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THIS WEEK
'S SCHEDULE
Friday, September 20th
7:00 PM - SHABBAT WORSHIP and a Movie
Please join Rabbi Forman for a Shabbat Experience as we join in song, the blessings over candles, Kiddush and Motzi, and conclude with Kaddish. Our film, Hester Street (90 minute runtime), will follow.
This is a prerequisite for the upcoming Shabbat morning educational series led by Professor Jennifer Gilmore. But all are welcome to attend!
Sunday, September 22nd
- Religious School Opening Day
9:00 AM - Grades 3-6
10:15 AM - Grades K/1/2
11:30 AM - Shofar Choir Rehearsal
As we get ready for Rosh Hashanah, it is once again time to dust off your shofar and practice the notes. EVERYONE is welcome to participate in the Shofar Choir at our Rosh Hashanah morning service. If you have always wanted to blow the Shofar, now is your opportunity. All you need is a good set of lungs, a willing spirit and a Shofar (we do a have an extra one). To get you started or refreshed,
HERE is a link to a YouTube video. If plan on attending, please email
Rabbi Forman to let him know you are coming.
Noon - School Dismissal
Noon - Welcome Back Picnic
Right after Religious School - See the flyer below...
View our full calendar
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SHABBAT SERVICES
Friday, September 20th - 7:00 PM
Yahrzeits to be observed:
Joan Ferrone
Annette Crystal
Barbara Wasserman
Friday, September 27th - 7:00 PM
Yahrzeits to be observed:
Gussie Brodsky
Ross Weinick
Natalie Gorin
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Click
HERE to complete the High Holy Days Information Form and order tickets.
Everyone (
INCLUDING MEMBERS)
needs to fill out this form in order to assist us in preparing for the High Holy Days and ticket distribution.
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Sunday, September 29th
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- EREV ROSH HASHANAH
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8:00 PM
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- Evening Services |
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Monday, September 30th
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- ROSH HASHANAH
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10:00 AM
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- Morning Services |
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3:00 PM
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- Children's Services |
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Tuesday, October 8th
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- KOL NIDRE |
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8:00 PM
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- Evening Services |
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Wednesday, October 9th
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- YOM KIPPUR |
| 10:00 AM |
- Morning Services |
| 2:00 PM |
- Children's Services |
| 3:00 PM |
- Study Session |
| 4:00 PM |
- Yizkor Services |
| 4:45 PM |
- Neila Concluding Services |
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5:30 PM
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- Break the Fast |
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Please join us for a welcome back barbecue event for the entire congregation. Great opportunity to get to know each other in an informal setting.
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When:
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Sunday, September 22nd 12:00-3:00pm (after Religious School)
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Or Chadash patio and backyard
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All are welcomed to attend
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Please sign up to bring something on the using the Sign-Up Genius link below. Bring an outdoor game if you have one.
Bring you checkbook as well - Scrip will be available for sale.
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If you have any questions, concerns about allergies, etc., please contact:
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Read any good books this summer?
We have a collection of books from the Jewish Book Council and hope you will take one or two home and enjoy them!
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RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
Sunday, September 22nd
- 9:00 AM - Grades 3-6
- 10:15 AM - Grades K/1/2
- Noon - Dismissal
- Noon - Welcome Back BBQ
Thursday, September 26th
- 6:30-8:15 PM - Grades 7/8/9/10
Click HERE for 2019-20 Religious School Calendar
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We need your updated 2019/2020 information
for our "Kids at School" program
As fall approaches, the Student Outreach Program of Or Chadash is about to swing into full gear. The purpose of this program is to maintain a Jewish connection for our students away from home at preparatory, college or graduate schools. Students will be mailed a treat symbolic for some of the Jewish holidays. Students tell us each year how much they look forward to these packages and how comforting it is to know that they are still important to our Or Chadash Family.
We create a new "Student Address List" each year, so all interested parents should send in their child's address, email and cell phone for the coming year by September 1, 2019. You must submit this each year, even if there has not been a change.
Please consider taking one moment now to complete the information collection form by clicking
HERE. Hope your "move-in" days are easy for all.
