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Sound of the Shofar

Congregation Kol Shofar • 215 Blackfield Drive, Tiburon, CA 94920 • 415.388.1818 • www.kolshofar.org 1

What is the essence of our community? What is so essential to Kol Shofar that we simply could not imagine our community existing without it? In Pirkei Avot, an ancient collection of rabbinic wisdom, we learn:

On three things the world stands: On Torah, on worship and on acts of loving kindness. This translates to three essential components of our lives at Kol Shofar:

• Praying Together

• Taking Care of Each Other/Sanctifying Life’s Moments

• Learning and Growing

Without collectively engaging in these three mitzvot, we could not be who we are as a community. Of course, this doesn’t mean that each of us are doing all of these things. But across the community, these things are happening in some form or another every day.

We pray and meditate together as a community: weekday morning minyan, Shabbat services, and meditation, gathering to pray for those who are ill, and Sunday morning tefillah with the Beit Binah community. We take care of each other: visiting those who are sick, bringing meals to those in need, reaching out to check in on each other just because. We celebrate birth, coming of age as Bar/Bat Mitzvah, weddings and other joyous occasions. And we honor the dead and comfort mourners.

As we take care of each other, we broaden our reach to others in greater Marin, our country and our world. We learn and grow, whether it is Yiddish, Torah yoga, Talmud or Judaism 101. The rabbis teach us that Torah and learning are like water: essential to our being.

A spiritual community who knows its essence will be stronger for it. Knowing what we should be doing means also knowing what we should leave to other organizations and groups to carry out in the world. That is a challenge for us all because we want to say yes to everything! But our professional and lay leadership know that focusing in on the essentials and performing these mizvot of prayer, taking care of each other and learning, the very best we can, is the essence of Kol Shofar.

How do we fulfill these mitzvot? By putting relationships first. As Genesis tells us, humanity was made in the image of God and we must see this Jewish value in how we relate to all people.

We fulfill these mitzvot by being our true selves in community with each other; to strive to be who we are, not who someone else is, or some other institution is. We do this by building strong relationships with those outside our community. We do this by being real with each other because frankly, life is too short to be otherwise.

I am grateful to be a part of the Kol Shofar essence. It would be hard to imagine life without it!

Rabbi Susan Leider

Visioning the Future at Kol Shofar

Winter / Spring 2017

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Why is a garden important?

The garden is a tangible, kinesthetic way to teach our community that it’s our responsibility to take care of the earth and each other. Growing organic food for local food banks and meals is a wonderful service and provides us with the opportunity reach out to our broader community, to partner with other religious and non-religious organizations, and perhaps to even engage our neighbors in a positive way.

How does our garden fit into the philosophy of repairing the world (Tikkun Olam)?

It’s about food. Access to healthy, organic produce is something many of us take for granted. But there are many families in our county for whom this food is not accessible.

How do you envision the garden’s future?

It could be an educational tool, engaging Beit Binah and JCC preschool children in garden education relevant to the traditions, culture, and values of the Jewish Conservative movement. It could be a place of gathering for our community to celebrate the many Jewish holidays and festivals that focus on harvest and food. It can also be a place for tikkun olam, since a primary goal of the garden is to produce enough food to support Southern Marin’s hot meal programs and local food banks.

How can people contribute to the garden?

The garden desperately needs volunteers to ensure it is able to continue and grow. We have a great plan for the space that would make it more accessible, add more beds, create a learning/gathering area, and even develop a biblical orchard, but without a strong group of volunteers we cannot move forward with our plan. Without additional volunteers, the continuation of the garden is in real question.

What if you don’t have a green thumb… are there still ways to help out?

YES! I don’t have a green thumb – I’m kinda flying by the seat of my pants trying various veggies in various beds. People interested in spending time out there watering, tending, weeding, etc. Anyone with a passion for this kind of project is welcome!

Tikkun Olam SpotlightA Chat with Kol Shofar Garden Coordinator Wendy DaliaA marine ecologist by training, Wendy Dalia has over 20 years in environmental education. She currently captains Kol Shofar’s volunteer-led Garden Committee with Bob Daniel.

March 26, 20174:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.at Kol ShofarAttire: Brooklyn Beachwear, antique or modernRSVPs kindly requested by Friday, March 10, 2017

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Casting call for carnival crew

Volunteers are needed to help run games, concession stands, and auction tables. Contact 415.388.1818 for information on how you can help!

