Shir Chadash Newsletter
April 22 - April 28, 2021
10 Iyar - 16 Iyar, 5781
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PRAYERS FOR RECEIVING THE COVID VACCINE
Some of us in the community have begun to receive the vaccine. If you wish to mark this holy moment in your life, rabbis all over the country and the world have been creating prayers for you to do so.
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Miss Debbie and all the shoes and baby clothes donated by Gan Nitzan to NOLA Grannies! |
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On Wednesday we fixed our mezuzah on the new security door at the shul. May it be for a blessing! |
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Shir Chadash Calendar
All links have migrated to our webpage. Click here to get there!
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Friday, April 23rd
9:30 am, Yoga for the Jewish Spirit with Rabbi Silver
6 pm, Kabbalat Shabbat
Saturday, April 24th
10 am, Shabbat Morning Services
8:30 pm, Community Havdalah
Sunday, April 25th
9 am - 11:45 am, SHUL SCHOOL
**individual class times can be found on our website
9:15 am, Shacharit Minyan with Men's Club
10:15 am, Coffee with Ken
10:30 am, Guest Speaker: Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
5 pm, Teen Learning
Tuesday, April 27th
10 am, Good Lookin' Cookin' with Sisterhood
7 pm, The Deep Dive - A Book of Life
Wednesday, April 28th
10 am, Sisterhood class: Psalms
Thursday, April 29th
8 am, Shacharit Minyan
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Friday, April 30th - Lag BaOmer
9:30 am, Yoga for the Jewish Spirit with Rabbi Silver
6 pm, Kabbalat Shabbat with S'mores!
Saturday, May 1st
10 am, Shabbat Morning Services
10:30 am, Junior Congregation + Mini Minyan
8:30 pm, Community Havdalah
Sunday, May 2nd
9 am - 11:45 am, SHUL SCHOOL
**individual class times can be found on our website
9:15 am, Shacharit Minyan with Men's Club
7 pm, Jewish Women's Theatre Presents: Family Matters
Tuesday, May 4th
10 am, Good Lookin' Cookin' with Sisterhood
7 pm, The Deep Dive - A Book of Life
Wednesday, May 5th
10 am, Sisterhood class: Psalms
Thursday, May 6th
8 am, Shacharit Minyan
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Join us at 9:15 am for our virtual Sunday minyan followed by a check-in and a L'Hayyim!
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Thursday Shacharit Minyan - Please join! |
Join us at 8 am for our virtual weekday minyan which includes the opportunity to say Kaddish.
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Click here for the Shul School Newsletter
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Click here for Family Newsletter
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Tuesdays at 10 AM
Each Zoom session will be approximately an hour long.
Ingredient lists will be e-mailed several days in advance so you will be able to purchase ingredients and prepare the dishes in real time. Voila! Tuesday's tasty dinner will be prepared and ready to be eaten!
If you would like to volunteer to be a Chef du Jour, receive ingredient lists in advance, or want more information, please contact Charisse Sands, annsandsc@aol.com (Good Lookin' Cookin' in subject line), 504-231-6464.
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Wednesdays at 10 AM
Come study Psalms with Rabbi Silver!
Come study Psalms with Rabbi Silver! This week we will be studying Psalm 71.
Please make sure you have a Tanakh/Bible.
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For details about membership, dues payments, or contributing, please click HERE.
For questions or for more info about Sisterhood, contact Charisse Sands
504-231-6464
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Shir Chadash Events & Announcements |
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Coffee with Ken
Sunday, April 25th, 10:15 AM
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What's on your mind when you think about Shir Chadash? As we plan a vibrant future together, it's vital to me to hear your thoughts, your concerns and your aspirations for our community. We only grow stronger by addressing each other's needs.
So please join me in a zoom room and let's talk.
I'll be there with a listening ear...and please bring a cup of coffee.
I look forward to seeing you.
