Memorial Service in tribute to Stanley Wolfe Drucker Thursday, Aug. 12, 7 p.m. Nevei Kodesh, 3269 28th St.
Service led by Reb Tirzah in support of Karen and Ann Drucker on the recent loss of their father. (It is customary to bring an appetizer or dessert to share for after the minyan.)
Rosh Chodesh Elul Retreat: Preparation for High Holidays Saturday, Aug. 14, 9:30-4:30 p.m.
Join Reb Tirzah and friends as we come together once again in the late summer beauty of the Rocky Mountains to begin the Jewish cycle of introspection at the New Moon before Rosh Hashana. This day of study, chanting, meditation, and sharing will help you connect to sacred community and the mystical meaning of the upcoming High Holydays and the process of Teshuvah, return to Self. Please bring journal, prayer shawl, and layers for mountain weather. Please bring a brown-bag lunch. (Fruit will be provided.) TORAH STUDY WILL NOT MEET THIS SATURDAY, DUE TO ALL-DAY RETREAT. PLAN AHEAD! Kol HaKahal:Nevei Kodesh Community Sing Come share the joy of singing and making music together. Let's share renewal and traditional songs, maybe try out a few harmonies. No rehearsals, no performances: just come sing (and/or play). Bring instruments, reading glasses, and song requests. Our regular time is the 4th Wednesday of the month. Led by Zhenya Gallon
Calling All Gardeners The Jewish Community Tzedakah Garden is growing! The veggies are doing really well--so are the weeds. We need help to tend the garden NOW! To volunteer, please contact garden organizer Kati Ruth (kate@cqg.com).
This is a great opportunity for a summer mitzvah--we will donate our produce to needy veterans families.
Parshat Shoftim Moses instructs the people of Israel to appoint judges and law-enforcement officers in every city; "Justice, justice shall you pursue," he commands them, and you must administer it without corruption or favoritism. Crimes must be meticulously investigated and evidence thoroughly examined -- a minimum of two credible witnesses is required for conviction and punishment. Shoftim also includes the prohibitions against idolatry and sorcery; laws governing the appointment and behavior of a king; and guidelines for the creation of "cities of refuge" for the inadvertent murderer. Also set forth are many of the rules of war: the exemption from battle for one who has just built a home, planted a vineyard, married, or is "afraid and soft-hearted"; the requirement to offer terms of peace before attacking a city; the prohibition against wanton destruction of something of value, exemplified by the law that forbids to cut down a fruit tree when laying siege (in this context the Torah makes the famous statement "For man is a tree of the field"). The Parshah concludes with the law of Eglah Arufah - the special procedure to be followed when a person is killed by an unknown murderer and his body is found in a field - which underscores the responsibility of the community and its leaders not only for what they do but also for what they might have prevented from being done.
The Boulder Jewish community is sponsoring a "Crayons to Calculators" school supply drive and we need your help! With the high costs of school supplies, purchasing supplies presents challenges to many economically disadvantaged families in the Boulder Valley and St. Vrain school districts. The goal of this project is to increase community support of children in need and ensure that all students start school with the supplies they need to succeed. For the 2010-11 school year, the program will fulfill the needs of nearly 7,000 students!! Through the generosity of the 18 Pomegranates Foundation and the Oreg Foundation, we are able to purchase backpacks! We are asking for your help in filling these backpacks with supplies.
There are three ways you can help: • When shopping with your child for school supplies, please purchase supplies to fill a backpack, OR you can purchase a non-gender specific backpack to donate along with the school supplies (list of supplies is below).
• If you don't have time to shop, please consider a donation and we'll shop for you! Please send a tax-deductible check to: Crayons to Calculators project, c/o Boulder JCC, 3800 Kalmia Ave., Boulder, CO 80301. Check should be made payable to Boulder JCC.
• Volunteers from the community are needed to help stuff, organize and distribute packs during the first two weeks of August. For information on volunteering, go to www.crayonstocalculators.org.
Supply List (Grades 3, 4 & 5) Please note: All items should be non-gender specific!
Durable new backpack (optional), Pencil box or pouch (1), Mechanical pencils (2), #2 Pencils (6), Colored pencils, 8 or more in pack (1), Pink erasers (2), Twin Pocket Folders (5), Glue 4 oz. plastic bottle (1), Glue Sticks (2), Markers, washable 8 or more in pack (1), Scissors, 5" pointed (1), Wide-ruled Spiral Notebook (2, Wide-ruled Paper Package (1), Pens (3), Highlighter-package (1), Calculator (1), Ruler (1)
We offer prayers of healing to: Frances Hollander
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