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Fair Lawn Jewish Center
Congregation B'nai Israel
Enriching Lives through Prayer, Celebration, Education and Social Action for over 70 Years!
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This Week's Insider is sponsored by Lynn and Alfred Kahn in memory of the Yahrzeit of Lynn's parents Sydell and Morton Rushfield
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COVID Policy
Face masks are OPTIONAL, but RECOMMENDED
when in the Synagogue.
(FLJC/CBI COVID policy is subject to change.)
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Nosh and Knowledge Classes with Rabbi Roth
Next Class will be Tuesday, March 21 and March 28.
No Classes on April 4 or April 11
Topic: Jewish Ethics and Sports
11:30am Class - Click Here for Zoom Link
8:00pm Class - Click Here for Zoom Link
Coffee & Commentary with Rabbi Salston will resume after Pesach on Wednesday, April 19, 11:00am in the Sanctuary.
Rabbi Salston will be away in Singapore repairing Torah Scrolls
from Sunday, March 19-Wednesday, March 29.
Click to Join via Zoom
or dial +1 929 205 6099
ID 943 0394 9434 Password: 226478
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Pesach begins on Wednesday night, April 5th! Please complete the attached form to authorize Rabbi Salston to sell your hameitz (leaven) by Tuesday, April 4th. Hag Sameah v'Kasher! Click Here for form. | | | |
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Click Here for March News & Views
For the Week of Friday, March 17 - Thursday, March 23
Happy Birthday to:
Shifra Ansonoff, Gary Baskind, Merryl Ehrich, Roy Meyrich, Lisa Miller, Judith Pitkowsky, Michelle Rosenberg, Susan Seligman
Happy Anniversary to:
Laurie and Philip Fenster; Dara and Michael Siegel
Condolences to:
Beatrice Goldstein on the passing of her sister Ruth Unger
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Carol Aig (Tova Raiza bat Malka Esther v'Yitzhak)
Binyamin ben Yehudah V' Rina
Sally Baker (Sarah bat Chana)
Chaya Reuvat bat Esther Faigel
Howard Charish (Yosef David ben Raizel)
Laili Golda bat Reuvat v'David
David Hayim ben Batya u'Refu'el
Beth Karetnick (Blima bat Devorah)
Liat bat Chava
Irene Gasmer, Chaya Sarah bat Esther V’David
Shimon Ma'aravi ben Edna u'Mordechai
Irene Mandel (Itka bat Yente v'Chaim)
Larry Mandel (Leibel ben Chaya)
Judi Margolis (Zisa Ita bat Rachel v'David)
Naomi Michaelson (Nechama bat Miriam VChaim)
Etta Mont
Irv Pollack (Yehezkel ben Sarah v’Yaakov)
Raisal Bat Aviva
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Debbie Rosenzweig (Devorah Surah bat Tzirl v'Eliyahu Meyer)
Jesse Rosenzweig (Yehuda Laib ben Rachel)
Stanley Sanders (Sender ben Ettie v'David haLevi)
Mozelle Sansone (Mozelle bat Mesuda v’Sassoon)
Kenny Schmier (Kalman Ben Rivka)
Yehudit Chasida bat Perel
Philip Steinberg Pinchas Yaakov ben Bentzion v'Chana Hitzel
Tovah Pearl bat Shandel v'Shlomo
Arthur Wartenberg (Avraham ben David v'Shaindel)
David Wertheim (Binyamin ben Eta Shifra)
Ilene Wolosin (Chaya Rossa bat Celia u'Max)
Yonatan Menashe ben Dina Rivka v'Dov
Roni Zerowin (Rachel Chana bat Tamar)
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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.
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Pre-Passover Food Drive
Sunday, March 12-Sunday, April 2nd. As you clean out your shelves for Passover, we hope you can donate non-perishable foods such as peanut butter, canned vegetables, canned beans, pasta, crackers, applesauce, canned fish, olives, canola oil, canned fruit, granola bars, instant mashed potatoes, nuts, rice, whole grain cereal, canned/packaged soup, etc. No expired items or glass containers.
A basket is available in the Center foyer for donations. Monetary donations and/or grocery gift cards are also accepted and can be dropped off in the Center office. Checks should be made out to: Fair Lawn Jewish Center with "Social Action Food Pantry" in the memo line. All donations will be delivered to the Fair Lawn Food pantry and Center for Food Action. Flyer available here.
