It’s the season for a mitzvah. On Sunday morning, April 7, The New Reform Temple’s Social Justice Committee invites you to participate in our annual Spring Mitzvah Day!

• JFS Yard Clean Up: help an elderly client with yard cleanup.
• JFS Brookside East Food Pantry: assemble food bags.
• Village Shalom: socialize with residents and play BINGO.
• Kansas City Hospice House: prepare and serve breakfast for families and staff. Also do other projects.
• Manheim Park Community Garden: spring garden activities.
• KC Mothers in Charge 5K or Remembrance Walk: participate by walking or run a 5K.

Join us for a screening of:

The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Thursday, March 14 at 7:00 pm
Theater at the Sulgrave Regency, 200 West 49th Street Kansas City, MO
RSVP to the Temple office at: 816-523-7809 or info@thenewreformtemple.com. Reservations are required – SPACE IS LIMITED!

Germany, 1957. Attorney General Fritz Bauer receives crucial evidence on the whereabouts of SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann. The lieutenant colonel, responsible for the mass deportation of the Jews, is allegedly hiding in Buenos Aires. Bauer, himself Jewish, has been trying to take crimes from the Third Reich to court ever since his return from Danish exile. However, there is little success so far due to the fierce German determination to repress its sinister past. Due to his distrust in the German justice system, Fritz Bauer contacts the Israeli secret service Mossad, and by doing so, commits treason. Bauer is not seeking revenge for the Holocaust – he is concerned with the German future.

Winner of 6 German Film awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay

A community second night of Passover Seder will be offered on Saturday, April 20 and hosted by Congregation Ohev Sholom. The Seder is an opportunity for family and friends to come together as a community for the telling of the Passover story – to reflect on our past and look forward to a future of freedom and liberation for all people throughout the world.

The Seder will be led by Rabbi Scott and Civia White. Through engaging stories, song and discussion, we will retell the story of the Exodus, Crossing the Sea, the story of our people’s journey from slavery to freedom and remember those around the world who struggle with injustice every day.

A traditional kosher-for-Passover Seder meal will be prepared by Kosher Connection under supervision of the Vaad Hakashrut of Kansas City and served under the supervision of Rabbi White.

The community Seder is sponsored by the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City, funded in part by the Flor Harris Foundation of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City and supported by Congregations.

Advance reservations are mandatory and must be received by Wednesday, April 10; fees increase after that date.

Registration forms are available on line at www.kcrabbis.org or forms can be picked up at area congregations.  For information or to inquire about confidential financial assistance, contact Annette Fish, Administrator/Program Director, Rabbinical Association by email, afprogram@aol.com or call 913-327-4622.

Hunger never takes a holiday. As we approach the season of Passover, there will be hundreds among us who will struggle to put food on the table let alone those special items to celebrate a Seder.

YOU can help make a difference. Join Jewish Family Services, The Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City and area congregations in collecting Passover food items. More than 160 families will be helped through your participation in the Passover food drive.

Our congregation has chosen to collect donations of cake meal and grape juice; packaged items should be labeled “kosher for Passover”. Drop off items in our Temple’s lobby through the end of March. Monetary donations are also accepted. Donation envelopes are located on the food barrel or make an online donation through the JFS site: www.jfskc.org. Funds are used to purchase food items to include in the holiday food packages.

By participating in the Passover Food Drive you are putting into action the traditional words of the Haggadah, “let all who are hungry come and eat.”

There are a variety of volunteer opportunities available in connection with the Passover Holiday Food Drive. If you or someone you know wants to volunteer, please call (913) 730-1410 or email volunteer@jfskc.org.

The New Reform Temple launches the seventh season of its monthly film series for adults which brings to our community cutting edge, award winning films that will explore the Modern Jewish Experience.

Join us for a screening of:
Jesus Camp
Thursday, February 28 at 7:00 pm
Theater at the Sulgrave Regency, 200 West 49th Street Kansas City, MO
RSVP to the Temple office at: 816-523-7809 or info@thenewreformtemple.com. Reservations are required – SPACE IS LIMITED!

Jesus Camp follows Levi, Rachel, and Tory to Pastor Becky Fischer’s “Kids on Fire” summer camp in Devil’s Lake, North Dakota, where kids as young as 6 years-old are taught to become dedicated Christian soldiers in “God’s army.” The film follows these children at camp as they hone their “prophetic gifts” and are schooled in how to “take back America for Christ.”

This film was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2007 Oscars.