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CRC Weekly E-News 1/19
CRC events are all virtual or stream only until the end of January due to the surge of COVID-19 in our area.
In This Week's E-News:

  • Details for our streamed-only Shabbat services
  • Details for Keeping Religious Communities Safe, In Our Midst, and Triple Chai events!
  • Details about Religious School classes on Zoom!
  • Details for weekly Adult Education classes, Tikkun Olam Chavurot, and Support Groups.
TOMORROW: Keeping Religious
Communities Safe
Keeping Religious Communities Safe
Thursday, January 20, 7-8:30PM
On Zoom

Come hear how to mobilize against hate to protect our religiously diverse friends and neighbors. This program will include stories from area religious leaders whose communities have confronted hateful acts, including our own Rabbi Susan Talve. Law enforcement and security experts will speak about how to respond to and report threats of hate-based violence and share how to lawfully respond to protect houses of worship.

Presented by Interfaith Partnership of Greater St. Louis and Central Reform Congregation.
Shabbat Services are Stream Only This Weekend
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Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Friday, January 21st at 7:00 pm
Stream Only

Join us on Facebook, Youtube or Zoom! Click the link below to view service details, streaming options and Zoom links.
Shabbat Morning Family Service
Saturday, January 22nd, 9:30 AM
Zoom Only

Rainbow PreK - 2nd grade families received Zoom links for Family Services (from 9:30 am – 10:00 am). We look forward to seeing you on Zoom this Shabbat, January 22nd.

See more info in the Children and Youth section below.
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Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, January 22nd 10:00 AM
Streamed Only

Join us on Facebook, Youtube or Zoom! Click the link below to view service details, streaming options and Zoom links. Robert Fishbone will be chanting Torah!
Havdalah
Saturday, January 22nd, 7:00pm
Streamed Only

Join Rabbis Susan and Jim for a musical Havdalah to close Shabbat. On Facebook and Youtube.
Special Events
Meet and Greet John Stamm
Wednesday, January 26th
6-7pm on Zoom

Come meet our interim executive director John Stamm at this Zoom meet and greet!

John has a rich background in administration and development, including serving as Chief of Staff for Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, Donor Relations Director for The Salvation Army Midland (St. Louis), and Director of Global Philanthropy for Junior Chamber International (Chesterfield). John will lead our operations as we re-launch our search to fill the Executive Director role long-term.
In Our Midst. Dick Weiss and Sally Altman are walking the talk on racial equity. A photo of Sally and Dick. Thursday January 27th at 7 30 pm on Zoom.
In Our Midst with Dick Weiss and Sally Altman
Thursday, January 27th at 7:30pm on Zoom
Come hear Dick Weiss and Sally Altman talk about the creation of Before Ferguson, Beyond Ferguson, a non-profit racial equity storytelling project. Working with a diverse team of two dozen journalists, BFBF has produced dozens of eye- and heart-opening stories. Weiss and Altman will challenge you to think about one thing you too can do to address racial equity issues.
Save the Date:
Triple Chai: Voting Rights with Denise Lieberman
Sunday, February 6th at 10:30am on Zoom
Come hear Denise Lieberman, staff attorney and Missouri Voter Protection Advocate for Advancement Project, lead us in a discussion of recent laws aimed at voter suppression and what is being done to counter these efforts. Click below for details and link to Zoom.
Children and Youth
 CRC Religious School classes will continue on-line into February. Our intention is to resume in-person on Wednesday, February 9th and Saturday, February 12th, 2022.

Family Service is on Zoom. See info at top of this email. Contact Essie Mitchell for the Zoom link.

PreK - 2nd grade families received Zoom links for Family Services (from 9:30 am – 10:00 am). We look forward to seeing you on Zoom this Shabbat, January 22nd.

Wednesday Religious School for 3rd-6th graders will be meeting on-line from 4:00-5:30 PM. We look forward to seeing everyone on Zoom today!

Thank you for helping our community stay safe and engaged. Don't forget to send a copy of your students’ vaccination cards to education@centralreform.org; click the link below.
Weekly Adult Education
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*NEW CLASS*
Spiritual Practices Workshop
Beginning February 3rd
Join Rabbi Daniel every Thursday at 12pm for a new lunchtime class beginning February 3rd, Spiritual Practices Workshop. We will explore categories of Jewish practice, identifying their history, purpose, values, and what a personal practice can look like in your life in a modern world. Click to for more details and link to join.
*NEW CLASS*
Queer Torah Class
Beginning January 22nd
Join Autumn Dennis for a weekly Torah class on Shabbat afternoons with a special emphasis on LGBTQ themes and lenses! We will use the book Torah Queeries. You do not need to be LGBTQ to attend. Click to for more details and link to join.
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Some classes and events may not be listed here. Visit our website for a full schedule.
  • Talmud Study with Rabbi Daniel- Tuesdays 5:30-6:45pm, Zoom. Learn more.
  • Inner Judaism with Rabbi Jim- Wednesdays 7:00pm, Zoom. Learn more.
  • The Story of Us with Rabbi Daniel- Thursdays 12:00pm (last class Jan 27th), Zoom. Learn more.
  • Tanakh Study with Maggie- Fridays 1:45-3:00pm, Zoom. Learn more.
  • Torah Study- Saturdays 9am, Zoom. Learn more.
Tikkun Olam & Justice Chavurot
See details for all of our Chavurot here.
  • Voting Rights Chavurah is meeting tonight, Wednesday the 19th at 5pm. Click for details.
Mental Health & Support Groups
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Grief Support Group
Sunday, February 5th at 12:30 PM
Every other week on Zoom

If you would like to attend, email Jamie Sentnor for the Zoom link. Learn more below.
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No Shanda, No Shame
Sundays, 1:00 PM on Zoom

A group devoted to support for those living with/around the problems occasioned by mental health/mental illness. Click below for details and Zoom link.
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Shalvah Recovery
Mondays and Thursdays, 7pm on Zoom

Shalvah means serenity is an online group meeting twice a week around support for addictions; we have been meeting in one form or another since 1981.
Our COVID Safety Policies can be found here. Masks are universally required in the our building, and those able to be vaccinated must be vaccinated to enter the building.
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