Thursday, August 4, 2022
In this Issue:
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Happenings:
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Shabbat Worship with Art Skerker: 8/5 ~ 7 pm
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Women's Book Club: 8/8 ~ 4 pm (please scroll down for Zoom info, as it is different from normal meetings)
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Hebrew School Shabbat Potluck: 8/12 ~ 5:30 pm at Winter house, 21 Partridge Rd, Etna RSVP to Leah, requested.
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B'nai Mitzvah Zoom Prayers with Art: 8/17 ~ 7 pm
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Shul at Silver Lake: 8/19 and 8/20 - RSVP Today
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Family Shabbat: Saturday, 8/20 ~ 10:00 am at Silver Lake
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Shir Shalom Annual Meeting & BBQ: 8/21 ~ 4 pm
Important Dates:
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Community-wide Shabbat Dinners: 8/26 ~ 6 pm
Many new events coming up: Check the website calendar!
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Shabbat Worship
Lay Led with
Art Skerker
August 5 ~ 7:00 pm
In person and via Zoom
Click here to join via Zoom:
or by phone: 415-762-9988
Meeting ID: 725 948 2096
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Silver Lake
Shabbat Weekend on August 19-20
Join us for Shabbat at the Lake at beautiful Silver Lake in Barnard, VT. Come Friday evening for a potluck Shabbat dinner & services, stay for the night (RSVP needed for camping - contact Leah: leah.gawel@shirshalomvt.org), come back for Family Shabbat services, stay and play by the lake, bid farewell to Shabbat during Havdalah.
Friday potluck dinner: 5:30 p.m.
Friday evening Shabbat service: 6:30 p.m.
Saturday morning Family Shabbat service: 10:00 a.m.
Saturday Havdalah service: 4:30 p.m.
We are in need of volunteers to help bring the following items to Silver Lake. Please contact Leah if you can help:
- Potluck dish that serves 10 (main dishes especially appreciated).
- S'mores supplies
- From Shir Shalom (will need to be returned Friday evening): Torah & Ark
- Table cloths & paper products
- Large water jugs
- challah
- Grape Juice & Wine
We'd love to have your help planning our Shabbat at the Lake Weekend.
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Help For Ukraine
Urgent New Request
Shir Shalom VT is working on a program to welcome a Ukrainian family to the Upper Valley
Please stay tuned for opportunities to help
Contact Andrea Felix or Mickey Elsberg
office@shirshalomvt.org
if you can help ...
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Women's Book Club
August 8 ~ 4 pm via Zoom
(Please note the different Zoom number for this month only. See below)
The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand
The perfect read for your summer beach vacation!
Adrienne Dealey has spent the past six years working for hotels in exotic resort towns. This summer she has decided to make Nantucket home. Left flat broke by her ex-boyfriend, she is desperate to earn some fast money. When the desirable Thatcher Smith, owner of Nantucket's hottest restaurant, is the only one to offer her a job, she wonders if she can get by with no restaurant experience. Thatcher gives Adrienne a crash course in the business...and they share an instant attraction. But there is a mystery about their situation: what is it about Fiona, the Blue Bistro's chef, that captures Thatcher's attention again and again? And why does such a successful restaurant seem to be in its final season before closing its doors for good? Despite her uncertainty, Adrienne must decide whether to open her heart for the first time, or move on, as she always does.
August book: The Blue Bistro by Elin Hildebrand
August 8 ~ 4 pm
Zoom number for August meeting:
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 926 4984 4660
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Shir Shalom Annual Meeting & BBQ
August 21 ~ 4 pm
Live at Shir Shalom and via Zoom
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Hebrew School
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Summer Family Shabbat Potluck: 8/12 ~ 5:30 pm at Winter's, 21 Partridge Rd, Etna RSVP to Leah, requested.
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B'nai Mitzvah Zoom Prayers with Art: 8/17 ~ 7 pm
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Tot Shabbat: 9/3 ~ 9:30 am Shabbat, then stay to celebrate Chiara & Leo being called to Torah.
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Chiara & Leo Winawer-Stein B'nai Mitzvah: 9/3 ~ 10:30 am services.
