August 2015 - Av / Elul 5775 2 E & L Co. 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tot Shabbat Kickoff Dinner 5:45 6:30 1 Va etchanan Ekev NewCAJE Conference 9 NewCAJE Conference NewCAJE Conference NewCAJE Conference 10 11 12 13 14 15 Re eh 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Shoftim Brotherhood Garage Sale 23 Yom Moreh 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. TA In-service 10-1 p.m. @ HCRJ Brotherhood Garage Sale TEFTY Foam Party & Food Trucks 8th - 12th Grades 12-2 p.m. Michael Duke s Birthday 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 B nei Mitzvah Teachers Meeting 6:30 p.m. Oren Schragger s Birthday Ki Tetze Megan Cowan 10:30 a.m
September 2015 - Elul 5775 / Tishri 5776 6 1 2 3 4 5 Ki Tavo 7 8 9 10 11 12 Building Closed B nei Mitzvah Parent Meeting Lisa Brooks Birthday Hebrew Teacher In 4:30-6:30 p.m. NFT-TOR Kallah @GFC 4th-7th Tot Shabbat Evan Rosenthal 6 p.m. Evan Rosenthal Meet the Clergy 8 p.m. 9 p.m. Selichot Nitzavim 13 6 p.m. 20 Erev Rosh Hashanah First Day of School 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Drum Cafe Lunch @ 12 p.m. Sponsored by Brotherhood Religious School Community Committee Welcome Cementery Memorial 5 p.m. Rabbi Oren Hayon s Birthday 27 Consecration Family Ed Program & Photo 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Sukkot on Sunset @ Emanu El 4:00 p.m. Sukkot Evening 6:30 p.m. Erev Sukkot Labor Day 14 15 16 17 18 19 s @ Emanu El: Children s 9 a.m. Morning Tashlich 5 p.m. Bayou Center: Morning Rosh Hashanah No No Fast of Gedalia 21 22 23 24 25 26 KOL NIDRE 1st service 6 p.m. 2nd service 8:45 p.m. Erev Yom Kippur 28 29 30 Sukkot Morning Play Date 9:30-11 a.m. -Children s 9 a.m. -Youth @ South Main Baptist 10:30 a.m. -Morning @ Emanu El -Afternoon 1:15 p.m. - A Confession of Our Time 3:30 p.m. -Yizkor/Neilah 4:15 p.m. -Break Fast 5:30 p.m. Yom Kippur Sukkot Chol Hamoed Sukkot Chol Hamoed Sukkot Marci Walters Birthday No B nei Mitzvah class Matthew Silverman s Birthday Shabbat Shuvah 6pm All 8th Graders Overnight 5:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. (Sat) TEFTY Shabbat & Teen Dinner 8-12th Grades Shabbat Shuvah Vayelech ReJEWvenate 10 a.m. Ha azinu E & L Co.
4 October 2015 - Tishri / Cheshvan 5776 Dinner for Consecrants 5 p.m. Consecration 6 p.m. High Holy Day Happening 3rd Grade Torah Rolling 11 12 18 EREV SIMCHAT TORAH 6th Grade Family Ed Program Adult Learning with Rabbi Hayon 9:30 a.m. Car Show 11 a.m. 7th Grade Family Ed Program Mitzvah Walk Blessing the Pets 11:30 a.m. 25 Kindergarten Torah Tails 7th Grade Holocaust Museum Religious School Community Committee Meeting 9:30 a.m. Michael Kronman s Birthday E & L Co. Columbus Day TEFTY Dinner First day of Upper School 7:30-9 p.m. 1 2 3 Chol Hamoed 5 6 7 8 9 10 Yizkor SIMCHAT TORAH Gesher Starts 13 14 First Wednesday of Middle School 4th - 6th Grade 4:30-6: 30 p.m. Chol Hamoed Sukkot 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 Matt Riklin s & Renee Waghalter s Birthdays Ryan Sacks & Steven Sacks 6 p.m. Chol Hamoed Sukkot Alexander Solomon & Jack Ben-Shoshan 6 p.m. Confirmation Retreat 10/16-10/18 Got Shabbat? 