Shir Chadash 
Weekly Newsletter
September 29 - October 6, 2017
The deadline for the Sukkot Dinner next Friday night will be tomorrow at noon.  Please get your reservations in soon.
Friday, September 29th
  • 6:15 pm, Minchah/Ma'ariv
  • 6:30 pm, Kol Nidre
  • 6:30 pm, Children's Services and Child Care
Saturday, September 30th
  • 9 :30 am, Shacharit/Yizkor Services
  • 10:00 am, Children Services and Child Care
  • After Services, Stretch and Meditate
  • 5:00 pm, Minchah/Neilah/Ma'ariv
  • 7:28 pm, Shofar blowing followed by Break the Fast sponsored by Joan & Gerald Berenson, Elissa & Ed Bluth, Sandy Burstein, Lis and Hugo Kahn, Ellen and Stan Kessler, Beth Hershberg and Ken Klein , Charisse and Mark Sands, Briann Shear, Karen and Leopold Sher, Janice and Louis Stern and Miriam and Bruce Waltzer.
     
Sunday,  October 1st
  • 9:00 am, Shul School 
  • 10:00 am, Family Sukkah decorating
  • 9:15 am, Minyan followed by Men's Club breakfast
  • 6:30 pm, Teen Learning
In This Issue
Yom Kippur
Yizkor

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*

Community News

The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) has selected Kim Sport to receive its top award - the 2017 Hannah G. Solomon (HGS) Award.  This award is given annually to a  community leader who exemplifies the qualities of Hannah G. Solomon, NCJW founder, and has brought about significant change through their volunteer leadership.  Sport will be honored at the upcoming  Hannah G. Solomon  Luncheon.

 Monday, October 16, 
11:30 a.m.  to 1:30 p.m.
at the Marriott Hotel, 555 Canal Street, New Orleans.
 

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

Office Manager
 
Johnson
Chef


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

Quick Links
This Coming Week at Shir Chadash
**For all Holiday dates and times see schedule below**

Tuesday, October 3rd
  • 4:00 pm, Shul School Uptown
Wednesday, October 4th
  • 7:00 am, Minyan followed by breakfast
  • No Sisterhood class
  • 6:45 pm, Sukkah Dedication with opening Cocktails - Services, cocktails (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and snacks.
Friday, October 6th
  • 6:15 pm, Sukkah dinner - see flyer below
Saturday, October 7th
  • 9:00 am, Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot Services followed by Kiddush and Garden dedication in memory of Faye Miller
Sunday, October 8th
  • 9:00 am, Shul School
  • 9:15 am, Minyan followed by Men's Club breakfast
Tuesday, October 10th
  • 4:00 pm, Shul School Uptown
Friday, October 13th
  • 6:15 pm, Friday Night Services - Baby naming for Edith Arnold.  The community is warmly invited to join Edith and her family for cake and coffee after services.
Area Rabbis Reflect on Meaning of Rosh Hashanah
Click on the picture to view the article from Crescent City Jewish News


High Holiday Schedule


Sukkot is Coming!

Our sukkah is bigger than ever. 
 
Do you want a sneak peek behind the scenes? Want to be one of the first to step foot in the new sukkah?
 
Volunteer on Tuesday, October 3rd to help our expert schach installer put the roof on the sukkah.
 
Call the office (504-889-1144)  to get a confirmed time.
 
Thank you in advance to all the volunteers!


Sukkah Dedication & Dinner
    
If you look to your left as you come down the corridor to the Chapel, you will see our Sukkah and its garden gradually taking form, day by day.  We will dedicate it for Sukkot and we want to invite everyone to participate in the joy.
 
Opening Cocktails - Wednesday evening October 4 - 6:45 pm Services, cocktails (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and snacks.
 
Friday Night Sukkah Dinner - Friday October 6 - Services 6:15 pm, dinner after - $25 per person ($15 for children under 10, free for children under 3).  Please RSVP by Friday, September 29th.
 
We can't wait to share the joy of Sukkot with you. 
 
Lisa Finkelstein, President
Rabbi Deborah Silver

New Babies Blessing
BLESSING FOR NEW BABIES
 
As is our custom, we will be offering a special Aliyah to the Torah on Shabbat Bereishit (14 October) for families who have had new arrivals since last Shabbat Bereishit!  Please join us, and Rabbi Silver will offer you and your little ones a special blessing.  Older siblings are very welcome too! 

Shir Chadash Brick Fundraiser

Dear Shir Chadash Community,
 
The bricks on the Pathway to Joy have been installed. Please check your email for details on upcoming events to dedicate the Pathway as well as the Sukkah to which the Pathway leads.

