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DON T MISS THE FUN! 2018 Annual Gala Saturday, May 12, at 5:30 pm Join us for a wonderful night of food, music, dancing, live and silent auctions, and lots of fun.

Congregaaon Shir Hadash Gala With the North Beach Brass Band Join us for an electric night of cocktails and silent auccon, dinner and live auccon, then dance the night away with a

org/gala Where: Congregaaon Shir Hadash 20 Cherry Blossom Lane Los Gatos, CA Tic Tickets: $136 per person (through March 27) When: 5:30PM - 9:30PM The dining experience will

Auction items include exciting house parties with live music, delicious foods and rare wines, vacation homes, and even a backstage peek of On Your Feet.

speakers, Mitzvah Day, holiday celebrations, and social events. Cocktail attire. If you would like to make a contribution to the Gala, please contact the temple office.

1 DON T MISS THE FUN! 2018 Annual Gala Saturday, May 12, at 5:30 pm Join us for a wonderful night of food, music, dancing, live and silent auctions, and lots of fun. We ll be entertained in style with music from the North Beach Brass Band, featuring Glenn Hartman, brother of our very own past-president Bruce Hartman. Congregaaon Shir Hadash Gala With the North Beach Brass Band Join us for an electric night of cocktails and silent auccon, dinner and live auccon, then dance the night away with a New Orleans Brass Band. Featuring Glenn Hartman Saturday, May 12, 2018 Buy Tickets Online shirhadash.org/gala Where: Congregaaon Shir Hadash 20 Cherry Blossom Lane Los Gatos, CA Tic Tickets: $136 per person (through March 27) When: 5:30PM - 9:30PM The dining experience will feature New Orleans inspired food, catered by Poor House Bistro. Auction items include exciting house parties with live music, delicious foods and rare wines, vacation homes, and even a backstage peek of On Your Feet. The donations and proceeds from ticket and raffle sales all go to the temple s general fund in support of programs throughout the year, including adult and youth education, speakers, Mitzvah Day, holiday celebrations, and social events. Cocktail attire. If you would like to make a contribution to the Gala, please contact the temple office. Thank you for all donations! WHAT S INSIDE From the Executive Director 2 Shavuot Celebrations 3 Muslim/Jewish Women s Afternoon Tea 5 Congregational Meeting 6 Retirees Lunch & Learn: Mexican Art & Activism 6 Join a Havurah 6 Adult B nai Mitzvah 6 Camping Trip 7 Membership Renewal & Religious School Forms 7 Jewish Life in Spain & the Sephardic Experience in Israel 7 Gala Raffle VOLUME 39, ISSUE 8 M Ay I ya R S I VA N

FROM ERIC STONE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR It s Tachlis Time All clergy, staff, lay leaders, and volunteers are here to serve the mission of Congregation Shir Hadash. Many of us have a particular focus.

2 FROM ERIC STONE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR It s Tachlis Time All clergy, staff, lay leaders, and volunteers are here to serve the mission of Congregation Shir Hadash. Many of us have a particular focus. Mine is the nuts and Many of us have a particular focus. Mine is the nuts and bolts the tachlis of synagogue operations. bolts the tachlis of synagogue operations. The work is tremendously satisfying, but my interest areas are decidedly not those of most of our members. Still, there are certain questions that I hear often, and in hopes that they are of general interest, I present some Q&A here. Q The synagogue sends out so much mail. Isn t this a waste of postage and paper? A We carefully consider the balance of our different forms of communication, and send a paper mailing only when that makes the most cost-benefit sense. The mailings you now receive represent a fraction of the paper and (inflation-adjusted) postage that was used for synagogue correspondence a generation ago. Overall, postage is a tiny part of our budget, and cutting out some paper mailings would not affect our finances materially. Q Why does Shir Hadash have a July-to-June fiscal year? Why not operate on a calendar year? A Most synagogues operate on a July-to-June fiscal year because it corresponds most closely to the ritual and programmatic calendar. We use the summer to renew memberships and enroll Religious School students. As High Holy Days and the new school year approach, with their attendant major expenses, we know our membership and enrollment numbers, and can follow through with our plans with a good sense of the people who will be participating and the finances needed. If membership or enrollment is different from expectations, we have the entire rest of the year to make any necessary adjustments. Q What do you and the rest of the office staff do all day? A Ha! Our days are a mix of the routine and the unexpected. Planning upcoming events, processing incoming and outgoing payments, organizing our communications, seeing to maintenance and repairs around the building, and many other assorted tasks keep us on our toes. Busy as we are, there s always time to help a congregant, whether for a simple accounting question or a personal matter. We re here for you! On a personal note, my family and I thank the people of Shir Hadash congregants, clergy, and staff for welcoming me so warmly into this role. 2 CONGREGATION SHIR HADASH

