Friday, 12-20-2024: 7:30 PM Shabbat Service conducted by Rabbi Lenny. We hope you will join with us in-house or online for services. If joining us in-house, please remember to bring your FOB for entrance. Visit the CEI website: www.ceigreensburg.org for login details or CEI news.
Calendar
Reminder for tomorrow Saturday, December 21: 9:30 AM Conversion Service for Kara Kamler. 10:00 AM Naming Service for baby Sophie Gau and for Kara Kamler. Please join us for this joyous occasion. Sun., Dec. 22: Men’s Club Mitzvah Day Cancelled. Tues., Dec. 24 & Wed., Dec. 25: CEI will be Closed. Fri., Dec. 27: 3 rd Light of Hannukah and Shabbat Service @ 7:30 PM. LAST CALL: Sun., Dec. 29: Family Hannukah Dinner & 5 th light of Hannukah. Cost for the dinner is $18 per adult (age 13 & up), $6 per child (under 13) and children four and under are free. To make reservations, please contact Terri Katzman by ASAP. You may mail in payment or pay at the door, but reservations are required.
Announcements
Talmud Class – No class until Thursday, January 2, 2025. Chanukah Menorah Lighters Needed! Volunteers are needed to light the giant Chanukah Menorah on the front lawn for Dec. 31 and Wed., Jan. 1. These lightings are at 5:00 PM. There is a sign-up sheet on the desk in the office or you may contact the office to sign-up to participate. Mark your calendars, there will be a Congregation Game Day on Sunday, January 19, 2025 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM in the CEI Social Hall. Bring a snack (dairy) to share and bring your favorite games to play with others. Football may be on the tv. RSVP to Marion Slone (724-836-5468).
The Western PA Small Congregations Cohort is excited to offer a 6 session online learning experience brought to you by the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning in cooperation with the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and the Jewish Community Legacy Project. The name of the course is OMG, Can You Believe?! – Big Questions about God and God’s relationship to Humankind. It will be taught by Rabbi Dr. Danny Schiff, Gefsky Jewish Community Foundation Scholar at the Federation. Zoom classes will be taught on Wednesday, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am on April 2, 9, 23, 30 and May 7 and 14. The cost of the course is $100. (Everyone receives a $79 discount!) The course can only accommodate 35 people so it is open on a first-come basis. To register, click on this link. Events | Melton Events. You will see a box for OMG, Can You Believe?!. Click on Description to learn more about the course. Click on Details/Registration to sign up. When you press check out, there is a place to enter a coupon code. When you enter PIT100, you will be eligible for the $100 course price. If you have any questions, need additional information, contact Ilana Schwarcz, Manager of the Melton program at the Federation Email: ischwarcz@jfedpgh.org
Et Cetra
The GO FOR THE GELT raffle tickets are $2.50 each or ten for $20 – a small price to pay to win big and support CEI at the same time. A double chai winner ($36) will be chosen for each night of Hanukkah with the first drawing being on December 25 for the first night of Hanukkah. Return the filled in stubs with your payment by noon on December 23, 2024. If you need extra tickets, please contact Bea in the CEI office.
YAHRZEITS
Friday, December 20: Bertha Ainbender, *Anne Berkowitz, *Robert Davis, Leonard Freedman, Cantor Saul Zelick Hammerman, *Clara Hochberg, *Anna Kay, *Rae M. Levine, *Thelma Loundy, *Eva Markowitz, *Rella W. Ratner, *Mary Schwartz, *Simon Sucatzky and *Edith Wolinsky.
