JUNE 2017 • SIVAN / TAMMUZ • 5777

THE MESSENGER

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF FORT LEE

“Offerings of the Heart”

The names of our Torah Members

are inscribed on the sculpture in our

Community Room.

ETERNAL LIGHT MEMBERS

These members provide financial assistance and synagogue membership for families who are enduring financial hardship, as well as a full religious education for their children.

CHAI MEMBERS

These members provide financial assistance and membership for families who are enduring financial hardship.

Our Torah Members These generous individuals have voluntarily chosen to support our Synagogue at a higher level of dues

than is required, in order to help other Jews who are less fortunate and in need of assistance.

Murray & Margalit Feit David Korn

Stephen & Merilee Obstbaum Joseph & Tikva Ofeck

Joni Rosen

Seligman & Phyllis Rosenberg Steven Schwalbe & AnnMarie Krim

Marcia Sherman Jaime & Susan Weiss

Myrna Weissman

Anonymous Martin & Rochelle Carus Alvin & Nili Cohen Mercy Cohen Lior & Andrea Elrom Harvey & Barbara Fishman Jerome Goldfischer & Lila Mordoh Seymour & Nancy Green Arnold & Alice Grodman

Renee Gruenspecht Yakov & Vera Kishinevsky Daniel Kraut & Eve Kohut

Bruce Lager Mark & Lucille Laufer

Joseph Lempel Irwin & Karen Meyers

Hennie Ostrower Terry Plawker

Abraham Ravid Fred & Ann Rosenberg

Newton & Sheila Scherl Michael & Sally Seymour

Norm & Florence Silverberg Heidi Skolnik & Michael Glantz

Barry & Barbara Sussman Alfred & Rose Targovnik

Mordechai & Suzanne Warshavsky

From the Rabbi’s Study

Notes from the Cantor

Sisterhood

Our B’nai Mitzvah

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Hebrew School News

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Dona ons

Calendar

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2015 President’s Council 2016

GUARDIAN LEADERS Gifts of $25,000 or more

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Herb & Reggie Feuerstein

Cong. Sons of Israel

Steven & Suzette Kolitch *

The President’s Council was established to recognize and honor our “Leadership Donors” who contribute $1,250 or more to our Kol Nidre Annual Fund.

These generous individuals are the “Financial Guardians” of our synagogue.

BENEFACTORS Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999

Anonymous (1)

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Allan Ginsburg

Arnold & Alice Grodman

Sisterhood

PATRONS Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999

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Anonymous (1) Alvin & Nili Cohen

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Jerry Goldfischer & Lila Mordoh David Korn Stephen & Merilee Obstbaum

Joseph & Tikva Ofeck Men’s Club

BUILDERS Gifts of $1,750 - $2,499

Anonymous (3) Martin & Rochelle Carus Renee Gruenspecht

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Joseph Hyman Jeffrey & Beth Kaplan Marvin & Shirley Kochansky Bruce Lager

Joni Rosen Newton & Sheila Scherl

William Tobenkin

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SUSTAINERS Gifts of $1,250 - $1,749

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Anonymous (5) Mark & Audrey Altschul Naomi Altschul Richard & Madelyn Danoff Milton & Doryne Davis Ira & Anna Erlichman Murray & Margalit Feit Edith Kantrowitz A”H Yakov & Vera Kishinevsky

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Richard & Jane Koch Ruth Korn Joseph Lempel Jerome & Barbara Margolin Roberta Mathes Irwin & Karen Meyers Ann Oster Terry Plawker

Leo & Mary Rettig Richard & Nancy Schiff

Steven Schwalbe & Annemarie Krim Ivan & Elaine Shore

Laurie Singer Heidi Skolnik & Michael Glantz

Loren & Lori Wasserman Jaime & Susan Weiss

Ellen Yuder

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FOUNDERS Gifts of $10,000 - $17,999

