A quick reminder to please join us this evening when Rabbi Yoshi Zweibeck of Los Angeles' Stephen Wise Temple will be leading our Kabbalat Shabbat.Start Time is 5:30pm.Our service will take place at Poipu Beach Park pavillion. We'll convene at 5:30 pm as Kabbalat Shabbat begins before sundown and celebrates Shabbat through Psalms, hymns, and blessings.Potluck Dinner.Please bring your favorite dish to share. JCK will provide wine for kiddush, paper goods, and home-made challah.Bring Lawn Chairs.Please bring chairs if you have them. In addition, we'll be using the park's picnic benches and tables.Mahalo and a hui hou.
Special Kabbalat Kauai Shabbat on April 10
A special treat awaits Kauai Jews and visitors next week when Rabbi Yoshi Zweibeck, Senior Rabbi-Elect of Stephen Wise Temple of Los Angeles, is visiting Kauai. He has graciously offered to be with us on Friday, April 10, 2015, for a Kabbalat Shabbat. Shabbat is a time of joy, and a Kabbalat Shabbat celebrates and welcomes the Shabbat with songs and blessings.The Poipu pavilion has been reserved, so let's all get together for a lovely evening with Rabbi Yoshi, including a potluck dinner. Everyone please bring your favorite dish to share. JCK will provide wine for kiddush, paper goods, and home-made challah.Meet at the Poipu Beach Park pavillion at 5:30 pm to enjoy the balmy Poipu evening with your friends and community.
Kauai Passover 2015 | Last Chance
Kauai Seder is this Sunday and we want to see you there.Lucky you! Still room at the table!Please see today's article about our Kauai Passover in The Garden Island.Then reserve a seat right now. For more information and registration see Passover on Kauai 2015 With Cantor Ken Cohen.Mahalo!
Passover on Kauai Seder - Time to Reserve is NOW
Make your reservations now for the 2015 Kauai Jewish Community Pesach Seder.Traditional Seder plates and gourmet food catered by Sandy Jennings, of Fresh from the Garden.Seder performed by Cantor Ken Cohen, previously of Temple Emanuel in Honolulu.After the March 29 deadline you may not get your choice of food.Call Sally at (808) 821-0579 or email her at sallyanddonwilson@gmail.com if you have questions.We look forward to being together again this year.
Kauai Seder 2015 - Reserve Now!
Jewish Community of Kaua`i SederDON'T MISS OUT ..... RESERVE NOW!Passover is almost upon us. This year we're honored to have Cantor Ken Cohen leading our Seder, which promises to be both inspirational and delicious. For more details, see our Passover on Kauai post.Seating is limited, so send in your reservation form as soon as possible (click here for form), no later than March 29.For more information, please call Sally at (808)821-0579 or email to sallyanddonwilson@gmail.com.
Passover on Kauai 2015 With Cantor Ken Cohen
The Jewish Community of Kaua`i invites members and visitors to our annual Passover Seder, led by Cantor Ken Cohen of Honolulu. Traditional Seder plates, foods and kosher wine will accompany the Seder.
Kaua`i Passover Seder 2015 with Cantor Ken Cohen
Where: St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Hardy Street, Lihue. Map.When: Sunday, April 5, 2015Time: 5:00 pm (doors open), 5:30 pm (Seder begins).There are only 100 seats available, so reserve early, and no later than March 29. Please submit your check payment with the reservation form. Click here for registration form.Late reservations may be accommodated as seating permits, but with no choice of entrée. For further information, please call Sally at (808) 821-0579 or email sallyanddonwilson@gmail.com.The festive meal includes:
- Matzoh ball soup
- Gefilte fish (Israeli style with tahini)
- Seder Plate including Hard-cooked eggs (Beitzah), Maror, Chazeret, Charoset, Karpas, and Zeroa.
- Entrée choice of:
- Beef brisket
- Salmon with lemon fig chutney
- Chicken apricot tagine
- Vegetarian stuffed peppers
- For children – teriyaki chicken
- Mashed potatoes with olive oil and caramelized onions
- Salad
- Passover chocolate cake with raspberry coulis and candied peels
- Water, juice, coffee and tea will be available. Please feel free to bring your choice of wine or other drink in addition to the Passover wine included.
Cost for Members
- Adults $60
- Children (up to 12 years old) $30
Cost for Non-Members
- Adults $90
- Children (up to 12 years old) $60
For those attending, but not having dinner, there is no cost on a space available basis.Click here for registration form.
Kauai Passover Features Cantor Ken Cohen | Purim Party Cancelled
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.
Wolf Blitzer's "Voices of Auschwitz"
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 CNN.
Kauai Jewish Rep For Interfaith Roundtable
The Kauai Jewish Community has been invited to join the Interfaith Roundtable of Kaua`i which is comprised of a diverse number of religious representatives. This is an excellent opportunity to share our news and events with others, and also to keep apprised of what others are discussing and planning.I feel it is crucially important for us to "show up" at the council, and I'd like someone who feels the same to please volunteer. The meetings are on the last Friday of each month from 12 noon to 1:30 pm at Lihue Hongwanji Temple. Everyone brings either their own lunch or/and a snack to pass. Feel free to call me for more information - 821-0579.Sally.
Cantor Ken Cohen Leads Kauai Shabbat This Saturday
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:
- Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts - "Master Folk Artist"
- Weddings and Simchas
- Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble
- Music Director, Shakespeare Santa Cruz
- Tutor for adults and children in siddur and cantillation
- Services and life cycle events across the Hawaiian Islands and on the Mainland
Where: St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Hardy Street, Lihue. Map.When: Saturday, January 3, 2015Time: 10:00 am.Lunch: A light Oneg will be provided. For more information, call Sally at (808)821-0579.
First Kauai Shabbat Service of 2015 is January 3
Happy Chanukah! | 2015 Events Calendar
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 Kauai Chanukah party on Sunday, December 21. There will be lots of fun to be had there, and your presence will make it even happier.As a reminder, there is no charge for JCK members. We suggest a $5 donation for a single person and $20 donation for a family for non-members.JCK will be providing traditional latkas and drinks. Please bring a non-meat potluck dish to share as follows:
- A-K main dish
- L-P dessert
- R-Z pupu
2015 Kauai Jewish Events CalendarPlease check out the updated Kauai Jewish Events Calendar on the website. In addition to monthly calendars, you'll now find a new listing of currently scheduled events for all of 2015: services, parties, pot lucks, and so on. There may, of course, be slight changes as the year progresses, but we'll keep updating calendars as well as emailing you Kauai Jewish event details.Have any Calendar Ideas or Additions?If there's something you'd like to see happening on Kauai, please let us know, either through our Kauai Jewish website, by calling me at 821-0579, or emailing me at sallyanddonwilson@gmail.com. We'll do our best to make it happen.So light those candles and eat those fried yummies, and we'll see you on the 21st.Aloha!