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Hello and welcome to summertime at Hevreh!
Hevreh is a unique synagogue community located in the Berkshire Mountains. Our
home is a destination for so many reasons, including world-class arts and cultural instifor living Judaism. Individuals and families come to Hevreh to experience Jewish life,
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of the amazing events and gatherings scheduled. A few highlights: we are partnering with Congregation Knesset Israel and the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires to
for Reform Judaism, who will deliver our Great Ideas Talk. Throughout the summer on
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stronger lines of relationships with everyone who walks through our doors. If you would
look forward to seeing you in the summer months.
Sincerely,
Rabbi Neil P.G. Hirsch & Rabbi Jodie Gordon
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Listing of all events by date
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Tanglewood Shabbat, Round I
Sunday, July 10, 4 pm
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Friday & Saturday, July 15, July 16,
Scholar-in-Residence Shabbaton
with Rabbi Yonah Berman
Saturday, June 4, 10 am
Plant at Gideon’s Garden
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Thursdays, July 21, August 4, 11:30 am
Israeli Cooking with Julie Gale
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Monday, June 6, 5 pm
Movie at Hevreh: The Front
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Friday, July 22, 7:30 pm
When a Lie is Not a Sin
with Rabbi Dennis Ross
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Friday, July 29, 6:15 pm
Hevreh Goes to URJ Crane Lake Camp!
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Wednesdays, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 11:45 am
Lunch n’ Learn with Rabbi Neil Hirsch:
How to Talk About God
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Thursday, June 2, 7:30 pm
A Summer Celebration of Jewish Music
Tuesdays, June 7, 21, July 5, 19,
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August 2, 16, Sept. 6, 20; 2:30 pm
Discussion Communities: Studying the Talmud
Tuesday, June 7 , 7:30 pm
Rosh Chodesh: The Olive Tree Project
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Sunday, July 31, 10:30 am
People of the Book Club: Being Mortal
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Saturday, June 11, 7:30 pm
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Thursday, August 4, 3:30 pm
Discussion Communities:
Dr. Bonnie Saks on Sex and the Senior
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Monday, June 13, 7:15 am
Hevreh’s Golf Open
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Sunday, August 7, 10:30 am
Great Ideas Talk with Rabbi Rick Jacobs
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Tuesdays, June 14, 28, July 12, 26,
Aug. 9, 23, 2:30 pm
Discussion Communities: Ideas in Finance
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Wednesdays, August 17, 24, 31, 11:45 am
Lunch n’ Learn with Rabbi Jodie Gordon:
Feminism, Theology, and Prayer
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Wednesday, June 15, 7 pm
Deb Phillips on The Power of Food
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Thursday, August 18, 3:30 pm
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Discussion Communities: Planning for Longevity
Thursdays, June 16, 4 pm
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Friday, August 19, 7 pm
Tanglewood Shabbat, Round II
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Tuesday, June 21, 1 pm,
Blood Drive at Hevreh
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Thursday, June 23, 7:30 pm
Rabbi Deborah Zecher in Concert
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Sunday, August 21, 10:30 am
Hevreh Goes to the Movies:
“Welcome to Kutsher’s”
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Friday, June 24, 6 pm
Shabbat Picnic & Outdoor Service
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Sunday, August 28, 10:30 am
People of the Book Club: The Interestings
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Sunday, June 26, 10:30 am
People of the Book Club:
Walking a Literary Labyrinth
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Thursday, September 1, 3 pm
Handicapping the Presidential Election
Friday, September 2, 6 pm
Hot Shabbat
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Tuesdays, June 28 - Aug. 23, 7 pm
iEngage – Israel in the Berkshires
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Sunday, September 18, 1:30 pm
BerkshireSPEAKS
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Wednesdays, July 6, 13, 20, 27, 11:45 am
Lunch ‘n Learn with Rabbi Neal Borovitz
Zionism & Reform Judaism
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Tuesdays, various times and dates.
