Fair Lawn Jewish Center
Congregation Bnai Israel

Enriching Lives through Prayer, Celebration, Education and Social Action for over 70 Years!
Rabbi Salston will be on vacation July 19th to August 2nd. She will have limited access to email at that time. In the event of an emergency please contact the office.

Rabbi Salston's Coffee and Conversation will return August 9th!
Services
or go to Zoom.US or dial +1 929 436 2866
Meeting ID: 940 7714 6714
Password 215407
We are making available copies of Siddur Lev Shalem, the most recently published siddur of the Conservative Movement. Please feel free to take a look, try davening from the siddur, and enhancing your prayers with the modern translations and the many readings on the sides of the pages. Copies of the services can be downloaded - see links below.
Erev Shabbat Eikev
Friday, July 30th - 21 Av - Shabbat Candlelighting 7:56 PM    
Virtual Kabbalat Shabbat-Maariv Service - 6:30 PM Eastern Time
Shabbat July 31st - 22 Av
9:30 AM Shabbat Morning Services
in person for those who have submitted
vaccination and waiver information to the office and also available on Zoom.
or
or


Yasher Koach to this week's Torah Readers
Leonard Kaufmann, Hal Fine
to our Haftorah Reader Ritch Rosen,
and to Jeffrey Herrmann
for delivering the Dvar Torah.
Saturday, July 31st 8:40 PM
Pre-Havdalah Seuda Shlishit Program with Rabbi Salston
Print the Song Packet before Shabbat!

Shabbat Ends 9:00 PM - Havdalah at 9:05 PM
Click Here for the Yahrzeit List,
shown in Next Yahrzeit Date Order.
Friday, July 30th to Saturday, August 7th
21 Av - 29 Av 5781.
Email Evan Marcus Yahrzeit announcements for the upcoming Shabbat Service.

July 25th 9:00 AM
Weekly Sunday Services
Evening Service Sunday-Thursday 7:30pm
Or go to Zoom.US or dial +1 929 205 6099
ID 992 9922 2789 Password: 609729
Around Our Community
Refuah Shlemah to:
Irv Pollack (Yehezkel ben Sarah v’Yaakov);
Rob Thaler (Yerachmiel Laizer ben Florence v'Hayim David); Chaya Baila bat Gitel;
Tova Raiza bat Yitzhak v'Malka Esther; Ahava bat Hadassah; Shifra Leah bat Sarah (Lynn Kahn);
Nava Deena bat Sterna; Leo Hinner (Eliezer ben Shoshanah v'Yosef Meir);
Kenny Schmier (Kalman Ben Rivka); Michael Katzeff (Moshe Dovid ben Rachel);
Jack Policar (Yacov Ben Rafael v Rachel); Yosef Chaim ben Huddle v' Moshe;
Jesse Rosenzweig (Yehuda Laib ben Rachel); Avraham ben Chaya Sarah v'Yisrael;
David Hayim ben Batya u'Refu'el; Malka Aviva bat Chana Golda;
Neal Lipshitz (Nahum ben Haya Perel v'Yaakov); Annette Wallen (Yehudit bat Malkah);
Layah Shoshanah bat Avihayil Yocheved v'Shlomo Hayim;
Roni Zerowin (Rachel Chana bat Tamar); Yosef ben Devorah and Moshe;
Michael Vorobyov (Moishe ben Fanya v'Aaron); Arie Greenbaum (Arie Label ben Chava and Hersch);
Esther Oster (Esther bat Sarah and Chaim); Judith Shain-Alvaro (Yehudit Chasida bat Perel);
Rose Lieberman (Ruchalay bat Vitel);Laili Golda bat Chaya v Reuven; Pincus ben Mina Sora;
Flora Frank; Larry Mandel (Leibel ben Chaya)

Happy Birthday to:
William Benlisa, Shirley Leibowitz, Samuel Ludzki, Anita Loeb, Yana Garger,
Pauline Mont, Arthur Levin, Shari Toron

Happy Anniversary to:
Stuart and Sima Alper, Ofer Kalina and Elayne Gasmer

If you would prefer not to publicize your birthday or anniversary, please send a note to the office at info@fljc.com or call us at 201-796-5040.
To add a name to the Refuah Shlemah list, email the office at info@fljc.com or call us at 201-796-5040. Names will be left on the list for 2 weeks;contact us to continue listing a name.               
Upcoming Events
MPC invites you to join them for Softball!
Schmidt Field by Memorial Middle School
Sunday August 1st 3 to 5 PM
Rain Date August 8th same time and place
Bring a glove and a friend. Everyone plays!

First Session September 20 10 AM
This Week's Classes
Tuesdays 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM or 8 PM - 9 PM
Next classes on August 3rd
Jewish View of Taxes - Paying Taxes, Is a Wealth Tax Kosher? 

For Rabbi Roth's sources for the class,
email  rabbiron@aol.com


Wednesdays at 11AM
or Go to ZOOM.US or dial+1 929 436 2866
Meeting ID: 943 0394 9434
Password 226478

Community Diversity Movie Watch
is a follow up to the Community Read of So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo.
Social Action
Summer has started, and the Social Action School Supply Drive is already underway. Click for more info!

Please help us collect school supplies for children in Fair Lawn for the upcoming school year. We will donate the school supplies to the Fair Lawn Food Pantry/Department of Human Services, who distribute to children in need of our help. 

You can bring your donations to the FLJC/CBI office or to the food pantry by August 20. Please help the children and families in our community during these difficult times. Thank you for your help!!!!  

VOLUNTEER DRIVERS NEEDED
Social Action is seeking volunteers to drive congregants to shul and back home for Shabbat services. If you are interested in volunteering please contact the office at info@fljc.com or call 201-796-5040. As we get requests, We will contact you a couple of days prior to Shabbat to confirm if we need your help and which congregant we need your help in driving to shul. Thank you in advance for your help.



Upcoming Committee Meetings
Committee Chairs will share the Zoom connection information
Meeting is in person where a room is noted
Executive Committee - 8/2 8:00 PM -Room TBD
MPC Board - 8/5 8:00 PM
Social Action Committee - 8/9 8:00 PM
Religious Affairs Committee - 8/11 8:00 PM
Board of Directors - 8/18 8:00 PM - Room TBD
Sisterhood Board - 9/9 8:00 PM - Zoom
Electronic Memorial Wall is Live!
Our new Electronic Memorial Wall is now Live!
Administration Notes
Have a birthday, anniversary, graduation, baby-naming or other happy event to share with us? 
Sponsor an issue of The Insider for $36. To sponsor, contact Abe at abe@fljc.com.

ShopRite & Kosher Nosh Scrip Available in the Main Office.
Do you know that if you purchase scrip it helps both you and the Center? You get 2 1/2 % of your purchase applied to your scrip dues obligation and the Center also makes 2 1/2 % of your purchase. Contact the office to make a purchase.

Synagogue Skills Learning Institute - Mentors Available!
Have you ever wanted to learn to read Torah or read Hebrew? To enrich your experience at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center, instruction is available for Torah Reading lessons; Haftarah chanting; How to daven various services. Free and open to our members. To register, email Ellen Wertheim.