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Alphabetized by First Name

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Connie Laughlin
Publications Coordinator (staff)
(314) 361-1564 ext. 100
connie @centralreform.org

Ed Harris
(314) 652-3888

Fran Lang
Membership Vice President
(314) 787-8171
fran @franlang.com

Gail Wechsler
Social Responsibility
Vice President
(314) 727-4975
gailwechsler @sbcglobal.net

Jennifer Bersdale
Advocacy & Communications Director (staff)
(314) 361-1564 ext. 116
jennifer @centralreform.org

John Terranova
Executive Director (staff)
(314) 361-1564 ext. 105
john @centralreform.org

Jordan Ottenstein
Education Associate Director (staff)
(314) 361-1564 ext. 106
jordan @centralreform.org

Josh Goldman
CRYC Coordinator
(314) 602-8454
joshuaalfredgoldman @hotmail.com

Joy Lieberman
Membership Secretary and Receptionist (staff)
(314) 361-1564 ext. 109
joy @centralreform.org

Karen Olson
Education Vice President
(314) 963-9795
karmarv @swbell.net

Lise Bernstein
Communications Vice President
(314) 275-9907
LBMarketing @juno.com

Maggie Duwe
Interfaith and Outreach Coordinator (staff)
(314) 361-1564 ext. 112
maggie @centralreform.org

Marci Mayer Eisen
Religious Events Vice President
(314) 442-3894
groupworker @charter.net

Rabbi Michael Alper
Education Director (staff)
(314) 361-1564 ext. 102

Rachel Berla
Youth Group Advisor (staff)
(314) 570-3114
certy @centralreform.org

Sharalyn Saks
Finance Director (staff)
(314) 361-1564 ext. 104
sharalyn @centralreform.org

Sharon Brown
Rabbis' Assistant (staff)
(314) 361-1564 ext. 101
sharon @centralreform.org

CRC Mitzvah Corps
(314) 361-1564 ext. 313

Congregation Neve Shalom
Rainbow Village, 1240 Dautel
(314) 863-4366
www.neveshalom.org
rabbi @neveshalom.org

Jewish Federation
Kopolow Building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive, Creve Coeur

Central Reform Congregation
5020 Waterman Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108
www.centralreform.org

YOM KIPPUR 5768

Yom Kippur begins tonight at sundown (Friday, September 21), with services at the the Chase Park Plaza.
Click here for the full schedule.

Don't forget!
Bring a new or gently-used children's book for CRC member Josh Goldman's program, Succeeding with Reading, and help low-income youth of all ages develop a love of reading. Drop your book(s) in the bin marked "Access Books."

If you can't bring your book donations on Yom Kippur, call Josh at (314) 602-8454 and he will pick them up.

As always, we will also be collecting non-perishable food items for the Jewish Food Pantry.

NEW announcements are in red

HIGHLIGHTS

Last Chance To Complete Your Tikkun Olam Survey!
Over 200 CRC members have already submitted their Tikkun Olam Surveys, telling us how they would like to see CRC change the world. Make sure your opinion is counted! Submit your survey by Monday, September 24 at 5:00 pm. Click here to take the survey now.

Tikkun Olam Open Meeting
Sunday, September 30, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Save the Date! Plan to attend the Tikkun Olam Open Meeting at CRC. Hear the results of the Tikkun Olam Survey, learn about CRC's Tikkun Olam plans, and give further input on where you would like CRC to focus our advocacy and service resources. Please let Jen know you are coming: Jennifer@centralreform.org or (314) 361-1564 ext. 116.

CRC EVENTS

Help Raise Our Sukkah
Monday, September 24, 5:00 pm at CRC

Holy Thunder
September 25, 7:00 pm
The CRC Drum Circle has resumed after a summer hiatus on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. We are open to everyone! Bring your drum & join our circle. Contact sharon@centralreform.org or (314) 361-1564 ext. 101.

Women's Sukkot Celebration
Wednesday, September 26, 6:30 pm
We will meet in our new and continuing to grow Sukkah, learn and study with Rabbi Susan, and share a delicious potluck meal. All are welcome to join us as we begin/continue our studies. Please RSVP to Maggie Duwe. Please bring to share: A-G: dessert, H-S: vegetarian main dish, T-Z: wine.

Mitzvah Corps' 10th Annual Chicken Soup Day! Saturday, September 29, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Help us collect and store your home-made chicken soup, which will be frozen for CRC families in need of something warm, nutritious and delicious. More...

CRC Hosts Sukkat Shalom National Art Exhibition
Saturday, September 29, 7:00 to 9:00 pm
The first professional, juried art exhibition to be hosted by CRC will open with an artists' reception and gallery talk. More...