3 CELEBRATING TORAH THROUGH JEWISH EDUCATION Shavuot is celebrated seven weeks after Passover, at the conclusion of the counting of the omer. It is one of the three major pilgrimage festivals of ancient Israel, coinciding with the first grain harvest. Shavuot also celebrates the giving of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. Traditional celebrations involve the study of Torah and, very importantly, the eating of dairy products such as cheese blintzes and cheesecake. At Shir Hadash, our yearly Shavuot practice involves a Confirmation service, adult study into the night, and a Yizkor service the next morning. Confirmation Service Saturday, May 19, at 7:00 pm The 10th grade Hebrew High class will be honored for their years of study by leading the service and sharing their insights. Friends, family, and the entire community are welcomed as we honor our confirmands from the class of 2018: Isaiah Behnke, Marley Feigin, Daniella Ginsberg, Atticus Ginsborg, Cary Gutnick, Liviya Katz, Sophia Kaufman, Liam Master, Joel Morel, Liam Nir, and Bode Saul. Shavuot Study: Making Religion a Force for Good Saturday, May 19, at 9:30 pm Through film and art, we will explore the ways religion can motivate a concern for the common good and a commitment to loving our neighbor as ourselves. Join us as we view and discuss several TED talks. We ll contemplate the different interpretations of the Golden Rule in other religions and cultures, learning from them a deeper understanding of our own faith. We will break at 11:30 pm for the traditional cheesecake, and adjourn at midnight. Shavuot Yizkor Service Sunday, May 20, at 9:30 am Join us for our Shavuot service during which Yizkor, the traditional memorial service for the holidays, will be recited. Following the service we will go into the Memorial Garden for the dedication of newly added names. May Services at a Glance 4 7:00 pm Family Shabbat Service 19 9:30 am Last Torah Study 9:30 am Last Shir Shabbat Service 5 9:30 am Torah Study 9:30 am Shir Shabbat, Jr. 10:30 am Shir Shabbat Service 10:30 am Dalet Class Service 7:00 pm Shavuot & Confirmation Service 9:30 pm Shavuot Study :30 am Bar Mitzvah Service: Isaac Behnke 7:30 pm Shabbat Service with the Band 9:30 am Torah Study 10:30 am Shir Shabbat Service 10:30 am Gimmel Class Service SUN :30 am Shavuot Service with Yizkor 7:30 pm Shabbat Service 10:30 am Bar Mitzvah Service: Owen Botkin 18 7:30 pm Board Installation Service May 2018 NOTES 3

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY DAY URDAY 1 2 LAG BAOMER 3 4 10:45a Caring Committee Meeting MAY Please visit www.shirhadash.org for the full calendar.

Shabbat Service 10:30 Bar Mitzvah Service: Isaac Behnke 5:00p Shir Kids Movie Night 5 9:30a Religious School 9:30 Congregational Meeting 11:30 Men s Club Board Meeting 12:00p Continuing the

Chair Yoga 10:30a Chair Yoga 7 14 11:30a Retirees Lunch & Learn: Mexican Art & Activism 6:30 Hebrew High School 7:15 Choir Rehearsal ROSH CHODESH SIVAN 8 15 7:00p Jewish Life in Spain & the Sephardic

