May 26, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009 @ 6:30pm-midnight (approximately) Potluck Dairy Dinner & Learning NEW LOCATION: Studio 34, 4522 Baltimore Avenue In the spirit of our ancestors, we aim to experience moments of revelation through study as we celebrate Z'man Matan Torateinu, the time of the receiving of the Torah. As is the Kol Tzedek custom, we invite you to be teachers as well as learners. Please bring a favorite, text, poem, story to share/teach or a question you would like to discuss with the community. Also, a dairy or parve dish is much appreciated! Kol Tzedek Interfaith Family Group Potluck Shabbat When: Friday, May 29th, 6:00pm Where: Home of Julie Cristol and TL Hill What: Veggie potluck and conversation about Shavuot Please RSVP to jenwalker23@gmail.com for .directions. Hope to see you there! Zoe Cohen's Sacred Origins- An Interfaith Art Project for West Philadelphia Opening Reception: Sunday May 31st, 5-7 pm With an artist's talk at 6 pm, The Philadelphia Cathedral 38th and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia Zoe Cohen presents a 5 ft x 5 ft mixed media artwork incorporating a number of drawings from the Kol Tzedek community. The finished piece will be permanently installed in the Cathedral... but you get to see it first! With food and drink! Zoe Cohen gives a brief talk about the project and the product at 6 pm. -------------- Lay-led Minyan, Saturday June 6, 10:00 am, Calvary Center, Second floor in the Samaritan Room, (Starts at 10 but will finish at same time as Mishpocha service, which is in Chapel); everyone joins together for potluck lunch after. Details to follow! Kol Tzedek Shabbat Mishpocha Service, June 6, 10:30 NOTE TIME CHANGE: THE JUNE FAMILY SERVICE WILL BEGIN AT 10:30 A.M. (one half hour later than usual). Calvary Center, 48th St. and Baltimore Ave. Services in Chapel, potluck in gym Kol Tzedek's Mishpocha (Family) service is an opportunity for children and adults to pray together in community. The service is structured like a traditional Saturday morning service and includes a reading from the weekly torah portion, an interactive story, and lots of singing! This service is open to everyone and is especially suited for families with children between the ages of 2 and 6. An early lunch vegetarian potluck follows the service. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share and help KT reduce its carbon footprint--bring your own plate and silverware! Questions? Email: shabbat@kol-tzedek.org Congregational Meeting On Sunday, June 7th at 10:30 am, Kol Tzedek will hold its annual congregational meeting (and pool party). Please join us! Here is what you need to know: As a member, you can come to the meeting and vote on the budget and the candidates for the Board of Directors
The
meeting will be held at Garden Court at 4637 Pine Street in the
basement meeting room, and will last approximately 90 minutes
At
the conclusion of the meeting, we will have a chance to swim and have
lunch at Garden Court (thanks to Emma and Jeremy Lefkowitz!)
We are working on the details of food and babysitting
Please RSVP to president@kol-tzedek.org if you can attend.
If
you are not able to attend, you need to give your proxy vote to someone
who WILL be there, and let us know who that will be. Members should
also have received an email from the members listserv including
attached documents and a link to the members website where pertinent
documents are stored.
Ta Sh'ma: Come and Learn! Kol Tzedek's Spring Series on Tefillah (Prayer) June 12 and June 20 "Prayer on One Foot: Introduction to the Friday Night Service" Friday, June 12, 6pm (immediately before Kabbalat Shabbat services) Calvary Center Learn the basic outline of the Friday night service and gain an insight into the order and flow of the service. "How is this prayerbook different than all other prayerbooks?: The Evolution of Jewish liturgy and Reconstructionist Liturgical Changes" A Shabbat Lunch and Learn Saturday, June 20, 12:30pm Calvary Center, downstairs gym Please bring something vegetarian to share and your own plates and cutlery. Please note: All are welcome, regardless of your participation in that morning's Shabbat services June 12 (every second Friday of the month) 6:30-8:00 pm Calvary Center, 48th St. and Baltimore Ave. Join us for our participatory, traditional, and meaningful Shabbat evening services. Questions? email: shabbat@kol-tzedek.org Shabbat Morning Services June 20, and Every Third Saturday of the Month 10 am Calvary, 48th St. and Baltimore Ave. Join us for our monthly Shabbat morning service, Followed by a potluck veggie Kiddush. *** Help KT lower its carbon footprint--bring your own plate, fork and spoon if you can.*** Questions? Email: shabbat@kol-tzedek.org LGBT Programming Brainstorm Interested in having more LGBT programming at Kol Tzedek? We'd like to gather people who have ideas and/or are willing to help in some way throughout the year, to talk about what events we'd like to have. Events could be educational, cultural, or social. This doesn't mean joining a committee, just coming to one gathering to brainstorm ideas and see how we can make them happen. Please contact Karen if you are interested - karenkohn00@hotmail.com. |
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About Kol Tzedek
Kol Tzedek, a Reconstructionist synagogue in West Philadelphia, builds a diverse and inclusive community through prayer, education, spirituality, and Jewish activism within and beyond our local neighborhood. Contact: PO Box 31902 Phila, PA 19104 215-764-6364 register@kol-tzedek.org Member:
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May 26, 2009posted Jun 3, 2009 8:07 AM by KT Communications |