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AIPAC
I really didn't want to extend this to a second week, but I had last Shabbat by quoting former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who has just made his 178th trip to the region, and now firmly believes that a regional solution is the only way to go. He closed by saying that the Israel that he knows and loves is the Israel of Shimon Peres.
I feel obligated to bring you another, perhaps more realistic viewpoint: that Israeli society (not just visible and vocal politicians) is moving further and further to the right. Case in point: the conviction, and then the commutation of the sentence for Sgt. Elor Azaria's, who shot and killed an already wounded and prone Palestinian terrorist.
For another example of how Israeli society shifting, please read this article about "liberal" journalist and politician, Yair Lapid and Labor's Isaac (Buji) Herzog:
And, if anything, the Palestinians are more adamant and entrenched:
Western statesmen and politicians have long asserted that the two-state solution commands majority support on the ground. Most Palestinians say otherwise
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PASSOVER
A Play for Passover
I saw
The Whipping Man years ago, and was pleasantly surprised to find a young man from my shul in Pittsburgh in the lead role. (Not this time !)
Black Box Studios
Proudly Presents
The Whipping Man
By MATTHEW LOPEZ
Directed by FRANK AVELLINO
Featuring: EDDIE W. COLEMAN, JOSHUA SALVADOR, and ROMMELL SERMONS
Designers: FRANK AVELLINO and GERARD BOURCIER
Producers: HUEY ESQUIRE and MATT OKIN
APRIL 6 - 23, 2017
Thursday, April 6th, 8PM
Friday, April 7th, 8PM
Saturday, April 8th, 8PM
Sunday, April 9th, 2PM matinee
Thursday, April 13th, 2PM (special mid-Passover matinee)
Thursday, April 13th, 8PM
Friday, April 14th, 8PM
Saturday, April 15th, 8PM
No show on Sunday, April 16th
Thursday, April 20th, 8PM
Friday, April 21st, 8PM
Saturday, April 22nd, 8PM
Sunday, April 23rd, 2PM matinee
Tickets: $25 adults, $20 students and seniors.
Excellent group rates for 10 or more are available by calling (201) 357-2221. Also call for box office hours as tickets can be purchased at the venue.
If You Need Food Assistance for Passover...
(I am a sizable contributor to their Food Pantry)...please take advantage of it...)
Dear Rabbi:
I hope that by now you have seen the media coverage regarding the kosher for Passover food pantry set up at Jewish Family & Children's Services of Northern New Jersey. We are grateful to Stop & Shop for their help in establishing this resource in the community. I have attached the record from yesterday's Bergen Record for you to read at your leisure.
We are asking you to please reach out to your congregants that may need assistance this holiday. Each referral is handled in the utmost confidence. There is no intake assessment required. They need only to call
(201) 837-9090
and ask for Faith. Tell her that their rabbi referred them for Passover, and they will be given a time to come in. We have a tremendous supply of kosher for Passover foods including:
Eggs, cream cheese, sour cream, American cheese, mozzarella cheese, horse radish, Passover blintzes, frozen gefilte fish, potatoes, cereal, pancake mix, olive oil, grape juice, chicken broth, soup mix, mayonnaise, tea, coffee, salad dressing, macaroons, vegetable oil spray, ketchup, cashews, almonds, dried fruit, Shabbat candles, baking powder, baking soda, almond butter, tuna fish, apple sauce, canned vegetables, brown sugar, salt, chocolate chips, and matzoh.
Please help us get the word out. Together we can truly make Passover a wonderful holiday for families in our community.
Ellen Finkelstein
Director of Marketing
Jewish Family & Children's Services of
Northern New Jersey
1485 Teaneck Road
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Office:
201-837-9090 x 211
Fax:
201-837-9393
Please visit our new website at
www.jfcsnnj.org
As the holiday of freedom approaches, we offer some historical data for you to share at S'darim. In April, 1917 over one hundred Jewish communal groups came together to form the Jewish Welfare Board (JWB)
, supporting Jews in the U.S. military. One of their first tasks was the editing of a Siddur. Orthodox, Conservative and Reform rabbis worked together to produce that book. 220,000 siddurim were distributed, as well as talitot, mezuzot, Tanachim (Bibles), personal comfort items and more.
Since Pesach coincides with this one-hundredth anniversary, it seems appropriate to mention during our S'darim those who are on duty around the world, in foreign bases and obscure places, at sea and in the air.
From Rabbi Albert Slomovitz: One of my earliest Passover memories as a military chaplain involved distributing "Seder-kits" provided by the JWB to Jewish Marines who would be deployed overseas during Pesach. These kits contained a small box of Matzah, (which often arrived in broken pieces), two cans of gefilte fish, a Haggadah and some Kosher for Passover hard- candy. As I gave the kits to the Marines they expressed much gratitude for these modest Pesach items, as they would be observing the holiday far away from family and friends. As they thanked me, I told them that the "thanks" should be going to them, not I. Without them, including the I.D.F., we would not be sitting down in leisure and freedom on this or any Pesach.
They deserve a special salute and a L'Chaim! We should also acknowledge our local police, fire personnel and first responders who are always on call, as well.
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Video: Make perfect chicken soup and matzo balls from scratch-just in time for Passover
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The Seder After the Split
Why was this dinner party different from all other dinner parties? Because it was the first event I hosted after separating from my husband, when I was figuring out what freedom meant.
This is not the cutesy article, I thought it was; and it does not denigrate either Passover or Easter:
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Pop Culture
Opening Day included Jewish players on the Brewers, Tigers and Dodgers, an up-and-comer on the Astros, and a manager on the hot seat
The 96-year-old doyenne of the jewel-encrusted clutch gets a glittering new show at New York's Museum of Art and Design
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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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TORAH Page 613 HAFTARAH Page 1296
TZAV/HAGADOL
This week's Sidra is a continuation of the Laws of the Sacrifices.
The Priests were commanded to keep a fire burning continuously on the altar. The sacrifices from which the Priests were permitted to eat are then enumerated. Their permission was qualified, however: the Priests had to be in a state of ritual purity, and the Priestly portions often had to be consumed within certain boundaries and time frames.
Aaron, the High Priest, was to bring a meal offering both morning and evening on behalf of all the Kohanim.
Over a seven-day period Aaron and his sons were consecrated to their positions by Moses. Moses robed Aaron in the High Priest's garments and anointed his head with oil. The other Priests were also dressed and anointed, and special sacrificial offerings concluded the ceremony.
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