| Pardes Levavot |  |
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!
|
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Debra Kolodny, Executive Director, ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal DATE: February 25, 2010 Phone: 301-565-0719 Email: DebraRuth@mac.com Web site: www.aleph.org Hi All! Below is the February 2010 ALEPH News Service. We hope you run the following articles and look forward to hearing from you if you do. This release contains: 1. ALEPH Participates in National Religious Coalition on Creation Care Washington Week 2. Congregation Shaarei Shamayim Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Cantor Linda Hirschhorn as Artist-in-Residence, April 27-May 1st Purim Sameach, Deb ALEPH Participates in National Religious Coalition on Creation Care Washington Week On Monday, February 22 ALEPH Executive Director Debra Kolodny and ALEPH Rabbinic Pastor De Herman attended a prayer breakfast launching the National Religious Coalition on Creation Care’s annual visit to Washington. They joined faith leaders from around the country, adding ALEPH’s voice to those taking a stand urging immediate and effective action to stop global climate change and protect our nation’s forests and creatures. Catholics and Jews, Evangelicals, Orthodox and Mainline Protestants gathered with one mind, preaching messages of simplicity, ethical, moral and religious responsibility to the Earth, deploying alternatives to fossil fuels and most of all, the urgency to act today. Dr. James Hansen, Nobel Prize winner in Climate of the NASA Goddard Space Institute was presented with the Steward of God’s Creation award for his courage and resolution in the face of great opposition. Dr. Hansen was unequivocal in his message that the science was irrefutable regarding climate change and that none of us could afford to sit idly by at this critical moment in time. Members of the gathering met with White House representatives, Administration offices like NOAA, USDA, USE and the USFS as well as Congressional Representatives and Senators. This is the 12th year that Christian and Jewish organizational leaders have prayed, spoken and lobbied together for the health and wellbeing of God’s creation, each armed with the statements and policies of their own religious institutions. Over the years since this ministry began, many religious organizations and groups have participated in these interfaith activities. Among the various organizations are the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, the National Council of Churches, the American Baptist Churches USA; the Social Action Committee of Reformed Judaism; the Evangelical Environmental Network; Roman Catholic Franciscans, Christians Caring for Creation; the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Earth Care, and the Central Conference of American Rabbis; among many dozens of others. Congregation Shaarei Shamayim Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Cantor Linda Hirschhorn as Artist-in-Residence, April 27-May 1st Congregation Shaarei Shamayim in Madison, WI is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary with several events over this year. We are thrilled to be bringing renowned musician and cantor, Linda Hirschhorn, to Madison as our artist-in-residence. Cantor Hirschhorn is the director, founder and primary composer for Vocolot, the first Jewish Women's a cappella ensemble. She is known throughout North America as an original artist of Jewish music and has led a very popular choir at Aleph’s Kallah for many years. Her music is set to original poetry and traditional liturgical and Torah text. She has released two songbooks and eight recordings of original material (four with Vocolot). Her songs and choral arrangements have been published in major Jewish and folk anthologies, are performed by professional and amateur groups around the world and have been used in video, radio documentaries and dance scores. She currently works in a Conservative congregation that incorporates elements of Reform, Renewal, and Reconstructionist traditions. Cantor Hirschhorn’s training program is open to the larger community to anyone who is interested and willing to commit to the practice schedule. -- so if you like to sing, please join us and register! All singing abilities are welcome. There is a discount for those who sign up early. She will work with participants on weekday evenings and create a choir that will perform at our 20th anniversary celebration on May 1. For more information about being in the choir please contact our office at office@shamayim.org. She will also lead Kabbalat Shabbat services on April 30. All are invited to celebrate our 20th anniversary with us at the program on May 1 as well. For more information visit <http://www.shamayim.org> |