Volunteers Needed!

The school has made a commitment to raise $5000 for the general fund this next fiscal year which starts in June.
The School has an opportunity to fulfill that commitment by utilizing volunteer parents for 1 hour shifts in the following event:

Be part of a silent auction of the sale of 150 photographs of the Vineyard by artists Aaron and Frayda Galvin. They have donated these photographs to the MVHC to sell in silent auction.
Sally Cohn, Vice President who assists development in fund raising, is overseeing the project.
We need 4 volunteers to work one hour shifts between 11AM – 3PM on Sunday June 23rd at the MVHC.
RSVP TO HELAYNE: 508-627-3846
Thanks
Helayne & Sally

CELEBRATE DOMINIQUE’S ALIYAH!

PLEASE JOIN THE HENDELMAN FAMILY AT THE HEBREW CENTER
FRIDAY, MAY 17TH FOLLOWING SHABBAT SERVICES
FOR A SPECIAL ONEG/BUFFET DINNER TO CELEBRATE DOMINIQUE’S ALIYAH

All are invited (with a special invitation to all MVHC students

PLEASE RSVP BY 5/13/13
CINDY.HENDELMAN@GMAIL.COM OR CALL 508.627.8120

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Dates to remember…

Upcoming events:

Shabbat services will start at 9:30AM commencing 6/1
Friday services will start at 6PM commencing 6/7

Bar Mitzvahs:

Keith Chatinover 5/18
Julian Herman 5/25
Gabriel Nadelstein 6/1
Miles Jordi 6/22

Beach Services (State Beach, Jabberwocky entrance, between the 2 bridges):

Friday 7/5
Friday 7/19
Friday 8/2

More beach services may be scheduled, will keep you posted.

Holidays:</strong

Tisha b'Av fast day Tuesday 7/16

Erev Rosh Hashanah (5774!) Wednesday 9/4
Rosh Hashanah 9/5 & 9/6

Kol Nidre Friday 9/13
Yom Kippur 9/14

Shavuot 5/15 – What is your 11th commandment?

As you know we will be celebrating Shavuot together next Wednesday at 5PM (no classes, please arrive on time for event). Please bring a dish to share.
We are asking families to think about an 11th commandment to share with the group.
Our incoming school director, Allison Guttman will be there. She will do a teaching & it will be an opportunity for all to meet her.
Have a wonderful Shabbat!

Reminder

Tomorrow night at 5:30PM we will all welcome Shabbat at the synagogue followed by a potluck dinner.
The students will all participate in the service, please make sure to attend. Kindly have them dress for Shabbat (boys in collared shirts suggested).
Also, bring a dairy/parve dish to share!
Looking forward to seeing you!
MVHC Blogger

Some photos from 5/1:

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How do you Parent in Modern Times?

How do you Parent in Modern Times?

Judith Merion, M.D. PhD, will address the contemporary issues of parenting, on Sunday, May 5th at 10:00AM at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center. Dr. Merion is a Child and Adolescent psychiatrist, and teaches Child and Adolescent psychology on the faculty at Albert Einstein Medical School / Montefiore Hospital in The Bronx, N.Y. She has been in private practice in Philadelphia, NYC, and Scarsdale for about thirty years, and now on the Vineyard, too.

For years she has been in the role of supporting and assisting the truly challenging, gratifying and enormously frustrating task of parenting. Her talk will focus on the book, “The Blessing of a Skinned Knee” by Wendy Mogel, PhD help to address the troubling issues of parenting in modern times. The Hebrew Center is located at 130 Center Street, Vineyard Haven.

“The Art and Faith of Farming” 4/26 at 5:30PM Kabbalat Shabbat Service

Friday Evening Service April 26th 5:30
“The Art and Faith of Farming”

Our panel speakers will be:
Randi Baird, Bee Keeper
Ali Berlow, Editor-at-Large of Edible Vineyard
Eric Glasgow of Grey Barn Farm
Giulia Fleishman, Next Generation Farmer

We will celebrate the miracles of spring, growth, animals, farming and the land. Rabbi Broitman will teach Jewish texts on farming and on animals and our MVHC farmers will talk about their experiences.

This is part of a “Farm to Faith” program with the co-sponsored with West Tisbury Congregationalist Church, who will have an Island Grown program at their service on Sunday, April 26.