Shabbat Shalom! Join us for Dinner on 6/10
KI Community Kabbalat Shabbat (KICKS)
KICKS Events:
Davening this week: 6pm in the Chapel
6/10 KICKS Dinner in honor of Brian and Lily
Mazal Tov to Craig Byer & Naomi Konikoff!
Community Tikkun leil Shavuot!
Davening this week: Join KICKS starting with mincha at 6pm. We'll sing, share words of Torah, and prepare to welcome Shabbat together. We’d love to see you in person or online!
IN PERSON: In the Rabb Chapel Downstairs
ZOOM: Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat Here
Notes for in person services: We hope you join us!
Masks will be optional for all in attendance
We expect those in attendance to be fully vaccinated (including booster) against Covid-19 as soon as eligible.
If you are not feeling well, please stay home
Singing is very much encouraged!
View KI’s up to date Covid-19 guidelines here. We deeply appreciate everyone’s patience and ongoing careful Covid-sensitive conduct as we work together to keep our spaces open.
Kiddush this week is sponsored by the KICKS Kiddush Fund, so thanks to all who have donated!
If you'd like to sponsor kiddush in someone’s honor, please email us or to make a donation to the Kiddush fund, please send a check to KI with a note in the memo line that specifies KICKS Kiddush Fund. Thanks!
Visit our website: https://kicks.community/
View this week's full schedule of online davening, learning, and community building at KI.
6/10 KICKS Dinner in Honor of Brian and Lily
Join us for a delicious Shabbat dinner on 10 June following KICKS services at 6pm! We will be honoring longtime KICKS members Brian Meyers and Lily Guenther as they make their way to Memphis, TN in the coming weeks for their next chapter! Dinner will begin around 7:15pm. It will be a catered meal (meat with vegetarian options). Weather-permitting, we intend to eat outside.
Please register by 12 noon on Tuesday, 7 June! **No sign-ups will be accepted after the deadline.** The suggested donation per adult is $18/$12 child. Please make your donation at https://congki.org/give/ (with "KICKS 6/10 dinner" in the "Payment Notes" section) or send a check made out to "Congregation Kehillath Israel" (with "KICKS 6/10 dinner" in the memo line) to 384 Harvard St., Brookline, MA, 02446.
Mazal Tov to Craig Byer & Naomi Konikoff!
Mazal Tov to Craig Byerr and Naomi Konikoff on the birth of their baby girl on May 23!
If you would like to help out with meals for the family, a link for Take Them a Meal is here: https://takethemameal.com/VSVA0443 (password: 0523).
KI’s Care Team
Do you have extra time on your hands? Are you eager to help others by schlepping groceries, making a video call to someone in need, or providing another type of support? Sign up here to volunteer through KI's Care Team. If there is something you need, an errand, grocery run, or know of someone we should reach out to - please contact Shari Lecker or Eliza Katz.
Community Tikkun Leil Shavuot
We hope you will join us again at 384 Harvard St this Saturday night starting at 10:30p (with a pre-Tikkun sessions at 7:30p)!
Looking forward to sharing Shabbat with you,
The KICKS Leadership Team:
Stephanie Berkowitz
Elizabeth Bonney-Cohen
Talia Laster
Deb Laufer
Rayna Levinson
Brian Meyers
Elizabeth Perten
Harvey Tuch
Please email us with questions, comments, feedback, and to sign up for the listserv: KIKabbal...@gmail.com
Congregation Kehillath Israel
Website: https://kicks.community/
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; people of all ages, backgrounds, genders, and orientations; and encourage everyone to join us in taking responsibility for the group experience.