Volunteer today

by emailing Wendy at

[email protected]

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Maybe you’ve heard about Legacy Giving in Kolnections or other non-profit communications and you’ve thought,

“What a great idea! I can pledge the financial commitment from my trust or savings now to a non-profit I care about, and it will be paid from my estate. I’m ready to sign up!”

Perhaps you don’t know what to do next. Here are a few easy ways to make a legacy gift.

• Life insurance policy: Simply contact your life insurance agentto add Congregation Kol Shofar on the “beneficiarydesignation form.”

• IRA/401k: Again, simply contact your financial advisor to addCongregation Kol Shofar on the “beneficiary designation form.”

Also, using an IRA Charitable Rollover, those 70½ or older may transfer up to $100,000 annually from their IRA accounts directly to Congregation Kol Shofar without first having to recognize the distribution as income, saving income tax.

• Trust/Will: Add a provision in your Will or Trust that you wantassets distributed to Congregation Kol Shofar at your demise.

Next steps: 1. Decide what percentage or dollar amount you want to donate from your

life insurance, IRA/401k or through your living trust or will.

2. For gifts through life insurance, IRA or 401k, obtain the “beneficiarydestination form” and add Congregation Kol Shofar. Your financial advisoror life insurance agent can help you.

3. We’d like to say “thank you.”

It couldn’t be easier to create a legacy gift. Please consider taking advantage of this terrific — and painless! — way to support Kol Shofar.

For more information or to tell us of your plans, contact our Executive Director, Kaia Burkett, or Michelle Lerman, our Legacy Gifts Chair, at michelle@lermanlaw.

Legacy Giving

Thank You! to Our Legacy Circle

We are grateful to the following members for their vision in ensuring future generations will have the benefit of a conservative Jewish experience in Marin.

Jack Beckerman z”l

Judy BergerHelen & Alan BonapartTessa & Fred ChernissJoan & Stephen FierbergMark FriedmanKaren Hirsch & Jim Condit Deborah & Thomas JacobsenJulie King & Don Abramson Michelle & Jeff LermanJoan Levison & FamilyBarbara & Jon McEntyreNana MeyerBeverly Pinto & Elliot LevinMarcia & Michael RubensteinTeveia Barnes Sankin & Alan Sankin Jeff Saperstein & Ilene SerlinJay & Harriet SchnitzerSusan Snyder & Steve Sockolov Esther Rosha-Stadtler & Sandy StadtlerJackie & Mark SwoiskinMadelon Van LierMarjorie & Philip WaltersFrances & Chuck WischLarry & Diane YermackDiane & Howard ZackOthers who wish to remain anonymous

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Joan LevisonBoard President

It’s clear when you walk into Kol Shofar that you are entering a beautiful, carefully-planned sacred space. The layout is warm and welcoming, the design and finish work are lovely, and the sanctuary is stunning and designed for a working spiritual community.

But it hasn’t always been that way. Many Kol Shofar members don’t know that our building was a middle school in the 1960s. How did we morph from these humble beginnings into an award-winning sacred space?

It all started when we moved to the long-vacant building in June 1984. The congregation settled into our first permanent home and grew steadily. By the late 1990s, our leadership recognized that it was becoming increasingly hard to “do Jewish” in a building no longer meeting the needs of a growing congregation. New members weren’t so interested in the haimish to which we’d all grown accustomed. As the carpets became more frayed and the kitchen seemed to grow smaller every month, we realized it was time to take a hard look at what our community truly needed.

In the early 2000’s, we searched Southern Marin for a new location but nothing appropriate was available. Since we owned 215 Blackfield Drive outright, the decision was made to re-envision the existing structure with a remodel and addition. It took two years of meetings to tease out the congregation-wide needs and wants of our community, as well as gather intelligence from architects, land-use attorneys, and neighbors. By 2005 we had a strategy.

Then came the perfect storm of setbacks.

First: some neighbors opposed our project. The conflict was resolved in the autumn of 2008, but the delay strained our relationship with the Town of Tiburon and meant we had to factor increased building costs and unforeseen legal expenses into our plan.

Second: the global financial crisis hit, significantly impacting our financing plans for the new building.

