The Charlotte Jewish News - May 2012 - Page 15
S YNA GOGUEsSS^ONGREGA TIONS
Shavuot with Havurat Tikvah
The Havurat Tikvah family
invites you to join us as we eom-
memorate the giving of the Torah
on Saturday, May 26. Like so
many havurah events, we’ll be
drawing on our members’ skills
and talents to make the eelebration
a memorable and festive intergen-
erational oeeasion:
Pre-B’nai Mitzvah members -
Brooke Feinglass, Hannah Kobre,
and Ethan Alexander - will help to
lead the opening prayers; Barbara
Stoner, one of the fine Torah read
ers in Charlotte, will use her
exeeptional voiee to remind us
that we were all at Mount Sinai at
the time the Torah was first given;
Dr. Charlie Brown, spiritual leader
of Temple Emmanuel in Gastonia,
and Frank Fleming will serve as
Gabaim.
The musie - guitar and violin -
for our eoneluding prayers will be
provided by Helen Lipman and
Julia Westendorf.
Serviees begin at 10 AM in the
Aitken Classroom at Avondale
Presbyterian Chureh (2821 Park
Road). We’ll eonelude our
Shabbat and Shavuot eelebration
with a festive kosher (parve/dairy,
peanut-free) pot-luek luneh and
the opportunity to relax with long
time friends and new aequaintane-
es.
To learn more about Shavuot
serviees, or any of our aetivities
(ineluding our “mostly monthly”
minyan gathering), feel free to get
in toueh. You’ll find our eontaet
information at the end of this arti-
ele.
This month, Havurat Tikvah’s
“Projeet Linus” group will meet
on Sunday, May 13th at 3 pm.
Part of our ongoing Soeial Aetion
aetivities, “Projeet Linus” partiei-
pants meet to produee hand-made
“seeurity-blankets” for ehildren
who are seriously ill, traumatized,
or otherwise in need. There’s a job
for everyone, no experienee is
neeessary, and extra hands are
always weleome.
The Dilworth Soup Kitehen -
founded by Havurat Tikvah mem
ber Allen B. Saxe - ean also use
enthusiastie volunteers. The soup
kitehen, whieh has been featured
on PBS’ My Generation
(www.aarp.org/giving-baek/loeal-
heroes/info-03-2011/dilworth-
soup-kitehen.html), eontinues to
provide a warm weleome to those
in need of a good nourishing meal.
Want to help? Visit the soup
kitehen’s Faeebook page at:
www.faeebook.eom/group.php?gi
d=77134194660.
Havurat Tikvah is an affiliate of
the Jewish Reeonstruetionist
Federation, providing a eomfort-
able, family atmosphere where all
Jews ean feel weleome. For those
who are interested, we invite you
to visit, get to know us, and to
beeome part of our eongregation
of nearly 60 households.
For more information about any
of our events and aetivities,
eheek our website www.havurat-
tikvah.org or eontaet new member
ehair, Brian Feinglass, at member-
ship@havurattikvah.org or by
phone at 980-225-5330. You ean
also find Havurat Tikvah and
Havurat Tikvah Teens on
Faeebook. ^
havurahj/hope
Jewish
Reconstructionist
Federation
New Reform Congregation, Temple Solel,
Begins Services and Social Outreach
Pre-planning is a gift
to your loved ones.
We are here to help.
Temple Solel, is set to have its
inaugural Shabbat serviee on
Friday, May 11, in York County, at
the Reereation Complex at the
ASC (formerly Leroy Springs
Reereation Park), 971 Tom Hall
Street, Fort Mill, SC at 7 PM. This
serviee will mark the first Reform
serviee held in York County.
Serviees are seheduled to be held
on the seeond Friday of every
month with a soeial aetivity every
fourth Friday.
Temple members have also
begun soeial outreaeh projeets in
the eommunity. We partnered with
Unity Presbyterian Chureh in Ft.
Mill and to build a bed to enter in
the Make a Bed and Make a
Differenee Bed Raee, on April 21
in Roek Hill. Money raised at this
event benefitted Family Promise,
a not for profit homeless shelter
for families.
Members of Temple Solel will
partieipate in Take Steps, Be
Heard for Crohn’s and Colitis, a
walk to be held on May 20 at
Freedom Park in Charlotte.
Temple Solel’s eongregation has
family members affeeted by this
disease and are partieipating in the
event as well as other Crohn’s and
Colitis Foundation of Ameriea
fundraising events.
The values of soeial aetion,
eommunity involvement, and sup
port of Israel are a strong foeus for
the eongregation, making Jewish
life at Temple Solel more than just
about prayer, while young and old
make lasting friendships.
Contaet Renee Feitelberg at
803-547-3043, or email at
info@templesolelse.org, for mem
bership information, or to request
more information about upeoming
serviees, soeial events and eom
munity outreaeh.
Please friend us on our
TEMPLE SOT El
Faeebook page. Temple Solel SC,
and visit our website, www.tem-
plesolelse.org. ^
Celebrate Our New Home
with a Lag B’Omer BBQ
Join the Ballantyne
Jewish Center in eelebrat-
ing the first big event at -j ■
our new loeation. What A
better time eould we *
ehoose than Lag
Ba’Omer? Lag B’Omer
whieh eommemorates the
passing of Rabbi Shimon
Bar Yoehai is all about
eelebrating. When Rabbi
Shimon Bar Yoehai passed away
he instrueted his students to mark
that day as a day of joy. It is also
time for Jewish Unity and eollab-
oration, all fabulous reasons to
eelebrate. So eome out with your
families and friends for a fantastie
time together. There will be a deli-
eious BBQ Dinner, infiatables for
the kids, and tons of games and
aetivities. Bring your pienie blan
ket and get ready for a great time
for all.
Wednesday, May 9,
6 PM
Ballantyne Jewish
Center
8632 Bryant Farms Rd.
$15 per person or
$45 per family
For more info or to
RSVP please eontaet
Rabbi Yisrael and
Leah Levin 704-246-8881,
info@JewishBallantyne.eom or
visit us online www.Jewish-
Ballatnyne.eom. ^
A Ballantyne
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