Shir Chadash 
Weekly Newsletter
May 11-18, 2018
Friday, May 11th
  • 6:15 pm,  Shabbat-in-the-Round and Potluck dinner
Saturday, May 12th
  • 9:30 am, Shabbat Services followed by kiddush lunch
  • 10:30 am, Family Shabbat & Jr Congregation
  • 4:00 pm, Open Shabbat at the Rabbi's home, 4708 Hessmer Ave, Metairie
Sunday, May 13th - Mother's Day
  • 9:00 am, Last Shul School
  • 9:15 am, Minyan followed by Men's Club breakfast 
  • 11:00 am, Congregational Picnic at the Metairie JCC
In This Issue
Parashat Behar-Bechukotai
Torah:
Leviticus 25:36-26:46
 
Haftarah:
Jeremiah 16:19-17:14
 
Within our congregational  family we  extend
Mazel Tov to:
Ed & Elissa Bluth on the birth of their grandson, Grayson.  Parents are Majorie & Adrian and big brothers, Hudson & Anderson
 
 
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

Office Manager
 

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

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This Coming Week at Shir Chadash
Monday, May 14th
  • 7:00 pm, Regular Board Meeting followed by Executive Committee Meeting
Tuesday, May 15th
  • 6:30 pm, Tzedek Minyan at Shir Chadash
Wednesday, May 16th
  • 7:00 am, Minyan followed by breakfast
  • 10:00 am, Sisterhood Class on II Samuel Chapter 18 and the Chapter on "Father" in the David Wolpe book
Friday, May 18th
  • 6:15 pm, Friday Night Services
Saturday, May 19th
  • 9:30 am, Shabbat Services followed by kiddush lunch with desserts co-sponsored by Rochelle Sackett and Eileen Wallen in honor of Rochelle and Dana's birthdays
     
  • 8:30 pm, Tikkun Leyl Shavuot on West Esplanade
Sunday, May 20th - Shavuot
  • 9:15 am, Morning/Yizkor Services followed by lunch
     
  • 4:00 pm, Taft Shvuot at the Adelman home, 4505 Taft Park, Metairie (**Please note change in date**)
     
  • 6:45 pm, Mincha/Ma'ariv
Monday, May 21st - Shauvot
  • 9:15 am, Morning Services followed by lunch
Wednesday, May 23rd
  • 7:00 am, Minyan followed by breakfast
  • 10:00 am, Sisterhood Class
Thursday, May 24th
  • 6:30 pm, Virtual Parasha Dine and Discuss
Friday, May 25th
  • 6:15 pm, Friday Night Services
Saturday, May 26th
  • 9:30 am,  Shabbat Services including the Auf-ruf of Rebecca Title and Michael Waxman.  Kiddush lunch is being sponsored by Peter & Sheryl Title
     
  • 10:30 am, Family Shabbat & Jr. Congregation
Nearly New
 

Nearly New is around the corner!
 
Collections starts May 31 and continue through June 30
Mon-Fri, Sun 10-1
Tues & Thurs 6-8 pm
    
Volunteers needed throughout. Email or call Lisa Finkelstein at  [email protected]  or  504-236-5293


Shabbat-in-the-Round and Potluck Dinner
 

Friday, May 11, 2018
6:15 pm

Please join us for another song-filled Erev Shabbat with plenty of rhythm, harmony and opportunity for community singing and eating. Babysitting provided!

Here's the approximate timing for the evening:
  • 6 - 7:30 pm Kids' snacks and babysitting.  Hummus, carrots, and apples provided for families with young children to 
    nibble on at any time.  Babysitting available 6:15-7:45.
  •  6:15 Kabbalat Shabbat-in-the-Round
  • 7:15 Vegetarian potluck supper. Please bring dairy vegetarian food in disposable dishes to share; we provide plastic ware, paper plates, challah, grape juice and dessert.

 
Open Shabbat


Open Shabbat
Saturday, May 12
4708 Hessmer Ave
 
Rabbi Silver is delighted to welcome Aaron Ahlquist, director of the South Central Region Office of ADL, who will speak on "Antisemitism: What's Going On Right Now?" There will be time for him to answer any questions that you have about this subject, or about the work of ADL in general.
 
