Announcements

December 2013 Shmoozeletter

Posted by Ralf Thiede on December 3, 2013   |   Comments Off on December 2013 Shmoozeletter

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

November 2013 Shmoozeletter

Posted by Ralf Thiede on November 1, 2013   |   Comments Off on November 2013 Shmoozeletter

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

Or Olam in the Loop: Our Weekly Bulletin on Everything TOO

Posted by Rabbi Thiede on October 16, 2013   |   Comments Off on Or Olam in the Loop: Our Weekly Bulletin on Everything TOO

LoopBar Mitzvah This Shabbat

Help us support our youngsters at this special time by making every effort to attend.  Please reply to your evite that came on October 4 if you have not already done so.

Saturday, 10/19, 10:00 am
Radbourne Clubhouse, 3325 Radbourne Blvd,Charlotte NC 28269
Bagel brunch following

Last Call for Beginning Hebrew Classes

This will be the first and last time Rabbi Barbara teaches Hebrew for at least the next three years.  Course components: learning the Aleph Bet, how to read Hebrew, acquiring some basic vocabulary, and understanding the general content of basic Shabbat prayers.  The course meets by conference call on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m.  Please write to Rabbi Barbara at Rabbi.Thiede@or-olam.org by this Sunday, October 20 if you want more details about the class.

All the Area News in the Charlotte Jewish News — For Free!

Feel like you are missing something?  Metro-Charlotte synagogues (including TOO) produce a boatload of great programs, many of which are open to the public.  The best place to find out about meetings, lectures, performances, classes is in the monthly Charlotte Jewish News, which is free of cost.  If you are not receiving the News, shoot an email to amontoni@shalomcharlotte.org.  Or Olam has been publishing a monthly article in CJN for several years.  Don’t be left out!

Or Olam in the Loop: Our Weekly Bulletin on Everything TOO

Posted by Rabbi Thiede on October 2, 2013   |   Comments Off on Or Olam in the Loop: Our Weekly Bulletin on Everything TOO

LoopIce cream social this Friday

After Kabbalat Shabbat!  This is a great opportunity to bring friends and acquaintances to our services to introduce them to our community.  We’ll have representatives of our Religious School and various committees present and accounted for to answer any questions.

Mug for us!

We need 3-6 coffee mugs to hold our plastic tableware at onegs.   Maybe something tastefully Jewish in decoration?  Bring them Friday if you can part with them.

Bar Mitzvah in Red

Mark your calendar, please for this year’s first bar mitzvah.  Preston Berkowitz will be called to Torah on October 19.  Our Shabbat Shacharit service will begin promptly at 10 a.m. in the Radbourne Clubhouse off Harris Boulevard in Charlotte (3325 Radbourne Blvd.)  Folks, wear something red in honor of Preston.  And we mean red.  Really red. 

October 2013 Shmoozeletter

Posted by Ralf Thiede on October 1, 2013   |   Comments Off on October 2013 Shmoozeletter

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

September 2013 Shmoozeletter

Posted by Ralf Thiede on September 1, 2013   |   Comments Off on September 2013 Shmoozeletter

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

August 2013 shmoozeletter

Posted by Ralf Thiede on July 31, 2013   |   Comments Off on August 2013 shmoozeletter

The August 2013 Shmoozeletter of Temple Or Olam is published – please click here to access it.  Points of interest:

  • 10-year Anniversary Kick-off – Dinner, Kabbalat Shabbat Service, and Dessert (August 16, starts at 6:30)
  • theme for the upcoming High Holy Days: the number seven
  • new ark and ner tamid ordered
  • Elul starts August 7
  • annual meeting report / new officers and committees
  • Ruth G. Kingberg Children’s Education Fund launched
  • invitation to submit materials for our own ‘Book of Ruth’
  • TOO Religious School partners with Institute for Southern Jewish Life; workshop Aug. 24
  • new sign-up sheet for setup/breakdown/oneg
  • membership drive
  • Board of Directors news, July 28
  • Sukkot arrangements for September 22
  • Dinner, Dancing, & Dessert arrangements for February 8
  • yard sale – call for sellable items
  • August calendar of Temple Or Olam
  • birthdays, yahrzeits, donations

How To Get the Information You Need – Read TOO’s Shmoozeletter!

Posted by webmaster on July 30, 2013   |   Comments Off on How To Get the Information You Need – Read TOO’s Shmoozeletter!

Temple Or Olam is improving its communication in one swell foop.

Instead of sending out reminders for every service or event, we will now be packing everything (and we mean everything) into our Shmoozeletter each month.  Make sure to read the Shmooze every month if you want to know what happenin’ things are happening.

Services, board news, information on our Religious School and our ISJL partners and events, donations, birthdays, yahrzeits and more — it’s all there, each and every time.  Our website calendar will also feature dates and times for services and congregational events.

You can find links to our Shmoozeletter on the front page of our website, too.

Please watch for this next month’s Shmooze — it’s coming soon.  Then read it, rely on it, and rejoice in it!

Comforting the Bereaved: A Study Session

Posted by webmaster on July 23, 2013   |   Comments Off on Comforting the Bereaved: A Study Session

Yom Hashoah candleWhat does it mean to “sit shiva”?  What rituals and comfort does Judaism offer those who grieve?

This Shabbat morning we will spend some time studying the shiva minyan service.  We’ll also look at the way Talmud speaks to Jewish funeral practices and discuss attendant rituals that help those who mourn acknowledge and honor their grief.  Feel free to join in on a session of study and understanding with Rabbi Barbara.

We’ll meet at 10 a.m.  Those who would like to stay for lunch with one another are asked to bring something tasty to share after our study time.

Please RSVP to templeadmin@or-olam.org if you would like to join us.  We’ll need your RSVP by Friday, July 26 at noon.  Thanks!

Time: 10 a.m. Location: McGill Baptist Church, 5300 Poplar Tent Rd, Concord

May 2013 Shmoozeletter

Posted by Ralf Thiede on April 29, 2013   |   Comments Off on May 2013 Shmoozeletter

The May 2013 Shmoozeletter is available on line (please click here).  Among the highlights:

  • Services May 04 and 17, Hebrew School Party May 12, Shavuot Picnic May 19
  • Rabbi Thiede: What is sacred to you in your Jewish community?
  • Our congregation turns 10: Interesting things to know about us…
  • Communication within the congregation and with the rabbi
  • Men for Change 2013: Call for donations
  • Recipe: Robbin Smith’s Broiled Tilapia Parmesan (you have got to try this)
  • The letter dalet
  • Annual Meeting June 09
  • Birthdays and yahrzeits, donations received, and our Kvell Korner