What an inspiring Kabbalat Shabbat service for the 80-plus Havurah members and friends of all ages at last Friday's service. If the authors who read at the service are interested and willing, we would love to collect the readings! Please email Havurah's office so all who attended the service can re-experience the stories and those who missed the service can read the memoirs for the first time.

Last Friday's service concluded with a presentation of gifts from each of the students in Rob Freedman's final memoir writing class at Havurah (each one is, naturally, a book). Rob has taught this course at Havurah for six years now, and every year the memoirs his students produce were insightful and inspiring. Many thanks to Rob Freedman for helping so many Havurahniks access, unravel, and weave back together the important stories of their lives.

Top photo is of Rob Freedman receiving gifts from his students presented by Lisa Rackner. Above photo is Nancy Becker reading from her memoir. Below are photos of Bob Epstein and Robbin Deweese, reading at the Friday night service.