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Our Minyan Needs Your Help!
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Shabbat Kiddush
Join us for Kiddush on Shabbat. This is the perfect opportunity for us to experience community and get to know each other better.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Audrey Altschul
Milton Breit
Harrison Millner
Jackson Millner
Alan Fromkin
Justine Laufer
Richard Rosenberg
Laurie Singer
Lily Ciardiello
Elsie Zeilberger
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Saturday 2/17
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Morning Service 9:30 am
Minha 5:00 pm
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Sunday 2/18
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No Hebrew School
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Monday 2/19
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Presidents Day
Office Closed
Morning Minyan 9:00 am
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Thursday 2/22
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Rabbi's Class 10:30 am
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Torah Rea
ding
491 Haftarah 500
T'RUMAH
Moses is commanded by God to construct a portable Sanctuary in accordance with detailed instructions about its size, its materials, and the various ancillary ritual objects with which it is to be furnished. For these purposes the people were asked to make a free-will offering (Terumah) of metals, fabrics, skins, wood, precious stones, oil and spices.
The outer court of the Sanctuary was a rectangular structure without a roof that was surrounded by curtains. It contained an altar for burnt offerings and a washstand for the priests. All Israelites could enter this area.
The Tabernacle was divided into two sections, separated by a veil. Only priests were permitted to enter this area. It contained an altar for incense, the seven-branched Menorah and a table for the showbread.
The inner chamber of the Tabernacle, the Holy of Holies, contained the Ark of the Covenant; the high priest was accorded access, but only on Yom Kippur.
Our sidra provides specific instructions about the design of each of these structures and their furnishings
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Are You Seeing the Entire Shab Sha???
It dawned on me that some of you may be missing a large portion of each week's Shab Sha. When the document gets too long, you can no longer read it as an email; it has to be read on the browser (whatever that is!).
All you have to do is look at the bottom left at the end of the email: if it says
[Message clipped] View entire message
click on it and you will be taken to the complete Shab Sha
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AIPAC
12 of us are going!
A bumper crop!
Confirmed speakers are Amb. Nikki Haley and Bibi.
If Bibi speaks-even by satellite hookup-as promised, I am walking out (and with news of the police investigations and recommendations, he has given me ore reasons than just the Western Wall double-cross and ceding greater control over conversions to the reactionary Rabbanut).
I support Israel-passionately; I don't support Bibi. kas
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Tonight at 7:00 p.m.
Tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m.
Mincha, S'uda Sh'lishit, Ma'ariv and Havdalah at 5:00 p.m.
We will continue reading about the Polish Confrontation/Denial of their history during the Shoah
In that regard, here is another piece (a NYT op-ed). I agree with much of it: Jewish identity and Israeli identity should not be based on the Shoah, but how he gets there from the new Polish Laws, is quite a leap:
Thank you to: Cantor Paul Zim, Jeff Adler, Alan Herschenfeld, Evelyn Baer, Regina Friedman, Nancy Green and Sandy Jonas for filling in for me while I was/am away.
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Talmud and Tangents
We were pretty focused last week on whether Matzah is still a Torah-commanded obligation since it goes hand-in-hand in the with the Passover sacrifice, which we no longer are permitted to offer. The answer is derived by using one of the arcane principles of derivation (Rule Number 8) printed in every prayer book as part of the morning service. You can find it on page 70 in our Shabbat siddur.
Along the way we talked about methods of legal derivation: how we know that Tefillin are worn on the weaker arm (derived from a unique spelling of a word in the Torah), a story about Hillel and his teachers, and the creative (far-fethched?) legal interpretations applied by the US Supreme Court. For example, did you know that the Court claimed that the Interstate Commerce Act compelled Lester Maddox to serve African Americans in his luncheonette in the 60's? That's no more radical and fanciful than any Rabbinic interpretation!
Next week: falling asleep at the Seder
Thursday mornings at 10:30 a.m. Why not join us?
