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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GRJC TRIP TO ISRAEL
planning meeting
THURSDAY
MAY 14, 8pm
Come hear Rabbi Tow discuss
an itinerary and costs for a 10-day trip in
early 2010. RSVP to
roann@grjc.org or call her at the
Center. Attending this meeting puts you
under no obligation.
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 MUSICAL
PRELUDE TO SHABBAT
FRIDAY MAY 15
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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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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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 8-9, 2009
15 Iyar 5769
Torah
portion: Emor
Vayikra (Leviticus) Chap. 21:1-24:23
Haftarah - Ezekiel 44:15-31
We light our Shabbat
candles at 7:42 pm
Tot Shabbat & Shabbat Sheli
6:30 pm
Friday night services
will begin at 8 pm
Saturday morning services will begin at 9
am
MEN'S
CLUB SHABBAT-GRJC
Men's Club members will lead us in our
morning services.
Shabbat ends at 8:48 pm on Saturday.
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We extend
condolences to Michelle Radin
on the recent passing of her mother Ruth
Just z"l.
SHIVAH
MINYAN will be held at the Radin home
in Glen Rock, on Tuesday evening at 8 pm.
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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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Shabbat Shalom to the GRJC family
It is MEN'S CLUB SHABBAT at the Glen Rock
Jewish Center this weekend and we are
looking forward to welcoming members of the
Men's Club who will lead our prayers and
read Torah and Haftarah.
When we celebrate Women's Shabbat or Men's
Club Shabbat, it's important for us to
recognize and be thankful for the particular
contributions from each group to the life of
our Jewish community.
We can also affirm that we all work together
to make our community thrive throughout the
year. As we come up on the end of the
academic year in our nursery and religious
school, and as we look back over 5769 so
far, we should be proud of the way so many
people in our community have served as
leaders, organizers, volunteers, minyan
makers, teachers, students and all others...
It's important to remember also that during
the summer we continue to celebrate Shabbat
and holidays here at the GRJC. We have a
summer camp here and our Movin' On
Widows/Widowers group continues to meet.
We'll observe the Ninth of Av (Tisha be'Av)
and later on have our annual Shabbat Under
the Stars and Barbeque and there's more over
the summer as well...so many opportunities
to participate in Jewish life over the
summer!
THANK YOU TO ALL VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE GIVEN
YOUR TIME IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE
OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY A THRIVING AND
MEANINGFUL WAY OF CONNECTING ONE PERSON TO
ANOTHER, ONE FAMILY TO ANOTHER! We also
welcome anyone who would like to lend a hand
in any way, for any amount of time, to call
over to the synagogue and we'll find a way
that you can use your own talent and energy
within the GRJC building or beyond the walls
in service to the larger community.
Growing up in Maryland there were so many
different types of people who volunteered
their time in so many different ways in the
Jewish community where I lived. There was
the venerable Mr. Oscar Weitzberg z"l who
came regularly to services and synagogue
meetings well into his 90s. There were the
Torah and Haftarah readers, members of the
choir, committee members and the list goes
on...
Can you think of stories of synagogue/Jewish
community volunteers that you remember,
whether here in Glen Rock or elsewhere?
How did they contribute their own special
gifts to the Jewish community? What can we
learn from their efforts?
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME BACK WITH
STORIES THAT YOU MAY WISH TO SHARE. These
stories could serve to inspire others.
Email me at: rabbi@grjc.org
With blessings for a Shabbat of peace,
Rabbi Tow |
Upcoming Week's Calendar
Saturday, May 9
9:00am Men's Club Shabbat
(Sanctuary)
8:45-11:30pm Comedy Night (Social
Hall)
Sunday, May 10
11:00am-noon Rabbi Tow's Adult
B'not Mitvah Class
Monday,
May 11
7:30-9:45 Melton II
Adult Ed Class (Youth
Lounge)
Tuesday, May 12 LAG B'OMER
9:30-10:45am Mommy
& Me (Social Hall)
Thursday, May
14
11:45am-1:30pm
Movin' On
Widows/Widowers
8:00pm 2010 Trip
to Israel Meeting
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UPCOMING EVENTS in MAY
Look for separate email "blasts" on
the following:
May 14 Trip to Israel Planning
Meeting
May 15 Musical Prelude to Shabbat
May 27 Women's Rosh Chodesh Group
welcomes Sivan and Shavuot
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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WOMEN'S ROSH CHODESH GROUP
Welcomes the Month of Sivan
and
the Holiday of Shavuot
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 7:00-8:30pm
Join us for lively conversation and an
intellectual discussion in a friendly
atmosphere.
As Shavuot begins the next evening, we
will enjoy dairy desserts and a study.
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GRJC MARCHES IN THE NYC
ISRAEL DAY PARADE
(rain or shine...hopefully shine!)
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009
$18 per person / $56 family cap
Fee covers bus transportation
to/from Manhattan, t-shirts, snacks
and parade registration
Bus to leave GRJC around 10am
Return by approximately 3-4pm
RSVP by Thursday, May 21
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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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