This year our congregation's theme, Judaism From the Inside Out: Real Wisdom for Real Life.

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1 August 2016 Dear Member, We look forward to seeing you this upcoming High Holy Day season. On the Jewish calendar, the High Holy Days are the traditional time for review, renewal and return to what is most important to us. The transition to a new year offers opportunities for new perspectives. Here at Ohav Shalom, your rabbis, staff, lay leadership and volunteers are busy planning for the year ahead with new ideas to enhance the life of our kehillah kedoshah, sacred community. We will share some of these with you as we come together for the High Holy Days. This year our congregation's theme, Judaism From the Inside Out: Real Wisdom for Real Life. Please see our class and Shabbat and Holiday offerings in upcoming communications. We welcome you to participate in our community and to share in the riches of Jewish life. As always, our Board of Trustees is working tirelessly to strengthen Ohav and to position the shul for growth in the coming year. Our administrative staff is busily preparing for the High Holy Days to make your experience seamless so that your High Holy Day experience can be most meaningful. Ohav is a welcoming and inclusive congregation, and, as always, we look forward to sharing the High Holy Days with our families and friends. This year, in place of a set fee, we are encouraging our High Holy Day guests to contribute what they are able to help support Ohav Shalom. The support of our membership and guests enables us to offer inspiring and meaningful holiday experiences in this season as well as throughout the year. Please read the enclosed forms for tickets, child care, the Yizkor book and other sign-ups. As always, please pay special attention to deadline dates. We appreciate your cooperation, which helps us meet printing deadlines and function more efficiently. We anticipate a great year ahead at Ohav Shalom, filled with warm community and meaningful experiences. We look forward to sharing it with all of you! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact any of us. Wishing you a shanah tovah, a year filled with sweetness, good health and all good things. Rabbi Daniel Ornstein Rabbi Rena H. Kieval Judy Avner, President ohavrab@gmail.com ravrena@gmail.com javner@localnet.com Congregation Ohav Shalom 113 New Krumkill Rd. Albany, NY (518)

2 High Holy Days 2016/5777 Program Support Overview We are proud as a Family and Youth friendly Congregation to offer the following Programs and Opportunities throughout the year. Ohav Shalom Tots: monthly programming for our youngest children and their families. Please contact Naomi Storch at (518) or Lauren Weintraub at (617) ohavshalomtots@gmail.com for more information. Shorashim: weekly Shabbat service and gathering for our youngest families on Shabbat morning, after the children's Torah parade in the main sanctuary, around 10:45 AM. All are welcome. Junior Congregation: bi-monthly service for children in grades K-6 on Shabbat mornings. Please Jane Ginsburg at jabginsburg@gmail.com for more information. Teen Minyan: monthly or bi-monthly student led service for students in grades 7-12 on shabbat mornings. Please Shelly Goldman at sgoldman59@verizon.net for more information. Kadima/USY: youth group programs co-sponsored with Temple Israel. Kadima is for students in grades 6-8. USY is for high school students. Please contact Marci Galinkin at levykins@aol.com for more Kadima information. Please David Piper at davidpiper1980@gmail.com for more USY information. B'Yachad: our religious school program jointly run with Temple Israel and B nai Sholom Reform Congregation. Please contact, Principal, Rabbi Miriam Lichtenfeld at rabbimirriam@byachadalbany.org for more information or to register your child. Mifgash: our community Jewish high school program. Please contact Ruth Malka, our director, at director@mifgashcommunity.org, for more information or to register your high school student. College Outreach: this program keeps our college-age students connected with Ohav and Jewish life through the delivery of four holiday boxes to their college dorm for the High Holy Days, Chanukah, Purim and Passover. Cost is is $65 for members and $75 for nonmembers per student. See our website for more details. Men's Club: our chapter of the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs is involved in community service, educational and social programming. Men's Club is the proud sponsor of our annual Nathan Erlbaum Memorial blood drive, and Ohav's Klezmatics concert in November and is very involved in hands on projects such as the recent playground renovation! We also sponsor other programs throughout the year. For more information contact Steve Gordon at (518) Sisterhood: Ohav s Sisterhood is affiliated with the National Women s League of Conservative Judaism. The Sisterhood is a subsidiary group that supports and enhances life at Ohav. Some of the services that we provide include providing food for childcare during the High Holy Days and maintaining our gift shop. Debbie Schenkel: (518) High Holiday Youth Services: we hold services and educational programs for youth of a wide range of ages throughout Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur during the daytimes. All preliminary details about these programs are in this packet. High Holiday Child Care: our goal is to provide a warm, caring and safe environment for your children during High Holy Day Services. We offer several options which will allow all children to actively participate in services at a level that is comfortable for them and for you. Please check out our High Holy Day information flyers, our weekly congregational and our website for updated details about all of these fine programs.

