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Dear members and friends,
Last month our congregation enjoyed many important and pleasant activities. Certainly the highlight was the visit of architect Arnold Oppler, great-grandson of Edwin Oppler. As many of you know, Edwin Opler built the Hameln Synagogue in 1879. We hope to be able to work with Arnold Oppler to build the first Reform synagogue in post-war Germany. We establish our connection with our past, carrying on the tradition that came before us and set a sign for our hope for the future. It is our vision that through our congregation Jewish life in Hameln has been re-established and that it has a future here.
Rabbi Shillor
Rabbi Shillor will be with us again on Friday, February 6, when we celebrate Tu B’Schvat together. Please plan to attend. In addition, Rabbi Shillor offers appointments, classes and a “Rabbi’s Table”, where the questions you ask decide the topic of discussion. We hope to see you there.
Kaffee Klatsch
At our last get-together we discussed among other topics the self-help initiative, “Russian Pension”. We thank L. Schapiro and A. Arnautova for their hard work. They’ve helped many others with their project. Our State Board president, Katarina Seidler was also in attendance. She encouraged us with our plans to build our synagogue. She reported of the ups and downs of such a venture and gave us courage to keep working toward our goal of our “own 4 walls”! We’ve decided to hold the next Kaffee Klatsch in the spring unless something urgent comes up.
TV Stars again
Ms. Lila Hess and her TV team from NDR filmed our community life last month. The film centered around our congregation and our plans to build a synagogue. We hope to have a copy of the film to show at our annual membership meeting.
Meeting in the Ministry for the Interior
Rachel Dohme and Katarina Seidler met with Minister assistant Mr. Hesse in Hannover last month. At a very friendly and productive meeting our president shared the congregation’s successes and concerns. We look forward to a continued positive working relationship with the Ministry.
Tu B’Shvat
“New Year of the Trees” or Tu B’Schvat is a very special holiday in Judaism. We plan to celebrate together with a Seder on Feb. 6th with Rabbi Shillor. With prayer and song we’ll drink from 4 glasses of wine and eat from the 15 types of fruits, nuts and grains that grow in Israel. Please plan to join us.
Nothing to do?
That’s never a problem at our community center! Our members offer many interesting classes:
- Yoga-led by E. Lebidinska
- German class- led by P.Pelts, D.Vogelhuber and Mrs. Schlegel
- Dance class- led by B. Markhassev
- Art History- led by M. Olvovska and L. Chapiro
- Adult religion class-led by V. Pesok (Russian) and Rabbi Shillor (German)
- Movie night- led by V. Fridman
- Religious class for children- led by I. Golbereg
Todah Rabah — Thank You
- We thank L.Schapiro and A. Arnautova for their initiative “Russian Pension”.
- Thanks go out to Boris Markhassev for his musical accompaniment at this year’s Holocaust National Memorial Day.
- Our congregational library is richer thanks to contributions from the Drejzer and Yeyger families.
- We are deeply indebted to the members of the Task Force “A Synagogue for Hameln”, Mrs. C. Bruns, Mr. H-G Spangenberger, Mr. G. Scheunpflug. Mr. W. Stapp and Mr. W. Tilch. We also thank Mr. L. von Klenke for his tireless efforts with the establishment of a foundation for our future synagogue.
- We thank Rabbi Jo David and her Jewish Appleseed Foundation for all their support and encouragement. She is certainly a blessing for us!
Contributions
Please remember to order your leaves for our Tree of Life! Every leaf brings us one step closer to our synagogue! Use the safe server on this Web site or send your orders to Rachel Dohme at racheldohme@cvmx.de
This month we thank the following contributors: U. Gibas, G.Tinnemann, C.Formel, H.Fischer, O.Seipp, F.Dohme, E.Hovelmann, G. Grimme, D.Vogelhuber, C.Whitclaw, the Ziv Foundation, and Rabbi Jo David.
Mazel Tov
Our warmest Mazel Tov to our members Dr. David Hart and wife on the birth of their baby son! May he be healthy and happy!
February Birthdays
Happy birthday to all who have birthdays this month. We will celebrate a birthday Kiddush after services on February 20th.
Refuah Schlama — Get Well Wishes
Get well wishes to all who are not well at home or in the hospital. Please call and let us know if you’d like a visit.
Jahrzeit in February
Anna Raik: Feb. 12, 2000; 6 Adar 5760 (Feb.28, 2004)
Vladimir Legkov: Feb. 7, 2003; 6 Adar 5763 (Feb. 28, 2004)
May their memory be for a blessing!
Shalom!
— Your board
Program for February 2004 / Schvat–Adar 5764
Feb 6 11–12 a.m. Office hour with Rabbi Shillor
1–2 p.m. B’nei Mitzvah class
4–5 p.m. Children’s group with Inna
5 p.m. Friday night services & Tu B’schvat Seder—Rabbi Shillor
Feb 7 10 a.m. Torah study group
Feb 10 4 p.m. Film afternoon
Feb 11 11 a.m. Rabbi’s Table
1 p.m. B’nei Mitzvah class
Feb 12 10 a.m. Lecture: Anti-semitism
Feb 15 2 p.m. Judaism class in Russian
Feb 18 11 a.m. Slide Show: “Krakau”
Feb 20 1 p.m. B’nei Mitzvah
4 p.m. Children’s group with Inna
5 p.m. Friday night services—Yriy Kadnykov
Feb 21 10 p.m. Schacharit services—Yriy Kadykov
Feb 22 Annual membership meeting
Feb 24 4 p.m. “Russian Afternoon”—art history lecture
Feb 25 10 a.m. Information meeting
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