Music and Poems for All
This is a collection of all Kol HaLev "Shabbat Unplugged" recordings.
This Shabbat
Cantor George welcomes you for Shabbat virtual candle lighting this Friday, September 24 at 7:00 p.m. Join us virtually for singing and praying together by clicking on the blue title above.
On Saturday, September 25, at 10:00 a.m. we will celebrate the intermediate days of Sukkot with a Shabbat morning in-person service under a tent outside the CHC chapel. All in-person events will require attendees to be masked and safely separated
Our Mi Shebeirach/healing prayer list can be viewed by clicking on the blue title above. If you would like to add someone to the list, or if there’s a name on the list that we can remove, please let Joann or Cantor George know. Please help us keep it up to date!
Rosh Chodesh Gathering
“She said to the moon, ‘You shall renew yourself.” Join us on Wednesday, October 6, 7:30 p.m. As women we gather virtually to spend a few moments together to honor the new moon, our possibilities, our potentials, seen in the new moon. We gather to remind ourselves and each other of more than what is, but what’s possible. For Cheshvan, Emily will teach us a song about renewing ourselves and we will gather with song, poetry and a conversation about Rachel. Please RSVP to Ricki.
Literature at Lunch
All are welcome to this year's first Literature and Lunch session on Saturday, October 30, from 12:15-1:45 p.m. Join Gail virtually for thoughtful discussion of fiction by Isaac Leib Peretz (Poland, 1852-1915). I.L. Peretz, Mendele Mokher Seforim and Sholem Aleichem are considered the three great classical Yiddish writers. Peretz is credited with laying the foundations of both Yiddish modernism and a new Hebrew style. A prolific writer of short stories, poems, plays and essays, he probed deeply into individual psychology, portraying the humanity of his characters and their Jewish identities. He also used satire and humor to expose human flaws and some of the troubling realities of their world.
We will discuss three of I.L. Peretz's best known short stories:
"If Not Higher," "Bontsha the Silent," and "Motl Prince."
Here are articles you could also read about Peretz's life and work and Peretz’s Worlds: Separating the Man from the Myth.
For an appetizer and in preparation for the High Holidays, click here to read "Rumiya and the Shofar," a short story by Yiddish language writer Rikuda Potash (1906-1965).
For questions about Literature at Lunch contact Gail.
Reconstructing Judaism Convention
Mark your calendars to join us from March 23 – 27, 2022 for B’Yachad: Reconstructing Judaism Together. Over these four days, both in person and virtually, we will learn from and with experts, scholars and lay leaders. We will engage in conversations, ask questions, and listen. We will pray together, sing together, dance together and celebrate all that we do every day in our communities to reconstruct Judaism. B’Yachad is being planned as a hybrid convention – you can join us in Tysons Corner, Va., or from your own home or perhaps with a small group of fellow community members for a watch party.
B’yachad will be an opportunity for you to reconnect with friends from conventions past and to form new friendships, as well as to deepen your sense of belonging to this community of communities. If you choose to give your time, energy and resources to this gathering, we hope you will be transformed—perhaps by an encounter, a powerful teaching, or a song that touches your heart. You will leave with many takeaways -- resources, some answers, and even more questions. We will know that we have been successful if you return home excited about all you experience and inspired to share what you learned here that can strengthen your own community.
Cantor George -Kol HaLev's organizational contact for the Convention--encourages you to sign up! It will be a lot of fun, and it's a great opportunity to make and renew connections with members of other Recon congregations. And there's plenty of information on the convention website.
B’yachad will be an opportunity for you to reconnect with friends from conventions past and to form new friendships, as well as to deepen your sense of belonging to this community of communities. If you choose to give your time, energy and resources to this gathering, we hope you will be transformed—perhaps by an encounter, a powerful teaching, or a song that touches your heart. You will leave with many takeaways -- resources, some answers, and even more questions. We will know that we have been successful if you return home excited about all you experience and inspired to share what you learned here that can strengthen your own community.
Cantor George -Kol HaLev's organizational contact for the Convention--encourages you to sign up! It will be a lot of fun, and it's a great opportunity to make and renew connections with members of other Recon congregations. And there's plenty of information on the convention website.
KHL Educational Programs 2021-2022
KHL Sunday School - ENROLL NOW for the 2021-2022 school year.
Kol HaLev's Sunday School is an educational program serving children entering pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. Classes meet two Sundays a month. For more information about the KHL Sunday School program, click HERE. To enroll now, click HERE.
Kol HaLev's Sunday School is an educational program serving children entering pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. Classes meet two Sundays a month. For more information about the KHL Sunday School program, click HERE. To enroll now, click HERE.
ALL IN-PERSON CLASSES WILL BE HELD AT
TIMONIUM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
2300 Pot Spring Rd, Lutherville-Timonium, MD 21093
B'nai Mitzvah Program - 7th graders - ENROLL NOW!
This is the year! Your child is coming of age, and we have a way to do that Jewish-ly, to help shape and inform that emerging adult. If your twelve-year-old is going to become a bar or bat mitzvah, you need to enroll them in this program. Our 7th grade class will meet one Sunday per month. For more information on the program click HERE. You must be a KHL member to enroll your child in the B'nai Mitzvah program.
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Shabbat Music
Kol HaLev, with the guidance of Cantor George has been introducing new, exciting, stimulating, joyful music to our services. Much of this music is for Friday nights and is played by Kol HaLev Unplugged on the fourth Friday night of the month. Kol HaLev Unplugged has made recordings so that the community can learn the melodies more easily. This link takes you to the recordings and the lyrics for the songs. You can also check out our latest You Tube video of Kol HaLev Unplugged singing Cantor George's Shalom Rav! Come to Shabbat and enjoy guitar, drum, voices and song!
Black Lives Matter
Kol HaLev has joined over 400 Jewish synagogues and organizations that signed this declaration:
Jewish Organizations and Synagogues say: Black Lives Matter
We are Jewish organizations and synagogues from across the racial and political spectrum; from different streams of Judaism; whose members trace their lineage from countries around the world.
To read more, click here.
KHL - Please Join Us
We are located in The Church of the Holy Comforter (CHC), 130 W. Seminary Avenue, Lutherville 21093. All Friday and Saturday Shabbat services are handicap accessible. For directions to the Shul please click here.
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