Estate of Ken Feldman

Anonymous (1) Gary & Lisa Maier *

CHAI-FOUNDERS Gifts of $18,000 - $24,999

(* Indicates a Charter Member since 1995)

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FROM THE RABBI’S STUDY RABBI KENNETH A. STERN

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Seven weeks of counting, three weeks of impending gloom, a month of anticipation, nearly another month of nonstop holidays. This is only part of the rhythm of the Jewish calendar. We have just completed seven weeks of counting the Omer from

the night of the second Seder until the day before Shavuot. In biblical times this was a period of great optimism. The Festival of Liberation, coupled with the barley harvest, was the beginning of a very exciting time because in a short seven weeks our ancestors anticipated the harvest of the first fruits and its link to the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. In rabbinic times, this heady period was marred by Roman persecutions which left a millennia-long scar seared into our psyches. And it didn’t get any better in modern times. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the great deportation of Jews from Hungary and Czechoslovakia took place within this seven-week Omer time-frame. Even the end of World War II, the birth of the State of Israel, and the miraculous, lightning-fast victory in the Six-Day War – all occurring within the seven weeks – could not entirely erase the trauma of centuries past. In the New York City

area, our celebration of the Israel Parade is postponed until after the Omer and Shavuot are behind us. And then come the three weeks, the crescendo of mourning that culminates in Tishah b’Av. Less than a month later, the shofar is heard at every weekday morning service, heralding the approach of the high holidays (not exactly a time of great joy for a rabbi, even if everyone else around me has a different attitude). Five days later comes Sukkot and we can truly revel in the beauty of nature and God’s world. And even a rabbi can share in this joy, sitting back in a chair and gazing up at the sky through the lattice work. What comes next? Nothing - a whole month of nothing. All that is a welcome break, both nature and Jewish life abhor a vacuum. This is a time when we can finally get down to business and when shul-life becomes a beehive of activity. And around – and in between – the framework that I have just laid out for the next six months of our Jewish year, we plug-in our personal feasts and fasts, birthdays and anniversaries and vacations, and yes, yahrzeits, as well. And it turns out that it’s not so much a rhythm or a tempo as it is a series of moments and periods of exhilaration, recollection, tension, relaxation, dread, anticipation, highs and lows. It’s life. L’Chayim! May you all have a great summer, filled with just the right mix of activity and quiet.

UPCOMING ROAD TRIPS Dates TBD

August: To Philadelphia National Museum of American Jewish History & Dinner at Zahav

September: Back to Manhattan

The American Jewish Historical Society One Year that Changed the World

1917 and the Balfour Declaration

RHYTHMS OF THE YEAR

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TORAH, STUDY, SINGING AND CHEESECAKE: ALL PART OF SHAVUOT

On May 31st, corresponding to the eve of the 6th of Sivan, we begin one of the three pilgrimage festivals, Shavuot. It is known as the Feast of Weeks and as the Harvest Festival, and commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. It also celebrates the first harvest of the fruits and grains of spring. For

each of the three pilgrimage festivals, we read a Megillah (scroll) from Ketuvim (The Writings), the third section of the Hebrew Bible: on Passover, The Song of Songs; on Succot, Ecclesiastes; and on Shavuot, Ruth. The Book of Ruth, one of the most famous dramas in the entire Bible, tells the story of a young Moabite woman Ruth, who from her painful past, helps to fashion a hopeful future for her new-found family. Central to the narrative is Ruth’s choice to become part of the Jewish people, a choice rooted in her love of and devotion to her mother-in-law Naomi. In this way, Ruth’s story demonstrates the profound power of family relationships and how they infuse our lives with lasting significance. Ruth was also the great-grandmother of King David (to whom is attributed the authorship of so many of our Psalms and who was born and died on the 6th of Sivan-Shavuot). Shavuot is the only holiday mentioned in the Torah without a date given for its celebration, only that it comes fifty days after the first day of Pesach, after the counting of the Omer has been completed. Among the many customs for this holiday is to decorate the synagogue (and home) with flowers and greens to remember that Mount Sinai suddenly blossomed with greenery. Greenery is also associated with Moses, who

