September 2016 - Av / Elul 5776 1 2 3 NFT-TOR Kallah @GFC Re eh Tot Shabbat 4 5 6 7 9 10 Building Closed Labor Day The Shirley Barish Memorial Israel Experience Reunion Dinner Shoftim Spencer Levitt 11 First Day of School 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 1 Shevat Achim 12:15-2:15 p.m. 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 Gesher Starts Raising a Mensch 7 p.m. - :30 p.m. Jason Gerber & Rosie Vanunu Ki Tetze Jason Gerber & Rosie Vanunu ReJEWvenate 9 a.m. Selichot 9 p.m. Ki Tavo 25 26 27 2 First Wednesday of Middle School 4th - 6th 4:30-6: 30 p.m. First day of Upper School th - 12th 7:30-9 p.m. 30
October 2016 - Elul / Tishrei 5776/5777 1 Nitzavim 2 9 10 16 23 Erev Rosh Hashanah Consecration Family Ed Program & Photo Sukkot on Sunset @ Emanu El 4:00 p.m. Sukkot Evening 6:30 p.m. Erev Sukkot Erev Simchat Torah 7th Family Ed Program Shevat Achim 12:15-2:15 p.m. Dinner for Consecrants Mitzvah Walk 5 p.m. Consecration 6 p.m. 6th Family Ed Program Shevat Achim 12:15-2:15 p.m. 30 Halloween 31 3 4 5 6 7 Children s @ Emanu El 9 a.m. Morning @ Emanu El Morning @ Bayou Center Tashlich @ Bayou across from JCC 5 p.m. Rosh Hashanah No 11 12 No KOL NIDRE 1st service 6 p.m. 2nd service :45 p.m. Erev Yom Kippur 13 14 15 17 1 19 20 21 22 Temple Offices Closed Sukkot Chol Hamoed Sukkot Children s @ Emanu El 9 a.m. Youth @ First Presbyterian Morning @ Emanu El Afternoon 1:15 p.m. Healing Experience 3 p.m. Inside the Rabbi s Studio 3 p.m. Yizkor/Neilah 4:30 p.m. Break Fast Following Neilah Yom Kippur Chol Hamoed Sukkot Shabbat Shuvah 6pm All th rs Overnight NFTY TOR Na aseh v nishmah 24 Simchat Torah 25 26 27 2 Temple Offices Closed Confirmation Retreat 10/2-10/30 Yizkor Vayelech Shabbat Shuvah Ha azinu Chol Hamoed Sukkot Reading Braden Burgan Braden Burgen Chol Hamoed Sukkot Chol Hamoed Sukkot Chol Hamoed Sukkot Abigail Bronicki & Lily Pesikoff Bereshit Abigail Bronicki & Lily Pesikoff
November 2016 - Tishrei / Cheshvan 5777 1 2 3 4 5 Shabbat on the Green GFC 2nd-5th Retreat Noach 6 13 7th Visits Richmond State School Shevat Achim 12:15-2:15 p.m. 20 Daylight Savings Time Fall Back 1 hour Kinder-2nd Family Day at the ERJCC Book Fair 7th Holocaust Museum Religious School Classses Participating in Mitzvah Day 4th visits Houston Food Bank 7 9 10 11 12 Sarah Wechsler-Kelly Veterans Day 14 15 16 17 1 19 Joint High School Program Fall Fest 11th-13th @ GFC 6th - th rs Zoe Hirschfeld & Lindsay Frankfort 21 22 23 24 25 26 Lech Lecha Sarah Wechsler-Kelly th-12th rs March on Austin 11/12-11/13 Vayera Zoe Hirschfeld & Lindsay Frankfort Chaye Sarah No No 27 2 30 Last Evening of Middle & Upper School until January 11th (4th-12th s) Thanksgiving Day
December 2016 - Kislev / 5777 1 2 3 NFTY TOR Fallish Conclave Toldot Tot Shabbat 6 p.m. 4 5 6 7 9 10 4th - 12th Jack Klosek Vayetze 11 2nd Torah Tails 12 13 14 15 16 17 No Gesher Class 4th-12th Jack Klosek TEFTY Ultimate Maccabee Warrior 6 - p.m. Vayishlach Vayeshev 1 19 20 21 22 23 24 Jewish Heritage Tour of the South th & 9th s Dec 1th-21st Winter Break No Gesher Class 25 26 27 2 30 31 No Class 4th-12th 4th-12th No Class Egg Foo Shabbos Latke Dinner 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Erev New Year s Eve Miketz
January 2017 - Tevet / Shevat 5777 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 No school New Year s Day 9 10 11 12 13 14 Classes Resume 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Lisa Loeb Concert 15 16 17 1 19 20 21 No school Houston Marathon Temple Building Closed Temple Building Closed 4th-12th 4th-12th 4th-6th s & Upper School Wednesday Classes Resume Social Justice Program th-12th s Tot Shabbat 6 p.m. Wyatt Cyprow & Aiden Buchman GreeneSki 13-16th Bailey Silverman & Ronnie Ostrin 6 p.m. 9th Overnight Vayigash Wyatt Cyprow & Aiden Buchman Vayechi Bailey Silverman & Ronnie Ostrin Shemot MLK Jr. Day 22 23 24 25 26 27 2 Va era 4th Mock Wedding NFTY TOR Winter Conclave 30 31 Kindergarten Torah Tails Limmud B Yachad 6th - 7th Shevat Achim 12:15-2:15 p.m.
