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P A I D Columbia, MD

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5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia, MD 21045

2017 HIGH HOLY DAY INFORMATION PACKET

Selichot Service and Movie

A FAMLY AFFAIR Saturday, September 16, 2017 — 8:00pm

Oakland Mills Interfaith Center

Join us for this beautiful service with a film, special music and inspirational liturgy

with Rabbi Sonya Starr and Cantor Ben Kintisch.

Following the death of the white woman he thought was his mother, a shocked Earl Pilcher Jr.

(Robert Duvall) learns he is half black. Shaken to the core by this revelation of decades of lies, an

impassioned Pilcher travels to Chicago to find his biological family and meets Roy Murdock (James

Earl Jones), his half-brother. Unfortunately, Murdock refuses to accept the aging Southerner.

Desperate for a connection, the grieving Pilcher struggles to convince Murdock to open his mind.

All are welcome! For more information call 410-730-6044

Columbia Jewish Congregation HIGH HOLY DAYS 2017 Ticket Request Form DEADLINE: September 8, 2017

Admission to ALL services will be by ticket only. TICKETS WILL BE CHECKED AT THE DOOR.

Please indicate the services you wish to attend for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Erev Rosh Hashanah Service

Rosh Hashanah Services (Day 1)

Rosh Hashanah Services (Day 2)

Rosh Hashanah Tot Service (Day 1)

Rosh Hashanah Jr. Congregation (Day 1)

Kol Nidre Service

Yom Kippur Morning Service

Yom Kippur Tot Service

Yom Kippur Jr. Congregation

To receive tickets, members must be paid in full or have an approved payment plan in place

Number Price Total

Adult Member Name $0

Adult Member Name $0

Member Child 1 Age $0

Member Child 2 Age $0

Member Child 3 Age $0

Member Guest Name $125

Non-Member Adult (first time) — Name $225

Non-Member Adult — Name $360

Non-Member Family (first time) — Name $450

Non Member Family — Name $750

Non-Member Child Age

Non-Member Child Age

ADDRESS

CITY, STATE, ZIP

FAMILY EMAIL ADDRESS

Dedicated CJC Prayer Book — Gold Foil Inscription

In Honor of $36

In Honor of $36

In Memory of $36

In Memory of $36

Purchase own High Holy Day Prayer Book $54

Babysitting ($18 per family/per service) MUST BE RESERVED IN ADVANCE

Child 1 age RH YK

Child 2 age RH YK

Community Break Fast $0

Adult Education Fund

Cantor’s Discretionary Fund

Columbia Jewish Community School

Ed Padow Cultural Arts Fund

General Fund

Julie Ibson Memorial Library Fund

Lester Morss Scholarship Fund

Prayer Book Fund

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund

Religious Practices

Sponsor an Oneg ($54 minimum)

Tikkun Olam

Torah Fund

Tzedakah Fund

Yizkor Donation

Youth Groups

Acts of Loving Kindness Fulfilling the mitzvah of Tzedakah has always been a tradition of the Jewish people and of the Columbia Jewish Congregation. Please fulfill this mitzvah by making a donation at this time.

Please accept my Gift of $________________

in Honor of _____________________________________________________

in Memory of _____________________________________________________

Involvement Columbia Jewish Congregation sponsors a variety of activities and invites your participation and help in organizing in as many of them as you wish. Please indicate your interest below so a member may call you with additional information.

Activity Check if any family members are interested in participating

Please check if a family member would like to be added to a targeted email list

Adult Choir

Adult Education

Caring Committee

Chapter 2 (group day trips for adults)

Chevra Kaddisha (burial society)

Near Empty Nesters (social group for adults)

Family Mishpacha Groups

Film Series

Fundraising/Development

Intergenerational Programming

Membership

Men’s Club

Social Action/Tikkun Olam

Teen Programming

Torah Reading

Youth Group

Celebrate Sukkot! Sukkah Building Sunday, October 1, 2017 9:15am — 12:00pm

Decoration of the Sukkah Sunday, October 1, 2017 12:00pm—2:00pm

Sukkot Services Friday, October 6, 2017 Sukkot Pot Luck Dinner — 6:00pm TOT Sukkot — 6:30pm Shabbat Under the Stars — 7:00pm

Sukkah Take Down Sunday, October 15, 2017 9:15am—12:00pm

For participation in Services please contact the CJC Office, 410-730-6044. For information about Sukkah building/takedown, please contact David Zinner, 410-733-3700.

When doing your grocery shopping, please remember to pick up a few extra items to donate to the Food Pantry. All items benefit needy families in Howard County.

Any of the following would be greatly appreciated:

Tuna Jelly Canned Vegetables Cereal

Peanut Butter Canned Fruit Muffin Mix

Macaroni & Cheese Canned Chicken

Baked Beans Canned Soup Spaghetti Sauce

On Rosh Hashanah, please bring your bag of food for the Food Pantry.

WE CANNOT GIVE OUT EXPIRED FOOD. PLEASE CHECK EXPIRATION DATES.

