Events

Purim 2020 with Kol Haverim

THE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Sun, Mar 15 2020 / Lifelong, 119 W Court St (map) / 2pm –4pm

Come one, come all, come young and old to Kol Haverim’s Purim Spiel and Hamantaschen Contest! 

Enjoy the Kol Haverim family production of the Purim Spiel and enter in the Hamantaschen contest! Come in costume, or come as you are. Cheer on Esther and Mordechai and boo the nefarious Haman. We have plenty of groggers to go around, or make one yourself at the craft table.

Fun, Fun, Fun!!!

Free and open

Holocaust Remembrance Movie Night 2020

Who Will Write Our History

Dear Kol Haverim Friends,

Please join us to watch “Who will write our history” in recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We will be watching the movie together at our member’s house on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 7:30PM. Please e-mail rsvp@kolhaverim.net for directions.

Who Will Write Our History: In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda not with guns or fists but with pen and paper. Now, for the first time, their story is told as a feature documentary. Written, produced and directed by Roberta Grossman and executive produced by Nancy Spielberg, Who Will Write Our History mixes the writings of the Oyneg Shabes archive with new interviews, rarely seen footage and stunning dramatizations to transport us inside the Ghetto and the lives of these courageous resistance fighters. They defied their murderous enemy with the ultimate weapon – the truth – and risked everything so that their archive would survive the war, even if they did not.

Tu B’Shevat 2020

Sunday, February 9, 5:30- 8pm @ Life Long, 119 W Court St.

Dear Kol Haverim Community and Friends,

Our Tu B’Shevat celebration has always been a lively event (maybe because of the 4 cups of wine during the service 😉 ), and is open to all.  We hope you can join us for our Tu B’Shevat participatory seder and dish-to-pass meal once again this year! Come celebrate the holiday of the trees! (*).

Our Tu B’Shevat seder will include wine, juice and various holiday foods.  Please bring a dish-to-pass and your own place settings (so we can reduce the need for disposables).  Also, let us know in advance if you require childcare. The event is free for members and non-members are welcome to make donation.

Please RSVP to rsvp@kolhaverim.net by February 7 so that we may plan accordingly. Also, let us know by February 2 if you require a childcare.

(*) Tu B’Shevat, commonly known as “The Holiday of the Trees” originated in the time shortly after the Jewish people were forced to leave Israel. In that time, it was a celebration of the end of winter and the beginning of spring. After being exiled from Spain during the Inquisition in the 15th century, a group of Jewish mystics, the Kabbalists, reinterpreted the holiday as a time to appreciate the importance of plants and the environment to our well-being. In recent years, Tu B’Shevat has become a day in which we recognize our ethical obligations to care for the planet and all its inhabitants.

Sukkot 2019

Saturday, Oct 19  / Rober H. Treman Upper Pavilion (map) / 11am-1pm

Dear Kol Haverim members and friends,

Please join us on Saturday,  October 19th, for a brown bag picnic and walk in Upper Treman park in celebration of Sukkot. Upper Treman park is about a 15-minute drive from downtown Ithaca, and an idyllic location for an Autumn gathering.

We will make the pavillion at Upper Treman park our Sukkah. Please bring your own lunch and join us for a picnic and celebration of Sukkot. After lunch, we will go for a walk in the gorge.

Please note that there will most likely be a $8 PARKING FEE per vehicle (unless you already have a state park permit).  If you would like to carpool,  the parking lot of Home Depot is a convenient location to meet up. RSVP appreciated to rsvp@kolhaverim.net

Fall Holiday Festival for Young Families 2019

Sunday, Oct 6 / 3PM-5PM / Stewart Park Large Pavilion

Fall Holiday Festival for Young Families

IAUJC Fall Holiday Festival for Young Families

Kol Haverim will not be hosting their own children’s Rosh Hashanh event this year.  Instead, you may join interested KH members and friends at the Ithaca Area United Jewish Community (IAUJC) fall holiday festival. You can find more information about this event at: 

Web: https://iaujc.org/fall-holiday-festival-young-families
Facebook event: https://m.facebook.com/events/1701749269957865/

This event is free and open to the public.