NOTES FROM THE CANTOR CANTOR PAUL ZIM

was found among the reeds of the river as a baby, by Pharoah’s daughter. When I studied at the seminary many years ago, I remember one of my teachers describing the festival of Shavuot to her students. She would call it (in addition to the other names) “Chag Cheesecake” because of its strong association with eating dairy foods. Four popular songs for Shavuot that have been taught to children over the years and hopefully remain with them throughout their lifetime include: “Am Yisrael Chai, Od Avinu Chai” (The people of Israel lives, our father still lives), “Torah Tzivah Lanu Moshe” (Moses

commanded us the law as an inheritance of the community of Jacob), “Baruch Eloheinu” (blessed is our God who gave us the Torah of truth, thus planting everlasting life in our midst), and “Eretz Zavat Chalav..” (land of milk and honey). The Torah is a beautiful gift given to us by God on Shavuot. Let us unwrap it, open it up and “receive” its rewards and benefits. Milk and dairy products are traditionally eaten on Shavuot, as hinted in the Torah as sweet as “honey and milk...under your tongue” (Song of Songs 4:11). Cheese Blintzes,

because of their resemblance to scrolls, are popular as well as cheesecake and ice cream. In our synagogue, as part of the Shavuot holiday we read portions of Akdamut. This liturgical poem/piyyut was written by Rabbi Meir of Worms, who was forced to defend Judaism during the time of the Crusades (around the 11th century). The Akdamut prayer has its own unique melody.

Chag Shavuot Sameach to all and have an enjoyable summer.

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Sisterhood Book Group

Tuesday, June 27th - 1:00 pm

“Sweet and Low” By Rich Cohen

Refreshments served

Chairpersons Kathy Grazian & Naomi Altschul

SISTERHOOD ETHEL CHESEN, PRESIDENT

We thought you might enjoy this article . . .

Love Given and Received by Authorine Walker In 1984, I began working with an invalid in Fort Lee. Her greatest wish was to attend the synagogue, which was two blocks away from home. Every Saturday we both worshipped at the synagogue. The joy and love extended to this lady gave her true happiness. I was being blessed also, because my family in Jamaica, West Indies was waiting to join me here in the United States. One and a half years later, the lady died, but the love and caring just continued to flow. If there was any racial discrimination in this world, the people at the Fort Lee Jewish Center on Anderson Avenue were color-blind. They showed in their actions what true love is. When my family arrived from Jamaica the members of the synagogue were still there for my family and me. Those people are truly my heroes and heroines, because they rose high and showed love and did not let racial or ethnic discrimination slow their progress. Rabbi Irving Spielman and my friends at the synagogue have helped me to change something in the world. (In this world they are my oasis.) My heroes and heroines include: My mom, because she is my mom; Henrietta Szold, for saving thousands of children during the Holocaust; Jim Abbott, for overcoming a physical handicap to play Major League baseball; Scott Hamilton, for overcoming a life-threatening illness to win a gold medal; Martin Luther King Jr., for fighting peacefully against discrimination; Elie Wiesel, for surviving the Holocaust and writing about it, so that many people would know; Golda Meir, the first woman prime minister of Israel; Hillary Rodham Clinton, because she is showing all women we can have

a career and a family, and influence people. I will borrow the words of R. Whitson Seaman in Reflections on Service: “Service is love in overalls and work shoes . . What we do for ourselves will die with us. What we do for others will live on. . . Each of us is called, not to be a success in life, but to love and serve. Because of the great love and influence given to me by the special people in Fort Lee, my intellectual curiosity was being stimulated and aroused. I returned to college and completed my bachelor’s degree in education and have been accepted in the Yeshiva University Wurzweiler School of Social Work to pursue my master’s degree. I have a firm purpose in life, a deeper concern for others, and a very influential way of telling others to give more love. During Yom Kippur last year, a member of the same congregation had a cardiac arrest. Do you know what? I was overjoyed that I was in the synagogue and was able to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Today the man is alive and stable. Love given and received. “Happy are those who perform a good deed, for they may tip the scale for themselves and the world” (adapted from the Talmud).

