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Jewish Holidays

School year 2012-2013
Rosh Hashanah*.................Mon & Tue, Sep 17-18, 2012
Yom Kippur...........................................Wed, Sep 26, 2012
Succot*................................... Mon & Tue, Oct  1-2, 2012
Sh'mini Atzeret ......................................Mon, Oct  8, 2012
Simchat Torah........................................ Tue, Oct  9, 2012
Hanukkah.................................................Sun, Dec  9, 2012
Purim....................................................... Sun, Feb 24, 2013
Passover* (start)...............Tue. & Wed., Mar 26-27, 2013
Passover* (end)....................Mon. & Tue., Apr 1-2, 2013
Yom Hashoah...........................................Sun, Apr  7, 2013
Yom Haatzmaut..................................... Mon, Apr 15, 2013
Lag B'Omer..............................................Sun, Apr 28, 2013
Shavuot*............................ Wed & Thur, May 15-6, 2013
Tisha B'Av................................................Tue, Jul 16, 2013
School year 2013-2014
Rosh Hashanah*......................Thu & Fri, Sep  5-6, 2013
Yom Kippur...........................................  Sat, Sep 14, 2013
Succot*..................................Thu & Fri, Sep 19-20, 2013
Sh'mini Atzeret ..................................... Thu, Sep 26, 2013
Simchat Torah........................................Fri, Sep 27, 2013
Hanukkah...............................................Thu, Nov 28, 2013
Purim.......................................................Sun, Mar 16, 2014
Passover (start)*................. Tue & Wed, Apr 15-16, 2014
Passover (end)*..................Mon & Tue, Apr 21-22, 2014
Yom Hashoah..........................................Sun, Apr 27, 2014
Yom Haatzmaut......................................Mon, May 5, 2014
Lag B'Omer.............................................Sun, May 18, 2014
Shavuot*................................ Wed & Thu, Jun  4-5, 2014
School Year 2009-2010
Rosh Hashanah*.................. Sat & Sun, Sep 19-20, 2009
Yom Kippur..........................................Mon, Sep 28, 2009
Succot*.....................................Sat & Sun, Oct  3-4, 2009
Sh'mini Atz eret.......................................Sat, Oct 10, 2009
Simchat Torah.......................................Sun, Oct 11, 2009
Hanukkah................................................  Sat, Dec 12, 2009
Purim......................................................  Sun, Feb 28, 2010
Passover* (start)...............  Tue & Wed, Mar 30-31, 2010
Passover* (end)..................Mon & Tues, April 5-6, 2010
Yom Hashoah..........................................Sun, Apr 11, 2010
Yom Haatzmaut..................................... Mon, Apr 19, 2010
Lag B'Omer..............................................Sun, May  2, 2010
Shavuot*............................Wed & Thu, May 19-20, 2010
Tisha B'Av................................................Tue, Jul 20, 2010
School Year 2010-2011
Rosh Hashanah*....................Thu & Fri, Sep  9-10, 2010
Yom Kippur............................................ Sat, Sep 18, 2010
Succot*...................................Thu,& Fri Sep 23-24, 2010
Sh'mini Atzeret ............................................. Sep 30, 2010
Simchat Torah.........................................Fri, Oct  1, 2010
Hanukkah................................................ Thu, Dec  2, 2010
Purim.......................................................Sun, Mar 20, 2011
Passover* (start)................. Tue & Wed, Apr 19-20, 2011
Passover* (end)................ Mon & Tues, Apr 25-26, 2011
Yom Hashoah..........................................Sun, May  1, 2011
Yom Haatzmaut......................................Mon, May 9, 2011
Lag B'Omer.............................................Sun, May 22, 2011
Shavuot*................................ Wed & Thu, Jun  8-9, 2011
Tisha B'Av..............................................Tue, Aug  9, 2011
  School Year 2011-2012
Rosh Hashanah*...................Thu & Fri, Sep 29-30, 2011
Yom Kippur..............................................Sat, Oct  8, 2011
Succot*..................................Thu & Fri, Oct 13-14, 2011
Sh'mini Atzeret ......................................Thu, Oct 20, 2011
Simchat Torah........................................Fri, Oct 21, 2011
Hanukkah.............................................. Wed, Dec 21, 2011
Purim....................................................... Thu, Mar  8, 2012
Passover* (start)......................Sat & Sun, Apr  7-8, 2012
Passover* (end).....................Fri & Sat, Apr 13-14, 2012
Yom Hashoah..........................................Thu, Apr 19, 2012
Yom Haatzmaut..........................................Fr, Apr 27, 2012
Lag B'Omer............................................ Thu, May 10, 2012
Shavuot*............................. Sun & Mon, May 27-8, 2012
Tisha B'Av.................................................Sat, Jul 28, 2012
For Your Information
Calendar of Major Jewish Holidays
School Years 2009-2010 through 2013-2014
Holidays begin the evening before the day noted. Holidays marked with an asterisk are
observed for one day only by Reform and Reconstructionist Jews. Holidays noted in italic are
holy days on which no work is permitted and absences from school or work should be excused.
Yom Hashoah is Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Yom Ha'atzma'ut is Israel Independence Day.
Date of obserance of these may vary from the calendar date.
This calendar was prepared by
Rabbi Paul Drazen
United Synagogue  of
Conservative Judaism
Program Development
820 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
646-519-9310
drazen@uscj.org
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact him. You
may make as many copies of this calendar as you wish.

