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Welcome to
TEMPLE AHAVAT SHALOM
1575 Curlew Road
Palm Harbor, FL 34683
727.785.8811
727.785.8822 (fax)
Temple Ahavat Shalom is an inclusive Reform Jewish Community filled with warmth, joy and purpose. Our Temple is a second home for our members, a place where people of all ages can relate comfortably with one another in an atmosphere of sensitivity and caring.
At Temple Ahavat Shalom we are dedicated to ensuring the continuity of Judaism as a force for good in the world and to enhancing our spiritual lives through religious services, cultural celebrations, and social activities. We educate our children and adults both in the classroom and through activities in the greater Jewish and general communities.
Temple Ahavat Shalom serves the Jewish communities in Dunedin, Clearwater, Palm Harbor, Belleair, Tarpon Springs, Holiday, New Port Richey, Port Richey, Hudson, West Tampa, Lutz, and Odessa.
We warmly welcome all who wish to participate in Jewish worship, study, and fellowship.
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January 2012
No charge for members and $100 for non-members.
3rd-7th grade students. Barbara Smith is the teacher. Contact the Religious School for more information at 727-785-8811, ext 4.
Taught by Elaine Wolstein. Class cost for 10 weeks is $50 for members and $75 for non-members. make checks payable to TAS. Please contact the Religious School for more information at 727-785-8811, ext 4.
Taught by Ronit Levy. Prerequisite-Hebrew reading is required. Class cost for 10 weeks is $50 for members and $75 for non-members. Make checks payable to TAS. Contact the Religious School for more information at 727-785-8811, ext4.
February 2012
Lunch N’ Learn Torah Study with Cantor Jacobson, will resume meeting weekly on Thursdays at noon beginning October 20th. This class utilizes our Reform movement’s THE TORAH: A WOMAN’S COMMENTARY, as well as other Biblical commentaries and resources. This is an ongoing study session, open to men and women, Jew and non-Jew. No prior knowledge is necessary. For more information or to order your book, call the Temple office at 727-785-8811 or email: cantor@ahavatshalom.org.
3rd-7th grade students. Barbara Smith is the teacher. Contact the Religious School for more information at 727-785-8811, ext 4.
Taught by Elaine Wolstein. Class cost for 10 weeks is $50 for members and $75 for non-members. make checks payable to TAS. Please contact the Religious School for more information at 727-785-8811, ext 4.
Taught by Ronit Levy. Prerequisite-Hebrew reading is required. Class cost for 10 weeks is $50 for members and $75 for non-members. Make checks payable to TAS. Contact the Religious School for more information at 727-785-8811, ext4.
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by Evelyne Klein When our (fabulous) Membership Director asked if I would host a Shabbat dinner at our house, as a way to have long-standing members meet new members, I thought: What a terrific idea!! There were so many new members we did not know, and members we saw at temple events only. What better way to bring old and new together, get to know other members better, than around the Shabbat dinner table? I was amazed at the synergies between the old and new members who came: the conversation flowed around the table, with everyone introducing themselves, and topics ranging from the impact of Hillel on college students to training for boards, to activities for disabled youngsters and numerous other topics, both personal and otherwise. The conversation was lively and vigorous the entire evening. When our kids were young, my father would insist we come for Shabbat dinner on [...]
by Craig Parks I am a very rare breed in the Reform Movement. Out of over 900 congregations I am one of the very few full time Directors of Youth Programming that has been in my job over ten years. I have now spoken at my third national Biennial in a row and do so with great fervor. When those attendees come to my presentations and hear about the 60 -70 kids coming to our Teen Shabbat Jam 2 hour Friday night service once a month or our well over 100 9-12 graders participating in our programs such as the social action youth group Tikkun Project, or the summer camp that brings in gobs of kids and teens who work on staff I sometimes have to reach for napkins to wipe the drool off the faces. I can’t even tell you how many times I have heard the phrase “Can [...]
The Obama’s dog? No, it’s not that “Bo” my friend We’re talking Torah! In this week’s portion Pesach observance described A law for all time Kids are gonna ask What’s this seder mean to you? You must answer them Exodus 12:26-27 Your children may ask you, ‘What is this service to you?’ You must answer, ‘It is the Passover service to God. He passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians, sparing our homes.’
by Rabbi Henry Jay Karp In my first installment in this series, I spoke about the merger discussions between our congregation and the Tri City Jewish Center. At that time I stated that since I addressed institutional reasons for why the resulting congregation should affiliate with the Reform movement in my answers to the Merger Task Force’s questionnaire, therefore in this series I would restrict the focus of these articles to personal ideological reasons for my love of and commitment to Reform Judaism. However, as I now conclude this series, I wish to remove that self-imposed restriction and revisit why I feel so strongly about our congregation’s connection to the institutions and organizations of Reform Judaism. While ideology, practice, culture, all are important, they do not exist in a vacuum. They do not spring up overnight, born of thin air. Rather they are the product of like-minded people coming together [...]
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