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First Day of Hebrew School: September 11 ~ 10 am
Now is the time to register for 2022-2023 Hebrew School. Click here to register.
We need a Hebrew School parent representative to join our Security & Energy Committee. For more information, contact Dan Gottlieb: dan.gottlieb@shirshalomvt.org or 802-281-0778
Calling all Teens: If you would like to be a madrich(a) this school year, we would love to have you! You do NOT need to be available every Sunday, you just need to LOVE children, Judaism, and have a lot of energy! For more information, contact Leah: leah.gawel@shirshalomvt.org
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Save the Date
August 26, 2022
6 pm
Community-wide Shabbat Dinners
Join us as we gather at Members' houses to usher in the Sabbath with blessings, wine, and challah, while we share a potluck dinner.
We are planning to have four or five homes celebrating Shabbat on this evening. If you would like to host or attend, please call or text Peggy Kasden at 802-299-5722 or Susan Brown 617-435-0661. You may also email Peggy or Susan. |
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Torah and Hebrew Classes
will restart this month. Watch for the announcement!
Welcome to Torah study and Hebrew Class at Shir Shalom. All are welcome.
If you are not sure which class is the best fit, come to the Hebrew II class and we can explore together. If you have no Hebrew, then the aleph bet of Hebrew I is for you.
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Virtual Minyan
Join friends in Prayer
Wednesdays at 8:30 am
Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods. The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement, seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Please join us every Wednesday
On Zoom
30 Minutes, no drama, space for the soul
(Zoom and phone instructions above)
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Calling all knitters!
If you have a desire to gather as a group for knitting or knit on your own at home to welcome a new baby with a hat or make Healing Shawls for those who are ill, please let Sue Brown know. Sue’s email is: susanbrown331@gmail.com. She can be reached at 617-435-0661 for thoughts and questions. “I look forward to hearing from you!”
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Please note:
All Shir Shalom Events
will use one Zoom account.
For all: Shabbats, Film Series, Special meetings, please join using this information:
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Zoom and Phone Instructions:
Join by Computer
Meeting ID: 725-948-2096
Password: 856328
or by phone:
Dial: 415-762-9988
Password: 856328
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National and State COVID resources
CDC COVID-19:
Vermont Department of Health:
NH COVID-19:
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Vermont Expands Utility-Assistance Program
The WARF: COVID-19 fund is joining with Barnard Helping Hands and King’s Daughters to offer grants of up to $1000 for those seeking help with their home heating bills. If you need help paying your oil, propane, or electric bill, or you need help paying for wood or pellets, you may be eligible. Grant money will be paid directly to your fuel supplier and can be used towards a past bill or to prepay a future bill.
We’re going to need to pull together to get through this winter. Don’t forget that even if you’ve never needed help before, you can reach out to WARF for financial assistance with basic household needs at www.woodstockarearelieffund.org
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The Thompson Aging at Home program can help facilitate Homesharing!
Homesharing is a simple idea where two or more people share a home for mutual benefit. A person offers a private bedroom and shared common space in exchange for rent, help around the home or a combination of the two. After conducting background and reference checks, we will work to find the most compatible match possible based on your interests, needs, and lifestyle. There are no age or income restrictions to be eligible for the program. Please contact Shari at The Thompson Center for more info or an application: 802-457-3277, sborz@thompsonseniorcenter.org Information can also be found at https://www.thompsonseniorcenter.org/homeshare/
Shari Borzekowski
Aging at Home Resource Coordinator
The Thompson Center, Your Resource to Age Well
802-457-3277 x4
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Resources for Racial Justice
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Every hour, every day.
866-348-9473
working to end gender-based violence through survivor-centered advocacy,
prevention, education and mobilization for social change
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For LGBTQ equality in Jewish Life
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Contact Information:
(802) 457-4840
Rabbi Ilene Haigh
Office Administrator
Hannah Forbes
Sari White
Office Manager:
Phyllis Forbes, President
Leah Gawel, Hebrew School Director
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Woodstock Area Jewish Community, Congregation Shir Shalom
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