 

 

1月1日	1月1日	星期六
農曆年初一	2月3日	星期四
農曆年初二	2月4日	星期五
農曆年初三	2月5日	星期六
清明節	4月5日	星期二
耶穌受難節	4月22日	星期五
耶穌受難節翌日	4月23日	星期六
復活節星期一	4月25日	星期一
勞動節翌日	5月2日	星期一
佛誕	5月10日	星期二
端午節	6月6日	星期一
香港特別行政區成立紀念日	7月1日	星期五
中秋節翌日	9月13日	星期二
國慶日	10月1日	星期六
重陽節	10月5日	星期三
聖誕節後第一個周日	12月26日	星期一
聖誕節後第二個周日	12月27日	星期二

政府發言人說：「由於二○一一年的勞動節適逢在星期日，因而將勞動節翌日訂為增補公眾假期。另外，由於二○一一年的聖誕節適逢在星期日，因而將聖誕節後第二個周日訂為增補公眾假期。」

 

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Van Gogh was gone, his spirit keeps living on. 

Hope Community Communication's mission is to help artists who have Van Gogh spirit promoting their works globally. 

Arts heal lost souls.

梵高死了，他的精神永存。 

希望公社传播的使命是帮助有着梵高精神的艺术家在全球范围内传播他们的思想和创作。

艺术拯救失落的灵魂。

  www.hopecommunity.cc 

 

