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Events & Programs

KOL NIDRE / YOM KIPPUR SCHEDULE
Sunday, September 24—Kol Nidre 
4:30 PM   Family Service, HEA Sanctuary
6:00 PM    Kol Nidre, HEA Sanctuary
Monday, September 25—Yom Kippur
9:00 AM   Traditional (Gruenwald), HEA Sanctuary
9:30 AM    Shir Hadash (Shulman), Bethany Church
10:00 AM  Youth & Family Services, Bethany Church
3:00 PM    Mile Chai Teen Program, GYC
4:00 PM    Healing Service, Sukkah Patio
5:00 PM    Mincha, HEA Sanctuary
6:00 PM    Ne’ilah, HEA Sanctuary
7:30 PM    Havdalah / Shofar, HEA Sanctuary

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CALLING ALL WEST-SIDERS! WERE YOU OR YOUR FAMILY PART OF THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY IN THE 1930s? Were they around at the beginning of HEA on Meade Street? If so, we want to hear from you to enter your names in our First HEA Families list for the HEA Anniversary book. Please contact Cherie Karo Schwartz at schwartstory@earthlink.net.

Announcements

HEA COMMUNITY PHOTOS

We would love it if members would share photos from events and activities at HEA or in the community! Please note that if parents share photos with their children, they are providing consent for the photos to be used on the website and print marketing.

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Friday & Shabbat

HEAConnect & Community

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Shabbat Calls to Seniors
Please consider volunteering to make Shabbat calls to our Senior members. Calling all cooks! We need help in the kitchen. Email our Hesed chairperson, Jill Levy for more information.

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Check out the HEA Book Club
If you’re up for invigorating, enlightening conversation about books and short stories by Jewish authors, please join us. We Zoom every Wednesday from 12:00-12:40 p.m. Contact RosalynZigmond@yahoo.com.

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Israeli Dance (THIS PROGRAM WILL BE ON HOLD THROUGH YOM KIPPUR)

Wednesdays, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m., 
Have fun while you learn and practice Israeli dance with Joan Saliman, Bev Michaels, and the lively crew who get together each week. No registration is required, but there is a small fee. For more information, contact Joan, 303-912-4322.

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HEA Community Listings

HEROES WITH NO NAMES
A World War II Jewish Resistance Novel
Written by HEA member Bernard Fleischer.

This compelling must-read is set at the time of the Holocaust. The story is not centered on the horror of this period, but on those who came together to destroy the Nazi plan and save the victims. Click HERE.

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Escape To The Tatras: A Boy, A War and A Life Interrupted

Written by HEA member Oscar "Osi" Sladek.

A coming-of-age story set against the collapse of Slovakia and the conquest of the Allied Forces over Germany, learn how one child’s remarkable journey to safety and adolescence encompasses the essence of Jewish life before the war and the overwhelming tragedy of a genocide whose effects are still being felt around the world. Written with the precision of unfailing memory and the pain of personal experience, Oscar (Osi) Sladek tells an unforgettable story of resilience and personal triumph. Click HERE.

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Learn Hebrew with Judi Marcus: Individual Instruction in Hebrew Reading
Judi Marcus offers students wishing to learn to read Hebrew flexible, and individual self-paced tutorials over the phone. Contact Judi at fei31046@aol.com.

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Talliesm by Salha is Ready to Take Orders
Contact Salha today to design your new tallit at salha@earthlink.net – put TALLIS in the subject line, or call 719-502-9312. 10% of all orders from HEA members will go back to HEA. 

Programs & Classes from Jewish Partner Organizations

JFS Jewish Spiritual Support Group 
JFS Jewish Disabilities Advocates is offering a new support group for those with mental health challenges and loved ones of those with mental illness. Co-facilitated by Rabbi Sandra Cohen and Gitit Kaufman, LPC, members of the group will receive spiritual support, experience community, and discuss pathways for moving forward. Click HERE for more information. 

