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Pardes Levavot, “Orchard of Hearts,” was formed in the spirit of creating conscious holy community. Our name expresses the spiritual blossoming of each individual heart within an inspiring and nurturing orchard.
For information on our congregation please call (303) 563-2110 and leave a message or send email to info@pardeslevavot.org. To join our congregation, please print a copy of our membership form, fill it out, and send it to our Synagogue.
Pardes Levavot gratefully acknowledges Allied
Jewish Federation of Colorado for their support of
our Circle of Family Education program. Thank you!
Below is the February 2009 ALEPH News Service. We hope you run one or more of the following articles and look forward to hearing from you if you do. This release contains: 1. ALEPH Presents at Welcoming Conference in New York 2. ALEPH Kallah Registration Now Open! 3. Spiritual Leader of ALEPH Affiliate, Rabbi Stan Levy, wins Clay Award Deb ALEPH Presents at Welcoming Synagogues Conference in New York On Monday, February 23, ALEPH Executive Director Debra Kolodny spoke to a trans-denominational gathering about Jewish Renewal’s path breaking work in fully integrating gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender peoples in our policies, communities, programs, seminary and leadership. The conference was organized by the Welcoming Synagogues Project, a partnership between Jewish Mosaic and the Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation at Hebrew Union College’s Jewish Institute of Religion. The goals of the event were to: 1) Familiarize a broad cross-section of communal leaders and activists with findings from new research on inclusion, general research on congregational vitality and change; and other religious denominations’ work on creating LGBT welcoming movements 2) Create a set of best practices in the realm of LGBT inclusion informed by insights from our research and the latest developments in the field which are also scalable for differential denominational implementation 3) Identify potential congregational leaders/synagogues that want to work as pilot sites to implement inclusive change processes and others to disseminate the educational and training tools that are developed out of the project Ms. Kolodny said of the event, “It was an honor and a pleasure to speak to a gathering of leaders from across the Jewish spectrum who took the critical task of honoring the holiness in each of us so seriously. Kol ha kavod to conference organizers for launching their extensive study on this topic and for hosting a discussion on the preliminary findings. I look forward to the formal release of the study and to further conversations about opening the welcome of synagogues and other Jewish institutions. I was delighted to see the success of Jewish Renewal communities in this arena discussed by the researchers. I look forward to our movement being a resource for the entire Jewish world, helping others learn about some best practices in serving, honoring and delighting in the gifts of Jews of all sexual orientations and gender identities.” ALEPH Kallah Registration Now Open! ALEPH Kallah brochures have gone out in the mail and are now in most members’ hands. Early bird registration has begun! The 2009 Kallah, entitled: “Living in the Light of G!d: Making Every Day Holy” will take place this year at Ohio Wesleyan University, right outside of Columbus. It is scheduled for June 29--July 5, 2009. We have another fabulous lineup of teachers, along with dozens of talented prayer leaders, artists, musicians, and more. Sign up soon to take advantage of the Early Bird Discount. You can find the brochure on line at our website: www.aleph.org/kallah.htm, or request a hardcopy by emailing: kallahadmin@rcn.com Don't miss this amazing biennial event! Spiritual Leader of ALEPH Affiliate Rabbi Stan Levy wins 2009 Clay Award California Lawyer magazine named 43 attorneys around the state to receive the thirteenth annual California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year Awards. Their achievements had a significant impact in 2008, or their work is expected to have such an effect in the coming years. The awards recognize 22 accomplishments in 13 areas of legal practice. The honored attorneys include sole practitioners, attorneys from international law firms, government attorneys, and a law school professor. The recipients of the CLAY Awards are featured in the March 2009 issue of California Lawyer. Rabbi Stan Levy of ALEPH affiliate Bnai Horin in Los Angeles was named one of the award winners this year. |