TIC WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE    
September 20, 2017 
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Shanah Tovah! 
Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy New Year.
Erev Rosh Hashanah

Wednesday, September 22
6:35 pm
Candle Lighting

6:45 pm
Evening  Services in the Milstein Sanctuary
 
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Rosh Hashanah

Day 1, Thursday, September 23
8:15 am  Shaharit
9:30 am Service in the Tent
9:35 am Torah Service
10:00 am Youth/Family Services, Teen Programming
10:45 am Shofar
5:30 pm Tashlikh
6:45 pm Evening Services
No earlier than 7:30 pm Candle Lighting
 
Day 2, Friday, September 24 
8:15 am  Shaharit
9:30 am Service in the Tent
9:35 am Torah Service
10:00 am  Youth/Family Services, Teen Programming
10:45 am  Shofar
6:45 pm Minhah

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DAYS OF AWE 5778/2017
Rosh Hashanah: September 21-22, 2017 / 1-2 Tishri 5778
Yom Kippur: September 30, 2017 / 10 Tishri 5778

Remember to bring your tickets to the synagogue on the Days of Awe, security guards will be checking for them.

Important Reminder about Parking
  • Personnel and signs will direct all those dropping off passengers and those who need on-site accessible parking.
  • All on-site parking, including the lower level parking lot, is reserved for accessible parking only. You must display your government issued disability permit to be eligible for accessible parking.
    • New this year, all accessible parking will be via complimentary valet.
  • There will be no overnight parking for the holidays.
  • When parking on neighboring streets, please observe city signs and be considerate of driveways and walkways.
 
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Days of Awe 5778 Youth Programming
Registration is now closed for Rosh Hashanah, we look forward to welcoming you and your children. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Please feel free to sign up for Yom Kippur programming if you have not already done so.

10 am - 1 pm Rosh Hashanah (Days 1 and 2) and Yom Kippur 
plus extended day options.

Pre-registration for all activities and programs is required 
to ensure adequate staffing and child safety. 

Register  here for children age 2 to grade 6. 
Register  here for teens grades 7-12.

Please see details in the attached letter,  here.

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DAYS OF AWE 
ACCESSIBLE SEATING

This year we are pleased to introduce a limited number of Accessible Seats. These accessible seats will be located in the Sanctuary Service and are intended for congregants or guests with mobility concerns for whom extra room and access would be of help. If you are interested in Accessible Seating please email  seating@templeisraelcenter.org or call Executive Director Marty Greenberg at 914-948-2800 x 119. 

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Ha'azinu-Shabbat Shuvah

Friday, September 22
6:32 pm
Candle Lighting

5:50 pm
Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat/Ma'ariv Services  
 
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Saturday, September 23
8:00 am
Theology on Shabbat

9:00 am
Shabbat Services in the Milstein Sanctuary

10:30 am
Contemplative Service in the Irene Schwebel Chapel

10:45 am (breakfast at 10:15 in Room 21)
Teen Minyan in the Library 

10:45 am 
Simhat Shabbat in Room D/E 

10:45 am
Ruah on Shabbat in the Lower Level Conference Room

11:00 am
Tot Shabbat in Tot Shabbat room

12:00 pm
Kiddush in the reception halls

6:10 pm
Minhah Services followed by Seudah Shelishit

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School and office closings for this week:

Wednesday, September 20, Erev Rosh Hashanah: 
  • Nursery School, Shorashim, Havurat Torah and Education offices are closed 
  • Synagogue office closes at 12 noon
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Thursday-Friday, September 21-22, Rosh Hashanah:
  • Nursery School, Shorashim, Havurat Torah, Education offices and synagogue office are closed
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PARASHAT HASHAVUA - EVERY  SHABBAT AT 12:45 PM  

Learners in  Grades K-5  are invited to join us in Rooms D and E to study the week's Torah portion.

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YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMMING FOR THIS SHABBAT

Teen Minyan
Come schmooze, eat, and celebrate Shabbat together through song and prayer.

Saturday, September 23rd With Community Educator Rachel Glickenstein 
Bagels and shmear breakfast at 10:15 am in room 21
Services at 10:45 am in the Library 
Grades 6-12
View flyer here.

For more information, please email Rachel Glickenstein Kadima and USY Youth Group Advisor: 

Tot Shabbat for Nursery School Aged Kids
11:00 - 11:45 am in the Tot Shabbat Room

Our Tot Shabbat is an intimate Shabbat experience filled with songs, stories, puppets, and more for our 0-4 age group and their adults.

Simh at Shabbat (GRADES K-2) at 10:45 am
 
1 0:45 - 11:45 
am in Rooms D & E

Our children experience the joy of Shabbat in an age-appropriate service of prayers, songs, and stories.
(Parents are invited to join us.)
 
