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The Jewish Center SHABBAT BULLETIN

AUGUST 27, 2016 • PARSHAT EKEV• 23 AV 5776

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS EREV SHABBAT 7:00PM Minchah 7:20PM Candle lighting

MAZAL TOV Shifra Epstein on the marriage of her granddaughter, Lily Wilf to Noam Mintz. Daniel Mael upon his upcoming marriage to Isabel Tsesarsky. Maureen & Laszlo Marcus on the birth of a new grandson.

SHABBAT 7:45AM Hashkama Minyan (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash) 9:00AM Shacharit (3rd floor) 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Daniel Fridman (5th floor) 9:17AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS 9:30AM Young Leadership Minyan (1st floor) Barbara Reiss and 10:00AM Youth Groups: Under age 3 (drop off optional, Robert Grauman babies must be able to independently sit upright), 3-6-yearolds: Geller Youth Center, 2nd-6th graders: 7th floor THANK YOU TO CSS We would like to once again WITH THANKS TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: thank CSS and our dedicated Community Kiddush, Elliot & Allison Mael in honor of the CSS members for providing the upcoming marriage of their son, Daniel, to Isabel Tsesarsky. security for our synagogue this Community Kiddush, please see page 3 for complete list of week. sponsors in honor Rabbi Daniel & Chaya Fridman’s Kiddush. SUMMER KIDDUSH INFORMATION 4:00PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home (meet at 730 ColumPlease note that our ability to bus Ave.) provide a hot kiddush every 6:10PM Chabura with Malka Strasberg: The Ba'alei haMasorah Shabbat depends on your sponof the 6th-10th Centuries, their Notes on the Torah, and their sorship. To become a sponsor of Relevance for Today (4th floor) a kiddush this summer, please 6:25PM Daf Yomi contact Aaron St ru m at 7:20PM Minchah Seudah Shlishit Speaker: Noam Friedman: A Land of Wheat [email protected]. and Barley: Two Modes of Appreciating Israel SUPPORT OUR DAILY MINYAN Dear Jewish Center Members 8:19 Shabbat concludes and Friends: As many of our regulars are away in these final DAILY SERVICES days before Labor Day, please help strengthen our daily MinSunday, August 28 Monday, August 29 Friday, September 2 yan. Come once or come often! Daf Yomi 7:45AM Thursday, September 1 Shacharit 7:00/8AM We would love to have you with Shacharit 8:30AM Shacharit 7/8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM us. Minchah 7:20PM

Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 7:20PM

Minchah 7:00PM Candle lighting 7:08PM

Women's Tehillim Group Monday, August 29 at 7:15PM Contact Joyce Weitz for more info at 212-877-1176

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UPCOMING EVENTS Summer Chabura Series: August 27 Malka Strasberg - The Ba'alei haMasorah of the 6th-10th Centuries, their Notes on the Torah, and their Relevance for Today. September 3 Sarah Robinson - Shir HaMa'alot MiMa'amakim: Finding Hope Within the Depths. September 10 Joshua Newman - The Global Economy, Rule of Law and the Seven Laws of Noah.

YOUTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES For more information contact [email protected]. Welcome Back to Shul Seudah Shlishit, Shabbat, September 10th 4:45pm to 7:00pm Join us for a fun filled third meal for the entire family. Spend time with old friends and make new ones while your children have a great time with a variety of entertainment for all ages. Register by visiting our website. Thank you to our growing list of sponsors: Becca and Dovid Herman, Amanda Nussbaum & Daniel Laifer, Drs. Akiva Novetsky and Deena Blanchard and Jennifer and Mark Smith. Birthday Kiddush Shabbat, Shabbat, September 24th Celebrate your child's Summer or September Birthday by sponsoring kiddush on September 24th. Contact Jenn and Gaby if you would like to sponsor in honor of your child’s birthday. Sukkah Arts and Crafts Sunday, October 9th 10:00am to 12:00pm Calling all creative kids 3 years old and up for an inspiring Sukkot art class! There will be different crafts for various age groups. Join the #1-rated art studio, The Art Studio NY, as we create artwork to celebrate and decorate for Sukkot. In this engaging, fun and creative art class, your child will: create a mixed-media art project that will hang in The Jewish Center community Sukkah (art projects to be returned after Sukkot); learn new artistic techniques with drawing and painting through watercolors and pastels Receive art instruction from a professional NYC artist; feel empowered with authentic self-expression through art; receive a special discount for future art classes at The Art Studio NY, and meet new friends and munch on snacks. Teen Minyan Kiddush September 17th led by Rabbi Ari Lamm Contact Gaby if you want to volunteer to daven, lain or share a dvar torah and if your interested in sponsoring the Kiddush, please contact Gaby at [email protected]. Add a Birthday Party Sponsorship to one of our fun filled youth events! Party Choices this year Include Sukkah Arts & Crafts, Movie Nights, Zumba, Krav Maga, Laser Tag, Bubble Soccer Email Jenn and Gaby for more details and dates at [email protected].

