Check out this funny Sukkot bit from our Anniversary Celebration comedian Joel Chasnoff!
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Join us for an evening of celebration, activities, music, and fun! 6:00 p.m., Family Dinner & Activities 6:45 p.m., Family Service 7:15 p.m., Community Havdalah and Hakafot
We are in the process of refreshing our website and marketing materials with some updated 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.
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.
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Friday | Shabbat | Simchat Torah
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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Israeli Dance
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 atfei31046@aol.com.
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Talliesm by Salha is Ready to Take Orders Contact Salha today to design your new tallit atsalha@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
Who Am I? Kabbalistic Explorations of the Masks We Wear Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 a.m., October 10, 17, 24, 31 Dr. David Sanders, Founder and Spiritual Director of Kabbalah Experience, will be teaching a four-part series for Hebrew College this fall. Click HERE.
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The Rocky Mountain Jewgrass Reunion Concert Saturday, October 14, 8:00 p.m. at Swallow Hill Music – Daniels Hall, 71 East Yale Ave, Denver, CO See band members Saul Rosenthal, Ben Cohen, Gail deVore and Eric Roberts together one more time at Swallow Hill Music for some high-octane Jewish bluegrass! Click HERE.
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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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Choices, Jewish Colorado's Annual Women's Event - Tuesday, October 10, 6:00 p.m., Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel 1550 Court Place, Denver, CO 80202 Spend an evening with JEWISHcolorado, its Women’s Philanthropy program, and special guest Ari Shapiro, a host of NPR’s All Things Considered. 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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The Great Challah Bake Thursday, November 2, 7:00 p.m., BMH-BJ The HEA Sisterhood is one of the co-sponsors of the Great Challah Bake! Join 300 fellow Denver women as we bake challah and enjoy Israeli dancing! Click HERE.
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).
How to Add Your Photo to the HEA Directory
If you are a member of HEA and logged into your account...
Search the directory for your name to find and open your listing
Click the EDIT button on the bottom right side
Scroll down and next to the word PICTURE, click UPLOAD A FILE
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 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.