关于希望公社的最初，是父辈的痛苦与挣扎，它缘起于关于共产主义理想的近乎幻灭近乎绝望的挽歌。

每一个人都会死去，不论在生的时候我们有什么信仰，当我们离开这个世界，唯有我们的精神永存。

在迷茫的暗夜里，如果有一线光亮，就有希望。

每一代人都有一代人的荣辱喜乐和悲哀。

我始终记得那部叫作芳草斜阳外的片子，母亲用多么哀婉的语气告诉自己的孩子：我们都无法选择我们的出生和被教育的方式，因为我们的父母也一样，无从选择。

16岁的时候，我隐约听到一种召唤，是爱让地球转动。

如果，你问我，我的信仰是什么？它也许不是基督也许不是佛陀，它更有可能是单纯的爱。  

罗素说，对爱情的渴望，对知识的追求，对人类苦难不可遏制的同情，是支配我一生的单纯而强烈的三种感情。于我，也是一样。 

希望公社的存在就是因为爱，因为愈合伤口需要爱，因为活下去以及更好地活着都需要爱。       

这个世界已经有太多的杀戮和创伤，我希望我们在我们的希望公社里将可以重新怀抱最初的梦想和最真心的爱与希望。

梦想中的希望公社, 它可以具体到是一个酒吧, 它其实会更像一个书吧。音乐, 现场, 书籍, 艺术, 心灵疗愈。二楼是客房, 类似Youth Hostel那样子。这里没有阶级，没有富贵与贫贱，这里只有对灵魂的尊重。希望公社会建在一个有树的地方，当风吹来，叶子就会开始跳舞。我曾经想象过它是透明的，下雨的时候，坐在一楼的沙发上可以看见雨点撞击在天花玻璃上四溅的水花，非常美丽。我想像，每个星期五晚上是爵士专场，周六晚上是摇滚专场，周日下午是钢琴和文学沙龙。平时有许多的文艺的活动，画展啊，Party啊。包括音乐和绘画，它们也可以是希望公社的疗愈手段，它还有一间舞蹈房，没有规律的肢体语言，释放禁锢已久的灵魂和心性。灵修，禅修，心灵治愈。希望公社接受所有受伤的孩子。定期和不定期的心理沙龙，团队心理辅导，心灵激励，潜能激发，生命成长，各种和心的成长有关的养分在这里如同星星之火传播开来。

希望公社是一种信仰，一种内心平和笃定，一种对己对人对事的接受和包容，一种看淡名利的姿态，它更是一种乐于奉献的精神，以及享受缓慢，自然和环保的Lohas生活方式。After all, 它和爱有关。

它也许只是一个酒吧，在一个地方影响一些人，它也可能成为一种疗愈的方式，在全世界遍地开花。

Chinese to English by Google Translation

The initialism about Hope Community is relating to the pain and strugle of  my father's generation, which is originated from a elegy that expresses the near-desperate disillusion of the communist ideal.

Everyone will die, no matter what kind of belief we hold in life, when we leave this world, only our spirit live forever.

In the confusion of the dark night, if there is a ray of light, there is hope.

Each generation has the honor, joy and sadness of its own.

I always remember that movie called the setting sun outside the Grass, the mother how to use subtle language, tone of voice to tell their own children: we can not choose our birth and been taught that way, because our parents, too, no choice.

16 years old, I vaguely heard a call - love moves the world.

If you ask me, I believe that? It may not be of Christ may not Buddha, it is more likely to simply love.

Russell said that the desire for love, the pursuit of knowledge of human suffering can not contain sympathy, is to dominate my life simple and strong three kinds of feelings. To me, is the same.

Hope that the existence of the commune because love, because the healing of wounds need love, because to live and better living all need love.

Dream of hope commune, which can be specific to a bar, it is actually more like a book bar.Music, live, books, art and spiritual healing. On the second floor are rooms that look similar to the Youth Hostel. There are no classes, no rich and the poor and lowly, there is only respect for the soul. Hope that the public community has to place in a tree, when the wind blows, the leaves will begin to dance. I have imagined that it is transparent, when it rains, sitting on the sofa on the first floor can see rain hit the glass scattered on the ceilings of the spray, very beautiful. I can not imagine, every Friday night is Jazz Session, Saturday night is rock Session, Sunday afternoon piano and literary salon. Usually there are many cultural activities, exhibitions ah, Party ah. Including music and painting, they can also hope that means healing the communes, it also has a dance room, there is no body language laws, the release of detained long soul and Mind. Spirituality, meditation, spiritual healing. Hope that the commune received all the injured children. Regular and occasional psychological Sharon, team psychological counseling, spiritual motivation, potential to stimulate life, growth, growth of all kinds and heart-related nutrients in there as a spark spread.

Hope that the commune is a kind of faith, a kind of inner calm and determined, a kind of acceptance and tolerance when dealing with people and matters, a bearish stance fame and fortune, it is a willing spirit of dedication, as well as enjoy the slow, natural and environmental The Lohas lifestyle. After all, it and love related.

It may be only a bar, in one place affect some people, it could be a way to heal in the spring up all over the world.