WITH THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONORS IN HONOR OF RABBI DANIEL AND CHAYA FRIDMAN KIDDUSH Lea & Ami Aharon, Steven Antosofsky, Ellen Bayer, Lori Zeltser & Len Berman*, Marni & Scott Black*, Harriet & George Blank*, Alaethia Doctor & Ari Blech, Marly Herscovici & Jeff Bogursky, Rachel Wolf & Andrew Borodach*, Mark Brecker, The Buksbaum Family, Vivian & Daniel Chill*, Naomi Winter Cohen, Josh & Hattie Danziger, Susan & Arthur Degen, Michael Doppelt, Nancy & Mark Elzweig, Shifra Epstein, Vivian & Bernard Falk, Sherry & Mark Fessel*, Brauna & Marvin Fortgang, Israel Fridman, Evelyn & Moshe Fruchter, Alisa & Ben Gadon, Tammy Fried & Jonathan Glaser, Esther Sperber & Bruce Goldberger, Naomi Goldman, Susan Kensky & Sam Goldman*, Molly Goldmeier, Susan and Moshe Golkin, Ruby & Joseph Gottlieb*, Janine Behrman & Alan Gover*, Esther & Steve Graber, Judith & Robert Grauman, Harriet & Irwin Gribetz, Eleanor Merczynski & David Hait*, Gavriel & Bianca Harmetz, Aliza Herzberg, Rabbi Robert & Virginia Bayer Hirt*, Mindy, Ami, Adina and Shoshana Horowitz, Esther & Michael Jacobs*, Rochelle Tarlowe, Seth Jonas, Zachary, Emma and Alex Jonas, Orenstein, Pinto and Kahn Families, Abby & Yitzchak Kanarek, Eve & Marc Karstaedt, Alan Katz, Rona and Ira Kellman, Arlene & Larry Klein, Jessica Gross & Lawrence Klein, Sharon Herzfeld, Dov, Moselle & Tova Kleiner, Rabbi Jonah & Fran Kupietzky*, The Laifer Family, Rachelle & Alan Laytner, Rabbi Yosie & Rachel Levine, Dr. Henry & Joan Papier Lieberman, Darrin Litsky, Lisa & Nathan Low, Rebecca Pine & Saul Lubetski, Rachel Lurie*, Barbara & David Messer*, Paulette & David Meyer, Edward Morgan, Hanno Mott*, Pamela & David Neikrug, Esther Nussbaum, Tamar Kaplan-Marans & Joseph Nussbaum, Leah Pluchenik, The Posner Family, Barbara & Guy Reiss, Golda & Henry Rothman, Renee & Avram Schreiber, Beth & Josh Schwartz, Avi Schwartz*, Ruth & Joseph Schwarz, Chani & Mark Segall*, Menashe Shapiro, Rose Lynn Sherr, Rachel Ringler & Yossi Siegel*, Jennifer & Mark Smith*, Ruth Solmonoff, Radine & Wiliam Spier, Rona & Andrew Steinerman, Malka Strasberg, Esther & Garth Symonds, Dorothy & Jacques Van Amerongen, Harriet Wagman, Adina & Philip Wagman, Joyce & Aaron Weitz, Cindy & Jay Worenklein, Jessica & Noam Zeffren, Anonymous. *One Gift Donors (As of Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 4:30PM We apologize for any omissions)