4 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY DAY URDAY 1 2 LAG BAOMER :45a Caring Committee Meeting MAY Please visit for the full calendar. 6:30 Hebrew High School 7:00 Intro to Judaism 6:00p Family Shabbat Dinner 6:00 Erev Shabbat Babysitting 7:00 Family Shabbat Service Shabbat B har 9:30a Shir Shabbat Junior 9:30 Torah Study 10:30 Shir Shabbat Service 10:30 Bar Mitzvah Service: Isaac Behnke 5:00p Shir Kids Movie Night 5 9:30a Religious School 9:30 Congregational Meeting 11:30 Men s Club Board Meeting 12:00p Continuing the Conversation on Clutter 12:05 Junior Choir Rehearsal 4:00 Muslim/Jewish Women s Afternoon Tea YOM YERUSHALAYIM 9:30a Adult B nai Mitzvah Class 9:30 Religious School 10:00 SHOC Meeting :30a Chair Yoga 10:30a Chair Yoga :30a Retirees Lunch & Learn: Mexican Art & Activism 6:30 Hebrew High School 7:15 Choir Rehearsal ROSH CHODESH SIVAN :00p Jewish Life in Spain & the Sephardic Experience in Israel, Part 1 7:30 Havurah Liaisons Meeting :30a Women s Study Group 11 10:00a Alzheimer s Caregivers Support Group 7:30p Shabbat Service with the Band 7:30 Erev Shabbat Babysitting 18 10:30a Memoir Writing Class: Legacies Shabbat B chukotai 9:30a Torah Study 10:30 Shir Shabbat Service 10:30 Gimmel Class Service Gala 5:30p Shabbat B midbar 9:30a Last Torah Study 10:30 Last Shir Shabbat 10:30 Dalet Class Service :05p Junior Choir Rehearsal SHAVUOT 20 9:30a Religious School Special Shavuot Program with the Junior Choir 9:30 Sesame Shul 9:30 Shavuot Service with Yizkor 10:30a Chair Yoga 21 6:30 Hebrew High School 7:00 Finance Committee 7:15 Choir Rehearsal 22 7:00p Board Meeting 7:00 Jewish Life in Spain & the Sephardic Experience in Israel, Part :30p Board Installation 7:30 Erev Shabbat Babysitting 25 7:00p Shavuot & Confirmation Service 9:30 Making Religion a Force for Good A Night of Study, Film, and Art 26 Shabbat Naso 10:30a Bar Mitzvah Service: Owen Botkin 7:30p Erev Shabbat Babysitting 7:30 Shabbat Service 27 MEMORIAL DAY Office & ECC closed Know Your Neighbor: Muslim/Jewish Women s Afternoon Tea Sunday, May 6, 4:00 pm, at Shir Hadash 7:30p Ritual Committee Meeting Free & open to the public Please register at Sponsored by Islamic Networks Group & Women of Shir Hadash 4 CONGREGATION SHIR HADASH MAY 2018 NOTES 5

RETIREES LUNCH & LEARN Mexican Art & Activism: The Legacy Tuesday, May 8, at 11:30 am AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND PARTICIPATE Congregational Meeting Sunday, May 6, at 9:30 am The Congregation will

A quorum is needed to conduct business, so your presence is an act of community engagement that ensures our ability to function in the new fiscal year.

We hope you will help us celebrate these amazing volunteers as they continue and/or enter into their new roles. Our community is strengthened with their gifts of time and talent. Join a Havurah!

Post-Revolutionary Mexico. Learn how Mexican art inspired artists across the border and around the world, including muralists, Chicano artists, and contemporary street artists.

5 RETIREES LUNCH & LEARN Mexican Art & Activism: The Legacy Tuesday, May 8, at 11:30 am AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND PARTICIPATE Congregational Meeting Sunday, May 6, at 9:30 am The Congregation will meet to elect new members to the board of directors, review the annual budget, and ratify any policy changes that are presented. Join us for bagels and coffee beforehand. A quorum is needed to conduct business, so your presence is an act of community engagement that ensures our ability to function in the new fiscal year. Board Installation Friday, May 18, at 7:30 pm The new board will be installed at the Shabbat service on Friday night, May 18. We hope you will help us celebrate these amazing volunteers as they continue and/or enter into their new roles. Our community is strengthened with their gifts of time and talent. Join a Havurah! Mural by José Clemente Orozco, The Workers, We welcome Marcia Klein, a docent from the San Jose Museum of Art, to show a multimedia presentation, Exploring the Artistic Legacy of Post-Revolutionary Mexico. Learn how Mexican art inspired artists across the border and around the world, including muralists, Chicano artists, and contemporary street artists. Marcia is excited to hear comments about the art and activism movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Join our retirees group for a monthly (second Tuesday) lecture, discussion, performance, or film. For the program and a light lunch a nominal donation of $5 per person is requested. CELEBRATE OUR ADULT LEARNERS Adult B nai Mitzvah Saturday, June 2, at 10:00 am Over five hundred adult members of Shir Hadash belong to a havurah. Join them for friendship and fun. Contact havurah@shirhadash.org if you are interested. 6 C O N G R E G AT I O N S H I R H A DA S H The community is invited to celebrate Shabbat at morning services led by our graduating Adult B nai Mitzvah students. Join us as we honor the achievement of these hard-working adult learners, who have been studying for two years: Trista Bernstein, Danita Evans-Behnke, Helen Kohn, Marci Nemhauser, Carol Parris, Arnie Pinck, Rose Potasnik, Sara Silverman, Joy Spodick, Val Swisher, and Dafna Talmor. A Kiddush luncheon for all (relatives and friends, too) will follow the service.

