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All services at B'nai B'rith House, 99 Hotham Street, East St. Kilda.
Weekly Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) services Carlebach style with lots of singing start at 6:30pm and last no longer than an hour.
Weekly Shabbat morning services start at 9:30am usually finishing a little before 12:00 with kiddush following.
Children's Shabbat services for ages 3-11 are held on the 1st and 3rd Shabbat of every month (and also any week with a Bar/Bat Mitzvah) from around 10:30 for 45 minutes. Lots of fun with our charismatic shlichim.
If you wish to help in any way in the running of our services, the person looking after the roster of participants is Samantha Davis.
Top^The Glen Eira Council has formally issued a town planning permit our new building! A presentation was given at the AGM about the new building. (Depending on your Internet connection, the PowerPoint presentation might require extra time to download.)
Kehilat Nitzan was featured in a story about Masorti Judaism in Australia in the Australian Jewish News. (Downloadable PDF)
Looking for somewhere to celebrate second-night Seder? Following last year's highly successful second Seder, KN invites expressions of interest from members interested in attending a second-night seder at B'nai B'rith, Tuesday March 30. Please RSVP to the office.
Members are invited to volunteer to join our Shule Protection Team to do shifts and be extra eyes and ears at shule during Shabbat Services. CSG is running one 6-hour course prior to Pesach on 9 & 16 March (must attend both sessions) from 7 - 10pm at Chabad Glen Eira, 484 Glen Eira Road, Caulfield. Anyone interested in attending should send your name and contact details to Evelyn in the office.
Our current series of lessons is dedicated to the history and the teaching of the great Sages of the Mishnah. The shiur will focus on rabbinic sources relating to the attitude toward sex and sexuality and the concept of Yetzer Hara. The shiur is held at 2 Lempiere Avenue, East St Kilda. New participants welcome!
Our post B'nei Mitzvah youth are invited to Friday night dinner following the shule service at 6.30pm. This is a wonderful opportunity to farewell Nir and to meet and greet our new shlichot. Please confirm bookings ASAP. Cost is $10.00.
We invite you to be involved in K.N. Care, our new initiative which brings together those in Kehilat Nitzan who need help and support with those who are willing to help. We seek caring volunteers who are good listeners and are willing to visit people at home or in hospital, who may be suffering from financial stress, physical or emotional problems +/or isolation . Volunteers will be trained by "Wings of Care's" professional facilitators, and Rabbi Bandel will co-ordinate K.N. Care. (We are also seeking an accountant and a solicitor to provide pro-bono services as required.)
For further information, to volunteer, or if you need help, please contact Evelyn, in confidence, at the KN office on 9576 2255.
On the first Sunday of each month, both men and women are invited to come and join us for a guided Shacharit service. Learn how to doven a weekday Shacharit. Please bring a friend or family member and help us to complete a minyan for those wishing to say Kaddish.
Services are held at our shule on BB house 99 Hotham at 9.15 am in the Fisher Room. Shacharit service will be followed by some bagels and juice.
Read the latest Kehilat Nitzan News Sheet to find out more about upcoming events PLUS other communual events of interest.
Greeting cards are now available which feature the beautiful Seven Days of Creation that adorn
the wall of our synagogue at B'nai B'rith house. See the brochure
for further details.
To order, complete the order form then print it
and send to the Kehilat Nitzan office.
Read the latest Kehilat Nitzan News Sheet to find out more about upcoming community and synagogue events.
Top^Read the exciting and extensive news, including photos, in our latest Kehilat Nitzan NEWSLETTER
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