High Holy Days Choir Rehearsals
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Thursdays, July 7, 21, 3:30 pm
Discussion Communities:
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Please note, all events will be at Hevreh
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Hevreh loves to sing. This summer, we welcome talented guest cantors to our bima to
join us for Shabbat worship. These cantors and student cantors bring their gifts and their
song to heighten our prayer and to bring out our voices in sacred song. Join us for these
incredible spiritual opportunities throughout the summer.
Friday, June 24, 6 pm & Friday, August 12, 7:30 pm
Friday, July 15, 7:30 pm
Friday, August 5, 6 pm
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Friday, August 26, 7:30 pm
in Hingham, Massachusetts. He currently serves as the president of the American Conference
of Cantors.
Shanna Zell
Sarah Grabiner
Lilah Sugarman
Steven Weiss
Saturday, June 11, 7:30 pm
Shavuot, also called “Chag Matan Torateinu,” commemorates
the great gift of Torah to the Jewish people. In addition to cel-
journeys.
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Shabbat Picnic & Outdoor Service
with Student Cantor Shanna Zell
Friday, June 24, 6 pm Dinner & Service
is inclement, we will picnic in the sanctuary.
Tanglewood Shabbat, Round I
Friday, July 8, 7 pm
Tanglewood Lawn, 297 West Street, Lenox, Mass.
Join us for a special gathering on the lawn at Tanglewood. Look
Featured concert: Opening Night at Tanglewood: Jacques LaJoshua Bell, violin.
Scholar-in-Residence Shabbaton
with Rabbi Yonah Berman
Friday, July 15, 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 16,
9 am:Torah Study & Breakfast
10 am:
Service
12 pm: Kiddush Lunch & Discussion:
Denominationalism Today, Denominationalism Tomorrow?
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High Holy Days Choir, Summer Rehearsal Schedule
Tuesdays July 19 & 26: 7 pm; August 2, 9, 16, & 30: 7 pm; September 6, 13, 20, & 27: 7:30 pm; October 6: 7:30 pm
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Michele Bauer at [email protected].
, with Rabbi Dennis Ross
Friday, July 22, 7:30 pm, during our Shabbat Service
Is omitting the truth the same as lying? Why is lying OK when life is at
When a Lie Is Not a Sin: The Hebrew
ituality with Jewish groups and many other faith communities.
Hevreh Goes to URJ Crane Lake Camp
Friday, July 29, 2016; 6:15 pm
URJ Crane Lake Camp
46 State Line Rd., West Stockbridge, Mass.
Please note, there will not be a Shabbat Service at Hevreh that evening.
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Tanglewood Shabbat, Round II,
Friday, August 19, 7 pm
Tanglewood Lawn, 297 West Street, Lenox, Mass.
Join us for a special evening for the Hevreh gathering on the lawn at
lawn at approximately 7 pm. Gates open at 4 pm. Please note, there
Featured concert: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, conNo. 23 in A, K.488. Rossini, Stabat Mater.
Hot Shabbat
Friday, September 2, 6 pm
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Lunch ‘n Learn with Rabbi Neil Hirsch:
How to Talk About God
Wednesdays, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 11:45 am
The name Israel means “one who struggles with God.” As the People
Discussion Communities: Studying the Talmud
Every other Tuesday, 2:30 pm
June 7 & 21, July 5 & 19, August 2 &16, September 6 & 20
Sid Freund returns for another popular summer session of Talmud Study.
Discussion Communities: Ideas in Finance
Every other Tuesday, 2:30 (alternates with Talmud Study)
June 14 & 28, July 12 & 26, August 9 & 23
ing taxes, investments, and retirement strategies. Our facilitators are
The Power of Food:
How Food Sustained Our Ancestors &
How We Can Use it to Sustain Ourselves
Wednesday, June 15, 7 pm
detriments of our modern diet. She will explore how our modern diet
compares to the diets of our ancestors, and what we can do today to
optimize our health while continuing to enjoy food. She received a BS
Russell Sage College.