- reprinted from The Record

Sisterhood Shabbat Friday, June 16, 2017 – 7:00 pm

Please join the women of Sisterhood along with Rabbi Ken Stern & Cantor Paul Zim

for a beautiful and meaningful service, followed by a special Oneg Shabbat.

Chairperson: Kathy Grazian

 

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OUR B’NAI MITZVAH

Ian & Alex Gilenson . . . June 10, 2017 Ian Cole and Alex Zane Gilenson, sons of Amy Rosen and Hugh Gilenson will become B’nai Mitzvah on June 10, 2017. They are grandsons of Dr. Lawrence & Patricia Rosen of Englewood Cliffs and Eugene & Barbara Gilenson of Great Neck, New York. Both boys are 7th grade students at Lewis F. Cole Middle School where they are honor students as well as editors and contributors to the award-winning literary magazine, Intermedia, and musicians in the school band. In addition, they are competitive swimmers and tennis players. The twins will share their B’nai Mitzvah ceremony as they have shared many important milestones in their lives. Navigating life as

twins requires a set of special interpersonal skills that the boys possess in abundance. Their close relationship is characterized by a lifelong collaboration which has thrived, thanks to their extraordinary skills at negotiation, compromise and mutual respect. Growing-up in Fort Lee, Ian and Alex have risen to the challenge of integrating into a multi-cultural society while proudly embracing their Jewish identity. For Ian, being Jewish is a conscious decision that gives him a unique identity in the world. He strives to live by Jewish values, discover his passions, and be a leader in his community. Alex is proud to be celebrating his Jewish heritage and is particularly pleased to be a card- carrying member of the ethnic group that has given the world bagels and lox, matzah ball soup, and Adam Sandler. Both Ian and Alex would like to thank their wonderful and caring Hebrew school teachers with a special thank you to Joel Richter, their patient and enthusiastic B’nai Mitzvah tutor. They also would like to express their gratitude to Cantor Zim for his musical encouragement and to Rabbi Stern for making learning fun with Kit Kat bars and his wonderful storytelling ability. Last but not least a heartfelt thank you to the members of Gesher Shalom for their warm attention, support and encouragement during the learning process.

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HEBREW SCHOOL NEWS MYRA LONDON & ZEEVA SKLAR CO-DIRECTORS

Every year as we get ready to celebrate the end of the school year, the holiday of Shavuot pops up and somehow misses the classroom time it deserves. Perhaps it is better though, to commemorate the day God gave us the Torah on Mount Sinai as a family and to reflect on the contemporary messages of several of The Ten Commandments. Here are some thoughts:

I am the Lord your God…

It is easy these days to separate God from our daily life. We are all so busy with life that we sometimes forget that God is the reason for life itself.

How did all this happen? Without a belief in God, we lose our rationale for acting as though we were created in the divine image.

You shall have no other gods before Me…

We worship false gods when our heroes are determined not by their values but by their financial worth. We idolize pop and sport stars and emulate lives that we hope will fill our bank accounts but do nothing for our spiritual lives.

We impress upon our children the goal of success – and then define it in ways that will leave them spiritually unfulfilled.

To believe in God means that we need to work hard, but not worship the things that hard work and money can buy.

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain

It is a sad fact that we must see terrorism on television and figure out how to talk to our children about it. How can we ourselves deal with how it is used to justify the suicide bombings and the horrific murders that have become the 21st century examples of religious fanaticism?

We know that God has commanded us to never misuse His name for evil or to justify wickedness.

