Come to an Adult Purim Ball... Jointly Sponsored by Congregation Kol Chadash and Temple Beth Shalom

Hear Ye - Hear Ye
You are invited to Congregation Kol Chadash’s
Medieval Costume Purim Masquerade Ball
with music by Select Sounds Entertainment
Adult Only
door prizes, prizes for best costume, raffles, appetizer stations, dessert and
drinks*! (*2 drinks per person / ticket)
When: February 27, 2010
Where: 6545 S.O.M. Center Road * Congregation Kol Chadash
Time: 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Call: 216-513-4242 for tickets
Ticket Prices
$50.00 - member couple * $60.00 - non member couple
$25.00 - member single * $35.00 - non member single
(Temple Beth Shalom members qualify for member pricing)

Mishloach Manot Fundraiser for Religious School

Mishloach Manot are gifts of food or drink that are traditionally sent to friends, relatives, neighbors, teachers, business associates and others on Purim Day. The mitzvah of giving mishloach manot derives from the Book of Esther. It is meant to ensure that everyone has enough food for the Purim feast, and to increase love and friendship among Jews as a counter to Haman’s assertion that the Jewish people are characterized by strife and disunity.

As a fundraiser, you can send a Mishloach Manot gift bag to someone. Multiple donors may send to the same person; the recipient receives ONE gift bag, with a note listing all who gave to that person.

Please order Mishloach Manot gift bags to show your appreciation to others, while supporting your TBS religious school! The order form is available below.

Sisterhood Is Preparing for a Spring White Elephant Sale

Sisterhood is currently collecting and organizing items for our White Elephant Sale to be held at our synagogue on Sunday, March 7. Items of interest include "like new" clothing, shoes, fashion jewelry and accessories, toys and games, as well as home decor items.

Please bring your donations to TBS and put it in a huge blue and gray lidded box located downstairs in our Social Hall. For home pick-up service, call or email Lynn Margalit at 330-958-2521 or lynn.margalit@gmail.com (leave your address and phone number) and she will drop by to pick up items from your front porch in a bag marked "White Elephant".

This is Sisterhood's Big Fundraiser for the year so we are really counting on your support!!

All items not sold at the sale will be donated to a local shelter, so nothing will go to waste. Thank you.

Second Seder Plans

Chairperson Adele Blazey is forming a committee to plan this year's Second Seder to be held in the Temple Social Hall on Tuesday, March 30. If you can make time to give your input at a planning meeting or would like to help with set-up or any of the many other details that make this event a success, please e-mail Laurie Frankino at lfrankino@gmail.com. Last year's second seder sold out, so we are hoping to make this year's event even more special.

It's time to make plans for Jewish summer camp... and grants are available!

Attending Jewish summer camp is one of the best ways for young people to build their Jewish identity, while also having fun!

The Jewish Education Center of Cleveland and Temple Beth Shalom feel so strongly about the importance of Jewish summer camp that we are jointly providing grants of $750-$1000 to help with the expense. Here's the information from the JECC...

The Jewish Education Center of Cleveland wants your child to have a great summer at a Jewish overnight camp. There are incentive grants for students attending certain camps for a minimum of 19 days as a first (and in certain instances second time) campers.

The camps that qualify for funding are:

Camp Ramah (Conservative)
Union for Reform Judaism Camps including Camp GUCI, George or Kutz (Reform)
Camp Agudah, B'nei Akiva Camps, Morasha Camps, NCSY Camps, Chabad Camps (Orthodox)
Camp JRF (Reconstructionist)
Camp Wise, Emma Kaufmann Camp, BBYO Perman and Beber Camps, Young Judaea Camps and Habonim Dror Camps

1. Enroll your son/daughter in camp.

2. Register on line at http://www.onehappycamper.org/ for the incentive grant. You will receive a confirmation at the end of the registration that everything is complete. If your child is a student in a Jewish day school, you will be redirected to the JECC's website http://www.jecc.org/youthopportunities/ to register.

3. Students who received JECC funding for denominational (such as Reform) camp last summer are eligible for funds as 2nd timers for summer 2010.

4. Further information, call 216-371-0446, ext. 246, or online at http://www.jecc.org/YouthOpportunities/pdf/faqs.pdf.

This program, administered by the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland (JECC), is a joint program between the Synagogue, Madav IX, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Community Federation, several anonymous donors, Foundation for Jewish Camp and the Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Federation.

As a special note, the JECC now considers that all member families of TBS are eligible for the funding, even if the families reside outside the area that is normally considered the Cleveland Jewish Community.

Parents should not wait too long to fill out the camp applications as camps are already creating waiting lists for summer 2010. Don't miss this great opportunity for education and fun!