Category Archives: Events
WEEK END HOSPITALITY — MAY 6-8, 2016
Todah Robah to the following Congregation members who have offered their hospitality to Rabbi Ruz Gulko and to provide the oneg:
- Friday, May 6, 2016, Airport pickup: Jerry or Nadyne Weissman
- Friday evening, May 6, 2016, Dinner hosts: Jerry and Nadyne Weissman
- ONEG: Helen Cherry
- Saturday Lunch with Rabbi Ruz gulko: Terry Thall
- Sunday:
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS
Please mark your calendars for these upcoming events.
- Friday, May 6, 2016: 7:30 P.M.: Erev Shabbat Services led by Rabbi Ruz gulko at The Bethel.
- Saturday morning, May 7, 2016, 10:00 A.M.: Torah study, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, at The Bethel.
- Saturday evening, May 7, 2016, 5:30 P.M.: Milchig (dairy) Potluck at The Bethel, followed by adult discussion. Please bring a dairy dish to share.
Note that we are now meeting again in the newly remodeled Bethel Lutheran Church, 1009 18th Avenue Southwest. click here for map and directions.
PESACH SEDER INFORMATION — SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2016 (15 Nisan, 5776)
Please join us for our annual community Passover Seder, to be held on the second night of Passover.
- Date: Saturday, April 23, 2016.
- Time: 5:30 P.M. Please come a little early so we can start on time.
- Place: Banquet room, in basement of Clark and Lewie’s, 7th Street and 1st Avenue North.
- Price: Members, $30.00.
- Members children under 13 years old: $15.00.
- Nonmembers, $40.00.
You will receive a call inviting you to the Seder. Please make your reservation by calling or emailing Laura Weiss, president@aitzchaim.com, 452-8621. Please have your reservations made no later than noon on Thursday, April 18, 2016. Any cancellations after April 18 cannot be refunded.
Your meal will include all the traditional foods and symbols, including wine, matzoh, haroset, etc. As always, there will be matzoh ball soup, salad, and vegetables, roasted potatoes and dessert. You will have the choice of brisket and/or chicken as a main dish.
Please make checks payable to the Great Falls Hebrew Association (GFHA) and send or drop them off to the following address:
Great Falls Hebrew Association
c/o Wendy Weissman, CPA, PC
525 Central Avenue, Suite U-4
Great Falls, MT 59401
Thank you. We look forward to seeing you at our Community Seder.
Seder Update
I know that many of you have been asking about details for the annual Aitz Chaim community Pesach seder. Well, we ARE going to have a Seder. It will be the second night of Passover, on the evening of Saturday, April 23. As always, it will be in the banquet room at Clark and Lewies at the O’Haire Motor Inn.
Unfortunately, we haven’t received final word on pricing from our caterer yet. We hope to be able to get you that information this week so that you can begin making reservations. Pricing should be slightly higher than last year. As always, we will do everything we can to keep it affordable.
Our small congregational size means that we can only have a limited number of activities per year. I look forward to seeing all of you at our Seder this year — it has been too long since our community has last gathered!
SAVE THE DATE!
Please mark your calendars for these upcoming events. We will share more information as it becomes available.
Saturday, April 23, 2016, 5:30 P.M.: Aitz Chaim Community Passover Seder at Clark and Lewie’s.
May 6-8, 2016: Week end with Rabbi Ruz Gulko, place TBA.
THE CHASIDIC SONGS PROJECT IS COMING TO BILLINGS
A group of prominent Slovak musicians, together with Bratislava’s Chief Rabbi Baruch Myers will be performing in Billings Sunday, March 6, 2016.
A special evening for the Statewide Jewish community will take place, Sunday evening, March 6 at 6 PM. It will take place at the Losekamp Hall at Rocky Mountain College, 1511 Poly Drive, Billings Montana.
The concert will last approximately one hour and will be followed by a reception.
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In 2008 Rabbi Baruch Myers and cellist Jozef Lupták started to work song by song on “Chassidic Songs” and invited two other prominent musicians – violinist and viola player Milos Valent (ECM records, Solamente Naturali, Dowland Project and others) and accordionist Boris Lenko to join them. So began a musical adventure which has since graced stages from intimate spaces to stages at the Pohoda and Konvergencie Festivals.
The adventure soon translated into the several very communicative and successful concerts and the superb recording with the same name. This project is a new musical revival of Chassidic Songs from the region in which they originated.. These musicians and artists are trying to recreate the original songs in the same manner with new artistic vision and spirit.
Rabbi Baruch Myers – piano, voice
Jozef Lupták – cello
Miloš Valent – violin, viola
Boris Lenko – accordion
Contributed by brian Schnitzer
PRESENTATION AT CBA
Congregation Beth Aaron is sponsoring a presentation by Mr. Gregg Roman on “The U.S., Israel, and the Ever-Changing Middle East.”