Snacks and schmooze from 4:00 pm
Speaker and questions at 5:00 pm


Congregational Picnic
 
Shir Chadash Congregational Picnic
Sunday, May 13th
11:00 - 1:00 at the Metairie JCC
 
Join the Shir Chadash Community for an afternoon of swimming, kickball, waterslide, games, food and fun!!
Bring your kids, grandkids, parents, grandparents, friends or just yourself - the more people, the more fun.
 
Please RSVP by May 8th. Looking forward to seeing you there!

We need some volunteers to help set up, take shifts cooking at the grill, monitor the water slide during the fun (30 minutes shifts), take shifts at the grill, and help clean up after the shindig is over.  Please sign up for a task on this Google document 
Tzedek Minyan
 
Tues., May 15, 2018
 6:30-8:30 at Shir Chadash
 Jewish Teach-In on Migration
The Tzedek Minyan, in collaboration with Loyola's Jesuit Social Research Institute and the Congreso de Jornaleros/Jornaleras, is hosting a teach-in to connect members of our community with the lives and stories of people who have immigrated to the United States from Latin America. Come learn about America's current immigration system, what our tradition has to say about the mitzvah of welcoming the stranger, and the life experiences of people who have recently migrated. The session will conclude with a discussion of how we, as individuals and as a community, can engage more deeply with this issue.
Taft Shavuot
  
***Please note: change in date***

Taft Shavuot 
Sunday, May 20th 
4:00 -7:00 pm
4505 Taft Park Ave, Metairie, LA 70002
 
Andy, Aleeza, Yakir and Reeva Adelman invite you to their home as an informal, friendly space to gather and shmooze.  Expect children, adults, games, good conversation and really great food, with a festive Havdalah at the end.  All are welcome.                             
Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
 
Tikkun Leyl Shavuot on West Esplanade
Saturday May 19, 8.30 pm - late
 
Our shared Tikkun Leyl Shavuot this year will address the issue of poverty. It will feature a choice of sessions with Rabbis Greenberg, Silver and Loewy as well as a musical contribution from Jennie Lavine and Alysse Fuchs of Avodah, followed by a panel discussion with the Rabbis - Poverty: Is the Torah Capitalist or Socialist? There will be cheesecake early, and gumbo and whisky later, and the chance to study after midnight with Rabbi Greenberg. 

More information to follow!

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Shavuot Services
 
Sunday, May 20th
9:15 am, Morning/Yizkor Services followed by lunch
6:45 pm, Minyan
 
Monday, May 21st
9:15 am, Morning Services followed by lunch
Virtual Parasha Dine and Discuss
 
Shir Chadash
Virtual Parasha Dine and Discuss
 
Thursday, May 24th
6:30 - 8:00 pm pm
at Shir Chadash
Sponsored by the 
Richard and Anne Uhry Education Fund 
 
An evening of studying and a delicious dinner prepared by Chef 
Weekly Donations
Caring Committee Fund
Rene Lehmann
Our heartfelt sympathy to you. In loving memory of your beloved
friend and companion, Margot Garon
Marlene & Reuben Friedman

Louis Stern
In honor of your birthday
Marlene & Reuben Friedman

Louis Stern
Happy, Healthy Birthday and many more!
Ken Klein

Jacqueline Ames
Happy, Healthy Birthday and many more!
Ken Klein

Lester Dulitz
Get Well Wishes
Natalie & Charles Cohen

Natalie Seltzer
In memory of your mother-in-law, Sylvia Seltzer
Natalie & Charles Cohen

George & Elaine Haas
In honor of the birth of your grandson Decker
Natalie & Charles Cohen

Louis Stern
In honor of your 86th birthday
Natalie & Charles Cohen

Bobby Garon & Robin Levy
In memory of Margot Garon
Natalie & Charles Cohen

Louis Stern            
In honor of your 86th birthday       
Sue Rae & Ken Bishop       
                 
Esther & Marc Hendler     
Mazel Tov on Sean's marriage to Golda       
Sue Rae & Ken Bishop       
 
Elliott Raisen        
In honor of your 90th birthday       
Sue Rae & Ken Bishop       
 
Rebecca & Isaac Pinhas    
Mazel Tov on the baby naming of your daughter, Ava              
Sue Rae & Ken Bishop       