Lastly: our rabbi of 19 years, Rabbi Lavey Derby, left the synagogue.

We are a resilient community! Kol Shofar regrouped and, in February 2009, broke ground on remodeling our building. For 18 months, we operated in several different locations: Westminster Church held our Shabbat services, the Davidson School Annex was used for daily services and our administrative offices, and Kent Middle School accommodated Beit Binah and Tichon.

Just before Rosh Hashanah 2010, we carried our Torahs up Blackfield Road to our beautiful new spiritual home and danced to celebrate the journey. For the last six years, we’ve enjoyed the fruits of this labor. This space would not exist without the hard work and financial backing of many people who have been longstanding members of our community. Kol Shofar is grateful to have their very generous support.

B’shalom,

The Long Road to Our Beautiful Synagogue HomeIn the first of several articles detailing the history of our spiritual home, Board President Joan Levison shares the story of our building

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Jonathan EmanuelDirector ofYouth Education & Family Engagement

The winter days of the Jewish calendar are always a special time, full of hope, awakening and potential for new life.

As the days get longer and the nights shorten, we have a greater opportunity to engage with one another, to try new things and create new realities for ourselves and those around us.

The Jewish calendar provides moments to truly realize our own potential, and that of the world’s.

• On Tu B’shvat we honor and explore the importance of nature in sustaining life as wecelebrate the birthday of the Trees.

• On Purim we are able to examine how the day to day decisions of the few and the bravecan influence an entire community or society.

• On Pesah we are able to explore what it means to be a free people, and how we candirectly change the aspects of our lives that bind us.

These festivals and their meanings are explored in Kol Shofar’s education programs. We will be celebrating these festivals together, finding new ways to unlock the true potential of our community to impact our own lives and the world as a whole. We will explore how lucky we are to have each other to support changes in our lives, and how we can act in a mindful way with one another.

At Kol Shofar, we put the community and caring for one another first. Only then are we able to truly unlock our potential as Jews, citizens and family. May the Spring bring new learning, life and friendship.

Learning and Family Programs

Special Program: Jewish Ethics and PoliticsTo coincide with the 2016 election, Jonathan created and taught an elective for the Tichon program (7 - 12th grade) on Jewish and Politics.

The class looked closely at how debate and ethical disagreement is necessary as we struggle with the great issues of our times. Without caring and honoring one another and our differences, along with our commonalities, we lose the essence of what allows us to be who we are, and the potential for new ideas and progress.

A Student’s Perspective: Sonia LachterI’ve been looking forward to Beit Binah and Tichon at Kol Shofar every week since first grade. As I reflect on this past semester before I leave to study in Israel, Kol Shofar stands out in part because I was a madricha, tutoring Hebrew.

Shifting from a student to a teacher has been a valuable experience. I haven’t stopped being a student though, taking Rabbi Leider’s Mishnah class as well as other thought provoking electives at Tichon. As a co-president of the Marin United Synagogues Youth (USY) chapter, I’ve had the opportunity to not only organize and attend fun events, but to experience being a leader and enjoy how each new member falls in love with USY.

For me Kol Shofar will always be a place where I can teach, learn, lead, and grow.

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Thank you! 2016 Annual Campaign DonorsKol Shofar is privileged to have many generous congregants making gifts and pledges above their annual dues,

including donors to the recent 2016 Annual Fund. The Kol Shofar community gratefully ackowledges these donors.

