Thursday, January 20, 2021 Newsletter |
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Nahalat Shalom Inheritance of Peace
3606 Rio Grande Boulevard NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107
call / text: 505-343-8227 Monday-Friday 10 am - 4 pm
call / text: 505-681-8273 After hours and Emergencies
Nahalat Shalom is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
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At Nahalat Shalom, as in Jewish communities everywhere, we were saddened by the recent hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, TX. As you know, we have been working to develop a Nahalat Shalom Community Safety Plan, in followup to the Community Safety for All training we hosted in October. We are committed to creating a plan that will keep us as safe as any plan can keep us, with the “us” in question being not just our current congregants but also our entire community, and are reaching out to other faith communities here in Albuquerque to work on reciprocal support, as well as to organizations that can offer safety training. Please share your thoughts and suggestions with us as we move forward.
Clem Wings and Erwin Melis
A Prayer by Rabbi Seth Goldstein
Source of All Life and Blessing,
Free those who are in captivity
Protect those who are in danger
Heal those who are in pain
Strengthen those who are weary
Give peace to those who are in strife
Bring justice to those who do wrong.
Source of All Life and Blessing
May hatred and violence be eradicated from our communities.
May we continue to not only build walls, but bridges.
May the spark of the divine in each of us be visible to all.
May righteousness and compassion guide our steps.
May we lead with love and understanding.
Source of All Life and Blessing
In our times of need, we turn to You
And we turn to each other.
May we be blessed
with protection
with wisdom
with resilience
with solidarity
and with courage to fight distress and oppression, and to pursue joy and liberation.
For us and for all peoples
Now and in the future
From generation to generation.
Amen.
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NEW ADULT EDUCATION-BACK TO THE SOURCES: "READING THE CLASSIC JEWISH TEXTS" WITH RABBI MIN KANTROWITZ
Thursdays Feb 10-Thursday March 3, 2022.
7 -8 pm via ZOOM
$40 for the four sessions
Co-sponsored by Congregation Nahalat Shalom and Congregation B’nai Israel
Contemporary Jewish practice is based on a wide range of Jewish texts, from Biblical times through Medieval and early Modern writings. In this four-week course, we’ll look at commentaries from the Bible, Talmud, Midrash, Medieval commentaries, Kabbalistic and Hasidic writings and Siddurim. What are these and what do they have to do with American Judaism today? Please get Barry Holtz’s book ““Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts” which is widely available both new and used from a number of on-line sources.
When registered and paid, we will provide a Zoom link
CURIOUS ABOUT CHEVRE KADDISHA?
There is a tradition among Chevre Kaddisha groups around the world to gather around the Hebrew date of Zayin Adar (7th of the month of Adar), the traditional date of Moses’ birth and death. This year we will gather
Sunday, February 27, 2022
French Funeral Home on Lomas NE
At 10:00 am, current Chevre Kaddisha members will gather to share stories, discuss issues, and support each other as we continue to do this holy and sometimes challenging work.
At 11:00 am, we will have lunch together, graciously supplied by the Jewish Federation of New Mexico, with drink supplied by French Funeral Home.
At 12:00 Noon, we will hold a training for anyone wanting to learn more about the work of the Chevre Kaddisha.
There is no obligation to participate in our work after the training, although many people who do the training do decide to volunteer to become part of this special group of dedicated people.
SUPPORT CASA SEFARAD
Order advance copies of La canción en la diáspora / The Song in the Diaspora, edited by Héctor Contreras López, a collection of twenty four Sephardic poems in English and Spanish spanning ten centuries for only $10 ea. plus $4 shipping and handling (USA). The book includes biographical and historical information.
All proceeds support Sephardic programs at Nahalat Shalom
Post publication (January, 2022) price will be $18.
OFFICE HOURS BY REQUEST
While the office is still closed, if you need to drop off any items, please text or call 505-343-8227. If you would like a call back please be sure to leave a message. Please note that we are currently not providing water in the office, so please bring your own.
Fill out our membership form online!
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Friday, January 21, 6:00 pm MT, ZOOM (3rd Friday)
Kabbalat Shabbat...just when we need Shabbat!!!
