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Our Minyan Needs Your Help!
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Shabbat Kiddush
Barry & Selma Dash, grandparents of Michael Guigliano, have sponsored today's kiddush in his honor.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Stephen Whitman
Scott Koszer
Ruth Korn
Lia Pitchkhadze
Ethel Chesen
Allegra Sousa
Harriet Hirschenfang
Sandy & Randy Karpman
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Thursday 10/12
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Shemini Atzeret
Early Yizkor Service 7:30 am
Morning Service & Yizkor 9:00 am
Minha after Kiddush 12:30 pm
Simhat Torah Evening Service 7:00 pm
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Friday 10/13
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Simhat Torah
Morning Service 9:00 am
Minha after Kiddush 12:30 pm
Friday Night Ma'ariv 7:00 pm
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Saturday 10/14
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Bar Mitzvah of Michael Guigliano 9:00 am
Minha 5:45 pm
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Monday 10/16
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One Man Band Program 1:00 pm
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Tuesday 10/17
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Sisterhood Book Club 1:00 pm
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Thursday 10/19
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Visiting Scholar Rabbi David Fine 12:30 pm
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Friday 10/20
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Bible Study 11:30 am
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 Its even more true this week than last!
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We're About to Begin Another 3-Day Marathon
- Morning service on all three days, will begin at 9:00 a.m. (and there is an early Yizkor service tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. in the Chapel)
- Join us for Simhat Torah services tomorrow evening and Friday morning when we will honor Martha Shemin as our Kallat Bereishit
- Mazal Tov to Michael Giuliano and his family on the occasion of his bar mitzvah celebration on Shabbat morning!
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- And then watch out!...Because our synagogue programming gets going in earnest!
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Sukkot and the Upcoming Holiday Weekend
We ask the experts about the High Holiday season's least-understood festival
The Sukkot Holiday in Israel
Sukkoth is an Interfaith/Universal/Ecumenical Holiday
during which it is envisioned that all peoples will assemble in Jerusalem to acknowledge God, and to celebrate the festival.
In that spirit, the Onnuri Church has brought the Shalom Yerushalyim Cultural Festival to our facility this week. A display of photographs is available for your viewing in our Social Hall. The festival is sponsored by a coalition of Korean Christians who recognize the biblical importance of the Jewish people and pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They also acknowledge that Christianity has inflicted great wounds in the Jewish people for the past 2000 years, even as it owes its own existence to one nation on earth: Israel. They have therefore issued a Statement of Repentance and Hope.
The Coalition has presented our synagogue with a beautiful volume that reflects their aim to build unity between the Jewish community and Korean, Chinese and Japanese Christians. You may view the display pictures and the volume following our services on Thursday and Friday morning.
And the timing couldn't be better, because...
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The guide names the Jewish state as a singular threat to peace and justice and labels its Tel Aviv campus an imperial project
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Iran Deal
Crippling sanctions had Iran on the ropes...and we blew it. I knew the deal was a bad one when the Iranian Foreign Minister praised Secretary of State John Kerry for his savvy - as someone who knew how to handle himself in the give-and-take bargaining that goes on in Middle Eastern bazaars (and Kerry ate it up). Even without Kerry's naïveté, it was clear that these talks would produce the results that Iran desired. - So what if it took 15 years to get there? Time is on the Iranians' side. All you had to do was look at the competing interests of the six entities on one side of the negotiating table, not just negotiating with Iran, but amongst themselves, and Iran on the opposite side, watching them squabble and watching any hardline positions, cave for the sake of an agreement at just about any cost. And if you need more proof that this deal is a good one for Iran and not onerous, all you have to do is read the Iranian Ambassador's NYT op-ed in which he defends the deal.
Below we have former State Department official Wendy Sherman, praising the deal she helped to negotiate, the Iranian UN ambassador, ignoring all the provisions that are to Iran's favor, while also supporting a deal that supposedly restricts his own country, and finally, Michael Oren, offering his critique.
And last but not least, is perhaps the most credible piece that I have read on the topic, published in The Hill.
I doubt that this deal will be renegotiated. There is no stomach in the rest of the Western world (let alone in Russia and China) for re-imposing sanctions on Iran: it's both too a tedious process and would get in the way of lucrative deals. And the United States is losing even more prestige and influence under Trump, who seemingly intends to decertify the JCPOA, than it did under Obama.
