Camp Chaverim Day Camp: JUNE 15th – 19th and 22nd – 26th 2009

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CONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM NAPA VALLEY

Camp Chaverim Day Camp: JUNE 15th – 19th and 22nd – 26th 2009

For children age 4 through Grade 8

Our children and staff engage in sun-filled and fun-filled days of Swimming, Drama, Arts & Crafts, Sports & Athletics, Creative Movement, Jewelry Making, Hebrew, Music & Drama, Dance, Cooking & Challah Baking, Storytelling, Theme Days, Shabbat Celebrations, and so much more… together, we are building countless Jewish memories, values and friendships to last a lifetime.

Saturday, February 28, 5:30 PM: Joke Night Turns 13!

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Come join your fellow comedians for Congregation Beth Sholom’s Bat/Bar Mitzvah Party

Where we honor:

Art Finkelstein, Bunny Goldstein, and Alan Steen our Joke Night founders.

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

5:30PM Cocktails and Auction

7:00PM Gourmet Dinner

8:30PM Jokes!

Mark your calendars! Seats are limited!

Warning!! Just a few seats are left!!

Attention Yachadniks: We could use more volunteers! Please contact Pam or Sivan: 257-7182

Donate to the Joke Night Auction

Are you a gourmet cook? Is there a brunch, lunch or dinner that you would like to donate?

Wine is one of our most popular auction items… we also need six cases of wine to serve the evening of the event. How about donating wine?

You don’t have to attend the event to donate. Congregation Beth Sholom has only one major fundraiser each year and Joke Night is it!

Any questions? Call Rhonda 707-255-6677 or email at jokenight2009@comcast.net

Some of the Items Up for Auction — Stay tuned for more

“SPRING BARBEQUE AT JUDD’S HILL”… WINING AND DINING FOR 20 PEOPLE ON SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2009 AT 6:00 P.M.

“ AL FRESCO BARBEQUE FEAST”… APPETIZERS, DINNER, DESSERT AND PLENTY OF LOCAL WINE. YOUR HOST, KATHLEEN CONREY, AND YOUR CHEF, STAN PRESS LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING 12 GUESTS ON SATURDAY, MAY 23,2009 AT 7:00P.M. ENJOY A DELIGHTFUL EVENING OF CAMARADERIE IN A BEAUTIFUL, SECLUDED GARDEN IN NAPA .

“BLINTZE BRUNCH”… INCLUDES CHAMPAGNE … YOUR HOSTESS, ANNE PERCELAY, INVITES 6 GUESTS ON AUGUST 2 AND 6 GUESTS ON AUGUST 9….A REAL TUMMYFUL!

“BOCCE BALL AND DINNER”…BOB ROSS AND SANDI HYMAN INVITE YOU TO THEIR HOME TO ENJOY AN EVENING OF BOCCE BALL FUN AND A SCRUMPTIOUS DINNER. (THE DINNER WILL BE NEITHER KOSHER NOR VEGETARIAN). THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, JULY 11th AT 6:00P.M… SPACE IS LIMITED—ONLY 12 PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP!

“TURKISH FEAST FOR 6”…EXPERIENCE THE EXOTIC CUISINE OF THE CROSSROADS OF THE EASTERN AND WESTERN WORLDS-ISTANBUL. ENJOY HEAPING PLATTERS OF LUSCIOUS FOOD HANDCRAFTED BY ISTANBUL NATIVE, DAVIT SULAM AND HIS WIFE, JENNIFER AND CO-HOSTS, ADA AND STAN PRESS. THIS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 6,2009 AT 6:00P.M.

“A TOUR, A TASTING AND A CASE TO GO”… HAGAFEN CELLARS IS INVITING THE WINNING BIDDER TO BRING 5 FRIENDS FOR A FREE TASTING OF ALL WINES (CURRENT RELEASE, RESERVE AND LIBRARY WINES) AND INCLUDES A TOUR OF THE NAPA VALLEY WINERY. HOW ABOUT LEAVING WITH ONE FREE CASE OF HAGAFEN CELLARS 2006 ESTATE BOTTLED NAPA VALLEY PINOT NOIR.

“ NAPA RIVER CRUISE”…NAPA RIVER ADVENTURES IS OFFERING A 2 HOUR CRUISE ALONG THE NAPA RIVER FOR 4 .