Many Anonymous DonorsNorman & Maurna AbramsDon Abramson & Julie KingDaniel Altman & Susan GertmanShelley AndersonGary Appell & Ruthanne Ranz-AppellScott & Rebecca ArwinJon BaradEllen BarrLeslie & Carol BenetSerge & Maud BerguigIan & Jeannine BermanRon & Ellie BermanSteven & Shirley BermanElliot Bien & Anne ZishkaMarjorie BillerBrenda BirenAlan & Helen BonapartSaul & Arna BrandelRichard BrandisGabi BrownRon & Rhea BrownSharon BrusmanRick Burg & Deborah Burg-SchnirmanBenjamin & Keren CahnRobert CahnGary Caine & Lori FeldmanPat Carlone & Lois LaneMichael & Ruth ChavezFred & Tessa ChernissKeith Chertok & Maria Ramos-ChertokDan Cohn & Lynn BrintonEdward & Sharon CushmanMichael & Susan DabRobert Daniel & Cynthia UlmanGina DeAngelisStan Deck & Lisa ZukovskyAndrew & Estelle DickGlenn & Susan DizonRabbi Shelly & Gail DorphJeanne EberDavid & Elaine ElkindMichael & Wendy EricksonJoel & Victoria FalkDavid FankushenStephen & Joan FierbergFred & Judy Finkelstein Cheri ForresterBruce & Claudia FrankelJohn Franklin & Nora ContiniBetty FreudmanBernard & Carole FriedArthur & Deborah FriedmanMark FriedmanMarty & Vanessa FriedmanAlan & Lynne FurmanScott & Brooke GanzBrenda Gates-MonaschThe Geitheim FamilyRichard & Ami GersteinHelene Holley GibbsWayne Gilbert & Diane SklarRobert Ginis & Hillary FoxAndy & Shana GoldbergDanny & Adrea GoldbergRobert & Miriam GoldfienJonathan & Deborah GoldmanMark & Marcia GoldmanPhilip & Cathy GoldsteinLeonard & Chandra GordonRoy & Esme GordonRick & Andrea GrossmanSteve & Jacqueline GrossmanAlan Hakimi & Rachel StoneJeff HalbrechtJeff & Vida Harband

Donations Made In Honor Of (IHO)Rose Barlow IHO Dina HatchuelMarty & Karen Bogetz IHO Edward Bogetz on the Occasion of His 95th BirthdayPatti Breitman IHO Rabbi Chai Levy, her song, City of Refuge, her heartfelt services & big heart.Jim Condit & Karen Hirsch IHO Bob z’’l & Dori HirschBarbara Deitch IHO Coby, Noah, Dylan & Jordan JensenMaxine Epstein & Geraldine Barr IHO Rabbi Chai Levy’s Musical Meditation Yom Kippur ServiceStella Farael IHO Nicole & Roy Kamhi’s WeddingBat Sheva Feld IHO Charlotte Feld’s 90th Birthday YearRabbi Natan Fenner IHO Fred & Tessa ChernissLyssa Friedman & Daphne Stuart IHO Rabbi Susan Leider & Rabbi Chai LevySheryl Goldberg & Sylvia Israel IHO High Holy Day MusicSteven & Diane Goldman IHO Bruce RafulHadassah Goldstein IHO: Rabbi’s Leider & LevySeth & Julie Jacobs IHO Sarah Snow TuckerRichard Kanter & Doreen Gluckin Kanter IHO High Holy Day Honors CommitteeJeffrey & Monica Lax IHO Sidney T. BernsteinJonathan & Lisa Levy IHO Rabbi ChaiMarilyn Millman IHO Mr. & Mrs. Mark RubinBob & Susy Raful IHO Son, Bruce RafulEric Reitz & Anne Warner-Reitz IHO Our granddaughter Nora MadelineEddy & Moe Rubinstein IHO Serge & Maude BerguigJay & Harriet Schnitzer IHO Harriet’s Parents Anna & Irving HenkinSander Stadtler & Esther Rosha-Stadtler IHO Rabbi Leider & Rabbi LevyDavid & Katherine Stone IHO Walter Stone’s 85th BirthdayMark & Jackie Swoiskin IHO Rabbi Shelly & Gail Dorph for exemplary leadership & undying supportNaomi Tamerin IHO Joshua A. Goldstein, Frederick B. Goldstein, Daniel SeidelMary Yasharpour IHO Homa & Rahim Yasharpour

