Shir Chadash Newsletter
June 16 - June 22, 2022
17 Sivan - 23 Sivan, 5782
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We hope everyone who attended our Very English Tea with a New Orleans Flavor loved it as much as we did! Thank you to everyone who volunteered as well as to all of our donors. Your time and your generosity is truly appreciated. We definitely sent Rabbi Silver off in style!
Love,
Debbie Pesses & Andrea Rubin
Event Co-Chairs
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Mazel tov to our very own Bob Kutcher on being honored this past week at the Louisiana State Bar Association's Annual Meeting with the Distinguished Service to the Profession Award.
After his many years of exemplary service and accomplishments as a leader of the LSBA, this award is well deserved!
Click here to read more about Bob's impressive law career.
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Shir Chadash Calendar
All links have migrated to our webpage. Click here to get there!
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Friday, June 17th
6pm, Kabbalat Shabbat
Saturday, June 18th
9:30 am, Shabbat Morning Services
Sunday, June 19th - Father's Day
9:15 am, Minyan with Men's Club followed by breakfast
Wednesday, June 22nd
10 am, Read & Lead with Sisterhood
Thursday, June 23rd
8 am, Morning Minyan
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Friday, June 24th
6:15 pm, Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma'ariv
Saturday, June 25th
9:30 am, Shabbat Morning Services
Sunday, June 26th
9:15 am, Minyan with Men's Club followed by breakfast
Wednesday, June 29th
10 am, Read & Lead with Sisterhood
Thursday, June 30th
8 am, Morning Minyan
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Our Health Committee update as of May 13, 2022 is as follows:
In the last few months, we have been able to largely resume our normal programming (babysitting, indoor dining, etc.), and remove the strict limitations on attendance numbers and spacing. We also lifted our mask mandate, while keeping our vaccine requirement in effect.
Recently, however, COVID-19 cases have started creeping up again. In response, at the April board meeting, a motion was passed to reinstate our mask mandate should the local percent positivity rates exceed 3%. Unfortunately, the latest numbers show that the time has come. As a result, our mask mandate is now back in effect. We are hopeful that this will only be a short term measure.
Please click HERE to read our guidelines in full.
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Minyan will be in the Chapel at 9:15 am, followed by breakfast.
Zoom participation remains as an option.
Everyone welcome!
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Thursday Shacharit Minyan |
Join us at 8 am for our
virtual weekday minyan.
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Click the above image to register for the 2022-2023 Shul School year |
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Top 10 Reasons to Join Sisterhood! |
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10. Sisterhood needs & values you
9. Interesting discussions & conversations
8. Opportunities to learn new skills
7. Being a part of something bigger than yourself
6. Connections to individuals around the world
5. Longest ongoing Torah study class in NOLA
4. Innovative programming
3. Increased longevity & decreased stress
2. Unmatched support system
1. Lasting friendships
For details about membership, dues payments, or contributing, please click HERE.
Information and/or questions, contact Charisse Sands at 504-231-6464 or annsandsc@aol.com (Sisterhood in subject line)
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Wednesdays at 10 AM
Now that Rabbi Silver's class on "The Five Books of Miriam" has come to an end, please join us for the summer reboot of our Read & Lead series!
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Monthly, Sundays at 10:30 AM
Next Class: TBD
Good Lookin’ Cookin’
A volunteer Chef du Jour will teach us how to prepare old and new favorites, including entrees, desserts, veggies, etc. Helpful tips and conversation round out each session.
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! Sunday'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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Monthly, Sundays at 10:30 AM
Next Class: TBD
WJWD – What Jewish Women Did (& Coffee)
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Once a month, a brief bio of one or two Jewish women who have made contributions in science, literature, etc. will be discussed, as we munch on pastries and coffee.
So many women and so little time …
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Attention parents with a kid heading off to Overnight Camp this summer!
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If you would like your child to receive a bit more mail while away, Sisterhood is glad to help! Email Charisse Sands at annsandsc@aol.com with your child(ren)'s:
- Name(s),
- Age(s),
- Camp name and address,
- Bunk number(s), and
- Arrival/departure dates
and someone from Sisterhood will send them a handwritten letter! Happy Camping!
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Community Events and Announcements |
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From the grips of the Nazis to the top of the Olympic podium, from the cheap seats to center stage at Madison Square Garden, from yellow stars to silver spoons, this complex tale traverses the spectrum of the human experience to detail how perseverance, love, and legacy can survive through generations, carried on the shoulders of a simple and beautiful game. By the Grace of the Game is a multi-generational family epic detailing history’s only known journey from Auschwitz to the NBA.
Join the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans on June 20, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. for an engaging Zoom conversation with author Dan Grunfeld, son of University of Tennessee basketball legend Ernie Grunfeld. Click here to purchase the book from Octavia Books.
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Join the Jewish Community Center on Sunday, June 26 at 11:00 a.m. for a lovely jazz brunch honoring JCC Executive Director Leslie Fischman, who is retiring after 25 years at the J.
As executive director for the past eleven-and-a-half years, Leslie has guided the JCC through many storms—both figuratively and literally. Through hurricanes and a COVID lockdown, a capital campaign and major construction, she has expanded our facilities and our programming, while always striving to create a welcoming, engaging and safe environment for all.
Catered by Melanie Blitz, the brunch is just one small way to celebrate Leslie. Come raise a glass as we make a toast in her honor and thank Leslie for planting the seeds for our very bright future.
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Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience welcomes New York Times best-selling author, activist, and comedian (and Mobile, Alabama native) Annabelle Gurwitch on Sunday, June 26 from 3 - 4 p.m. She’ll tell us about her newest work You're Leaving When? Adventures in Downward Mobility as well as her southern Jewish story in a way only she can - with humor and insight. Annabelle will also be signing her newest book after the program.
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In collaboration with Home is Here NOLA, Touro Synagogue’s Project Reyacha is actively supporting asylum seekers arriving to the Greater New Orleans community. Touro is a “community support organization”. The need is great and there are many ways to lend support including through financial donations, medical and legal support, transportation assistance, and donations of household furniture and other items. Housing and food (both cooked and kitchen supplies) are always a need as well. Direct engagement with these new community members is also needed in order to support new community members’ success in their new homeland. Touro Synagogue welcomes non-Touro members as volunteers in this initiative.
Please contact Jill Israel, Touro Synagogue Project Reycha Coordinator, jisraelnola@gmail.com (504) 782-1199. Feel free to contact Ali Simon or Davida Finger for additional information.
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Scott Hoffman
Rabbi
Executive Director
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David Kaplinsky
Rabbinic Intern
Sarah Lustig
Office Manager
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