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This week:
- Friday, August 16
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5:30 pm - Pizza Potluck for Tot Community
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6 pm - Baby Naming Service. Family service with baby naming for Jonathan Battat and Jane Farrel. All are welcome to attend.
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7 pm - Kabbalat Shabbat Services with Rabbi Haigh live in the sanctuary and on Zoom. Click here to join.
- Saturday, August 17
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7 pm - Dance Party hosted by Susanna Stein at Shir Shalom. Lessons in East Coast Swing from 7-7:30 and Line Dance from 8:30-9.
Upcoming:
- Sunday, August 25
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4 pm - Annual Meeting followed by potluck Barbecue.
- Thursday, September 12
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10 am - Elul learning with Dr. Rachel Korazim live on Zoom. Special poetry session post Oct 7, "Poems for our Days", speaks to Israeli and Palestinian voices.
To see more of Shir Shalom's calendar, click here.
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When I gave the sermon 1 on September 15 th, 2023 about the need to respect our planet and 2 our need to participate in changing the trajectory of climate change, there were two things that I could not have anticipated. The flooding again this year in the Northeast Kingdom (from which we in Woodstock were blissfully spared) and the events of October 7 the the massacre of Jews in Israel and the tragedy that has since unfolded in Gaza. So much has happened since last autumn.
And yet, our small community of Jews, committed to healing the planet did not lose hope. As heartbreaking as the events have been, the death and loss and horror unfolding in the world around us, we continued to act on behalf of the planet. We continued in our work and our commitment to building a response to climate change, we channeled some of our energy and angst, our fears for our people both what might happen to us and what might be being done in our name and focused as well on Tikkun Olam, on repairing the world.
This afternoon, the team that has been working at the temple this week mounted our first solar panels. The reality that we are partners in creation with God and stewards of the earth is not lost on me. It was indeed a shehecheyanu moment. A moment of gratitude and of hope.
We feel an extraordinary sense of gratitude to all those that have worked tirelessly over the past 11 months to bring this project to fruition. A tremendous sense of gratitude to all those that have so generously contributed to making this project possible. The hours
and hours of planning and imagining, of calculating and working together to bring this project into being. Last weekend we had to the gift of praying together in East End park, that too a magnificent transformation of our beloved town, the ‘jewel’ created from
the ‘jungle. The reality that when we as neighbors and friends band together that we can reclaim, we can rescue we can indeed repair the world. With gratitude to God and all that made this possible, we feel blessed to be working in hope toward a more sustainable and healthier future. Nachamu, Nachamu, might we all be comforted in this progress.
Rabbi Ilene Haigh
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First Panel Mounted - August 15th 2024 - 2:09 PM
Woodstock Vermont 11th Av, 05784
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Friday, August 16
Pizza Potluck for Tot Community
5:30 pm at the temple
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Followed by Baby Naming Service
at 6 pm
Family service with baby naming for
Jonathan Battat and Jane Farrel.
All are welcome to attend.
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Live Friday Night Shabbat Services
with Rabbi Haigh
Friday, August 16
at 7 pm
In the Sanctuary and on Zoom
Zoom Link:
https://zoom.us/j/7259482096
Meeting ID: 725 948 2096
password: 856328
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Torah Study
Thursday, August 22
10:00 am
With guest teacher
Margie Elsberg
No experience necessary.
Bring your thoughts and rabbinic commentary, or just come to listen and learn.
On Zoom only: Click here to join
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Link to this week's Torah portion
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Annual Meeting of the Congregation Sunday, August 25
4:00 pm at Shir Shalom
At this meeting, we will review our past year as a congregation, elect new Board members, approve the FY'25 budget, and hear reports from Rabbi Haigh, President Mike Brown, School Directors Roni Skerker and Jessie Slack, and Treasurer Barry Feinberg.
Vote to approve next year’s budget & vote to elect the slate of Directors for our Board.
The following nominations are to be voted as a slate:
Officer to complete a term for 1 year: VP Education: Roni Skerker
Director for 3 years: Helene Linn (2nd Term)
Director for 2 year term (filling a vacancy): Corrina Dodson (1st Term)
Directors for 1 year term (filling vacancies):
Jeffrey Kahn (1st Term)
Lilah Morrissey (1st Term)
Click here for link to read FY 25 Shir Shalom Budget.
Followed by annual potluck congregational barbecue. Please bring plated sides, salads, and desserts. Hot dogs, hamburgers, and soft drinks will be provided.
Look forward to seeing you there!
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Poetry session teaching with Dr. Rachel Korazim
live on Zoom
Thursday, September 12 at 10am
Rachel is a Jewish education consultant at the Shalom Hartman Institute in curriculum development for Israel and Holocaust education. Rachel opens for her audiences a window to Israeli society through literature; through stories, poems and songs of the best of Israel’s writers. Since October 7th, she has collected, translated, and taught the voices of Israeli and Palestinian poets. These special sessions on Zoom will provide a unique opportunity to read, discuss, reflect, and connect with the poetry, voices, and emotions of the moment through Rachel's teachings. We hope you will join.
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Thank you very much for your generosity. Your donation makes it possible for us to continue to bring Judaism to the Upper Valley.
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As we have no dues or fees, gifts like yours are essential. You may give by credit card, PayPal, or check mailed to:
WAJC
PO Box 526
Woodstock, VT 05091
Thank you again.
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Zoom Information
Sanctuary Room - this will be used for larger group events
such as the 1st and 3rd Friday Night Shabbat Services, B'nei Mitzvahs,
and other live events
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2199028045
Meeting ID: 219 902 8045
Passcode: Dg8WLC
Meeting - this will be used for Rabbi's teaching, including Torah Study, Hebrew I and II, Adult Education, Wednesday and Saturday Minyans, Social Groups, etc.
https://zoom.us/j/7259482096
Meeting ID: 725 948 2096
Password: 856328
Check the calendar at www.shirshalomvt.org for Zoom numbers to use for each event or meeting.
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Woodstock Area Jewish Community, Congregation Shir Shalom
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