Live and Silent Auction Item Preview

Donor(s): Bill Goldberg and Dave Gordon
Value: Who could put a value on the greatest pastrami you may ever eat ?

Bill and Dave have worked for years (perhaps decades) to hone their pastrami-making skills. It's an art, and they are willing share it with YOU (as long as you are one of 10 highest bidders)!
The meal? Homemade pastrami, rye bread, mustard, some pickled vegetables and more. 

This will be the best pastrami you've ever had -- just ask anyone who won this item last year!

Party to be held at a house of your choosing, or at Bill's home.

Date to be determined by mutual agreement of Bill, Dave and the ten bidders. Please allow 4 weeks lead time for planning.  

Donor(s): Roet Realty (Emily Roet)
Value: $2,500

Enjoy the best of New York in a junior suite at the Manhattan Club! The suite includes a queen or king bed in a separate enclave. You can lounge after a long day in a separate great room, with dining  area, kitchen and living room with a pull-out double sofa. One block to Central Park and Carnegie Hall. Several blocks to MOMA, The Lincoln Center and Times Square. 

This is a very comfortable stay in a fantastic NYC location!

Use within one year of the auction.
All taxes and fees are included in the price. 

Donor(s):  Sally Stich
Value:  $500

Kabin Thomas, the morning host of CPR Classical, will give a salon talk on "the ten most beautiful pieces of music ever written."  He will talk about each selection, why it is considered so highly in the music world, and then play a segment of each so that people are informed audibly.  We will have wine and cheese and sweets -- and if we're lucky, he will give a 15-minute tuba recital!  

Limited to twelve; highest bidder buys the package (hint:  get your friends together!).  

Donor(s):  B'nai Havurah Board of Directors
Value:  $35 per person

It's been around for 55 years, and many say it's the best deli in Denver!  Ten lucky bidders can win a gift certificate to enjoy a lox and bagel lunch (lox and bagel -- or whatever you want! -- a beverage and a platter of rugelach for the table) All ten can have lunch together or choose your own date and time -- and your own lunch-mate.   The tip is on you.... 

Top ten bidders win.  

Donor(s):  YOU!

Each year our annual fundraising event takes bids to fund a congregational need, this year to be identified by Rabbi Katie.  This always-successful segment of the evening is a crucial fundraiser for our community.  This year's Fund-a-Need to be determined... stay tuned!

Donor(s):  Lorrie and Howard Tishler
Value: $300

A Pescaterian Dinner for four adults with Lorrie Tishler, a former newspaper restaurant reviewer who will give the secrets of restaurant reviews, how to decode euphemisms, and what vocabulary is used when the harsher direct message is: "Whatever you do, don't order the matzo ball soup!"  Four courses  and wine.  

Lorrie was the food editor at the Tallahassee Democrat for 23 years, as well as a restaurant reviewer and wine judge. She continues to enjoy cooking, especially with her daughter Ellie, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America.

How many:    4  adults  (1 bidder)       
Minimum bid:  $200

Donor(s): Jill Jacobs Conklin
Value:  $150

Jill has been making reduced-sugar jams for 20 years and refuses to sell any of it. Her yearly output (over 300 half pints) includes standards like peach and cherry, but also specialty combinations like blood orange/strawberry; blueberry basil; peach/plum. After years of improvising recipes she's come up with "a bit of this and that," like added Calvados and dried mango.

This item offers the winner a flight of homemade jam at the end of an afternoon of making jam with Jill and a friend; bidders will agree on a date with Jill.  

How many:  2 people 
Minimum bid:  $120 

Donor(s):  Havurah Shadrach
Value:  $320

What could be more fun than spending an evening tasting different wines paired with a variety of artisanal chocolates? [No Boones Farm or Hershey’s included!] Based on extensive research
conducted at the Chocolate Therapist in Littleton, members of Havurah Shadrach will offer the
bidder group of eight adults 4 different wines expertly paired with 8 different hand-crafted,
locally made chocolates. They will include information on the wines and chocolates, as well as
suggestions about how to optimally conduct the tastings.

You and seven guests are welcome!

How many:  8 adults (1 bidder)
Minimum bid:  $280

Donor(s):  Sharon Haber and Phyllis Goodman
Value:  $ 100

Three savory, three fruit, from Legacy Bakery.  Customers have described the pies as "heavenly" and "addictive."  Donors will talk to you about dietary preference.  

Minimum bid:  $70

Donor(s):  Laura and Tim Intfen
Value:  $100

Are you a BBQ fan?  Then you will want this boxed set of world famous, award-winning BBQ sauces!  Includes 5 bottles of Kansas City's Best BBQ sauces. Also includes gourmet microwave popcorn, stainless steel tongs, and four wood-handled steak knives.   Five flavors include: Arthur Bryants Original Sauce, Gates Classic Sauce, Zarda's KC Classic Sauce, Kansas City Joe's Original Cowtown Sauce, and a fifth Kansas City bottle based on the season.  Gates and Zardas are among the oldest and most famous of Kansas City's restaurants.  Arthur Bryants is the inventor of BBQ sauce - in its original form, direct from the historic restaurant in Kansas City.  Oklahoma Joe's Cowtown Original BBQ Sauce won "Best in the World" at the American Royal, and was named one of Anthony Bourdain's "13 Things to Eat Before You Die."

