| | A Note from Rabbi Creditor Share the Light! | | Rosh Chodesh Tevet 5774 Dec. 4, 2013 Dear Chevreh,  I pray you and those you love have experienced the glow of the Channukiot as a gift of warmth and freedom. The last Channukah candle will be lit tonight, but we know that there's so much more light to share. As a Jewish sacred home in service of the world, Netivot Shalom can do amazing things, channeling the strength and depth of our Jewish learning and davening, our commitments to both Chesed (caring) and Tzedek (Justice). In the coming days, we are making sure to extend the light of Channukah beyond the boundaries of our Netivot Shalom community through several powerful opportunities, in which I hope you'll participate actively in at least one. Tonight (Wednesday, Dec. 4) at 6:30pm, Netivot Shalom is hosting Eric LeCompte, executive director of Jubilee USA, an alliance of more than 75 US organizations, 300 faith communities and 50 global partners in building an economy that serves, protects and promotes participation of the most vulnerable. Jubilee has won critical global financial reforms and more than $130 billion in debt relief for the world's poorest people. Don't miss this amazing opportunity. We can build this world into a place of love by being the kind of Jewish community that opens its heart to others and pursues justice.  Sunday morning, Dec 8th at 10:125am, Netivot Shalom's V'Zot Yisrael committee is hosting Michal Kohane of SHACHAR (Shiluv Haredim), a new initiative for incorporating young Haredi men into the IDF (Israel Defense Forces). Michal will discus how this program challenges previous concepts and how it is affecting the Haredi community as well as its acceptance into the wider Israel society and the IDF in particular. Sunday afternoon (Dec. 8th) at 2:30pm, CNS is helping support a New Israel Fund event at Temple Sinai in Oakland by Anat Hoffman, chair of Women of the Wall. Click here for more info! Monday, Dec. 9th, at 6PM, a delegation from Netivot Shalom will attend the AIPAC Gala at Point Richmond. Click here to register! (Please remember to indicate that you are part of Netivot Shalom!) That very same night (Dec. 9) at Beth El at  7:30PM, Netivot Shalom is cosponsoring a talk by Rabbi Arik Ascherman, president of Rabbis for Human Rights, entitled "The Israel I Cherish." Click here for more info! It is a point of deep communal pride that our engagement with Israel is textured, demonstrating a pluralist form of Zionism all to rare in the Jewish world. This is a special light we w  Channukah Sameach, and Let's keep sharing all the light we can! Rabbi Creditor ------------------- Congregation Netivot Shalom |
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