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OCTOBER 1, 2016 • PARSHAT NITZAVIM• 28 ELUL 5776

The Jewish Center S H A B B A T B U L L E T I N

EREV SHABBAT 6:22PM Candle lighting 6:30PM Minchah SHABBAT 7:45AM Hashkama Minyan (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Mid-rash) 9:00AM Shacharit (3rd floor) 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Dovid Cohen: The Dual Nature of Rosh Hashanah. 9:30AM Young Leadership (The Max Stern Auditorium) 9:17AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema 10:00AM Youth Groups: Under age 3 (drop off optional, babies must be able to independently sit upright), 3-6-year-olds: Geller Youth Center, 2nd-6th graders: 7th floor 11:00AM Public Lecture with Dr. Erica Brown: The Place of Teshuvah 4:00PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home (meet at 730 Columbus Ave.) 5:25PM Daf Yomi 5:15PM Parent Child Learning with Rabbi Yosie Levine (1st-5th graders). 5:30PM Shiur with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind: Evasive Evenings: What Yom Tov Nights Are Meant To Achieve 6:10PM Minchah Seudah Shlishit Speaker: Dr. Erica Brown: The Path to Teshuva: Re-flections on the Haftorot for the Yamim Nor'aim Thank you to our Seudah Shlishit Sponsors Rachel Lurie in memory of Rachel's father Rabbi Eugene Markovitz Cynthia & Paul Rosenberg in memory of Paul's mother, Gussie Ros-enberg. 7:21PM Shabbat concludes

Sunday October 2 Erev Rosh Hashanah Daf Yomi 7:15AM Shacharit 7/8AM Minchah 6:25PM Candel lighting 6:19PM Monday October 3 Rosh Hashanah I Shacharit 8:00AM Shofar 10:30AM Daf Yomi 5:30AM Minchah 6:15PM Candle Lighting 7:18PM

Tuesday October 4 Rosh Hashanah II Shacharit 8:00AM Shofar 10:30AM Daf Yomi 5:30AM Minchah 6:15PM Rosh Hashanah Concludes 7:16PM Wednesday October 5 Tzom Gedaliah Fast Begins 5:36 AM Shacharit 6:30/7:30AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 6:05PM Fast Ends 7:02 PM

Thursday October 6 Shacharit 6:30/7:30AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 6:20 PM Friday October 7 Shacharit 6:30/7:30AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Candle lighting 6:11 PM Minchah 6:15PM

DAILY SERVICES

SHABBAT SHUVAH DRASHAH BY RABBI YOSIE LEVINE SHABBAT OCTOBER 8 AT 11:00 AM

Monday, October 10 at 7:15PM Contact Joyce Weitz for more info at 212-877-1176

The Urgency of Shabbat in the 21st Century: What the Holiest Day of the Year Can Teach us about the Holiest Day of the

Week

WOMEN’S TEHILLIM GROUP

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

MAZEL TOV Henry & Joan Lieberman on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaugh-ter, Na'ama Papier, daughter of Gytta & Alan Papier THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS

Steve Hirsch and Barbara Paris

THANK YOU TO CSS

We would like to once again thank CSS and our dedicated CSS members for providing the security

for our synagogue this week.

The high holidays are quickly approaching!

Don’t forget to: • Order your Lulav and Etrog • Reserve Sukkah meals in our Sukkah • Contribute to our Yom Kippur Appeal Visit our website or contact Saba at saba@jewishcenter.org for more information.

PREPARING FOR THE HIGH HOLIDAYS

SHOFAR BLOWING We would like to provide everyone with the opportunity to hear the shofar on Rosh Hashanah. If someone you know will not be in shul and would like to have the shofar blown at home, or if you would like to volunteer to blow shofar, please contact Rabbi Dovid Zirkind at dzirkind@jewishcenter.org. YOM KIPPUR CHESED OPPORTUNITY Each year on Yom Kippur, following Mussaf a group heads out to visit the home-bound in our community. It is a wonderful opportunity to en-hance the spirit of the day for those who cannot be with us in shul. If you know of anyone who would appreciate a visit or if you are able to make a visit, please contact Rabbi Zirkind at dzirkind@jewishcenter.org.

CHESED OPPORTUNIES DURING THE CHAGIM

Thank you to all those who joined us in an inspiring evening of music and

Teflliah.