Meeting ID: 860 0695 0921 Passcode: 877536
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Friday, January 28, 6:00 pm MT, ZOOM (4th Friday)
Queer Shabbat with Jewish Bridge Project's Amelia Mae Paradise
Queer Shabbat is a monthly ritual space for reflection, connection, grounding in the sacred cycles of Jewish time, and a vegetarian pot-luck for anyone in New Mexico who identifies as Queer (and Transgender, Gay, Lesbian, Intersex, Non Binary, Gender Non Conforming, Enby, Dyke, etc ... ) and considers themselves part of the broad Jewish community. You're invited to bring: candles, bread, a beverage for blessing, and also songs, poetry, movement, creative activities, and meditations from your heart. If you want to attend, or have questions and to receive the Zoom link, please reach out to Amelia Mae via her website & click Queer Shabbat: www.ameliaparadise.com/justice/jewish-bridge-project/
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Friday, January 28, 7:30 pm MT, ZOOM (4th Friday)
Chanting Kabbalat Shabbat
with Stephanie Sofie Shefia Cohen & Judy Brown
A contemplative way to greet Shabbat through sacred Hebrew chanting and meditation. Celebrate the end of your week, nourish your soul and welcome Shabbat. Join us as we move into holy space/time in a meditative mode: chanting sacred phrases and melodies and then melting into silence. No prior knowledge or special talent is necessary, only the willingness and intention to go inside yourself, to listen deeply and to be in community with others who are engaged in this practice. Co-led by Judy Brown and Sofie Shefia Stephanie Cohen. CLICK HERE for the chant sheet.
May ZOOM Meeting ID: 819 8456 7580 Passcode: SHABBAT (same each month)
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Saturday, February 5, 10:00 am, MST, ZOOM (1st Saturday )
Chanting Morning Shabbat Service with Miryam Levy
Going Deep with Davennen
The service will be contemplative as we take time to enter the liturgy through chant, then pause in the silence long enough to allow for an unfolding of possibilities and to develop the skillful practice that allows for Shabbat consciousness to flourish. See this month's chant sheet here as well as the kaddish.
ZOOM Meeting ID: 801 481 3128 Passcode: Sinai (same each month)
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Friday, February 11, 7 pm MT (2nd Friday)
Sephardic Kabbalat Shabbat
with Stephanie Sofie Shefia Cohen
Please join us as we celebrate Shabbat in the Sephardic tradition. Sofie Shefia will lead us in song and prayer, joined by Hershel Weiss, one of the founding organizers. The evening includes an opportunity for everyone to share from their heart, and Sephardic poetry readings presented by writer, researcher, teacher and translator Héctor Contreras López. During the months of January, February and March we focus on the Ladino poetry of Argentine Poet Juan Gelman.
Meeting ID: 898 1462 4964 Passcode: 662484
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Juan Gelman
The Argentinean poet was born in Buenos Aires in 1930 to an immigrant Ashkenazi family from the Ukraine. The political situation in his country forced him into exile in 1975, which from the beginning had a powerful impact on his work. He lived in Rome, Madrid, Paris, and Mexico City, where he died in 2014. It was under the influence of the Converso poets, the Hebrew poets from Spain, and later of Clarisse Nicoïdski’s poetry that he wrote Dibaxu (1994), a book of poems in Ladino accompanied by their Spanish translations. This complex journey into Ladino language and literature was called “self-Sephardizing” by Monique R. Balbuena. According to Balbuena,
Gelman writes Dibaxu in… Balkan Ladino. He does not speak Ladino, he does not belong to the ethnic community that speaks Ladino, and the Ladino he uses is basically the one he reads in Nicoïdski and learns from her… For the culmination of his self-Sephardization, Nicoïdski’s poetry becomes his main intertext. (Monique R. Balbuena. Homeless Tongues: Poetry and Languages of the Sephardic Diaspora. Stanford: Stanford UP, 2016. 137-38)
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Saturday, February 12, 10 am - 12 noon MST, Zoom (2nd Saturday)
Renewal Shabbat with Rabbi Chavah Carp
Our Renewal Shabbat is open to all. We embrace prayer with an open heart and imbed the Torah's themes in our services to bring them forward to our daily life and spiritual practice. Prayers for Healing are always included as well as the Mourners Kaddish to remember those who came before us. See Renewal Siddur.