Ruah on Shabbat (Grades 3-5) at 10:45 am
10:45 - 11:45 
am in the Lower Level Conference Room 

Our children pray in an engaging, meaningful, and fun way while experiencing prayer, developing skills and exploring the Torah. (Parents are welcome but not required.)

View flyer here for full schedule for 2017.

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SHABBAT MORNING EARLY ARRIVALS

In order to better ensure the safety of our congregants, those entering the building prior to 8:45 am on Saturday mornings should use the front door by the Main Office, where we will have a security guard posted beginning at 8:00 am.  Thank you for your cooperation.

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KEVER AVOT

Sunday, September 24
11:00 am at Sharon Gardens
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Exploring the Heart of Torah 

Join us at TIC on Monday September 25 at 7:30 pm in Reception Hall 1 for an author's panel discussion introducing the newly published volumes entitled The Heart of Torah by our member Rabbi Shai Held, President and Dean of Mechon Hadar.  The program will include Rabbi Lester Bronstein, Rabbi Avi Killip of Mechon Hadar, and Rabbi Gordon Tucker.

View flyer here.
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UPCOMING SUKKOT EVENTS
Save the dates for the following events, more details to come:
 
SUKKOT PALOOZA & COMMUNITY YOUTH KICK-OFF EVENT  
Monday, October 2
5:00 -7:00 pm
Parents and children in grades K-12 are invited to join in the Weintraub Family Sukkah for games, crafts and food. View flyer here.

COMMUNITY SUKKOT DINNER
Friday, October 6
6:15 pm:   Friday evening 
service 
7:15 pm: 
Dinner in the Sukkah with the clergy
Join our
ushpizin
- Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, Leah, Rachel
and the rest of those folks in he Weintraub Family Sukkah for a delicious dinner under the stars. 

TIC Havurah Minyan's SUKKAH HOP
Saturday, October 7
All are invited to join us in the Weintraub Family Sukkah following morning services.

SIPPIN' IN THE SUKKAH
Saturday, October 7
8:00 pm
The Young Couples' Group cordially invites you to join other couples for live music, light hors d'oeuvres, wine and fun! All are welcome!
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Would you like to order a LULAV and ETROG? 
The order date has been extended: Please have the order form in by September 28th.
Orders will be filled by The Jewish Quarter. 
 
Please download flyer here and mail or drop the attached form off at:
Temple Israel Center - Attn: Lulav Order
280 Old Mamaroneck Road, White Plains, NY  10605

Orders must be PRE-PAID by check payable to: Temple Israel Center - Lulav

Please pick up your order either at:
TIC on Wednesday evening, October 4, Erev Sukkot, following services OR
TIC Sukkot services on Thursday morning, October 5.
 

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ANNUAL KOL NIDRE FOOD DRIVE

Please help fill our bags (as many as you can)  with non-perishable packaged food  and return your bags between Sunday, September 10 and Sunday, October 1. For details see flyer here.

(For security reasons, please do not bring your bag to Kol Nidre services on Friday, September 29.)

We donate all the food we collect to the Ecumenical Emergency Food Pantry of White Plains.
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The Great Big Challah Bake at Temple Israel Center
  
Be part of The Shabbat Project! Have fun preparing Challah and doing a Mitzvah alongside 1,000+ cities worldwide, with a community-wide Challah Bake. All adults and children over 10 are welcome! Bring canned food to benefit the Bronx Jewish Community Council Food Bank.
Ingredients and instructions will be provided.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
@ Temple Israel Center of White Plains (280 Old Mamaroneck Rd., White Plains)
Registration 7:00pm - Challah Bake will start promptly at 7:30pm-9:00pm.
Tickets: $36 adults, children (10 and over) $18

View flyer here for details, or go to website.
 
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Night of Learning and Celebration  

Rabbi Tucker will be teaching a class at the upcoming Night of Learning and Celebration. The event will be held on Saturday, November 18th at Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle.  Registration will start at 7p.m. The sessions will begin at 7:30  and they will each be one hour long.

This an opportunity for the Jewish community of Westchester to gather together for a little learning and a lot of fun.  This year's  Night of Jewish Learning and Celebration will offer 30 courses with diverse topics sure to interest everyone.    After 2 sessions of teaching, we will all meet in the ballroom for a kosher dairy dessert celebration  and music. This year we are very lucky to have Kaskeset - the Binghamton University Jewish A Capella group.    

