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Or Chadash
3939 N. Alvernon
Tucson, AZ 85718
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Tel: (520)-512-8500
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Congregational Photo Album

View some photos of recent activities at Congregation Or Chadash by clicking here


BY-LAW COMMITTEE RE-ESTABLISHED

The By-law Committee is being re-established by the Board of Directors.
If you would like to join the committee,
or have any questions or comments, please contact Hal Ruttenberg,
HSR1027@aol.com by clicking here or (520) 742-6285.


WE’RE COOKING AT OR CHADASH ...
cooking Jewish, that is.
World famous Executive Chef, Jon Wirtis from Shlomo & Vito’s, who will be going after the Guinness Book of Records title in the heaviest Matzah Ball Division, will be offering classes in Cooking Jewish.

On his menu for 2010- 2011 is a tasty tour of the holidays:
Chanukah – “Eight Days of Latkes” with a different flavored latke each day.
Tu B’Shvat - A Seven-Species Salad.
Shavout/Purim Desserts – mmmm…hamenstachen, cheesecake and more.
Passover – from Matzah Ball soup to farfel-chocolatenuts.


Registration fees are available per-class or per-series and there is a minimum and maximum class size. Watch for further details in the next New Light and Or Chadash E-nnouncements. YUM!!

Call Skye Gentry, 512-8500, to sign up and join us for this gastronomical adventure.




JFSA AWARDS THREE OR CHADASH MEMBERS


Each year, JFSA awards outstanding members of the Jewish community for various roles they have taken on as part of their dedication to Judaism and to Tucson. This year, three members of Or Chadash received these special awards. Amy Hirshberg Lederman was awarded with the 2010 Meritorious Service Award, Phyllis Braun was awarded with the 2010 Community Professional Award and Cate Rubin was awarded with the Bryna Zehngut Award.

Cate Rubin (17) was presented with this special award for being recognized as an outstanding Jewish teenage girl. The “Bryna Zehngut Mitzvot Award” was created to honor one of our outstanding leaders, Bryna Zehngut, of blessed memory. An award was named after Bryna because she personified the greatest assets of the human spirit, displaying sincerity, generosity, compassion, wisdom, and righteousness. She exemplified the beauty within our Torah by serving as a model for doing Mitzvot.




MAKING FRIENDS AND JOINING A CHAVURAH AT OC


If you are interested in joining a chavurah organized by our newly energized Chavurah Committee, then you are in luck! We want to help you find your place at Or Chadash and help you meet new and old friends alike.

What is a chavurah? A chavurah is a group of adults, families, couples, and/or singles, who meet monthly with or without children, to share Jewish life in an extended-family type setting. It is for those seeking a self-directed, intimate Jewish group experience with other congregation members, willing to commit to work to build this unique bond. Each chavurah decides its own blend of Jewish learning, celebrations, and socializing.

For more information, contact co-chairs, Roberta and Marty Greene, 886-6636, rfmsgreene@aol.com by clicking here, or Lenore Ballen at lbjtucson@comcast.net by clicking here or 298-6536.




THE NEW CARING COMMITTEE ...


Kehilat Chesed–Caring Community offers members of our congregation the opportunity to redefine our synagogue culture as a loving community that sustains the spiritual, physical, and mental wellness and growth of its members.

   Our newly formed Caring Committee is dedicated to serving any member of our congregation in need. As we organize and grow our volunteers, we will expand our ways of providing help. But we are ready now and prepared to offer meal preparations for families sitting Shiva, celebrating a new birth or recuperating from surgery or illness. We also are ready to offer Bikur Cholim, the Jewish tradition of visiting the sick or elderly. We will visit those in hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, homebound and prisons.

    Our dedicated Caring Committee members are: Norma Palmer, Sharon Wittenberg, Sue Simpson, Peter Marcus, Jim Whitehill, Mark and Phyllis Gardner, Cathy Dorson, John Velez, Sheila Peress, Susan Winkler, Diane Kerrihard, Ron Kaufman and Harriet Kronman.

   If you would like to join us and perform Mitzvot or if you know someone affiliated with Congregation Or Chadash who would welcome a call from the Caring Committee, please let us know. Call the Or Chadash office, 512-8500, or Harriet Kronman, 205-1658.




Such A Deal! ...


Congregation Or Chadash invites newcomers to join our synagogue AND the Jewish Community Center and save 50% on dues at both places for the first year of membership, and 25% in the second year through the Tucson Jewish Community Reciprocity Program. This program is for families and individuals new to the Tucson area who are considering joining a synagogue and the JCC for the first time.

   Congregation Or Chadash benefits in the long run when new, active members join our synagogue family. To take advantage of this opportunity, membership in Or Chadash and the JCC must be established within 30 days of each other.

   For more information, contact Sue Gawera, Director of Membership, or Lechele Chilton, Membership Associate, at the JCC, 299-3000.





Recently added ... A calendar of all schduled activities at Congregation Or Chadash for 2010 thru May, 2011 click here (PDF formatted documents)



NEW RECYCLING PROGRAM RAISES FUNDS FOR CONGREGATION


We’ve just joined the eScrip Recycling Program that can turn our recyclable cell phones and printer cartridges into cash for our congregation without any cost to us. Deposit your recyclable cell phones and laser, or inkjet printer cartridges in the eScrip Recycling container at the office during regular hours. We will ship the phones and empty cartridges to eScrip Recycling which will then deposit funds electronically in our account!

If you have a business or know of a local business that uses inkjet or laser cartridges we can place a recycling container at their location and we’ll do the collection and handle the shipping of the items to eScrip.

This program will be successful with your help (and your printer cartridges). Thanks for recycling and for helping generate funds for Or Chadash.

For information, call David Weintraub, 290-5033, or email him at Dweintraub@earthlink.net


Mazel Tov ...

To . . . Noah Sanders on becoming a Bar Mitzvah

To . . . Zohar Amar on becoming a Bat Mitzvah

To . . . Ashlee Hall on becoming a Bat Mitzvah




MAZEL TOV TO OUR BAT MITZVAH

Congratulations to the young ladies that recently celebrated becoming a Bat Mitzvah in Israel:
Corinne Belkoff and Alexis Belkoff, daughters of Sandy Stein-Belkoff & Kenneth Belkoff
Julia Weidman, daughter of Debra & David Weidman
Hannah Sher, daughter of Barbara Sher & Peter Sher




THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS...

Thank you to Fay Roos for her relentless efforts on gathering people for Friday night greeting.

Thank you to Roberta Greene for her weekly volunteering at the synagogue.

Thank you to Lucille Rubinstein for offering her time each month to address an endless amount of birthday, anniversary and Yahrzeit postcards and envelopes.

Thank you to Beverly Sandock for her dedication to the synagogue, office, and Board.

Thank you to Millie & Art Miller for their help in keeping the Or Chadash kitchen clean.



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