A Musical Interactive Purim Shpiel

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Please come to our annual, very child-friendly Purim Celebration
MONDAY, MARCH 9th 6:30 PM
directed and led by
Hillary Homzie & Gordon Lustig

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“A Musical Interactive Purim Shpiel”
The story of Queen Esther et al presented as a new, fun, interactive musical.
Come in costume and bring those noisemakers, also bring either a beverage or something sweet to share for a Purim nosh

Congregation Beth Sholom 1455 Elm Street Napa CA 94559

Rabbinic Consecration Weekend

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Rabbinic Consecration Weekend
In Honor of Rabbi Oren J Postrel

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March 20th at 7:30pm, Friday Night Live & March 21st at 10:30am for Shabbat with Visiting Scholar Presentation by Rabbi Sue Levi-Elwell, URJ Pennsylvania Council Regional Director and Poetry Editor of the URJ Press Women’s Torah Commentary

To contribute to the consecration celebrations, please be in touch with CBS VP Don Hogencamp, phone (707) 287-7834

Sar-El slide presentation

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Please join Henry Michalski this Thursday evening February 19th at Congregation Beth Sholom at 7pm for a power point slide presentation of my extraordinary Sar-El (Volunteers for Israel) experience following the Gaza operation…one of the most positive and meaningful experiences of his life!!!  Slide show, discussion, and refreshments.

UPDATE: To the 5th, 6th and 7th CBS Napa Religious School Classes and their parents :

Henry Michalski will present his slides from Israel
Sunday, Feb. 22  from 9:30 am – 10:30 am in the sanctuary

Our 5th grade teacher, Henry Michalski recently returned from a three week Volunteers For Israel program where he lived and worked at army bases in Israel. He will be sharing a power point slide presentation. The slides depict life on a military base for the volunteers and their interaction with the young defenders of Israel…the IDF.  Henry also visited the small border town of Sderot and has included some images of Sderot in the presentation.  If you have any questions, please contact Beth Kellman at bethkellman@gmail.com or Henry at mdg@pacbell.net.

Yoga At CBS

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There is Yoga this Sunday, Feb. 15
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

We welcome newcomers at each session….

Learn to experience the stillness of a yoga practice. Awaken your body awareness. Improve your body strength, balance and flexibility.

All levels and abilities are welcome. Bring a yoga mat and blanket.

Carl Speizer, Certified Yoga Teacher, Physician, and CBS member is our instructor. Questions, call Carl at 707.363.0771.
Fee: $50.

CELEBRATE WITH JOY AT OUR COMMUNITY SEDER

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CELEBRATE WITH JOY AT OUR COMMUNITY SEDER
An Evening of Sephardi Delights

Second night of Passover, Thursday, April 9, 2009 – 6:00 p.m.
Congregation Beth Sholom Social Hall
1455 Elm Street, Napa, CA 94559
Rabbi Oren Postrel will officiate.

The Seder meal will be coordinated by Debra Heaphy, Jim Heaphy and Sue Barush.  The Sephardi menu will be Kosher for Passover.  The menu will include Roast Turkey Breast with Orange-Apricot-Raisin sauce or a Vegetable stuffed Portabella Mushroom with Orange-Apricot-Raisin sauce, Matzo Ball Soup, Cold Poached Salmon with Red Pepper Sauce and an assortment of Sephardi Charoset.

DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009

Reserve your space at the Seder by returning this form with payment to:
Congregation Beth Sholom, 1455 Elm Street, Napa, CA 94559

Make checks to Congregation Beth Sholom

For information, call (707) 253-7305 or check our website at www.cbsnapa.org

Tu B’Shvat Women’s Seder

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You are cordially invited to a Tu B’Shvat Women’s Seder

Join us for a Tradition of the Mystics. Enjoy fruits and wine as we celebrate Tu B’Shvat the Kabbalistic way. Treat yourself to a feast for your body and soul.
WHEN: Tuesday, February 10 th    7 PM
WHERE: At 18 Lodestar Lane

Suggested Donation: $12

Pkease RSVP by calling (707)320-2348 or email Chana@JewishNapa.com

A Project of the Chabad of Napa Valley

Family Tu B’Shvat Celebration Feb. 8

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Family Tu B’Shvat Celebration
Feb. 8, 9:30 – noon

Planting a tree has represented hope since ancient times. In honor of Tu B’Shvat (The New Year of Trees), our CBS family will travel by carpool to Carneros to restore land, plant trees and other foliage that will protect & enhance the resources in Napa County. Phil Blake, for the Napa County Natural Resources Conservation Services, will lead the project. We will be planting CA native plants including willow, coyote bush, CA buckeye, live oak and valley oak at a vineyard/creekside site owned by the Napa Resource Conservation District.

Wear clothes for gardening!!! If the weather is nice, you can bring a picnic to eat after the program concludes. Questions, email Beth Kellman at bethkellman@gmail.com. If parents cannot come, please send your kids and make arrangements for another family to “adopt them” for the day.

If you can, please bring:

Shovels
Maddox pick
Wear appropriate clothes
Snack/water/sunscreen

To learn more about stream restoration and the Napa County Natural Resources Conservation Services visit:
www.naparcd.org/index.html