The Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua

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Week 1 (2022)

Friday, July 1 - 5 p.m. (5-6) Evening Service "Kabbalat Shabbat: Welcoming the Sabbath", Susan Goldberg Schwartz, cantorial soloist. Miller Park (if rain: Smith-Wilkes Hall) - Informal social after service; bring your own "nosh"

Saturday, July 2 - 9:45 a.m. (9:45-10:15) Torah Study "Today's Torah for Today's Times" with Rabbi Cookie Olshein, Marion Lawrance Room, Hurlbut Church​
                         - 10:15 a.m. (10:15-11:30) Hebrew Congregation Sabbath Service in Hurlbut Sanctuary, Rabbi Cookie Olshein, Susan Goldberg Schwartz, cantorial soloist.  Kiddush luncheon to follow. 


Week 2 (2022)

Sunday, July 3 - 7:00 p.m. (7-8) Shirley Lazarus Speaker Series, Lynn Stahl and Roger Doebke, Founders, Chautauqua Dialogues Program, "Chautauqua Dialogues: Enriching the Chautauqua Experience Through Dialogue", Smith-Wilkes Hall

Tuesday, July 5 - 3:15 p.m. (3:15-4:15) Eva Rosenberg Conversations & Refreshments, Everett Jewish Life Center Porch, 36 Massey Avenue

Wednesday, July 6 - 12:30 pm. (12:30-1:30) Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Cookie Olshein,  "Interfaith/Multifaith/No Faith: A Complex Conversation about Defining Family and Community", Everett Jewish Life Center Porch, 36 Massey Avenue 

Friday, July 8 - 5 p.m. (5-6) Evening Service “Kabbalat Shabbat:  Welcoming the Sabbath”, Rabbi Elyse Goldstein (The City Shul Toronto), Susan Goldberg Schwartz, cantorial soloist. Miller Park (if rain, Smith-Wilkes Hall)  Informal social after service; bring your own "nosh"

Saturday, July 9 - 9:45 a.m. (9:45-10:15) Torah Study "Today's Torah for Today's Times" with Rabbi Elyse Goldstein in Marian Lawrance Room​
                         - 10:15 a.m. (10:15-11:30) Hebrew Congregation Sabbath Service, Rabbi Elyse Goldstein, Susan Goldberg Schwartz, cantorial soloist, Hurlbut Sanctuary.  Kiddush luncheon to follow.

 

Week 3 (2022)

Sunday, July 10 - 7p.m. (7-8:00) Hebrew Congregation Shirley Lazarus Sunday Speakers Series, Leigh-Anne Hendrick, Lead Educator, Chautauqua Central Schools, with Students and Teachers; “Our Lasting Legacy... An Overview of the Holocaust and Social Justice Education Program”, Smith-Wilkes Hall

Tuesday, July 12- 3:15 P.M. (3:15-4:15) Eva Rosenberg Conversations & Refreshments, Everett Jewish Life Center Porch, 36 Massey Avenue.

Friday, July 15 - 5 p.m. (5-6) Hebrew Congregation Evening Service “Kabbalat Shabbat:  Welcoming the Sabbath”, Rabbi Samuel Stahl, Dr. Andrew Symons, cantorial soloist.  Miller Park. (if rain: Smith-Wilkes Hall)

Friday, July 15 - 6:15 p.m. (6:15-7:30) Shabbat Dinner, (Sponsored by Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua). Prepaid tickets required.  Parlor room, Athenaeum Hotel. For reservations email Brenda Katz, bkatz760@gmail.com by July 7th.

Saturday, July 16 - 9:45 a.m. (9:45-11:30) Hebrew Congregation Sabbath Morning Worship Music Service, Rabbi Samuel Stahl; Bruce Gingrich, Organist; Daniel Cabanillas, soloist; Hurlbut Sanctuary. Kiddush luncheon to follow.  



Week 4 (2022)

Sunday, July 17 -7 p.m. (7-8:00) Hebrew Congregation Shirley Lazarus Sunday Speakers Series, Amit Taneja, Senior Vice President and Chief Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Officer, “ Building an Inclusive & Welcoming Chautauqua", Smith-Wilkes Hall


Tuesday, July 19, 3:15 p.m. (3:15-4:15) Eva Rosenberg Conversations and Cookies with Julie Metz, author of “Eva and Eve”, “Searching For Your Personal Jewish History”, Everett Jewish Life Center Porch, 36 Massey Ave.

Friday, July 22- 5 p.m. (5-6) Hebrew Congregation Evening Service “Kabbalat Shabbat:  Welcoming the Sabbath”  Rabbis Ron and Barbara Symons (Pittsburgh JCC and Temple David), Dr. Andrew Symons, cantorial soloist,  Miller Park (if rain, Smith-Wilkes Hall). Informal social after service, weather permitting; bring your own "nosh" 

Saturday, July 23- 9:45 a.m. (9:45-11:30) Interfaith Outreach Sabbath Worship Service, Rabbis Ron and Barbara Symons, Dr. Andrew Symons , cantorial soloist; Maureen Rovegno, Reverends Natalie Hanson and J. Paul Womack, readers.  Kiddush luncheon to follow. Hurlbut Sanctuary. 


Week 5 (2022)

Sunday, July 24- 7 p.m. (7-8) Shirley Lazarus Sunday Evening Speaker Series: Kristan McMahon, President, Robert H. Jackson Center, Jamestown, NY “The Legacy of Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson: From Jamestown to Nuremberg to the World Today”, Smith-Wilkes Hall.