Jul ZOOM Meeting ID: 826 7157 0875 Password: 207145 (same every week)
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Friday, February 18, 6:30-9 pm (doors at 6:15pm), MT, at Nahalat Shalom (1st Friday)
Der Freylekher Shabes with Cantor Beth Cohen & Alavados Band In Person and on Zoom
Celebrate Shabes JOY with Cantor Beth Cohen, Alavados band, The Community Klezmer Band and Rikud Dancers. Reservations are required for fully vaccinated attendees only - Reservations are limited to 40 people - please click on this RSVP link to reserve. Dancing can be distanced by holding neck ties instead of hands (ties provided by Beth -hang on to yours for the night). There will be no potluck or any food -shared or provided. Schedule for the evening: 6:15 PM - gates open. 6:30PM - danced and participatory service to the music of Alavados band with Cantor Beth. 7:20 PM - Kiddush and Ha-Motzee led by Cantor Beth. 7:25-8:30PM - Recreational Jewish dancing led by members of Rikud to the music of The Nahalat Shalom Community Klezmer Band and jamming musician friends. The service might also be available on zoom if someone volunteers to be host and the WIFI works at the synagogue - Please use the Zoom Connect info to join us. CLICK HERE for the downloadable/ printable 4-page Freylekher Service with the transliterated words Contact Cantor Beth Cohen, [email protected]. You can find more information on our website.
Meeting ID: 818 6684 8120 Passcode: SIMKHE18
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Saturday, February 26, 10:00 am MST, ZOOM (Usually the 3rd Saturday)
Minyan HaLev with Rabbi Deborah Brin & Noach Bloom
Have fun during Shabbat morning services with Noah Bloom and Rabbi Deborah Brin. Learn new Jew-stuff and enjoy being in the Zoom room with our beloved community.Shabbat Morning Siddur.
Meeting ID: 842 9631 7328 Passcode: 411114
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Thursday, January 20, 6 pm MT, 7 pm CT, 8 pm ET
KZOOM with Rabbi Shefa Gold: "Longing for the One"
Friends, please come on time (which means a few minutes early). Here are the practices we will do together. Feel free to prepare in advance by learning and exploring these sacred medicines.
Zoom Meeting ID: 815 976 0138 Passcode: 270959
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Friday January 21, 11:45 am 1:00 pm, MT, ZOOM
Beyond the Torah Study Group
Join us every week or as the spirit moves you. Self-led group delves into the entire Bible, book by book, discussing literal, ethical and spiritual meaning of the great writings of our ancestors. All are welcome to join at any point. We hope you will join us!
Meeting ID: 890 7273 7488 Passcode: Neviim5782
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Community Klezmer band rehearsal in Sanctuary AND on Zoom
The N.S. Community Klezmer Band and Rikud dancers begin regular weekly rehearsals. Welcoming up to 40 fully vaccinated, masked & distanced people in Nahalat Shalom’s sanctuary – You can also join us on ZOOM! Instrumentalists must be proficient in the basics of their instrument. First-timer musicians: Please contact director Beth Cohen before attending at 505-710-8920 [email protected]
Recurring ZOOM ID#: 711 037 7431 Passcode: KLEZ
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Sunday, January 23, 3:15pm-4:45pm MT In Person
Art Meditation Lab
With the aid of mussar (ethics or qualities) or timely topics or ??? We'll go where our imagination and intentions draw us in this artmeditation lab. Level of art comfort: willingness to scribble or draw stick figures.
Bring: Have an art journal (or paper), magic markers, pencils, crayons (any art medium you easily clean up after the ArtMeditation Lab).
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Monday, January 24, 4:00pm MT Zoom
Hebrew Class Taught by Rabbi Min
If you're a previous Hebrew student, let me know and I'll send you a Zoom link.