4th-6th Grade 6 p.m. Fall Fest 16th-18th @ GFC 6th - 8th Graders Spencer Berger 6 p.m. 26 27 28 29 30 31 8th Grade ADL Refugee & Human Trafficking Gail Shapiro s Birthday Endowment Fund Speaker Series: Mohammad Darawshe 7:30 p.m. Tot Shabbat 6 p.m. Shabbat on the Green @ Godwin Park NFTY TOR Fall Conclave 10/23-10/25 San Antonio Minyan Next Dor @ Rabbi Kahn s Home Camp Shabbat Dinner All Grades Sukkot Reading Ryan Sacks & Steven Sacks 10:30a.m. SUKKOT Halloween Bereshit Alexander Solomon & Jack Ben-Shoshan 10:30a.m. Shalom Shabbat Kindergarten to 3rd Grade Noach Spencer Berger Edie Premazon s Birthday Lech Lecha Mitchell Boniuk Vayera
1 November 2015 - Cheshvan / Kislev 5776 7th Grade Visits Richmond State School GFC Presentation 8 15 Mitzvah Day Don t Forget to Register! 22 3rd Grade Family Ed Program 4th Grade visits Houston Food Bank 2nd Grade Torah Tails Latke Frying Shevat Achim 12-2 p.m. 29 Daylight Savings Time Fall Back 1 hour 1st Grade Torah Tails Kinder-2nd Family Day at the ERJCC Book Fair Judy Stein s Birthday 2 3 4 5 6 7 No Joint High School Program 8th-12th Grades @ ERJCC Wrestling Jerusalem 7-9 p.m. Veterans Day 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 No Thanksgiving Day Got Shabbat? 4th-6th Grade 6 p.m. Dinner 7 p.m. 6th Grade B nei Mitzvah Overnight Lauryn Kapiloff 6 p.m. 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 B nei Mitzvah Parent Meeting 6-7 p.m. Sophi Zimmerman s Birthday 8th Grade Count-Me-In 12th Grade Kristallnacht 12th Grade at Hillel GFC Presentation Tot Shabbat 6 p.m. 8th Grade Overnight 5:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Sydney Hammerman & Taylor Kleiman 6 p.m. 2nd-5th Grade Retreat 11/13-11/15 @ GFC Rabbi Hayon Installation 6 p.m. Chaye Sarah Sydney Hammerman & Taylor Kleiman Toldot Frank Diamond Shalom Shabbat Kindergarten to 3rd Grade March on Austin 11/14-11/15 Vayetze Lauryn Kapiloff Cathy Winter s Birthday Vayishlach E & L Co.
6 December 2015 - Kislev / Tevet 5776 Chanukah Happening Taste of Torah 13 Teacher Chanukah Party 5 p.m. 1 2 3 4 5 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Winter Break No No No Middle or High School No Middle or High School 7 8 9 10 11 12 Erev Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah Kindergarten Torah Tails Religious School Community Committee Meeting 9:30 a.m. Chanukah 8th Grade Field Trip 14 15 16 17 18 19 Chanukah 27 28 29 30 Rabbi Pam Silk s Birthday David Axelrad s Birthday Ellie Morse s Birthday No High School Teacher In- Middle and Upper School 6:00-9 p.m. Endowment Fund Speaker Series - Rabbi Robert Loewy 7:30 p.m. No High School Coffee House @ The Chocolate Bar No 31 No New Year s Eve Tot Shabbat 6 p.m. 8th Grade Overnight NFTY TOR 9th - 12th Grade Na aseh v nishmah 12/4-12/6 7th Grade Family 6 p.m. Dinner 7 p.m. Latke Dinner 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Emma Arriaga 6 p.m. Egg Phoo Shabbos Christmas Cantor Chanukah Havdallah Program 7 p.m. Adult B nei Mitzvah Chanukah Vayeshev Miketz Vayigash Emma Arriaga Vayechi Keep warm! With E & L Co.