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| JEWISH AMERICAN LITERATURE |
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We are delighted to welcome back author Jennifer Gilmore to Or Chadash. Jennifer joined us on a cold winter February Shabbat to discuss her recent Young Adult novel, If Only, and the conversation expanded to include Jewish literature, contemporary authors, and her family's relocation from Brooklyn to Easton, PA! Jennifer's visit was so well received we reached out to her to explore the potential of a deeper dive into Jewish American Literature through fiction, essays, film and television. We are thrilled to invite you to register for four special Shabbat morning learning opportunities led by Professor Jennifer Gilmore. We hope you will join us!
A little about Jennifer Gilmore
Jennifer Gilmore is the author of The Mothers, (Scribner 2013), currently being adapted to film, which she is Executive Producing, Something Red, (Scribner 2010), a New York Times Notable Book, and Golden Country (Scribner 2006), a New York Times Notable Book of 2006, an Amazon Top Ten Debut Fiction of 2006, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, on the long-list for the International IMPAC Dublin Prize, a finalist for the Harold U Ribalow Prize, and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She is also the author of two novels for teens, We Were Never Here and If Only.
Her work has appeared in magazines, journals and anthologies including The Atlantic, Bomb, BookForum, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Psychology Today, Real Simple, Salon, Tin House, Vogue and the Washington Post. She has been a McDowell Fellow, and taught creative writing and literature at Barnard College, Cornell University, Fordham University, New York University, the New School, Sarah Lawrence College, Princeton University and Harvard University.
Currently Gilmore is a Professor in the English Department at Lafayette College in Easton, PA where she lives with her husband and son.
Jewish American Literature: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
American Jewish writing has been shaped as much by social, cultural and political considerations as by literary ones. We will consider the Jewish American experience in American literature by focusing on a variety of Jewish American texts-fiction, essays, film and television-to continue the discussion of what makes a Jewish American and what are the themes that define Jewish American literature.
As we examine what makes an "American Identity" we will look at the stereotypes that are confronted and upheld in these texts. We will explore the various ways the Jewish American experience has been defined and examine its connection to immigration, acculturation, alienation and the rise of material wealth. We will investigate a fundamental question: Is there such a thing as "Jewish Fiction" and if so, will it continue to evolve?
We will read texts chronologically, from a range of writers that might include Anzia Yezierska, Abraham Cahan, Saul Bellow, Delmore Schwarts, Philip Roth, Grace Paley, Allen Ginsberg, Adrienne Rich, Art Spiegelman, Joan Silber, Lara Vapnyar and Nathan Englander.
Class Dates and Times:
Saturdays 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us for challah and coffee - 9:00 AM
October 19
November 16
January 11
February 8
Coursework:
A prerequisite for attending the first class (October 19th) is to watch the movie Hester Street. Hester Street is available for free on Tubi (click HERE). Hester Street is also available on Kanopy and at the library.
Class Location:
Or Chadash
149 Foothill Road
Flemington, NJ 08822
Fee and RSVP Date:
The cost of the seminar is $136 per person.
Please note that we cannot prorate the seminar cost for absences. We need a minimum of ten people for the class to run. Please RSVP by September 15 by clicking HERE.
We are so looking forward to you joining us in this exploration of Jewish American Literature. All Or Chadash programs are open to the community and we hope you invite your friends, too.
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Or Chadash is pleased to announce that it is offering free Religious School to all children in grades Kindergarten, First and Second Grade. Additionally, Or Chadash has created a new membership category called "Young Family Members." Families whose eldest child is in Second grade or below can participate in all the activities and programming at Or Chadash, as "Young Family Members" for a nominal annual fee of $180.
Or Chadash, The Reform Temple of Hunterdon County, welcomes people from all faiths, Jewish and non-Jewish, and encourages everyone to participate in Jewish life. For more information about Or Chadash, please contact David Moutner, Membership Chair
dmoutner@hotmail.com or call 908-806-2122.
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| SCRIP & FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE |
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The friends and family you gifted a jar of Rosh Hashanah Honey to before September 4th should be receiving it now!
Thanks to everyone who placed a Rosh Hashanah Honey order!
So far we have sold 63 bottles,
raising
$283.50 for Or Chadash!
It's not too late!
You can still place an order to send the gift of sweetness to your family and friends - and help support Or Chadash - it just may not get there before the holiday starts.
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SCRIP CORNER
GOOD NEWS to share!
Announcing our July-Aug-Sept raffle WINNER! Thank you to our 3 families who participated in this raffle by placing ScripNow orders in each month: Berg, Schipper, Senator. And the winner is... Emily Schipper! Emily wins a $25 Panera gift card! Congratulations, Emily!
