May 13, 2008

Upcoming Events

• Torah Study on Tue, May 13 from 7:30 am - 8:30 am
  We meet in our Library to study the weekly Torah portion on Tuesday mornings. While the discussion will be in English, we will refer to the Hebrew text and a variety of classic commentaries to enhance our appreciation of t...

  Event Type:	Study Minyan
  Date:	May 13, 2008
  Title:	Torah Study
  Leader(s):	Rabbi Liza Stern
  Start:	7:30 am
  End:	8:30 am
  Location:	Congregation Eitz Chayim
  Description:	We meet in our Library to study the weekly Torah portion on Tuesday mornings. While the discussion will be in English, we will refer to the Hebrew text and a variety of classic commentaries to enhance our appreciation of the portion. All are welcome! Please join us it is a great experince. Liza always has a great insight to share!!!

• Meditation for Wondering Jews on Wed, May 14 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  At long last, Nishmat Hayyim in collaboration with Congregation Eitz Chayim is beginning a weekly Jewish meditation group in Cambridge. "Drop-in" group -- no registration, come once, come once a month, come every week. Ope...

  Event Type:	Meeting
  Date:	May 14, 2008
  Title:	Meditation for Wondering Jews
  Start:	7:00 pm
  End:	9:00 pm
  Location:	Eitz Chayim Community Room
  Description:	At long last, Nishmat Hayyim in collaboration with Congregation Eitz Chayim is beginning a weekly Jewish meditation group in Cambridge. "Drop-in" group -- no registration, come once, come once a month, come every week. Open to all -- beginning and experienced meditators; Jews of all stripes and spots, from secular to frum; people of various faith traditions.

• Shabbat Service on Fri, May 16 from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat Services every Friday evening followed by a brief kiddush and oneg. All are welcome. Services at Congregation Eitz Chayim are traditional and egalitarian. Although we lean towards a relatively ...

  Event Type:	Shabbat Service
  Date:	May 16, 2008
  Title:	Shabbat Service
  Leader(s):	Rabbi Liza Stern or lay members of the community
  Start:	7:00 pm
  End:	8:00 pm
  Location:	Congregation Eitz Chayim
  Description:	Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat Services every Friday evening followed by a brief kiddush and oneg. All are welcome. Services at Congregation Eitz Chayim are traditional and egalitarian. Although we lean towards a relatively conservative style, we are open to change and always willing to challenge established practices. For our Shabbat services we use a non-denominational prayer book which is rich with contemporary English translations, traditional and contemporary Hebrew text as well as complet...

• Shabbat Oneg on Fri, May 16 from 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  Event Type:	Shabbat Oneg
  Date:	May 16, 2008
  Title:	Oneg co-hosted by Harte Weiner and the Roth family
  Start:	8:00 pm
  End:	9:00 pm

• "Last Sundae" on Sun, May 18 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
  Sunday, May 18 is the last class of our school this year. In the time-honored tradition of Eitz Chayim, we are serving a Last Sundae--ice cream with the works! We hope parents can be present from 10:30 onward for a short pr...

  Event Type:	School
  Date:	May 18, 2008
  Title:	"Last Sundae"
  Leader(s):	Andrea
  Start:	10:00 am
  End:	1:00 pm
  Location:	Congregation Eitz Chayim
  Description:	Sunday, May 18 is the last class of our school this year. In the time-honored tradition of Eitz Chayim, we are serving a Last Sundae--ice cream with the works! We hope parents can be present from 10:30 onward for a short program where their children will receive certificates for the year and have time to take in some of the children's work from the year. This is a time to thank our teachers and all the school staff as well. Sundaes will be served toward the end of the school day.

• Speaker Series: Women in the Bible on Thu, May 22 from 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm
  We will meet on alternate Thursday evenings from January to May. We will focus on the women of Ruth, including Tamar, Lot’s daughters, and Rachel and Leah. In the last few weeks before Shavuot we will do an in-depth...

  Event Type:	Speaker Series
  Date:	May 22, 2008
  Title:	Women in the Bible
  Speaker(s):	Penina Weinberg
  Start:	7:30 pm
  End:	8:45 pm
  Location:	Eitz Chayim's Community Room
  Description:	We will meet on alternate Thursday evenings from January to May. We will focus on the women of Ruth, including Tamar, Lot’s daughters, and Rachel and Leah. In the last few weeks before Shavuot we will do an in-depth study of Ruth and Naomi. Classes are multi-level. Neither prior knowledge of Jewish texts nor Hebrew is required. Texts will be provided. Sessions are drop-in, but regular attendance is encouraged. Contact pennie.weinberg@belmont.ppdi.com for further information a...

• Erev Shavuot on Sun, Jun 8 from 7:00 pm - 11:30 pm
  Shavuot Service w/ Guest Speakers.

  Event Type:	Holiday
  Date:	Jun 08, 2008
  Title:	Erev Shavuot
  Leader(s):	Beth O'Sullivan
  Start:	7:00 pm
  End:	11:30 pm
  Location:	Eitz Chayim Community Room
  Description:	Shavuot Service w/ Guest Speakers.

Community Announcements

• TORAH COVER PROJECT
  TORAH COVER PROJECT: Call for Participation Catherine Tutter, a visual artist and EC member, will be creating a new Torah cover for our congregation. She wishes to engage with other EC members to learn about what Torah...

  To:	Community
  Title:	TORAH COVER PROJECT
  Description:	TORAH COVER PROJECT: Call for Participation Catherine Tutter, a visual artist and EC member, will be creating a new Torah cover for our congregation. She wishes to engage with other EC members to learn about what Torah means to them personally through E-mail correspondence, phone conversation, social visit over coffee, tea, wine, walk along the Charles or other means of engagement. Catherine will gather content through these conversations to be incorporated as elements of the cover'...

• Community Concerns - our EC Family
  Please be sure to notify the Community Concerns Committee Chair, Steffie Levinson (slevins@mcb.harvard.edu) whenever you have news of any nature that you wish to share with your Eitz Chayim family.

  To:	Community
  Title:	Community Concerns - our EC Family
  Description:	Please be sure to notify the Community Concerns Committee Chair, Steffie Levinson (slevins@mcb.harvard.edu) whenever you have news of any nature that you wish to share with your Eitz Chayim family.

Greater Community Announcements

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