The presentation will take place at CBA, 2031 Broadwater Avenue, on Monday, February 8, at 7:00 PM. It is admission-free, and is open to CBA members, friends, and the community at large. A reception will follow the presentation.
Gregg Roman is the Director and Chief Operations Officer for the Middle East Forum, based in Philadelphia. Mr. Roman previously served as director of the Community Relations Council for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. In 2014, he was named one of the 10 most inspiring global Jewish leaders by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. He previously served as the political adviser to the Deputy Foreign Minister of the State of Israel and worked for the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Mr. Roman has spoken to venues around the world about the Middle East and often appears on television and in print. He attended the American University in Washington, DC, and the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel, where he studied national security studies and political communications.
Please mark your calendar for his special presentation. We hope to see you on Monday, February 8, at 7:00 PM. If you know of anyone who might be interested in coming, please let him/her know. Thanks.
Contributed by Uri Barnea
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS
Please mark your calendars to remind you of these upcoming events.
- Monday, 12/07/2015—Monday, 12/14/2015: Chanukkah.
- Sunday, 12/06/2015, 5:30 P.M.: Erev Chanukah. We will light the first candle of the Diane Kaplan Memorial Chanukkiah at the Civic Center. If you come at 5:30.30, you’ll probably miss it, especially if it is cold. From there we will go to the home of Jerry and Nadyne Weissman, 2777 Greenbriar Drive, for the annual community Chanukah party. Please bring a milchig (dairy) dish to share, and a hearty appetite for latkes and Sufganiyot. Please see separate article in Ram’s Horn.
- Monday, 12/07/2015: First day of Chanukah. We will light the second candle at the Civic Center at precisely 5:30 P.M.
- Tuesday, 12/08/2015: Second day of Chanukah. We will light the third candle at the Civic Center at precisely 5:30 P.M.
- Wednesday, 12/09/2015: Third day of Chanukah. We will light the fourth candle at the Civic Center at precisely 5:30 P.M.
- Thursday, 12/10/2015: Fourth day of chanukah. We will light the fifth candle at the Civic Center at precisely 5:30 P.M.
- Thursday, 12/10/2015, 12:00 P.M.: Annual MAJCO Chanukiah lighting at the Capitol Rotunda in Helena. Please see separate article in Ram’s Horn.
- Friday, 12/11/2015, Fifth day of Chanukah. We will light the sixth candle at the Civic Center at precisely 5:30 P.M.
- Saturday, 12/12/2015: Sixtht day of Chanukah. We will light the seventh candle at the Civic Center at precisely 5:30 P.m.
- Saturday, 12/12/2015, 4:00 P.M.: Helena Community Chanukah potluck and celebration. Please see separate article in Ram’s Horn.
- Sunday, 12/13/2015: Seventh day of Chanukah. We will light the eight candle at the Civic Center at precisely 5:30 P.m.
- Monday, 12/14/2015: Eighth day of Chanukah.
- Thursday/Friday, 12/24-25/2015: Christmas at the Mercy Home. Please see separate article in Ram’s Horn.
CHANUKAH IN HELENA
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, we can look forward to Chanukah that begins this year on Sunday, December 6th ( just one week from today!).
We will be gathering at the State Capitol rotunda on Thursday, December 10th at high noon for our annual MAJCO chanukiah lighting ceremony and speeches. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to tell their friends. “You don’t have to be Jewish”. The more the merrier. Set up and schmoozing begins at 11a.m. Immediately following this program, we will hold a MAJCO board meeting. Room to be determined. All are welcome to attend.
Then, on Saturday, December 12th, the Helena Jewish Community is hosting a Chanukah potluck and celebration. This program will begin at 4pm in The Forum ( on the 2nd floor) of Touchmark on Saddle Dr. ( 915 Saddle Dr.) At that time, Rabbi Ed will offer a shiur (Jewish study session) on the topic of religious zealotry, focusing on the Chanukah story which begins (in 1 Maccabees chapter 2, as follows:
“A Jew came forward in the sight of all to offer a [Greek style] sacrifice upon the altar in Modein, according to the king’s command. [24] When Mattathias saw it, be burned with zeal and his heart was stirred. He gave vent to righteous anger; he ran and killed him upon the altar. [25] At the same time he killed the king’s officerwho was forcing them to sacrifice, and he tore down the altar. [26] Thus he burned with zeal for the law, as Phinehas did against Zimri the son of Salu.”
At this shiur, we will look at what the Jewish tradition, and especially the Talmud, have to say about this part of the Chanukah story, the preceding Pinchas story, and religious zealotry in general. You may find it surprising. The shiur will be open to whoever wishes to do some Chanukah learning.
Immediately following this study session, we will hold havdalah, followed by chanukiah lighting and a vegetarian potluck. This is a rare opportunity to partake of a little Jewish learning, socializing and holiday celebration right here in Helena. Hope you can attend.
Shavuah tov ( have a good week),
Janet
Submitted by Janet Tatz
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