Activities
Bereavement and Mourning
Fabrangen
is a member of the Jewish Funeral Practices Committee of Greater
Washington, whose contract with local funeral homes provides for
traditional
Jewish funeral and burials.
At
time of death, or in anticipation, members should leave a message
for Diane Tepfer at
202.595.9138 or call Bob Rovinsky at 202.237.1036
to arrange for these
services. For Shiva services after the funeral in
the mourner's home, members call Anne-Marie Deutsch and Steve
Feldman at 301.320.3402.
Over
the years Tifereth Israel has aided Fabrangen by selling us funeral
plots on an as-needed basis. We now have an informal Fabrangen section
within Tifereth Israel's section of Mount Lebanon cemetery in Adelphi,
Maryland.
To consult the specific contracts for Hines-Rinaldi in Silver Spring,
MD and Jefferson Funeral Home in Alexandria, VA, see:
Hines-Rinaldi
- http://www.jewish-funerals.org/contracthines.htm
Jefferson - http://www.jewish-funerals.org/contractjefferson.htm
For additional information and learning about Jewish mourning and burial
traditions, check out JFPCGW's very rich site, http://www.jewish-funerals.org/ and
related links.
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A
group of Fabrangeners has been meeting regularly to work on
a plan for attracting new members and on creating a greater
profile for Fabrangen. Members of the committee are Anne-Marie
Deutsch, Fran Goldman, Melissa Kahn, Molla Sarros, Howard Wial
and Lloyd Wolf. Some of the Outreach Committee's work include
staffing a booth at the Takoma Park Fair, our beautiful brochure and
the lovely new signs in front of WES.
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New This Year! 2007 Participation Form - From the
Outreach Committee
As a lay-led community with a part-time Coordinator, each member plays
an important role in the life of Fabrangen. More importantly, your
involvement will enhance your engagement with the community.
In order to include each member in the life of the community, the Outreach
Committee has put together a Participation
Form. This form identifies the various areas of Fabrangen for involvement,
along with a brief description of what each activity entails. The goal is to
spread the work among our entire membership for maximum participation and engagement.
Please take a few minutes to complete the questionnaire – and
return it with your membership form. Each adult should complete
one separately. Teens are encouraged to complete one as well. We
will work to make sure that the information is shared with the appropriate
members.
Since
1988, a tzedakah project that offers direct service to families in
Washington,
D.C., Project Hope particularly empowers families and individuals
to maintain permanent residences, expand job opportunities, and seek
education.
Join
in the Project Hope tradition of providing fun, educational activities
for children of several families who we have assisted
for many years. This
can be a one-time volunteer activity or a continuing commitment.
We presently need someone who would like to do S.A.T. tutoring.
We also could help by
providing afterschool or weekend employment for other teens: these
young people have experience mowing lawns, babysitting, and doing
odd jobs around
the house.
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Thanks
from Fran Goldman & Deb Kolodny: "We
had about 100 people in attendance, an incredible array of
donated items, delicious food, fun entertainment, and we raised
a significant amount money to support our community and even
brought in one new member. We
raised close to $6,000. |
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Fabrangen Retreat
Release, Redemption and Rebalancing:
Living into the Jubilee Promise
The 2005 Fabrangen retreat was a great success
- Here
are pictures by Lloyd Wolf of another great Havdalah Live!
The originals of these pictures are large files that are very clear
and crisp, but take up too much memory for our web server. If you
see a picture you would love to have, please email Elena and she
will send it to you.
Thanks to Michael Pinck for creating this slide
show!
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On Sunday, Jan. 16th, 2005, a group of Fabrangen
bar/bat mitzvah-age kids and their parents met at the Jewish
Bookstore in Wheaton for a Torah workshop with Rabbi Menachem
Youlus. Photos ©2005
by Gilah Langner.
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On
September 1, 2003, the Fabrangen Havurah moved from the Hillel
building at George Washington University to the
Washington Ethical Society building at 16th Street and
Kalmia, NW. Members of the community participated in walking
our two Torah
scrolls to the new site. Members walked through Rock Creek
Park and up 16th Street. Photos ©2003 by Lloyd Wolf.
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