January 2016 - Tevet / Shevat 5776 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 No school Keep warm! With E & L Co. No school No (Building closed) New Year s Day Shemot Va era Shalom Shabbat Kindergarten to 3rd Grade 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Classes Resume 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Middle School & 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 No school Houston Marathon 24 Religious School Community Committee 5th Grade Mitzvah Project Meeting 9:30 a.m. 2nd Grade 6th Grade Arboretum Torah Tails Kindergarten Torah Tails Tu B Shevat Seders 3rd & 7th Steve Daum s Birthday 31 Rabbi Samantha Kahn s Birthday Building closed MLK Jr. Day 25 26 27 28 29 30 Tu B Shevat Upper School Wednesday Classes Resume 12th Grade Harris County Hospital 6th Grade Tefillin 8th Grade Nite Owls 12th Grade Kosher cooking at Marna s House Endowment Fund Speaker Series - Will Recant (JDC) 7:30 p.m. TEFTY Coffee House Got Shabbat? 4th-6th Grade 6 p.m. Daniel Cohen 6 p.m. Teen Shabbat 6 p.m. Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade Shabbat Dinner & Nicole Sax 6 p.m. Minyan Next Dor @ Rabbi Kahn s Home NFTY TOR Winter Conclave 1/29-1/31 Austin Elaine Lupovitch s Birthday Daniel Cohen Nicole Sax Bo Beshalach Yitro Marna Meyer s Birthday
February 2016 - Shevat / Adar I 5776 1 2 3 Second Semester 4 7 8 9 10 11 4th Grade Mock Wedding Begins GFC Campership Awards 5 p.m. 10th Grade Family Ed Program 7 p.m. 12th Grade ADL Endowment Fund Speaker Series - Herman Boone 7:30 p.m. B nei Mitzvah Teachers Meeting 4-5 p.m. 5 6 Tot Shabbat 6 p.m. 12 13 Mishpatim Terumah Torah Tails Havdallah PreK-2nd 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Tetzaveh Yom Limmud at Beth Israel 21 Valentine s Day Limmud B Yachad 6th - 8th Grades Beren Academy First Grade Torah Tails Chicken Soup Cook-off 11 a.m. Presidents Day 22 28 29 Pancakes & PJ s Early Registration 9 a.m. Adult Learning with Rabbi Hayon 9:30 a.m. Chili Cook-off @ ERJCC Julie Sacks Birthday 23 24 25 6th Grade YAD Project Joint High School Program JFS Reel Abilities Film & Discussion Graduation Photo & Dinner 7 p.m. Got Shabbat? 4th-6th 26 27 9th Grade Overnight Teen Shabbat 6 p.m. GFC Springfest 6th-8th Grade Katie Kopel & Morgan Mouer 6 p.m. 8th Grade City-wide Overnight @ Merfish Ki Tisa Katie Kopel & Morgan Mouer Keep warm! With E & L Co.
March 2016 - Adar I / Adar II 5776 1 2 3 Pancakes & PJ s Early Registration Upper School 7 p.m. 12th Grade Funeral Home 4 5 Rodeo Tot Shabbat 6 p.m. GFC Family Retreat 3/4-3/6 Vayakhel Havdallah Shabbat Adults with Mama Doni 6 7 8 9 10 Kindergarten Zoomobile Mama Doni Concert Daylight Savings Time 13 14 15 16 17 Spring Ahead 1 hour Amy Storthz s Birthday Sarah Kronman s Birthday Judy Ney s Birthday Last day of Gesher Joint High School Program Spring Break No No 20 21 22 23 24 Eileen Elfezoauty s Birthday 11 12 18 19 JYG Retreat 6th - 8th Grade @ GFC Dina Owers & Daisy Serebrin 6 p.m. 25 26 Pekude Vayikra Dina Owers & Daisy Serebrin 10:30 a.m. Tzav HISD reopens Purim Schpiel & Dinner Teen Shabbat 6 p.m. Erev Purim Ta anit Esther 27 (Easter) 28 29 30 31 Todd Weiss Birthday Purim Shushan Purim E & L Co.