SELICHOT CONCERT WITH CHAIM DOVID BERSON AND SOULFARM

Shabbat Morning, October15 Sermon By Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The Two Main Blessings Shabbat Seudat Shlishit October 15

Professor Yoram Kapulnik Agriculture Meets the Start Up Nation An insider’s look at the latest cutting-edge innovations coming out of

Israel to tackle global challenges such as food security, climate change and environmental sustainability

Shabbat Evening, December 9 Friday Night Dinner with the Israeli

soldiers from Peace of Mind. For more information contact rsteinerman@gmail.com

SAVE THE DATE

YOUTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES For more information contact

jennandgaby@jewishcenter.org.

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 Suk-kot); 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; get a special discount for future art classes at The Art Studio NY, and meet new friends and munch on snacks. 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 jennandga-by@jewishcenter.org.

GUARANTOR Rachel Wolf & Andrew Borodach* Janine Behrman & Alan Gover*

Eleanor Merczynski & David Hait* Rabbi Robert & Virginia Bayer Hirt*

Esther & Michael Jacobs* Tiki & Simcha Lyons*

Barbara & David Messer* Avi Schwartz*

Chani & Mark Segall* Rachel Ringler & Yossi Siegel*

Jennifer & Mark Smith Radine & William Spier* Cindy & Jay Worenklein*

Anonymous

BENEFACTOR Lori Zeltser & Leonard Berman*

Marnie & Scott Black* Harriet & George Blank*

Vivian & Daniel Chill* Sherry & Mark Fessel*

Susan Kensky & Sam Goldman* Ruby & Joseph Gottlieb* Fran & Jonah Kupietzky*

Rachel Lurie* Adina & Phil Wagman*

Anonymous

BUILDER

Hanno Mott* Anonymous

GUARDIAN

Susan & Edward Falk Judith & Robert Grauman

Mildred & Alvin Hellerstein

PILLAR

Brauna & Marvin Fortgang Sammy Papilsky

PATRON

Dinah & Andy Mendes Paulette & David Meyer Suzanne & Allen Smith

Rona & Andrew Steinerman

SUPPORTER

Sharon Schneier & Clifford Brandeis Susan & Arthur Degen

Craig Englander Vivian & Bernard Falk

Jonathan Hanus Rochelle Tarlowe & Seth Jonas

Amanda & Daniel Laifer Sondra & Arnold Rosen

Anonymous

SPONSOR

Serena Wieder & Jonathan Blank Ted Comet

Evelyn & Moshe Fruchter Harriet & Irwin Gribetz

Rebecca & David Herman Margie Kahn

Shira Orenstein & Daniel Kahn Lily Kaplan

Adriel Koschitzky Arlene & Zvi Lefkovitz

Darrin Litsky Audrey & Gary Menachem

Roslyn & Norton Nesis Barbara & Peter Paris

Golda & Henry Rothman Renee & Avram Schreiber

Nancy & Yossie Sklarin Harriet Wagman

FRIEND

Howard Brodie Michelle Chrein

Anne & Saul Finkelstein Jeannie & Scott Fisher

Bosi & Yaron Kinar Menashe Shapiro

Cecile & Irving Skydell

DONOR

Bernard Broome Elana Kaminetzky & Brian Cohen

Judith & Walter Gadlin Esther Hollander

Eve & Marc Karstaedt Rona & Ira Kellman Amy & Jed Latkin

Gloria Mehler Tamar Kaplan-Marans & Joseph Nuss-

baum Meira & Tobi Tugendhaft

Dorothy & Jacques Van Amerongen Theda & Joseph Zuckerman

CONTRIBUTOR

Heidi & Jeff Abraham Steven Antosofsky

Ellen Bayer Rabbi Benjamin & Elaine Blech

Lisa & Jacob Buksbaum Susan Canter

Marissa Cinnamon Naomi Colton

Shayna Cooper Rebecca Davis

Beverly & Andrew Druck Rochelle & Chaim Eliav

Shifra Epstein Seymour Fang

Rabbi Daniel & Dr. Chaya Fridman

Contributor Continued

Tova Friedman

Hindy Poupko & Seth Galena

Brenda & Joel Garboos Stephan Gilbert

Grace Gribetz & Israel Leo Glasser Robert Goldfarb

Rabbi Noach & Alexis Goldstein Bella Goldwater

David Greenberger Sara Kosowsky & Ronnie Gross

Moshe Grunhaus Tehillah Blech Harris

Miriam Hausman Sylvia Heiden

Rabbi Jonathan & Shelley Helfand Leah Herzfeld Joan Kagan

Abby & Yitzchak Kanarek Phyllis & Bernard Katz

Ruth & Lawrence Kobrin Estie Knobel Marla Krinitz

Allen Krulwich Yael & Robert Lebowitz

Kayla Levinson Edmond & Stacey Levy

Dana Markow Erica Markowitz

Sharon Miller Carol & Ira Morrow

Pamela & David Neikrug Robin & Steven Nicoll

Deena Blanchard & Akiva Novetsky Kathy & Milton Parnass

Jeffrey Parnass Zev Parnass

Rachel Kimmel & Vitali Penso Zeesie Pertain