Donations Made In Memory Of (IMO)Arthur & Phyllis Berger IMO Bertha Karin & Morris WolfsonJudy Berger IMO Jeanette BergerSteven Biegel & Nancy Kaplan-Biegel IMO Leah AgressJoe & Nancy Blum IMO Sari Nan ZackKarl & Aviva Boedecker IMO Murray Shiff’s 10th YahrzeitLynn Breger IMO Sylvia Goldman Breger, MotherJosette Charbit-Schwartz IMO Stella NiNio & Albert CharbitBlaine & Edye Corren IMO Marsha Steinberg (Edye’s mother)Ellen Demel Deck IMO Jerry DemelManuelita Echeverria IMO Father, Yosef Neftali MendezBarbara Foreman IMO Stewart ForemanSamuel Gelbart IMO David & Ida GelbartJack Goralsky IMO Jayne GoralskyDavid & Stefany Harband IMO Cindy Harband, motherArthur Hindman IMO Evelyn & Harold HindmanThomas & Deborah Jacobsen IMO Marvin S. Weinreb, Beloved Father & GrandfatherManny & Cary Kopstein IMO Rabbi Milton; Ann & Jonathan Kopstein; Dr. Art & Melissa GatenbyRobert & Lorraine Levin IMO Freeman & Helen LevinSandy Levitan IMO Lewis LevitanFrank Lurz & Fay Landau IMO Joseph Landau (father), Shirley Landau (mother) & William Landau (brother)Victor Madrigal, III IMO Victor Madrigal, Jr.Merle & Carole Meyers IMO Jack & Barbara Rubin; and Albert & Lila MeyersBob & Sofia Nadjibi IMO Rodney ThompsonStewart & Lynn Noyce IMO William “Bill” TabbMichael & Jordana Perman IMO Hal TatarFrances Rapoport IMO Ethel CollJay & Rohana Rice IMO Jeffrey Arden RiceRobert & Bonnie Riopelle IMO Leah & Philip MosesAnne Strauss IMO Sherman H. Strauss, M.D.Tim Tabernik & Dina Hatchuel IMO Marvyn HatchuelSteve & Jackie Tulsky IMO Drs. Alex & Klara TulskyAlfie Weinbaum & Eva Leitman IMO Reuben Leitman, M.D.Gene & Andrea Zanko IMO Lynda FieselMarty & Myrna Zelin IMO of Roderick Jacobsen

Newt & Katherine HarbandMichael Harris & Barbara InwaldSteve & Lorraine HarrisDaniel HegwerRuss & Susan HoldsteinEitan & Jennifer HomaNoah Hopton and Lauren Sacks HoptonDavid & Colleen HorowitzKenneth & Chris HurwitzJeff & Dana HymanPaula JaffeBarry Jekowsky & Rosalind Franklin JekowskyArnold Kahn & Jane Carey KahnJanelle KellmanJulia Kiely ReichJosh KlineSusan KolbAbner Korn & Bethan PowellKenneth & Caryl KurtzmanEric & Randi LachterScott & Laura LandressCraig & Madeleine LavianoSteven Lee & Alyson GellerJeff & Rabbi Susan LeiderJeff & Michelle LermanElliot Levin & Beverly PintoVictor & Ellen LevinRobert & Ina Ray LevineIvan & Wendy LevisonJoan LevisonPaul Levitan & Lauren Cooks LevitanBruce & Elaine LevyMichael Levy & Maribeth InturrisiNate & Anne LewinAnne LibbinMike & Louise LipseyLarry Litvak & June CoopermanWilliam & Pamela MarcusBob & Robin MayerJon McEntyre & Barbara Reiner McEntyreMatthew MercurioBernard & Barbara MeyersRobert Mickel & Marilyn ZimmermanJohn Miller & Stephanie BrownGrant Morris & Judith StaplesBruce & Judy MorsePamela MortonPatrick Nance & Wendy ShearnDaphna & Samuel NoilyTodd & Marla NorthcuttPaul Orbuch & Lisa KingMaury OstroffMax Perkoff & Melanie Wice PerkoffAlan & Roselyn PosinBrian & Janet QuintVarda RabinBruce & Harriet RafulJoel & Barbara RenbaumDavid Richman & Alicia LiebermanRabbi Bernie & Yetta RobinsonMeg RoseRuth RosenthalMichael & Amy RothbergHarris Rubenstein & Barbara EasonMichael & Marcia RubensteinMark & Tobi RubinSam Salkin & Alexandra DerbyJeffrey & Linda SamuelsAlan Sankin & Teveia Barnes SankinJeff Saperstein & Ilene SerlinYehiel & Susie SchindelhaimSusan SchneiderGary Scholick & Judy CoffinHarry & Annette SchriebmanFred & Helen SchwartzHoward & Barbara SchwartzMarc Schwartz & Rachel FierbergDavid Seidel & Jessica Kaplan