Ken Klein
President
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Special Guest, Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, speaking on
"Overlapping Worlds"
Sunday, April 25th at 10:30 AM
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Join special guest, Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, as she shares the main findings of her recent book, Challenge & Conformity: The Religious Lives of Orthodox Jewish Women. Dr. Taylor-Guthartz's groundbreaking study reveals creative and sophisticated groups that focus on different areas of religious expression. They clash with, or work around, the male-dominated establishment to develop new ways of getting their voices heard.
Dr. Taylor-Guthartz received her doctorate from University College London. She has been an affiliated or associated lecturer at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Middlesex, and at Vassar College, New York. She is currently studying for rabbinic ordination at Yeshivat Maharat, New York.
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GiveNOLA Day is an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation , is a one day online giving event on Tuesday, May 4th. For 24 hours, everyone who loves our region can support their favorite local causes by donating to one or more of 700+ participating nonprofit organizations.
Learn more about GiveNOLA Day HERE.
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CLASSES WITH RABBI SILVER |
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Yoga for the Jewish Spirit
Fridays at 9:30 AM
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Yoga and Judaism are different traditions but they share some profound truths about the human spirit. Join Rabbi Silver for a weekly one-hour yoga practice to get us physically and spiritually ready for Shabbat. You will need only a yoga mat and your curiosity. (Please note that while this class is suitable for beginners you should check with a medical practitioner that it will be safe for you.) |
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The Deep Dive - A Book of Life
Tuesdays at 7 PM
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One of the worst effects of the pandemic has been its impact on communal gathering. How are we supposed to maintain a nourishing, meaningful Jewish life when we can’t be together? This weekly class will use Michael Strassfeld’s A Book of Life to help illuminate and re-ground our personal spirituality, enriching both our own practices and our connections to each other.
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Sisterhood Class: Psalms
Wednesdays at 10 AM
The 150 poems in the book of Psalms address every aspect of the human condition. Join Rabbi Silver to explore a psalm a week. We’ll consider not only the poem itself but how it speaks to us and how we might integrate its wisdom into our lives. Please do bring along a Tanakh/Bible of your own.
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Member Questionnaire Returns
All members should have recently received a questionnaire form to fill out to help keep our office's database complete and up-to-date. This information helps our office run more smoothly, so please return it to the synagogue at your earliest convenience. Don't hesitate to contact the front office if you have any questions.
Our Office Hours are 9 am - 2 pm, Tuesday - Friday.
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Community Events and Announcements |
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Black [but / AND / or] Jewish: A Conversation on Intersections within and across Communities
TONIGHT, April 22, 2021
5:30 PM to 6:45 PM
Dr. Mia L. Bagneris, Associate Professor of African Diaspora Art & Studies of Race in Western Art and Director of the Africana Studies Program, will moderate a discussion on starting and changing the conversation about intersectional Jewish identities, what it means to be Black AND Jewish, and how Black Jews can be supported in bring their full selves to all the tables at which they sit. Representing perspectives from across the Jewish denominational spectrum, panelists include Rabbi Shais Rishon (MaNishtana), Rabbi Isaama Goldstein-Stoll, and rabbinical school student Kendell Pinkney.
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What should Zionism look like in an era of a confident and strong Jewish state? Can the various flavors of Judaism’s enduring focus on the Land of Israel translate into a new Zionist ethos? Join JTS, the RA, the Schechter Institutes and Ziegler for a collaborative ScholarStream series, in which teachers representing each institution will explore these and other questions—re-examining some of Zionism’s key ideas, moments, and challenges, from its earliest origins and into the 21st century.
All classes will take place on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 PM CT
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April 28: Everywhere I Go! Affirming our Rootedness in Zion and the Earth (Ziegler) with Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson, Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean's Chair, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies
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May 5: Religion and State in Israel: A Zionist Dilemma (Schechter) with Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin, President, Schechter Institutes, Inc.
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May 12: Peoplehood, Pluralism, and the Meanings of Zionism for Diaspora Jews Today (RA) with Rabbi Lauren Berkun, Vice President, Rabbinic Initiatives, Shalom Hartman Institute of North America
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Individual registration is $25. You will receive the Zoom link to join the session in the confirmation email upon completion of this registration. |
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Rabbi
Executive Director
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Education Director
Sarah Lustig
Office Assistant
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