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PCS Congregational Meeting
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Reception at 7 pm
Music begins at 7:20 pm
Meeting begins at 7:30 pm
All at PCS
We look forward to seeing you at this very important meeting.
An adult from each of 30 member families
is required for a quorum!
The Strategic Plan and Financial Reports will be presented with opportunities for you to get involved. Your votes are required for trustee and officer elections as well as approval of Rabbi Julie's new contract and the budget for fiscal year 2018-19.
Come and have your voice heard
and your vote counted!
PCS 2017-18 Board of Trustees
(in alphabetical order)
David Benattar
Robin Berman
Gregory Cohen
Oren Cohen,
Treasurer
Jonathan Goodman
Amy Gutenplan
Roberta Korus, Vice President
Sheila Major
Robert Marshak
Leyla Nakisbendi,
President
Karen Neuburger
Lisa Nicotra
Laurie Hirsch Schulz, Secretary
Ben Serebin
Richard Solomon,
Vice President
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HEBREW SCHOOL HAPPENINGS
by Galit Sperling, Principal
The last few weeks of PCS Hebrew School this year were filled with festivities, meaningful programs and a celebration of our families. We began the month of May with Lag B'Omer, a spring outdoor holiday that rarely falls during the Hebrew School year but this year arrived on a perfect day! For Lag B'Omer, our students came up with Hebrew School team names (see pictures below!) and these teams competed in various fun games.
The last day of Hebrew School classes coincided with Shavuot, the holiday celebrating the giving of the Torah. We enjoyed a sweet family service in which every grade led a different prayer, with our youngest students carrying
bikurim, the parade of first fruit baskets. Then members of our seventh grade B'nei Mitzvah class read the Ten Commandments from the Torah, and received promotion certificates. We look forward to seeing this fabulous group of teens back for teen programming next year!
As this is the last newsletter of the year, I need to thank the incredible community that helps guide and support our Hebrew School at PCS. First, to the parents and families of our Hebrew School students and PCS congregants, who help us to keep the Hebrew School thriving year after year. Next to our teachers for their wisdom, generosity and hard work: Jennifer Chervin, Laurel Romero, Karen Stamatis, Ann Vesei, Lara Vosburgh, and our own Rabbi Julie, who taught our B'nei Mitzvah class this year. Our
madrichim (teen assistants) are awesome role models for our students. On Sundays, we had Chloe Balin and Molly Galin assisting our Gan-Bet class, and on Thursdays Michelle Siegel with the older grades. Our head
madrich, Ben Klingner, gave an unbelievable amount of time and energy to our school and students this year every day of Hebrew School and to special programs as well. We are so grateful to Ben and all the teens for their spirit! Finally, to Ben Serebin and the PCS Board for their support, Roberta Korus for her wonderful work on the newsletters, and the amazing Marcy Gray for everything she does always for PCS and for the Hebrew School.
We will be sending the full calendar for the 2018-19 school year soon, with the first day of Hebrew School classes taking place on Sunday, September 16, 2018. And don't forget Back to Shul night o Friday, September 7! Please spread the word to friends and neighbors that we will be continuing the promotion of free kindergarten (no strings attached!) and $100 discount off Hebrew School registration completed before July 15! Looking forward to another great year with our fantastic community.
Thank you all, and have a wonderful summer!
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Upcoming Dates
Friday, September 7: Back to Shul night (with ice cream oneg!)
Sunday, September 16: First day of Hebrew School
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...performing a Parashah play |
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| ...hosting a bake sale |
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Postcards from Eretz Yisrael*
Shalom Everyone,
A few weeks ago, my Ulpan class went on a bus trip to Jerusalem. I was very excited for Yosef because it was his first time! We visited the Old City and Yad VaShem.
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Women's side of the Kotel |
I didn't know how Yosef was going to react to the Kotel, because he was not brought up with any religious beliefs. But I was told by a male classmate that when Yosef got to the Kotel, he placed his hand lovingly on the Wall with great sincerity. That made me feel good.
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Bar Mitzvah celebration near the Kotel
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Yosef enjoying his first visit
to Jerusalem
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Shofar being blown at
Bar Mitzvah celebration
near the Kotel
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So, Shalom and
L'hitraot from yours truly,
Rachel
*Our correspondent is Rhea (Rachel) Wolfthal, long-time PCS congregant,
who made aliyah to Israel in August 2017.
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PART One Needs Female Drivers!
PART One, the refugee resettlement group affiliated with PCS, seeks female drivers with summer weekday availability. Drive once per week, once per month...just need a car capable of holding two car seats, and a wonderful mom with two small children. Driving is local from/to White Plains - to children's programs, to the grocery store, to appointments.
