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Shalom!

We are SO excited! Kallah is just around the corner and this email contains a lot of information that you will need. We are thrilled about the offerings this year and want you to have an exceptional week. We also want to remind you that we’re only human! If there are any mistakes or oversights we will do our best to correct them as quickly as humanly possible. Your patience and understanding will be much appreciated!!

First, we want to let you know about a very important promotion:

"Kallah is more fun with a friend"! Help us increase attendance AND save money!

Take a $75 rebate for yourself, and $75 off for a friend that signs up for Kallah from now until 6/26 (they have to mention your name). (Shabbat only = $35 rebate and savings)

Here is more important information:

We are experiencing an enormous volume of calls and emails at this time. We would very much appreciate it if you would first check our website for up to date information, FAQs, cancellations, etc. Many of your questions will be answered on the site.

If you call the Kallah office or send an email, you WILL get a response; It just may not be immediately. The Kallah office in Massachusetts will close on Monday, June 22 as we travel to Ohio. We will re-open in Ohio on Wednesday, June 24.

If you are a smoker and are signed up for a double room (without a specified roommate), please let me know ASAP. Some people specifically requested a non-smoker as a roommate. Although there is no smoking in the OWU buildings, some people can be very sensitive to smoke on clothes and belongings and I want to respect their wishes.

Registration will take place in the Reception Area of Smith Hall, located at 38 South Liberty St. in Delaware, OH Take the steps or elevator to the second floor and you will find us

If you will be arriving after registration hours on either Sunday or Monday, PLEASE let me know when you think you might get to OWU so we can give you instructions on getting your room key. We do not want anyone arriving late and not having access to their room. So, I’ll ask again, PLEASE EMAIL kallahadmin@rcn.com IF YOU WILL BE A LATE ARRIVAL ON EITHER SUNDAY, JUNE 28, OR MONDAY, JUNE 29!! . If an unforeseen event prevents you from letting us know, call the OWU Public Safety Dept.: 740-368-2222.

Conversely, if you are arriving on campus before "official" registration begins on Sunday, June 29. Please come to the Kallah office in the Beeghly Library (across from the Hamilton Williams Student Union) for keys and meal cards. We also ask that you give us a "heads up" to make sure someone is there to greet you and give us a call when you're about 30 min away: 740-368-7029.

Class assignments are set and will go out to you in a separate email. Please do not email or call at this point to change a class choice. We will have an add/drop process at Kallah.

If you have not paid your balance, YOU MUST contact the office immediately. We will not accept registration fees at the Kallah!

Many of you signed up for a shuttle from the Columbus Airport to OWU. If you already signed up for a shuttle, make sure you’ve let Yoram know your arrival information. His email is renewjew@netvision.net.il. If he doesn’t have your flight info, we cannot arrange a shuttle for you!

If you know that you will need a shuttle back to the airport on Sunday, July 5 (and haven’t signed up for one yet), you will be able to sign up at the Guest Relations Desk at Kallah until Thursday, July 2. Shuttles are $30/person each way

Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum will host a storytelling evening Tuesday night at the Kallah. Storytellers who would like to participate should contact him at yitzhak@att.net or 718 858-4058. Stories on the themes of everyday holiness or protecting planet earth and the environment are especially desired.

Tikkun Olam Opportunity:

The town of Delaware, Ohio is home to The Stratford Ecological Center -- a non-profit organization dedicated to the education of children and adults in understanding the relationships between living things and their environment.

The SEC has invited Kallah participants to help them with their mission by doing clean-up and renovations around the farm. Adults and children are welcome to participate in the project. Dress for farm work. Sturdy shoes are important. Gloves may be helpful. You also may want to bring extra water, if the weather is warm.

Community Affiliate Representative Gathering Monday, June 29, 9 am-12 noon

If you are on the board or otherwise in the leadership of an ALEPH Community Affiliate and were hoping to attend the Community Rep training, we wanted to alert you that it will start on Monday morning, and not Sunday. We will be focusing on building your membership base, and our time together will include chant, meditation, text study, dyadic discussion and concrete strategies on growing your community!

Contact Deb Kolodny if you want to attend, letting her know the ALEPH affiliate you are representing. She'll get you the building and room number. You can reach Deb at Debraruth@mac.com

ALEPH Live and Silent Auction

As many of you know (since teachers, shuk participants and healers have already been contacted) a fairly recent feature of the ALEPH Kallah is our live and silent auction. We’ve had great success raising funds with it, participants report having fun and donors say they appreciate being able to tangibly support Jewish Renewal while getting visibility with our grass roots. Two years ago we were surprised to hear that many Kallah participants were disappointed that they had not been asked to contribute. So, today we are making sure that does not happen again!

If you would like to donate one or more items for the silent auction (or if you have something like a vacation home that you’d like to donate to our live auction....let us know that too!) please fill out the attached form and get it to Rivkah Walton in ALEPH’s office by June 18. You can reach her at: Aleph Information <aleph-info@aleph.org>

You can then bring the item with you to the silent auction room at the Kallah where Susan Saxe will put it on display. If you donate your own art, ALEPH is able to provide you a tax receipt for the cost of the materials. Items like books, cd's, crafts, spiritual objects/artifacts or jewelry also have a history of success and are fully tax deductible.

Thanks so much for considering this request!

See you in 2 weeks!!

Sheri Levson

Office Manager

kallahadmin@rcn.com