Celebrating Passover
Sunday, March 18th is the Stepping Stones and
Pebbles Passover Seder from 3:00-7:00 pm at
Congregation Emanuel. Call 303-388-1198 to RSVP.
Paint a Seder Plate for Passover with Color Me
Mine Friday, March 16, 10 a.m.-noon Room 205
at the JCC. $5 to reserve your spot, plus item cost
(prices range from $10-25). Reserve your spot by
calling Beth at (303) 316-6336.
Senior Trip: Bais Menachem Model Matzo Bakery
Tour Wednesday, March 21 12:30-2 p.m.
Make your own matzo from grinding the wheat to
rolling the dough to the finished product. Cost:
$3/Individual. Paid reservations are due by Tuesday,
March 13; call Elka at (303) 316-6358.
March 27th, 6 pm - 7:30 pm, Kasher your
silverware & cooking utensils
for Passover with Rabbi Rosskam of the Scroll K
VAAD at BMH-BJ. Please
call Sam Fisherowitz for details at 303.388.4203 ext.
You are cordially invited to Temple Micah's
COMMUNITY PASSOVER SEDER, led by Rabbi
Adam Morris on the 2nd night of the holiday, at 6:00
p.m. Tuesday, April 3 at Montview Boulevard
Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St. For many Micah
congregants and non-members too, the annual
community seder has become a highlight of the year!
Children of all ages are welcome, and so are guests
of different religious upbringings, singles and
families. Reservations & Payment DUE BY FRIDAY,
MARCH 30 at http://www.micahdenver.org. Or mail
check & form below. Questions? 303-388-4239
(Elaine), office@micahdenver.org.
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Jewish Baby University
Interfaith Couples Welcome
Designed for first-time parents, this innovative, 7 week
program combines childbirth education with an
exploration of the Jewish traditions and rituals
connected with pregnancy, birth and parenting.
Thursdays, April 5 - May 17 at 6:30pm at Rose Medical
Center. $130/couple. Sponsored by Shalom Baby
and Rose Medical Center. Call 303-316-6317 or
email cblanke@jccdenver.org for more information.
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Denver Jewish Festival
Celebrate Family! Celebrate Israel!
Sunday, May 6, 2007
For the first-time ever Celebrate
Family! and the Walk for Israel are
being combined into one Mega Event!
Entertainment - Food -
Artisan Booths - Arts & Crafts -
9 AM Walk for Israel -
10 AM-2 PM Festival at the
Denver Academy of Torah -
6825 E. Alameda Avenue, Denver
Vendors visit www.jewishcolorado.org/DJF
To Apply Online!
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Upcoming Stepping Stones Programs
Boulder Stepping Stones will be having its
Family Program on
Sunday, March 11 and its Adult Education Program on
Monday, March 12. The topic will be "The Real
Meaning of all those Foods on the Seder Plate." In
April look forward to "Tzedekah- Giving and
Receiving"
on Sunday, April 15 & Monday, April 16.
Denver Stepping Stones & Pebbles will be
meeting on Sunday, March 4th for a Purim program.
Sunday, March 11th is a regular Stepping Stones
program at the Mizel Museum
and Thursday, March 15th is a Pebbles Parent Track
meeting from 7-8:30
Sunday, March 18th is the Stepping Stones and
Pebbles Passover Seder from 3:00-7:00 pm at
Congregation Emanuel.
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Jewish Parenting Tip
Creating a Meaningful Passover
Most people know that we celebrate our Exodus from
Egypt and the birth of
the Jewish nation on Passover. A deeper piece of our
celebration is found in
the Hebrew word for Egypt, which is mitzrayim.
Mitzrayim literally means a
narrow place. G-d delivered us from a narrow place
physically, spiritually
and emotionally. As you begin your Seder, I encourage
you to hold your
children of all ages on your laps, draw them close and
tell them this night
is for them and for you- to retell a story about our
freedom and
perseverance but even more to support each other to
move out of narrow
places. How can we be less enslaved in our lives in
this moment? Can we
answer our phone less and be present with each
other more? Can we share our
toys more willingly? Can we share ourselves with our
neighbors more easily? Submitted by Deb
Dusansky Kornfeld
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Meet a Stepping Stones Family
Wayne and Kimberly Turnbow, with their two
daughters Julia and Eden, joined Stepping Stones in
the Fall of 2004. Kimberly shares, "we came to
Stepping Stones for the educational aspect of the
program. While my husband and I had decided before
we were married to raise our children as Jews, we
never discussed the details of that decision. As our
children got a little older, my desire to live a more
actively Jewish life grew. Stepping Stones gave our
family a place to learn together, with the help of some
of the best educators in the community, and in the
company of families facing some of the same
issues."
The Turnbow family members are now active
members of the Hebrew Education Alliance. "We were
exposed to a wide spectrum of synagogues where we
might feel comfortable. When we started Stepping
Stones, we had
already been involved at the Hebrew Educational
Alliance through their
preschool and several adult classes that I had taken.
When we joined HEA, I
felt like we had a solid basis for making our decision."
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