 To see a world in a grain of sand               一沙一世界，

And a heaven in a wild flower，                   一花一天堂，

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,          双手握无限，

And eternity in an hour.                              刹那是永恒

 

 

“世事喧嚣，人生寂寞。我一直以为，支撑我生活的动力，便是罗素所称的三种单纯然而又极其强烈的感情：对爱情的渴望、对知识的渴求，以及对于人类苦难痛彻肺腑的怜悯。而在这样的动力下生活，注定是孤独，无尽的、近于绝望的孤独。我想，在这片已经不再蔚蓝、不...

拾起一片落叶，看见整个秋天。

没有拥抱的别离，是一颗只开花不结果的树。

哥哥的雨伞，在晴天里开出娇艳的花来。

钢琴声响起
新泽西入秋的天空湛蓝湛蓝

上帝啊
我是如此软弱
这一次的生病让我的自我几乎毁灭
这重建自我的过程漫长而且折磨人

尽管如此
我依然相信
我所经历的一切都将成为人类与精神病抗争并得胜的教材
哪怕只要微小的我可以帮助一个灵魂我将献上我自己

神阿
我...

一个成熟的女人，一个孩子的母体。

关于未来的预言。

上帝有他的安排，我愿意相信。

褪去红尘的颜色，在神里做本真的孩子。

忘记了他们的笑颜。

等待是一颗种子。

信仰，生根。

期待，放生。

Eden, 永恒的爱情。

小女孩背对着我，擦擦小手，转过身来，有些不太相信的眼光：是给我的吗？

是啊，送个娃娃给你。

她接过娃娃，显然，从陌生人那里接到礼物让她有些惴惴不安但却是非常美好的事情。

两个陌生人，就因为一个小熊牵系起来了。

我终于明白了让上帝做工的妙处，感谢爱...

每个人的内心都有一片柔软的地方，藏在某一个瞬间。我们是谁，我们是谁的谁谁谁。

日子在药片的麻痹中消逝。我亦知道我此生的使命。纵然如此，恢复却需要一个过程。

愿Jesus的箴言照亮前路。阿门。

钢琴声和柔和的女中音此起彼伏。

我在做一个决定。

人的一生，有许多选择，我跟随我的心走，一直如此。

让希望公社融化到我的血液中。她就是我的个性。

相信你身边的人，包括你的老板，这样也是相信你自己。

好吧，坪山，我来了！

盛夏光年，长满青草的小土坡...

又开始听音乐，在一个鲜有人知的角落里写字。一点一点增长的信心和与人相处的愿望。

人生有三五知己拥抱同样的信仰是多么美好的事情啊。

把梦想埋在心底，不张扬，只是低调地用一颗心去追求，在闲暇的时间里。我的老板对我不薄。要珍惜。

 

God, pleasae save me. I am dying. God, pleasae give the love from Jesus. Cure me, heal me, and save me.

I tried my best to care and help others. Why can't I heal myself?

Should I cry to you as I did?

Should I believe in you more and open my heart more?

Lord Jesus, save me.

当人生逐渐回归轨道，当我感到有一些力量去帮助一个灵魂，我必然行动，因为我是希望的天使。
每一个孩子都是美好的雕刻。让人世间的污浊也变成亮丽水晶。
我没有骄人的外表，最近还发胖了，可是我有对于生活的信心，以及要好好过下去，要对自己好要爱自己的决心和信...

你不知道一颗小种子的力量。当它长大，它的根系深深植入大地，它的每一片叶子都会呼吸，它的树干粗壮有力可以迎接狂风的挑战。

我知道，我的病在一天一天恢复。我重新回到人群里，回到工作里，终于可以好好地学习中国文化。

我要成为那个使者，那个把中国文化弘扬在全世界的使者。

艺术家的煎熬，梵高的煎熬，我依然记得。我要像那颗种子。

在基督的爱的国度里获得重生。

阿门。

Yinghong Du - Chief Curation Officer
Yinghong, one of the most influencing curators of South China, also well known as Boss Du of the arts circle, not only because he has initiated and organized more than 100 influencing arts events in China, but moreover he has gained his name because of his generosity, his guts and courage. From an arts teacher to a professional artist, from an explorer of performance arts  to a curator, and from the set up of Shenzhen Arts Base Terminal  to the building of Shenzhen Arts Network, he carried out his beliefs in arts healing, and he is an absolutely Action-Thinker and Dreamcatcher.