If you are not a previous student, contact me via email with your phone number and I will call you and talk about your Hebrew level (I'm assuming all people are pretty much beginners). Rabbi Min [email protected]
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Sunday February 13, 5:30pm MT Zoom
NS Va'ad (Board) Meeting
Nahalat Shalom Va'ad Meeting All Nahalat Shalom members are invited to attend our monthly Va;ad (Board of Directors) meeting. Please email [email protected] for zoom invitation.
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Sunday February 18 to 20th, 5:30pm MT Zoom
KlezmerQuerque
Get ready for the 20th Annual KlezmerQuerque!! It will be happening on ZOOM February 18-20 (Fri-Sun) over Presidents Day weekend. Guest artists from across the U.S. will be performing live on Zoom including the renowned Veretski Pass Klezmer duo and dance master Bruce Bierman. ABQ's own klezmer trio Duke City Hora led by virtuoso klezmer clarinetist and founder of The Klezmatics Margot Leverett will be playing live for a dance party on Saturday night February 19th. The Rebbe's Orkestra-Klezmer & Judaic Band will also be featured along with Nahalat Shalom's Community Klezmer Band, Rikud dancers & Maggidah Batya Podos. More guest artists are being confirmed and will be announced soon. Donations are from $0 to $360 (20 x $18) are encouraged and registration info will be up on the web site and in the e-news shortly. Keep your eyes open, your feet ready to dance, your voice warmed up and dust off those musical instruments!!
VOLUNTEERS & Zoom Co-Hosts are needed for KlezmerQuerque! Be part of this amazing weekend-long Yiddishekeit Extravaganza! CONTACT Cantor Beth Cohen: [email protected]
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Peer-led Discussion Group for Nahalat Shalom Members
Personal and Jewish Responses to Racism
Please join on the second Sunday of each month for an ongoing, peer-led group to meet and share what we are learning and to reflect on and discuss issues of systemic racism, white privilege, allyship, and the intersection with our own traumas. Our intention is to create a space to ask questions, learn, and hold each other up in support of personal growth and anti-racist actions. All Nahalat Shalom members are welcome. Contact [email protected] for the meeting ID.
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How We Persist Book Available for Purchase
Spiritual Support Messages March - September 2020
This collection contains the email spiritual support messages that Nahalat Shalom sent out from March - September 2020. On Mondays, Thursdays and before Shabbat we sent out 71 messages from twenty teachers, leaders and clergy who guide our community. This inspiring book is now available for purchase through our website, CLICK HERE to make a donation of $25 for one book, or $100 for 5 books. Please write "Book" in the "Notes". The American Jewish Historical Society followed our messages all year, and selected Nahalat Shalom to be included in their Oral History Project documenting how 36 organizations throughout the country reacted to the pandemic; this book will be in their permanent collection.
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Community Action / Tikkun Olam |
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Next Meeting: Thursday, January 27, 2021, 6:30 pm
Community Action Committee Meeting
The committee serves as liaison between Nahalat Shalom and various other faith, social, political, and service organizations in the community. These include groups such as ABQ Interfaith, the Black Lives Movement, Jewish Voice for Peace and ongoing service projects for families and youth in need through St. Martin's HopeWorks and APS respectively. The committee meets on the 4th Thursday of the month. All are welcome! Contact Becky Gordon at [email protected] for the zoom link if you are interested in attending,
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Nahalat Shalom Tikkun Olam Projects
Please contact [email protected] or Kathryn at [email protected] / 505 256 7669 to arrange drop off and with questions about all our Tikkun Olam Projects. https://www.nahalatshalom.org/tikkun-olam
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Homeless APS students
APS homeless students need us! Roger was able to pick up a good load of foods on January 7th, 2022. Needed ongoing donations include protein items, pop top chef boy r dee, tuna snack boxes, easy open small containers of fruit, ramen noodles, mac n cheese, individual peanut butter, breakfast and energy bars, juice boxes, personal hygiene items especially shampoo and conditioner. We are aiming for Roger to be able to pick up a load every 2 weeks. Please keep donating to feed these children. Many thanks to all who contribute to this project!
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St Martins HopeWorks Re-homing project and day shelter
Hope Village is nearing completion! Please check out this update video here.