February 2017 - Shevat / Adar 5777 1 2 3 4 6th Overnight Bo Tot Shabbat 6 p.m. 5 6 7 9 5th Family Ed Program GFC Campership Awards 5 p.m. 10 11 Beshalach Mackenzie Tobor 12 13 14 15 16 6th Arboretum 2nd Torah Tails 19 Yom Limmud @ Emanu El 10th Family Ed Program 7 p.m. 17 1 20 21 22 23 24 25 Mishpatim Reel Abilities 6:45 p.m. Mackenzie Tobor NFTY Convention Elliot Ellis Tu B Shevat Elliot Ellis Bryce Pollock Yitro 26 27 Presidents Day 2 Bryce Pollock
March 2017 - Adar / Nissan 5777 1 2 5 6 7 9 3rd Family Ed Program Daylight Savings Time 12 Spring Ahead 1 hour 13 14 15 16 Spring Break No No B nei Mitzvah Parent Meeting 2017-1 5 p.m. 3 4 GFC Family Retreat 3/3-3/5 Abigail Goldman & Cory Kardesch 10 11 Micah Bozeman 17 1 Erev Purim Terumah Abigail Goldman & Cory Kardesch Tetzaveh Micah Bozeman Ki Tisa Dylan Canfield Purim 19 20 21 22 23 Dylan Canfield 24 25 Vayakhel Pekude Colton Schwartzberg 26 27 2 30 Kindergarten Torah Tails AIPAC Policy Conference 26th-2th Joint High School Program for Yom HaShoah, Yom Hazikaron & Yom Ha atzmaut 31 Hannah Dunnam & Madeline Rose
April 2017 - Nissan / Iyar 5777 1 Vayikra Madeline Rose & Hannah Dunnam 2 3 4 5 6 7 1st Grandparents & Special Friends 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Great Afikomen Adventure 12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Temple Offices Closed No Second Night Seder 6:30 p.m. Graduation Rehearsal 7:30 p.m. Confirmation Rehearsal 7:30-9 p.m. Tot Shabbat 6 p.m. NFTY TOR Spring Kallah & SpringFest @ GFC Bonnie Robbins & Amara Freedson Tzav Bonnie Robbins & Amara Freedson 16 17 1 19 20 21 22 EREV PASSOVER Passover Yizkor PASSOVER PASSOVER Chol Hamoed Passover Last Day of Upper School High School Graduation & Dinner 6pm 23 24 25 26 27 2 Tazria 6th Houston Bus Tour Chol Hamoed Passover Shevat Achim 12:15-2:15 p.m. Hebrew Testing 3rd Kindergarten Torah Tails First Torah Tails 30 Temple Offices Closed YOM HASHOAH Last day of Gesher Hebrew Testing 4th-6th Graduation Rehearsal 7:30 p.m. Hebrew Testing 4th-6th Chol Hamoed Passover Chol Hamoed Passover Seth Broadwell & Brad Raizner Chol Hamoed Passover Shemini Metzora Seth Broadwell & Brad Raizner Food Truck Havdallah 4 p.m.
May 2017 - Iyar / Sivan 5777 Sunday Monday 1 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 2 3 4 5 6 Hebrew Testing 4th-6th Leadership Shabbat 6 p.m. Confirmation Photo 5 p.m. Dinner 6 p.m. 11 12 13 Acharei Mot Kedoshim College Survival Boot Camp 6:30 p.m. - p.m. YOM HA ZIKARON 7 3rd YOM HA ATZMAUT 9 10 Last Wednesday 4th-6th Early Dismissal 11 a.m. Hebrew Testing 3rd 16 17 1 4th-6th 22 Last Day of Religious School Early Dismissal 11 a.m. 23 24 25 Confirmation Rehearsal 6 - p.m. Yom Yerushalayim 2 19 20 Behar Bechukotai Joshua Weber & Jonah Weber 10:30 a.m. 27 Bemidbar Joshua Weber & Jonah Weber LAG B OMER Mother s Day 21 Leah Lynch & Maya Credeur 10:30 a.m. Leah Lynch & Maya Credeur 15 14 Emor 30 31 Confirmation 7 p.m. No Memorial Day Erev Shavuot Shavuot 26 Talia Kalmans 10:30 a.m. Talia Kalmans
June 2017 - Sivan / Tammuz 5777 1 2 3 Tot Shabbat 6 p.m. Naso 4 5 6 7 9 10 B haalotecha Emma Berk Emma Berk 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Shelach 1 19 20 21 22 23 24 Korach Father s Day 25 26 27 2 30
July 2017 - Tammuz / Av 5777 1 Chukat 2 3 4 5 6 7 No No Balak Food & Fireworks Celebration 7 p.m. Independence Day 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pinchas 16 17 1 19 20 21 22 Matot-Masei 23 24 25 26 27 2 Devarim 30 31