As we enter the new year, the Jewish Community of Kauai is evaluating where our organization is headed. Your input is needed!We will be meeting at St. Michaels next Tuesday, October 12, at 5pm. All JCK members are welcome and encouraged to attend.This is your opportunity to influence the Jewish Community of Kauai, even if you do not want to meet with the Board of Directors on an on-going basis. We also welcome those interested in becoming board members. If you cannot come to this meeting but wish to express yourself, please let us know your thoughts, concerns, praises and complaints.You can email Marty Kahn (marty@kauaijewishcommunity.com) or Dale Rosenfeld (dale@kauaijewishcommunity.com) or use our website contact form.If you have input or suggestions, we sincerely hope that you will share them.
Simchat Torah and Give Aloha Reminders
Simchat TorahPlease plan to come early, at 5:30pm, in order to join us for dinner and circle dancing to Israeli music. Bring lanterns if you have them.Friday evening services will commence at 7pm and will be followed by dessert.More details.Give AlohaGive Aloha 2010, Foodland’s Annual Community Matching Gifts Program is being extended for two days. If you have not had a chance to make a donation to JCK, you now have until October 2.More details.Comments.Subscribe to our email updates.
Simchat Torah and Shabbat
Simchat Torah is the celebration which marks the conclusion and recommencement of the annual cycle of weekly Torah readings. Simchat Torah means "Rejoicing in the Torah." It follows the festival of Sukkot in the Jewish calendar.
Please note that we have changed the location for our October 1 Simchat Torah and Shabbat service.It will be held on Andre's beautiful property under the Succoth. The address is 6756 Kahuna Rd. Located one mile in, past the concrete bridge, and the single lane bridge. Turn to the right, before the maroon house.Please join us for Simchat Torah on Friday Oct 1 at 7pm. Dancing with the Torah under the stars, pot luck desserts, and lots of room for children to play. Services will be led by Dale Rosenfeld.Comments.Subscribe to our email updates.
Sukkot Shabbat Dinner
You are Invited:Shabbat DinnerUnder the Sukkah by the streamSeptember 24th, 2010Friday Evening 5:30 pmPlease Bring your Favorite Kosher Dish!6756 Kahuna Rd.,One mile in, Pass the concrete bridge , and the single lane bridge. Turn to the right, before the maroon house.For more information or to RSVP, please call: Andree at (808) 821-8808.Comments.Subscribe to our email updates.
Spread Aloha with Give Aloha
Make a donation to THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF KAUAI at any Foodland checkout, and Foodland will make a donation to our organization, too!
HOW TO HELP:
- Show your Maika'i Card and make a donation to our organization (up to $249 per person)
- Donate between now and September 30, 2010.
- Foodland will make a partial matching donation for each dollar contributed.
- Our Organization Code is 78502
Shanah Tovah!
High Holiday Updates
Annual DuesIt's time to renew your yearly membership. Thank you for your prompt dues payment, which enables us to continue our commitment to perpetuating Jewish traditions on Kaua’i.Schedule of Services
Here's our High Holiday schedule:September 8, 2010
- 7-8:30 PM, Erev Rosh Hashanah
September 9, 2010
- 10-12 Noon, Rosh Hashanah
- Noon- 1 PM, Oneg
- 1 PM, Tashlich at the Pier
September 11, 2010
- 10-12 Noon, Shabbat Shuvah
September 17, 2010
- 7-8:30 PM, Kol Nidre
September 18,2010
- 10-12 Noon, Yom Kippur A.M. Service
- 3-7 PM, Yom Kippur P.M. service, Yiskor, concluding service
- 7 PM, Break the Fast
Please remember to bring canned goods for donation to Loaves and Fishes, the largest food pantry on the island of Kaua’i.
Carpooling Needed Visitors and residents from the North Shore are in need of car pooling to our High Holiday services.If you can drive, please call me (Dale) for more info at (808) 639-0283. Mahalo.Holiday Foods at Safeway
Safeway just called to say they got in Yortzeit candles, gefilte fish and Matzoh ball soup mix for the Holidays. If there are other items people want they are open to suggestions.Comments.Subscribe to our email updates.
High Holidays Reminder and More
It's less than one week to the High Holidays. We'll be gathering to celebrate Erev Rosh Hashanah next Wednesday, September 8, and sincerely hope that you can join us. You'll find all of the details here, as well as on our website's community calendar.Next, the Jewish Community of Kauai has just been featured in current edition of the national Jewish newsletter, The Jewish Exponent. We were interviewed for their article on celebrating the High Holidays overseas.Lastly, Board President Marty Kahn found this funny High Holiday YouTube video that he wanted to share with our website readers:Comments.Subscribe to our email updates.
