This Saturday: Shabbat Morning Services, April 25, 10am

[Altshul]

Chag Yom Ha'Atzmaut Sameach! Shabbat candle lighting in Brooklyn is 7:26pm.

Upcoming at Altshul

• Shabbat Morning Services, April 25, 10am
  Altshul will meet at Beth Elohim in the chapel at 10:00am for Shabbat morning services. Location is CBE, 274 Garfield Place. Kindershul will start at the beginning of the Torah service in the social hall.
  
  
• Shabbat Morning Services and Community Lunches, May 9, 10am
  Altshul will meet at Beth Elohim in the chapel at 10:00am for Shabbat morning services. Location is CBE, 274 Garfield Place. Kindershul will start at the beginning of the Torah service in the social hall.
  More details to follow about Community Lunches.
  
  
• Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv Services, May 15, 7pm
  Altshul will meet at CBE in the board room on Friday night for Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma'ariv. 274 Garfield Place, Brooklyn.

View the extended Altshul Minyan calendar.

Altshul Announcements

• Passing of Janet Frankel Staub, mother of Rena Staub
  Rena Staub is sitting shiva following the loss of her mother, Janet Frankel Staub z"l. One way to support Rena during this difficult time is to help make a minyan this Sunday morning, April 26, which will be hosted at the home of Eytan Kurshan at 10am. If you can be there, please sign up here.
  
  Additionally, Rena will be reciting kaddish at her apartment in Park Slope tonight, April 22nd at 8pm. If anyone is available to participate in a maariv minyan in her home, please email soc...@altshul.org.
  
  If anyone is interested in contributing towards sending a meal to the shiva house on behalf of the Altshul community, please email soc...@altshul.org.
  
  To learn more about Jewish mourning practices and making a respectful shiva visit, please see here. It is traditional for community members to provide food for mourners. Please stay tuned for opportunities to provide a meal for Rena in the coming weeks, and email soc...@altshul.org. You may also honor Janet's memory with a donation to the Silver Academy in Harrisburg, PA.
  
  Baruch Dayan Emet.
  
  
• Atlshul Beit Midrash, Saturday April 25, 8-10am
  Altshul's Beit Midrash will be holding an adult only session this coming Shabbat from 8-10am on the second floor of CBE.  Please join us for a look into King David as a poet with scrumptious coffee and breakfast included.
  
  Don't forgot about the next afternoon session with study for adults and school age children and babysitting for younger children, May 2-5pm.  Learning will be followed by a potluck seudah shlishi in the park.
  
  
• Altshul Volunteer Shift Signup
  There's now a new and easy way to sign up for your Altshul Setup Shift. We ask that everyone who attends Altshul volunteer at least one Shabbat morning or Friday night per year. The role includes helping set up shul, greeting people at the door, and cleaning up shul (not kiddush) afterward. It's easy, and Altshul depends on everyone taking part. Volunteers will be supported with detailed, easy-to-follow instructions, a teammate, and the opportunity to select their volunteer date. Sign up using the Altshul Shift Signup Form. Please contact Cheryl at logi...@altshul.org with any questions.
  Volunteers needed on the following dates:
  April 25 (Saturday Morning at 10 am)
  May 9 (Saturday Morning at 10 am)
  May 15 (Friday Evening at 7 pm)
  
  
• Join the Lifecycle Team
  Would you like to help prepare food for the families of newborn children?  Visit sick members of our community?  To join the mailing list for our Lifecycle Team, please email Shannon at life...@altshul.org.
  
  
• Join the Altshul Parents Listserve
  Are you a new parent, a parent who is new to the area, or just interested in learning more about Altshul's family activities? Join the Altshul Parents listserve! Email Nina at ki...@altshul.org.
  

CBE Announcements

• CBE Respite Bed Shelter Volunteer Sign-up
  We are once again hosting the CBE Respite Bed Shelter from May 17 to June 25 in partnership with CAMBA. The shelter will run from Sunday night to Thursday night, providing dinner and shelter for up to 12 guests each night. Volunteering to help the CBE shelter is a great experience for families with teens (and many others!) and provides a much-needed service.
  
  For more information or to volunteer for food preparation or an overnight stay (we always need 2 guests a night to sleep over), please visit http://congregationbethelohim.org/content/homeless-shelter.
  
  This year the shelter also needs a pantry coordinator and a second laundry coordinator. If you know of anyone who you think would be interested in volunteering in one of these roles please contact Betty Leigh: bettyleig...@gmail.com.
  
  
• Introduction to Judaism with Rabbi Marc Katz
  Every Wednesday night
  Through ancient texts and modern media, participants learn to navigate Jewish tradition, holidays, history and life-cycle events while gaining tools for conducting Jewish ritual at home. Register online.
  

Community Announcement

• NEW: Sublet Listing
  I'm looking for a clean and courteous person to sublet my large, furnished bedroom in my bright and spacious 3-bedroom apartment in Prospect Heights starting between May 1st and May 15th, hopefully with a commitment for at least a few months. The rent is $1050/month and could include use of the furniture or not; utilities come out to about $40 - $50 per month. It is an amazing location, located literally a couple blocks away from Prospect Park and Grand Army Plaza, and it is about a five minute walk to the 2/3 and B/Q trains. You would be living with two ladies, both friendly, queer-friendly, and Jewish. Every so often there is a dinner party, but otherwise, the space is very peaceful and homey. For more info, be in touch with Miriam at curiou...@gmail.com. Thanks!
  
  
• NEW: Hadag Nahash With Special Guest Matisyahu
  Sunday, April 26th, 7:00PM at CBE, Tickets: $28-180. Get your tickets* online. *Use discount code PSJC for a reduced price.
  
  
• Attend the NHC Summer Institute as a Zeitler Fellow! (Application due May 11th)
  Do you enjoy participatory, spirited, inclusive, thoughtful, lay-led Jewish community? Join over 300 people who share that love this summer at the NHC (National Havurah Committee) Summer Institute in Rindge, New Hampshire! A week at Institute includes plenty of serious study, moving prayer, spirited conversation, late-night jam sessions, singing, dancing, swimming, meditation, and hiking, as well as an opportunity to meet and learn from a diverse, multigenerational  group of attendees. Institute attendees create a wonderful community together for a week -- and leave with new ideas, skills, and experiences to bring back to their home communities for the rest of the year and beyond. For attendees between the ages of 22 and 32, the NHC is now accepting applications for its Zeitler Fellows Program. Fellows participate in the full Summer Institute programming and in four workshops designed specifically for them. As a Fellow, you receive a scholarship for tuition, room, and board, and are expected to pay only for registration and dues ($147) for the full week (August 3-9). The application can be found here: http://havurah.org/institute/institute-2015/zeitler-fellowship-2015/. Please see our website for more information or call the NHC office at 215-248-1335. The application is due May 11th.
  
  
• ACRONYM: Leading the Jewish Alphabet conference, May 17
  Announcing "ACRONYM: Leading the Jewish Alphabet," the first-ever full-day conference hosted by the Council of Young Jewish Presidents (CYJP). ACRONYM is an exciting opportunity for 100 young lay leaders with a proven track record of engagement in the Jewish community to come together for a day of training, education, and networking. The conference is set to take place on Sunday, May 17th, at the Educational Alliance Manny Cantor Center on the Lower East Side. For more information, visit the conference's website.
  

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