Shir Chadash Newsletter
August 5 - 12, 2020
16 Av - 22 Av, 5780
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This Week's Shir Chadash To-Do List |
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- August 7: Fancy Friday - Red Dress Run!
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August 12: Book Review with author Roberta Kwall on Remix Judaism: Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World - Register HERE
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Friendly Reminder: If you would like the names of your loved ones' to by published in this year's Yizkor Book, please submit the names and payment to the office ([email protected]) before Monday, August 17. Click HERE for a new form to fill out.
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Be honest - have you been wearing the same pair of sweatpants for a while? Are you losing track of time because you're not dressing up for Shabbat? Shir Chadash has the answer...
FANCY FRIDAYS!
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This week: Red Dress Run! |
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Spread the Smiles
We know that these last few months have been unlike any other and that we have all had to adjust to our new way of life in quarantine. We hope that along with all the change we have experienced, there have been moments of laughter and lots of smiles - and we would love to hear about them! Please share a fun moment or experience you have had while staying at home - whether it's a piece of writing, or maybe a photo - we would love to share a smile with the rest of the community.
If you would like to contribute,
Here's an entry from TODAY:
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Our own Mark Schleifstein, along with the rest of his team at "The Times-Picayune and The Advocate have been honored with a prestigious award from the Society of Environmental Journalists for the newspaper’s series 'Polluter’s Paradise,' published last year with the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica."
Mazel tov to Mark and the whole team of writers on being awarded SEJ’s Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting for a large newsroom!
Read more about their success HERE.
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Join us at 9:15am for our Sunday minyan followed by a check-in and a virtual L'Hayyim!
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We welcome Meryl Zimmerman as our new Interim Education Director! She looks forward to making this upcoming year one chock-full of learning and fun for your children. She recognizes the unique challenges that we are facing during this peculiar time, and is committed to working hard, thinking creatively, and utilizing all the resources at her disposal to meet these challenges and provide an exceptional year of Jewish education and holiday experiences for your kids. |
PJ Library is offering a collection of ways to keep your family busy over the summer. Check out their July and August newsletters below for crafts, recipes, and more fun activities!
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Our regularly scheduled Sisterhood Tanakh class will take a short hiatus during the month of August. But don't worry, we'll be back to exploring some of the classic psalms with Rabbi Silver in September!
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We have numerous upcoming events over Zoom that Hadassah is co-sponsoring with Shir Chadash Sisterhood! This series is aptly titled “Read and Lead”. We are reading stories with “Jewish” content followed by a discussion. Contact Charisse Sands if you are interested in leading or participating in a session. Everyone is invited to these events. Advanced registration is required!
Wednesday, August 12th at 7:30 pm
Book Review with author Roberta Kwall on
Remix Judaism:
Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World
Tuesday, August 18th at 7:30 pm
Talk by Dr. Evan Dvorin
"Taking Charge of Your Health"
Tuesday, September 1st at 7 pm
Panel Discussion on "Me Too Affects You Too"
Wednesday, September 23rd at noon
Book Review with author Rina Neiman on
Born Under Fire
Click here for more information on these upcoming events.
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Wanted: Volunteers to write notes and/or draw pictures for children/teens. No artistic skills needed. It's the thought that counts! Samples provided for those who need them.
For questions or for more info about Sisterhood, contact Charisse Sands at
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Looking Ahead
(Click on the bold writing to join the ZOOM meeting)
SOME OF THE LINKS HAVE CHANGED.
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Friday, August 7th
Saturday, August 8th
Sunday, August 9th
Wednesday, August 12th
Thursday, August 13th
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Friday, August 14th
Saturday, August 15th
Tuesday, August 18th
Sunday, August 16th
Thursday, August 20th
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Buy Your Own Siddur Lev Shalem
Thanks to the generosity of our donor, we are able to offer the Siddur Lev Shalem for purchase at a price of $40.00 (a discount of $9.00 from the list price).
Additionally, anyone who wants to can borrow an 'old' Siddur Sim Shalom.
Please email the office if you would like to arrange a purchase or pick up – [email protected]
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Dear Shir Chadash community,
For this week, and simply, a prayer the poet Devon Spier wrote for Beirut:
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when worlds end
let us sit together
as the prophet Zecharia
once envisioned
over a meal
in a shelter
at the end
of the whole world
and in distanced
time
may we find
the doors of our shut hearts
suddenly
and mysteriously fling
open
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receiving the stranger in us
and beyond us
without suspicion
without polarization
without premature end
and may we give up
the remoteness of our griefs
to unfold the words of a new scroll-
may we always
find ourselves
back
in the beginning
somehow
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I wish us a hopeful, gentle Shabbat.
Rabbi Silver
PS - I always provide a few new links for Shabbat, so please scroll down…
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Virtual services and
pre/post Shabbat materials
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We hope that playing these in the background has been getting you in the mood for Shabbat!
Here is our Shabbat playlist and for our younger members, here is the Shir Chadash Youtube page, where you can spend some time with Miss Meryl and the Shabbat dinosaur!