General Fund
Elliot Raisen
In honor of your 90th birthday
Irene & Sheldon Hersh

Natalie Seltzer
In memory of Sylvia Seltzer
Irene & Sheldon Hersh

Elliott Raisen
In honor of your 90th birthday
Jane Berins & Family

Rochelle Sackett
In memory of your dear cousin
Kitzi Goldman

Louis Stern
We wish you a wonderful, healthy and happy year
Joan & Gerald Berenson

Dr. Louis Stern
In honor of the 86th birthday of my esteemed friend
Rene Lehmann

Drs. Wesley & Norman Galen           
In honor of your wedding anniversary          
Miriam & Bruce Waltzer   
 
Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hersh
Best wishes for a new house           
Miriam & Bruce Waltzer   
 
Irving Goldstein  
Condolences on your loss
Miriam & Bruce Waltzer   
 
Rabbi Silver          
Condolences on the loss of your stepmother, Ruth 
Miriam & Bruce Waltzer   
 
Louis Stern            
Happy Birthday   
Miriam & Bruce Waltzer   
 
Elliott Raisen        
In honor of your 90th birthday       
Sanford Pailet      
 
Louis & Janice Stern           
In honor of your mitzvah 
Sanford Pailet

Gilda Finkelstein Gift of Israel Fund
For Honors Received
Jacqueline & Beryl Ames

Yizkor donation in memory of our grandmother and close relatives
killed in the Shoa and in memory of our cousins Alfred Kayman and
Julian Berenson who have no heirs
Jacqueline & Beryl Ames

Elliot, Lisa, Julie, Gabriel and family
In honor of our cousins who work so hard for Shir, Gabriel doing the best with his smile
Jacqueline & Beryl Ames

Herbert J. Garon Memorial Fund for Ramah Darom & USY Israel Programs
Elliot Raisen
Happy birthday to the forever young nonagenarian. "Bis hundred un tzvanzig"
Sylvia & Israel Finger

Rene Lehmann
In memory of your beloved Margot
Sylvia & Israel Finger

The Garon Family
Condolences on the loss of your wonderful mother, Margot
Sylvia & Israel Finger

Bobby Garon & Robin Levy
In memory of Margot Garon
Marilyn & Alan Levin

Bobby Garon & Robin Levy
In memory of Margot Garon
Carol B. Wise

Bobby Garon & Robin Levy
In memory of Margot Garon
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Sontheimer

Bobby Garon & Robin Levy
In memory of Margot Garon
Jane Berins and Children

Bobby & Robin and the Garon Family
We will miss this very special woman
Shirley & Ralph Seelig

Bobby Garon & Robin Levy
In memory of Margot Garon
Lillian & Sidney Opotowsky

Bobby Garon & Robin Levy
In memory of Margot Garon
Esther & Marc Hendler

Bobby Garon & Robin Levy
In loving memory of my dear, special cousin, Margot Garon
Bea Reynolds

Bobby Garon & Robin Levy
In memory of my Rosh Chodesh sister, Margot
Ms. Marian Denise Moore

Bobby Garon & Robin Levy
In memory of Margot Garon
Stan & Anne Levy

Bobby Garon & Robin Levy
In memory of Margot Garon
Renee Leon Sabel

Rene Lehmann
In memory of Margot Garon
Renee Leon Sabel

Lagniappe Fund
Natalie Seltzer
In memory of your mother-in-law, Sylvia Seltzer
Shirley & Ralph Seelig

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Rabbi Silver
In memory of your step-mother
Jane Berins

Rabbi Silver
In memory of your stepmother, Ruth
Shirley & Ralph Seelig

Rabbi Silver
In memory of your stepmother, Ruth
Carol & Dale Newman

Natalie Seltzer
In memory of your mother-in-law, Sylvia
Carol & Dale Newman

Julie Finger           
So glad your excellence has been recognized and rewarded, Mazel Tov. You will add strength and southern charm to the USCJ Advisory Board on Conversion
Joan & Gerald Berenson   
 
Rabbi Silver          
So glad your excellence has been recognized and rewarded, Mazel Tov. You will add strength and southern charm to the Committee of Jewish Law and Standards                 
Joan & Gerald Berenson   

Yahrzeit Fund
In memory of Dorothy Katz
Jerry & Brenda Katz

In memory of David Handley
Linda Appel

In memory of Seymour Oberman
Edmund & Joyce Golden

In memory of Frieda Kottle
Jacob Kottle