Available? Please email
[email protected] or call Laurie Hirsch Schulz at (914) 255-0358.
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Please volunteer: Sunday, Nov. 20, 3-4:30 pm
NEXT AND FINAL DATE: Wednesday, June 6!
Tikkun Olam Through the Ages
An Adult Education Mini-Course at PCS
with Rabbi Julie Hilton Danan, Ph.D.
Rather than a perfect creation corrupted by humanity, Jewish tradition proposes that God created
an imperfect world requiring human repair. This Tikkun Olam mini-course examines the historical development of "Tikkun Olam," the Jewish concept of repairing the world: in early Rabbinic
literature, in Kabbalah, and in modern social activism.
We will learn about Jewish history and theology through the lens of world repair, and consider
the connection between our own spirituality and our commitment to social justice.
This mini-course will combine short lectures, study of primary texts in English translation (Hebrew available for those who wish), and discussion.
Come to all or come as you can!
Three Wednesdays, 7:30-9 pm at PCS
April 4: Introduction and Tikkun Olam in the Mishnah
May 9: Tikkun Olam in Kabbalah and Chassidism
June 6: Tikkun Olam in Modern Thought and Action
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Pleasantville Community Synagogue
is a welcoming Jewish community with people of diverse traditions and backgrounds who want to share a joyous spiritual and cultural home.
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A special Pride Week event THIS THURSDAY
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Faith and the LGBT+ Community
A Special Pride Week Event!
Thursday, June 21, 7:15 pm
Join Rabbi Julie and AJC Westchester/Fairfield for a welcoming and affirming Pride Week event on faith and the lived experience of LGBTQIA individuals. Created by a diverse group of local faith communities, we will hear from professional and lay leaders of many faiths who are advocates and allies of the LGBTQIA community. All are welcome.
The program will take place at Temple Israel Center in White Plains. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required. For more information, click
here
, contact AJC Westchester/Fairfield at
[email protected]
or 914-948-5585, or email Rabbi Julie at
[email protected]
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And then on Friday evening, June 29 at 7 pm, please join us at the Pleasantville Community Synagogue for a very special PRIDE SHABBAT. Questions? Ideas? E-mail
Leslie Mack
or contact
Marcy Gray
in the PCS office.
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Pleasantville Community Synagogue is a welcoming Jewish community with people of diverse traditions and backgrounds who want to share a joyous spiritual and cultural home.
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We are less when we don't include everyone.
All are invited to
Celebrate Pride Shabbat
at
Pleasantville Community Synagogue
Friday evening, June 29 at 7 pm
Please contact Leslie Mack at
[email protected]
if you are interested in coming and/or if you have ideas for the service.
A dessert oneg will follow the service.
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Pleasantville Community Synagogue is a welcoming Jewish community with people of diverse traditions and backgrounds who want to share a joyous spiritual and cultural home.
Pleasantville Community Synagogue
www.ShalomPCS.com ~ (914) 769-2672 ~ [email protected]
219 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY
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Save the Date!
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The Annual PCS
Back to Shul Night!
Friday, September 7 at 7 pm
Come for Friday night services filled with joy and music followed by a special ICE CREAM oneg celebration.
Greet old friends, make some new, get ready for a sweet New Year of Joyful Judaism at PCS!
Bring your neighbors, bring your friends...
As always, all are welcome.
Pleasantville Community Synagogue is a welcoming Jewish community
with people of diverse traditions and backgrounds who want to share
a joyous spiritual and cultural home.
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Pleasantville Community Synagogue
219 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY
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Please volunteer: Sunday, Nov. 20, 3-4:30 pm
Read this book over the summer and then come to PCS in the fall*
to discuss.
"I call you 'neighbor' because I don't know your name, or anything personal about you. Given our circumstances, 'neighbor' might be too casual a word to describe our relationship. We are intruders into each other's dream, violators of each other's sense of home. We are incarnations of each other's worst historical nightmares. Neighbors?"
Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
is one Israeli's powerful attempt to reach beyond the wall that separates Israelis and Palestinians and into the hearts of 'the enemy.' In a series of letters, Yossi Klein Halevi explains what motivated him to leave his native New York in his twenties and move to Israel to participate in the drama of the renewal of a Jewish homeland, which he is committed to seeing succeed as a morally responsible, democratic state in the Middle East."
* Date to be determined
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Pleasantville Community Synagogue is a welcoming Jewish community with people of diverse traditions and backgrounds who want to share a joyous spiritual and cultural home.