Orr & Sharon ShakkedDaniel ShepatinVivian ShermanRabbi Henry ShreibmanGreg & Barbara SigelMarcia SmolensSteve Sockolov & Susan SnyderJoAnn StacyLarry & Deborah StadtnerJoshua Steinhauer & Patty GlattJon Stern & Sandy Strauss SternCarol TabbEllen Tobe

Naomi & David TorgersenNorman & Carol TraegerAnton Traub & Marcelle Cedars Jack & Mekel WakshlagScott & Barbara WaxmanBarron & Elyse WeinsteinBonnie WeissChuck & Frances WischSteven Wolf & Ruth JaegerHoward & Diane ZackNorma ZimmermanSteve & Judy Zimmerman

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I have been reading “The People and the Books” by Adam Kirsch. It’s a fascinating collection of essays on 18 classics of Jewish literature. The essay on Pirket Avot, Wisdom of our Fathers, contains this gem: “the Torah lives in a perpetual present”.

Pirket Avot opposes the nature of history as a series of setbacks and advances. It’s not concerned with political history and not concerned with that way of understanding the past. It’s really not interested in past or future at all but rather with Torah (pg.113-114).

I love the idea of living in a “perpetual present” because it is a good description of Mindfulness and a strong suggestion as to why Mindfulness is the essence of Judaism. The genius of our tradition is that we are taught to do and that as a result of that we will understand why we are doing.We act as a way to learn, but what should our consciousness be when we act? It seems to me that the first part, the doing should be with our full attention and in the moment. It seems pointless to perform a mitzvah while thinking about dinner or anything other than what we are doing. Mindfulness helps us to do just that. It’s paying attention to the present moment without judgment, fully present. We live in the present, like the Torah, and isn’t that how we want to live our lives: present in this moment for what is happening now.

Rabbi Chai Levy

We find ourselves living in an era of uncertainty. The world is changing rapidly, and unprecedented realities are emerging. The natural response might be to constrict in fear and anger, to isolate ourselves in cynicism, and to sink into the despair of the daily news.

How do we respond to uncertainty and fear in ways that are spiritually wise? Now more than ever, we need spiritual community.

When we come together in Jewish community to pray, to meditate, to learn Torah, to sing, and to share, we connect with each other, with the Divine Presence, and with our enduring Jewish values.

We restore our hope, our faith in the goodness of the world, and our trust in the goodness of humanity. We renew our compassion. We find a sense of equanimity. We open our hearts and feel love and find refuge. We discover our resilience and our creativity. We get inspired and energized to make change, to speak out, to act, to create beauty, to manifest loving kindness.

We need this always, but especially now. The Center for Jewish Spirituality at Kol Shofar offers many such opportunities.

Ongoing Programs Shabbat Sitwith Larry & Diane Yermack Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. or 9:15 a.m. Self-Guided on Kol Neshama Minyan DaysSlow down, calm your mind, and cultivate your awareness, compassion, and Jewish wisdom.

Kol Neshama Minyan with Rabbi Chai Levy Saturdays Jan 14, Feb 11, Mar 18, Apr 8 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. “Kol Neshama” means “voice of the soul/breath.” This is a musical, meditative, and participatory prayer experience. No Hebrew required.

Women’s Rosh Hodesh Group with Ilene Serlin Sundays Jan 15, Feb 12, Mar 12, Apr 9 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. “Rosh Hodesh” means “head of the new moon” and is celebrated monthly as the Jewish calendar begins a new month. It is considered a special holiday for women.

Upcoming Programs

Wise Agingwith Larry Yermack

Feb 5, 12, 19, 26Mar 5, 12, 19, 2610:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Join us for self-exploration, meaningful exchange, and gaining tools for becoming more resilient and calmer as we navigate this new chapter of our lives.

Spirituality of Jewish Parenting with Rabbi Chai Levy

Sundays Jan 29, Feb 12, Mar 19 at 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at Peet’s CoffeeExplore how the challenges of parenting can be opportunities for spiritual growth.

Art Exhibit for Tu B’Shvat Dancing Trees of Life by Dove Govrin Feb 12 – Mar 19

Home-Hosted Shabbat Dinners Friday, Feb 17, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Create community with fellow travelers on the spiritual path. Contact Meg Rose at [email protected] for information.