TEN LESSONS FOR TODAY

Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy

Shabbat is more than a day of rest. Six days a week we are concerned with the world around us. The seventh day is meant to be a different day. For six days we give emphasis to our bodies. The seventh day belongs to our spiritual life. God enables us to realize the purpose of all our efforts.

Technology offers no rest or time for introspection. Emails, texts, and social media don’t offer a rest time. Wouldn’t it be great to unplug once a week? Shabbat is meant as a gift, not a punishment.

Honor your father and your mother…

Honoring parents appears on the same tablet set aside for commandments between man and God. Why? The Rabbis answer because just like God, our parents shared in creating us.

You shall not murder

Murder is forbidden, no matter what the motive. The 20th century witnessed the legitimization of murder on racial grounds during the Holocaust. The 21st century finds our world threatened once more by those who justify murder on the basis of religious conviction. The sixth commandment is a simple and clear prohibition, then and now.

Shavuot gives us the gift of the Ten Commandments. They are the guidelines that transcend time. The first five identify duties regarding our relationship with God, and the second five identify duties regarding our relationships with other people. Family discussions about how to relate The Ten Commandments to contemporary issues can be both personally fulfilling and spiritually rewarding to each member of the family.

 

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1 Marcus Seeger 2 Harriette Gluckow 3 Lucille Laufer 3 Barbara Sussman 3 Ellie Schulman 6 Jordyn Fein 6 Jacob Seeger 7 Steven Kolitch 8 Mercy Cohen 8 Eileen Goff 8 Walter Popick 8 Phyllis Breit 8 Ann Hurwitz

8 Ethel Plutzer 8 Ava Ciardiello 8 Shari Bergman 9 Kimberly Brady 9 Sandra Jonas 10 Rose Lederman 11 William Tobenkin 11 Sandy Karpman 11 Ann Schaer 11 Jacob Greenberg 13 Naya Kessler 14 Martin Carus 14 Rachelle Gandica

15 Marvin Josif 16 Norman Silverberg 16 Eileen Haber Zlotnick 17 Gilad Gensler 20 Sharon Starr 22 Walter Strasfeld 23 Simcha Hausman 23 Nathan Herzig 24 June Kerman 25 Marcia Sherman 25 Naomi Fein 26 Anne Sommer 26 Diana Dasgupta

JUNE BIRTHDAYS

JULY BIRTHDAYS

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS 2 Ellen Yuder 2 Jill Rosenberg 3 Wayne Koby 5 Alvin Sussman 5 Ann Rosenberg 6 Steven Schulman 6 Lauren Peccoralo 8 Solomon Grazian 8 Sharon Horn 9 Earl Schneider 10 Rabbi Stern 10 Gerald Topiel 10 Yetta Maidenberg 10 Shahan Zamanian Rad

11 Lois Bruno 11 William Katz 11 Liam Altschul 11 Noah Altschul 13 Bernard Maidenberg 13 Benjamin Altschul 15 Helen Kimberly 20 Murray Zinderman 20 Roz Zim 21 Hailey Bergman 22 Meredith Stern 22 Dylan Schulman 22 Bradley Skolnik 24 Ira Erlichman

24 Marvin Kochansky 24 Nili Cohen 26 Austin Rosenberg 27 Sue Ann Koby 27 Zachary Boyd 28 Fannie Zamanian Rad 29 Bella Sarnoff 30 Israel Gerstein 30 Terry Gottlieb 30 Stephanie Levi 30 Sara Erlichman

2 Faith Dash Guigliano 2 Marianne Wolff 2 Karen Reisner 3 Norman Schaer 3 Andrew Schulman 4 Joseph Hyman 4 Shira Kindler 4 Paige Alenick 5 Martha Shemin 5 Michael Guigliano

7 Rachel Schulman 7 Lynda Sussman 8 Carol Franklin 8 Hennie Ostrower 8 Alan Stern 12 Rochelle Schneider 15 Scott Alenick 18 Seymour Green 18 Selah Kessler 19 Shmuel Bar-Or