Hackensack Shelter Dinner
Sunday, April 23rd. We are looking for volunteers to help with the Hackensack Shelter Dinner. Congregants are asked to buy/make food items like desserts and salads or donate items such as food, water bottles and plasticware. Click Here for SignUpGenius link. Monetary donations and gift cards are also needed to help us purchase the food required to make the dinners for the shelter. Bring checks and gift cards to the Center office designated for “Hackensack Shelter Dinner". Three volunteers are needed to help at the shelter on April 23rd. (Volunteers must be 18-years of age and a COVID vaccination card must be submitted.) If you have any questions, contact Mark Meisel at markmeisel@optonline.net
Click Here for flyer.
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.
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CHSBC - Hebrew School & Youth Programs
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Hebrew School meets on Sundays and Tuesdays
Upcoming Events
6th & 7th Grade Trip to Holocaust Museum, Sun., March 26 (See Flyer Here)
USY Program on Mysteries of the #4 & Pesach, Sun., March 26 (See Flyer Here)
Sunday Special for Children Age 3-6 at JCCP, Sun., March 26 (See Flyer Here)
Contact Marcia Kagedan at edudirector@chsbc.org or 201-815-8136 to register and for more information about our school programs.
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Monday, March 20 at 10:00AM - Ben Nelson Book Club. Join us in the sanctuary for the next meeting with Prof. Ben Nelson. The discussion will focus on "Nobody's Fool," by Richard Russo. (Attendees may also be interested in viewing the 1994 film of the book, starring Paul Newman, which is available online.)
Friday, March 31 - Pre-Passover Friday Night Dinner with Kosher Chinese Food. Celebrate the last Shabbat before Passover with a congregational dinner. $18 per person, children under 10 eat free. Register online by CLICKING HERE. Registration deadline: Monday, March 27. Flyer available here.
Joint Programs with Bergen County Synagogue Alliance. As we continue to work on joint programming with our fellow Conservative congregations in our region, we’d like to make you aware of two events sponsored by Temple Israel of Ridgewood that may be of interest to some of you.
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Sunday, April 2, "Bagels & Bonds" featuring IDF Agent Benjamin Anthony. Click Here for flyer.
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Tuesday, June 20, "Annual Golf Outing at the Farmstead County Club" presented through the Brandeis Men's Club of Temple Israel. Click Here for flyer.
Wednesday, April 5 at 7:00 AM - Morning Service and Burning of Chametz. Join us in the sanctuary and the parking lot for final preparations before Passover; and enjoy a last taste of chametz before the first Seder in the evening.
Sunday, April 16 at 11:00 AM - Yom HaShoah Observance. Please join us for our annual Yom HaShoah program which will include a memorial candle lighting and a presentation by students from our religious school sharing information about the spiritual resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto and the work of the Oneg Shabbat group. If you are interested in participating in the candle lighting, contact Sima and Stuart Alper at alperfour@gmail.com. Flyer available here.
Sunday, April 23 at 10:00 AM - Sisterhood Book Club Discussion of Hope Valley, by Haviva Ner-David. (On Zoom Only). Text Leslie Frucht at (201)396-0381 for Zoom link.
Sunday, April 23 at 1:00-3:00 PM - "iEngage: Together and Apart" - Unit 5: Between Nationalism, Ultra-Nationalism, and Fascism. This is the fifth of seven monthly multi-media learning sessions developed by the Hartman Institute and facilitated by Rabbi Salston that will include video presentations from faculty at the Shalom Hartman Institute along with leading rabbis, public figures, and intellectuals. The class is offered in-person and virtually. Register Here If You Did Not Register for the Last Class.
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Please take a look at our Electronic Memorial Wall,
which is viewable in the building and online.
Creating a digital plaque is a beautiful way to safeguard
the memory of family members and friends.
To order a digital plaque please call the Center Office at 201-796-5040.
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Upcoming Committee Meetings | |
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MPC Board - April 6, 2023
Social Action - April 10, 8:00PM
Religious Affairs - April 12, 2023
Sisterhood Board - April 13, 2023
FLJC/CBI Board - April 19, 8:00PM
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Have a birthday, anniversary, graduation, baby-naming or other happy event
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Email info@fljc.com to arrange!
Message to our Congregants:
In order to help the Center office, we are requesting that all events, publicity, date reservations (whether in-person or on Zoom) be mailed to info@fljc.com as soon as possible. Flyers should be on PowerPoint (if possible) and also sent in both jpeg and pdf versions.
For rental/in-house events: please fill out a Room Reservation Form at least two weeks before the scheduled date and email it to info@fljc.com. (In order to manage scheduling and arrange spaces, it is important that the office and custodial staff have a schedule of upcoming events with room requirements.)
ShopRite 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.
(Please note that we will be phasing out the Scrip sales at the end of June, so order what you need now!)
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.
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