NEW! Announcing the scrip proxy order option! Simply fill out the order form and send that plus a check to Or Chadash, and your order will be placed for you! Find order forms in the OC office, or email Christine Berg. Get orders and checks in before the 15th of the month when orders are placed. Easy!
One more RAFFLE for 2019! Place orders online, or with our new paper order forms, in each of the months of October, November, and December, and be entered to win a $25 gift card!
BIG THANKS! We asked, and you stepped up! In September, we achieved our BEST participation and our BEST earnings ever! A record-breaking 23 of you placed orders for scrip in September, and our earnings from those orders is nearly $600! You did it. Please keep ordering scrip as a part of your monthly routine because this fundraising is adding up for Or Chadash in a substantial way!
It's never too late to get in on this fundraising gem! Scrip is another name for gift cards, and when you sign up to buy them on the ShopWithScrip website, every purchase you make earns Or Chadash much-needed (free) funds. There are hundreds of retailers, offering varying percentages back to Or Chadash. And Or Chadash shares the benefits with you as credit on your dues. This is truly a win-win opportunity!
Here is how members of the Scrip Program are helping Or Chadash each month:
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Orders
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Amount
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January
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19
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$440
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February
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16
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$358
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March
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16
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$364
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April
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17
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$518
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May
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10
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$328
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June
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15
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$467
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July
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18
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$440
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August
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16
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$386
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September
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23
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$592
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TOTAL:
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150
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$3,893 |
TOTAL dollars Or Chadash is giving back to members as dues credit:
$973!
Can we count on you to place an order?
Our next deadline is Tuesday, October 15th.
Buying scrip each month is a wonderful mitzvah you can do all year long! Check this out:
- $500 of ShopRite scrip each month for a year = $240 earnings for OC
- 50 families ordering $500 of ShopRite scrip each month for a year = adds up to $12,000 earnings for OC!!!
We can do this!
Happy Shopping -- Happy Earning!
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AMAZON SMILE AND OR CHADASH
Did you know that your Amazon purchases can benefit Or Chadash with a charitable donation from the AmazonSmile Foundation when you shop at AmazonSmile? Or Chadash is a registered charitable organization with AmazonSmile.
What is AmazonSmile?
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Or Chadash every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at
smile.amazon.com
, you'll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that the
AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to Or Chadash.
How do I shop at AmazonSmile?
To shop at AmazonSmile simply go to
smile.amazon.com
from the web browser on your computer or mobile device. You may also want to add a bookmark to
smile.amazon.com
to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile. Tens of millions of products on AmazonSmile are eligible for donations. You will see eligible products marked "Eligible for AmazonSmile donation" on their product detail pages..
Can I use my existing Amazon.com account on AmazonSmile?
Yes, you use the same account on Amazon.com and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, Wish List, wedding or baby registry, and other account settings are also the same.
How do I select Or Chadash as the charitable organization I want to support when shopping on AmazonSmile?
On your first visit to AmazonSmile
smile.amazon.com
, you select Or Chadash to receive donations from eligible purchases before you begin shopping. AmazonSmile will remember your selection, and then every eligible purchase you make at
smile.amazon.com
will result in a donation.
P.S.: Don't forget to sign up for Amazon Smile and designate Or Chadash as your charity of choice!!
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IN OUR COMMUNITY
TODAH RABAH (Thank You very much)...
- OC Cleanup Day Volunteers: Jeff Berg, Dan Freedman, Harvey Gold, Sandra Gong, Craig Kantor, Barbara Schlessinger, Dave Turner
- Sudha & Craig Kantor for gifting the synagogue with a Keurig coffee machine.
- Barbara & Donald Meltz for planting mums in our flower pots and assisting with the preparation for the High Holy Days.
- Sherrie Mazzocchi and Judi Levine for organizing our kitchen.
LIFECYCLE EVENTS
REFUAH SH'LEIMA (GET WELL) TO...
Howard Shapiro (father of Joy Gray)
Donald Kantor (father of Craig Kantor)
Elliot Rosen
Robert Ackerman (cousin of Fran Hack)
Rhoda Kantor
Al Berman
Gregg Solomon (brother of Wendy Solomon)
In order to help us be a more caring community,
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HOW TO REACH US
Rabbi Joseph M. Forman (
Rabbi)
OR CHADASH OFFICE
Phone: 908-806-2122
OFFICE HOURS -
Please call to schedule an appointment.
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