Nicole & David Pfeffermann Rhea Plottel

Abigail & Marc Posner Reva Rapps

Ilona & Bruce Rashkow Barbara & Guy Reiss

Michael Rochlin Marilyn Rothschild

Miri Lipsky & Josh Schainker Rose Lynn Sherr

Genna Singer Ruth Solmonoff

Jessica & Harvey Spira Carrie Stieglitz Aaron Strum Sally Sultan

Erica & Samuel Swartz Esther & Garth Symonds Marleen & Kenneth Wolf

Rachel & David Vorchheimer Sylvia & Raphael Zeevi

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THE JEWISH CENTER

Yom Kippur Appeal 5777

*One Gift Donors

As of Thursday, October Thursday, 2016 at 3:00PM. We apologize for any omissions. To make your pledge, please call The JC office at 212-724-2700 x100

or visit www.jewishcenter.org

Thank you to those who have already generously contributed to the Yom Kippur Appeal.

In Memory of Shimon Peres Parshat Nitzavim 5776

Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, Associate Rabbi

Wendesday morning was a wonderful morning at The JC, as a full minyan packed our downstairs classroom to celebrate the completion of Mesechet Bava Kamma. How-ever, Wednesday was also a bitter day for the Jewish people as we lost one Israel's founding political fathers in Shimon Peres. There was a small piece of me that could not help but connect these two experiences, as Bava Metzia which we began this week represents the bridge between two Mesech-tot (Bava Kamma and Bava Metziah) and Shimon Peres represented the bridge be-tween the past and future of Jewish Lead-ership. We teach our children Bava kamma and Bava Metzia very early on; you probably remember the Mishnayot of Eilu Metziut from childhood still today. Maybe you re-call an ox that gored a cow, or a two men playing tug-of-war, each one says “the Tal-lit belongs to me”. We do so because the methodology is fertile ground for kids to develop Gemara skills, but also because the ethics that underscore Choshen Mishpat are foundational to bein adam l’chaveiro. Our kids understand what possession is from the age they have their own toys and they understand private vs. public domains from the age they start asking for their own room. We introduce them to Gemara not with abstract theology or spirituality but with a sense of respect and accountability for how they interact with others. It is more

than Mishnayot about cows and pits, but about obligation, responsibility, thoughtful-ness and safety. Whether Shimon Peres was religious or not, too far to the left or right, are irrelevant to his legacy at this moment. He was a Shomer Yisrael dedicated to the well-being of Jews everywhere and the future of the state of Israel. To celebrate his legacy is to further remind ourselves of the most basic elements of what it means to be a Jew; to protect one another, to represent one another and to make a kiddush hashem with every per-son we meet. Parshat Netzavim is replete with a con-sistent message; Moshe Rabbeinu tells the Jewish people that when Israel is desolate and abandoned the world will know that it is so because we have abandoned our cov-enant with Hashem. If so, what do we make of our time? If the land is rich with produce, if the country is full of creativity and kind-ness, than our covenant with Hashem must be quite strong indeed. “For me,” Peres once said, “dreaming is simply being pragmatic.” As we enter Rosh Hashanah, the legacy of Shimon Peres should be a call to action for each of us. May we dream big dreams for the future of Israel and may we do everything in our power to make those dreams a reality.

Yosie Levine Rabbi

Dovid Zirkind

Associate Rabbi

Chaim David Berson Cantor

Ari Lamm

Resident Scholar

Noach Goldstein Resident Scholar

Avi Feder

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

Michael Jacobs Vice President

Deena Blanchard Vice President

Mark Segall Assistant Vice President

Yaron Kinar Treasurer

Len Berman Assistant Treasurer

Andrew Kaplan Assistant Treasurer

Miri Lipsky Secretary

Yoetzet Halacha Ilana Gadish

nycyoetzet@gmail.com 646-598-1080

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