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Enjoy a sweet Shabbat video from the Israeli Sesame Street, Shalom Sesame: |
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Please join us for Kabbalat Shabbat at this link on Friday night at 6:15 pm.
PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE.
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Shabbat morning liturgy at home |
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I hope that by now we are in the habit of making a computer-free time on Shabbat to pray, to reflect and to study.
You can find an online Siddur here - please download before Shabbat.
At the end of this article is Rabbi Wayne Dosick’s prayer to say in place of Kaddish.
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Torah: Deuteronomy 7:12 - 9:3
Maftir: Deuteronomy 9:1-3
Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14 - 51:3
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Torah study
The Torah reading for this week is in the red panel above. If you do not have a Humash at home you can find it on the link below. We are reading Triennial Year 1, but you might like to read the full portion (“Full Kriyah”).
This week’s Torah reading contains the second paragraph of the Shema. Here’s an article by Rabbi David-Seth Kirschner about it.
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Brochure
Our Shabbat brochure with the Verse To Live By, yahrzeits, and simchas for this week is attached. You might wish to take special notice of those who are sick and take a moment to direct your thoughts towards them.
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Prayer for Medical Workers
Please continue to say this prayer for all those who work to keep us healthy and safe.
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Holy One
We ask your blessing for our doctors
for our nurses
for all our hospital workers
who stand between the living and the dying
as Aaron once stood.
Help them to know they are not alone
as they undertake the overwhelming holy work
of deploying and organizing,
of caring and healing and comforting.
Bring them strength
and fortitude
and grace.
May the work of their hands be blessed.
And we say,
Amen.
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The Blood Center needs your help to address New Orleans’ critically low blood supply at the start of hurricane season. Blood already on the shelves saves lives, and maintaining a sufficient blood supply is essential to ensure patients in need receive optimal treatment. Successful whole blood donations will be tested for COVID-19 antibodies.
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Community Events and Announcements |
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HOUDINI: THE ELUSIVE AMERICAN
Wednesday, August 12th, 11 AM CDT
Break away from your everyday with the world’s greatest escape artist. In his biography, notable author Adam Begley explores the life of Houdini. Begley speaks with Rabbi Charles Savenor of Park Avenue Synagogue about the Master Mystifier’s rise to fame and his most famous death-defying feats to uncover why such a talented performed risked his life again and again.
Led by subject experts, each discussion in the series will be held on Zoom. Registration is required (see below) in order to receive viewing links. If you are unable to attend live, all events will also be recorded, and the recordings will be posted at jewishlives.org/video within 2 weeks after each program.
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Join JFS for a 6-week online therapeutic group. They'll discuss anxiety, depression, isolation, and more, especially as they relate to current events. Led by their master-level interns, their online therapy groups allow clients to find healing and share their experiences from the safety of their homes.
Click HERE for more information.
If you would like to learn more about JFS and the support they can provide, click HERE.
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in partnership with
presents
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JTS, Ziegler, and the Conservative Yeshiva bring you virtual learning opportunities designed to bridge our Jewish experiences with our pressing challenges in the modern day, and providing intimate spaces for Torah Lishma, the study of Torah just for the sake of learning.
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Have you ever used ZOOM? We are holding meetings and classes using this online program. Please look at this tutorial so you can join us! We hope to see you soon!
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Thank you to all our generous donors. We are deeply grateful for your support. |
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General Fund
To: Will Samuels
In appreciation of Will Samuels for all he does for Shir Chadash
From: Bruce & Miriam Waltzer
To: Nathan & Leslie Fischman
In memory of your beloved mother
From: Bruce & Miriam Waltzer
In memory of Jeannine Burk
From: Joel & Paula Picker
Gilda Finkelstein Gift of Israel Fund
In memory of Nettie Heim
From: Kenneth & Barbara Pailet
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
In memory of Dan Lurie
From: Jerald & Joan Album
To: Deborah Silver
In honor of Rabbi Silver. Thank you!
From: Gerald & Susan Levin
In memory of Moshe Ben Josef and Morris Wolf Juran
From: Leo & Mona Juran
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Yahrzeit Fund
In memory of Jeannine Burk
From: B. David & Pearl Meltzer
In memory of Jeannine Burk
From: Ronnie & Cynthia Boyd
In memory of Hannah Shackel
From: Israel & Sylvia Finger
In memory of Morris Mishlove
From: Sol & Lois Heiman
In memory of Jacob Joseph
From: Marc Goldman
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Chaverweb Online Member Access |
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Watch the video above that another congregation put together with some basics about how to use ChaverWeb. (Please note - some of the functionality in this video is specific to the Beth Chaim Congregation and not yet available to Shir Chadash at this time.) |
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Did you get your welcome email?
If not, please contact the synagogue office.
Subject line: Welcome to Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation's Online Member Access!
With this online portal, you can manage your personal synagogue business online:
- Manage your account online
- Set a secure private password
- Update your info (name, address, photo, link yourself to family members and Yahrzeits)
- Check your account balance
- Make payments and donations
- RSVP for upcoming events (coming soon)
- and so much more!
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Rabbi
Executive Director
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Education Director
Sarah Lustig
Office Assistant
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