Solomon Schechter Day School of 
Greater Hartford Newsletter
In This Issue
A Message from Andrea
Come Celebrate Chanukah at School
Giving Thanks
HHNE Chanukah Celebration
JFS Community Discount Card
For Your Calendar

Friday, Dec. 4 
PA Schoolwide Shabbat Dinner 

Tuesday, Dec. 8
6:30-8:00 pm
Community Chanukah Bash at Schechter.

Wednesday, Dec. 9
EC Chanukah Celebration

Solomon Schechter Day School offers our heartfelt condolences to ...

Schechter Hebrew teacher Anat Climor and her husband Ravid, and their children Jonathan (EC2), Noa, and Hila, on the loss of their beloved father, father-in law, and grandfather, 
Armond Sabag. 
The funeral service and shiva will be held in Israel. 
 
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים  
  May God comfort you among the mourners   
  of Zion and Jerusalem.

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Sunday, Dec. 13 
10:00 am
Chanukah Cookie baking and decorating at Schechter.

Community Events

Saturday, Dec. 5
Emanuel Synagogue
Pizmon a co-ed Jewish a cappella group from Columbia, Barnard, and the Jewish Theological Seminary will perform 7:30 pm Concert followed by a dessert reception. For more information call the synagogue office 8 60-236-1275 or  click here
Saturday, Dec. 5
Emanuel Synagogue
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Dec. 7
7:00 pm
A Chanukah Celebration Featuring IDF (Israel Defense Force) Musical Ensemble at the Mandell JCC.  Click here   for more information and tickets.
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Thursday, Dec. 10
3:00-7:00 pm
Shopping Spree to benefit the  Jewish   Association  for 
Community Living at 
Ten Thousand Villages in West Hartford. Click here for more info.
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Please save the date, January 24, 2016 for the Annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Click here for more information. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Anna Huttner ( [email protected]
or Alan Berkowitz ( alan@petprofessionalschoice.com ).
Fiddler on the Roof

Come support your friends at the Mandell JCC in Fiddler on the Roof!  This intergenerational production directed by Carolyn Mostel Weiser will feature quite a few SSDS students, parents and alumni including Victoria Boustani (7th grade), 
Sari Eisen (7th grade), alumni Zachary Goldberg, Samm Smith-Rapaport and Sydney Weiser, as well as Carol Rosenberg (alumni parent), Eric Goldberg and Sandrine Sebag (current parents), and Bonnie Weiner
(grandmother of Alyssa and Lily Temkin). The JCC's upcoming production of "Fiddler" honors the Mandell JCC's centennial and is one of only a handful of intergenerational shows staged by the JCC theater program.
 
"Fiddler on the Roof" will be presented Thursday, Dec. 3, Saturday, Dec. 5, Thursday, Dec. 10, Saturday, Dec. 12 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, Dec. 6 at 2 pm at the Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford. 
For ticket information: (860) 231-6316, www.mandelljcc.org

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Shabbat Shalom
Parashat Vayishlach
Candlelighting 4:04 pm
November 27, 2015
15 Kislev 5776
School Picture Retakes on Friday.
A Message from Andrea
Wishing you and your families a wonderful holiday filled with laughter, nourishing food, and gratitude.

Happy Thanksgiving,
Andrea

Come Celebrate Chanukah at School


Giving Thanks
Kindergarten and Grades 1 and 2 celebrate with a Thanksgiving Feast



Early Childhood 3 




HHNE Teen/Preteen Chanukah Celebration


Jewish Family Services Community Discount Card
Looking for holiday gifts or ways to save money this season? For less than the cost of eating out, consider purchasing a JFS Community Discount Card and support the Anja Rosenberg Kosher Food Pantry and its clients. The $20 card offers discounts to 12 local restaurants
 and stores. The deals are good through November 2017. You can use it as many times as you like, so take advantage of all the deals. Call or email Kim Margolis with questions. 860-236-1927.

Sake Cafe,  Subway,  Crown,  Lox Stock and Bagels,  AC Peterson Farms,
Bertuccie's,  Carlos,  Blue Plate Kitchen,  Concetta's,   Little Marks,
Blue Elephant Trail,   Effie's Place
 
 
Thank you for supporting the Anja Rosenberg Kosher Food Pantry at Jewish Family Services.

Susan Kurtis, Editor
Lara Lakenbach and Audrey Sobel, Asst. Editors
Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford