Preschool Tot Shabbat: Come celebrate and experience the wonder of Shabbat with our preschool children, staff and families every Friday morning during our preschool school year September 2009 through May 2010. This is a lively, fun-filled, child-friendly interactive Shabbat experience. Young children have the opportunity to learn the blessings, holidays, weekly Torah parsha, songs, traditions and symbols of Judaism with Rabbi Solomon Gruenwald and Cantor Martin Goldstein. Children are happy and delighted to sing and dance as Cantor Goldstein plays his keyboard. You and your children are welcome to join us each week.
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Our experience shows that today’s young Jewish family is looking for meaningful, intimate spiritual experiences amongst friends that the whole family can learn from and enjoy. Which is exactly what we’re offering… The Shabbos Dinner Club. It’s not a synagogue. It’s a group of people who want to enjoy Shabbos together with peers, to learn and grow Jewishly. Here’s what it is:
Friday night Shabbos dinners...
- Each dinner starts with end-of-the-week cocktails, followed by
- a short, lively explanatory Kabbalat Shabbat (Shabbat-welcoming prayer service),
- a delicious catered or homemade five-course Shabbos meal,
- a meaningful, interactive talk on a topic of particular relevance and
- a social dessert buffet.
Dinner will be enjoyed together as families. During the talk and the Kabbalat Shabbat, there will be educational, enjoyable programs for kids.
Upcoming Shabbos Dinners: 1/15/2010, 2/12/2010, 3/12/2010, 4/16/2010
Dinners are held at the Robert E. Loup JCC, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver, CO 80246
Cost: $20 Adult, $12 Child (5-12), FREE Ages 0-4
For more information, please call The Jewish Experience at 303-316-6412.
Tot Shabbat is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the value of Shabbat and the importance of a time for rest with your entire family. The program is particularly appealing to families with young children of preschool age. Tot Shabbat provides a time each month to reflect on the spirit of God within each of us. Following a short service, families share a meal together and then enjoy entertainment for young childlren. Reservations are required by calling the Temple, 303-388-4013, ext. 320, or emailing totshabbat@EmanuelDenver.org. Cost is $12 per adult and $6 per child over the age of 2.
The service is located at Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape Street, Denver. You can attend this program at no charge. There is no charge for the service and if you choose to brown bag your dinner simply call and make a reservation so we have a seat for you and your family, no charge.
Tot Shabbat, (the Jewish Sabbath) is a wonderful way to introduce the youngest members of your family to Shabbat in a synagogue setting. The songs and stories are familar and engaging to help keep the interest of those in attendance. This is a Reform service geared for children from infants through second graders and their families. Both the service and oneg (small desert reception) are held at our facility, 4716 S. Coors Lane in Morrison, CO.
Contact Kathy Horewitch, Early Childhood Education Director at preschool@bnaichiam.org or 303-229-3883 for more information, but an RSVP is not required. This is a free event which takes place each month. We look forward to celebrating Shabbat with you soon!
Come for a taste of Passover!
Did you know that Whole Foods sells Organic Kosher for Passover Matzah? Come try some topped with Haroset, the traditional Passover fruit spread!
MazelTot will be giving away samples and info on ways to celebrate Passover in the Denver/Boulder area on March 14 from 11-3PM at the Whole Foods in Superior, 303 Marshall Rd., Superior CO 80027.
Questions??? Contact Amanda at amanda@mazeltot.org or 303-316-6324.
Passover in the Matzah Aisle is a program of the Jewish Outreach Institute.
Experience one of the greatest children’s stories of all time in an enchanting new adaptation. Based on the classic tale, playwright Charles Way completely reinvents Cinderella for the modern stage. Set in Germany at the time when a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was trying to become a court composer, the healing power of art and friendship is explored in this timeless tale of family, love and loss. Indeed time itself, as in music, is key to the emotional sequence of events as the young Cinderella tries to overcome grief and find a new life in rapidly changing times. This version features a more human Cinderella who is struggling with the loss of her mother; more likeable stepsisters who are adjusting to less opulent surroundings; a more sympathetic prince who befriends Cinderella disguised as a peasant; the prince’s best friend, the musical genius Mozart; an odd King who has not been out of bed in four years; a warmer, though still wacky, fairy godmother, who is present throughout in the form of a bird; and a flawed, but not totally evil, stepmother. Thematically, the story offers lessons about acceptance, grief, diversity, coming of age, class struggles and the triumph over injustice. This stirring rendition of Cinderella is sure to ignite the imagination in us all! This show is intended for children ages 5 to 12.
Performances: Sundays at 1:00 p.m., March 7 through May 2, 2010 (no performance on April 4)
For tickets or more information, call 303-316-6360 or visit www.maccjcc.org.
MACC . 350 South Dahlia Street . Denver, CO 80246
Come young, come old, Grow, Learn and Enjoy
- 1-3 p.m. - tomato and pepper starts in the greenhouse, paper mache pot making for kids
- 3 p.m. on - potluck - please bring a vegetarian nosh or drink to share.
Learn about the greenhouse, get tomatoes and peppers started for transfer to Ekar in May, then stick around for a potluck. We'll be making paper mache pots for kids to plant and take home herbs (karpas) for their Passover seders. We will also be learning about composting and playing with the worms!!
We have high hopes for our first growing season and we'll celebrate them together. This should be a fun family afternoon!
location:
"The GrowHaus" - 4751 York St., Denver CO
We need to have some idea of numbers so RSVP to Ilan ilansalzberg@gmail.com, 720.319.7001 or Aaron Ney a_ney02@yahoo.com, 303.520.7581.
Also, March 19 is Global Hunger Shabbat. In recognition we will be collecting food donations for the Jewish Family Service of Colorado Food Pantry.
Join Denver's top rabbis for an afternoon of Seder Samplings. Enhance your Passover observance this year by attending two, 45-minute workshops, and sampling Passover cuisine. Children will particpate in their own musical celebration and creative arts project as parents engage in an afternoon of learning.
Preschool Tot Shabbat: Come celebrate and experience the wonder of Shabbat with our preschool children, staff and families every Friday morning during our preschool school year September 2009 through May 2010. This is a lively, fun-filled, child-friendly interactive Shabbat experience. Young children have the opportunity to learn the blessings, holidays, weekly Torah parsha, songs, traditions and symbols of Judaism with Rabbi Solomon Gruenwald and Cantor Martin Goldstein. Children are happy and delighted to sing and dance as Cantor Goldstein plays his keyboard. You and your children are welcome to join us each week.
Our Passover Model Seder, (demonstration of the home service) is divided by ages and is open to the commuity. This wonderful experience is held at our facility, 4716 S. Coors Lane, in Morrison, CO. We have a small more intimate Seder for the youngest members (3 and 4 years old), plus our two school-age Seders. The older children participate in the Seder with Rabbi Schawrtzman while the youngest children are led by our Sunday Preschool Teachers. Each model seder covers the important aspects of the holiday, traditions, and foods at an age appropriate level. Cost is $10 for families who are not enrolled in B'nai Chaim religious school
We welcome children of all ages to participate in our Passover celebaration, we welome MazelTot Families with children under 5 to use one of thier discounts to enjoy this celebration!
Contact Kathy Horewitch, Religious School Director at school@bnaichaim.org or 303-229-3883.