The day shelter needs coats and warm clothing. Hope Village and the re-homing project need move in essentials such as pots, pans, cups, plates, shower curtains/liners, bath mats, towels, sheets and blankets. Dylan, new employee at St Martins HopeWorks, picked up a load of donations on November 23. Please keep donations coming as the need is great. No children’s items, please. Please contact [email protected] or Kathryn at [email protected] / 505 256 7669 to arrange drop off and with questions.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: One of our members, Alan Wagman, has been working with Vecina, an Austin, TX non-profit (https://vecina.org/), on their Family Reunification Project. The FRP facilitates the release of unaccompanied children from immigration detention, teaming attorneys (licensed in any state), administrative support, and translators to represent the children's relatives in the U.S. seeking to qualify as sponsors to whom the children may be released.
There are 3 volunteer functions for the Family Reunification Project: Interpereter, Administrative Support and Pro Bono Attorney. Please go to the website if interested.
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If you would like to make a donation to celebrate a simcha and share the joyful news with our community we would be happy to list it here.
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Care in the Nahalat Shalom Community |
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Nahalat Shalom Mishpocha Caring Committee
Mishpocha means extended family in Yiddish. We support Nahalat Shalom members in times of need and times of joy (new baby). Services are for those who live alone, don't have other support or whose caregivers are exhausted. We practice social distancing, masks and gloves as appropriate. We have begun a Rapid Response Team to expedite our responses. Your call to us will be confidential. To volunteer to help, or if you have a need or know someone who has a need, please call Michelle Vogler at 505-344-1132 [email protected] OR Joan Robins at 505-341-2306 [email protected] .
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We are sending out our prayers, healing energy and thoughts to long time member Guida Leicester.
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We are sending out our prayers, healing energy and thoughts to long-time Nahalat Shalom member (and past Va'ad member & president) Barbara Waxer for the next 4 months as she undergoes 4 treatments of chemotherapy. We love you Barbara and we are rooting for you - you rock! |
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We ask for healing prayers for
Yael McKeever and her caregiver Rabbi Deborah Brin
Erica Lea-Simka (See Erica's Caring Bridge page to follow her story.)
See VIDEO of Debbie Friedman z"l singing her beautiful healing prayer.
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VIGILANCE AND PREPAREDNESS FOLLOWING COLLEYVILLE-STRATEGIES, PROTOCOLS AND PROTECTION"
Monday, January 24, 4pm MST
Join our local FBI leadership and others for this information oriented event. Learn about training, situational awarenss, and partnerships with law enforcement. Register for the zoom link here. |
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THE ART OF HEALING
Ongoing by appointment only until Feb 18th
Come Support Nahalat Shalom member, Dana Millen as she displays her art at the gallery located inside the New Mexico Cancer Center.
Benefitting the New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation
4901 Lang Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Contact information: Regina Held, Gallery Director
505-803-3345
GalleryWithACause.org
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ROADRUNNER FOOD BANK
Free Food available every 3rd Tuesday of the month -- at Villa Nueva Senior Apartments -- Zearing @ 18th St. off Rio Grande (see more complete directions at end of announcement).
Every month what is brought varies greatly. There can be large quantities of a variety of breads, canned or boxed items, frozen organic dinners and frozen vegetables, dairy, sometimes frozen meats, fruits and vegetables (often in great condition, sometimes needing to be used soon), and much more!!! Take as much as you like - bring a big cart or basket. (A huge truck brings this delivery, so there's always quite a lot!!!) -- What is available can suit many dietary preferences - just pick and choose according to your own needs --
Please come after 12:30 (residents only from 11:30 to 12:30) then it's Open to All from 12:30 till @ 4 PM. Staff may start closing up after 3 PM and there is less left by then, so come early-ish, if you can.