19 Gregory Vorbach 19 Beatrice Adler 20 Leatrice Weiss 20 Justin Fasman 22 Suzanne Warshavsky 23 Ilene Cohen 24 Shirley Kochansky 24 Blake Cohen 25 Arie Levi 25 Barbara Fishman

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ANNIVERSARIES 13 Kenneth & Irene Eisenstein 18 Jeffrey & Beatrice Adler 18 Alex & Gloria Salit 19 Michael & Lisa Boyd 20 Marc & Cheryl Karpman 24 Scott & Suzanne Alenick 24 Alvin & Lynda Sussman 25 Chaim & Andrea Garncarz 26 Milton & Doryne Davis

Our celebration service will be held on Saturday, June 24th at 9:30am

July and August dates to be determined.

ANNIVERSARIES

ANNIVERSARIES

1 Michael & Simcha Hausman 4 Laurie & Ira Smilovitz 5 Ann & Norman Schaer 10 Fred Wolodiger & Susan Davis 11 Mark & Audrey Altschul 30 Ira & Ana Erlichman

25 Alma Katz 26 Lisa Maier 27 Elaine Shore 29 Hilda Froelke 29 Esther Bell 30 Adam Taylor

27 Richard Danoff 28 Jeff Lichtman 28 Ryan Levi 29 Andrea Oriel

1 David & Lia Pitchkhadze 3 Jeffrey & Beth Kaplan 3 Emanuel & Helene Rabin 6 Jacob & Ayelet Kindler 7 Mordechai & Suzanne Warshavsky 8 Loren & Lori Wasserman 9 Stephen & Merilee Obstbaum 10 Herbert & Reggie Feuerstein 12 Milton & Phyllis Breit

4 Robert & Shira Feuerstein 5 Lior & Andrea Elrom 10 Mark & Karen Halpern 15 Jeff Lichtman & Sharon Horn 17 Leon & Marlene Perkal

20 Seymour & Eileen Haber Zlotnick 24 Ronald & Florence Schechter 25 Hugh Gilenson & Amy Rosen 26 Paul & Ilene Cohen 31 Otto & Anne Salmon

THANK YOU TO OUR SYNAGOGUE CONTRIBUTORS

DONOR IN HONOR OF

Donations listed were received in April

Aliyot Aliyah Janet & Marvin Chertkoff Anniversary Tobey & John Lyden Anniversary Naomi Altschul’s Great - Grandson Henry Cummins Birthday Henry Cummins Birthday Diana & Avi Yacobi

Marilyn Saposh Evelyn Baer Phyllis & Bill Lowe Phyllis & Bill Lowe The Davis Family Ann & Fred Rosenberg Ann & Otto Salmon Alice & Arnold Grodman

Ann Hurwitz Alice & Arnold Grodman Terry Gottlieb & Larry Lesh Carol Garvin & Mel Splindler Carol Garvin & Mel Splindler Ann & Fred Rosenberg Linda & Ilan Kaufthal Florence & Norm Silverberg Mary & Leo Rettig Linda Waldheter

Jean Arbeiter Jean Arbeiter Jean Arbeiter Gerry Fenchel Barbara Berman Michael Berliner Michael Berliner Michael Berliner Michael Berliner Harry Lenson

DONOR IN MEMORY OF

Our Condolences to . . .

FRAN KOSZER On the loss of her father ALLAN FREEMAN

BETH SCHEFFLAN On the loss of her mother

DORIS NADEL

 

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1 in 5 children in NJ go to bed hungry each night. 63% of elementary school teachers in NJ say that hunger affects

children in their classroom everyday. The FJCS Food Pantry provides fresh, frozen and shelf stable food to

nearly 1,500 people each year. JFCS now delivers over 70,000 meals-on-wheels each year to

homebound seniors in Northern New Jersey.

