Tikvah Rabah

Our next craft day will be Sunday, April 6th, at 1 p.m.  We are continuing to work on hats and scarves.  If you have fleece or patterns for fleece hats and scarves to share, please bring them. 

Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) 2014 begins in the evening of Sunday, April 27and ends in the evening of Monday, April 28. It marks the anniversary of the Jewish uprising in the Warsaw ghetto. During the month of April you might like to consider watching movies that depict life for European Jews during the Holocaust. Unfortunately, most movies are not suitable for young family members. One movie of particular interest since my grandfather came from the Ukraine is No Place on Earth , the story of 38 Ukrainian Jews who survived in a cave 70 feet underground for 511 days. This is a documentary of an American cave explorer who seeks to understands the mystery of his findings in a cave half way around the world, only to find the answer is back on his continent.  Here are some lists of other movies that may be of interest: The 10 best from Haaretz Amazon's top 15 for high school students Online clips of interviews with Survivors If you watch one not listed here, plea

The birthday of our Survivor in Israel falls in March.  Purim was also celebrated in March this year (Purim occurs every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar ).  While checking with Abundant Hope for a mailing address for our birthday present, we received news that a German team had come to help with apartment renovations and Yafim and Polina's kitchen and bathroom were being remodeled.   Because of the generous gifts from members of our congregation, the Tikvah Rabah team felt we could give toward this project.  We sent $1000 dollars and were blessed to find that because we had sent money, the kitchen remodeling would now include a much needed stove to replace the partially inoperative range.  Susan from Abundant Hope was able to purchase a range during the Purim sales and the deal also included a free microwave.  Below are before and after pictures of the improvements.  The kitchen pictures do not include the new stove. See that ugly mold! After Clean