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Kol Haskalah Membership Application 2016/17

Community, School

The Kol Haskalah Sunday School registration and Congregation memberships need to be renewed in preparation for the new year!

Link to the Application: http://tinyurl.com/KH2017SSReg

We hope to see many returning families as well as new members and families this year, and we hope that all the returning families have had a great summer. The Kol Haskalah teachers and faculty all hope that the returning families have had a great summer!

This is also a good time for existing members to renew their congregation membership! The renewal/registration form is here:

Link to Application:  http://tinyurl.com/KH2017App

Lastly, here is the calendar for this year’s Sunday School

Link http://tinyurl.com/KH2016-17Calendar

It’s Sukkot!

Celebrations, Community, Programming, School

sukkot 2015

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.

OPEN HOUSE AUGUST 23rd 10AM to 12PM

Community, In the News, School

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!

Open house

Calls to Action (Tikkun Olam)

Community, Uncategorized

To See Programs/Events Offered By Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation Go To

www.shalomdch.org/calendar 

or

 Follow on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/LevinJCC    

 DURHAM URBAN MINISTRES COMMUNITY KITCHEN

Sunday, July 27, 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 casseroles, cookies, large cans of green beans, sweetened iced tea, shredded cheese and peanut butter and jelly (there are so many kids now!).

You can drop off the food at Judea Reform by Friday, July 25 or take supplies directly to the shelter on Sunday, July 27th. 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 working on these dinners as part of their community service activities. What better way to teach what Humanistic Judaism really means. Contact Frances Presma atpresma@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

 

Pesach: April 19th, 2014

Celebrations, Community

Join us as we celebrate Pesach with humanistic Haggadah and songs!

April 19th from 4:30 to 8:00 PM (Service at 5:30pm)

Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (ERUUF)***

Fellowship Hall
Durham, NC

EVERYONE IS WELCOME! BRING FAMILY AND FRIENDS

  • Cost for Members: $17.50 adults (15 or older) $8.00 ages 10-14 $6.00 ages 5-9, Under 5 Free($50 maximum per family; $5 less/person for vegetarians)
  • Cost for Non-Members: $25.00 adults (15 or older) $8.00 ages 10-14 $6.00 ages 5-9, Under 5 Free($65 maximum per family; $5 less/person for vegetarians)
  • NOTE: Reservation AND check must be received by April 10th. Please send your check (made out to Kol Haskalah) to: Marielle Belhassen, 961 Palace Garden Way. Raleigh, NC 27603.

Please bring a dish to share that will serve at LEAST 8 OTHER PEOPLE.
We look forward to tasting your holiday specialty! Please bring your own serving utensils (labeled.)
We will provide chicken, matzos, sacramental wine, grape juice, and cold drinks. You are welcome to bring your own wine for the dinner. For more info., please call 968-7888 or email info@kolhaskalah.org. or mbelhassen@nc.rr.com.

Volunteers are needed for set-up, clean-up and help with errands, etc. Please email Marielle at mbelhassen@nc.rr.com if you can help. Thank you!

****** ERUUF, 4907 Garrett Rd, Durham (6/10 mile east of 15-501, on the left) Click http://www.eruuf.org/contact-us/directions-and-parking for directions/parking info***

 

Chanukah and Christmas:The Winter Holiday Lights in Our Life

Celebrations, Community

Please Join Us!

 Chanukah and Christmas–The Winter Holiday Lights in Our Life

Sunday–Nov 17th

10AM-Noon

Murphy Hall, UNC Campus

Jenn Sessler and Marv Axlerod will discuss the differences and similarities between Christmas and Chanukah–two holidays that add light and festivity to the winter season.  Discussion will include traditions, meanings, history and modern Humanistic Jewish perspective.

Come Celebrate Chanukah with Us

Celebrations, Community

CHANUKAH PARTY!
Friday, December 6th, 6:30 pm

Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (ERUUF)***

Fellowship Hall
Durham, NC

Enjoy eating latkes, a candle-lighting ceremony and songs led by the Mitzvah and Sunday School students as well as a silent auction and a homemade menorah decorating contest for youth.

Make a menorah at home and bring it to the celebration. Each member who displays their creation will get to pick from a prize bag.

Plan to bring a dish to share for a potluck supper as well as a non-perishable food item to donate.

Items needed for silent auction: suggestions include gift certificates from local businesses; jewelry or other hand crafted goods; new and unused housewares or clothing/accessories; coupons for your time and expertise (babysitting; gardening, leaf removal or household chores; computer assistance, whatever skills you wish to share). All proceeds from the auction will go towards sustaining Kol Haskalah.  Contact Jenn Sessler: jrosesg@gmail.com to donate auction items.

Volunteers needed for set-up and preparation (latke-making!) at 4:30 p.m. The festivities will get underway at 6:30 p.m.

Contact Marielle Belhassen to lend a hand for this event: mbelhassen@nc.rr.com.

 

*** ERUUF, 4907 Garrett Rd, Durham (6/10 mile east of 15-501, on the left) Click http://www.eruuf.org/contact-us/directions-and-parking for directions/parking info***