High Holidays 2010
Rosh Hashanah is almost upon us. This year the Holidays start on September 8. The schedule of events is posted on our community calendar. Here's a summary of services, all of which take place at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church on Hardy Street in Lihue. Map
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Schedule of Services
September 8, 2010
- 7-8:30 PM, Erev Rosh Hashanah
September 9, 2010
- 10-12 Noon, Rosh Hashanah
- Noon- 1 PM, Oneg
- 1 PM, Tashlich at the Pier
September 11, 2010
- 10-12 Noon, Shabbat Shuvah
September 17, 2010
- 7-8:30 PM, Kol Nidre
September 18,2010
- 10-12 Noon, Yom Kippur A.M. Service
- 3-7 PM, Yom Kippur P.M. service, Yiskor, concluding service
- 7 PM, Break the Fast
Please remember to bring canned goods for donation to Loaves and Fishes, the largest food pantry on the island of Kaua’i.
Rabbi L. Shifra Weiss-Penzias
The Jewish Community of Kauai is fortunate this year to have as our guest High Holiday leader, Rabbi L. Shifra Weiss-Penzias.Rabbi Weiss-Penzias is currently serving as Rabbi-Educator at Temple Beth El Jewish Community Center in Aptos, California. She runs the educational programming for this 450 member congregation serving as principal for the Sunday morning and Wednesday afternoon school program with 165 students. In addition, Rabbi Weiss-Penzias assists Rabbi Richard Litvak and Rabbi Paula Marcus in all rabbinic functions including leading services, delivering sermons, life cycle rituals, leading adult education and special programs such as Mitzvah Day and Rock Shabbat.Previously, Rabbi Weiss-Penzias served in positions at Hillel (Santa Cruz), Temple De Hirsch Sinai (Seattle), Congregation Kol Shalom (Bainbridge Island) and Temple Tiffereth Israel (Malden, Mass.). She studied at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, NY where she received her Masters of Arts in Hebrew Literature in 1994 and was ordained as a rabbi in 1996.
Annual Membership Drive
It's time to renew your annual membership. Your dues enable us to continue our commitment to perpetuating Jewish traditions on Kaua’i. Thank you.
Visitors Welcome
We welcome off-island visitors to participate in our High Holiday services. Please just show up; there are no tickets needed. We ask for a minimum contribution of $30 per person for each service, or more if you can afford it. But we turn no one away.Comments.Subscribe to our email updates.
Jacob Dayan Visits Kauai
(Editor's note: JCK Member, Paul Weil, chaired and coordinated the Kauai visit of Israel's Consul General. We asked Paul to share his observations. Special thanks to Dale Rosenfeld and Roberta Weil for their help with arrangements).Jacob Dayan, Israel’s Consul General in Los Angeles, serving the Southwestern States and Hawaii, visited Kauai this week with his wife and three children. His visit to our island came at the end of a one week visit to the State of Hawaii. The Consul General met politicians and business leaders as well as the Jewish communities on Oahu (Honolulu), Maui and Kauai. He also spoke at Synagogues on Maui and in Honolulu as well as with the Kauai Jewish Community.In Honolulu, the Consul General met with the Governor, Linda Lingle who, as you know, is Jewish and with Neil Abercrombie, Mufi Hanneman and Duke Aiona, the three major gubernatorial candidates.In his meetings with Governor Lingle and others, he sought support for the expansion of work for the Israeli company providing geo-thermal system on the Big Island now bringing electricity for over 20,000 homes! He also presented information regarding desalinization and waste management systems developed by Israel.Mr. Dayan stated that he was impressed with the Democratic former Honolulu Mayor, Mufi Hanneman, as well as Republican Lt. Governor, Duke Aiona, and their expressions of friendship toward Israel. He said that he believes either candidate would be good for Israel, but that Neil Abercrombie, who has had a record of voting against Israel in Congress according to Mr. Dayan, would not.Here on Kauai, Mr. Dayan met with the Garden Island newspaper and answered questions about his visit, the economic and business opportunities involving green energy, water, waste treatment and disposal, and his establishing contacts with local Jewish communities as well as outreach to other ethnic communities. He was very impressive in making his pitch for Israel.He also met with a leader of the local Native Hawaiian Community, a woman who teaches Hawaiian language and culture at a local private school. They reportedly found a great deal in common in discussing preservation and teaching of their ancient language, culture and customs.A private meeting between Mr. Dayan and Kauai’s Mayor, Bernard Carvalho, was held before the program on Wednesday night. They discussed ways in which Israeli companies could help with our island’s primary problems of energy, waste disposal, water and better agriculture production.He then spoke to an audience of about 75 people, which included the Jewish Community and many local politicians and other community leaders. These included Mina Morita, member of the State House of Representative from Kauai, former Mayor and Council member, JoAnn Yukimura, former Council member Ron Kouchi, David Iha, the founding Chancellor of Kauai Community College, and Ramon de la Pena, Kauai’s member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Hawaii.Mr. Dayan Dayan spoke of Israel’s desire to help the U.S. veterans with Israel’s successful program for integrating veterans back into society. Several members of the audience later reminded the Consul General that the current Secretary of the VA, Eric Shineski, is a native of Kauai and a childhood friend.The Consul General answered numerous questions after his talk and was then mobbed by audience members with more questions and discussion.Thursday morning, Roberta was host and escort for a visit by Mr. and Mrs. Dayan to Kauai’s Hindu Monastery. They met with Paramacharya Palaniswami , editor in chief of “HINDUISM TODAY” at the Hindu Monastery followed by a short tour of the grounds and the new temple.The Consul General and his family were taken by Dale Rosenfeld to the Lawai International Center for lunch and a visit with the Executive Director and members of the Board of this remarkable facility which features 88 shrines replicating an ancient pilgrimage of 88 temples in Shikoku, Japan. The center is the only such site existing outside of Japan and is one of the oldest Buddhist temple sites in the country.The Dayans' will return to LA Friday after a very productive visit to Hawaii.
