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April 20th, 2018
 
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Shabbat Times: 
Candle Lighting
Israeli Shabbat Dinner
Friday Night Service
Morning Service
Minha
7:23pm
6:0 0pm
7:15pm
9:30am
7:15pm
 
  Forecast: 59/partly cloudy

IN THIS ISSUE...
Shabbat Kiddush
Join us for Kiddush on Shabbat. This is the perfect opportunity for us to experience community and get to know each other better.
 
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries 
Hugh Gilenson
 J udy Geller
William Lowe
Frances Aguilar
Casey Danoff
 Vera Kishinevsky
 


   UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday 4/21
Morning Service 9:30 am
Minha, Meal, Maariv & Havdalah 7:15 pm
Wednesday 4/25
Lecture "A Trio con Brio" 1:00 pm
Thursday 4/26
On the Road with the Rabbi 11:30 am
Friday 4/27
Bible study 11:30 am

 
Yom haAtzma'ut Lingers:

Invitation to the Al Kol Ayleh Sing-a-Long in Tel Aviv
Israel's President, Ruvy Rivlin isn't satisfied with the standard "blah, blah, blah" speech for the
State's 70th; he want something more uplifting than words and that encompasses the whole country. He leads his staff at Beit haNasi (The President's official headquarters) in singing Al Kol Ayleh, and concludes with an invitation for the whole country to assemble as one in Tel Aviv under baton of Koolulam...   
 
The back story on the Koolulam sing-a-longs ( I have shared 2 with you: Chai, sung by survivors and their families, and Al Kol AyLeh, sung by 12,000 mostly willing participants IHO Yom haAtzma'ut):

Israels Ho'ttest Night Out is a Chance to Sing Old Songs with 12,000 of Your Closest Friends  Israel @ 70 Mash-Up  
Israeli Music Through the Decades                                       
At the Tenafly JCC  
As part of the Israel at 70 celebration, the art gallery at the JCC in Tenafly is presenting a collection of art related to Israel.  Nine of Dr. Avri Ravid's photographs have been selected for inclusion in the exhibit. The gallery is open when the JCC is open
(7 a.m. to 10 p.m. most days) until April 29th
300-UAV Drone Swarm Wows Jerusalem's Independence Day Festivities      Semiconductor giant Intel brings advanced technology to Israel in a beautiful display at the country's 70th anniversary



Torah Reading 657      Haftarah 676
TAZRI·A -M'TZORA
 
TAZRI ·A
This morning's Sidra opens with the laws of confinement following childbirth. Biblical law deemed women to be "ritually unfit" after giving birth. At the conclusion of this period, the mother was enjoined to bring a burnt offering and a sin offering, and she could then resume normal activity.
 
The laws dealing with leprosy, and the restrictions placed upon lepers, follow somewhat logically. Anyone with a skin disease was also considered to be ritually unfit, and a period of confinement was imposed upon the individual by the priest, who examined the afflicted individual at regular intervals. These passages demonstrate most convincingly that the priests' role extended beyond the precincts of the Sanctuary and the domain of the sacrificial cult.
M'TZORA
The Sidra Metzora is a continuation of the laws applying to the people afflicted with skin diseases. When a person was cured of leprosy, the priest examined the individual prior to his/her re-admission to the Israelite encampment. The procedures for ritually cleansing the leper lasted eight days.
Objects as well as people could contract a form of leprosy, and the Torah discusses the spread of leprosy to clothing and other fabrics, and to the walls (including stone walls!) of houses. Depending on the severity of the infestation, the house might be closed or have to be torn down, without the possibility of re-using the materials.
Other bodily discharges also render a person (and all that she/he comes into contact with) ritually unfit. These matters are dealt with at the parasha's conclusion.


And Yom haAtzmaut also lingers TONIGHT and Arab-Israeli-themed dinner and service:
Dinner at 6:00 p.m. (by advance reservation)   
Service at 7:15 p.m.
Tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m.            
We will be welcoming back our Israel volunteers (Generals Hilda Froelke, Regina Freidman, Tobey Lyden and Iris Coleman) and hearing all about what we missed.
Tomorrow Mincha, Seudah Shlishit, Ma'ariv & Havdalah at 7:15 p.m.
We will read and discuss Yossi Klein Halevi's excellent and balanced WSJ op-ed, Israelis, Palestinians and the Necessary Injustice of Partition






All I can say is, when you boycott the ADL, something is wrong with you, and these student groups, goaded by Jewish student advocates (like Jewish Voices for Peace), by their desire to band to together with all oppressed (intersectionality with the Palestinians), their anti-Semitism and sense of resentment of Jewish privilege are a narrow-minded, herd-following bunch, no matter how smart they may be.

NYU: Students' Pledge to Boycott pro-Israel Groups is 'at odds with our values'
Statement comes after 51 campus organizations vow not to co-sponsor events with groups including Birthright and AIPAC     
In J Street Talk, pro-Israel Sen. Ben Cardin Aims Fire at Trump and Netanyahu                                         










 


 



 

































































 


 



Israeli Culture in North America
ISRAELI FILMS
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
Directed by Keren Ben Rafael
Teenage Lana whiles away the hours in her hometown Kiryat Yam, a run-down beachside community on Israel's Mediterranean coast. She hangs out with a trio of shiftless boys, keeps an eye on her precocious cousin Tamar, and dreams up an impending move to Tel Aviv, all while waiting for the moment when her mother's café finally bankrupts her family. But the sudden arrival of an attractive writer, Tchipi, may present solution for both boredom and bottom lines: He spins a local myth into a news report of a mermaid sighting offshore-bringing people back to the city's beaches. Now, the locals just need to turn this mermaid mania into an event big enough to bring hope and excitement back into their lives.

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Directed by  Yuval Shafferman
On the Spectrum follows three 20-something roommates, all on the autism spectrum, as they navigate the day-to-day concerns of work, friendship, and romance.

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Directed by  Atara Frish
When Noa finds a special love letter in her locker, she struggles to reconcile her safe, restrained world and her urge to feel-at least for a brief moment-loved.

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