Wednesday, March 24, 2022
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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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Shalom Nahalat Shalom.
I would like to invite you to sign up for a blood drive I am hosting at Sandia Prep School (532 Osuna Road) on Wednesday, April 6, from 10 am to 4 pm in the West Gym (near the south end of our main parking lot). If you can't make this one, we'll host one at the synagogue in May or June.
To make a life-saving appointment, please click here.
-Chuck Buxbaum
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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 price will be $18.
A BOOK OF PRAYERS AND BLESSINGS
Sometimes students become the teachers. In this case, students from Cheder and the Pre-B’nai class were asked to put some of our prayers and blessings into their own words, and in doing so, they became our spiritual guides. Their work was so deep and meaningful that it had to be put into a book. This little book of prayers and blessings will inspire you, but there are a limited number of copies, so you’ll want to get yours soon. The cost is $10 and all proceeds go back into our school. To purchase one, click here. Contact [email protected] to arrange pickup. We are not shipping at this time.
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!
The office will not be sending statements like you have received in the past. If you need a letter for tax purposes that states what you paid in dues for 2021, please reach out to [email protected] and I will email that to you directly.
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Friday, March 25, 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, March 25, 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.
ZOOM Meeting ID: 819 8456 7580 Passcode: SHABBAT (same each month)
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Friday, April 1, 2022, 6:30-8:30pm MT, at Nahalat Shalom (1st Friday)
Celebrate Shabes JOY with Cantor Beth Cohen, Alavados band, The Community Klezmer Band and Rikud Dancers. Reservations are required for IN-PERSON fully vaccinated masked attendees only and space is limited to 40 people - please click on RSVP link to reserve. There will be no potluck or any food -shared or provided. Schedule for the evening: 6:15 PM - gates and Zoom room opens. 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.
Meeting ID: 818 6684 8120 Passcode: SIMKHE18
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Saturday, April 2, 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.
Meeting ID: 801 481 3128 Passcode: Sinai (same each month)
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Friday, April 8, 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 February, March and April we focus on the Ladino poetry of Argentine Poet Juan Gelman.
[¿óndi sta la yave di tu curasón?] ([where is the key to your heart?]) by 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, April 9, 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.
Meeting ID: Meeting ID: 896 7420 2247 Passcode: 912758 (same every week)
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Friday, April 15, 6:00-7:15 pm MT, ZOOM (3rd Friday)
Kabbalat Shabbat...just when we need Shabbat!!!
ID: 860 0695 0921 Passcode: 877536
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Saturday, April 23, 10:00 am MST, ZOOM (Usually 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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Friday March 25, 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 1361 2549 Passcode: Neviim
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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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Monday, March 28, 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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Thursday, March 31st, 6 pm MT, 7 pm CT, 8 pm ET
KZOOM with Rabbi Shefa Gold
Friends, please come on time (which means a few minutes early). Please find all of the practices we will do together here. 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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Sunday, April 2, 3:15pm-4:45pm MT Online ZOOM
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). Email [email protected] if you would like the zoom link.
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Sunday April 10, 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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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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Community Action / Tikkun Olam
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Next Meeting: Thursday, March 24, 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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Human Rights Advocacy Training Project Fundraiser
From Lori Rudolph: There is a new advocacy project for Palestinian youth who live in three different communities in the West Bank. This is a collaborative project with the Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association in the UK and the UK/Palestine Social Work and Human Rights Society. This is the first step towards realizing our vision of creating a mental health/advocacy center in Hebron. Riad Arar, former director of Defense for Children International-Palestine’s Protection and Social Mobilization Program is the founder of the UK/Palestine Social Work and Human Rights Society. More info here.
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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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New Support Afghan Refugees
As you know, there are Afghan refugees who have come to
Albuquerque, mostly without having been able to bring any personal
property. They no longer need clothing, but are looking for
kitchen items (pots, pans, pressure cookers, silverware, etc.) and also
bicycles, and adult size prayer rugs.
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Homeless APS students
APS homeless students need us! While Roger is on leave, his colleague, James, picked up a large load of foods and supplies on March 3, 2022. He was very grateful for the large load. 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 a load to be picked up every 2 weeks. There have beenoverwhelming numbers of homeless students this year and they need our help. 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! They hope to start moving folks into the apartments this month! Dylan picked up a huge load of donations on February 8, 2022 just in time for the folks moving in to Hope Village!. 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. Please keep donations coming as the need is great. No children’s items, please.
Many thanks to all the donors to these projects. These donations help our community.
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ABQFaithWorks
A new way to love? Working with migrant families settling in Albuquerque is transformational work. The news reports Ukrainians crossing at Tijuana seeking asylum; and 300 Afghans are newly settling here in our community. The good news is that YOU can help people navigate a new culture. ABQ FaithWorks is ready to train Family Liaisons in the network of community migrant services, and to add volunteers to the teams ready to assist with transportation, food, language, medical exams, household items and clothing. What does it take to help? An open heart and the time you can give it. Contact Elijah Martinez, Director of the Asylum Program at ABQ FaithWorks at [email protected].
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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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Cheder kids created their own Purimspiel and a few of us got together to record it on zoom.You can see the recording here.
-Maggidah Batya Podos
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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. Your message to us will be confidential. To volunteer to help, or if you have a need or know someone who has a need, please reach out to [email protected] or [email protected].
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We are sending out our prayers, healing energy and thoughts to two year old, Nolan Ben Roni.
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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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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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Relationships Are the Keys to Community.
Every community has unique needs and personalities. Here's a story of how one congregation is responding to the unhoused at their door. ABQ FaithWorks can assist clergy and members discern and develop the appropriate response for their specific situations. Email Amy Malick, [email protected], and make a positive difference in your community. Read about the Friends Meeting at https://www.abqfaithworks.org/blog.
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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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