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KIDDUSH
Join us for Kiddush on Shabbat. This is the perfect opportunity for us to experience community and get to know each other better.
Mazal Tov!
Birthdays & Anniversaries
April 22 - 28
Judy Geller William Lowe
Frances Aguilar
Vera Kishinevsky
Casey Danoff
Jeffrey Gordon
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UPCOMING EVENTS
4/22
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Morning Service 9:30 am
Evening Service 7:15 pm
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4/23
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Yom Hashoah Program at the Jewish Center of Paramus/CBT 4:00 pm
(in conjunction with JFNNJ)
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4/24
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Congregational Meeting 8:00 pm
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4/25
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Sisterhood Book Club 1:00 pm
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4/26
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SIR Lecture Series "A Lens on Israel" 1:00 pm
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4/27
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Rabbi's Class Cancelled
On the Rivers with the Rabbi: Limited space available, RSVP Required
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4/28
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Bible Study 11:30 pm
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Tomorrow Morning
Before joining in the communal commemoration of Yom haShoah on Sunday, please join me in shul tomorrow morning when, in lieu of the sermon, I will interview our member,
Alfred Strauss, a child survivor of the Holocaust, who recently returned from a trip to Holland, where he and his younger sister survived in hiding and his older sister perished. A portion of an exhibit he visited is dedicated to the memory and to the young life of his sister,
Emilie Strauss. Alfred was also present at the dedication of a monument honoring those who risked their lives to hide/save others.
On Sunday we will wrap our Holocaust Torah in its dramatic mantle: the word
Zachor (Remember) emblazoned in a flame of yellow and orange against a solid black background. Our Torah will be carried in procession and held during the chanting of the Memorial Prayer (
El Maleh Rachamim).
I met Dr. Mordecai Paldiel, the featured speaker at Sunday's proceedings, well over a decade ago when he was the Director of the Department of the Righteous at Yad Vashem.
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Tomorrow at Minha
You may have heard that
Richard Gere visited Hebron in recent weeks, and declared, "It's exactly what the Old South was in America. Blacks knew where they could go... It was well understood. You didn't cross over if you didn't want to get your head bashed in, or you got lynched."
Well, tomorrow will refute and demolish Richard Gere's assertion. And in subsequent weeks will be reading about why CNN correspondent Reza Aslan worries about Israel, why Israel is nothing like apartheid South Africa, does feminism have room for Zionists (unfortunately, this is another intersectionality installment), and BDS at Tufts University.
Most of today's issue is devoted to
Yom haShoah, but there are a few other things that I want to bring to your attention, and, as you will see, Marwan Barghouti's New York Times' op Ed and his (and the Times' complicity in the) whitewash of his reputation, really ticked me off!
Speaking of Israel: we salute our
Volunteers for Israel, Iris Coleman, Hilda Froelke and
Tobey Lyden, who are leaving today!
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Gaza
Being a humanitarian can get you killed:
The great thing about this next article is that Israel is not blamed for this internal Fatah versus Hamas dispute. Well... Almost... And then a UN official blames Israel as "the primary cause" of Gaza's problems. That conveniently omits the fact that when Israel withdrew from Gaza it left behind the tools to help Gaza grow and build its own economy...until it chose Hamas and rockets.
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Barghouti
You don't get to be the head of Tanzim because you're a man of peace and because you refuse, on principle, to plan the murder of innocent civilians. How dare you imply that you're in the mold of Nelson Mandela!
The Barghouti op-ed:
From the Times' ombudsman/public editor:
What's really behind the Bargouti op-ed? And why now? (Next two articles)
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While it may be jarring for some of you to hear German being spoken (even if you don't understand it), please watch this important video in which descendants of fervent Nazis disavow their families' actions and beliefs, and vow to oppose modern anti-Semitism and to stand with the State of Israel:
Descendants of Nazi Perpetrators Singing the Hatikvah (and more!)
Watch this presentation: We say people must remember the Holocaust in the future, but we're ignoring its victims today.
This article is from last June, but I archived it for this year's Yom haShoah2017
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Rabbi Lau (former Israeli Chief Rabbi and Youngest Survivor of Buchenwald)
Here is the New Yorker piece
referred to above:
Briefly Noted
The Genius of Judaism, by Bernard-Henri Lévy, translated from the French by Steven B. Kennedy (Random House).
The French philosopher and telegenic celebrity offers a meditation on the "inner work on Judaism," which he says has guided his adventures in revolutionary politics, in an eclectic treatise that includes a long examination of resurgent anti-Semitism. His arguments tend to be wayward; a defense of his support for intervention in Libya takes the form of an interpretation of the Book of Jonah. And there are moments of real contradiction, as when he calls the Holocaust a "crime without parallel" but then professes befuddlement at the phenomenon of "competitive victimhood." Still, Lévy writes with passion. When people stop reading Judaism's great texts, "to challenge and oppose them no more," he declares, "the genius dies."
In his memoir 'A World Erased,' Noah Lederman travels to Poland, hoping to find the home where his grandfather-a Holocaust survivor-once lived.
Residents of the Ukrainian city of Lviv are learning about and coming to terms with one of their most painful chapters: the annihilation of their Jewish community during World War II.
