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This week:
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Saturday, March 23—Purim Party!!! We will email you at noon on Saturday as to whether or not the snow storm is too ferocious. If not, the show must go on!
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5:00—Purim get-together with pizza, salad, sweets and games
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6:00—Purim Celebration and Shpiel in the Sanctuary and on Zoom. Click here to join.
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Wednesday, March 27, and Wednesday, April 10, via Zoom, 6:30 to 8:00—Dr. Michael Skerker, U.S. Naval Academy Ethics professor, speaks on the Ethics of a Just War. Click here to join.
Save the date:
- The Israel Working Group presents
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Monday, April 1 at noon—Rabbi Yoav Ende of Kibbutz Hannoton on helping farmers. Only on Zoom. Click here to join.
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Sunday, April 7 at noon—Speakers from the Wahat al- Salaam/Neve Shalom Oasis of Peace, a cooperative village of Jews and Arabs living together in Israel, will speak about the current situation. On Zoom only.Click here to join.
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Wednesday, April 3 at 4:00—Women's Book Group, reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. On Zoom only. Please email Phyllis Forbes for the link.
- Monday, April 22 at 6:00—Passover Congregational Seder
- Led by Rabbi Ilene Haigh &
Rabbinic Intern Ezra Leventhal live in the Sanctuary and on Zoom. Click here to join.
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Thursday, April 25 at 10:00—Torah Studies resume with Rabbi Haigh on Zoom only. Click here to join.
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Saturday, July 20—Summer Fundraiser at VINS Open Air Pavilion.
To see more of Shir Shalom's calendar, click here.
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Saturday, March 23, starting @ 5
We will email Saturday at noon to say whether or not
the snow storm has forced us to cancel
Purim is a joyous holiday that recounts the saving of the Jews from a threatened massacre during the Persian period (539-330 BCE). The story of Purim is recounted in the Book of Esther, whose eponymous heroine plays the leading role in saving her people. The holiday is traditionally celebrated with wild abandonment, giving gifts to friends and to the poor and recounting the story of Esther.
Join us on March 23, 2024 at 5:00 for pizza, salad and games for the children. Help us make mishloach manot (Purim gift baskets) for our friends and neighbors and, of course, enjoy eating hamantaschen. At 6:00, we will hear the reading of the Magilah, and be entertained with this year’s shpiel about "The Little Jewish Mermaid," written by our own Margie Elsberg and directed by Tom Beck.
Please bring what you can to help us celebrate Purim, such as hamantaschen, little gifts (sweets) to fill our mishloach manot, desserts to share, and cereal boxes to donate to the local food shelf.
Coming to the shpiel in the Sanctuary or on Zoom? BYO groggers to rattle as you boo Hamen’s name! Click here to join on Zoom!
If you have questions, feel free to click here to email Roni Skerker.
—Roni Skerker
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Live Services on Friday, April 5 | | |
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at 7:00
with Rabbi Ilene Haigh
in the Sanctuary
and on Zoom
including a blessing for
the marriage of Ali Dagger
to Kory Riemensperger
Click here to join on Zoom.
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Adult Education:
Dr. Michael Skerker
on the "Ethics of a Just War"
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The Adult Education Committee presents
Dr. Michael Skerker, Ethics Professor,
and son of our own Roni and Art Skerker,
on the "Ethics of a Just War."
Ukraine and Gaza may seem like moral vacuums, places where it is now impossible to talk about right and wrong. Yet there is an ancient tradition of moral reflection about the justice of war that provides tools to think carefully about the justice of going to war and the methods for fighting justly within a war.
During two lectures, Dr. Michael Skerker, U.S. Naval Academy Ethics professor, will discuss the framework for assessing the justice of going to war and “just war fighting,” using the Ukraine war and the Israel-Gaza war as reference points.
Please join us on Zoom on
Wednesday, March 27, and Wednesday, April 10
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Click here to join on Zoom
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Searching for a New Education Director | |
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While Lois Fein is currently running our Hebrew School, she is not taking over the role of being its head. So we have started a search for a Director of Education, who has full responsi-bility for the successful organization, development and operation of the education program for enrolled children and their parents.
The Director supervises three to four teachers, creates and implements the curriculum, and promotes parent involvement. This is a part-time position of 20 hours per week. If you know of someone who might be interested in applying or who wants to know more about the position, please have that person contact either Roni Skerker at veronicaskerker@gmail.com or me at president@shirshalomvt.org. Thanks.
—Michael Brown
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Torah Studies
with Rabbi Ilene Haigh
starting
Thursday, April 25
10:00
on Zoom only
Click here to join
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The Israel Working Group presents | |
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Rabbi Yoav Ende of Kibbutz Hannaton
on helping farmers
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On April 1 at noon, we will meet on Zoom with Rabbi Yoav Ende. He is the spiritual leader of Kibbutz Hannaton in Northern Israel, which received donations a few months ago from Shir Shalom's Israel Fund. He is also founder and CEO of the kibbutz's renowned pluralistic Educational Center.
Since the beginning of the War, the kibbutz has provided shelter, food and medical assistance to the residents of kibbutzim attacked by the terrorists on October 7.
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In our Zoom meeting, Rabbi Ende will describe what the kibbutz residents and graduates of its Educational Center have done to assist local farmers in maintaining crops.
Click here to join
Meeting ID: 864 0597 3068
Passcode: WqVDw6
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Book Group
April 3 at 4:00 on Zoom
Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver
Winner of the 2023
Pulitzer Prize for Literature
A modern-day David Copperfield set in southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenage mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival.
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The Israel Working Group presents | |
Speakers from a village
of Israelis & Palestinians
on today's realities
On Sunday, April 7 at noon,
Dr. Ariela Bairey Ben Ishay and Samah Salaime of Neve Shalom/ Wahat-al Salaam (“Oasis of Peace” in Hebrew and Arabic), a cooperative village of Jews and Arabs living together in Israel, will speak on Zoom about the current situation and their perspective on the potential for peace in Israel. Wahat al-Salam/Neve Shalom is a village of Palestinians and Jewish citizens of Israel dedicated to building justice, peace and equality in both the country and the region. The village was established in 1970 and is situated equidistant from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Jaffa. As a community, it is a model of equality, mutual respect and partnership that challenges existing patterns of racism and discrimination as well as the continued conflict.
Click here to join
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Save the Date
Here Comes the Sun!
Shir Shalom’s
Summer Fundraiser
Saturday, July 20 at VINS, at 5:00 pm
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Come join your friends
for a festive dinner, live auction, and lots of fun!
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Thank you very much for your generosity. Your donation makes it possible for us to continue to bring Judaism to the Upper Valley.
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As we have no dues or fees, gifts like yours are essential. You may give by credit card, PayPal, or check mailed to:
WAJC
PO Box 526
Woodstock, VT 05091
Thank you again.
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Zoom Information
Sanctuary Room - this will be used for larger group events
such as the 1st and 3rd Friday Night Shabbat Services, B'nei Mitzvahs,
and other live events
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2199028045
Meeting ID: 219 902 8045
Passcode: Dg8WLC
Meeting - this will be used for Rabbi's teaching, including Torah Study, Hebrew I and II, Adult Education, Wednesday and Saturday Minyans, Social Groups, etc.
https://zoom.us/j/7259482096
Meeting ID: 725 948 2096
Password: 856328
Check the calendar at www.shirshalomvt.org for Zoom numbers to use for each event or meeting.
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Woodstock Area Jewish Community, Congregation Shir Shalom
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