Rodef Sholom: A Reform Jewish Congregation in Marin County, California

Tzedek Circle: Justice
It's a Local Story - sign up for the 2nd annual Walk Against Genocide
Sunday, April 29, 12 noon to 4 pm, Lake Merritt, Oakland 

Marty Malkin is hoping to form a Rodef Sholom Team for this event. To contact Marty, email him at mjmlaw@earthlink.net.   For event details and to register for the Walk, visit www.walkagainstgenocide.org. 

Speakers at the Walk include:

• Carl Wilkens, the only American who stayed in Rwanda during the genocide: and
• Gregory Staunton, President, Genocide Watch; Director, Cambodian Genocide Project; and Chair, International Campaign to End Genocide. 

Walk proceeds will benefit the Center for Justice and Accountability, the Genocide Education Project, and the SF Bay Area Darfur Coalition.

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The first night seder is Friday, April 6 – please note an important schedule change: 

Friday, April 6 Shabbat Services will be held at 4 pm rather than 6:15 pm so everyone can attend a seder. 

More important Pesach-related events and services:

I. Passover Hosting
Where will you be celebrating the first night of Passover this year?  This holiday is a time of sharing and community. Our goal is to make sure that everyone in our Rodef Sholom community has a place to celebrate Passover. We ask that our congregants open their homes on the first night to other congregants in need of a place to observe Passover.

Let Moji know if you would like to be a host or to be hosted by March 23. Please email her at moji@rodefsholom.org (or pick up a form in our lobby) and let her know the following: 

• Your name, address, phone number and email address:
•Would you like to be a host?
•Would you prefer families with children, adults only, or do you have no preference?
•Would you like to be hosted?
•How many in your family and what are their ages?
•Do you or does anyone in your family have any dietary restrictions? 

II. Passover shopping at the Gift Shop
The Sisterhood Gift Shop, located next door in the lobby of the JCC, has a wide selection of Pesach-related items for your holiday celebrations: Seder plates, haggadahs, matzah covers, festive candles & candlesticks, afikomen bags, Miriam and Elijah cups, cards and more! Call 444.8098 with your questions. 

Extended holiday hours:
March 25th – April 5th
Monday – Thursday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Sunday, 9:30 am – 2:00 pm 

Regular hours:
Monday – Thursday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Fridays, 11:00 am – 1:30 pm, and
Most Sundays, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm. 

You can also shop online and support the Gift Shop! Click here to shop for all of your Judaica needs.

III. Pesach made easy!
Order your matzah ball soup, brisket and macaroons fresh from Chef Jeff's Mitzvah Kitchen and support youth programming at Rodef Sholom! The brisket and soup are back and now we’ve added macaroons (plain and chocolate!). Brisket is $10 per pound, soup is $8 per quart and macaroons are $6/dozen. Pre-orders should be placed with Pete at pete@rodefsholom.org by Friday, March 23rd for pick up on Thursday afternoon, April 5,  or Friday morning, April 6.

IV. Passover Cooking class at Kol Shofar: Thursday, March 22, 9:30 – 11:30 am
Cooking Jewish: Passover Made Easy with Dawn Kempler
This month, in the 3rd of four classes, Passover Made Easy, Dawn Kempler will share tasty Passover recipes, shortcuts, and tips for engaging children (and spouses) of all ages in the holiday. $20 per class (includes materials); register at www.marinjcc.org/cjp or 444.8000; offered in association with the Osher Marin JCC and Congregation Kol Shofar. The final class, The Perfect Brisket, will take place on May 2.

V. 19th Annual Sisterhood Women's Seder, Sunday, March 25th, 4:45 pm
Congregation Rodef Sholom's social hall is the place you want to be for our Annual Sisterhood Women’s Seder, with Rabbi Stacy Friedman, the inspiring Women's Hagaddah, Rodef Sholom musicians, women friends, food to die for, and the most fantastic hours of the entire Jewish year! For women ages 8 through 108. Registration forms are available in our lobby. Contact wrs@rodefsholom.org or Ruth Malkin at 459.2882 with your questions.

VI. Interfaith Freedom Seder, Monday, April 2, 2012, 6:30 pm
Jewish Community Relations Council’s annual Freedom Seder includes music, poetry, traditional Passover customs and a vegetarian dinner.  This seder will be led by Rabbi Chai Levy of Congregation Kol Shofar and Rev. Rob Gieselmann of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.   The seder will be held at the Osher Marin JCC and the cost is $25/adults, $20/students, $15/children 12 and under.   Reservations can be made through the JCC at 444.8000 and please contact Suzan Berns for more information at sberns@jcrc.org or 472.5128.

VII. Passover & Yizkor Services, Friday, April 13, 10:30 am

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Intro to Jewish Life Part III: Jewish Journeys, Jewish Stories

4 Tuesdays, March 20 – April 10, 7:15 – 8:45 pm

The concluding session of Introduction to Jewish Life--a 12-week, 3-part series—is designed to serve as an introduction to Jewish living for adults, is taught by Rabbi Ruth Adar with an emphasis on Jewish “doing” and on practical Jewish spirituality rather than on philosophy or theology. Each part can stand on its own as a separate course.   Please visit the website www.jexperience/wordpress.com for more information.   Individual parts are $50 for congregants. Please contact Moji at 479.3441 if you need scholarship assistance. To register, please visit www.lehrhaus.org. The course will take place in the Osher Marin JCC Lounge.

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Tzedek Circle Earth:  2nd Garden Work Party

Saturday, March 17, 9 am to 12:00 pm

At the new MLK, Jr. Academy School Garden in Sausalito 

Join congregants from Rodef Sholom and other faith communities in working at this school garden and bringing fresh food to the community. This is open to adults, teens and 6+ year-old kids; space is limited (we had a waiting list last time!).   RSVP to Moji at moji@rodefsholom.org or 479.3441.

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Thursday, February 16, 7- 9 pm: Come learn about the real issues concerning housing in Marin, Rodef Sholom sanctuary

• Disturbed by the tone of affordable housing discussions in this county?
• Concerned about whether your children are going to be able to live near you?
• Underwater on your mortgage?
• Have you made compromises to live in Marin?

Come share your personal experiences about housing in Marin with fellow Rodef Sholom congregants, MOC leaders from other congregations and non-profits, and invited guests, and learn how we can work together to create the community we want. To RSVP or for more information, contact Judy Bloomberg at jbloomberg@immigrationvisalaw.com or Ken Mercer at KMercer@co.marin.ca.us.

The Marin Organizing Committee (MOC) is a broad-based organization of religious congregations and non-profit institutions working to create relational power that can build and strengthen member institutions as well as shape Marin County’s public policy for the common good.

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