Archeology Determines Site of Treblinka II Gas Chamber
Whatever you think of Glenn Beck...
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Register here
JFCSNNJ's Re-Launch Career Services continues its workshop series with: Eli Amdur -
Wed, 4/26, 6:30PM
Hosted at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center 10-10 Norma Avenue, Fair Lawn, NJ
Wednesday, April 26 @6:30 PM
Eli Amdur, a Career Coach, columnist & author with 40+ years corporate & academic, National & International experience will give a presentation titled:
Where do you fit into the job market as its direction changes?
Re-focus, Re-new, Re-train for your next opportunity
To attend, please contact Sandra Leshaw at JFCSNNJ:
201-837-9090, ext 225 or SandraL@JFCSNNJ.org
Thank you.
www.jfsbergen.org
Birthright Registration is Open! Sign up Today
1. Sign Up now at nnj2israel.com 2. Make sure to choose the correct date and age range for your Tlalim-Israel Outdoors trip organizer in the Primary Application. 3. When asked to select a trip in the Primary Application, choose one of theNorthern NJ Community trips 4. Don't forget to submit your deposit! 5. Once you submit your deposit, within 24 hours Israel Outdoors will email you a link to the Secondary Application. Log in and choose one or both of the Northern NJ Community trips:
May 20 - May 30 NYC / Northern New Jersey Community / Ages 18 - 22 / [TL-36-376] June 18 - June 28 NYC / Northern New Jersey Community / Ages 22 - 26 / [TL-36-405]
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On going film -- Various Venues
MR. GAGA
follows choreographer Ohad Naharin at a critical turning point in his personal life. This spirited and insightful documentary will introduce you to a man with great artistic integrity and an extraordinary vision. Mr. Gaga tells Naharin's personal story of this controversial, political, and always entertaining figure, and his constant battle for artistic perfection. Eight years in the making, Mr. Gaga traces Ohad Naharin's artistic roots using personal family footage, intimate rehearsal footage, extensive unseen archive material and stunning dance sequences. Heymann weaves a marvelous tale of what it takes to be a genius, the exhausting toll dance can take on its performers, and finally, the beauty that art can bring to this world.
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A group of young adults with Down syndrome embark on a demanding trip through the Himalayas accompanied by their typically abled siblings, bringing unresolved challenges to the surface. Winner, Best Documentary, Jerusalem Film Festival.
as part of
Reelabilities
- the largest festival in the country dedicated to awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with disabilities.
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Creative Action Network
Creative Action Network and the Anti-Defamation League are teaming up to invite artists to illustrate refugee stories from across time and geography. Maybe your family fled pogroms in Eastern Europe, from Nazism, from political oppression in Iran or the Soviet Union. Maybe you know someone who fled Uganda or other countries that persecute members of the LGBT community, maybe you are concerned about how many today have to flee extreme violence and persecution. No matter where refugees came from or their reason for fleeing, each story is unique--but connected. We hope to build a collection of pieces that rise above the noise and hateful rhetoric by humanizing the refugee experience.
Crowdsourced, creative campaigns that enlist artist and designers to create work around different ideas and causes. All designs that meet the requirements in their respective creative briefs will be published and made available for sale as prints and other merchandise. Artists retain ownership of their work but grant us permission to promote, license and sell it in exchange for 40% of the proceeds.
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the Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference
Get Special Discounted Tickets to the Event
May 7th, 2017
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Masorti is a sponsor of the
Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference. This year it's all about Israel-U.S. Relations in the Trump Era. It's an all-day event with an amazing roster of speakers including:
- Israeli Justice Minister, Ayelet Shaked
- Consul General of Israel in New York, Ambassador Dani Dayan
- Ronald Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress & former U.S. Ambassador to Austria
- U.S. Senators Tom Cotton and Deb Fischer
- U.S. Representative Eliot Engel, the ranking member on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Harvard professor, Alan Dershowitz and many more!
This is your special opportunity to attend at a discounted ticket price. The event is regularly $249. Because Masorti is a sponsor, we can make tickets available at only $179--a nearly 30% discount!
Just be sure to get your ticket through this registration link, to get
the discount.
At the Marriott Marquis hotel in Times Square. 1535 Broadway or click the interactive map.
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When: Last Session 5:10 pm (It's Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post Senior Contributing Editor and a riveting speaker.)
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Masorti's sponsorship entitles you to a $70 discount off the regular price of $249. You'll pay only $179--a discount of nearly 30%!
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The Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel
info@masorti.org
www.masorti.org
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TORAH Page 630
HAFTARAH Page 645
SH'MINI
After seven days of investiture into the Priesthood, Aaron and his sons assume their offices and offer communal sacrifices on the EIGHTH day (Shemini). A fire from God, symbolizing Divine blessing, consumed their offerings.
Two of Aaron's sons, Nadav and Avihu, brought an incense offering on their own initiative, and are struck down by God for their actions. Instructions from God and Moses to Aaron and his remaining sons with respect to public displays of grief make it amply clear that the priests hold a consecrated and elevated position, which takes priority over their personal needs. To prevent a recurrence of priestly error, the priests were warned to refrain from imbibing any intoxicant.
The Sidra concludes with a thorough exposition of the laws of Kashrut: a listing of the permissible and prohibited animals and certain physical features establish these criteria.
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