All posts by Darah Whyte

Kol Haskalah Hanukkah Celebration – December 12th

November 18, 2015UncategorizedDarah Whyte

Get ready to sing along – NEW! Humanist Rock of Ages and Ocho Kandelikas

YOU’RE INVITED TO JOIN KOL HASKALAH FOR A
Hanukkah Celebration and Pot Luck Dinner
Saturday, December 12
6:00 PM
ERUUF Fellowship Hall 4907 Garrett Rd., Durham, NC

Everyone is welcome!

Members and guests are asked to bring a dish to serve 8 or more people.

Enjoy food, holiday music sing-a-long, and olive oil tasting. Bring your own homemade menorah to participate in our menorah making contest and for a group candlelighting.

We will be collecting winter coats in all sizes for children, as well as non-perishable food items for local food pantries.

Please RSVP here: evite

It’s Sukkot!

September 29, 2015Celebrations, Community, Programming, SchoolDarah Whyte

Kol Haskalah celebrated Sukkot with a presentation by our Sunday School’s Junior Division. We sang songs, learned about the holiday and shook the Lulav and Esrog.

A harvest holiday, Sukkot is often celebrated inside a sukka , a three-sided hut with a roof open to the sky, constructed especially for the event. Here families and communities are able to gather and eat a meal, share stories and enjoy the outdoors. For Humanistic Jews, Sukkot is a time to appreciate nature and the outdoors, and to celebrate Jewish identity with family and friends.

Kol Nidre, Adult Discussion, Nizkor & Break-the-Fast Potluck

September 22, 2015UncategorizedDarah Whyte

High Holidays Celebration Schedule 2015

Please join us as we observe the High Holidays! Call (919) 299-6227 or click here to send an email for Kol Haskalah High Holiday Tickets and/or to make childcare reservations.

Suggested donations by cash or check for non-members is $72 per family or $36 for an individual which includes all events.

YOM KIPPUR EVE (KOL NIDRE)
Tuesday, September 22nd, 7:00 pm
Sanctuary, ERUUF
4907 Garrett Road
Durham, NC

YOM KIPPUR DAY ADULT DISCUSSION
Please click here for Supplemental Materials for our Discussion
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Small Chapel, ERUUF

NIZKOR
Wednesday, September 23nd, 4:00 pm
Fellowship Hall, ERUUF
4907 Garrett Road
Durham, NC

Potluck Break The Fast to Follow Nizkor in the Fellowship Hall

Suggested donations by cash or check for non-members is $72 per family or $36 for an individual which includes all events. If you become a member after the High Holidays, this fee will be deducted from your dues.

High Holidays at Kol Haskalah 2016

August 31, 2015UncategorizedDarah Whyte

High Holidays Celebration Schedule 2016

Please join us as we observe the High Holidays! Call (919) 260-4801 or click here to send an email for Kol Haskalah High Holiday Tickets and/or to make childcare reservations.

Suggested donations by cash or check for non-members is $72 per family or $36 for an individual which includes all events.

ROSH HASHANAH EVE
Speaker, TBD
Sunday, October 11, 7:00 pm
Sanctuary, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (ERUUF)
4907 Garrett Road, Durham, NC

ROSH HASHANAH CHILDREN’S SERVICES
Sunday, September 13th 11:30 – 12:00PM
UNC Chapel Hill, Murphey Hall

YOM KIPPUR EVE (KOL NIDRE)
Tuesday, September 22nd, 7:00 pm
Sanctuary, ERUUF
4907 Garrett Road
Durham, NC

YOM KIPPUR DAY ADULT DISCUSSION
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Small Chapel, ERUUF

NIZKOR
Wednesday, September 23nd, 4:00 pm
Fellowship Hall, ERUUF
4907 Garrett Road
Durham, NC

Potluck Break The Fast to Follow Nizkor in the Fellowship Hall

Great time had by all at Open House!

August 27, 2015UncategorizedDarah Whyte

Thank you to everyone who made our Open House on Sunday, August 23rd a huge success. It was great to see all our old friends and members and meet and welcome new friends and members for the 2015-2016 year. Sunday School started with a “bang” and the “crack of boards” as we welcomed Kim’s White Tiger Championship Taekwondo Demo (www.kimswhitetiger.com) Team to assist Kol Haskalah Bat Mitzvah member Sylvia Gordon with her Kick-a-thon Mitzvah Project. She is currently collecting pledges and will report back soon on how much money was raised. If you were unable to attend the Open House but would like more information, please click here to Contact our Education Director, David Sennett.

