Kauai Jews and visitors will enjoy our traditional Pesach Seder which this year will be led by Cantor Ken Cohen. Many of you met and enjoyed Ken's January Shabbat service. He is a trained and experienced Honolulu based Cantor who has been affiliated with several Hawaii congregations including Temple Emmanuel. Ken leads an excellent service and promotes stimulating discussion. We're grateful that he is able to be with us again.
Kauai Passover 2015 - Mark your calendars!
Our Kauai Jewish Seder will be held on Sunday, April 5 in St. Michael's Parish Hall. Doors will open at 5 pm and the Seder will begin at 5:30.A traditional Pesach meal will be served after we read the Haggadah.Cost:
JCK members - $60 for adults, $30 for kidsNon-members - $90 for adults, $60 for kidsNo food, seat only - free
Watch for the reservation form, which will be posted here early in March. Remember that seating is limited, so reserve early. Tickets may not be available at the door.The $10 increase for members this year is to help defray some of our additional costs. Your Kauai Jewish Community membership continues to support this and other events. Mahalo to our members!On behalf of the Jewish Community of Kauai, we are looking forward to seeing you at our Kauai Passover 2015.
Kauai Purim Party Cancelled
The adult Purim party, previously scheduled for March 7, has unfortunately been cancelled, as the two principal planners must be off-island. We had a lot of fun ideas, but..... what did that great Jewish poet, Robert Burns, say? "The best laid plans of mice and menschen....." We apologize. We'll plan a similar event later this year or next year.
Watch this program of interviews with the last survivors of the horrors of Auschswitz at 4pm and 7 pm Wednesday January 28.The 1-hour special takes place on the 70th anniversary of the Auschwitz camp liberation. Four survivors tell their stores of the the atrocities committed and in the end, their liberation.Read more about it on 
The Kauai Jewish Community
Kauai Jews and visitors please don't miss this opportunity!Cantor Ken Cohen will join us in leading our first Kauai Shabbat service of 2015 this Saturday. We are very fortunate to have this chance to participate in a service led by him and to enjoy the wonderful experience of his very special cantorial talent.Cantor Cohen was with Temple Emanuel from 1989 to 1997. His list of experience also includes the following:
Happy Chanukah Kauai!On behalf of the Board of the Kauai Jewish community, I'd like to wish you all a very festive Chanukah.Join us Sunday at 6pmWe look forward to seeing you at our community's annual 
We look forward to your joining fellow Kauai Jews as we celebrate Sasha Rovinsky's Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, December 13, 2014.
Let's all join together for our first Kauai Shabbat service of the new year! Marty Kahn will lead the service, and our own yeshiva bocher, Greg Meyers, will chant from the Torah. Isn't it awesome that we have someone in our community who can do that? Come and show your appreciation next Saturday.Plus, we'll have a very nice Oneg Shabbat afterward, organized by new board member, returned after a sabbatical, Esther Solomon.We'll pray a little, sing a little, eat a little and shmooze a little. Sounds like a great time!!When: Saturday, November 22, at 10 a.m.Where: St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Hardy Street, Lihue. 
The Jewish Community of Kauai Sunday School participated in the building of a Sukkah this year, in celebration of the holiday of Sukkot. A Sukkah is a temporary shelter with four walls and a thatched roof, made out of trees and branches.The Sukkah reminds us of the supernatural protection against the difficult climate that our ancestors experienced throughout their desert travels. Beyond its historical significance, the Sukkah symbolizes the realization that our lives are temporary and that our personal situations might change at any instance.Special thanks to the Barzilai, Hibbitt and Splittstoesser families for providing the site, and bamboo and palm materials. Rabbi Rita Leonard supervised the construction.
Donations to Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry.In keeping with the Jewish tradition of tzedakah or charity, and with the Hawaiian spirit of aloha, we ask for donations of food and money to the 
The Sunday School of the Jewish Community of Kauai sent $200 to Lev Lalev, an organization that sponsors an orphanage for Jewish girls in Natanya, Israel, on September 17, 2014.The money had been collected as nickels, dimes, quarters and dollar bills during our classes on Sundays as “Tzedakah”, a very important obligation for Jews."Tzedakah" is the Hebrew word for acts that we call "charity" in English. However, the nature of tzedakah is very different from the idea of charity, which suggests benevolence and generosity. The word "tzedakah" is derived from a Hebrew 
L'Shana Tova to all of our members, visitors and friends. On behalf of the community and our board of directors, we look forward to welcoming in the New Year with you commencing with Rosh Hashanah on Wednesday evening, September 24, 2014.In addition to the revised schedule of events below, we will be treated to a catered luncheon hosted by Vicki Ellacott and Esther Richman. This will take place on Thursday September 25, immediately following morning services.This year we're pleased to announce that our services will be conducted by Rabbi Rita Leonard, who will be joining us from the Big Island.Services take place at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Hardy Street, Lihue. 
[pullquote]Please join us, come home. –Rita Leonard[/pullquote]High Holiday services will be led this year by Rabbi Rita Leonard, liturgical composer and mystic, who has for over four decades been devoted to art, literature, truth and the transmission of Jewish light. The services she leads will be rich with teachings conducted primarily in English and Hebrew, with Yiddish being her first language and love.A retired Rabbi of a New York historic ‘shtetl shul’ she has given spiritual counsel to many. Under her influence there shall be imbedded into the classic tradition of High Holy Day Services comforting, explorative and meditative elements for all those attending.