More than ten years dedication in one field developed him a compound talent in arts promotion. He is a cross between news maker, performance artists, painter, criticizer, curator, arts trainer, and broker.
When he is helping more and more artists realizing their dreams, he and his life becomes an art work. Not only did him name his daughter Duchamp in Chinese, his stylish Inhibition Car became her personal symbol, which accompanied him traveling north and south extensively, attracting broad attention from the media, which also inspired thinking and caused argument of The Sick Civilized Society among the public opinions.

The activities and events Yinghong has organized is like a catalytic which has stimulated the local arts circle influencing and interacting with the public. For example, the Home Arts Show, a program that sent artists to create and exhibit arts work in common families and in celebrities‘ home, was experimenting and inspiring,which suddenly became a sparkling point reported consecutively by CCTV and plenty of other local influencing TVs.

To add educational function into arts activities is what Yinghong has always been pursuing.




Hope Niu - Managing Director, Shenzhen 
Hope had been in the international shipping industry for more than 10 years and was the owner of Hongtang Guan (Brown Sugar Jar), one of the best rock and arts venues of Shenzhen.
As the executive manager in the branch office of an International Shipping company, he has acquired rich experience in sales and marketing, project management and also company governance.

Since he was a young boy, Hope started falling in love with rock n roll music and had started backpacking the country attending all kinds of rock and art festivals in his spare time. He opened Hongtang Guan in 2008 aiming at creating an ideal land for rock music lovers.

Hope’s passion for music and life, acute sense of art, and his strong  belief in love and hope made him a unique person.
He came into a partnership with Hope Community in the fall of 2010 as Managing Director of Shenzhen Branch, wishing to promote the idea of arts healing and also to practically enlighten more people’s life through arts and life growing practices.

Founder Cc Lo - Founder
Born and raised in Hunan, a beautiful  province in central China, Cc always knew that she wanted to do something special with life. She was found talented in communication since from a little kid and had always been a top student. Because of mental breakdown, she had to quit her university study. However, she had never lost hope or faith. Escaping away from the traditional Chinese education, Cc built her own fast learning system based on global sources.  Not only did she teach herself English but she also explored deeply into the cultural differences. She became a skillful consecutive interpreter with universal spirit at a very young age.

After moving to Shenzhen and in an expansion of 8 years, Cc dedicated herself in cross-culture business communication working for international companies. After the first 2 years working as interpreter, she was promoted to managing positions and had led the operation of many cross-boarder sourcing and marketing projects. Her outstanding cross-culture communication skills has assisted a significant number of Western companies successfully building constructive partnerships with local companies.

Besides from business, she loved attending all kinds of visual arts, music, dancing and life growing workshops. When she was developing China market for a western media group, being inspired by her artists friends, she eventually realized that her unintentional passion was actually in arts and life growing. She felt it was her time to move to the things that really matters in life, and she gave up her promising business career and incorporated Hope Community Communication formally in Hong Kong in the summer of 2009, aiming to facilitate in depth communication between China and other nations in arts, culture, and life growing fields.

Cc loves nature, she is a semi-vegetarian. She likes cheese cake and red wine, and she lives a tranquil life with her family and their big dog Jianjian in Shenzhen.

