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2018-Voice March/April.Indd A Member of the Union for Reform Judaism March/April 2018 congregation congregation Kol Ami The Voice Kol Amiof frederick The Voice of Office:frederickA Member 182 Thomas of the Johnson Union f Drive,or Re Suiteform 204, Judaism Frederick, MD 21702 • Worship: 4880 Elmer Derr Rd., Frederick, MD 21703 From the President Shalom! A Member of the UnionBy Rabbi f orSimon StratfordReform JudaismTikkun Olam: Repairing our world By Joanna Sieger ecently, I have been hen I became Night. The committee needs your help. thinking a president, my There are ongoing needs as well as one- R main goal was and-done tasks. Please contact Samantha lot about prayer. W Prayer itself, in one to get our congregation Lieberman at samanthajlieberman@gmail. form or another, to connect, to get our com to help. Additionally, the fundraising is an essential congregants to attend committee has many activities that could component in all and join in our events use extra hands. Please contact David religions. Within Jewish tradition, and activities. I also wanted to meet more Silberman at [email protected] to help. prayer is typically expressed while congregants. At that point, although my Tikkun Olam – repairing our world. in synagogue, surrounded by an family had been members for many years Whether through tzedekah (charitable entire community, and most often and I had been active on committees giving) or gimilut chasadim (acts of loving Jewish prayer is in Hebrew. Some of and the board and taught in our religious kindness), the phrase defines helping us may find it difficult to connect to school, I still knew only a small number of to repair what is wrong with the world prayers we recite on Friday evening congregants. My main goal was to change around us. With the help of Ali Lazorchak, and Shabbat morning -- myself that. the chair of our Social Action Committee, included, not only before I began I grew up with the saying, “charity begins we’ve looked for ways to improve the world my rabbinic studies but even to this at home.” After all, can you fix others if you around us. We know what needs to be done day. Sometimes, praying in a second can’t even help yourself? If I ask you to within our congregation. What can we language creates an extra barrier for become involved, and I’m not, will you do it? do outside it? Ali has come up with ideas me to find meaning in the words I Probably not. that request donations – comfort bags for wish to pray. As my personal prayer Over the last year and a half I have Frederick Memorial Hospital. Details for practice has evolved, I’ve learned noticed a change. We have more that will be coming out shortly as well as that in order live a healthy spiritual congregants attending events. We have ideas that ask for your time. Most recently, life I need to grant myself permission more congregants attending services – we we looked at volunteering at the Frederick to experiment in the varieties of ways average 40 people on Friday nights. And I Rescue Mission. The Mission provides that Jews can pray. think I can greet each of you by name. This breakfast and lunch for the homeless and Prayer wasn’t always the is fantastic! We are still, however, having working poor totaling more than 137,000 preferred mode of worshipping trouble getting volunteers when we need meals served a year. School buses stop God according to our ancient them. You may be familiar with the 80/20 at the mission to pick children up for rule: 20% of the people do 80% of the work. school. Those breakfasts and lunches are Continued on page 3 In a congregation our size, that means only important – hard to imagine our families 30 families are serving on our Board of needing them, but many do, right here in Our Mission Trustees, teaching in our religious school, Frederick. Unfortunately, the survey we sent and helping to provide events and activities out to gain a consensus of the best time To be an inclusive Reform Jewish for everyone else. Many of these volunteers to volunteer received only 20 responses: congregation that is family focused, serve multiple needs. Some of our activities six indicating interest and three that were community oriented, emphasizes spiritual are large and need an army of volunteers. surprisingly negative towards the event and and cultural identity, and is dedicated to the Our largest fundraiser of the year is Casino our Social Action chair. As a result, Kol Ami Jewish education of all generations. Continued on page 2 Congregation Kol Ami of Frederick • www.kolamifrederick.org • 240.575.9690 From the President Continued from page 1 Religious School Update will not be participating at the Rescue Mission at this time. However, you can volunteer as an From your Religious individual to help them. School