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Or Chadash
3939 N. Alvernon
Tucson, AZ 85718
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Community Happenings ...

MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY: THE HOMER DAVIS PROJECT

   Join the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and Homer Davis Elementary School for Make a Difference Every Day: The Homer Davis Project. Or Chadash and JFCS, together, will team up to improve the learning environment, the educational opportunities and health of their students. Come and help the JCRC revitalize the Homer Davis campus and outdoor habitat through landscaping and restoring murals and benches. Not a landscaper? Join us in providing weekly homework help after school, or even have the opportunity to help out through our child nutrition program or school supply and backpack drive! WE NEED YOUR HELP!

   This month we’re kicking off our Homer Davis After School Homework Support Program. We need committed weekly volunteers to provide homework support after school at Homer Davis. WILL YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE? Together we can truly improve the quality of life and education of the students and families of Homer Davis Elementary School. To volunteer or for more information contact Jane Scott at 577-9393 x 114 or e-mail Jane at jscott@jfsa.org by clicking here.


DEDICATE YOURSELF TO CHEVRA KADISHAH ...
Our Caring Community is offering the opportunity to serve on the Chevra Kadishah group. These dedicated members of Or Chadash volunteer to ritually wash the deceased before burial. If you are interested, contact Rabbi Louchheim, 512-8500. .



CENTENNIAL TIME CAPSULE RELEASE



   Join the Community in celebration of the time capsule release from 1910 on Sunday, October 24th, 2:00 p.m. at Jewish History Museum (564 S. Stone Avenue). Our very own congregation and the 6th Grade students will be a part of sending a Message to the Future Project by collecting items in a metal box that would be buried in a special volt underneath the Museum for the next 100 years.

   If you are interested in more details or if you would like to purchase a box for yourself or for your family, information is available online at www.jewishhistorymuseum.org by clicking here.



GOT CHILDREN - 6 MONTHS to 6 YEARS? If you do, The PJ Library® is for YOU!...



What is it?

It’s a free program with free stuff brought to you through the Coalition for Jewish Education of the JFSA. Sounds too good to be true? It’s not! What do you get? Free books! What’s the catch? There is no catch! Visit www.PJLibrary.org by clicking here and sign up for free Jewish content books for your children who are between the ages of six months and six years who reside in southern Arizona.

For more information, please contact Mary Ellen Loebl, PJ Library Coordinator, 577- 9393 or e-mail her at pjlibrary@jfsa.org by clicking here.


JEWISH REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA    Jewish Refugee Resettlement of Southern Arizona helps resettle refugees of all ages, races, religions, and ethnic origins. JRRSA assists individuals and families legally admitted into the United States who are fleeing persecution in their home countries. The refugees that are currently being helped to resettle in Tucson are from Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, Iran, and Iraq. These clients have a variety of English skills. All of these refugees do have a desire to work and become part of our culture.

   E-mail Bryan Kaplan, Employment Coordinator, at bkaplanjrrsa@live.com by clicking here, if you have questions about this program or you are willing to lend a hand with employment.


HELP THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HELP OTHERS–MAKE A DIFFERENCE!   Not ready to join a synagogue or organization, but want to get connected to your Jewish Community? Or maybe you are already affiliated with a synagogue and just need more to do. Then here’s your chance to volunteer.

   Do you like to work with children, do historical research, be a docent, do office work? Whatever your interest there is something for you. Contribute as much time as you want. Local non-profit organizations need your help. Contact Brenda Landau at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona if you’re interested, 577-9393 ext. 134 or blandau@jfsa.org by clicking here.


GIVE THE GIFT OF A LIFETIME   Attention parents and grandparents: Give the gift of a lifetime. Sign up your 18–26-year-old for a free, fun and adventure-filled Israel experience. The Union for Reform Judaism, an official Taglit-Birthright Israel program sponsor, offers a free ten-day trip to Israel for all Jewish 18–26-year-olds.

    The Taglit-Birthright Israel: Kesher Trip provides young adults with the opportunity to explore the cobblestone alleyways of ancient Jerusalem, camp in a Bedouin tent, experience modern Israel’s vibrant nightlife, travel with new friends and connect with Israel.

   To apply for the free Kesher 10-Day Birthright experience, visit www.kesherbirthright.org, by clicking here. Preference can only be given if you sign up for the Kesher trip.

   Registration for Spring/Summer 2009 programs opens February. Join our pre-trip e-mail list to stay updated. Sign up at www.kesherbirthright.org.

Cook's Corner


    Welcome to our first installment of the new Cook’s Corner! This is our “food-for-thought” section that will hopefully intrigue you to expand your ideas in the kitchen.
    If you have any recipes you would like to share with the congregation, please call Skye at 512-8500 or email them to office@orchadash-tucson.org by clicking here
    Each month we will add a recipe from one of the winning Cook-Off recipes from the 2009 Jewish Food Festival. Take your chance at 1st place in the next 2010 Jewish Food Festival Cook-Off! Look for details in future editions of The New Light.

    


For more information about these and other Congregation Or Chadash activities, call the office, 512-8500.
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(formerly, Union of American Hebrew Congregations)