Gathering In The Sparks
Sunday, September 30th, 10:00 am
Join our exciting effort as we work to publish a book filled with Rabbi Susan's children's stories that foster Judaism and spirituality. More...

Hoshanah Rabbah at Confluence State Park
Wednesday, October 3, 6:00 pm
Meet Rabbi Randy and Maggie Duwe at CRC to carpool
More...

Shemini Azeret Yiskor Service
Thursday October 4, 8:00 am
More...

Congregational Block Party and Simchat Torah
Friday, October 5 at 5:30 pm
This year on the day we set aside to celebrate the Torah, we will also celebrate the start of our seventh year as the only synagogue in the city of St. Louis. More...

Ruth Group - date change
Wednesday, October 10 at noon
We will continue our book: The Autobiography of God by Julius Lester. Please read to page 129. For more information contact Maggie Duwe.

Naomi- date change
Friday, October 12 at noon
We will bring the voice and image of Anita Diamant into our group. For more information contact Maggie Duwe.

Social Responsibility Shabbat
Friday, October 12, 7:30 pm
Operation Promise - Ethiopian Jewry More...

Discover the Meaning of Our Shabbat Service
Shabbat Learner's Service
October 13, about noon
Please join Rabbi Randy, Ed Harris and Maggie Duwe to learn more about our Shabbat Service. We begin with the T'filah and explore what we do and why we do it. Call Maggie Duwe for more information.

Book Club
October 13, 2:00ish
For those interested in exploring conversion or those just interested!We continue reading Minyan by Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro. Please read through page 145. All are welcome to join us.

Congregational Retreat
Friday, October 19 through Saturday, October 20
Camp Wyman, Eureka, MO
Explore Shabbat among the trees and around the campfire with Rabbi Fleisher at beautiful Camp Wyman. Your RSVP forms (included in September's MEMO) are due October 5. More...

Fundraising Concert with Robert "Honi" Fishbone Saturday, October 20, 7:00 pm at CRC
Join CRC in welcoming member, Robert "Honi" Fishbone for a night of mind-blowing stories and music from the edge. A $20 ticket enters you into a drawing for themed door prizes including a beautiful Mountain Rhythm djembe (value: $250). More...

New Series of Interfaith Workshops
Begins Sunday, November 18, noon
Please join us for a series of informative interfaith workshops. More...

Israel Circle Poses Question On Its New Blog
"How should our circle's support for Israel include honest and legitimate criticism when warranted?" More...

EDUCATION

Openings Available in CAJE's Melton Year 1 Class
To sign up for this wonderful program contact Cyndee Levy, Director of Adult Education at (314) 442-3754 or clevy@cajestl.org. For more information on the program, click here.

ADVOCACY

Protect Access to Lifesaving Cures through Stem Cell Research
CRC was proud to help pass last year's pro-stem-cell research initiative. Now, the Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, a coalition of which CRC is an active member, needs our help to stop this year's anti-stem-cell research initiative. More...

B'NAI MITZVAH PROJECTS

Help our wonderful B'nai Mitzvah students complete their projects! Keep checking this section as we add projects!

Chelsea Mohr
Saturday, October 13, 10:00 am
Chelsea supports Lydia's House, an organization that helps abused women and their children by giving them a place to live for up to two years. More...

VOLUNTEERING

The Jewish Food Pantry Needs Our Help in September
In September the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry is looking for specific items to provide well-balanced nourishment for the community in need. More...

It's Time to Start Knitting Again
Last fall, 15 CRC members knitted strips that were joined into two afghans, which were presented as house-warming gifts to Habitat for Humanity homeowners. It's that time again! More...

COMMUNITY EVENTS

North County Drum Circle
Tuesdays 10:30 to 11:30 am
1827 Dunn Rd., Florissant, MO. 63033
There is a fun new and exciting event in North County. If you or someone you know would be interested, please come and party. I will be there with some people I work with from Life Skills and I hope you will join us. We all could use a little music and some new friends in our lives. Call or email if you have any questions: Amy Katz (314) 567-7705, ext. 1486 or amylynnkatz@yahoo.com

"Gay Culture: High and Low"
Class begins Wednesday, September 26, 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Washington University
Lifelong Learning Institute of Washington University (for those 55 years and older) is offering this class which will meet for eight weeks. Subjects covered in the class will include: Historical and Societal Perceptions over the ages, Orientation/Preference, Religion and Homosexuality, Gay Artists, Coming Out, Setting up a Household, and Gay Rights. Please call Lifelong Learning Institute (314)-935-4102 or go to www.lli.wustl.edu for information about joining the class.