Guest Speaker: Estelle FrankelSat, Mar 18, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.The Wisdom of Not Knowing: Jewish Spiritual Teachings on the Unknown & Uncertain

Contemplative Passover SederTue, Apr 11, 7:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.This seder will help us internalize the transformative spiritual message of Pesah.

Why We Need Spiritual Community, Especially Now

Larry Yermack

Perpetual Present

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdaySunday

J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 7

30298:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Beit Binah9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Judaism 101From Birth to B’nei Mitzvah: Raising a Mensch

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Spirituality of Jewish Parenting12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.Zman Keff Event

289:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.Shabbat Morning Services followed by Kiddush

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Shabbat Sit Meditation

Rosh Hodesh

2712:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Intermediate Modern Conversational Hebrewat Lerman Law in San Rafael

5:10 p.m. Candle Lighting

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Grades K - 2 Shabbat Dinner + Services

267:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.Morning Minyan

10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.Chai Lights Tour ofThe Buck Institute

2510:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Chai Lights Weekly Walkat Blackie’s Pasture

12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.Lunch & Learnwith Rabbi Leider

4:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.Beit Binah & Tichon

247:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.Morning Minyanfollowed by Talmud Study

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.Biblical & Prayer Book Hebrew

6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Judaism 101Heart of Many Rooms: Understanding Jewish Diversity

23228:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Beit Binah

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Judaism 101Marriage, Love & Kosher Sex

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Wise Aging

219:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.Musical ShabbatMorning Servicesfollowed by Kiddush


2012:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.Lunch & Learnwith Rabbinic Intern Sam Rotenberg



6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Musical Kabbalat Shabbat Service + Potluck Dinner



12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.Lunch & Learnwith Rabbi Leider4:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.Beit Binah & Tichon5th Grade Dinner7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.MOC Housing & Immigration Actionat St. Raphael’s



6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Bridges to Israel Guest SpeakerMichael Sfard

168:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.MLK Celebrationin Marin City

Office ClosedMartin Luther King Day

1510:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Wise Aging

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Women’s Rosh Hodesh Group


9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.Shabbat Sit Meditation

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Kol Neshama Minyan

1:00 p.m - 2:30 p.m.Guest SpeakerPearl Sofaer




12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.Lunch & Learnwith Rabbi Chai




10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.MOC Leaders’ Meeting at St. Anselm’s


988:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Beit Binah






7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Jewish Mindfulness Meditation


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Office Closed

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HanukkahNew Year’s Day



1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Jewish Mindfulness Meditation



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12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.Biblical & Prayer Book Hebrew6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.MOC Renters’ Protection Study Sessionat St. Raphael’s

“Dancing Trees of Life”

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“Dancing Trees of Life”Rosh Hodesh

2610:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Wise Aging

“Dancing Trees of Life”Rosh Hodesh




2412:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Intermediate Modern Conversational Hebrew at Lerman Law in San Rafael




12:00 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.Beginning Yiddishfrom Scratch









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Office ClosedPresident’s Day

1910:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Wise Aging




1:15 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.A Bigger Passover Menu: Beans, Rice and the Rest



5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Home-Hosted Shabbat Dinners













7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.Bridges to Israel Israel Trip Information Meeting

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“Dancing Trees of Life” art exhibit in the Gallery

128:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Beit Binah9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Judaism 101A Time to Mourn: Traditions for Death, Grief & Healing

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Spirituality of Jewish Parenting 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Wise Aging 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.Reception for the “Dancing Trees of Life” art exhibit


119:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.Shabbat Morning Services followed by Kiddush9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.Unguided Shabbat Sit Meditation10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Kol Neshama Minyan1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Green Team Guest Speaker Mark Dubois

Tu B’Shvat











7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.Bridges to Israel Guest Speakers Dr. Eran Kaplan & Alan Elsner

6510:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Wise Aging

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For the most up-to-date calendar information please visit us online at

www.kolshofar.org

48:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Yom Kehillah Shabbat






6:30 p.m.Kabbalat Shabbatat Drake Terrace




7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.Bridges to Israel Guest Speaker Dr. Andy David




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20198:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Beit Binah9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Judaism 101Kashrut: The Original Soul Food

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Wise Aging10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Lehrhaus SeriesThe Other Conversation10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Spirituality of Jewish Parenting


9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.Unguided Shabbat Sit Meditation


1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Center for Jewish SpiritualityGuest SpeakerEstelle Frankel