Director My family will be at the Mission 10-Miler on Sabrina Nail Sunday, March 25 to cheer on the runners. In 2017, the donations from the Mission 10-Miler he easiest way to make your blessings count is to count contributed to 141,063 meals, a summer your blessings. Acknowledging the good things we already enrichment program and residential recovery. T have in our life is needed right now, because whatever you The race starts at 2 pm so there is plenty of appreciate and give thanks for will grow stronger in your life. time if your family would like to join us – even But the truth is, most of us don’t pause, we don’t see that in each moment there after religious school. If you’d like to join us, are 100 messages from G-d to be grateful for. In the haste of our busy lives we please email [email protected]. neglect many of the basic laws of gratitude, and thus miss out entirely on their Repairing our world isn’t easy. There are positive effects. Let’s consider how fortunate we are – let’s consider it every day. many issues and things wrong with our Teaching our children Jewish traditions and values through our songs, prayers world – too many to list here. No matter what and celebrations is demonstrated in our smiles and our pride. I see our students’ side of any issue you are on, there is always spiritual growth and knowledge. This takes a community to build. I would like room for repair. If you have ideas to help our to pause and say thank you to all our morim (teachers), madrichim (student congregation with Tikkun Olam – we want assistants), and our assistant director, Judy Simpson. You are the blessings I count to hear them. Contact me at president@ each week! You are impacting the lives of our children and you are making a kolamifrederick.org or Ali Lazorchak at alilaz@ positive difference. You are one of my 100 messages from G-d to be thankful for. aol.com with your ideas. I ask each of you to pause and count your blessings. See and feel the many messages from G-d. The more we count our blessings, the more blessings there Rabbi’s Introduction to will be to count. Judaism Class Learn fundamentals of Jewish thought and practice in a year-long class. This course is perfect for interfaith couples, those from different faith backgrounds considering conversion, and Jewish adults looking for an adult-level introduction to Jewish education. Drop-Ins are always welcome; please let Rabbi Stratford know in advance if you are interested in attending a particular class so that a copy of the session’s reading can be distributed to you. All classes are held at the Kol Ami Office, 182 Thomas Johnson Dr., #204. March 2018 Monday, March 5, 6:00–8:00 pm – The Jewish Calendar and Shabbat 5th/6th grade parent project Monday, March 19, 6:00–8:00 pm – The Yamim Tu b’shvat seder Nora’im (High Holy Days) and Days of Awe April 2018 Sunday, April 8, 1:00–3:00 pm – Sukkot (The Festival of Booths) and Shavuot (The Festival of Harvests) Monday, April 30, 6:00–8:00 pm – Chanuakah, The December Dilemma & Personal Choices For more information about the course, 3rd grade parent project future sessions, or questions pertaining to the possibility of working toward conversion to Judaism, contact Rabbi Simon Stratford at (240) 575-9690. 2 Congregation Kol Ami of Frederick • www.kolamifrederick.org • 240.575.9690 From Rabbi Simon Stratford Continued from page 1 tradition. Prior to the destruction of Hebrew. Nevertheless, since my first ourselves permission to “talk” with God, the Second Temple of Jerusalem in unit of pastoral care, I have a newfound create an opportunity to reflect, be the year 70 C.E., the ancient Israelites adoration for feeling free to pray to God thankful, and approach life with a sense would offer physical sacrifices to God as in English. When I pray, I often start as if I of confidence after working it out with opposed to today’s normative practice was writing a letter: “the big guy”? Prayer can be a beautiful of verbal prayer and supplications of “Dear God, thank You for the gift of thing. It is a vehicle through which it our hearts. Despite this stark change life and the many blessings you have becomes possible to access the divine from sacrificial cult to offering prayers bestowed upon me. Thank You for in our lives and the divine above. In the as a means of worshipping God, since the gift of family and friends and words of the late Rabbi Abraham Joshua the arrangement of the first complete for each day I am here on this earth, Heschel, “The focus of prayer is not the liturgy for synagogues in the 9th century, for each day is a blessing and an self…It is the momentary disregard of traditional Jewish liturgy hasn’t changed opportunity to do Your will...” our personal concerns, the absence of all that much.
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