ROCK 'N ROLL NITE
at the GRJC
Sat. May 2 9pm
Featuring two teen bands
and the a capella sounds of the
TUNEY LOONS with Rabbi Neil
Tow and GRJC's Rob Weiss.
Dancing, Snacks, Desserts
and Soft Drinks.
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5th Annual GRJC
Nursery School Garage Sale
IN THE SOCIAL
HALL (due to rain in the forecast)
Sunday, May 3 from 9-3
Lots of books, household items, toys,
baby gear and much more, all at great
prices. All proceeds benefit the GRJC
Nursery School.
If you still have items you would like
to contribute at the last minute,
please contact Nancy Bermack at
718-791-7254 or Mandy Roth at
917-623-0550 to schedule an early
morning drop off Sunday before the
sale begins.
WE ALSO NEED HELP WITH CLEANUP AND
TEAR DOWN AT 3PM. PLEASE STOP BY
AND HELP IF YOU CAN!
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GRJC BOOK SALE
alongside the Nursery School Garage Sale
May 3
in the Social Hall.
ALSO TAKING LAST MINUTE DONATIONS. CONTACT
You may drop off books only between 7:30-9
am Sunday morning 9at the kitchen loading
dock)
We welcome children's books, coffee table
books, and novels and recent non-fiction
for adults. Also books on tape and music
CDs.
PLEASE, no text books, encyclopedias,
Readers Digest condensed books or anything
torn, watermarked or written in.
No magazines unless they are high end
publications, such as periodicals on
antiques, art, architecture, etc.
ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT OUR
NURSERY SCHOOL. Come by and shop for
Summer Reading!
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COMEDY NITE
SATURDAY
MAY 9 8:45PM
in the GRJC
Social Hall
-Silent Auction Too!-
$36 per person (in
advance)
with discounts for
GRJC Men's Club members, trustees
and their spouses
Feel free to bring your own
beer, kosher wine or spirits
Call Rob Weiss 212-448-6217
(work), 201-612-0674 (home) or
email
rweiss@mclaughlinstern.com
to
reserve your seats!
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SHABBAT
ACROSS THE GRJC COMMUNITY
SAVE THE
DATE!
MAY 29, 2009
6 PM
Join GRJC members in Fair
Lawn and Glen Rock in their homes for a
kosher dairy Shabbat meal. 10 host
families will host guests and then we all
will proceed to services at the
synagogue. Services will be followed by a
special dairy oneg in honor of Shavuot.
We're still looking for more host homes!
All are welcome to host. Hosts do not
have to cook, all kosher dairy dinner
food, juice, challah will be provided as
well as paper and plastic for serving.
Materials will be provided with all
rituals/prayers for the table in
translation and transliteration.
FREE OF CHARGE TO GUESTS AND HOSTS.
Email to toothydave@juno.com
to attend, host, and for more information.
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 MUSICAL
PRELUDE TO SHABBAT
6:30 PM
&
TRADITIONAL EVENING SERVICES @ 7:30 PM
At 6:30,
before the sun goes down, join us for
Shabbat themed singing, clapping, &
dancing accompanied by guitar. We'll
get ready for Shabbat as we warm up our
voices!
At 7:30 we'll put down the guitars and
use our voices to welcome Shabbat at our
evening service.
OPEN TO ALL, WELCOMING ALL AGES FROM
1-120!
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COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE-APPLY
NOW!
Open to Jewish undergraduates who wish to
attend a 4 year school full time in the USA
or Israel. Open to all North Jersey
residents & special consideration given to
students with special needs. Students must
possess demonstrated financial need and be
in good academic standing.
DEADLINE MAY 15, 2009! Download
applications at www.jccotp.org (under
children's and teens). Mail original and 4
copies to Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, 411
East Clinton Avenue, Tenafly, New Jersey,
07670. Attention: Ronit Gorelik
More Info.: Debra Turitz, LCSW at
201-569-7900, ext. 305. |
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Shabbat, May 1-2, 2009
8 Iyar 5769
Torah portion: Ahare Mot-Kedoshim
We light our Shabbat
candles at 7:35 pm.
Friday night services
will begin at 8 pm.
We celebrate all May birthdays and
anniversaries this Friday night!
Saturday morning services will begin
at 9 am
We will engage in a study and
discussion about the origins and
meaning of the
Mi She'berach healing prayer during
Saturday services.
Shabbat ends at
8:40 pm on Saturday.
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We extend
condolences to
Annette and
Rabbi Michael Goldstein and family, on
the passing earlier this week of
Annette's father, Sidney Kuntz. The
funeral is today in Texas. Following
several days of shiva there, the
Goldstein family will return home to
NJ and will hold shiva minyan in their
home in Ocean Township, NJ on Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings, May 5 and 6,
at 7:30 pm. Please contact the
office for their address.
Anna Khazan, on
the loss of her mother, Dr. Esther
Livshits. The Khazan family was a
member of the GRJC for 10 years.
They will be sitting shiva until
Wednesday of next week at their home
in Fair Lawn.
Robert Schwartz
and family (117 Woodvale Rd, Glen
Rock), on the loss of his wife Leslie
following a brief illness. The
Schwartz family was also a member of
the GRJC for 10 years.