Pleasantville Community Synagogue
219 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY
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JUNE YAHRZEITS
| Max Korus, grandfather of Roberta Korus |
June 5 |
| Morris Itkin, grandfather of Roberta Korus |
June 6 |
| Jonathan Pfeffer, brother of Michael Pfeffer |
June 6 |
| Dessie Sliffman Itkin, grandmother of Roberta Korus |
June 9 |
| Meyer Spector, uncle of Malcolm Netburn |
June 12 |
| Rose Netburn, mother of Malcolm Netburn |
June 12 |
| Nadine Aghen, mother of Sean Aghen |
June 14 |
| Anna Fuchs, mother of Audrey Lenoff |
June 14 |
| Alvin Sigal, father of Melanie Gordin |
June 23 |
| Henry Sperling, father of Edward Sperling |
June 25 |
| Marcus Schwartz, father of Nancy Mayers |
June 29 |
| Joan Gerstler, mother of Deborah Spanierman |
June 29 |
| Hilda Reisman, mother of David Reisman |
June 30 |
| Nathan Cohen, father of Hirsh Cohen |
June 30 |
JULY YAHRZEITS
| Janet Aschkenasy, cousin of Robin Berman |
July 3 |
| Herbert Gutenplan, father of Bruce Gutenplan |
July 8 |
| Jerry Chazen, father of Eileen Jagoda |
July 10 |
| Bernard Ehrlich, father of Lori Neuburger |
July 13 |
| Emanuel Jacobs, stepfather of Barbara Altman Bruno |
July 19 |
| Troy Rutman, brother of Seth Rutman |
July 21 |
| Morris Etkin, grandfather of Rhea Wolfthal |
July 23 |
AUGUST YAHRZEITS
| Rosaline Lasher, mother of April Lasher |
August 2 |
| Sybil Berman, mother of Robin Berman |
August 3 |
| Michael Weill, husband of Janice Sandbank |
August 5 |
| Gertrude Cohen, wife of Hirsh Cohen |
August 10 |
| Henry Major, father of Martin Major |
August 14 |
| Elaine Rutman, mother of Seth Rutman |
August 20 |
| Morton Greenwald, father of Gary Greenwald |
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To all PCS members:
If you or another member suffer personal tragedy or loss or are otherwise in need of help, please immediately contact Rabbi Julie at (914) 769-2672 or [email protected], or to our Caring (Chesed) Committee Chair, Susan Friedman at (917) 846-3038, or [email protected].
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The PCS Yahrzeit Memorial Board is a beautiful and symbolic place to honor your loved ones while helping to support your synagogue. The anniversary of their passing will be commemorated with a light by their name plate. You will find the appropriate form for purchasing a memorial name plate by clicking
here.
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We appreciate the thoughtfulness of those who support
Pleasantville Community Synagogue by remembering and honoring
their friends and loved ones through their generous contributions.
For information on making donations to PCS, including online donations,
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General Fund
Joyce and Stuart Angert, in honor of their beloved granddaughter, Maren Kenna, becoming a Bat Mitzvah.
Jacquelyn and Stanley Solomon, in honor their beautiful granddaughters, Lucy Sylvia Solomon and Olivia Sealey Solomon, becoming B'not Mitzvah.
Roberta Korus, in memory of her beloved grandparents, Fannie and Max Korus, and
Dessie and Morris Itkin, on the occasion of their yahrzeit.
Kiddush Fund
The Liebeck and Resnick families for sponsoring the kiddush in honor of their beloved daughter and granddaughter, Sophie Liebeck, becoming a Bat Mitzvah.
Erica Murkofsky and Mike Rhodes for supplying and sponsoring the kiddush in honor of their beloved son, Ian Rhodes, becoming a Bar Mitzvah.
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Nancy Mayers in honor of the special concert performed at PCS by her beloved grandson, Aydin Mayers, in appreciation of the PCS community.
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Pleasantville Community Synagogue Mission Statement
Pleasantville Community Synagogue is a welcoming Jewish community connecting people of diverse traditions and backgrounds who want to share a joyous spiritual and cultural home.
PCS officers and trustees:
Officers
President: Leyla Nakisbendi
Secretary: Laurie Hirsch Schulz
Treasurer: Oren Cohen
Vice President: Roberta Korus
Vice President: Richard Solomon
Board of Trustees
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Robert Marshak
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Leyla Nakisbendi
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Gregory Cohen
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Jonathan Goodman
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Amy Gutenplan
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Richard Solomon
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Sheila Major
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Rabbi Julie Danan
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Pleasantville Community Synagogue Newsletter
June 2018 18 Sivan - 17 Tamuz 5778
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