SHABBAT HEALING SERVICE
Saturday, August 6, 10:30 am at the MNjcc

Join CSL members Penny Winestock, Lorne Gould, and Lorne Blumer for a very special Shabbat healing service, including a little meditation, more than a little music, and featuring summertime ease, celebratory song, and connection with community. Saturday, August 6, 10:30 am at the MNjcc. 

This is an in-person only event. Please remember to wear a mask.

Each individual who wishes to attend in person must register by Wednesday, August 3. 

If you know of anyone who wants to attend our services, please ask them to email Lillian at shirlibeynuadmin@gmail.com.
Membership and High Holy Day tickets 

Among the many things the Board engaged in this year was a review of our membership and giving model. Watch for our new giving model, membership registration and information about High Holy Day services coming soon!
High Holy Days - Torah and Shofar people needed

If you would like to chant or read Torah, or blow the Shofar during our High Holy Day services, please contact Cantor Wunch.
A special conversation with Jinks Hoffman & Rabbi Emeritus Aviva Goldberg

The High Holy Days are a time of contemplation, reflection and renewal. This special event which will be held in conjunction with our preparation for the High Holy Days brings together Rabbi Goldberg in conversation with Jinks Hoffman to discuss Jinks’ new book The Light of God’s Shadow; Musings, Stories and Poems on Waking Up. 

Jinks will share her own journey of light and darkness and together with Rabbi Goldberg, the conversation will explore what it means to be human. As Jinks writes in her masterful book: “In entering the dark, we receive and embrace the light of God’s darkness - we find harsh loneliness…the cold abyss of grief…we also find the unspeakable beauty, the blaze of love and community”.

“Jinks has written an exquisite, inspired book of spiritual teaching in prose and poetry. Her wisdom is deep, loving and penetrating; both challenging and enticing."

Watch for more information about the time and location of this special event. If you wish to purchase the book in advance, please contact Jinks Hoffman at jinksh4@gmail.com.
A message from our member Jaclyn Piudik about her new book:

Seduction: Out of Eden Release July 2022

Janet R. Kirchheimer and I are honored to announce the publication of our co-authored poetry book, Seduction: Out of Eden from Kelsay Books. The book is a modern reimagining of the Biblical book of Genesis from creation through the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. 

The book has received endorsements from Mary Stewart Hammond, Yerra Sugarman, and Gili Haimovich. Some of the poems have been published in journals, such as Across the Margins and Bearings Online. 

We are planning an online launch in September, but in the interim, you can order copies: 


An e-book will be available shortly as well.
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