Shmoozeletter

The February 2014 Shmoozeletter is on line (please click here). Among the highlights:

• Feb. 08 Dinner, Dancing, and Dessert: Helpers Needed
• Feb. 21 Kabbalat Shabbat Service at McGill
• Ten Years of Olam: Retrospective and Timeline
• Board of Directors’ Meeting: New Officers
• Kvelling Corner: Hats off to Charlotte Miller
• Know your Aleph Beit: The Yod
• Why we have a Building Fund
• Calendar, Yahrzeits, Donations

The first Shmoozeletter of 2014 is on line (please click here).

Highlights:

• Services Jan. 03 and Jan. 24
• MiLev HaPardes: Rabbi Thiede on Jewish Community
• From the President: Launching a New Year
• Israeli Dancing Jan. 11 (4:00 – 6:00, McGill)
• News: Board minutes, fundraising, dues
• Kvelling Corner
• The letter Tet
• Calendar, Birthdays, a Yahrzeit, and Donations

The December 2013 Shmoozeletter is on line (click here).  Highlights:

• Shabbat services Dec. 13 and Jan. 03
• MiLev HaPardes: The Pew Study
• Adult Education initiatives
• Israeli Dancing Jan. 11 – preregister at www.or-olam.org
• Board of Directors’ Meeting minutes (Nov. 24)
• Committee on Facility Needs
• Dinner, Dancing, and Dessert Feb. 08, Mooresville Citizen Center
• Chanukkah Party Dec. 8, McGill (3:00 – 7:00 p.m.)
• Gift Wrapping Dec. 24 fundraiser (Concord Mills): Volunteers needed
• Kvelling Corner: The children of Temple Or Olam
• Geh gezunt: Yiddish wisdom translated into English
• Precious Moments: pictures of congregational events
• Calendar
• Birthdays, yahrzeits, donations, and contact information

The November 2013 Shmoozeletter is on line (click here).  Among the highlights:

• John Jensen’s bar mitzvah service, Nov. 30, in the NASCAR Hall of Fame
• Institute of Southern Jewish Life (ISJL) weekend Nov. 8-10 with Elaine Barenblat
• Kabbalat Shabbat service Nov. 8
• MiLev HaPardes: Chanukkah and Thanksgiving coincide: reflections
• Announcing the ‘Kvelling Corner’ (upcoming column by Marilyn Atlas)
• Calendars: ISJL Weekend, Congregational Month of November
• Board of Director’s meeting highlights
• Fundraising Initiatives
• Planning for Dinner, Dancing, and Desserts with Dove House (02-08-2014)
• ‘Chrismakkuh’ – a joint celebration with our hosts at McGill Baptist Church
• Know your Aleph Bet: The Letter Chet
• Birthdays, yahrzeits, donations… and a timely joke in the Geh Gezunt column

The October Shmoozeletter is now on line (here).

Main points of interest:

• Oct. 04 Shabbat and ice cream social
• Oct. 19 bar mitzvah: Preston Berkowitz
• New Torah mantels and a bein gavra
• Happy Religious School kids write acrostic prayers
• Caring Committee launched
• Board of Directors Meeting 09-22-2013
• Signup for services setup and breakdown
• Know your aleph bet: The Zayin
• Flea market items: Contact Earl or Cheryl

The September 2013 Shmoozeletter is now on line – please click here.

Highlights:

• S’lichot and High Holy Days services schedule
• Theme for the 5774 High Holy Days: Shin-bet-ayin (seven)
• Contest: Find the name for the new Education Committee column
• Report on ISJL’s visit to Temple Or Olam
• Report on the Board of Directors’ Meeting on Aug. 27
• A recipe for ‘seven species challah’
• Know your Aleph Bet: The letter vav
• Birthdays, yahrzeits, donations

The April 2013 Shmoozeletter is on line – please click here.

Some members have already received the Shmoozeletter via e-mail because WordPress (the service we use to post content to our website) was having some technical issues with their servers.  If you already had the newsletter e-mailed to you, please forgive this duplication.

Highlights of the April 2013 Shmoozeletter:

• April 19 service announcement
• MiLev HaPardes: ‘Praying Among the Ruins’
• On Being a Small Congregation
• Men for Change: Donations for CVAN
• Board News (new school curriculum, nominating committee formed, …)
• Rabbi Barbara’s chocolate mousse recipe (!)
• guest editor column on the letter gimel (Know your Aleph-bet)
• Annual Meeting June 09 at 2:00 (McGill Baptist Church)
• April Birthdays and Yahrzeits