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Monthly Jewish War Veterans Breakfast
The Jewish War Veterans are pleased to be starting up our monthly meetings again with our free breakfast at 9:00 a.m. and speakers at 10:00 a.m. On October 15, our speaker will be Temple Sinai member Estelle Nadel, who will talk about her experiences as a holocaust survivor. We hope you can join us for these events. To get on our calling list or for more information, please contact Don Price, Commander, at (443) 995-9055.

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Singles Mingle in the BMH-BJ Sukkah
Tuesday, October 3, 6:00 p.m.
Jewish singles ages 50+ are invited to mingle and have fun in the BMH-BJ Sukkah with music, hors d'oeuvres, and cocktails. Get to know other singles in the Jewish community. Register HERE.

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Michael Schatz Memorial Lecture - Family, Feminism and Faith
Saturday, October 21, 6:30 p.m., Temple Emanuel
Authors Letty Cottin Pogrebin and daughter Abigail Pogrebin will talk about what gets passed on from generation to generation, feminist spiritual expression, and how women have transformed faith communities to achieve equality within their religious institutions and communal organizations. Click HERE. 

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Get the most out of the HEA Website & Social Media

• Access to your own member account: update yahrzeits, manage your family, streamline event and program registrations...

• View your transaction history, enter payment methods, set up recurring payments, and make donations and payments with your credit card on file...
• Access to the HEA Member directory

How to Add Your Photo to the HEA Directory

If you are a member of HEA and logged into your account...

1. Search the directory for your name to find and open your listing
2. Click the EDIT button on the bottom right side
3. Scroll down and next to the word PICTURE, click UPLOAD A FILE
4. Search your computer files for a photo you want to UPLOAD

Giving Opportunities

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Open Your Heart To Those In Need

Help HEA member Judi Marcus supply much needed hygiene bags for our local homeless community. Please click on the Amazon wish list. You can send the items directly to her home by choosing her address during checkout. If you do, please send her an email. Judy is also collecting whole decks of playing cards to put into this year's holiday bags for the needy. Drop them off in the Tikkun Olam barrel by the door downstairs.

Contact Us

Hebrew Educational Alliance

3600 S Ivanhoe St.
Denver, CO 80237
(303) 758-9400
info@HEAdenver.org
https://HEAdenver.org
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If you have been ill or if you know of a congregant that has been ill or hospitalized, please contact Debbie LeBauer so that the rabbis will be made aware. 

Rabbi Salomon Gruenwald
Senior Rabbi
(720) 390-4439

cell: (303) 999-5250

rabbiG@HEAdenver.org

Rabbi Sarah Shulman
Assistant Rabbi
(720) 244-3342

rabbishulman

@HEAdenver.org

Mallory Bustow
Ritual Coordinator

mallory@HEAdenver.org

Amanda Eckert
Education Director

amanda@HEAdenver.org

Jamie Lambert
Preschool Assistant Director
(303) 758-1462 jlambert@HEAdenver.org

Mordechai Kadovitz
Community & Engagement Event Coordinator

(303) 758-9500
mordy@HEAdenver.org

Eitan Kantor

Music Director

(720) 390-4433

eitan@HEAdenver.org

Teri & Christopher Kenagy
Facilities Operations
(720) 375-5166 tkenagy@HEAdenver.org

Debbie Rosenbluth Buchanan
Executive Assistant to the Clergy
(720) 390-4435 debbie@HEAdenver.org

James McKeon
Communications Director
(720) 390-4421james@HEAdenver.org

Rebecca Paradis
Preschool Director
(303) 758-1462
rparadis@HEAdenver.org

Joyce Perlmutter
Executive Assistant to the CEO
(303) 758-9400 x 202 joyce@HEAdenver.org

Yuri Tavbin

Youth Director
​​​​​​​(303) 912-3291

yuri@HEAdenver.org

Caryn Osterman
Interim Executive Director

caryn@HEAdenver.org

Dani Wynn
Family Life and Judaic Coordinator
(303) 758-1462 dwynn@HEAdenver.org

Jennifer Zucker
Asst. Director of Education & B'nai Mitzvah Coordinator
(720) 390-4430​​​​​​​

jenn@HEAdenver.org

Events & Programs

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Did you know that our first three senior Rabbis (Laderman, Goldberger and Dollin) were all left-handed? 
Become a part of HEA history and it’s future. Please join us for our Anniversary Celebration!

