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Traditional Congregation of Creve Coeur
12437 Ladue Road ● St. Louis, MO 63141 ● 314-576-5230 ● tradcong@sbcglobal.net

Rabbi Seth D Gordon
Ephraim Zimand, Rabbi Emeritus

 

 



 

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Recent Events at Traditional

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Our Very First CHOCOLATE SEDER!!


April 4-5, 2008

Our second awesome Totally Youth Shabbat:
 
Friday, April 4:  Kabbalat Shabbat, 6:30 PM; shabbat dinner 7:15 PM. 
$10/adult, $5/child ($35 family max).  Reservations must be made and paid by 3/26.
 
April 5:  Shabbat morning services, 9:00 AM followed by Kiddush luncheon.  Afternoon youth activity at the home of Rabbi Seth & Marian Gordon. 
Mincha/seudah shleeshit/arvit/havdalah: 6:15 PM.

March 16, 2008

Purim Banquet
Purim Mask


Monday, March 10, 2008

Ladies' Harem Experience at the JCC Schuetz Road, 7 - 9 p.m.  Cost is $14 per person, including women's health club, lounge/refreshments, yoga or belly dancing class.  Massages available by appointment.


Shabbat, March 1, 2008

Rededication Shabbat honoring Jerry and Zeta Chervitz


Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008

Mediterranean Cooking Class with Rachel Armoza, 2 p.m.  RSVP to the office: 314-576-5230.


Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008

Costume Workshop with Judy Becker. 10:30 a.m. - noon.  Get ideas and help with your Purim costume.


Monday, Feb. 11, 2008

Persian Cooking Class with Rebecca McCarthy, 10:00  AM.  RSVP to the office, 314-576-5230 (fee for ingredients to be determined).


Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008

Super Sunday of Jewish Learning, 9:30 AM Breakfast, Classes from 10:00-2:30 with break for lunch & keynote.  Rabbi Gordon will teach at 10:00 AM on “God’s Will or Extremism?” : Two rabbinic giants (the Rambam & the Ramban) debate the Nazir, an explicit Torah institution. At the JCC (Creve Coeur), $18 (optional lunch $9), register online at cajestl.org

Sisterhood Kitchen Shower, 10:30 AM.  Have coffee with the ladies and help Sisterhood replenish much-needed supplies in our kitchens.  Call Anna Brick 314-878-0796 to let her know you’ll be joining us and what you’d like to contribute.


Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008

Wine Tasting Event, 7:30 PM.  Learn about and sample delicious wines with staff from The Wine Merchant.  Plus hors d’oeuvres and desserts.  $20 per person - reservations required. Call the office at 314-576-5230 for more info and a reservation.


Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008

Knosh & Knowledge Concert with STAAM, a Jewish a cappella group from Washington University making an encore appearance at Traditional.  Enjoy a Program of Uplifting Jewish Music.  Light breakfast at 10 a.m., concert at 10:45.  It's free, but please call the office to make a reservation, so we can prepare enough food: 314-576-5230.


Friday-Saturday, Jan. 25-26, 2008

Youth Shabbat.  All services completely led by our youth.  Plus Shabbat dinner and luncheon and motza’ei Shabbat social activities. Click here for full details.


Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008

Book Groups!  10:00 AM and 7:00 PM.

Yours and Minds: Ancient Texts and Modern Tomes,” a specialty book group at Traditional with Naomi Fishman.  3-part series, first meetings 1/23 at 10:00 AM and 7:00 PM. First Readings: The Arabian Nights (Husain Haddawy) and Megillat Esther (JPS translation)…and festive Persian comedy.  RSVP and more info: 576-5230 by Monday Jan. 21.


Monday, January 21, 2008

Tu B'Shevat Seder, celebrating the creation of the physical environment and observing the first flowering of this year’s trees in Israel.  Join us at 6:30 p.m. at Traditional Congregation, 12437 Ladue Road. 

Prospective members are very welcome to attend as our guests; please provide contact information for those attending at no charge when you make reservations. 

Reservations by Thursday, January 17, are necessary, and payment must be received in advance.  For reservations or information, call Pamela Singer at 314-275-9909 or the synagogue office at 576-5230

Members:  $12 per adult; $ 6 per under-twelve; $36 maximum/family


Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Traditional’s Own Naomi Fishman to Present Lunchtime Book Talk at 11:30 a.m. at the Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library, located in the Jewish Federation Kopolow Building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive.  Naomi will lead a discussion on The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon, a murder mystery, a love story and an homage to 1940’s noir, set in the imaginary Jewish homeland that is Alaska. 

Bring a sack lunch – coffee and dessert will be provided. Admission is $7.00 per person; free to Friends of the Library. Reservations are required by January 15.  For more information or to
make a reservation, call 314-442-3720 or email Brodsky-library@jfedstl.org


Tuesday, January 15, 2008

  • Winter Adult Beit Midrash -- “The Oral Torah: Mishnah & Midrash.”  Eight Tuesday night classes, 7:15-8:45 PM.  Cost is $25 per person for all classes or $35 per family for all classes.  Call shul office to register: 314-576-5230
  • Tu Bishevat Celebration Planned.  Children ages 3-9 and their parents and grandparents are invited to celebrate Tu Bishevat at PJ Storytime at 6:45 PM, at the Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library, 12 Millstone Campus Dr.  Children are encouraged to wear their pajamas to this evening celebration which will feature stories of trees and nature by library director Barbara Raznick, crafts and a special treat.   There is no charge for PJ Storytime, but reservations are required by Monday, January 14, by calling the Brodsky Library, 442-3720 or email Brodsky-library@jfedstl.org.


Monday, January 14, 2008

  • Current Events in Israel with Zumi Brody.  8:00 p.m. at Traditional.
     

  • Adult Beit Midrash -- Halachah: A Fresh Look II.”  Eight Monday night classes, 7:15-8:45 PM.  Cost is $25 per person for all classes or $35 per family for all classes.  Call shul office to register: 314-576-5230.


Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007

Special study session with Rabbi Ephraim Zimand at CAJE.  9:45 registration, 10:00 brunch, 11:00 “The Man Moses.”  $36/person, contact Cyndee Levy 442-3754 to pre-register.


Dec. 24, 2007

Howdy Folks! Traditional's 3rd Annual Dinner and a Movie!  This year it's a Western theme.  Dinner @ 5:30 PM, Movie @ 7:30 PM.  Bob Cohn will speak to us about the movie.  Based on the critically-acclaimed novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, “Everything is Illuminated” tells the story of a young man’s quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion.  What starts out as a journey to piece together one family’s story under the most absurd circumstances turns into a surprisingly meaningful journey with a powerful series of revelations—the importance of remembrance, the perilous nature of secrets, the legacy of the Holocaust, the meaning of friendship and, most importantly, love.  PG-13  This year’s dinner theme is Western United States.  Our Western dinner menu:

Appetizer
Rabbit Food
Roast Beef with Horseysauce
French Cut Greenbeans with Nuts
Garlic Mash
Cobbler 

Cost for dinner and movie is $30/person.  Reservations required.  Call the office at 576-5230.  (Let us know if you need a vegetarian entrée.)


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