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Shir Chadash Newsletter
March 14 - March 20, 2024
4 Adar II - 10 Adar II 5784
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Security Reminder: Please be aware that due to security concerns, we are, for the time being, implementing a new security protocol in which we will require Photo ID from non-members or unfamiliar faces joining us for services. We hope you understand and still decide to join us in prayer as we observe and celebrate Shabbat. | |
Health Reminder: With the return of Winter, also comes the return of rising numbers of Covid, flu, and RSV in our community. If you are feeling ill, please consider staying home and participating in services online to protect those around you, especially the more susceptible members of our Congregation. | |
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Dear Shir Chadash community,
We’ve looked over the last few months at so many ways to connect with Israel. But even after all these weeks, you’ll be pleased to know I haven’t run out of ideas! This week’s idea – connecting to Israel through its art scene.
Now, I have no expertise in the field of art whatsoever, but I do know that Christie’s Auction House in New York recently displayed seventy of the most important artworks from Israeli creators. I’ll highlight a few of them for you, and you don’t have to go to New York to see them. Just click your mouse and you’ll be able to enjoy them.
One painting I recommend is Reuven Rubin’s Olive Trees in the Galilee. Painted in 1928, it’s a beautiful and very simple painting, not overwhelming the senses with myriad details. I enjoy it the same way I like reading the spare prose of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby, written – perhaps not coincidentally – in 1925. Not everything needs to be said, or artistically depicted, to create a memorable scene.
Another you might enjoy is Mordecai Ardon’s View of the Western Wall. It’s a very different type of painting, using the abstract style. Since this is a familiar place for us, it’s always enlightening to see how an artist experiences life and compare that to our own reaction.
And finally, why not try experiencing graphic art, like David Reeb’s Camel/Time. No, it’s not about walking a mile for a Camel (cigarette), but rather a depiction of rows of camels and meant to evoke a traditional image of the state of Israel.
Any way you choose to expand your artistic sensibilities, I feel confident that you can’t go wrong.
Of course, if you need additional help, the leadership of both Shir Chadash and of the New Orleans Jewish community, are here to assist you. Below, you will find link to resources which can help, whether you are seeking pastoral support, an opportunity for pro-Israel advocacy, or a chance to help Israel financially, spiritually, or through volunteer work. Please feel free to take advantage of these resources as fully as you like. And if you need additional help, please feel free to call us in the office.
~ Rabbi Scott Hoffman
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Bruchim HaBa'im
ברוכים הבאים
Welcome to our new members!
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Mazel Tov to Kirk Bellard, who last Wednesday officially joined the Jewish People and today was called to the Torah
for the very first time.
Welcome to the Tribe,
Binyamin ben Avraham v'Sarah!
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Looking Ahead: Shir Chadash Calendar
All links have migrated to our webpage. Click here to get there!
WWW.SHIRCHADASH.ORG
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Friday, March 15th
6:15 pm, Family Kabbalat Shabbat: A multi-generational service for all!
Saturday, March 16th
9:30 am, Shabbat Morning Services, followed by Kiddush lunch sponsored by Lis & Hugo Kahn in honor of their wedding anniversary and Lis' birthday
10 am, Babysitting
Sunday, March 17th
9 am, SHUL SCHOOL
9:15 am, Minyan with Men's Club, followed by breakfast
10:30 am, Sunday Mah Jongg - Open to all players of any experience level
10:30 am, Hands on Art Program with Sisterhood - Seder Plate Painting - RSVP to Charisse Sands at annsandsc@aol.com
Tuesday, March 19th
11 am, Lunch & Learn: Codes of Jewish Law
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Wednesday, March 20th
10 am, Sisterhood Class: The Bible Says...That?
6:30 pm, YAS Purim Schpiel & Spritzers - at Zony Mash Beer Project - RSVP HERE
Thursday, March 21st
8 am, Morning Minyan on Zoom
Friday, March 22nd
6:15 pm, Shabbat Evening Services
Saturday, March 23rd - Erev Purim
9:30 am, Shabbat Morning Services, followed by Kiddush lunch
10 am, Babysitting
8 pm, Purim Party & Megillah Reading
Sunday, March 24th - Purim
9 am, Purim Party FOR KIDS & Megillah Reading
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9 am - Family Activity
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10 am - Megillah Reading
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Followed by - Continued festivities for all!
Wednesday, March 27th
10 am, Sisterhood Class: The Bible Says...That?