This year, participants are able to sign up and pay in advance on-line, by going to our website at www.wjcouncil.org.  Please encourage your congregants to register in advance.   The price will go from $20 to $25 after November 10th. View flyer here.
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FUND FOR THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS
YOM KIPPUR APPEAL
 
Is not this the fast that I have chosen
To undo the bands of the yoke...
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry...
That thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house
And when you see the naked to clothe him?
Isaiah 58:6-7
 
For a lot of our neighbors here in Westchester a steady income, a place of their own and nourishing reliable meals are a dream right now. Children are living in shelters. The old and the young are going to food pantries for groceries. More people than ever are numbered among the working poor in our county.
 
This is one crisis we can do something about.
 
If every family and individual member of TIC writes a check for the amount of money we would have spent on meals if Yom Kippur had been an ordinary day, we can turn our fast into a safe haven for kids, meals and shelter for the neediest, care for the homebound and housing loans for our neighbors.
 
We will use your money effectively. We have no overhead except the postage for this letter. We direct your donations to local agencies where they will do the most good in the most direct way.
 
Please make your check payable to Temple Israel Center, mark it "HELP FOR THE HOMELESS" and mail it to TIC.
 
We wish you and yours an easy and fruitful fast and a year of peace, health and happiness.
 
Beth Rosen and Sue Thau
Fund for the Hungry and Homeless
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Breakfast and Learn 5778 (2017-18)
The Bible in Song

This year, we will continue to explore Israeli songs  that serve as modern midrash on Bible stories and characters, beginning with the patriarchs and matriarchs of the Torah. New students welcome.
 
Instructor: Rabbi Dina Shargel
View flyer here for details.
To register, email rabbishargel@gmail.com or call 914-948-2800, ext. 121. 

Fridays at 7:50 am in Room 21

October 20*,  November 3, 17,  December 1, 15*,  January 5, 19 ,  February 2, 16*, 
March 2, 16 ,  April 13, 27,  May 11, 25,  June 8, 22

*8:00 am start time
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NURSERY SCHOOL NEWS 

We had a great start to Nursery School!

Some Important Reminders:

Our Extended hours have begun.  Click here to register for Early Bird drop-off.  Click here to register for Stay & Play.  A sign up sheet for daily drop-ins is also always availabile in the NS lobby.

There will be a tent in our parking lot Monday, September 18th to October 2nd which requires a modified flow of traffic and parking during drop-off and pick-up on those days. Please click here to see the map.
 
If you would like to order a yummy freshly baked Challah Fairy hallah to bring home each week, please return your form to the office by Tuesday, September 19. This is a fundraiser for our Nursery School and your participation is greatly appreciated. Click here for an order form.
 
There is no school September 20-22 for Rosh Hashanah.

SHOP AND SUPPORT THE NURSERY SCHOOL! 
Click here  to support the Nursery School every time you shop on Amazon.com.

If you are interested in learning more about the TIC Nursery School, please contact the Nursery School Director,  Patty Goldstick or call  914-948-2800, x126.

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SHORASHIM AND HAVURAT TORAH NEWS  

It has been a great beginning to Shorashim!  As we approach Rosh Hashanah we wish everyone a Shanah Tovah/happy and healthy new year.

Welcome back bags are available through Sunday, 9/17, for those families who did not have a chance to take one during our Opening Sunday Meet and Greet. Please pick up your bag this  Sunday in the lobby or see Jean Klipstein.

Did you know that Rabbi Tucker gives a $180 refund to Shorashim and TIC families who buy their first sukkah? After you purchase your sukkah, please send your receipt to Lisa Schwartz at l.schwartz@templeisraelcenter.org. The synagogue will issue you the refund. Happy Sukkot!

Updates and Reminders:
Wednesday, September 20, Erev Rosh Hashanah:
  • Shorashim, Havurat Torah and Education offices are closed 
Thursday-Friday, September 21-22, Rosh Hashanah:
  • Shorashim, Havurat Torah and Education offices are closed
Wednesday, October 4, Erev Sukkot:
  • Shorashim, Havurat Torah and Education offices are closed (NOTE: THIS IS A CALENDAR CHANGE)
Thursday-Friday, October 5-6, Sukkot:
  • Shorashim and Education offices are closed
Sunday, October 8, Columbus Day Weekend:
  • Shorashim and Education offices are closed 
Wednesday, October 11, Erev Sh'mini Atzeret 
  • Shorashim, Havurat Torah and Education offices are closed 
Thursday, October 12, Erev Simhat Torah
  • In celebration of Simhat Torah, Shorashim only will be open 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm as usual, followed by TIC holiday festivities. Details to follow.


If you have any questions or concerns, we are here for you. Contact Lisa Schwartz at 914-948-2800, x122, or email   l.schwartz@templeisraelcenter.org  or Jean Klipstein, office administrator, at 914-948-2800 x 123 , or email j.klipstein@templeisraelcenter.org to schedule a tour and a conversation.

Havurat Torah News 
 
We had a successful opening week!

