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PAST EVENTS:
Kabalat Shabbat Service / Potluck Dinner - Friday, July 25, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
This early and short Kabbalat Shabbat service on Friday, July 25 began at 6:00 p.m. It was followed by a dairy/vegetarian potluck supper.
Yom HaShoa Observance - Sunday, April 27, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Mathilde Benveniste was the guest speaker at our Yom HaShoah observance. Dr. Benveniste spoke about the experiences of her family, one of five that remained in Thessaloniki (Salonika), Greece, and survived the Nazi occupation. (More than 50,000 Jews from Thessaloniki were deported and murdered in the Holocaust.) She will place her personal story in the context of the history of her native city, once known as "Mother of Israel" and "Jerusalem of the Balkans."
Trip to Greece - Join the American Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece, who together with the Jewish Museum, are organizing a trip to Greece this September. Go to www.afjmg.org/ and click on the link: 2008 Trip to Greece.
Community Seder, Sunday, April 20, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
The second annual Community Seder had lots of wonderful home-cooked food. The dinner is coordinated in advance, with all participants bringing specified items.
Talent Show - Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
This annual event always features entertaining - and surprising! - performances by young and old alike. The program was followed by a make-your-own sundae dessert.
Shabbat Across America - Friday, March 7, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
It has become our tradition to celebrate this Shabbat with a Kabbalat Shabbat service (a short service with no Torah reading), starting at six, followed by a community dinner, starting at seven, followed (sometimes) by wild singing and dancing. We are doing POT LUCK (DAIRY ONLY) this year.
Blood Drive - Sunday, February 10, 2008, 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
The Men's Club is holding its first annual Blood Drive on February 10. We need to get 35 donors to meet our quota. Please call Howie at 908-850-1030 or e-mail him at jcnwjhowie@comcast.net sign up for one of the open slots for that day. Giving a pint of blood can save three lives and according to the Talmud, "And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world." Think about that. It is like doing Mitzvot wholesale, do one Mitzvah and get credit for 3 Mitzvot!
Making Time Sacred: And the Rest Is Commentary - Sunday, January 6, 2008
In this talk, it is argued that transforming the not-yet holy into the holy, and in the process making time sacred is the single commandment that underlies all other commandments. Rabbi Dennis Shulman, Ph.D., examines selected biblical and talmudic passages, as well as some of the writing of Abraham Joshua Heschel to argue that to be Jewish and/or spiritual, one must sanctify time. Rabbi Dr. Shulman also is running for Congress from our district. This will be instead of the usually scheduled Adult Ed that morning.
Awarding of the Ner Tamid (Eternal Light) Emblem to A.J. Seidorf - Friday, December 21, 2007
During Shabbat services A.J. Seidorf was awarded the Ner Tamid Emblem, a pendant representing the Eternal Light. The emblem symbolizes the completion of all the requirements of the Ner Tamid program, an official Boy Scouts of America program that helps participants to grow spiritually. Developed by the National Jewish Committee on Scouting, the program is intended for boys in grades 6-9. Similar programs have been developed by the Protestant and Catholic committees on Scouting.
60th Anniversary Celebration Picnic - Sunday, June 10, 2007 - Celebration at the home of Mike Weiner and Diane Margolin. This family event will had food, music, game, swimming, fishing and fun.
"My Gift to You: Personal Recollections of a Hungarian Jewish Child from the Holocaust Years" - Sunday, April 15, 2007
Esther Bakonyi, speaker on Yom HaShoah
Prepared text of Esther's talk (pdf, 20kb)
February 25, 2007 - A Day to Remember - An account of Charlotte Fels reading from her book, This is My Story.
"A Taste of Judaism: Are You Curious?" - A unique program designed to engage "beginners" – Jewish or not – in learning more about Judaism.
September 2005
Service for Healing, December 11, 2005
Here are some pictures from other events at our Temple:
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