April 2016 - Adar II / Nisan 5776 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kindergarten Torah Tails 1st Grade Grandparents & Special Friends 5th Grade Family Ed Program 6th Grade Houston Bus Tour 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TEFTY Paint Party & Lunch 12:30-2:30 Taste of Torah Annual Meeting 4 p.m. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Hebrew Testing 3rd Grade Passover Happening Living Legacy 9-12 p.m. Hebrew Testing 3rd Grade Adult Learning with Rabbi Hayon 9:30 a.m. Religious School Community Committee Meeting Great Afikomen Adventure Chol Hamoed Passover E & L Co. Project Create GFC B nei Mitzvah 2016-2017 Parent Meeting 5 p.m. Confirmation Rehearsal 6 p.m. Last Day of Upper School No No 1 Joel Schoenberg 6 p.m. Daisy Walters & Mattie Pogach 6 p.m. s 6 p.m. EREV PASSOVER 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Chol Hamoed Passover 11th & 12th Grade Goldberg Towers Graduation Rehearsal 6 p.m. Hebrew Testing Hebrew Testing Jillian Goldman s Birthday NFTY TOR Spring Kallah & Senior Celebration @ GFC 4/14-4/17 Real Men (And Friends) Make Chocolate Matzah Chol Hamoed Passover Chol Hamoed Passover Chol Hamoed Passover Tot Shabbat 6 p.m. Artist in Residence David Sanders 4/1-4/3 Passover Yizkor High School Graduation Minyan Next Dor @ Rabbi Kahn s Home PASSOVER 2 Confirmation Photo: 5 p.m. Dinner: 6 p.m. Passover 10:30 a.m Second Seder at Emanu El 6 p.m. PASSOVER Shemini Joel Schoenberg Tazria Daisy Walters & Mattie Pogach Metzora Got Shabbat? 4th - 6th Justin Pierce & Grade 6 p.m. Alexis Marks 8th Grade Overnight 10:30 5 p.m. - 3 p.m. a.m. Justin Pierce & Alexis Marks 6 p.m. Food Truck Havdallah Michelle Frankfort s Birthday
May 2016 - Nisan / Iyar 5776 1 2 3 4 7th Grade Breakfast in the Dark Zack Lessig s Birthday 8 9 10 11 Early Dismissal 11 a.m. 3rd Grade Mother s Day 15 16 17 18 Yom Ha atzmaut Happening Hebrew Teacher In- service 5-7 p.m. Yom HaShoah Commemoration Confirmation Rehearsal 6 p.m. YOM HA ZIKARON Last Day of Middle School 5 6 7 YOM HA SHOAH 12 13 14 YOM HA ATZMAUT 19 20 21 Congregant of the Year Dinner Leadership Shabbat 6 p.m. Family Shabbat Experience Rebecca Rock 6 p.m. Got Shabbat? 4th-6th Grade 6 p.m. Kedoshim Rebecca Rock 10:30 a.m. Becker Graduation Acharei Mot Confirmation Shalom Shabbat Kindergarten to 3rd Grade Emor 22 23 24 25 Last Day of Religious School Carnival 29 30 31 Memorial Day 26 27 28 Rachael Yurowitz s Birthday Teen Shabbat 6 p.m. Ryan Peleg & Lindsey Peleg 6 p.m. Ryan Peleg & Lindsey Peleg 10:30 a.m. LAG B OMER Cathy Shelley s Birthday Darren Meyer s Birthday Jodi Moore s Birthday E & L Co. Behar
June 2016 - Iyar / Sivan 5776 Sunday Tuesday Monday Wednesday 1 E & L Co. Thursday 2 3 Tot Shabbat 6 p.m. 6 7 8 9 13 Yizkor 14 15 Bechukotai Cameron Greene 11 Bemidbar 16 17 Erev Shavuot 18 Naso 25 B haalotecha Jessica Danziger s Birthday 20 21 22 23 Father s Day 26 10 Michelle Blumenthal s Birthday Shavuot 19 4 Rabbi Walter s Birthday Yom Yerushalayim 12 Saturday Cameron Greene 6 p.m. 5 Friday 27 28 29 30 No No Elizabeth Townsend s Birthday 24
July 2016 - Sivan / Tammuz 5776 E & L Co. 1 2 Shelach 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Korach Food & Fireworks Celebration No No Independence Day 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Chukat No No Ori Gross Birthday 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Balak Ayli Meyer s Birthday Lisa Stone s Birthday 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pinchas Minyan Next Dor @ Rabbi Kahn s Home 31