Jacob's Pillow Concert
Saturday, September 29, 8:00 pm
More...

Holy Ground Picnic
Sunday, September 30, 12:30 pm
First Unitatrian (across Waterman from CRC)
Come, meet members of the diverse churches in our neighborhood and learn about how we cam make a positive impact here together. Food and beverages are provided.

Jewish Community Organizes for Social Responsibility in the Month of Cheshvan
Programs start Sunday, October 7 More...

Annual Constitutional Conference
Sunday, October 7, registration at 2:00 pm, program at 2:30 pm
The 27th Annual Constitutional Conference presented jointly by the American Jewish Congress, St. Louis Chapter, and the Washington University School of Law will take place this year on Entitled Immigration Impasse: What Now? More...

Project Noah 2007 Community Events
The Jewish Environmental Initiative (JEI), a project of the Jewish Community Relations council (JCRC) is promoting a week of activities for the 2nd Annual Project Noah 2007. Project Noah will take place October 7 - 13 during the reading of the Torah portion for Noah. The theme for Project Noah is Keepers of the Earth (Shomrei Adomah) - A Call to Action! More...

Exhibit of Viennese Attitudes Toward Nazi Era to Open at the Holocaust Museum
Begins Sunday, October 7
Photographs of interviewees and text derived from the new book Vienna's Conscience: Close-Ups and Conversations After Hitler will be on view from Sunday, Oct. 7, until Friday, Nov. 9, at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in the Jewish Federation Kopolow Building in Creve Coeur. More...

"The Big Mouth Theory: Communication Power in the Global Arena"
Monday, October 8, 7:15 pm, Washington University's Holmes Lounge, Ridgely Hallon the Danforth Campus
Michael Widlanski, 2007-08 Schusterman Visiting Professor of Israel Studies, will speak. Kosher reception to follow. RSVP by October 1 to Jennifer Gibbs at (314) 935-7003 or jgibbs@artsci.wustl.edu.

Schedule for the Adult Institute of Jewish Studies
Starts October 10, sign up now!
More...

Jewish Family Music & Arts Festival
Sunday, October 14, 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the JCC
JamFest07, the St. Louis Jewish community's largest Music & Arts Festival, returns to bring our community together for another afternoon of family fun. JamFest07 will feature live performances by Jewish rock star Rick Recht and a lineup of stellar local bands. More...

CRC This Week

Friday, September 21
EREV YOM KIPPUR

2:00 Torah Study

8:00 see High Holiday Schedule

Saturday, Sept. 22
YOM KIPPUR

1000 see High Holiday Schedule

Sunday, Sept. 23

Monday, Sept. 24

1:00 Mahjongg

4:00 Hebrew School

4:00 Build Sukkah

5:30 Hebrew School Service

6;00 Human Resources Committee

Tuesday, Sept. 25

4:00
Hebrew School

5:30 Hebrew School Service

7:00
Drum Circle

Wednesday, Sept. 26
EREV SUKKOT

4:00 Hebrew School

5:30 Hebrew School Service

6:00 Women's B'not Group in Sukkah

Thursday, Sept. 27
SUKKOT
office closed

Friday, September 28
SUKKOT

2:00 Torah Study

7:30 Shabbat Service

Circle Meetings

Circles linked to more information available are underlined.

A.R.T. @ CRC

Thursday, October 18
10:30 am

Basic Judaism
Saturday, October 13
12:15 pm

Book Club

Saturday, October 13

2:00 pm

Development Circle

TBA

Drum Circle

Tuesday, September 25
7:00 pm

Education Steering Committee

Sunday, October 7

9:00 am

Grief Support Group

Saturday, October 20

1:00 pm

Hospitality Circle

TBA

Israel Circle

Monday, October 8

7:00 pm

Membership Circle

TBA

Naomi Group
Friday, October 12

12:00 pm

Religious Events
Sunday, October 14
8:30 am

Ruth Group
Wed., October 10

12:00 pm

Social Responsibility Circle
Sunday, October 21
10:00 am

Soul of the Building
Thursday, October 25
7:00 pm

Yad b'Yad
(Men's Group)
TBA

Year of Living Responsibly
TBA

Interfaith Dates

Continuing Interfaith

TBA

Interfaith 101
Sunday, November 18
12:00 pm

Interfaith 102
Sunday, November 18,
9:30 am

Education

CRC's Education Program promotes Jewish connections to family, community, God, Torah and Israel through exploration of Tzedakah, Tikkun Olam, Freedom, Peace, and the Power of Ritual. For detailed insight plus classes offered and their schedules, see the their website, www.centralreform.org/
education.html