Come to Israel with us in 2019!  

 

Is visiting Israel with your family on your wish list?  

Well, now is the time to make it happen!     

 

Rabbi Sharfman is busy planning a wonderful family trip to Israel right after school ends in 2019. The dates are  

May 29-June 11, 2019 (non-stops to and from LAX on El Al). Imagine 12 nights in Israel and you can do Bar/Bat Mitzvahs on Massada while we are there!  

 

Kids and adults will have a great time discovering the beauty, culture, history, and modernity that is unique to Israel. Fellow travelers of all ages find Rabbi Sharfman's joy delightfully contagious; and her ability to relate and share her knowledge is unmatched. Rabbi lived in Israel for many years and was a licensed tour guide there!     

 

We can't wait to share this experience with your family, so let us hear from you! Email Renee to let her know you'd like to receive Israel trip updates.  

We are delighted to announce that Jane Neely

will be presented with the Dr. Earl Sharfman

Congregational Service Award for 2016

and 2017 during our April 13 Kabbalat Shabbat.  

 

Jane has donated many volunteer hours

to Congregation Kehillah and has supported

us in many ways behind the scenes.

In addition to serving on the Kehillah Board

of Directors, Jane has chaired the High Holy

Days Committee for the past two years and

is Co-Chair of our Hospitality Committee.

Please be sure to join us for Kabbalat Shabbat on April 13

as we honor Jane! Services will begin at 7:30 p.m.

 

The Dr. Earl Sharfman Congregational Service Award, established in 2013 by Earl's wife, Barbara Sharfman, is given to a Kehillah member who best embodies the legacy of Dr. Earl Sharfman.  

In establishing this award, Barbara sought to celebrate and recognize those qualities in people who would continue the work, traditions, values, and lessons in which Earl believed so strongly.

Dr. Earl Sharfman, father of Rabbi Bonnie Sharfman, lived by example, demonstrating that service to others was the highest calling. By his actions, he inspired and motivated all those around him to reach for the best within themselves.

For her mitzvah project, Katie is planning and  

funding an enrichment program for Arrowhead  

Elementary School, a Title 1 school located  

in Phoenix and part of Paradise Valley Unified  

School District.   

While Bar/Bat Mitzvahs are not private affairs - as services they are open to all - we do request that you RSVP so the Kiddush luncheon can be planned for the appropriate number of attendees. Thank you.

Women's Night Out  

A "Taste" of Passover: Women's Passover Seder  
 

Another Shabbat Box Visit 

With the help of YEP!'s Shabbat Box, writes Sheryl Chariton-Kirshenbaum, "We had a lovely Shabbat led by Mia."

 

Our new Memorial Board 

Thanks to a generous donation from Dan and Evelyn Simon, in honor of Evelyn's birthday, a second Memorial Board for our Sanctuary has been ordered. Both Memorial Boards will be hung up in the Sanctuary in time for the High Holy Days 2018/5779. Now is the perfect time to order your engraved plaques to honor your loved ones who have passed away. For a donation of $360, individual names, with dates of birth and death, will be engraved on a plaque and added to our board. This fee includes a listing in our annually published Yizkor Book. Click here for the Memorial Board form. If you have any questions, please contact Renee.

Mazel Tov . . . 

I am available to all Kehillah members in times of joy and sadness. Please let me know when I can extend support and comfort to you and your family.

HIPAA information

Kehillah's "Helping Hearts and Hands" (HHH) volunteers are  

ready to assist you with life's complexities. Click here to find
out how HHH can help you -- and how you can volunteer
to become part of Kehillah's caring brigade. 

   

Names are added to the top of the Mishebeirach list  

in the order they are received.