Team Havurah is helping to end hunger one step at a time by participating in this year’s CROP Hunger Walk.

CROP Hunger Walks are community-wide events organized by local volunteers to raise funds to end hunger.

Please support Havurah by making a donation here and join us on the Walk on Sunday, October 6.

Location: Middlebury Green. (In case of rain registration will be across the street at the Middlebury Congregational Church, downstairs in Fellowship Hall.)

Registration: 12:00 noon, Walk: 1:00 p.m.

To contribute by mail, please send donations (payable to CWS/CROP) to Alice
Leeds at 69 Maple Street, Bristol, VT 05443 or Marita Shine at 85 Green
Mountain Place, Middlebury, VT 05753.

Photo credit: http://www.cwsglobal.org/

Monday, October 28, 2013 at 4:30 PM

Lecture by Tomer Levi, Ph.D.

“Jewish Education in Ottoman Beirut: The Case of the Tif’eret Israel School, Al-Madrasa al-wataniyya al-Isra’iliyya”

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 219
287 Bicentennial Way
Middlebury College

The case of Tiferet Israel, a Jewish school that was founded in Beirut in 1874, falls within the broader subject of the modernization of Jewish education (and generally, Jewish life) in the Middle East in the late Ottoman period. Dr. Levi will speak about this unique school, the reasons for its founding, and its relatively short life-span, placing them within context of colonialism in the late 19th century.
Dr. Tomer Levi is Director of the Brandeis University/Middlebury College Program in Israel.

A native of Haifa, Tomer received his B.A. (1998) and M.A. (2001) in History of the Jewish People from Haifa University. He then moved to the U.S. to study at Brandeis University, where he focused his studies on the modern history of Jews in the world of Islam. While at Brandeis, Tomer worked with the Hebrew faculty, and gained experience in Hebrew language instruction. He also taught Hebrew at Tufts University. After receiving his Ph.D. from Brandeis, Tomer returned to Israel (2009), and continued his research as a post-doctoral fellow at Ben-Gurion University, where he now serves as the director of the Brandeis University/Middlebury College Program.

Sponsored by the Programs in Jewish Studies and Middle East Studies

We have a unique opportunity to partner with the Middlebury Friends Meeting (Quakers) to remove some accumulated trash from the Havurah basement and insulate the basement walls, which are a major contributor to heat loss. The Quakers are long time renters at Havurah for their Sunday morning services. They have some expert carpenters and rehabbers among them who have volunteered their time to help make Havurah more energy efficient, for the mutual benefit of ourselves and our planet.

The first step is to clean out the basement to clear the way for the insulating project.

The Quakers will be here with 2 trailers and a half dozen of their members on 9/29 starting at 12:30.

Here’s the catch. We need to match their contribution. A half dozen Havurah members plus a half dozen Quakers will make quick work of this project, build community and reduce our carbon footprint.

Please join the team. No experience necessary. Dirty clothes and a pair of work gloves helpful.

If you can help for the duration or just part of this time on Sunday 9/29, please email David Girard (girard@gmavt.net).

Rabbi Ira and Havurah students

We look forward to welcoming students to the 2013-2014 Havurah Hebrew School on Monday, September 9, at 3:30 PM.  We’ll begin with an opening assembly and our students will meet their teachers.

While students are in their first Hebrew School class of the year, parents will meet with Rabbi Ira Schiffer and the Education Committee.

Rabbi’s Class students and parents should arrive at 5:00 PM on September 9, 2013. Our class schedule for the year is as follows:

ALEPH, GIMMEL, HEY: MONDAYS, 3:30-5:15 PM

RABBI’S CLASS: MONDAYS, 5:00-6:30 PM

Students, teachers and parents meet each week from 5:00-5:15 PM for songs and activities to help broaden our learning and build a sense of community. Parents are encouraged to join us each week. Please remember that this assembly time is part of our school day and that students are not dismissed until 5:15 PM

Here are a few early dates:

September 9, 2013 Regular Classes and First Day Parent Meeting

September 16, 2013 Regular Classes. Decorating our Sukkah

September 23, 2013 Regular Classes. Sukkot Celebration

September 30, 2013 Regular Classes followed by School Simchat Torah Celebration at 4:15. All are welcome.

October 7, 2013 Regular Classes

*Babysitting space is available on campus in the Forest East Lounge, Forest Hall on College Street,  just across the road from Mead Chapel

Rosh Hashanah

Wednesday, Sept. 4

7:00 p.m.    Evening Service at Mead Chapel

Following services:  “Apples and Honey” Reception
Forest East Lounge

Thursday, Sept. 5

9:30 a.m.    Shacharit – Morning services at Mead Chapel

5:00 p.m.   Tashlich Service
Otter Creek Footbridge, Marble Works side

Friday, September 6

9:30 a.m.    Shacharit – Morning Services and babysitting space* at Havurah House

Yom Kippur

Friday, September 13

6:30 p.m.    Kol Nidre at Mead Chapel

Saturday, September 14

9:30 a.m.    Shacharit – Morning Service at Mead Chapel

11:15 a.m.  Yizkor – Memorial Service at Mead Chapel

5:00 p.m.    Minchah – Afternoon Service and Ne’ilah – Concluding Services at Mead Chapel

7:00 p.m.    Shofar Blowing and Havdalah at Mead Chapel

Break-the-Fast to follow. Reservations required.

A Break the Fast will be held at Middlebury College following the Shofar Blowing and Havdalah. Reservations are required. Please find the reservation form inside the August newsletter.

* Babysitting space is provided, but Havurah does not provide babysitters.

Join Jews across Vermont August 11th at the Woodstock Jewish Community Center for a day long workshop envisioning the Jewish future of Vermonters. Learn more about the day here. Contact Ken Wolpin if you’re interested in joining a Middlebury delegation.

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