March 10, 2010

Upcoming Events

• Classes on Wed, Mar 10 from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
  Classes

  Event Type:	School
  Date:	Mar 10, 2010
  Title:	Classes
  Leader(s):	Andrea Silton (andreamsilton@gmail.com)
  Start:	4:00 pm
  End:	6:00 pm
  Location:	Eitz Chayim
  Description:	Classes

• Shabbat Service on Fri, Mar 12 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:	Mar 12, 2010
  Title:	Shabbat Service
  Leader(s):	Rabbi Liza Stern
  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...

• Speaker Series: Jacob's Cane - A Family Memoir Spanning 5 Generations on Sun, Mar 14 from...
  Drawn to an image of her great-grandfather’s ornately carved cane, Harvard professor Elisa New embarked on a journey to discover the origins of her precious family heirloom. Tracing the paths of her ancestors over 5 generatio...

  Event Type:	Speaker Series
  Date:	Mar 14, 2010
  Title:	Jacob's Cane - A Family Memoir Spanning 5 Generations
  Speaker(s):	Elisa New
  Start:	10:00 am
  End:	12:00 pm
  Location:	Eitz Chayim's Community Room
  Description:	Drawn to an image of her great-grandfather’s ornately carved cane, Harvard professor Elisa New embarked on a journey to discover the origins of her precious family heirloom. Tracing the paths of her ancestors over 5 generations, she traveled from Baltimore to Lithuania to London in order to find and understand a Jewish immigrant world that was profoundly affected by the enlightenment, industrialization and German culture. The memoir captures the rich texture of life on several continents as the...

• Torah Study on Tue, Mar 16 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:	Mar 16, 2010
  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!!!

Community Announcements

• 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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