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Discussion Communities:
Thursday, June 16th from 4 - 5:30 pm
and social context in which it developed.
People of the Book Club:
Sunday, June 26, 10:30 am
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with us, how they shape us, and how they enlarge our humanity. Copies
Barrington.
iEngage – Israel in the Berkshires
8 Tuesdays: 7 - 9 pm; June 28 - August 23
(There will be no class on Tuesday, August 2)
gram will include video lectures from leading scholars from the Shalom
Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, studies of Jewish text, and scintillating
conversation on themes that include Religion and Peoplehood, Sovereignty and Identity, Power and Powerlessness, War and Occupation, and
The Jewish and Democratic State.
Jewry, elevating the existing discourse to one rooted in Jewish values
Cost - $75.00 materials fee. Please call the Jewish Federation of the
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Lunch ‘n Learn with Rabbi Neal Borovitz: Zionism and
American Reform Jews from 1885 to the Present
Wednesdays: July 6, 13, 20, & 27; 11:45 am
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State of Israel. The text we will study are the four
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The Jewish
Standard,
l, and The Bergen Record
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ticipants in the Berkshire Minyan.
Discussion Communities:
Thursdays, July 7 & 21, 3:30
Led by Stephen Schreier.
Israeli Cooking with Julie Gale
Thursdays, July 21 & August 4; 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
since 2001. She co-authored I Want to Cook for children and is currently
Swiss Chard
Pie, Eggplant Red Pepper Salad, Shakshoukah Eggs with Tomatoes.
Typical Israeli Salad, Tur-
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People of the Book Club:
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Sunday, July 31, 10:30 am
of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the
human spirit. Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession:
ing. He argues that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and
families. Gawande explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate
Discussion Communities:
Dr. Bonnie Saks on Sex and the Senior
Thursday, August 4, 3:30 pm
Dr. Bonnie Saks will facilitate a thoughtful and fun discussion of sex
and intimacy in the silver and golden years. Dr. Saks received under-
Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Saks is now a Clinical Professor of PsychiFellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Founding Fellow of
the American Board of Sexology, and Past President of the Society for
Sex Therapy and Research. Dr. Saks has her own practice in Tampa,
Great Ideas Talk with Rabbi Rick Jacobs:
Visions in Jewish Community
Sunday, August 7, 10:30 am
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as a dynamic, visionary spiritual leader at Westchester Reform Temple
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Synagogue 2000, and its successor Synagogue 3000.
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Lunch ‘n Learn with Rabbi Jodie Gordon:
Feminism, Theology, and Prayer
3 Wednesdays: August 17, 24, 31, 11:45 am
From the thkines of 17th-century women, to the radical feminist reimagportunity to engage in our own creative prayer-work through writing and
art. All are welcome.
Discussion Communities:
Planning for Longevity: Financial Issues for Seniors
Thursday, August 18, 3:30 pm
communicating your wishes, and providing family access to your infor17 years experience as an independent licensed insurance professional
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People of the Book Club:
Sunday, August 28, 10:30 am
The Interestings
they grow up, have children, and experience the fullness of adulthood. A
poignant story that holds together coming-of-age with maturity, this is
in Great Barrington.
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Discussion Communities:
Handicapping the Presidential Election
Thursday, September 1, 3 pm
A timely panel analysis will explore the electoral history, demographics,
al preferences for the candidates. These factors lead to a prediction on
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Fun in the Bouncy House
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A Summer Celebration of Jewish Music
7th
Thursday, June 2, 7:30 pm
festival this year. Joanna Kurkowicz, violinist and Williams College Artist-in-Residence, and Doris Stevenson, pianist, are featured musicians,
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son
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A SUMMER Celebration
of JEWISH MUSIC
“SEPHARDIC Songs,
ANDRE PREVIN
and More”
Featuring world-renowned
Sephardic singer Sarah Aroeste,
with Joanna Kurkowicz, Doris Stevenson,
Paul Green and Bob Scherr
Thursday, June 2, 2016
at 7:30 p.m.
at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire,
Great Barrington, MA
Tickets $25 at the door
(413) 528-6378
Grinspoon Foundation, and Hevreh of Southern Berkshire.