--Rabbi Tow
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NEW RUSSIAN LANGUAGE PRAYER BOOKS AND
TORAH BOOKS
We now have prayer
books with Russian translation and
transliteration. We also have Torah
books with Russian translation. They
are available for use at all services
and can be found on the table in the
lobby.
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COUNTING THE OMER
From
the 2nd night of Seder through the day
before Shavuot,
we
count each of the 49 days. Each night,
we count the next day in the sequence.
The Omer was a grain offering brought on
the second day of the Passover holiday
in ancient times. The Rabbis turned the
Omer into a 7 week counting-up to the
celebration of receiving the Torah at
Sinai. Follow this link for a printable
Omer-counting calendar.
http://www.uscj.org/Koach/documents/omer.pdf
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 In
1948, Israel became a new country, and
in 2009, we celebrate Israel's 61st
Birthday! Independence Day (Yom
ha'atzma'ut) --5 Iyar --is a day of
celebration and of renewing hatikvah,
the hope, that Israel brings to us as a
Jewish community.
We also observed Yom ha'Zikaron this
past week,-- 4 Iyar-- the Memorial Day
for Israeli soldiers who fell in
action. We honor their service and
dedication as we honor their memories. |
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Shabbat Shalom to the GRJC family
At the heart of the Book of Leviticus is
parashat Kedoshim, which itself is in
the heart of the Torah in the third
(middle book) of the Torah. The
parashah is called "Kedoshim" since we
read in the second verse, "Kedoshim
tihyu / Be holy for I, Ado-nai your God,
am holy." Following this opening
thought the parashah teaches us about
respect for parents, disdain for idols,
helping the poor, preventing
mistreatment of those less fortunate and
more.
On the surface, it appears that the
Torah is teaching us to be holy by
doing, or not doing, all the things
mentioned after the opening words that
we read. If we leave the corners of the
fields for the poor, for example, we are
being holy by doing something that is
holy. Our actions, then, speak for
themselves, though we will see several
commandments in this parashah that
relate to how we think about other
people or the degree of intentionality
in what we do. In these cases, the
thoughts are a type of action.
Another possibility though is that
although all the actions described in
the parashah are holy, the opening words
Kedoshim tihyu/Be holy... constitute a
separate mitzvah. These opening words
then direct us to first enter into a
mindset and pattern of holiness that
will influence all the things we do.
After all, isn't it possible that people
might engage in holy acts in a
minimalist, grudging, and reluctant
manner? If we read the opening words in
this way, as a way of orienting
ourselves first before action, then we
can strive to open our hearts to God's
presence and guidance each time we
engage in a holy act. This way of
reading suggests that all that we do is
potentially holy, and we have the
ability of realizing that holiness
ourselves and sharing it with others.
We can read the opening words of parshat
Kedoshim either way, as a prologue or as
a way of orienting ourselves for what we
are about to do. Each morning when we
wake up we have the ability to carry out
holy actions. Some days, when our minds
are overflowing and stress is present,
we'll take the first reading and allow
our actions to speak for themselves.
Other days we'll be more open to
thinking broadly and we'll take the
second reading as we gather our energies
within us and direct our minds to direct
our hearts to bring more holiness into
the world.
With blessings for a Shabbat of peace
and rest,
Rabbi Tow
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Upcoming Week's Calendar
Saturday, May 2
9:00pm Rock n Roll Nite (Social
Hall)
Sunday, May 3
Religious School Resumes
9:00am GRJC Annual
Membership Meeting (Library)
9:00am-3:00pm Nursery School
Garage and Book Sale (Social
Hall)
11:00am-noon Rabbi
Tow's Adult B'not Mitvah
Class
11:10 Aleph Class
Siddurim Cover Workshop (Youth
Lounge)
Monday, May 4
6:00pm Zahal Shalom
Welcome Dinner
(Invitation Only)
Social Hall
7:30-9:45 Melton II
Adult Ed Class
(Youth Lounge)
9:30-10:45am
Mommy & Me
(Social Hall)
8:00pm
Monthly GRJC
Board Meeting
Friday, May 8
6:30pm
Tot Shabbat
(Social Hall)
and Shabbat
Sheli
(Sanctuary)
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UPCOMING EVENTS in MAY
Look for separate email "blasts"
on the following:
May 9 Men's Club Shabbat
May 9 Comedy Nite at the GRJC
May 14 Trip to Israel Planning
Meeting
May 15 Musical Prelude to
Shabbat
May 28-30 Shavuot
May 29 Shabbat (dinners) Across
the GRJC Community
May 31 GRJC Marches in the
Israel Day Parade in NYC
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INFORMATION FROM UJA
FEDERATION:
FORECLOSURE PREVENTION
AND MEDIATION INFORMATION
NJ Foreclosure Mediation Program
Hotline
1-888-989-5277
www.njforeclosuremediation.org
and
Fair Housing Council of NNJ
131 Main Street
Hackensack, NJ 07601
201-489-4552
Fhcnnj1@verizon.nel
David Whritenour or Julia Domingo
In addition if anyone has a mortgage
with Chase or WaMu
Contact a new office The Chase
Homeownership Center at 115 W.
Century Rd. Suite 135 in Paramus
201 225-3980
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