Contacts: Aya Betensky, abetensky@abwebworks.com and
Ruth C. Reidbord, rcreidbord@gmail.com, Coordinators

Please join us in our monthly celebrations of Rosh Chodesh, the new month. We especially welcome new members to our group. Our theme varies each year. This year we are reading short stories written by Jewish women in America and Israel.

We’ll meet next for Rosh Chodesh Sivan, on Monday, May 21 at 7:30 PM. The story for discussion will be “The Reverse Bug” by Lore Segal: An unexpected twist in a conference on whether there should be a statute of limitations on genocide.  Aya will send out a pdf of the story to the Rosh Chodesh mailing list. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact Ruth, rcreidbord@gmail.com.

We’ve had a change of host: Ruth Reidbord will host the meeting, and Stephanie Birnberg will lead the discussion. Details and RSVP to Ruth, rcreidbord@gmail.com.

The Rosh Chodesh Group meeting for Nissan, March 26, 2012

Rosh Chodesh Schedule for 2011-2012

• Elul — September 12, 7:30 pm: “Z’mira” by Gloria Goldreich
• Tishrei-Cheshvan — October 31, 7:30 pm: “Vaquita” by Edith Pearlman
• Kislev — December 5, 7:30 pm:  “Apples from the Desert” by Savyon Liebrecht
• Tevet — no meeting
  
• Shevat — January 23, 7:30 pm:  “Goodbye and Good Luck” by Grace Paley
• Adar — February 27, 7:30 pm: “Purim Night” by Edith Pearlman
  
• Nissan — March 26, 7:30 pm: “Rough Casting” by Elena Makarova
  
• Iyar — April 23, 7:30 pm: “Orchards” by Eppie Zore’a
  
• Sivan — May 21, 7:30 pm: “The Reverse Bug” by Lore Segal
  
• Tammuz — June 25, 7:30 pm: “Homage to Isaac Bashevis Singer: A Story” by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
  
• Av — July 23, 7:30 pm: “The Woman Who Lost Her Names” by Nessa Rapoport

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Rosh Chodesh Candlelighting, text by Marcia Falk, music by Linda Hirschhorn (this is a file you can download and play to learn the song)

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Banner photo of new moon courtesy of Joel Raupe.