Minimum bid:  $85

Donor(s):  Ben Cohen
Value:  $200

"Blue Uke #2" - the second in a run of baritone ukuleles handmade by local musician Ben Cohen using Colorado beetle-kill spruce from a friend's property near Creede for the top. The uke will come with a strap and functional gig-bag.  

A baritone ukulele is essentially a small tenor guitar.  Any guitarist can get used to playing a baritone uke very easily.

Minimum bid:  $175

Donor(s):  Michele Marks
Value:  $30

Beautiful silver-tone Tree of Life pendant with genuine seed pearls.  Handmade by member Michele Marks.  Includes chain.  

Minimum bid:  $25

Donor(s):  Ann Lederer 
Value:  $450

A beautiful silk tapestry with Jewish iconography hand-made (painted hand-dyed silk and free-motion quilted) by member Ann Lederer.  The piece will be bordered and stretched on stretcher bars.  Size:  20" x 20" 

Minimum bid:  $400 

Donor(s):  Michele Marks
Value:  $75

Really beautiful copper mezuzah with lovely green patina.  Includes scroll.  

Minimum bid:  $50

Donor(s): Sally Stich
Value: $90

Alita Olson offers a $90 gift certificate for a facial at Tala Salon-- or the $90 may be applied to a more expensive service.   Located near Evans and Holly.  

Minimum bid $65

Donor(s):  
Value:  $180

Treat yourself to wellness at Sapa Spa and Wellness!  Options include salt chamber sessions, foot baths, infrared sauna sessions, herb baths, yoga and meditation classes and more.  Located on 7th Avenue between Grant and Logan.  

How many:  6 gift certificates available.  

Donor(s):  Max Stich
Value: $200

Tavernetta, located at Union Station, is a Denver fine-dining favorite!  

Conde Nast Traveler: "Even the simplest dish on chef de cuisine Cody Cheetham's seasonal, pan-regional menu will convey his attention to detail, be it a surprisingly delicate beef carpaccio; a lacy chickpea pancake topped with lemon-scented ricotta, ramps, and edible flowers; or the fennel-rubbed roast chicken for two, a wonder of textures from the crisp skin to the juicy meat to the crunch of the accompanying chicory salad. But it's the pasta that really stands out...."

Minimum bid: $160

Donor(s):  Tammy Hertz and Doug Johnson
Value:  $160

Liberty Puzzles has been designing, manufacturing, and distributing heirloom-quality wooden jigsaw puzzles from their hometown of Boulder for over 20 years.  The subjects include fine art, beloved Colorado locations, maps, vintage travel posters and more.  The puzzles are made from 1/4" thick laser-cut wood and include delightful whimsical pieces.  If you haven't done a Liberty Puzzle, you're going to be in for a treat!  

Also included in this package is a quality, 22.5" x 30" puzzle board with drawers that allows you to move your puzzle off of the dining room table (because people need to eat!).   

Minimum bid:  $120

Donor(s): Paul Simon
Value: $65

OLLI stands for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. It’s an adult education program that offers great learning opportunities for people 50+ with no grades and no pressure. Just for the love of learning!  Denver's program is one of 125 OLLI programs based at colleges and universities across the country.   Click HERE to learn more about OLLI classes, offered all around Denver.  

Minimum Bid: $45

Donor(s):  Hannah Niederman
Value:  $50 per person

Explore Hannah's huge collection of beads -- with everything from freshwater pearls to vintage glass-blown beads to rainbow seed beads.  Hannah's background in jewelry-making, with their brand "Queerings", is mostly focused around earrings, necklaces and the occasional bracelet.  They will provide the materials and tools, but feel free to bring a jewelry item you want to rework or remake into something completely new! 

The party will be 2 hours or so, and will be scheduled in winter 2024 or early spring (whenever there isn't a Jewish holiday, of course!).  The location will be at B'nai Havurah.  Snacks and drinks will be provided.  

How many? 6 people

Minimum bid:  $40 per person

Donor(s):  Rob Baumgarten
Value:  $148 (includes handling fee)

Four tickets to the ever-popular "Jews do Jews" at Swallow Hill Music.  This year it's "Jews Do McCartney!" Local Jewish musicians, including our own Hal Aqua, pay tribute to Jewish (or in this case, "Jewish adjacent")) songwriters.  This show always sells out!

Minimum bid:  $120

Donor(s):  Dick Reinish
Value: $25/person

Movie Maven Dick Reinish invites 40 people to come watch a movie (TBD) and  then engage in a discussion while enjoying  popcorn and movie candy and drinks -- wine and/or sodas.

How to sign up: individually--$20 per person, up to 40 people.  Minimum sign up of 30 or activity is cancelled.

Minimum bid:  $20/per person

Donor(s): Mike Jalving
Value: $160

You know your piano needs it and member Mike Jalving is the expert!  He will tune on3 piano:  spinet, upright or grand (no player pianos).  

Minimum bid:  $120

Donor(s):  Rich Fantel
Value:  $60

Got a child or grandchild who loves baseball?  Bid on this authentic Rockies baseball signed by Kyle Freeland, top Rockies pitcher.  

Minimum bid:  $45

Donor(s):  Carole Smith
Value:  $75

Decorative container full of Junior League cookbooks, margarita glasses, a southwestern-design platter and more.  

Minimum bid    $55