25-26 Nisan, 5771 • April 29-30, 2011 Parsha Kedoshim Shabbat Candles: 7:31pm
Rome'News and Upcoming Events Shabbat Services West End Presbyterian Church 165 W 105th Street Please refrain from using your mobile devices within the sanctuary, whether texting or merely checking the time. Please consider the time we are together worshipping to be beyond the reach of time and other mundane matters and worthy of our undivided attention.
April 29/30 Shabbat Services
Count Me In - The Romemu Membership Drive 2011
It is the second week of the Romemu Membership Drive and the counting is now underway. If you’re already a member of Romemu, renew your membership today. We rely on your friendship and commitment as the cornerstones of Romemu’s foundation. Our existence and growth over these past five years is directly attributable to your loyalty, passion and vision. If you’re not yet a member of Romemu, now is the perfect time to join us. There are many benefits to membership, including guaranteed complimentary tickets to our High Holiday services, invitations to members-only events,
preferred access to our clergy for counseling and support for all life cycle events. But more than all of these benefits are the benefits that can’t be counted or quantified. By becoming a member of Romemu, you express your desire and commitment to playing a vital role within this growing community. You join us on a deeper level as a stakeholder—and as a stakeholder, we both experience sustenance and well being far beyond dollars and cents. Your participation helps to shape and define our present and our future. By joining Romemu now, you actually become our future. So current or contemplating, each of us can step forward with enthusiasm and generosity and together ensure that Romemu will continue to thrive for years to come. Take action and join today.
In the Community Baruch Dayan Emet
With deep sorrow we inform you of the passing of Michael Ellis, father of Romemu member Caren Ellis-Fried, and father-in-law to Arthur Fried. May Mike's memory inspire and bless our lives.
Refuah Shlemah
We would like to wish a speedy recovery and blessings of healing upon Miriam Rose, Batia and Chaim Melamed, Sally Staver, Blanche and Jack Frank, Frank Palmer, Mortan Tankus and Phillip Jones.
Social Justice Committee Meeting: The Mazal Tov next installment of the Social Justice/Tikkun Olam Committee will meet Thursday, May 12 at 7:00pm. To RSVP and for location please email Elana Shneyer at: eshneyer@gmail.com
Yehuda Hyman will be appearing in the Target Margin Production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest in the role of Gonzalo. This production is running from May 4 through May 27. To attend: www.here.org
Friday: 7:00pm Shabbat Services led by Shir Yaakov Feinstein-Feit Saturday: 8:30am: ShabbatAsana Yoga Practice 9:30am: Meditation 10:00am: Shabbat Services led by Shir Yaakov Feinstein-Feit To sponsor Shabbat flowers or a kiddush, please contact: info@romemu.org
Membership Shabbat Events:
-May 13: Sha'Baby Family Oneg with Rabbi Jennifer Tobenstein -May 20: Shabbat Home Dinners sponsored by Romemu Members For more information and to RSVP contact Marla Alt & Jeff Wallace, Membership Committee Co-Chairs: membership@romemu.org
Classes with Rabbi Ingber Kabbalah Cafe'
Tuesdays, 7:00pm Join us as we explore the mysteries of the Kabbalah in an intimate setting. Free for Members, $10 for Nonmembers Please RSVP for address and directions info@romemu.org
Featured Event:
Dedicate a Siddur Today For a small donation of $18 you can dedicate a Siddur in loving memory of a family member, to commemorate an event or honor Romemu. Call or email the Romemu Office for more information: 212-580-4294 or info@romemu.org
13th Annual Upper West Side Communal Observance of Yom HaShoah Carlebach Shul, 305 West 79th JCC, 334 Amsterdam Ave. Sun & Mon, May 1-2, 10:00pm-6:00pm
Gather with us for this annual vigil to remember the lives lost during the Holocaust and to reinforce our commitment to Jewish history and the future of the Jewish people. Bring names of family or friends to read or witness through listening to the reading. Romemu will be reading at the Carlebach Shul beginning at 5:30am. To read, contact Laurie Wolko 212-580-3075. For more information please visit: jccmanhattan.org Contact Romemu:
308 W. 92nd Street, Ste. 5B 212.580.4294, info@romemu.org Rabbi David Ingber rabbi@romemu.org Founder & Spiritual Director Shir Yaakov Feinstein-Feit shir@romemu.org Creative & Musical Director Jane Graver jane@romemu.org Director of Operations Jade Netanya Ullmann jade@romemu.org Dir. of Development, Membership and Outreach Cassie Pena cassie@romemu.org Administration
Romemu Community Music Fund Conceived of and generously funded by Romemu members Dr. Shari MelamedKaplan and Dr. Steve Kaplan, the Romemu Community Music Fund represents our focus on community in all its rich diversity. Please consider honoring someone special or marking a life cycle event by donating. Visit romemu.org/music for more information.
Living Deeply with a Sacred Text Sunday, May 1, 6:00pm
This Rome-chevra is an opportunity to make a year long commitment to living deeply with a sacred line of text. This group meets once a month to share the journey of this relationship and learn together not only how to live with a text, but also the deeper teachings. For more information: livingdeeply@romemu.org
Rome' Red Tent
Monday, May 9, 7:00pm Calling all women, girls, grandmothers, aunties, sisters, mothers and daughters -- come join the Rome’Red Tent, Romemu’s group for all femaleidentified friends and members of Romemu. Spend time in a safe and sacred space where we will explore what it means to be Jewish and femaleidentified in the 21st century. Bring something yummy to eat, an object for the altar and wear red! For more information: redtent@romemu.org
Sha' baby Shabbat
Friday, May 13, 5:30pm Join Romemu for this musical and fun Shabbat program for children 0 to 2 yrs old. Please come with at least one caregiver. This will be an engaging Shabbat for babies and their families. This Sha'baby we are holding our first Shabbat Oneg at 5:00pm with Rabbi Jennifer Tobenstein. For more information: minis@romemu.org
Shavuot at Isabella Freedman Tuesday-Friday, June 7-10,
Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Eve Ilsen, Rabbi David Ingber, Shir Yaakov Feinstein-Feit, Marcia Prager and Hazzan Jack Kessler will be in attendance at this ALEPH, P'nai Or and Romemu co-sponsored event. Shavuot, the Festival of First Fruits, is a time to Rome'Member Social explore harvesting in its modern form. Saturday, May 7, 7:30pm Experience excercises, lectures, practices and discussions that will open We invite all new members to join Rabbi your heart and mind to your own first David Ingber and Ariel Rosen-Ingber at fruits. Registration is open now. For their home for a light buffet and havdallah. more information and to register call Begin the new week with us while getting 1-800-398-2630 or visit to know your Rabbi and fellow Romemu isabellafreedman.org Members. If you are a Romemu member and your birthday falls in May or June we Upcoming in May invite you to join to honor your birthday. Sun 5/1 Living Deeply with a Sacred Text To RSVP and for more information please Sun 5/1 Yom HaShoah contact: membership@romemu.org Tue 5/3 Kabbalah Cafe Mon 5/9 Rome'Red Tent Fri 5/ 13 Sha'baby Shabbat and Shabbat Community Potluck