For information, call (561) 302-5816
or email [email protected]
Prepare and Plant at Gideon’s Garden
for Area Food Programs
Supported in part by co-sponsorship with the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, and grants
from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and the Wasserman-Streit Y’DIYAH Memorial Fund of
the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.
to those
in need in our community. Bring garden gloves and wear a hat, water
duce to 11 local families, and to 6 food pantries. Volunteers can show up
Movie at Hevreh: “The Front”, Monday, June 6, 5 pm
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A Special Rosh Chodesh Celebration with the
Women of the Olive Tree Project
Tuesday, June 7, 7:30 p.m.
at the Berkshire Museum on June 6 & 7. They will discuss how 40 Israeli
Co-sponsored with the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires.
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Hevreh’s Golf Open at the Cranwell Spa & Golf Resort
Monday, June 13, 7:15 am
5 Lee Rd, Lenox, Mass.
mat. At the conclusion of golf play, participants can enjoy a pre-lunch
site is now accepting registrations from sponsors, golfers, and lunch-only participants. Please go to HevrehGolfOpen.com for more information
match you up with other players. Game players are welcome to join the
fet lunch or $10 only for the game morning. Please join us for a fun
morning.
Blood Drive at Hevreh: Donate or Volunteer!
Tuesday, June 21, 1 - 6 pm
your appointment. Volunteers are needed to help for two shifts: 12:30 –
3:30 pm, and 3:30 – 6:30pm.
Rabbi Deborah Zecher in Concert featuring
Great Songwriting Duos Kander & Ebb, and Maltby & Shire
Thursday, June 23, 7:30 pm
Chicago,
Cabaret, Big, and Baby.
has enjoyed traveling to various synagogues as “Artist in Residence”,
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Sunday, July 10, 4:00 pm
The Kehillah Community Connection is sponsoring a Hevreh Family
can also sit in the general admission/grandstand seats.
Adults are $20, children under 5 are free, and kids 5 and older are $10.
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Hevreh Goes to the Movies:
“Welcome to Kutsher’s The Last Catskills Resort”
Sunday, August 21, 10:30 am
Catskills. One of the legendary Borscht Belt hotels during its heyDirty Dancing era Catskills experience through
umentary captures a last glimpse of a lost world as it disappears
the Triplex Theater on the day of the movie for $10.
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Sunday, September 18, 1:30 - 4:30 pm
An afternoon of inspiring presentations
from Berkshire visionaries and trendsetters
John Downing oversees an organization
ultimate goal is to provide formerly homeless veterans with permanent, supportcommunity of the addicted, incarcerated, mentally ill, and homeless individuals.
Gwendolyn Hampton-VanSant
John Hockenberry
over the world for more than three decades. He has written dozens of magazine
car crash at the age of 19.
Nancy Kalodner entered the real estate industry in the Berkshires at age 40. As
a single mom of a six-year old, she wanted to a have a family-sustaining career
Mary Pope Osborne
House
Magic Tree
William “Smitty” Pignatelli is a lifelong resident of Lenox, and is currently in
his seventh term in the Massachusetts House of Representativesrepresenting
of Selectmen, and as Berkshire County Commissioner.
Everyone welcome! A reception will follow the presentation.
Online registration opens on July 15: hevreh.org/BerkshireSPEAKS
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Destination:
High Holy Days
Join us.
Selichot
Rosh Hashanah
Saturday, September 24
Sunday, October 2
Monday, October 3
Tuesday, October 4
Kol Nidre
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
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