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE JEWISH CENTER FAMILY FROM RABBI DANIEL FRIDMAN To my Beloved Jewish Center Family, As this will be the final opportunity that I have the privilege of sharing my thoughts in this space, I thought it might be appropriate to depart from the standard model for something a bit more personal. In the main, I wanted to express two sentiments upon which I have meditated over the past six weeks, as it grew increasingly likely that I would be starting a new position in Teaneck, and that my tenure as Resident Scholar here at our Jewish Center would be coming to a close. First, and certainly foremost, is a boundless sense of gratitude. In any setting, in any context, in any historical period, it is a singular privilege to study and teach Torah. To hold, however gingerly, in one’s own hands, the texts and traditions that stretch back well over three thousand years to Sinai itself, that have been so masterfully interpreted and developed by the Sages of our chain of mesorah, is an experience that inspires, in equal measure, trepidation and yearning. To have had the opportunity to do so, however modestly, at the unparalleled, incomparable Jewish Center, requires a public expression of gratitude. My gratitude begins with the Almighty, who, in perfect parallel to His creation of the world itself, which he did not merely create, but continues to sustain and to nurture, has not only given the Torah, but continues to actively teach the Torah to the Jewish people, ‫מלמד תורה לעמו ישראל‬. He has guided my every footstep,‫ מכין מצעדי גבר‬and to whatever degree I have succeeded these past nine years, the credit is His alone, ‫אתה חונן לאדם דעת ומלמד לאנוש‬ ‫בינה‬, for ‘it is You alone who grace humanity with knowledge and insight’. My gratitude extends to Rabbi Yosie Levine, who was my greatest champion, and offered countless hours of guidance and support over the years. In word and deed, he modeled the very image of a rabbi whose concern was always for the dignity of Torah, and whose first priority remained the quiet act of chessed for someone whose needs were so often known only to him. May the Almighty, who perceives that which is revealed and that which is hidden, recompense the Rabbi and Rachel with good health, happiness, and much nachat from their children as they continue their magnificent leadership of this community. The same must be said for all of the devoted, wonderful colleagues, both rabbinic and otherwise, who have been such wonderful partners during my time at The Jewish Center. While space precludes identification by name, you all know who you are, and you have my deepest appreciation and gratitude. Finally, my gratitude resides with each and every member of our precious community. You have participated in the shiurim and classes, you have invited me for meals, you have supported me in difficult times, and, on the other end of life’s emotional spectrum, you embraced Chaya and Eliana with such tenderness and care. And, even in this bittersweet farewell, your characteristic grace has been so deeply appreciated, and your notes expressing good wishes- every single one of them- have touched and humbled us so deeply. I wish to conclude with that second sentiment to which I alluded at the very beginning of this parting letter. It has always seemed to be that a certain dichotomy ran through the very fabric of The Jewish Center. On the one hand, it functions as a full service synagogue which is the spiritual home of so many families, where one can find all of the elements one expects to find in such a setting: Tefillah, Torah study, vibrant and robust chessed committees, and social programming for all demographics. On the other hand, it aspires to something of a broader mission, featuring lectures and armchair discussions which, in aggregate, render it an unofficial think tank for the broader Modern Orthodox community. While some may perceive these two dimensions to be in tension with one another, it is my view that they are mutually beneficial. The synagogue core anchors the think tank element in the real lives of people, ensuring that the ideas discussed are not pie-in-the-sky esoterica, but issues which directly impact people’s spiritual and material lives. Conversely, the think tank feature ensures that the synagogue does not grow overly narrow in focus, and continues to consider the broader issues challenging our community. Day to day inertia and the ever present concerns of our busier than ever digital age exert a profound impact on our minds and spiritual-intellectual lives as well, and without the rich programming The Jewish Center has valued, it is not certain that these questions would continue to be considered altogether. As the Jewish Center closes the book on one century, and opens the page on another, I finish with my humble prayer that the Almighty, who hears the prayer of His people Israel with compassion,‫ שומע תפלת עמך ישראל ברחמים‬will allow this magnificent, unique institution to thrive for years and decades to come. Our Sages have taught us, ‫כל‬ ‫כנסיה שהיא לשם שמים סופה להתקים‬, an assembly whose intention is for the sake of Heaven, will surely endure (Avot Chapter 4). The Jewish Center, from pulpit to pew, from roof to lower lobby, from reverence, righteousness, and rachmanut to the present day, has always been for the sake of heaven, and so it shall endure. May our Jewish Center continue to serve the dual purpose it has historically served, first and foremost, as ‫בית כנסת‬ to its members, and, in addition, as a spiritual-intellectual capital for the broader Modern Orthodox community. From the other side of the river, I will be watching with enormous pride, the fondest of memories, and great expectations.

Clergy & Staff Yosie Levine Rabbi Dovid Zirkind Associate Rabbi Chaim David Berson Cantor Daniel Fridman Resident Scholar Ari Lamm Resident Scholar Noach Goldstein William Fischman Rabbinic Intern Erica Brown Community Scholar Aaron Strum Executive Director Jenn & Gaby Minsky Youth Directors OFFICERS Avi Schwartz President Andrew Borodach First Vice President Andrew Kaplan Vice President Mark Segall Vice President Rose Lynn Sherr Vice President Michael Jacobs Assistant Vice President Yaron Kinar Treasurer Len Berman Assistant Treasurer Miri Lipsky Secretary Yoetzet Halacha Ilana Gadish [email protected] 646-598-1080

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