Our Chai School program for 8th - 11th-graders Begins Tomorrow! We are thrilled to announce that we are bringing back HEA’s Chai School. Chai School’s goal is to offer meaningful educational and social experiences for our teens while providing them the opportunity to connect with their friends. Chai School creates a safe and welcoming Jewish community that fosters a sense of belonging for our teens and social/emotional tools as they mature into adulthood. Chai School will meet twice a month from December 2022 – May 2023, with a total of 10 sessions this year on Thursdays. All teens in 8th – 10th grade in the Denver community are welcome to participate in Chai School. Confirmation for the 10th Grade (and 11th Graders who did not get confirmed last year) is intertwined in the program as well. Each session will include a class discussion by cohort, dinner together, and then an elective class. Classes meet from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at HEA.
For our first meeting on December 1, we invite anyone in 8th-11th grade to try out the first class at no cost. Email Amanda Eckert at amanda@HEAdenver.org if you plan on attending in order to accommodate you. For more information and registration instructions, click HERE .
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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.
9:30 a.m. Traditional Shabbat Services & Shir Shacharit
HEAConnect Groups & HEA Community
Registration is open for all nine HEAConnect small groups. Some HEAConnect Groups will connect around common interests and affinities.Click HEREto see the full list of groups that you can register to join.
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Shabbat Calls to Seniors Please consider volunteering to make Shabbat calls to our Senior members. 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
Wednesdays, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m., HEA 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.
House Swap: Trade Denver for Boca from December 24 to January 8! Click HERE.
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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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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 atfei31046@aol.com.
Programs & Classes from Jewish Partner Organizations
Colorado Hebrew Chorale & Kol Nashim Kol Nashim Presents First Sundays A series of on-line sessions on the first Sunday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
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Raisins & Almonds: A Tu B'Shvat Celebration Sunday, February 5, at HEA VIP Reception, 5:30 p.m. | Concert, 6:30 p.m. | Dessert Reception, 8:00 p.m. Register HERE.
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Monthly Jewish War Veterans Meeting
Sunday, December 11, 9:00 a.m., Temple Sinai The guest speaker for this meeting is Don Stanton, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, who will talk about Navy Air's anti-submarine warfare during the cold war.
Get the most out of the HEA Website & Social Media
Our website provides our members with more than just dates of events and service times.
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
Log in to use these amazing features. Please email James McKeonfor help with signing in.There is also a smartphone app available for Apple and Android smartphones—search the app stores for Hebrew Educational Alliance (not HEA).
Shop at Amazon Smile and Help HEA
AmazonSmileis a simple way for you to support HEA every time you shop, at no cost to you!
AmazonSmile is available at smile.amazon.com on your web browser and can be activated in the Amazon Shopping app for iOS and Android phones. Click HERE for instructions.
Giving Opportunities
Help Sisterhood continue its family and youth programming and youth scholarship programs! Need to order scrip cards NOW? Well, there’s an app for that! The RaiseRight Mobile Gift Card App. Click HERE.
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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.
Contact Us
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.