The whole situation is terrible.
This next piece may be the most cogent and objective assessment of what is at stake, and what the issues are:
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"The Siege"
I'm wondering why it's only Jewish leaders in Jewish groups that are denouncing this play about the Palestinian terrorist siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Where is the Christian outrage at the distorted account of the violation and desecration (
http://www.takeapen.org/Takeapen/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=84&FID=956) of this holy site? Where is the Christian condemnation of Palestinian terrorists bringing weaponry into this place of peace? Why are Christian leaders and Christian groups not denouncing this glorification of what was done to one of their holiest sites?
Guardian Reviews Anti-Israel Guardian Play...and gives It 4 stars
Sensationalized bias of another sort:
Bottom line: Awad's application was approved for travel on Nov. 14, the exact date requested.
Hamas is acting like the Taliban and Isis with respect to archaeological and historical treasures:
4,500-Year-Old Bronze Age Settlement Flattened by Hamas Bulldozers
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And let them ban everything else Israeli, as well! (like the new invention reported on in the second article):
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As you know, I'm not a big Bibi fan. Still, I view it as my responsibility to bring you as much information as possible-from all sides:
Bibi "Objectified" in a Fox News Profile
Meni Naftali worked security for the Israeli prime minister and his wife Sara, and now wants the world to know what they are really like.
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Gal Gadot on Saturday Night Live
"I was unfamiliar with the complexities of the letter and I did not take the time to study them."
Stupid and short-sighted TV executives manage what entire fleets of Klingons never could: Destroying the USS Enterprise and its precious progressive legacy
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J-ADD is Jewish Association for Developmental Disabilities. It is the organization that oversees, among other things, the group home in Leonia, in which Sharon Berman and Robert Perlis reside. Please support this worthy organization.
http://www.j-add.org/
Dear J-ADD Friends,
Our walkathon appeal has begun. I am glad to share that we have an anonymous donor who will match the first $15,000 raised in the next few weeks. Please be generous and go to the walk website and donate now so that your donation can be worth twice as much. The walk is scheduled for 10am on October 22 at Van Saun Park.
See you there.
Thanks so much,
John
John Winer, Executive Director - J-ADD
Click here for upcoming Federation programming in our area. 
click here to find out more about ramah programs
Join us at Ramah here in North America or in Israel for one of these very special programs designed especially for women. All are invited to participate. No Ramah connection is necessary, so please forward this email to friends and family who might be interested!
Ruach Nashim: Women's Spirituality Weekend
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April 27-29, 2018
Ramah California · Ojai, CA
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Join our extraordinary program combining creativity, text study and friendship with the joyous celebration of Shabbat in an inspirational setting. Share with friends and connect spiritually through reflection, prayer and song. Indulge in relaxation and activities such as yoga, pilates, meditation or martial arts. Bring your daughter, mother, sisters and friends! You will return home refreshed and renewed in body, mind and spirit.
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November 5-8, 2
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Ramah Darom · Clayton, GA
Bring your mother, sister, grandmother or best friend, or come solo and meet other amazing women looking to build their community of Jewish friends! Surrounded by the beauty of nature, we will explore finding balance as we create, eat, drink, laugh, learn, sing and study together and learn to listen to our authentic selves. This women's-only weekend will have everything you need to relax, rejuvenate your body, and fill your spirit.
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Ramah Women: Celebrating Israel at 70
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Join Amy Skopp Cooper, Executive Director of Ramah Nyack and National Ramah Associate Director, on Ramah Israel Institute's first women's trip to Israel, an inspiring ten-day journey of exploration, dialogue, social action, hiking, art and culinary adventure.
Women of all ages are warmly invited!
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ISRAEL AT 70
$4,999 per person* - flights to Krakow and from Israel are not included - land only ($1,108 - Single Supplement)
A deposit of $500 will guarantee you a place on the trip. Space is limited.
Cost covers two nights in Krakow, two nights in Warsaw, two nights in Jerusalem, two nights in Tel Aviv, most meals, all programming expenses, tips, flight from Krakow to Tel Aviv. $1,000 minimum gift per household to the 2018 Annual Campaign of Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey. Travel extensions available for an additional cost.
*based on double occupancy and number of participants For more information or to register, contact
Jane A. Sherwood | JaneS@jfnnj.org | 201-820-3962
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