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PLEASE HELP US UPDATE THE YIZKOR LIST
If there are names and dates of loved ones who have departed that you would like to have added to the Yizkor list, please send them to editor@aitzchaim.com as soon as you can, so that we may add them to the list for reading during Yom Kippur Services. Thank you.
L’SHANA TOVA TIKETAVU!
Tonight begins the year 5776! May your New Year be as Sweet as Apples and Honey!
Congregation Aitz Chaim will be marking the new year with Rosh Hashanah Services tonight and Tomorrow. We hope that you can join us! No tickets necessary.
SEPTEMBER 13: Erev Rosh Hashanah Services
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, will be held at 7pm at the meeting room in the YWCA, 220 2nd St N. Oneg to follow.
SEPTEMBER 14: Rosh Hashanah Morning Services followed by Tashlich
Rosh Hashanah Morning Services, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, will begin at 10am at the YWCA, 220 2nd St N.
Tashlich services will immediately follow at about 12:30 pm at Giant Springs, 4600 Giant Springs Road.
All are also welcome to gather following Tashlich for a no-host chinese lunch at Maple Gardens, 5401 9th Ave S.
Submitted by Aaron Weissman
ROSH HASHANAH 2015 HOSPITALITY
Todah Robah to the following Congregation members who have offered their hospitality to Rabbi Ruz Gulko and to provide the oneg:
- Sunday, 09/13/2015: Airport pickup for Rabbi Ruz Gulko: Stephen Boyd
- Sunday evening, 09/13/2015: Dinner hosts for Rabbi Ruz Gulko: Jerry and Nadyne Weissman
- Sunday evening, 09/13/2015: Oneg: Jerry and Nadyne Weissman; Bruce and Joy Breslauer
ROSH HASHANAH SCHEDULE 5776 (2015)
Please mark your calendars for these upcoming events.
- Sunday evening, 09/13/2015, 7:00 P.M.: Arev Rosh Hashanah Services, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, at The YWCA. Oneg to follow.
- Monday morning, 09/14/2015, 10:00 A.M.: Rosh Hashanah Morning Services, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, at The YWCA.
- Monday afternoon, 1:00 P.M.: Tashlich at Giant Springs to follow.
- Congregation no-host lunch to follow, at Maple Gardens, 5401 9th Ave. S.
The space at the Bethel is temporarily unavailable due to site renovation. The address of the YWCA is 220 Second Street North.
CHAG SAMEACH PESACH!
Chag Sameach Pesach
MAY YOUR MATZAH BE TASTY AND YOUR SEASON FREE FROM WORRY!
Submitted by Brian Schnitzer
MAJCO
PLEASE MAKE YOUR PASSSOVER RESERVATIONS NOW
Traditional arrangement of symbolic foods on a Passover Seder Plate (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Our community Passover seder is coming up in about three weeks! The seder will be held on Friday, April 10, 2015, at 5:30 P.M. at the meeting room at Clark and Lewie’s restaurant, 7th Street and 1st Avenue South.
Please RSVP as soon as possible! You can make your reservation on our website by visiting https://aitzchaim.com/pesach-seder-reservations/, by sending Laura Weiss an email at president@aitzchaim.com or by calling her at 452-8621.
CAN YOU PASS DOWN CULTURAL JUDAISM WITHOUT THE FAITH?
I find this concept to be an important issue in American society. I hope you read it and enjoy it.
Submitted by Elliott Magalnick
ELECTION RESULTS 2014
Voting was held at the Break The Fast potluck following Neilah. the results were as follows:
- Bruce breslauer, re-elected first vice President
- Aaron Weissman, re-elected Treasurer
- Nadyne Weissman, re-elected Secretary
- Helen Cherry, re-elected Board Member
So the complete slate of officers up for election were re-elected.
Thank you for your participation.
HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE ON THE AITZ CHAIM BOARD?
Now, here’s your chance. As an Aitz Chaim board member, you can lend your voice to decisions that are made by the Board concerning this congregation, and Jewish life in general in this community. You will have a chance to get together with other passionate Jews and discuss and make decisions that directly affect you now and in the future. Topics before the Board typically include such things as the upcoming schedule for services, upkeep of the cemetery, holiday planning, and annual budget concerns. Any congregation member is encouraged to attend board meetings as a spectator, but imagine yourself being an actual participant in making decisions about matters directly affecting your Jewish life in Great Falls. You could go down in Aitz Chaim history.
The Board members who are up for re-election for two-year terms are vice president Bruce Breslauer, who has declined to run again; Treasurer Aaron Weissman, Secretary Nadyne Weissman, and board member Stuart Lewin. Elections are typically held between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and voting is done by secret ballot.
The next board meeting will be held on September 28, 2014, at 2:00 P.M. at the Celtic Cowboy, 116 1st Ave. S.
If you are considering running for election to the Aitz Chaim board, please let President Laura Weiss president@aitzchaim.com
or any other Board member know so that we can include your name on the ballot.
The Aitz Chaim Ram's Horn 