Yahrzeit Update If you wish to receive Yahrzeit notices and we do not have the information, please complete this form or email robin@columbiajewish.org

Name of Congregant:________________________________________________________

1. Name of person you wish to remember:____________________________________ Relationship ____________

Date of death (Hebrew or English): __________________

2 . Name of person you wish to remember:____________________________________ Relationship ____________

Date of death (Hebrew or English): __________________

SELICHOT Selichot Movie and Service A FAMILY AFFAIR

8:00pm Movie Brief service following

Saturday, September 16, 2017 Oakland Mills Interfaith Center

ROSH HASHANAH EVENING SERVICE 7:30pm Wednesday, September 20, 2017 LONG REACH HIGH SCHOOL AUDTORIUM

ROSH HASHANAH SERVICES (1ST DAY)

Morning Service Tot service

Shofar Service Junior Congregation Service

Teen Discussion Group

TASHLICH

9:30am 10:15am – 11:00am

approx. 11:15am 10:15am – 11:00am Immediately following

Shofar Service

4:00pm

Thursday, September 21, 2017 LONG REACH HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

Ages 2-6 (One parent must attend)

Ages 7-12 (age 7-10 accompanied by a parent) Grades 6-8 and 9-12

Wilde Lake Dock

ROSH HASHANAH SERVICE (2ND DAY) 9:30am Friday, September 22, 2017 Oakland Mills Interfaith Center

SHABBAT SHUVAH

10:00am Saturday, September 23, 2017 Oakland Mills Interfaith Center

REMEMBRANCE SERVICE 2:00pm Sunday, September 24, 2017 COLUMBIA MEMORIAL PARK

KOL NIDRE EVENING SERVICE 7:30pm

Friday, September 29, 2017 LONG REACH HIGH SCHOOL

YOM KIPPUR

Morning Service Tot Service

Teen Discussion Group Junior Congregation

Discussion Groups

Mincha/Maariv Neilah

Break the Fast

9:30am 10:00am—10:45am 11:30am—12:30pm 10:00am— 11:00am

First session begins 15 min after

service ends

4:45pm 6:15pm 7:15pm

Saturday, September 30, 2017 LONG REACH HIGH SCHOOL AUDTORIUM Ages 2-6 (One parent must attend)

Grades 6-8 and 9-12 Ages 7-12 (age 7-10 accompanied by a parent)

2 sessions

SUKKOT Sukkah Building/Decorating

Sukkot Pot Luck Dinner

TOT Sukkot Shabbat Service Under the Stars

Cardboard City for Teens

9:15am— 2:00pm

6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm

Overnight

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Friday, October 6, 2017 Oakland Mills Interfaith Center

Saturday, October 7, 2017

SHEMINI ATZERET/YIZKOR SERVICE SIMCHAT TORAH CELEBRATION

8:00am 6:30pm

Thursday, October 12, 2017 Oakland Mills Interfaith Center

2017/5778 Calendar of Services & Events

"Tashlich" means "casting off" and involves symbolically casting off the sins of the previous year by tossing crumbs or pebbles into a body of flowing water. Just as the water carries away the tossed item, so too are sins symbolically carried away. In this way the participant hopes to start the New Year with a clean slate. This service is open to the community. Please bring a friend! Tickets are not required.

Shabbat Shuvah literally means "Sabbath of Return," but it is also a play on the phrase "Shabbat Teshuvah" (Sabbath of Repentance). It is the Shabbat that occurs between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and is a time for reflection leading up to the atonement of Yom Kippur.

Shemini Atzeret is the final day of festivities at the end of Sukkot. During this time we remember those we love who have passed away. It is followed by Simchat Torah, the holiday that marks the conclusion of the annual reading of the Torah and its beginning again--amid dancing, song, and celebration.

All High Holy Day services, led by Rabbi Sonya Starr and Cantor Benjamin Kintisch, include traditional and innovative elements. Our services bring the Congregation together for the New Year. The opportunity for members to see and meet the entire congregation enhances awareness of the diversity and strengths of CJC. The full High Holy Days schedule is enclosed.

ADMISSION TO ALL SERVICES WILL BE BY TICKET ONLY! Please help the ushers by having your ticket for each person ready for presentation. Prayer books will be available for everyone.

Members whose pledges are up to date are entitled to receive tickets for themselves and their dependent children, ages 25 and under, as part of their membership. Up to date means that the member’s pledge payments are current for the fiscal year (July 2017 to June 2018).

We encourage all members to invite family and friends to join in our HHD experience and be a part of our community. Members may purchase additional tickets for non-member guests for $125.00 each. Please make arrangements for non-member guest tickets by completing the request form in this packet. Because of space limitations at Long Reach High School, we ask that you only request tickets you will actually use.

Happy New Year!

Erev Rosh Hashanah, Wednesday, September 20

First Day of Rosh Hashanah, Thursday, September 21

Kol Nidre, Friday, September 29

and Yom Kippur Services, Saturday, September 30 will be held at

LONG REACH HIGH SCHOOL

6101 Old Dobbin Ln, Columbia, MD 21045

Second Day of Rosh Hashanah, will be held at The Meeting House 5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia, MD 21045