CAMPING TRIP Celebrate Shabbat in the Outdoors YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE IS APPRECIATED Big Basin Redwoods State Park Be on the lookout for your membership renewal mailing and, where applicable, Religious

6 CAMPING TRIP Celebrate Shabbat in the Outdoors YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE IS APPRECIATED Big Basin Redwoods State Park Be on the lookout for your membership renewal mailing and, where applicable, Religious School enrollment information. Friday, July 27 Sunday, July 29 Join your Shir Hadash friends for a fun-filled weekend of camping, hiking, praying, volunteer-led activities, and s mores around the campfire. $40 per single $75 per couple $100 per family with kids Price includes two nights of camping, Shabbat dinner, and Sunday breakfast. Register on the temple website space is limited. Questions? Contact Rabbi Schwartz. Help Shir Hadash plan for another dynamic year by returning your commitments early and by being as generous as you can with your fair-share dues pledge. Our fair-share system only works if everyone gives according to their means. Questions? Please contact Executive Director Eric Stone at the temple office to discuss any aspect of your membership. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TRIP SPAIN SPAIN & ISRAEL Membership Renewal & Religious School Forms THE MANY FACES OF JUDAISM A TRIP TO SPAIN AND ISRAEL LED BY RABBI MELANIE ARON WE ARE GOING TO SPAIN & SPAIN&ISRAEL ISRAEL. June 10 21, 2018 SPAIN&ISRAEL June 4-14, 2017 For more details about the program and how to register, visit arzaworld.com or call SPAIN ISRAEL Telling the story of Israel and the Jewish World Jewish Life in Spain & the Sephardic Experience in Israel Wednesdays, May 9 & 16, at 7:00 pm Join us to discover just how exciting your adventure abroad will be! This course, beginning in person and followed by online materials, will introduce most of the sites you ll be visiting on your itinerary. Two sessions at the temple will introduce the history and culture of the Jews of Spain and Israel. The fully-narrated, nine-session online expansion of the course will weave together hundreds of images, video clips, and memorable texts that bring to life the Sephardic experience of Spain and the drama of both Biblical and modern Israel. Throughout the online course, you ll enjoy interactive features and games that allow you to dig deeper into the topics. If you want to learn, but are not going on the tour, no problem! Please sign up! Tuition is free to tour participants, $45 for the public, and $35 for Shir Hadash members (includes both classes and online materials). Students may attend live at Shir Hadash, live online, or by viewing online recordings of the sessions. M Ay N OT E S 7

year of pre-paid date night dining for you and your loved one what a thought! And even better, all the restaurants are already chosen, so no hassle involved with planning.

7 NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID CAMPBELL, CA PERMIT NO Congregation Shir Hadash 20 Cherry Blossom Lane Los Gatos, CA RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Eco-friendly paper Gala Raffle Drawing Will Be Held at the Gala, Saturday, May 12 Imagine a full year of pre-paid date night dining for you and your loved one what a thought! And even better, all the restaurants are already chosen, so no hassle involved with planning. This dream can be your reality! This Gala raffle prize can be yours! The winner receives gift certificates to twelve local restaurants, ranging from $50 $100, for a total value of $1,000! Raffle tickets are $20 each, or six for $100. Every household has already received two tickets. To increase your chance to win, please contact the temple office to purchase more. The winning ticket will be drawn at the Gala, but the winner does not need to be present to win. Help spread the word by encouraging neighbors, colleagues, and friends to purchase tickets as well.

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An Evening of Opera Honoring Legendary Tenor Richard Tucker. Sunday, March 11, at 9:30 am 32ND ANNUAL LEVINE LECTURE. Saturday, April 14, at 8:00 pm SUNDAY MORNING SPEAKER SERIES Dr. Robbie Pearl Speaks on Mistreated Sunday, March 11, at 9:30 am Examining today s health care system from the perspective of both a physician and a major medical executive