CALLING ALL WEST-SIDERS! WERE YOU OR YOUR FAMILY PART OF THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY IN THE 1930s? Were they around at the beginning of HEA on Meade Street? If so, we want to hear from you to enter your names in our First HEA Families list for the HEA Anniversary book. Please contact Cherie Karo Schwartz at schwartstory@earthlink.net.

Announcements

HEA COMMUNITY PHOTOS

We would love it if members would share photos from events and activities at HEA or in the community! Please note that if parents share photos with their children, they are providing consent for the photos to be used on the website and print marketing.

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Worship Services

Morning Services

• Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:00 a.m., Chapel (& Zoom)

Would You Like An Aliyah on Shabbat?
Taking an aliyah at the Torah service is a wonderful way to honor a loved one's yahrzeit, celebrate a birthday or anniversary, or perform a service for our community. Call the office at (303) 758-9400, or reply to this email, and Joyce will give you an aliyah at an upcoming Shabbat morning service. And if you are a Kohen or a Levi, or if who would like to read Torah at Shabbat services or Morning Minyan, please let us know.

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Giving Opportunities

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Open Your Heart To Those In Need

Help HEA member Judi Marcus supply much needed hygiene bags for our local homeless community. Please click on the Amazon wish list. You can send the items directly to her home by choosing her address during checkout. If you do, please send her an email. Judy is also collecting whole decks of playing cards to put into this year's holiday bags for the needy. Drop them off in the Tikkun Olam barrel by the door downstairs.

Programs & Classes from Jewish Partner Organizations

JFS Volunteer Opportunities
JFS is looking for volunteers to help support the Resettlement Services program by ensuring that refugees' homes are set up and ready to welcome them upon arrival. Please visit jewishfamilyservice.org/volunteer.
The JFS Mobile Food Pantry helps distribute food to families and individuals in neighborhoods with limited access to these resources. This vital program depends on volunteers to help distribute the food, and we need your help! As a volunteer in this position, you’ll have the satisfaction of helping people facing hunger and leave knowing you made the greatest impact for the greater good. Mondays through Fridays, weekdays. Sign up today: jewishfamilyservice.org/volunteer-mobile-pantry

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Interested in learning more about Kabbalah Experience? 
Kabbalah Experience begins its Fall Semester for all experience levels on September 18, offering both in-person and virtual opportunities to join us. We are hosting FREE introductory courses the week of September 11. Save a spot in our upcoming free introductory courses, or enroll in the Fall Semester HERE. 

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Monthly Jewish War Veterans Breakfast
The Jewish War Veterans are pleased to be starting up our monthly meetings again with our free breakfast at 9:00 a.m. and speakers at 10:00 a.m. On October 15, our speaker will be Temple Sinai member Estelle Nadel, who will talk about her experiences as a holocaust survivor. We hope you can join us for these events. To get on our calling list or for more information, please contact Don Price, Commander, at (443) 995-9055.

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HEAConnect & Community

Shabbat Calls to Seniors
Please consider volunteering to make Shabbat calls to our Senior members. Calling all cooks! We need help in the kitchen. Email our Hesed chairperson, Jill Levy for more information.

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Check out the HEA Book Club
If you’re up for invigorating, enlightening conversation about books and short stories by Jewish authors, please join us. We Zoom every Wednesday from 12:00-12:40 p.m. Contact RosalynZigmond@yahoo.com.

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Israeli Dance (THIS PROGRAM WILL BE PAUSED FROM SEPT 13 THROUGH YOM KIPPUR)

Wednesdays, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m., 
Have fun while you learn and practice Israeli dance with Joan Saliman, Bev Michaels, and the lively crew who get together each week. No registration is required, but there is a small fee. For more information, contact Joan, 303-912-4322.

