June 30, 2022 | 1 Tammuz 5782
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Included in This Month's Newsletter
Outdoor July Shabbat Service
Membership Drive
New Fiscal Year Begins!
Pictures and Videos from Recent Events
Ten Minutes of Torah
June/July Greenwich Jewish News
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Summer Schedule for Newsletters
For July and August, we will be sending our newsletter bimonthly. Below are the dates:
Thursdays 7/7, 7/21, 8/4 and 8/18
We will resume weekly newsletters on Thursday, 9/1.
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Sunset Shabbat Service
Friday, August 19th
6 PM gathering at Tod's Point
Service will begin at 7 PM
Please register to join us for our Sunset Beach Shabbat Service. We are looking forward to seeing each other in person again. In order to attend in person and be allowed into the beach without a pass, you must register ahead of time so we can put your name on the list given to Tod's Point.
The Croen/Nisinzweig Family will be hosting and leading the blessings in memory of Walter Croen on his first Yarzheit.
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Our New Fiscal Year Begins July 1st! |
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The Torch (or the Torah) Has Been Passed
Please join us in welcoming Rabbi Levy for his first official day as our spiritual leader, which begins tomorrow, July 1st, as our new fiscal year begins.
Although Rabbi Levy formally steps into his role tomorrow, we have had the pleasure of meeting and celebrating with him at our two wonderful events in June. To enjoy photographs and videos, please visit our website pages for the 18th Anniversary from June 5th, and the June 17th Beach Shabbat Service where he was lovingly installed by Cantor Abramson.
We hope you will join us in-person on July 8th and August 19th for our Summer Shabbat Services!
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Also installed at our Beach Shabbat two weeks ago, our new Executive Leadership Team officially begins on July 1st as well.
Let's welcome and support this wonderful team as they offer support to our Congregation and to all of us!
We are grateful for each one of them for taking the torch! (Left to right) Abby Ross (2nd year as Secretary), Jackie Marschall (newly installed Co-President), Marie Orsini Rosen (2nd year as Co-President), Dahni Nisinzweig (newly installed as Treasurer).
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Membership Drive Launching July 5th |
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Current Shir Ami Members should look in their email the morning of July 5th for a letter from our Co-Presidents about our July Membership Drive. It will include a link to our easy to fill out new Membership Form for the 2022-23 year! |
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For those of you who are not yet Members but are considering joining Shir Ami, we warmly welcome you!
Being a Member of Shir Ami, allows you to
- practice our faith together and learn from the Torah and each other
- help shape our community
- support Shir Ami's mission
- find inspiration in our diverse offerings
- participate in rituals and events reserved for members
- have access to our wonderful clergy
If you are interested and would like to know more, please look for membership information which can be found on our website's membership page.
Contact us if you have any questions or would like to speak with an officer or our clergy, shirami.info@gmail.com
All are Welcome to Join Our Community!
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Ten Minutes of Torah
Commentary on Parashat Korach, Numbers 16:1−18:32
Watch Your Tone
by Beth Ellen Young
As a teenager, I had a very difficult relationship with my mother. We couldn't seem to talk to each other without arguments that devolved into yelling, and they often ended with slammed doors. My dad, a professor of rhetoric and argumentation, gently tried to help me understand that there were different ways I could speak to my mother that might yield different results. As a teenager, I wasn't very interested in this feedback, but I think Korach, Datan, and Abiram would have benefited from it in this week's Torah portion.
Note: The picture is a recently taken photo of our very own beautiful Torah
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June/July Issue of Greenwich Jewish News
Check out the wonderful article about Rabbi David E. Levy and our Clergy Transition on page 6.
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Leah and Alex Margolis
In appreciation of Rabbi Levy
To the Social Action Fund
Blessings for a Happy Birthday to all of our members with July birthdays:
David Green 7/18
Abby Ross 7/19
Jerry Rosenband 7/20
Lydia Rouzeau 7/22
Nancy Collamer 7/25
Linda Kramer 7/26
Dylan Rose 7/26
Austin Cohen 7/29
Dahni Nisinzweig 7/31
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In our weekly Blessing and Simchas, we invite members to offer congratulations on a special event in someone’s life, blessings for healing, or to remember a loved one.
Submit your listing including your name, the occasion and the recipient's name/s to shirami.info@gmail.com with the subject line, "Blessings and Simchas". In order to appear in the next week's newsletter, the entry must be received by 9:00 AM on Monday morning.
You are not required to make a donation but if you chose to, you may do so on our website's donation page or by mailing a check to Congregation Shir Ami, 1273 East Putnam Avenue, P.O. Box 312, Riverside, CT 06870-9998.
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Social Action TIKVAH Team |
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How We Can Help The Crisis in Ukraine
We are all horrified at what is happening in Ukraine to all the people, and particularly to the Jewish population, some of whom have gone through this type of horror before.
Should you wish to send assistance to the Jews of Ukraine – here are some suggestions:
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Jewish Federations of North America are helping people make Aliyah to Israel, and supporting temporary housing, satellite phones, assisting internally displaced people, and providing critical welfare services. To contribute to Jewish Federations, go to UJF of Greater Stamford or UJA of Greenwich. This agency has been helping in Ukraine for decades, formerly known as United Jewish Appeal. The donation you make is credited to your local federation, but the entire donation goes to the central UJFNA and is sent to Ukraine to their local affiliates (JDC, JAFI, etc.) who have organizations on the ground.
The Joint Distribution Committee is on the ground in Ukraine delivering urgent lifesaving care to Jewish seniors and families: food packages, transport, accommodations for those fleeing, medicine, etc. Go to Donate.JDC.org to contribute.
Jewish Agency for Israel - North America - JAFINA is assisting Jews looking to make Aliyah, and supporting the local Jewish Ukrainian community. This agency is focused on helping Israel, but is on the ground in Ukraine, mainly assisting Jews who would like to go to Israel.
World Central Kitchen uses the power of food to nourish communities and strengthen economies in times of crisis and beyond. They are providing food to people in Ukraine and encouraging people to make donations directly to them.
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TIKVAH - Touching Individuals with Kindness, Vision, and Hope
- Opportunities to support and volunteer to help immigrants and those in need.
- Ways we can each help combat racism.
- Shopping for Seniors with JFS.
- Dignity Grows supplies essential toiletries to people in need.
- and more worthwhile activities...
Recruit some Shir Ami friends to participate in one of these projects with you!
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For a full listing of all local events of Jewish interest visit the websites for:
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CongregationShirAmi.org
203-900-7976
shirami.info@gmail.com
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