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Israel and Iran in Syria
Last Sunday morning we recited the Prayer for the State of Israel during minyan, something only done in our Shul on Shabbat and holdays and Yom Ha"Atz/ma'ut. I prefaced the prayer by saying that the loss of one plane in 40 years is not a tragedy or a defeat, especially as the pilots ejected safely and will recover. And the Syrians who were handing out sweets in celebration, were dealt a devastating blow to their air defenses that they were not told about. Israel is still very strong, won't take any nonsense past their redlines, but we have natural concerns and fears about the future and future confrontations and escalation. Hence the prayer...
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High School Shooting Tragedy, Yet Again
What is there to say?
I've been reading pithy things on Facebook, some of which sound good, some of which have deeper significance. Eventually, we will have tighter, hopefully sane, gun laws, but please realize that we are two countries and two cultures when it comes to guns, and that most gun owners and proponents are responsible citizens who see their heritage being threatened, and that the NRA is stoking their fears.
A few items:
Decision Tree
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Israel's "Neighbors"
The events on Saturday made two things clear:
First, Israel will no longer be able to act in Syria without limitations.
Second, if anyone was not yet aware of it, Russia is the dominant power in the region.
PA Denounces Visit by Arab Journalists to Israel
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Train to Help Israel in Times of Emergency
Emergency Volunteers Project (EVP) recruits and trains firefighters, medical personnel and community volunteers to become Emergency First Responders in Israel.
On
Sunday, March 11, 2018,
undergo training at Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute in Mahwah to be certified by the State of Israel and EVP so you can serve in Israel in the event of a crisis.
Join Federation's Cadre of Certified
Doctors * Firefighters * Nurses * Paramedics * Community Volunteers
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After 15 years as leader of The Idan Raichel Project, international music icon Idan Raichel recently began focusing on the basic essence of his songs with a solo piano concert. Exclusively for his performance in New York, Raichel has invited a diverse group of special guests to join him on stage at various points during the evening.
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February 22 - 24 |
8:00 PM
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Israeli company Roy Assaf Dance debut with a program of critically acclaimed works which fill the stage with a magical charm. Assaf's award-winning second work
The Hill
features a powerful all-male trio, inspired by veterans' experiences and based on the Hebrew song
Givat Hatachmoshet
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February 22 | 1:00 PM
Free and open to the public
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ArtistsandWriters4Ever is
a platform that offers a work-per-work barter between artists and writers created by
Writer and Curator Naomi Lev
. Join RU talk and curatorial lunch with Naomi Lev to learn more about it.
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Celebrate the music and life of Arik Einstein, "the voice of Israel" and a pioneer of Israeli rock music, through a live performance by Elad Kabilio and an ensemble of musicians from MusicTalks.
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Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series presents
David Stromberg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem in a lecture focusing Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer and his first two decades in America - from his early Yiddish writing in
The Forward
(beginning in 1935) to his first English collection,
Gimpel the Fool
and Other Stories
(published in 1957).
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A fascinating exhibition presented by The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World in partnership with the National Library of Israel exploring Islamic representations of classical historical and literary figures such as Alexander the Great, as well as the Islamic interpretations of Greek medicine, mathematics, astronomy, astrology, and philosophy.
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The quartet will play original music composed by the band members;
Lior Milliger - Saxophone
Arnon Palty - Bass
Nitzan Gavrieli - Piano
Ronen Itzik - Drums
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Serving a life sentence in one of Israel's toughest prisons, Mikki Levy never thought he'd ever see the light of day. When he released early, Mikki moves to New York hoping for a fresh start. Living with his uncle in a Brooklyn, the harsh reality of life as an ex-con sets in and he gets dragged into a brutal turf war with the Russian mob forcing him to revisit his dark past and the survival skills he learned in prison.
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Discover how music helped Israel find its cultural identity during its formative years in this inspiring new play by award-winning Gramophone and Time magazine journalist James Inverne.
Directed by Andrew Leynse.
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And AIPAC Isn't Only About Politics and Hi-Tech:
WE WILL BE AT THE AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE!
Three Heroes from Israel with their guide dogs will be attending AIPAC. Please stop by our booth in "The Village"
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March 3rd, 4th & 5th
In Washington, DC
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Be sure to tell us that you are a donor
and receive a special gift!
(While supplies last
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