6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.S’more Shabbat










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Shushan Purim

129:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.Purim Services

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Wise Aging

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Purim Paloozaat Osher Marin JCC


Purim

119:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.Musical ShabbatMorning Servicesfollowed by Kiddush11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Shabbat Sit Meditation6:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Erev Purim Services & Purim Shpiel9:00 p.m. - 1000 p.m.Full Megillah Reading


12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.Lunch & Learn with Rabbinic Intern Sam Rotenberg













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58:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Beit Binah9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Judaism 101Holy Days: The Wheel of theJewish Year10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Wise Aging10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Lehrhaus SeriesThe Final Mitzvot12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.Zman Keff Event“Dancing Trees of Life”





5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Beit Binah’s 4th & 5th Grade Shabbat5:48 p.m. Candle Lighting6:30 p.m.Kabbalat Shabbatat Drake Terrace


















Rosh Hodesh

27268:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Beit Binah9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Judaism 101 Philosophers, Poets & Mystics The Jewish Middle Ages10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Lehrhaus SeriesThe Other Conversation10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Wise Aging12:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.Zman Keff Chocolate Seder4:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Kolney Island Gala


12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.Lunch & Learnwith Rabbinic InternSam Rotenberg



April 18:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Yom Kehillah Shabbat



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159:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.Shabbat Morning Services followed by Kiddush11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Shabbat Sit Meditation

Pesah V

1412:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Intermediate Modern Conversational Hebrewat Lerman Law in San Rafael7:27 p.m. Candle Lighting

Pesah IV


Pesah III

129:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Passover Services

Pesach IIOffice Closed


5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.Community Passover Seder

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.Contemplative Passover Seder

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First Seder



9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.Unguided Shabbat Sit Meditation



6:30 p.m.Kabbalat Shabbatat Drake Terrace









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Pesah VIIIOffice Closed


Pesah VIIOffice Closed

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Pesah VI




1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.Pirkei Avot Learning

276:50 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.Morning Minyan12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.Lunch & Learnwith Rabbi Chai

Rosh Hodesh




Rosh Hodesh



7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Advanced Conversational Hebrew

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Yom HaShoah

238:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Beit Binah9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Judaism 101Out of Darkness: Stories from the Holocaust

9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.Torah Yoga10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Lehrhaus SeriesDying/Death/Burial4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.Yom HaShoahat Congregation Rodef Sholom




1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.Pirkei Avot Learning

308:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Beit Binah

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Judaism 101Dreaming of Deliverance

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Lehrhaus SeriesWhen Life is Over: Where is Your Soul?

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.China Camp Cleanup

For the most up-to-date calendar information please visit us online at www.kolshofar.org

Congregation Kol Shofar

215 Blackfield DriveTiburon, CA 94920

Congregation Kol Shofar • 215 Blackfield Drive, Tiburon, CA 94920 • 415.388.1818 • www.kolshofar.org

Sound of the Shofar

Contact Us

Phone: 415.388.1818Email: [email protected]: www.KolShofar.org

Rabbi Susan Leider | [email protected], x110

Rabbi Chai Levy | [email protected], x119

Kaia Burkett Executive Director | [email protected], x103

Jonathan Emanuel Director of Youth Education & Family Engagement | [email protected], x105

Denice Asazawa Bookkeeper | [email protected], x102

Molly Jo Rosen Marketing & Communications | [email protected], x130

Alona Shahbaz Executive Assistant to Ritual & Education | [email protected], x100

Elan Coplin Membership & Operations Manager | [email protected], x106

Elena Tallerico Kitchen Manager | [email protected], x111

Kirk Kim Facilities Manager | [email protected], x107

Facilities Team: Jack Klassen, John Mason

Join Rabbis Leider & Levy

and Rabbinic Intern Sam Rotenberg

for

Musical Kabbalat Services + Potluck Dinneron Fridays Feb 3 & Mar 31 at 6:00 p.m.

and

Musical Shabbat Morning Servicesfollowed by Kiddush

on Saturdays Feb 4, Mar 11 & Apr 1 at 9:15 a.m.

Documents

Sound of th e Shofar - Congregation Kol Shofarkolshofar.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/KolShofarWinter2017...Sound of th e Shofar ... I’m kinda flying by the seat of my pants trying