About 40 teens joined in the learning and the fun at Havurat Torah on Wednesday night. 
Grade 7 teens learned with our Community Educators, Arielle Richman and Rachel Glickenstein. 
Teens in Grades 8-12 participated in a World Cafe. They shared their ideas about ways to make 
H avurat Torah into an even more Welcoming Teen Community and what they can do to ensure 
that the learning is meaningful to them and to their peers. 
 
If you are interested in learning more about what your friends are learning at HT this year, 
ask them why they're choosing to participate and what they're excited to learn. 
Check out what we're offering (click on the links below) and plan to join us on Wednesday, 
September 27, at 6:30 pm.   


Havurat Torah Offerings for 5778 (2017-2018):


Questions? Contact Susan Ticker at  914-948-2800, x113, or email 
s.ticker@templeisraelcenter.org .

Register now. We are eager to welcome  you into our learning community!

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DOROT Westchester Intergenerational Chess

Opportunity for Older Adults to Participate in an Intergenerational Chess Program

* Learn and Play Chess with Teens
* Wednesday Afternoons in Hartsdale
* Transportation is available
* Great for Brain Fitness

Call Cippi Harte, Director DOROT Westchester, to Register: (914) 573-8906. View  flyer here .
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MAH JONGG WITH SISTERHOOD 

Sisterhood holds mah jongg games on Thursday nights from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. 

"We play for tzedakah/charity, one game at a time."  Players need not be Sisterhood or Temple Israel Center members. 

Contact Linda Lieberman at 914-472-3626. We play year-round, except for holidays and when the synagogue is closed.

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HELP FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE TIC INCLUSION COMMITTEE

The TIC Inclusion Committee works on exploring and improving issues related to anyone who feels excluded in any way, including people with disabilities and learning differences, the LGBTQ community, or those experiencing mental health issues. Anyone who needs our services, please contact Michelle Steinhart, TIC's Director of Inclusion, at m.steinhart@templeisraelcenter.org .

To join the committee in its work, please contact Michelle Steinhart or Robin Friedman at rskf18@gmail.com.
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TIC FOOD VOLUNTEERS

 

Do you know where YOUR next meal is coming from?  

Would you like to help someone who doesn't? 

Join the TIC Food Volunteers!  We prepare more than 150 meals on the first Sunday of every month for the hungry and homeless.  Meals are prepared in volunteers' homes and brought to TIC for transport to The Sharing Community in Yonkers, NY. To learn how you can help, contact Judith Grand at (914) 328-3322 or  foodvolunteer@gmail.com.     

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HUNGRY & HOMELESS APPEAL CONTINUES

Please continue to contribute to the Hungry & Homeless appeal. The funds that you provide help thousands throughout Westchester. Click here to view the Spring/Summer update, and click here to make a donation.
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UNITED WAY 2-1-1 HELPLINE
 
Need Help? Speak to Real People and Get Real Answers
United Way's 2-1-1 is a free, confidential, multilingual information and referral helpline open 365 days a year, 9:00 am-7:00 pm. Our knowledgeable call specialists are here to listen, to care, and most of all, to give you the information you need on:  food, housing and shelters, abuse prevention, government services, senior services, health& mental health, child care, job assistance and more.

To speak to someone dial 2-1-1 from any phone or visit www.uwwp.org/get-help  
 
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WJCS KOSHER MEAL DELIVERY 

WJCS kosher Meals-on-Wheels program is looking for volunteer drivers. Monthly, biweekly, or occasionally; we'll work with your schedule. Contact Eileen at 914-668-4350, or eoleet@wjcs.com.

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WEBSITE ACCESS
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Send feedback about the FB page to our administrator,  Robin Arzt. 

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DAILY
MINYANIM AT TIC!
Support fellow congregants who want to pray in a community as well as those who are saying Kaddish.  It is an act of great kindness. We gather in the lrene Schwebel Chapel at 7:10 am Monday-Friday, at 8:00 pm Monday-Thursday, and at 9:00 am and 8:00 pm on Sunday.   Check our calendar for minyanim times on Shabbat.    

To join the minyan corps, contact
TIC COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES
- Support TIC mourners during shiva week by being part of shiva minyanim. To participate in this act of hesed, email Caren Zelicof. 

- Celebrating a simha or remembering a loved one? You can share the commemoration by sponsoring a Shabbat kiddush. Email  Kelly Kressler or call her at 914-948-2800 x111.

- Dedicating one or more copies of Siddur Lev Shalem is another great way to commemorate a yahrtzeit or to celebrate a simha. Click here to get started. 

- Birthday parties are great fun at TIC! For gym or room rental details, email   Kelly Kressler.

- Share your good news with the TIC community. Email Susan Galla with details about your
s'mahot, or call her at 914-948-2800 x112.