All events are open to the community, but space may be limited. Call 415.388.1818, ext 10 for details. Tuesday, January 6 Kabbalah Talks with Rabbi Lavey Derby 7:00 PM, Beit Knesset Katan Wednesday, January 7 Beginning Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew with Tikva Farber 6:45 PM, Library ------------- Chavurah for Jewish Spiritual Practice with Rabbi Lavey Derby 7:50 PM, Beit Knesset KatanTuesday, January 20 Telling Our Stories with Gail Cohon Stein 1:30 PM, Beit Knesset Katan Thursday, January 29 Panim el Panim Meeting Join us for more relationship building and community organizing. 7:00 – 8:30 PM, Library
Community
Community Announcements Click to download a PDF with information about what's going on in the wider Jewish community. You are invited to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, January 19, 2009 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Manzanita Recreation Center, Marin City Download flyer here, or visit www.maringrassroots.org/mlk2009 for more information.Celebrate Pesach at Camp Ramah! April 7–18, 2009, Camp Ramah, Ojai, CA This Passover for 10 days and 9 nights, leave the holiday preparation to us while you relax in the green hills of Ojai valley. Click on Community Announcements for more information.
Check out the Green Chavurah page, and take part in Forage Marin, an organization that helps harvest and distribute fruit to the food bank in Novato.
Congregation Kol Shofar, Marin County's conservative synagogue, is a vibrant, progressive center of Jewish life, with a growing community of more than 600 families. Kol Shofar is your place to form meaningful connections, access Jewish education for you and your family, and celebrate and discover the joys of Jewish life in a spiritually dynamic community.
We are a community of warm, welcoming people who come together to pray, celebrate, learn, practice Tzedakah, form life-long friendships, and help each other through life’s ups and downs. We embrace our congregation’s diversity of Jewish expression. Both women and men participate equally in all aspects of congregation life, and children are actively encouraged to join in. Our doors are open to members and non-members, to all Jews, and to any and all non-Jews who wish to be part of our community. Our congregation provides a welcoming environment for interfaith families, and embraces all individuals regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
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At December's board meeting the volunteer spotlight shone brightly on Gail Cohon Stein for her generous volunteer facilitation of the Telling Our Stories Senior Discussion Group.
Gail's next Telling our Stories is on Tuesday January 20 at 1:30. For more info...
JOIN US IN THE IDRA
The Idra is a place of yearning where we connect to the Divine and realize our inner wisdom.
This new program at Kol Shofar is free and open to all, regardless of background and meditation experience. Download flyer.
Entitled Sidewalking Israel - Spring, 2008", this year's exhibit of black and white photos by Rabbi Bernie Robinson candidly portrays the people and the artifacts of urban life as encountered in public places. Come to our balcony to view current slices of the particularity that is Israel.
We all have a cause we care about - whether it's finding a cure for cancer, saving the environment, finding homes for abandoned pets or so many other worthwhile endeavors. But what we don't all have is the time or money to support these efforts as much as we'd like. So, what if we could raise money for our favorite charities and schools by doing something we do every day — searching the Internet.
GoodSearch is a search engine which donates 50% of its revenue to charities and schools designated by its users. It's a simple and compelling concept. Use GoodSearch exactly as you would any other search engine. Because it's powered by Yahoo! you get proven search results. The money donated to your cause comes from advertisers — the users and the organizations do not spend a dime!
In 2007, GoodSearch was expanded to include GoodShop, an online shopping mall of world-class merchants dedicated to helping causes across the country. Each purchase made via the GoodShop mall results in a donation to the designated charity or school – averaging approximately 3% of the sale, but going up to 20% or even more.
Go to www.goodsearch.com, and designate Congregation Kol Shofar as your charity of choice. Then all you have to do is start using Goodsearch as your search engine instead of Google! And remember, Goodsearch uses the same search engine as Yahoo! Every little bit helps!
Kol Shofar in the news
j- Check out the J-'s coverage of the Marin Organizing Committee event (May 16 issue):Synagogues get involved with grassroots citizen movement Click on full article!
marinij And check out the front cover of the MARN IJ Lifestyles Section (May 15): Telling our Stories Seniors Groupis featured in this article! MORE INFO AND NEXT MEETING