3 High Holy Days 2016/5777 Yizkor Book Payment Form Dear Members, As in years past, we are publishing a Yizkor book containing the entire Yizkor service and the names of those in your family you wish to memorialize. This book will be used for Yizkor service four times during the year: Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzeret, Pesach and Shavuot. For inclusion in this year s Yizkor book, please: 1. Complete this page by printing the names in the order in which you would like them to appear in the book. Please print neatly or type the names and double check the spelling of the names. 2. Complete this form and return it with your check in the amount of $12.00 per name (maximum of $132.00) to Congregation Ohav Shalom, 113 New Krumkill Road, Albany, New York Please send all Yizkor book names by September 16 th, YIZKOR BOOK NAMES FORM Congregant s Name: Phone #: Last First Please insert the following names of our departed relatives and friends in the Yizkor Book. Enclosed is our contribution in the sum of $. ($12/name - maximum $132) New Krumkill Rd., Albany, NY Phone: (518) Fax: (518) info@ohavshalom.com Affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America

4 Childcare sign up (attach additional names/pages if necessary) 2 Years old through 2nd Grade Child s Name Grade Age RH Day 1 RH Day 2 Yom Kippur First: $18/day $ Second: $15/day $ Third: $10/day $ Fourth: No No Charge Charge Special Needs: (e.g. medical, food allergies, etc.) Fee Total Junior Congregation (Grades 3-5) NO FEE REQUIRED/ Kadima (Grades 6-8) NO FEE REQUIRED Child s Name Grade Age RH Day 1 RH Day 2 Yom Kippur Parent Volunteer Opportunities. Please note: the volunteer schedule will need to be strictly adhered to in order to make sure that all of the child care slots are covered. Parent Name: Phone #: Childcare: Hall and Room Monitoring 9:30am to conclusion of Services. Youth Program Volunteers: Hall and Room Monitoring RH Day 1 RH Day 2 Yom Kippur noon 10:30 noon Lunch only Kadima noon 1pm 10:30 רבהת ודה ושנה טובה Tovah Todah Rabah & L Shanah

5 PAYMENT FORM Please send this form, along with the other High Holy Day enclosures which you are returning to: Congregation Ohav Shalom, 113 New Krumkill Rd., Albany, NY Ticket Holder Information: # of tickets requested for the following individuals: To add more names of guests, please call Nancy at x10 I would like to make a contribution of $ in support of Ohav Shalom. Program/Event Registrations: * Yizkor Book, College Outreach & Childcare forms returned to the office by Membership Dues: $ College Outreach: $ Sisterhood Men s Club: $ HHD Childcare: $ USY: $ Kadima: $ Yizkor Book: $ Total Enclosed: $ Congregant Name: Yom Kippur Break Fast I would like to make a contribution of $ to the Break Fast to help defray the cost. Total Number Attending Phone Number: Our check in enclosed. Check Number: Please charge my VISA/MasterCard. Name on Card: _ Card #: Expiration Date: Signature: My signature indicates that I agree to forgo the 3% cash discount.