National Day of Prayer-Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Service

All Family Ed families are invited to join Shir Tikvah and the Troy Interfaith Group for the annual National Day of Prayer service, held this year at CST on May 1 at 7pm; the service lasts about an hour. Additionally, this year’s National Day of Prayer/Troy Interfaith Group service corresponds with Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day. The service will contain various readings relating to the Holocaust and national tragedies experiences by other ethnic and religious groups. The KidzKlez Klezmer band, which includes several CST teens, will play as will other musicians. No need to RSVP.

Children in the CST Family Ed program (Pre-K through 6^th) will join religious schools from around Metro-Detroit in celebrating Israel’s birthday. On Sunday, May 4, we will meet at Shir Tikvah at 9:30 a.m., where a bus will take us to the JCC in West Bloomfield. The bus will bring us back to Shir Tikvah as well, where we’ll probably arrive around 12:15 p.m. Our youngest kids will laugh and sing with musician Rabbi Neal Katz and his band while our older kids will celebrate with accomplished musical artist Josh Nelson and his band. Israel is 60! We’re not. Let’s PARTY!!

Please be sure to mark your calendar for Friday night, May 16. We’ll start with a special Shabbat dinner in honor of our teachers (6pm) then continue with a Music Shabbat service at 7:15 p.m. to say thank you for another incredible year of Family Ed. It would be great if we could have lots of parents and children come to say "thanks"!

End-of-the-Year Lag B’Omer Picnic!

Join your Family Ed friends on May 18 at 12 noon (rain or shine) for a picnic at Boulon Park. [There should be materials here from the Ed Council as to what to bring.] We look forward to seeing you there!

Even though it’s the summer, don’t forget to keep practicing your Hebrew! Ten minutes every couple days will make a big difference next year!

Congregation Shir Tikvah is grateful to its 2007-2008 Sam and Jean Frankel Family Education Program Faculty for its outstanding service and dedication:

Congregation Shir Tikvah and its Frankel Family Education Program owe a huge THANK YOU to Anne and Peter Goldberg for another incredible year of volunteering their time, energy, and delicious bagels to help raise money for the Family Ed program and for the CST Youth Scholarship money. Thank you, Anne and Pete!!!

Family Education Registration is now open for 2008-2009!

Do you have a friend who would enjoy a membership here at Shir Tikvah? Do you know someone whose kids could find a meaningful Jewish learning opportunity by joining our program? If so, talk about the incredible family we have here at Shir Tikvah and encourage your friend to join! Spaces are still available in our Family Ed program. If they are interested, have your friends call Rabbi Aaron at the shul or e-mail him: rabbiaaron@shirtikvah.org.

On behalf of all the children of Congregation Shir Tikvah, HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY!

TATY and all of Shir Tikvah owe a huge thank you to Wren and Joel Hack (and of course, their kids: Maggie and Aaron) for another incredible year as TATY advisors. Wren and Joel volunteer their time completely and we are all grateful for it! Thank you, Hack family!

The JYG had a very successful and fun year thanks to the hard work and big smile of JYG Advisor Anne Littman. Thanks, Anne, for a great year!

Leah Gawel, our phenomenal Pre-K teacher, has created a new opportunity on Tuesday afternoons for children ages 4-8. Torah Tuesdays, as the class will be called, is designed for the younger children of siblings already attending 3^rd-6^th grade though it is open to any child even if s/he does not have an older sibling. The class will begin at 4:30 p.m. with snack and structured play-time. Then Leah will guide the students in age-appropriate learning of the weekly Torah portion for one hour. The evening will conclude with more structured play-time, from 5:45-6:00 p.m. The cost for the program is $300. If you would like to sign your child up for Tikvah Tuesdays, please indicate so on your Family Ed registration form by writing "TT" next to the child’s grade.

B’shalom,
Rabbi Aaron