From Rio Grande, 2 small blocks South of I40 (or 1 block north of Bellamah, afterHotel ABQ) \call Varda at 505-553-6693 (cell) or email [email protected]
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New Mexico Climate Action
There are many ways to become involved. If you are interested in receiving their calendar in a monthly email newsletter or wish to add an event, reach them at Contact NM CLIMATE ACTION
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ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal
ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal is a trans-denominational approach to revitalizing Judaism.We combine the socially progressive values of egalitarianism, the joy of Hasidism, the informed do-it-yourself spirit of the havurah movement and the accumulated wisdom of centuries of tradition. We offer many programs of spiritual support during the pandemic. Visit our WEBSITE. Nahalat Shalom is a member of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal
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A Jewish Partnership for Justice
BEND THE ARC
Bend the Arc is the only national Jewish organization focused exclusively on progressive social change in the United States.
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Jewish Voice for Peace
Jewish Voice for Peace is a national, grassroots organization inspired by Jewish tradition to work for a just and lasting peace according to principles of human rights, equality, and international law for all the people of Israel and Palestine.
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New Mexico Jewish Link You can view the latest Spring 2021 Issue as a PDF HERE. To request a printed copy, contact o [email protected]. |
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Financial Assistance for COVID-19 STILL Available
The Jewish Federation of New Mexico has launched the Jewish Community Assistance Fund (JCAF) to provide emergency and recovery support (up to $1,800) to individuals and families within the Jewish community impacted by COVID-19.
For more information, contact Rob Lennick, Executive Director ,Jewish Federation of New Mexico, 505-348-4458 or [email protected]. |
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Would You Like to Help?
ABQ FaithWorks helps the unhoused and migrants resident in ABQ with immediate humanitarian needs and achieving pathways to greater self-sufficiency in our community. There are many ways you, too, could make a difference. Call Kaity Parent today to volunteer in whatever way works for you. 505 225-8271 [email protected] and https://www.abqfaithworks.org/.
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Jewish Care Program
The Jewish Care Program is dedicated to the well-being of our most vulnerable community members, moving them from isolation to connection. If you or someone you know is in need of JCP’s services, please visit our website or contact us. Our Locations:
- Jen Dennis, Senior Services Manager, at (505) 348-4443
- Stacey McMullen, MSW, Social Services Manager, at (505) 395-4445
- Rabbi Art Flicker, Community Chaplain, at (505) 400-7966
Albuquerque On the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Jewish Community Campus
5520 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109
Santa Fe: 50 Washington Ave, Suite 201 Santa Fe, NM 87501.
Ongoing Every Thursday, 2:30 pm MT, Zoom
Jewish Care Program Well-Being Conversations
Join Stacey McMullen, social Services Manager for the Jewish Care Program, for week gatherings to discuss how you are attending to your well-being and what you are learning from life during these uncertain times.Email [email protected] for Zoom link . |
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Spiritual Resources in the Renewal Tradition |
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Rabbi Gold's website is at wonderful resource for chants and teachings in good times and bad. You can find and listen to a chant for any situation, even now.
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Rabbi Roth's website offers many meditations and teaching in the Renewal tradition.
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Innovative and progressive spiritual programming dedicated to transforming Judaism, the Jewish people, and the world
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Jewish tradition offers rich, accessible, and time-tested resources to cope with moments like these. The Institute for Jewish Spirituality, which has pioneered the development and teaching of Jewish mindfulness practices for over 20 years, is offering resources to our community:
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Romemu (roh·meh·moo) is a vibrant, innovative synagogue in New York City led by Rabbi David Ingber. They offer many online experience in the Renewal Tradition. |
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Congregation Nahalat Shalom is a spiritual and cultural center for Jewish Renewal in the Southwest. We affirm and support the discovery and exploration of our diverse identities and heritages.
We are a vibrant community, open and welcoming to individuals, couples, and families of all sizes, shapes and colors. Nahalat Shalom values, nurtures, and needs the creative, spiritual, and intellectual contributions of each member. We cultivate and live our Judaism through worship, learning, dialogue, joyful celebrations, community involvement, arts, music, and dance.
Children are always welcome in our sanctuary and at our celebrations and events, and they genuinely enjoy themselves in our once a week religious school. We are committed to living, sharing and passing on a vital and heartfelt Judaism to those who come after us.
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Congregation Nahalat Shalom | 3606 Rio Grande Blvd NW | 505.343.8227
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