那是我们都回不去的昨天。爱与恨一笔勾销。

向前，向前，向前，生命的号角在吹响。

没有停顿, 踏上新的征程。

谢谢小凡。

爱我的人们，和我爱的人们。

我为我是世界的一分子而感到自豪。

我始终记得我的那个梦想：种太阳。

On Feb 23, 2011, at 1:12 PM, cc wrote:

My dear Papa Nigel and Mama Sheila,
Your letter made me move and made me cry, crying for happiness and not for sadness.
I felt need courage to read this email and delayed until now.
Faith and religion, right, you have solved one important struggle in my life.
From now on, I won't be bothered by the different religions but I will be true to my faith and I especial like this part of your letter.
All you need is faith... faith that you will ...
love,
have confidence,
find happiness,
reach your goals,
be a fair person.
Be trusted and respected by others,
have good health,
be able to face whatever life puts your way.
I feel now I have more power and knows how to face religion and how to live a true life.
Your letters and the earlier letters I have received from Mama Sheila have made my days much enlightened.
I love you!
Thank you again for being together with me and thank you from my heart bottom for all the support you have given to me.
Wish you a warmer spring in Toronto.
Peace and love.
Cc

On Feb 7, 2011, at 7:43 PM, Nigel southway wrote:

Cc

Sheila & I discussed and decided that I should respond ...

Our recommendation is stay in your own culture as much as you can... the
world is a very confusing place and you need roots to hang on to.

Avoid these hip ideas from friends and do it for yourself.... if you end up
different from them..so what?..it's you.

Also don't mix up religion from faith...

RELIGION is like a banner or product... or new cloths or new car you are
proud of...but they can be changed....

your FAITH should remain always..

I have strong FAITH but don't practice any religion (although I was a
Catholic Christian when born, sheila was Presperterian Christian )

Faith is important... religion less so ....and can get in the way!

All you need is faith... faith that you will ...
love,
have confidence,
find happiness,
reach your goals,
be a fair person.
Be trusted and respected by others,
have good health,
be able to face whatever life puts your way.

THAT is what is important....

Cc  you have faith..plenty of it... you just don't recognize it... get on
with your life... sometimes it is easier to look back on a life that has a
good faith than try to worry and look forward and struggle with religion....

So.. keep and find the faith in yourself... that is where god looks also.

Hope this helps

Nigel/Sheila



-----Original Message-----
From: cc [mailto:ccloontheroad@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 1:19 AM
To: Nigel southway
Cc: 'sheila southway'
Subject: Re: RE:

haha I see them now. Ginger is like Mama Sheila and Bisty is like Papa
Nigel. The other cat with hat is Sheba. Nice beds and beautiful window
view!

One more question about God... recently many of my close friends are
becoming either Christian or Bahai or Jewish. I'm deeply influenced by
them. Sometimes I get confused what I should believe in. I feel I am
not a Christian yet, nor I am a Bahai or Jewish, but I'm believing
something here and there that there is God and he can hear me too. I
worried about many things before. However, since I have God living
with me I leave those worries to him. Is this normal or not?
My first foreign friend was name Judy since from when I was 16. She
was an American on her culture exchange visit to my university back
then and before she leave she left me a Bible which have followed me
for all these years. I put it close to my bed. Even I don't read it
much I feel safe and I could also feel the love from her.
I'm a little bit afraid of being baptized because it may mean that I
could not return to the original world without belief...
I don't know, I feel I believe something and another voice tells me
not too. Perhaps my Chinese culture is trying to keep me?

Could you please share your thoughts about God? I appreciate!

Best

cc
On Feb 4, 2011, at 7:09 PM, Nigel southway wrote:

Hi Cc

Glad you like the snow

The cats do not go outside at all even in summer they only go on the
deck
where we sit at the back of the house. They don't like cold anyway..
see pic
of the cat bed with ginger and bitsy... sheba is somewhere else
sleeping....the bed is in the sun by the window... they have a nice
life

nigel

-----Original Message-----
From: cc [mailto:ccloontheroad@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 4:24 AM
To: Nigel southway
Cc: 'sheila southway'
Subject: Re:

Wow, so thick snow and what a white world! Beautiful! Thank you Mama
Sheila and Papa Nigel!
I wonder where the three cats are in such cold weather. I saw the
Christmas Wreath on the front door 2.
Have a very nice day!
Cc
On Feb 3, 2011, at 10:00 PM, Nigel southway wrote:

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