesday, July 26th
7:00 am, Minyan followed by breakfast

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 Robyn Silverman in honor of Avital (Tali) Silverman
  • 10:30 am, Summer Children's Services
Sunday, July 30th
9:15 am, Minyan, followed Men's Club breakfast

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

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

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 Brick Fundraiser

Thank you again to everyone who has participated in our Pathway to Joy thus far.  Below is a list of donors who bought a brick by June 30th, helping us finish the 2016-2017 fiscal year with a balanced budget!
 
Toda raba to:

Aleeza & Andy Adelman
Diane Africk
Roz Allison
Sarah Allison & Daniel Mintz
Jacqueline & Beryl Ames
Anshe Sfard Synagogue
Mia Bagneris
Sonya & Gary Batten
Joan & Gerald Berenson
Jane Berins
Sue Rae & Ken Bishop
Elissa & Ed Bluth
Donna & Howard Brown
Ronna Burger & Robert Berman
Chevra Thilim Cemetery Assoc.
Andrew Clockel
Gayle & Jacob Cohen
Jeanne & Jonathan Cohen
Natalie & Charles Cohen
Rose Cohen
Tana & Rene Coman
Karen  & Pat Connell
Amy & Eric Cytryn
David Daube
Rosalie & Harris Dulitz
Melanie & Ken Ehrlich
Joyce Ellis
Sylvia & Israel Finger
Julie & Leron Finger
Davida Finger & Josh Lichtman
Lisa & Elliot Finkelstein
Fagey Fischman
Mara & Joshua Force
Robert Force
Barbara & Danny Fox
Marlene & Reuben Friedman
Laura & George Fuhrman
Margot Garon
Deena Gerber
N'Ann & Jan Glade
Shira Glazer & Matthew Rosenthal
Joyce & Edmund Golden
Kitzi Goldman
Marc Goldman
Sandra Chass & Bill Goldsmith
Linda & Mark Greenbaum
Linda Hart
Esther & Marc Hendler
Irene & Sheldon Hersh
Ruth Hirsch
Fran & Barry Ivker
Terry & Shellie Jacobson
Mona & Leo Juran
Lis & Hugo Kahn
Barbara & Mark Kaplinsky
Celia Katz
Ellen & Stan Kessler
Ken Klein
Pat & Steve Klein
Jacob Kottle
Laura & David Kulick
Renee & Bob Kutcher
Sandy Lassen & Elliott Lew
Sidney & Madilyn Lassen
Rene Lehmann
Gila & Sam Lehrer
Amy Lesen
Neil Levith
Barbara & Ken Pailet
Sanford Pailet
Debbie & Leon Pesses
Charlene Pukof
Bina & Hal Levkowitz
Robin Levy & Bobby Garon
Nathan & Robin Lew
Bonnie & Arthur Lustig
Herb Miller
Carole & Dick Neff
Carol & Dale Newman
Bebe & Joe Rabhan
Melanie F. & Gavin Rade
Renee & Greg Rich
Leon Rittenberg
Dashka Roth & Larry Lehmann
Debbie & Effie Rothschild
Judy Roth & Stuart Weg
Andrea & Mark Rubin
Lisa & Mike Sackett
Rochelle Sackett
Madilyn & Alvin Samuels
Jennifer & Will Samuels
Charisse & Mark Sands
Jennifer & Lee Sands
Lonnie Schaffer
Reda & Charles Scher
Diane & Mark Schleifstein
Briann Shear
Karen & Leopold Sher
Rose Sher & Jeremy Soso
Ali & Ben Simon
Bryna & Mark Singerman
Shir Chadash Men's Club
Judy & Sylvan Steinberg
Ann & Rick Streiffer
Ellie Streiffer & Ben Horwitz
Laurie & Paul Sterbcow
Jackie & Chuck Stern
Janice & Louis Stern
Judy & David Stiebel
Julie F. & Alex Steinhaus
Sara Stone
Suzanne Stone
Tikvat Shalom Cemetery
Sheryl & Peter Title
Louis & Betty Trachtman
Nicole Tygier
Ellie & Bruce Wainer
Dana Wallen
Eileen Wallen
Miriam & Bruce Waltzer
Debbie & Ira Weber
Henry Weber
Liz Yager
Judy & Bruce Yaillen
 
 
The Pathway to Joy is an ongoing campaign.  If you would like to purchase a brick, please contact the office at 504-889-1144 or click   here.
 
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
 
Nearly New News

Thanks to everybody who donated the merchandise, from furniture to housewares, linens, books and everything in between.

Thank you to everybody who came and purchased so much of those donated goods.

A special thank you has to go out to ALL the people who donated their time, some of whom were here every day and evening for 4 to 6 weeks.
 
Thank you again for your donations and help
 
Lisa Finkelstein
President  
 
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 


Weekly Donations
 
Bernard Berins Cemetery Fund
To:            Caron Bleich
                  In memory of your mother
From:      Sylvia & Israel Finger

To:            Pat Klein
                  In memory of your father
From:      Sylvia & Israel Finger

To:            Sam & Gila Lehrer
                  In memory of your daughter
From:      Sylvia & Israel Finger

Children's Fund  
                  In memory of Hannah Shackel
From:      Sylvia & Israel Finger

The Lagniappe Fund
To:            Pat Klein & Family
                  In memory of your father, Seymour Some
From:      Roslyn & Neal Morris

Yahrzeit Fund      
                  In memory of Jacob Seelig
From:      Ralph & Shirley Seelig

                  In memory of Esther Mackler & Minnie Meltzer
From:      Pearl & Bernard Meltzer

                  In memory of Sol Sherman
From:      Sue Rae & Ken Bishop

                  In memory of Madelaine Goldberg & Meyer Goldberg
From:      Sanford Pailet

                  In memory of Maurice Pailet
From:      Darlene & Dean Yellin

                  In memory of David Rodman
From:      Sara Gaethe