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July 8, 2025
July 8, 2025
This Shabbat
This Shabbat
Friday, July 11
Due to lack of funds for security, Rabbi Emily and Shira’s Friday night service is cancelled this week.
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Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, July 12, 10:00am
CHC Chapel and virtual
Cantorial Soloist Mara Yaffee is joining Rabbis Emily and Steven for uplifting song and thoughtful discussion.
Torah meditation led by Betsy Wexler
(Please remember that the chapel is a fragrance-free zone.)
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Potluck
Saturday, July 12, after morning services
Please bring a dish - Dairy / Vegetarian (no meat)
Following morning services, preceding presentation by Marc Steiner.
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Presentation and Discussion with Marc Steiner
Saturday, July 12, after potluck
CHC Chapel
Marc Steiner of the Marc Steiner Show will join
KHL for a presentation and discussion
moderated by community organizer,
and KHL Board member, Claudia Balog.
This Week
This Week
🎶 High Holiday Choir 🎶
There is still time to join our High Holiday choir led by Cantorial Soloist Mara Yaffee.
Rehearsals are on Wednesdays from 6:00pm-7:30pm. All are welcome!!!
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Spiritual Connection Circle
Wednesday, July 9, 7:30pm - virtual
A chance to reflect and connect with friends in a sacred space. Need some more support?
Want closer connections with your community? Please join us in a compassionate environment for sharing and listening.
We need each other now more than ever. All are welcome!
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Interfaith Psalm Exploration with Rabbi Emily and Reverend Anne
Thursdays, July 10, 17, 24, 31, 11:00am-12:00pm
CHC Library
This July, due to popular demand, we are bringing back the shared Psalms class with
KHL and the Church of the Holy Comforter. Led by Rabbi Emily and Rev Ann!
Rabbi Emily and Reverend Anne+ of Church of the Holy Comforter will be leading a discussion on the book of psalms,
a text shared by both our traditions. It is a good chance to reconnect with CHC.
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Service Leadership Workshop with Rabbi Emily
Thursday, July 10, 6:00pm - virtual
Join our weekly gathering to learn, study, and develop prayer leadership skills!
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KHL Board Meeting
Sunday, July 13, 10:00am - virtual
All are welcome!
The Agenda is: 1) Welcome and Rabbi blessing; 2) March minutes; 3) New business;
4) Budget discussion; 5) Committee Reports; 6) Adjourn
Meet with Rabbi Emily
Meet with Rabbi Emily
If you'd like some time alone with the Rabbi, make an appointment here.
She is glad to meet with you whenever you need her!
Save the Dates!
Save the Dates!
Tot Shabbat for all ages!
Friday, July 25, 5:30pm
Meadowood Regional Park
Join Shabbat Unplugged for a new experience in collaboration with PJ library and The Jewish Network!
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"My Journey" Series
Kol HaLev has launched a “My Journey” series where members are invited to tell their own personal story for the purpose of getting to know each other better and building community. Witnessing people authentically share their stories can be fascinating, inspiring and often lead to heart to heart connections. Some examples of what might be shared could be about family, career, something a person has overcome, an inspiring aspect about a person's journey, or anything else that has led to learning a life lesson. One member will tell their story each week after a potluck lunch after services. Here are the dates of the upcoming presentations. We welcome you to participate! Contact Laurie at rosenberglaurie56@gmail.com or 301-467-5057 if you are interested.
August 2 - Laurie Rosenberg
August 16 - Stuart Martin
August 23 - Beth Bugnaski
August 30 - David Rosenberg
September 20 - Marcie Weinstein
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Tisha B’Av
From Brokenness to Wholeness
Sunday, August 3, 10:00am
Mishkan Torah Congregation
10 Ridge Road, Greenbelt MD 20770
Join together with our local Reconstructionist friends from CJC, Kol HaLev, and Mishkan Torah as we gather together during this time
of such intense vulnerability, heartbreak, hopelessness, and overwhelm. Our tradition recognizes that it can be very hard to be alive!
Numerous powerful forces increasingly threaten the people and values we hold dear.
We will acknowledge this through the chanting of Eicha/ Lamentations, and also use song and art for a simple, powerful experience that will take us on a journey from isolation and brokenness to community and wholeness. Each congregation will leave with a piece of the communally created piece of art. Won’t you add your voice, hands, and heart? Click here to register for this free event, and bring a friend who could use some hope and connection during these challenging days.
Community Information
Community Information
KHL Updated Bylaws
Click here to read the finalized version of the Kol HaLev bylaws. This final revised version was voted on and
approved during the KHL annual community meeting on Sunday, June 22nd.
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Torah Yoga Immersive Retreat: Awakening our Ancestral Roots
Friday, July 25 - Thursday, July 31, 2025
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in the Berkshire Mountains of Connecticut
For more details click on the link, below:
https://adamah.org/event/torah-yoga/
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A Request from Isaac Wagenheim
Isaac Wagenheim, who grew up at KHL and came to speak with us about his peace work in the West Bank earlier this year,
wrote to Rabbi Emily with a request. If you remember, he came with his partner Nessya whose home was impacted in the current war.
They are requesting assistance and hoping for peace.
https://supportavrahamifamily.betterworld.org/campaigns/rebuild-avrahami-family
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Trivia with The Church of the Holy Comforter
Saturday, September 6, 2:00pm
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Stay Informed!
We have adopted text messages to provide important information about KHL and KHL events.
Add 410.346.9989 to your contact list so that you will know the text is from KHL.
You can opt out of our sms messages by replying STOP. You can also “unsubscribe” by logging into the member portal,
hovering over “My Account,” choosing “My Subscriptions,” click edit, uncheck the sms subscription, click save.
We are also using Instagram and Facebook for publicizing KHL, so we encourage people to subscribe!
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Mitzvah Cards are still available!
For any occasion, simcha, or offering of condolences, consider
purchasing a card from KHL, showcasing our beautiful Torah mantle!
Please contact Alan Silver if you would like to purchase Mitzvah Cards.
Alan can also be reached at 443-996-3445.
10 cards (with envelopes) for $36.
Or a single card for $5.
Website
Website
For more about Kol HaLev, our people, services, programs, and events,
check out the updated Kol HaLev website at www.kolhalevmd.org!
Newsletter
Newsletter
Contributing to the Newsletter: The weekly KHL newsletter goes out on Tuesdays. If you’d like to put an item in the newsletter, please clear it with Rabbi Emily and Alan Silver by noon on the previous Sunday. Suitable items include KHL activities, some CHC activities, and events of particular interest in the larger Jewish community. Please provide a complete paragraph (or several paragraphs) with all relevant information.
As a rule, the KHL newsletter does not reprint content from other sources, whether print or digital. A summary and a link to the content may be provided instead. If you have material that you think is vitally important to reprint in the KHL newsletter, please provide proof of permission from the author(s) and publisher. The relevant information on copyright law is available here.
Rabbi Emily Stern: 516-835-9995, rabbi@kolhalevmd.org
President Alan Silver: 443-996-3445, president@kolhalevmd.org
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