Etz Hayim Synagogue

This is our final class of the year.  We will have a celebration and play some games.  Our class will finish up with ice cream sundaes to celebrate the end of Sunday Family Camp for the year.   

RSVP to sarahjohnplater@aol.com by Friday, May 1 to ensure we have enough ice cream. 

Visit https://www.etzhayim.org/learn/grades-0-1 for more information about this free monthly program.

Join together to have a nosh and help plan social activities for the upcoming months.  Any questions or if you have any ideas you'd like to submit, contact jay.madnick@icloud.com

or rhonda.madnick@icloud.com. 

Stronger Together: How the Jewish Federation Supports Our Community at Home and Around the World.  Join Erik Martin, Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire, for an inside look at how Federation works to strengthen Jewish life in our state and beyond. This conversation will explore the unique role Federation plays in bringing people together, supporting local programs, and ensuring that Jewish communities remain vibrant, connected, and resilient.  

Click here to learn more about this program.

Time for spring cleaning!  Many hands make light work.  Come join the community to spruce up our synagogue.  Any questions, contact

jay.madnick@icloud.com. 

Join us to celebrate Shavuot, the giving of the Torah.  There will be a shortened Shabbat service beginning at 7:15 PM followed by a series of Shavuot educational speakers.  Cheesecake will be served, which traditionally symbolizes the giving of the Torah in the land of milk and honey.  

The event will take place at Camp Tel Noar, 167 Main Street, Hampstead, NH.  Etz Hayim Synagogue will be represented with an educational, fun and lively booth, exhibiting an interactive Western Wall, and a Hebrew name bracelet activity for the kids. 

For more information, visit https://www.jewishnh.org/community-calendar/israel-bazar.

Gilad Skolnick is the New England Director for American Friends of  Leket Israel Gilad.  He will share stories that go beyond the headlines about the food crisis in Israel, groundbreaking new Israeli laws enabling food rescue unlike anything elsewhere in the world, and how the war-ravaged agricultural sector is being restored.

For more information, visit https://www.etzhayim.org/learn/adult-learning.

Save the date!  We will be voting on important items about your synagogue.  The meeting will be followed by our annual picnic with our friends and neighbors, The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. 

Members in Good Standing are welcome to participate.  If you are unsure of your status, please contact Laurie at treasurer@etzhayim.org.

Etz Hayim’ Synagogue’s 16th Shabbat Service and Kayaking on Pawtuckaway Lake will be held at the lakeside home of Peggy Tucker and Steve Soreff, 32 Dolloff Dam Road, Nottingham, NH, rain or shine.  We will kayak and canoe to a lake island and hold a Shabbat Service.  Bring your own watercraft, chair, and snack. There are a limited number of kayaks and one canoe to borrow. 

RSVP to Steve Soreff at soreffs15@aol.com or 603-895-6120 by Wed, June 24 by 6:00 PM.  If you are bringing your own vessel, please come at 9:00 AM to get it in the water so we can start services at 9:30 AM.