The Wheels-for-Meals Ride to Fight Hunger funds LOCAL programs for LOCAL community members. We are literally feeding your neigh-bors, your children’s school mates and seniors in your community.

Did you know . . .

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

JUNE 2017 Sivan / Tammuz 5777

Daily Service Times Mon ‐Thur 7:00am & 7:45pm Friday 7:00am & 7:00pm Saturday 9:30am & Mincha Sunday 9:00am & 7:45pm

1 7 Sivan

OFFICE

CLOSED

YIZKOR

2 8 Sivan Bible Study 11:30am BBQ Dinner 6:00pm Musical Shabbat 7pm

3 9 Sivan

4 10 Sivan Last Day of Hebrew School

5 11 Sivan Lecture 8pm

6 12 Sivan Lecture 12:30pm

7 13 Sivan

8 14 Sivan

On the Road with the Rabbi 10am

9 15 Sivan Bible Study 11:30am

10 16 Sivan Alex & Ian Gilenson Bnai Mitzvah 9am

11 17 Sivan

12 18 Sivan

Lecture 8pm

13 19 Sivan Sisterhood, ORT, and CSI Musical Program 12:30pm

14 20 Sivan

15 21 Sivan Rabbi’s Class 10:30am

16 22 Sivan Bible Study 11:30am Sisterhood Shabbat 7pm

17 23 Sivan

18 24 Sivan

FATHER’S DAY

19 25 Sivan Lecture 8pm

20 26 Sivan

21 27 Sivan

22 28 Sivan Rabbi’s Class 10:30am Lecture 12:30pm

23 29 Sivan Bible Study 11:30am

24 30 Sivan Birthday & Anniversary Service 9:30am

25 1 Tammuz

26 2 Tammuz

27 3 Tammuz Sisterhood Book Club 1pm

28 4 Tammuz

29 5 Tammuz Lecture 12:30pm

30 6 TAMMUZ Bible Study 11:30am

MINCHAH 8PM NASSO

BEHA’ALOTCHA

MINCHAH 8PM

KORACH

MINCHAH 8PM

MINCHAH 8PM

SH’LACH

8:10PM

8:13PM

8:14PM

8:05PM SHAVUOT

8:14PM

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Rabbi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Kenneth A. Stern 

Cantor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Paul Zim 

Execu ve Director  . . . . . . . . . .   Martha Dawson 

Rabbi Emeritus  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Irving Spielman  

Messenger Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . Yael Gevertzman 

2016 - 17 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Sisterhood

President . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . .   Ethel Chesen 

Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Ethel Chesen  

Financial Secretaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Ann Bloch 

  Shifra Ruda  

Corresponding Secretary . . . . . . . . . Evelyn Davis 

Recording Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . Rochelle Carus 

Men’s Club

President/Treasurer . . . . . . . . . William Tobenkin 

Recording Secretary. . . . . . . . Marvin Kochansky 

Corresponding Secretary. . . .  Marvin Kochansky 

AUXILIARY

CLERGY & DIRECTORS

1449 ANDERSON AVENUE FORT LEE, NJ 07024

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF FORT LEE / GESHER SHALOM

1449 ANDERSON AVENUE FORT LEE, NJ 07024

PHONE: (201) 947-1735 FAX: (201) 947-1530 HEBREW SCHOOL: (201) 947-1654

EMAIL: office@geshershalom.org VISIT US: www.geshershalom.org

CONTACT US

President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marvin Josif 

Vice Presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Altschul 

  Arnold Grodman 

  David Korn 

   

Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Alvin Cohen 

Secretaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne Koby 

  Andrea Elrom  

 

Ethel Chesen  Hugh Gilenson                                       

Vera Kishinevsky   Lisa Maier                                          

David Sarnoff    Richard Schiff

Ivan Shore                                          Laurie Singer 

Heidi Skolnik                                       Ira Smilovitz 

Alan Stern  William Tobenkin 

Stephen Whitman 

@CGSJCC /JCCFortLee