Shabbat Service Friday Night
Please join with fellow Kauai Jews as we gather for our monthly Shabbat this Friday, August 13.
This month's assembly will be led by Board President Marty Kahn.Services begin at 7:00PM, at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church on Hardy Street in Lihue. Map.Please remember to bring canned goods for donation to Loaves and Fishes, the largest food pantry on the island of Kaua’i.Comments.Subscribe to our email updates.
JCK Hosts Consul General of Israel
On Wednesday evening, August 11th at 7:30 p.m. the Kauai Jewish Community organization will host an appearance at St. Michael's Church in Lihue by the Hon. Jacob Dayan, Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles. Mr. Dayan will speak and respond to questions on current events in the Middle East based upon his vast diplomatic experience in the region.Please join us. Refreshments will be served. Map.Following is a summary of CG Dayan’s personal history:Consul General Dayan assumed the position of Consul General of Israel in October 2007. In this role, he is the senior representative of his government in the Southwestern United States. Before assuming his post in Los Angeles, Mr. Dayan was selected to prepare a strategic plan on the feasibility of opening negotiations with Syria. Prior to this he served as Chief of Staff to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Livni and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Silvan Shalom. In this position he had intimate involvement in policy formation, decision-making, and implementation. He was also responsible for Ministerial strategy development related to various diplomatic efforts and coordinated policy initiatives between Ministries. Previously he was the Policy Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, where he was responsible for the Minister's work on US, Asia, East Europe, and Middle East affairs. He managed various projects related to Ministerial activities as well as diplomatic initiatives at the United Nations General Assembly.Mr. Dayan served in the role of Political Counselor at the Embassy of Israel in Washington D.C. where he was responsible for policy coordination with the State Department and the National Security Council. Previous to his service in Washington he held the post of Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Israel in Athens, Greece. And, he served in the Department of Palestinian Affairs in the Foreign Ministry where he participated in Israeli peace delegations and served on several working committees. Mr. Dayan graduated Magna cum Laude from Tel Aviv University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics and History and has done graduate work in Historical Studies. He served in the Israel Defense Forces in a military intelligence capacity.He is married and has two daughters. He is also fluent in English and French.Comments.Subscribe to our email updates.
Jewish Community of Kauai and Mazon Support Kauai Food bank
MAZON, the Jewish Response to Hunger, recently donated $15,000 to the Kauai Food Bank for operational support, and specifically food pick-ups, salvage, a and distribution. Dale and I presented the check on behalf of MAZON to Judy Lenthall and Kelvin Moniz of the Kauai Food Bank.From 2008-2009, the Kauai Food Bank experienced a 40% increase in demand for services. From January – May, 2010, there has been another 30% increase in demand over the same time period in 2009. The month of December, 2009 set a 16 year record high in demand for service. Although the Kauai Food Bank is the smallest food bank in the state, they continue to serve the largest percentage of the total population on their island. According to the Hunger Study, 2010, the KFB fed about 17% of the total population of Kauai - over 11,000 different people served in 2009. The KFB is the only Food Bank in Hawaii accredited by the (BBB) Better Business Bureau, meeting all 22 of their Standards for Charitable Accountability in governance, transparency, effectiveness, and performance.
MAZON, A Jewish Response to Hunger, is a national nonprofit organization that allocates donations from the Jewish community to prevent and alleviate hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds. MAZON (“food” in Hebrew) founded in 1985, believes its dual purpose is to provide for those who are hungry today, and to address the systemic causes of hunger and poverty, both domestically and globally. MAZON is supported by over 100,000 donors who incorporate social justice and hunger relief as crucial components of their everyday lives. Each year MAZON grants over $4 million to more than 300 carefully screened hunger-relief agencies, multi-service organizations and advocacy groups that seek long-term solutions to the hunger problem.Their mission is:
- To educate and raise the consciousness of the Jewish community regarding its obligation to alleviate hunger and its causes;
- To make donating a portion of the cost of life cycle events (historically at least 3%) to MAZON a permanent tradition in Jewish life; and
- To provide for people who are hungry while at the same time advocating for other ways to end hunger and its causes.
For more information on the Kauai Food Bank please visit www.kauaifoodbank.orgComments.Subscribe to our email updates.