Rosh Hashanah Evening Celebration and Potluck Reception 2019

Kol Haverim Rosh Hashanah

Sunday, September 29  / Lifelong, 119 West Court St. (map) / 7-9pm

Dear Kol Haverim Members and Friends,

Please join us for Rosh Hashanah evening celebration and potluck reception. Humanistic service with live music followed by light refreshments and time for schmoozing! Will Fudeman and David Frumkin (aka Mel and Sol) will once again be providing music. RSVP appreciated to rsvp@kolhaverim.net

For the potluck reception, we ask Kol Haverim members to contribute a dessert or snack. We ask people with last names beginning with letters A-M to please bring fruit or dessert and those with last names beginning with letters N-Z to please bring a savory snack or finger food. We will provide beverages (and apples, challah, and honey) for everyone to enjoy.

Suggested donation for non-members is $10 per adult or $20 for a family.

Childcare will be available (for children 18 months to 10 years) if requested. To request childcare, please let us know on your RSVP to rsvp@kolhaverim.net by September 22.

As usual, volunteers to help with set-up or clean-up are greatly appreciated. If you have time to come early to help set up chairs or slice apples, or if you can commit to stay afterwards to help with clean-up, please let us know on your RSVP.

Community Passover Seder 2019 with Kol Haverim

Saturday, April 27  / Lifelong, 119 West Court St. (map) / 4pm

Dear Kol Haverim Members and Friends,

Please join us for Kol Haverim’s annual Community Passover Seder. This year’s seder will feature celebratory music by “Mel & Sol” (our much-beloved Will Fudeman and David Frumkin). There will be a traditional non-Kosher Passover dinner of brisket, vegan Middle-eastern vegetable stew, and rice (catered by Word of Mouth), and vegetarian matzo ball soup (by our own Roger Hecht), as well as plenty of wine, juice, gefilte fish, matzo, charoset and hard boiled eggs.  We ask participants to bring a side-dish, salad or dessert to share.

Reservations are required: $30-40* for non-member adults, $20 for member adults, $10 for children ages 5-15. Children 4 and under are free. 

* self-determined sliding scale

To reserve a place for your family, please send a check to Kol Haverim, Passover Seder, P.O.. Box 4972, Ithaca, N.Y. 14852-4972. Also please email (rsvp@kolhaverim.net) as soon as possible so we can get a decent attendance estimate. If you have Passover questions (other than the usual four), please email info@kolhaverim.net or call Jonathan 607-351-7116. Please make your reservations by Friday, April 19.

We hope everyone can attend. Please spread the word!

Purim 2019 with Kol Haverim

Sunday, Mar 17 2019 / Lifelong, 119 W Court St (map) / 2pm –4pm

Come one, come all, come young and old to Kol Haverim’s Purim Spiel and Hamantaschen Contest! 

Enjoy the Kol Haverim family production of the Purim Spiel and enter in the Hamantaschen contest! Come in costume, or come as you are. Cheer on Esther and Mordechai and boo the nefarious Haman. We have plenty of groggers to go around, or make one yourself at the craft table.

Fun, Fun, Fun!!!

Free and open

Sukkot 2018

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Sunday, Sep 30  / Rober H. Treman Upper Pavilion (map) / 11am-1pm

Dear Kol Haverim members and friends,

Please join us this Sunday,  September 30th, for a brown bag picnic and walk in Upper Treman park in celebration of Sukkot. Upper Treman park is about a 15-minute drive from downtown Ithaca, and an idyllic location for an Autumn gathering.

We will make the pavillion at Upper Treman park our Sukkah. Please bring your own lunch and join us for a picnic and celebration of Sukkot. After lunch, we will go for a walk in the gorge.

Please note that there will most likely be a $8 PARKING FEE per vehicle (unless you already have a state park permit).  If you would like to carpool,  the parking lot of Home Depot is a convenient location to meet up.

RSVP appreciated to rsvp@kolhaverim.net