Tuesday, July 26- 3:15 p.m. (3:15-4:15) Music Student Recital, Music Student Recipients of Hebrew Congregation Scholarships. Everett Jewish Life Center Porch, 36 Massey Avenue

Friday, July 29 - 5 p.m. (5-6) Hebrew Congregation Evening Service “Kabbalat Shabbat:  Welcoming the Sabbath” Rabbi Rob Morais, Congregation Rodef Shalom, Erie, PA;  Jessica Thorpe, cantorial soloist.  Miller Park (if rain, Smith-Wilkes Hall)  Informal social after services (weather permitting) - bring your own "nosh"

Saturday, July 30 - 9:45 a.m. (9:45-11:30) Torah Study “Today’s Torah for Today’s Times” with Rabbi Rob Morais, Marion Lawrance Room, Hurlbut Church, followed at 10:xx am by Hebrew Congregation Sabbath Service in Hurlbut Sanctuary, Rabbi Rob Morais of Congregation Rodef Shalom, Erie, Pa;  Jessica Thorpe, cantorial soloist.   Kiddush luncheon to follow.




Week 6 (2022)

​Sunday, July 31 - 7 p.m. (7-8) Shirley Lazarus Sunday Evening Speaker Series: Sherra Babcock, Jay Lesenger, and Marty Merkley “Memories of Chautauqua”, Smith-Wilkes Hall

Tuesday, August 2 - 3:15 p.m. (3:15-4:15) Meet and Greet Rabbi David Ingber, Founder and Senior Rabbi, Romemu, New York City, Chautauqua Guest Chaplain – Week 6, Everett Jewish Life Center Porch, 36 Massey Avenue

Friday, August 5- 5 p.m. (5-6) Shabbat Evening Worship Service “Kabbalat Shabbat: Welcoming the Sabbath”; Cantor Roy Einhorn, Cantor Emeritus, Temple Israel, Boston, MA, Cantor Jodi Sufrin, Cantor Emerita, Temple Beth Elohim, Wellesley, MA, Miller Park (if rain, Smith -Wilkes Hall) Informal social after service (weather permitting); bring your own “nosh”


Friday, August 5 - 6:15 p.m. (6:15-7:45) Shabbat Dinner sponsored by Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua. Prepaid tickets required. For reservations email Laura Arnold, lsarnold1@gmail.com ; Parlor Room, Athenaeum Hotel

Saturday, August 6 - 9:45 a.m. (9:45-11:30) Sabbath Morning Worship Service; Cantors Roy Einhorn and Jodi Sufrin; Sanctuary, Hurlbut Church. Kiddush luncheon to follow


Week 7 (2022)

Sunday, August 7 - 7 p.m. (7-8) Shirley Lazarus Sunday Evening Speaker Series: Cantor Roy Einhorn, Cantor Emeritus, Temple Israel, Boston, MA and Cantor Jodi Sufrin, Cantor Emerita, Temple Beth Elohim, Wellesley, MA, “Jewish Broadway”; Smith-Wilkes Hall

Tuesday, August 9 - 3:15 p.m. (3:15-4:15) Eva Rosenberg Conversations and Cookies, Everett Jewish Life Center Porch, 36 Massey Avenue


Wednesday, August 10 - 12:30 p.m. (12:30-1:30) Lunch and Learn: Rabbi Leon Morris, President, Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem Israel, "Nothing But the Truth? Balancing Inherited Tradition with Personal Integrity"; Everett Jewish Life Center Porch, 36 Massey Avenue


Friday, August 12 - 5 p.m. (5-6) Shabbat Evening Worship Service “Kabbalat Shabbat: Welcoming the Sabbath” Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein, Congregation Shir Shalom, Buffalo, NY; Cantor Penny Myers, Buffalo, NY; **Hurlbut Church**.

Saturday, August 13 – 9:45 a.m. (9:45-11:30) Sabbath Morning Music Worship Service Rabbi Lazarus-Klein; Cantor Penny Myers; Joshua Stafford, organist; with quartet from the MOTET Choir, Chautauqua Institution; Sanctuary, Hurlbut Church. Kiddush luncheon to follow 



Week 8 (2022) 

Tuesday, August 16 - 3:15 p.m. (3:15-4:15) Eva Rosenberg Conversations and Cookies; Everett Jewish Life Center Porch, 36 Massey Avenue

Friday, August 19 - 5 p.m. (5-6) Shabbat Evening Worship Service “Kabbalat Shabbat: Welcoming the Sabbath” Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum, Associate Rabbi, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, Cleveland, OH, Cantor Vladamir Lapin, Cantor, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, Cleveland, OH; at Miller Park (if rain, Smith Wilkes-Hall)
Informal social after service; bring your own “nosh"


Saturday, August 20- 9:45 a.m. (9:45-11:30) Torah Study “Today’s Torah for Today’s Times” with Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum. Marion Lawrance Room, Hurlbut Church, followed at 10:15 am by Hebrew Congregation Sabbath Morning Worship Service led by Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum and Cantor Vladamir Lapin, Hurlbut Church Sanctuary. Kiddush luncheon to follow.


Week 9 (2022)

​Sunday, August 21 – 5:00 p.m. (5-8) End of Season Celebration Banquet at Webb’s Resort - Party Room, 115 W. Lake Road, Mayville, NY. 


Tuesday, August 23 - 3:15 p.m. (3:15-4:15) Eva Rosenberg Conversations and Cookies, Porch of Everett Jewish Life Center, 36 Massey Ave


Friday, August 26 - 5 p.m. (5-6) Shabbat Evening Worship Service “Kabbalat Shabbat: Welcoming the Sabbath” led by Rabbi Frank Muller, Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Rodef Sholom, Youngstown OH. Miller Park (if rain, Smith-Wilkes Hall). Installation of New Board Members and Informal social after service (weather permitting); bring your own “nosh"