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HEA Community Listings

HEROES WITH NO NAMES
A World War II Jewish Resistance Novel
Written by HEA member Bernard Fleischer.

This compelling must-read is set at the time of the Holocaust. The story is not centered on the horror of this period, but on those who came together to destroy the Nazi plan and save the victims. Click HERE.

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Escape To The Tatras: A Boy, A War and A Life Interrupted

Written by HEA member Oscar "Osi" Sladek.

A coming-of-age story set against the collapse of Slovakia and the conquest of the Allied Forces over Germany, learn how one child’s remarkable journey to safety and adolescence encompasses the essence of Jewish life before the war and the overwhelming tragedy of a genocide whose effects are still being felt around the world. Written with the precision of unfailing memory and the pain of personal experience, Oscar (Osi) Sladek tells an unforgettable story of resilience and personal triumph. Click HERE.

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Learn Hebrew with Judi Marcus: Individual Instruction in Hebrew Reading
Judi Marcus offers students wishing to learn to read Hebrew flexible, and individual self-paced tutorials over the phone. Contact Judi at fei31046@aol.com.

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Talliesm by Salha is Ready to Take Orders
Contact Salha today to design your new tallit at salha@earthlink.net – put TALLIS in the subject line, or call 719-502-9312. 10% of all orders from HEA members will go back to HEA. 

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Get the most out of the HEA Website & Social Media

• Access to your own member account: update yahrzeits, manage your family, streamline event and program registrations...

• View your transaction history, enter payment methods, set up recurring payments, and make donations and payments with your credit card on file...
• Access to the HEA Member directory

How to Add Your Photo to the HEA Directory

If you are a member of HEA and logged into your account...

1. Search the directory for your name to find and open your listing
2. Click the EDIT button on the bottom right side
3. Scroll down and next to the word PICTURE, click UPLOAD A FILE
4. Search your computer files for a photo you want to UPLOAD

Contact Us

Hebrew Educational Alliance

3600 S Ivanhoe St.
Denver, CO 80237
(303) 758-9400
info@HEAdenver.org
https://HEAdenver.org
​​​​​​​
If you have been ill or if you know of a congregant that has been ill or hospitalized, please contact Debbie LeBauer so that the rabbis will be made aware. 

Rabbi Salomon Gruenwald
Senior Rabbi
(720) 390-4439

cell: (303) 999-5250

rabbiG@HEAdenver.org

Rabbi Sarah Shulman
Assistant Rabbi
(720) 244-3342

rabbishulman

@HEAdenver.org

Mallory Bustow
Ritual Coordinator

mallory@HEAdenver.org

Amanda Eckert
Education Director

amanda@HEAdenver.org

Jamie Lambert
Preschool Assistant Director
(303) 758-1462 jlambert@HEAdenver.org

Mordechai Kadovitz
Community & Engagement Event Coordinator

(303) 758-9500
mordy@HEAdenver.org

Eitan Kantor

Music Director

(720) 390-4433

eitan@HEAdenver.org

Teri & Christopher Kenagy
Facilities Operations
(720) 375-5166 tkenagy@HEAdenver.org

Debbie Rosenbluth Buchanan
Executive Assistant to the Clergy
(720) 390-4435 debbie@HEAdenver.org

James McKeon
Communications Director
(720) 390-4421james@HEAdenver.org

Rebecca Paradis
Preschool Director
(303) 758-1462
rparadis@HEAdenver.org

Joyce Perlmutter
Executive Assistant to the CEO
(303) 758-9400 x 202 joyce@HEAdenver.org

Yuri Tavbin

Youth Director
​​​​​​​(303) 912-3291

yuri@HEAdenver.org

Caryn Osterman
Interim Executive Director

caryn@HEAdenver.org

Dani Wynn
Family Life and Judaic Coordinator
(303) 758-1462 dwynn@HEAdenver.org

Jennifer Zucker
Asst. Director of Education & B'nai Mitzvah Coordinator
(720) 390-4430​​​​​​​

jenn@HEAdenver.org