OPEN HOUSE AUGUST 23rd 10AM to 12PM

August 11, 2015Community, In the News, SchoolSunday school humanistic Judaism open houseDarah Whyte

COME JOIN US AT UNC CHAPEL HILL, MURPHEY HALL

At our open house, we are pleased to welcome Kim’s White Tiger Championship Taekwondo Demo Team. The students from the Demo Team will be participating in a Kick-a-Thon to benefit shot@life. This organization educates, connects and empowers Americans to champion vaccines as one of the most cost effective ways to save the lives of children in developing countries. The Kick-a-Thon is the Mitzvah Project and brainchild of one of our Mitzvah students. Pledges are made either per kick or by a flat donation. Please contact us at info@kolhaskalah.org if you would like to sponsor a kicker.

Ice cream will be provided to start off a sweet and treaty new Sunday School Year! See you there!

June 10, 2015Uncategorizedchapel hill, education, Humanistic Judaism, jewish, Judaism, kol haskalah, north carolina, sunday school, triangleDarah Whyte

March 31, 2015Celebrationshumanistic, kol haskalah, passover, sederDarah Whyte

Chag Sameach! Happy Passover!

When: Sunday, April 5 at 5:00 PM

Where: Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (ERUUF)

4907 Garrett Road, Durham, NC 27707

Join us for a lively Humanistic Seder.

Please bring a Passover dish to share that will serve at least 8 other people. We look forward to tasting your holiday specialty! Also, please bring your own serving utensils (labeled). We will provide matzos, sacramental wine, grape juice and cold drinks. You are welcome to bring your own wine for the dinner. Attendance is free but donations are appreciated.

If you plan to attend, PLEASE RSVP to Renee at brauch1@nc.rr.com.

We will also be collecting food to contribute to the needy in our communities.

Chanukah Party Saturday 12/20/15

November 7, 2014UncategorizedDarah Whyte

CHANUKAH PARTY!

Saturday, December 20th, 5:30 – 8:00

ERUUF

4907 Garrett Road,

Durham, NC

Mark your calendars to celebrate Chanukah with Kol Haskalah! Participate in a Havdalah/Chanukah service and enjoy eating latkes, singing songs with the Mitzvah and Sunday School students and participating in an olive oil tasting. Enter our Homemade Menorah art Exhibit. Make a menorah at home and bring it to the celebration. Each member who displays their creation in the exhibit will get to pick from a prize bag. Items will be collected for the JCC to distribute to organizations on Mitzvah day. A potluck dinner will finish off the evening.

Upcoming Events/Tikkun Olam: November 2014-January 2015

November 7, 2014UncategorizedDarah Whyte

KOL HASKALAH BOARD MEETING

Wednesday, December 3rd, 7:00-9:00
Home of Susan Salzberg
414 Ridgefield Road
Chapel Hill, NC

All members of the congregation are invited to attend. Thoughts, suggestions and feedback are always welcome and appreciated.

KOL HASKALAH BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Saturday, January 10th, 10:00 am

Carol Woods Retirement Community

150 Weaver Dairy Road

Chapel Hill, NC

The Humanistic Jewish Book Group will be reading “The Sisters Weiss” by Naomi Ragen and will meet at Carol Woods, courtesy of Wuz Beloff.

Those interested in books of Humanistic Jewish content are welcome to join us. We alternate between fiction and nonfiction titles. For further information and to RSVP to January’s meeting, contact Lynne Kane at batya.etel@gmail.com or 919-960-0983.

LIVE FROM THE 92nd STREET Y SERIES

World Religions: Spotlight on Judaism

Sunday, November 9th, 7:30 pm

Levin JCC
1937 W. Cornwallis Road
Durham, NC

Carolina Theatre
309 W. Morgan
Durham, NC 27701

Can religion be defined? Join our award-winning scholars Jack Miles Susannah Heschel with David Biale, as they tell a new story: Traveling from prehistory to the present day illuminating how world religions came to be acknowledged and studied, with a focus on Judaism. How has this great civilization been absorbed and altered, understood and misunderstood?

The series will be presented live-via-satellite by the Levin JCC and Carolina Theatre and will include interviews with notable figures in a broad range of fields.

VARYING PERSPECTIVES ON ISRAEL
Kehillah Synagogue
November, 13, 2014, 7:30 pm
1200 Mason Farm Road
Durham, NC

The second in a series co-sponsored with Belth El Synagogue and Judea Reform Congregation, Jeff Spinner-Halev, Kenan Eminent Professor of Political Ethics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will speak on “Conversations with Israelis During the War in Gaza: Reflections on Hamas, Settlements and Anti-Semitism amidst a Changing Middle East”.

COMMUNITY LECTURE

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF BAGELS AND FALAFEL?

Duke-UNC Jewish Studies Seminar
Monday, November 17th, 7:30-9:00

William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education

Shaul Stampfer, professor at Hebrew University will point out the history and hidden symbolic meaning behind two classic modern Jewish foods: bagels, an iconic food of american Jewish cuisine, and falafel, which has a similar role as an Israeli Jewish food. In his talk, he will highlight the process of how bagels and falafels became a national food, which illuminates not only the history of food but also the societies who created the food.

