Membership News

So many wonderful things are happening this May and June! We kick off May with our annual Kol Rinah Mitzvah Day on Sunday May 5th. This is open to all of Kol Rinah and I hope that you’ll stop by and join us as we work to help repair our world. There will be many different service projects to choose from including packing meal kits for Operation Food Search, making cat toys for the Humane Society, planting flowers for Brentmoor residents,...Read more...

While January 1st is not a Jewish holiday and for us, simply starts a new year on the Gregorian calendar, it still carries with it this reminder of newness and the feeling of a fresh start. I also think that it gives us an opportunity to say Shehechiyanu: a chance to recognize time, a chance for gratitude and a chance to appreciate being alive in this moment. Rabbi Shefa Gold says, “The Shehechiyanu blessing is said whenever we realize the...Read more...

I suppose that it shouldn’t be any surprise that as our Engagement Coordinator I often think about what “engagement” fully means or how can we engage more members, etc. A dear friend of mine recently said that engagement is really a process of how we interact with people at all times. To me, this means engagement is really all about relationships. One of the foremost experts on relationships is Dr. John Gottman. In his book, “The...Read more...