The Tao has no expectations.

The Tao demands nothing of others.

The Tao does not speak.

The Tao does not blame.

The Tao does not take sides.

The Tao is not Jewish.

The Havurat Olam Shmoozeletter

March 30, 2005 - 19 Adar II 5765

Volume II, Issue 7

Upcoming Events

Adult Education: Interfaith Programs on Religious Violence

Is violence sanctioned by our faith? By Christian faith?

Our first interfaith program on religious violence is scheduled for Sunday, April 3. Our second will be scheduled for Sunday, April 17th. Both programs will be held at McGill Baptist Church in Concord. Rabbi Andrew Ettin, religious leader of Temple Israel in Salisbury and professor of English at Wake Forest University will join Reverend Thomas Quisenberry of McGill Baptist Church in Concord, and Dr. Barbara Thiede, religious practices director, of Havurat Olam to discuss Biblical texts and traditions. Discussion follows each program.

Event:	Friday Night Service and Oneg
Date:	April 15, 2005
Time:	7:00 p.m. (arrive by 6:50)
Location:	McGill Baptist Church 5300 Poplar Tent Rd. Concord NC 28027 -9757 map > RSVP <

Adult Education: Prayers that Stick in your Throat, with Rabbi Andrew Ettin

Rabbi Andrew Ettin will also help us close out Passover on May 1 with a special afternoon program. Come and learn some ways to grapple with words that have made you uncomfortable.  Then join us for a potluck dinner and havdala. Exact time and location to be announced.

Announcements

Passover Seders Passover is just weeks away, and we would like to know what Havurat Olam can do for you and what you can do for Havurat Olam at Pesach. If you are willing to host guests at your seder table, please let us know. If you need a place to go, please let us know. We would like to be certain that we all have guests at our table or a place at someone else's, so please respond as soon as you can.   Havurat Olam Summer Camps  We are considering offering one or two summer camps for our children this summer. Younger kids (aged four through six) would take a week of morning camp to learn songs and traditions from each major Jewish holiday, create their own Judaica, and even find out how to become the Aleph Bet. Our older students, aged seven through ten, would explore Genesis stories in song and texts, taking their week to create an original play of their own for (of course) a public performance at week's end. Please let us know if you think your children would be interested. Give us some positive response, and we will schedule camps during the first three weeks in July.

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