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Ha-azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-52)
Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, Ph.D.
Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation
One of my favorite things to do is write children's songs. Over the years I have written lots of innocuous little ditties for kids as a way of teaching them about Jewish holidays and rituals, ethics and values, and how to treat families and friends. Long ago when I was just starting out as a teacher in religious school I realized that singing a song was an easy and relatively painless way to learn important Jewish lessons about life. So I wrote songs about everything I could think of - from "Hands Hold the Torah Way Up High," and "Shabbat Shalom Comes to Our Home" to "Kibbutz is Not the Last Car on a Railroad Train." Kids seemed to like them, and in the process of singing they learn some of the most important lessons about Jewish life.
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The Kehillat Israel community looks forward to welcoming you to High Holy Days Services. Tickets are still available for services at the Wadsworth Theatre, led by Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, Rabbi Amy Bernstein, Rabbi Jon Hanish and Cantor Chayim Frenkel.
Click here to download our High Holy Days Guide with schedule and ticketing information. If you are joining us as a non-congregant, please contact Masha at masha.fleissig@kehillatisrael.org, or by phone at 424.214.7463 for ticketing information.
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Pakistan has been affected by the worst floods in living memory. 13.8 million people have been displaced by the floods in Pakistan and 6 million of these require immediate help according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The floods have severely affected all of the provinces of the country and the magnitude of the devastation dwarfs other recent natural disasters.
Click the "more" link below for additional information and recomendations from the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation on relief organizations through which you can offer support.
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Get your 60th Anniversary Commemorative KI Beach Towel.
They're going fast-very limited supply available.
Only $10 each!
Two ways to get your towel:
1) Order online--CLICK HERE
2) Purchase your towel in the main office at KI (upstairs).
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Rabbi Reuben is one of five religious leaders interviewed in a short YouTube presentation by Faith Communities for Families and Children. The leaders discuss their shared conviction that God does not want any children to perish as casualties of the justice system.
Click here to watch the presentation.
Click here to see Rabbi Reuben’s article on this topic in the April KI News.
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Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those who have been impacted by the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. There is tremendous need for humanitarian aid. Click on "more" to find ways that YOU can help.
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Change Happens, by Rabbi Lewart
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Please call Bill Zoldan at (310) 230-8640 or at ext. 229 at the synagogue for a consultation.
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