1. Davening this week
2. Purim at KI: begins tonight!
3. Help a community member get to KICKS
4. KI Community Shabbat dinner-- March 30
5. Ride to NYC for Pesach
Community Postings
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1. Davening this week:
We meet every Friday evening in KI's Rabb Chapel at 384 Harvard St. in
Brookline. Our davening this week begins at 5:15pm with mincha, followed
directly by kabbalat shabbat and maariv.
Join us for Kiddush after services, sponsored by the KICKS Leadership
Teamin honor of KICKS’ second birthday! Like
most 2 year-olds, our favorite gifts are edible (we especially like cookies
and jellybeans). Instead of bringing a gift to the party, please
consider a donation
to the KICKS Kiddush Fund. Checks payable to KI can be sent (with a note
indicating it's a donation for KICKS) to 384 Harvard Street, Brookline
02446. Thanks!
2. Purim 5772
Purim begins at sundown on Wed. March 7th.
Here is the schedule of events for all ages at KI for the holiday:
On Wednesday, March 7th:
7:00am - Shacharit for Taanit Esther/the Fast of
Esther<http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Purim/In_the...>
5:30pm - Full, traditional Megillah reading beginning with Mincha/Ma’ariv
in the Rabb Chapel
6:30pm - Interactive Megillah reading with a storyteller and chanted
highlights of the Megillah in the Main Sanctuary
7:30pm - All-Ages Purim Party with klezmer music, dinner, hamentaschen, and
a costume parade in Landers Hall. $10/adult or $25/family (suggested
donation)
8:30pm - Adult-only Purim Jazz Café with live music, raffles, food and
drink (bring your ID) in Landers Hall. $10/adult (suggested donation)
On Thursday, March 8th:
6:45am - Shacharit services with full, traditional Megillah reading in the
Rabb Chapel
Matanot LaEvyonim
Please bring your checkbook or cash to KI with you on Purim to give
generously to Yad Chessed to fulfill the mitzvah of matanot
la’evyonim<http://njop.org/resources/holidays/complete-guide-to-holidays/purim/m...>(gifts
for the poor) which is specific to the holiday. You can also give
online before the holiday: www.yadchessed.org/purim. (Indicate that you’re
giving through KI, so we count you in our total). Last year we raised $1363
for families in need. Can we beat that this Purim?
3. Help a community member get to KICKS
We are looking for volunteers to help bring a man who uses a wheelchair two
blocks from his home to KICKS services on Friday nights. Anyone interested
should contact Ari Abelman at aabel...@gmail.com. Thank you for making our
davening accessible!
4. KI Community Shabbat Dinner
Join us in celebrating a Community Shabbat on Friday March 30, at
approximately 8 p.m., after KICKS. KI will provide a vegetarian meal, which
we will be cooking on Thursday night prior to the meal. This is a partially
funded dinner, so we are just asking for $5 plus a food donation (for
Family Table) for each person signing up. Please sign up here:
http://tinyurl.com/7bt4cfk.
5. Ride to NYC for Pesach
A member of the community who lives at Hebrew Senior Life on Centre St. is
looking for a ride to New York City for Pesach. If you will be driving
from this area to the New York City area for the holiday, please email Emily
<emfish1...@gmail.com>to be put in touch with him. Thanks!
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Community Postings
If you are planning an event that you would like the KICKS community to
know about, we will be happy to include it! Please send a short blurb to
kikabbalatshab...@gmail.com.
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Looking forward to sharing Shabbat with you,
The KICKS Leadership Team:
Stephanie Berkowitz
Geoff Bloom
Emily Fishman
Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman
Deb Laufer
Lisa Stella
Please email us with questions, comments, feedback, and to sign up for the
listserv: KIKabbalatShab...@gmail.com
Congregation Kehillath Israel
384 Harvard St.
Brookline, MA 02446
Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/328611620204/
KICKS is a warm community of spiritually engaged Jews that strives to
create soulful, energetic Friday night t'filah and nourishing, inclusive
communal activities. We cultivate a traditional-egalitarian davening
atmosphere that is committed to powerful prayer experience, within the
broader communal fabric of Jewish learning and socializing in Brookline and
Boston. We welcome new faces and seasoned ones, and encourage everyone to
join us in taking responsibility for the group experience.
