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Wednesday, January 13, 2016 | 3 Shevat 5776
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Sisterhood Torah Fund Concert
Saturday, January 23
8:00 PM
Prior to the Naomi Less band performance the Torah Fund Concert, Sisterhood will present the Horty T. Gendzier Woman of Achievement award to Lara Werwa for her many years of service to Center Sisterhood. In addition Sisterhood will present Edie Jordan with a Guardian Torah Pin for her years of service at the Center.
Tickets are $18 for an individual or $36 for a family and can be purchased online by visiting the Sisterhood Website
HERE.
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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) cordially invites you to the Jacksonville Annual Event
Featuring Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, Vice President of Research, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Staff Sgt. Robert Bartlett, Iraq War Veteran.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at the Jacksonville Jewish Center.
7:00 PM Cocktail & Dessert Reception
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7:30 PM Program * $40 couvert per person.* Kindly RSVP by
January 28 by visiting
www.aipac.org/JacksonvilleAnnual.
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You're invited to join us for Laugh Out Loud Shabbat (aka LOL Shabbat) which returns to the Center for its 5th year. Following services that begin at 5:45 PM, guests will enjoy a delicious fried chicken dinner, catered by Margo's Catering, and be entertained by the best of the Center's joke tellers. Dinner is only $18.00 per person and RSVPs and prepayment are required by Monday, February 8, 2016. For more information or to RSVP, contact Rose Tincher at
904-292-1000 or by email at
[email protected].
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Join us this Shabbat!
This Shabbat we celebrate Sydni Rudowitz, daughter of Michael & Marcy Rudowitz becoming a Bat Mitzvah!
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Sydni Rudowitz is a 7th Grader at the Bernard and Alice Selevan Religious School and Fruit Cove Middle School. For her Bat Mitzvah project, Sydni,
worked with the National MS Society, where she
volunteered at the North Florida MS Chapter and raised funds online in honor of her Grandma who was diagnosed with MS in 2011. The funds raised will support cutting-edge research and programs and services for everyone impacted by MS. Sydni
is an active member of Setzer Youth Education's Kadima youth group. In her free time, Sydni likes to hang out with her friends and is very creative and has a flare for design. She has a big family and loves to spend time with them.
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Saturday, January 16
Torah Portion:
BO
Coffee & Torah:
8:00 AM
Shabbat
(Morning)
Service
:
9:00 AM
5:00 PM
Shabbat Ends:
6:28 PM
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Shabbat Kiddush Sponsor:
Kiddush this Shabbat is being sponsored by Ellen & George Rubens in honor of their granddaughter, Sydni Rudowitz, becoming a Bat Mitzvah.
Seudah Shlishith Sponsor:
Seudah Shlishith
this Shabbat is being sponsored in memory of Jonathan Weintraub on this anniversary of his yahrzeit by his mom, Cynthia Disher.
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January Service times can be found HERE.
Children's Shabbat Programming:
Gan Shabbat; a family friendly service for preschool-aged children and their parents is held in the Levin Indoor Playroom in the DuBow Preschool at 11:00 AM
Family Minyan; a family friendly service for kindergarten through fifth graders and their families where they can experience Shabbat together, with a short and upbeat musical service, followed by a fun activity at 10:30 AM in the Joe and Sophie Witten Chapel.
Complimentary
Shabbat Morning Babysitting is available for children ages 1 - 5 in the DuBow Preschool from 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM.
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Our Condolences:
We are saddened by the passing of our member Judy Dushoff. We extend our condolences to her daughters Terri (Tim) Overman and Holly Jennings; her brother Jim (Becky) McIntosh; grandchildren Kevin, Kyle, David, Elena and Laura; and great-grandchild Elena.
May the Holy One comfort the members of the Dushoff family among all the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
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Need at New Tallit?
Designer tallit from Eretz Fashionable Judaica will be on display in the DuBow/Cohen Lobby on
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
from 3:30-5:30 PM
Special orders options, such as choosing your pattern, material, and size, will be available and all orders will be shipped from Beersheva in March.
Sisterhood is offering a 20% discount on any tallis ordered at this event!
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Dov Waxman visits the Center on
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Dov Waxman, professor of political science, international affairs and Israel studies at Northeastern University, will discuss his new book
Trouble in The Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel.
This event is sponsored by the University of Florida Center for Jewish Studies, the Israel Affairs Committee of the Jacksonville Jewish Center, and the Jewish Federation of Jacksonville, with additional support from the Levin and Shorstein families.
Click
HERE for more information.
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Join us for our second annual
Minyannaires Shabbat
 At this event,
we will proudly honor Jack Mizrahi as the second recipient of the Scott P. Zimmerman Minyannaire of the Year Award.
Click HERE for more information about our honoree and this special Shabbat.
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Volunteers Needed!
The Social Action Committee is looking for volunteers to help prepare and serve meals at the
I.M. Sulzbacher Homeless Center on Sunday,
January 17th.
Click HERE to email Rhoda Goldstein if you able
to help!
Click HERE to learn about the other current and ongoing programs
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The Mommy Sale is back!
Sunday, March 6, 2016
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The only items for sale will span newborn-10 years old. Admission for shoppers is $1. For information on shopping or selling click
HERE
To reserve a table click
HERE. Please reserve your table ASAP, there are only 52 available!
Click
HERE for more information.
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Click
HERE to visit the Israel Awareness page of the Center's website.
Click
HERE for the latest update from AIPAC.
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Click
HERE to find out more about programs and services provided by Jewish Community organizations outside of the
Jacksonville Jewish Center.
Click
HERE for upcoming Jacksonville Jewish Community events.
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Click HERE to learn more!
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FEDERATION IS CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS!!!!
Volunteering will take place from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM on February 7, 2016 at the Jewish Community Alliance (JCA) Auditorium
Want to volunteer?
Click
HERE
to sign up or for more information!
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For additional information about our opportunities for participation, please call our Administrative Offices at 904-292-1000. If you have a friend or relative that may be interested in learning more about us, please share this communication with them by following the "forward this email" link below.
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