An Eli N. Evans Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies.

CUPCAKES (Bananot)

JCC Film Series

Saturday, November 22nd, 2014, 7:30 pm

Full Frame Theater at the American Tobacco Campus

320 Blackwell Street, #101

Durham, NC

When a group of best friends in Tel Aviv gather to watch “UniverSong”, they are less than impressed by the official Israeli entry. Believing that they can do better, they spontaneously create and record their own song on a mobile phone. Little do they know, their performance is seen by the “UniverSong” judges and soon they are reluctantly thrown into the spotlight as Israel’s next official entry.

After initial reservations about their new found celebrity status, they decide to just go for it and find themselves on the road to international stardom. They embark on a flamboyant journey that brings about hilarious end results as they go head to head with the Russian entry in the “UniverSong” finals.

Presented in partnership with the Israel Center of The Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill. JCC Member Ticket: $10.00 Guest Ticket $12:00

A NEW LIFE ON THE LAND, JEWISH FARMERS IN CANADA

JCC Film Series

Saturday, December 6th, 2014, 7:30 pm

Full Frame Theater at the American Tobacco Campus

320 Blackwell Street #101

Durham, NC

It seemed like a good fit. Canada sought new immigrants to settle the land, and the Jewish Colonization Society, a project of Baron Thede Hirsch, needed new venues for its able-bodied recruits. And so Jews from Eastern Europe seeking a better life and relief from anti-semitism settled in Canada to till the soil in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Dov Okouneff’s informative documentary focuses on Jewish agricultural settlements in these provinces and in Quebec and Ontario. There will be a talkback following the film. JCC Member Ticket: $10.00 Guest Ticket: $12:00

GOT MITZVAH!

9TH ANNUAL MITZVAH DAY

Thursday, December 25th, 9:00-5:30

Levin JCC

1937 Cornwallis Road

Durham, NC

Join us for an exciting day of volunteerism, activism and unity that benefits the entire community. This annual event is a community outreach effort coordinated by the jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill in conjunction with local synagogues and Jewish organizations. With many people off work and school, it’s the chance to come together and do something meaningful.

Mitvah Day kicks off with a community breakfast at 9:00. After breakfast, volunteers depart for their vaious assignments aroung the community-cooking meals at local shelters, cleaning parks an trails, delivering gifts to the underprivileged, making blankets for the homeless, and more. Come back together in the evening for Chnese dinner and a family movie! To sign up, go tohttp://levinjcc.org/volunteer-mitzvah day/

DURHAM URBAN MINISTRES COMMUNITY KITCHEN

Sunday, November 23rd, 2014

This month, please consider helping Kol Haskalah, along with Judea Reform and Beth El, provide dinners to homeless and hungry people in Durham. We serve over 200 people each month and the number keeps growing. We feed all ages, all backgrounds, all religions.

We need donations of 10 tuna casseroles, cookies, 14 large cans of green beans (Costco size), 2 large cans of sweetened iced tea mix, 12 cups of shredded cheese and peanut butter and jelly (there are so many kids now!) and 3 large bottles of Ranch or Italian salad dressing.

You can drop off the food at Judea Reform by Friday, Friday, November 21st or take supplies directly to the shelter on Sunday, November 23rd. Please let me know what you can donate so I can coordinate with the other congregations. Contact Francis Presma at presma@law.duke.edu or 919-451-6207. We would love to have more participation from Kol Haskalah in this mitzvah.

Also, please consider joining the prep crew to prepare and serve meals to help the needy and hungry; it’s fun and a minimal time commitment. We begin at 4:15 p.m. and are usually finished by 5:45. Children over 13 (and Pre-Bar and Bat Mitzvah) may use time to participate in making or buying food for these dinners as part of their community service activities. What better way to teach what Humanistic Judaism really means. Contact Frances Presma at presma@law.duke.edu if you would like to sign up.

Tuna Casserole Recipe

2 bags of noodles (any kind)

3 carrots and 3 celery stalks, chopped

2 large cans of cream of mushroom soup (Food Lion has their own brand)

6-7 cans of chunk light tuna, drained

Cook noodles, blend all ingredients together, put in disposable tin (one really big or twomedium ones). You can deliver anytime to Judea Reform for them to freeze in advance or deliver fresh on Sunday to the Community kitchen. So easy! Prepare when you have

time.

DONATIONS

We continue to collect non-perishable foods for the food banks and old towels/blankets for the animal shelters. We also collect soaps, shampoos, etc. (all those samples that we get and never use) and donate them to the Durham Women’s shelter. Please bring to any congregation event. We will deliver for you!

~Renee and Burt Rauch