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
October Yahrzeits
October 1-7
 (11-17 Tishri)
Luna Barrocas
Leah R. Berman
Dr. Joseph Cohen
Charles Yuspeh
Sarah Grass Freedman
Bessie R. Shuster
Shirley Slater
Isaac Finkelstein
Sam Friedman
Ann Kleinman
Rachel Rosenstecher
Sol Burstein
Elliot Katz
Rosie B. Krilov
Joseph Rosenberg
Rose Singerman
Ed Zerlin
Sylvia Schreckinger
Sarah C. Frumin
Lena I. Pailet
 
October 8-14 
(18-24 Tishri)
Mayer L. Bulwik
Berta B. De Gerner
Dagny Johansson
Florence S. Kerner
Eugene N. Sands
Abraham Bitoun
Kurt J. Bloch
Mendel Pentes
Ben Stein
Jacob A. Klinger
Leonard Oppenheim
Israel Resnik
Pearl Rodman
Mollie Wallick
Michael Lupin
Josephine Morris
Fannie P. Fertel
Ollie P Gatlin
 
October 15-21
 (25 Tishri - 1 Cheshvan)
Alexander Adjmi
Nerche Pailet
Sam Rodman
Celia Rosenberg
Charles Singerman
May Feder
Irwin Rosenthal
Max Bilgrad
Dr. Stanley Bleich
Abraham Lashin
Helen Weinberg
Michael Mackler
Rebecca Sackett
Julius Silverman
Jacob Bienn

October 15-21 
(25 Tishri - 1 Cheshvan), cont
Sarah Burk
Dora Rutman
Joseph Fine
Joseph Fisher
David Kancher
Sadie R. Sizeler
Charles Waxman
Bernard Friedman
Felicia Fuksman
Golda Rodman
Geraldine Samuels

October 22-28 
(2-8 Cheshvan)
Jacob Bernstein
Nathan H. Fischman
Miriam R. Goldberg
Adolf Haas
Eva Lassen
Ruth Sachs
Gerald Weil
Leopold Breen
Charlotte Zerlin
Joseph L. Ames
Henia Scher
Saul Silverman
Bessie Simmons
Bailey Sobel
Bernard Weinberg
Bernard Berins
Sarah Goldberg
Irbin Pailet
Dr. Benjamin Seltzer
Orina A. Straus
Bessie Glassenberg
Julius Katz
Rose Magdoff
Nathan Brandler
Yolanda Frammer
Sarah Gerber
Harry Offner
Sarah Pentes
Sylvia L. Saltz
 
October 29-31 
(9-11 Cheshvan)
Alex Berger
Leon Fellman
Leah Goldberg
Irving Grad
Jacob Merlin
Fanny L. Rau
Abraham R. Rittenberg
Salvatore Barrocas
Bertha Schneider
Leona Hoffman
Bluma  Mackler
Miriam Mandel


Weekly Donations
Bernard Berins Cemetery Fund
In memory of Bernard Berins           
From:      Jane Berins

Caring Committee Fund
To:           Janice & Louis Stern
                Mazel Tov on the marriage of your grandson
From:    Sue Rae & Ken Bishop

To:           Joan Berenson
                Mazel Tov on being awarded the Roger Bissinger                                    Memorial  Award
From:    Sue Rae & Ken Bishop

General Fund
To:            Benay & Shelley Bernstein                 
In honor of your 50th wedding anniversary
From:      Rene Lehmann
 
To:            Pamela Cohn Zeon              
In memory of your beloved mother, Fern Cohn         
From:      Carole, Dick, Alex & Hilary Neff

To:           Ken Ehrlich
                 In honor of your birthday
From:     Miriam & Bruce Waltzer

To:          Viviane Friedman
                In memory of your beloved mother
From:     Miriam & Bruce Waltzer

To:           Rene Lehmann
                 In honor of the birth of your great-grandson
From:     Miriam & Bruce Waltzer

               L'Shana Tova
From:   Richard & Anne Streiffer

Gilda Finkelstein Gift of Israel Fund
In memory of Lena Pailet                  
From:      Kenneth & Barbara Pailet
                 
To:            Julie & Alex Steinhaus       
In honor of the Finkelstein-Steinhaus baby
From:      Rene Lehmann
                 
To:            Alessandro & Julie Steinhaus           
In honor of the birth of your son   
From:      Robin & Nathan Lew and Karen & Dan Feirman
 
To:            Lisa & Elliot Finkelstein     
In honor of the birth of your grandson 
From:      Robin & Nathan Lew and Karen & Dan Feirman

Herbert J. Garon Memorial Fund for Ramah Darom & USY Israel Programs
To:            Julie & Alex Steinhaus
                  Welcome to the world, Garbiel
From:      Jackie & Chuck Stern & Family

 
Yahrzeit Fund
In memory of Sylvia Schreckinger 
From:      Rochelle Pearl
                                   
In memory of Lena Pailet 
From:      Sanford Pailet
                 
In memory of Kurt Bloch 
From:      Betty Moore

                 In memory of Sara Burk & Bluma Mackler
From:      Jeannine Burk

                  In memory of Alex Berger
From:       Donna Kay Berger

                 In memory of May Feder
From:     Yeffet & Susan Saidi

                In memory of Geraldine Samuels
From:    Bruce Samuels