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Shir Chadash Events & Announcements | |
Registration has gone LIVE! | |
CLASSES WITH RABBI HOFFMAN | |
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Great Jewish Novels
(of the 20th Century)
Once a month, Tuesdays, 7 PM
@ Rabbi Hoffman's Home
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Next Class: April 9
"Goodbye Columbus"
by Philip Roth
The twentieth century saw the flourishing of multiple genres of Jewish literature. Great novels were written in pre-war Europe, the newly-established state of Israel, and the first immigrant generation in the United States. Come and discuss the ways in which this literature shaped, and was shaped by, our Jewish world.
Please RSVP to Rabbi Hoffman at rabbiscott@shirchadash.org
Click here for the full 2023-2024 schedule and book list
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Lunch & Learn:
Codes of Jewish Law
With gratitude to the Nat Leon Fund
Once a month, Tuesdays, 11 AM
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Next Class: THIS TUESDAY,
March 19th
Join Rabbi Hoffman for a one-hour session followed by a delicious catered lunch, provided free of charge thanks to the generosity of the Nat Leon Fund. We will be looking at the various codes of Jewish law and see how Jewish sources have wrestled with questions both timeless and current. You do not need to bring anything but a hunger to learn – and perhaps a hunger for lunch. Translations will be based, wherever possible, upon the materials found in www.sefaria.org.
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Sisterhood Class: The Bible Says... That?
Wednesdays. 10 AM
In-person and available on Zoom
The so-called “historical” books of the Bible – that is, Judges, Joshua, I/II Samuel, and I/II Kings are filled with exciting and colorful stories. But are these stories satirical? Are they filled with hidden messages? Are they both didactic and entertaining? Come and join us for an exploration of these books of the Bible and learn that our ancestors’ tastes were not always far removed from our own. All materials will be provided, so just come and enjoy.
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NEW ADULT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES | |
MAH JONGG SUNDAYS AT SHIR CHADASH | |
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Come play Mah Jongg at Shir Chadash once a month on Sundays at 10:30 AM!
New and experienced players are welcome!
Upcoming Dates: March 17 | April 28 | May 26 | June 23
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Minyan will be in the Chapel
at 9:15 am, followed by breakfast.
Zoom participation remains 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 here for the most recent
Family Newsletter
to learn more about upcoming
children's programming!
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Click here for the most recent Shul School Recap!
If you have not yet registered your child(ren) and wish to enroll them,
please do so HERE or contact
Chaviva Sands at educationdirector@shirchadash.org.
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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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Hadassah Launching "End The Silence" Campaign | |
Hadassah has been loudly denouncing Hamas’s heinous acts of sexual and gender-based violence for months. As global humanitarian leaders, we are shaken to the core by these atrocities and the fact that these crimes have been justified, denied and even celebrated by some. Rape and sexual violence should never be sanctioned as an act of war. That is why Hadassah’s volunteers, professional staff and our colleagues in Israel and Hadassah International have come together as One Hadassah to build on our existing work and launch a global campaign, End The Silence.
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UPCOMING CLASSES & PROGRAMMING! | |
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Brunch & Book Review
Sunday, March 31st
Following Minyan with Men's Club
Brunch with your friends and participate in a stimulating discussion of the book
The Glass Chateau by Stephen Kiernan, which will be led by Judy Steinberg. This exciting event will be held at Shir Chadash on Sunday, March 31st, following Minyan with Men's Club. Brunch will be served at about 10 AM, followed by the book review.
Cost: $10. Please RSVP to Charisse Sands at (504) 231–6464 or annsandsc@aol.com.
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Rosh Chodesh Gathering & Learning
As advertised, Sundays at 10:30 AM
Next Session: April 21st
Rosh Chodesh is a special time for women to gather and learn. This year Sisterhood will be studying the Girls in Trouble curriculum, a project of Alicia Jo Rabins. We will follow individual women through their stories in the Torah by engaging in studying Torah text, considering the story’s relevance to our own lives, and generating our own creative interpretations. This curriculum brings biblical women to life, demonstrating the power of these often understudied stories and highlighting the ways in which they can help us navigate our own complicated lives.
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Community Events and Announcements | |
Kicking off our new Jewish & New Orleans Cuisine & Heritage Series is this delicious event with Kugels and Collards authors Lyssa Harvey and Rachel Barnett. Through recipes and stories, the two food authors will explore the food history, traditions, and memories of South Carolina Jewry. The Jewish & New Orleans Cuisine & Heritage Series is a collaborative project between MSJE, the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, and the Tulane Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience. | |
Now on exhibit at the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, “A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America” is an evocative series of black-and-white photographs by Andrew Feiler memorializing the Rosenwald schools, a network of nearly 5,000 modest schoolhouses built to educate underserved Black students in the segregated south. The project, the joint dream of a Jewish philanthropist and a Black educator, narrowed the Black-white education gap that plagued Southern and border states, strengthened Black-Jewish relations, paved the way for the civil rights movement, and helped to build a new African American middle class. | |
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