From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Jan 2 14:48:06 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 14:48:06 -0500 Subject: [CBI] CBI's Weekly Announcements for January 2, 2009 Message-ID: <20090102194808.367087D125@mailwash1.pair.com> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... THIS SHABBAT - December 3, 2009 / 7 Tevet 5769 BAT MITZVAH OF EMMA FINKEL Candle lighting: 4:20 pm Friday: 8:15 pm - Shabbat Service Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Learners' & Journeyers' Minyan 10:30 am Mincha 4:38 pm BIMA OFFICERS: Friday, Jan 2nd Evan Wasserman Saturday, Jan. 3rd Sheldon Greenholtz USHERS: Friday, Jan 2nd Meryl Skinder Saturday, Jan. 3rd Brett Cohen & Lisa Lisser THANK YOU TO: Robert Finkel and Jacqueline Printz for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Kiddush, and the Oneg in honor of their daughter Emma's Bat Mitzvah. MAZEL TOV TO: Mayor Sandy Haimoff on the Bat Mitzvah of her granddaughter Amanda. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Cohn and ending with Ehrlich that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyanim in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT VAYIGASH January 3, 2009 - 7 Tevet 5769 Genesis 44:18-47:27 (Etz Hayim, p. 274; Hertz p. 169) Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28 (Etz Hayim, p. 291; Hertz p. 178) Torah Portion Summary Judah, the brother who had originally come up with the idea of selling Joseph, steps up and offers himself as a substitute slave so Benjamin can return home and their father's heart will not be broken. Joseph realizes that his brothers have changed and he reveals his identity. He tells them that he realizes that what they had done to him was, in fact, part of God's plan to save lives. Joseph sends his brothers home to bring Jacob and the entire family to Egypt so that they will not suffer during the remaining years of famine. Jacob at first does not believe what his sons tell him, but finally he accepts the news that Joseph is alive. Then he is eager to go to Egypt to see his son. As the family sets out on its journey, God appears to Jacob and tells him not to fear because God will be with him. The seventy members of Jacob's family in Egypt are listed. Joseph goes to meet his father and tells him of his plan that the family settle in the region of Goshen. Joseph brings his father and some of his brothers to meet Pharaoh, who gives his approval to the plan. As the famine continues, Joseph acquires the Egyptians' livestock and land for Pharaoh in exchange for food, and he transforms the population into serfs. During this time, the Israelites in Goshen prosper. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI January 4th 8:45 am - Shtetl Re-enactment (RS) January 5th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class January 6th 6:15 pm - Rosh Chodesh 8:00 pm - Executive Board Meeting January 8th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 6:00 pm - Kadima 7:30 pm - USY 8:00 pm - Adult Ed Meeting CBI's monthly bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn to enter our "Members only" section. UPCOMING EVENTS RSVP for our January Rosh Chodesh - Tuesday, Jan. 6th Cantor Lorna Wallach will facilitate a program entitled "From the Heart -- A Sampling of Ancient to Contemporary Prayers of Jewish Women." What a wonderfully spiritual way to start out the secular New Year! Dinner begins at 6:15 pm until 7:45 for $18, Please RSVP to Linda Silver (973) 921-1502 or lssilver at comcast.net or Karen Tucker 980-647-8330 or karenltucker at comcast.net. Interested in learning more about Camp Ramah? Come Thursday, January 8 at 7:00 pm . There is a special opportunity to meet Rabbi Paul Resnick, Director of Camp Ramah Berkshires, at the home of Jody and Jonathan Caplan, 9 Oval Road, Millburn. Rabbi Resnick will be available to answer your questions and tell you more about what makes Camp Ramah such a special summer experience for your child. Your children are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to Jody Caplan at 973-376-6348 or caplan973 at comcast.net. Adult Forum - Thursday, January 8th at Oheb Shalom At 1:00 pm for coffee and cake, followed by a film named "Damages". Call Esther for further information 973-740-9891. Kadima, the CBI Youth Group for 6th, 7th and 8th Graders -- Thursday, January 8th - 6:00 to 7:15 pm First event of 2009: "Hang Out Pig-Out Night" immediately following religious school. Contact Kadima Advisor Aly Greenstein (aly at cbi-nj.org) to RSVP or for more information. Family Enrichment invites you to end Shabbat with Hot Dogs and Games Jan. 10th! It will be taken place from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Cost: $5.00 per person (maximum $25.00 per family). Please RSVP to ikukoff at mac.com or schooloffice at cbi-nj.org no later than January 6th. Adult Forum - Tuesday, January 13 at B'nai Israel Lunch will begin at noon followed by a discussion on Jewish Ethics with Rabbi Bayar. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non members. RSVP to Mona or Ralph by Jan. 9, (908) 352-8696. Send checks to Ralph Berkowitz or Mona Hirschberg, 31 Wilson Terrace, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. Chaverim, the CBI Youth Group for 4th and 5th Graders - Tuesday, January 13th - 6:00 to 7:15 pm -- First event of 2009: "New Year's Party" immediately following religious school from. Contact Chaverim Advisor Aly Greenstein (aly at cbi-nj.org) to RSVP or for more information. Forum on the Current Economic Crisis Sunday January 11th at 7:30 pm A forum discussing the current economic crisis will take place at Congregation B'nai Israel. Members of the synagogue and surrounding community are invited to hear our panel of experts: Roz Engel, Economist; Gerald Cohen, Economist; and Betty Jampel, Social Worker, discuss the current economic situation as well as strategies for coping in this difficult environment. There is no charge to attend. CBI's 2009 Adult Education Health Forum Wednesday January 14th at 8:00 pm The Health Forum will feature presentations by prominent local physicians on many common medical conditions effecting individuals of all ages. Hearts and Hands will be making breakfasts for the homeless on Monday, January 19tth 9:30am sharp in Grace Levine Hall Event is open to the entire congregation! Please contact Lori Katzman at lakatzman at comcast.net or 973-379-5856 if you are interested in helping with the pre-shopping and delivery to Summit and/or volunteering that morning to help assemble the meals. Meals will be donated to BRIDGES in Summit in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Sisterhood presents author Josh Henkin, Monday, January 26th 8:00 pm Henkin is speaking about his New York Times notable book, "Matrimony". Hope you will join and bring your friends. The book is available in our synagogue office for $12.00 in paperback. http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Sisterhood%20Speaker%20doc.pdf CBI's Long-awaited Talent show is coming Saturday, January 31st at 7:15 pm Dairy refreshments will be served. Click here or copy and paste link to see our flyer and registration form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Talent%20Show%20Flyer.pdf Men's Club Annual Paid-Up Membership Breakfast Sunday, February 1st at 9:30 am. Join Men's Club for great food and relaxed schmoozing. Guest speaker is Al Spector, author of "Baseball - Never Too Old To Play The Game". Free admission for paid-up Men's Club members. Member spouses and other guests are $10. Kids under 18 attend for $5. Click here for our flyer: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Men's%20Club%20Paid-Up%20Breakfast%20Flyer.Feb ruary%201,%202009.Final.pdf Join us for the CBI Gala honoring Rabbi Steven Bayar and Cantor Lorna Wallach March 17th, 2009 The Congregation is honoring Rabbi Bayar and Cantor Wallach with a Gala Dinner on March 17, 2008. Tickets are $118 per person. Please send your checks to the office. Also, a Gala Ad Journal is being put together. Business card ads start at $36, with quarter page ads beginning at $200. We'd like 100% participation for the Dinner and the Ad Journal. For more information, contact Barry Allen at 908-759-5761, or via email at barry.allen at sageontheweb.com. Click here for our journal ad form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/CBI%20Ad%20Journal%20Form.pdf ENJOY YOUR SHABBAT MEALS WITH MEN'S CLUB's DELICIOUS CHALLAHS! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Pkg. Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! January (3 weeks) $11.25 February (4 weeks) $15.00 March (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith Without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. If you have any questions, please call 973-379-3811. SHABBAT SHALOM AND HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Jane N. Young Executive Director Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, New Jersey 07041 973-379-3811 - Phone 973-379-1941 - Fax cbidirector at cbi-nj.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Jan 2 15:00:13 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 15:00:13 -0500 Subject: [CBI] January 3, 2009 - CBI Weekly Announcements Message-ID: <20090102200014.6150F7E370@mailwash1.pair.com> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... THIS SHABBAT - January 3, 2009 / 7 Tevet 5769 BAT MITZVAH OF EMMA FINKEL HAPPY NEW YEAR! Candle lighting: 4:20 pm Friday: 8:15 pm - Shabbat Service Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Learners' & Journeyers' Minyan 10:30 am Mincha 4:38 pm BIMA OFFICERS: Friday, Jan 2nd Evan Wasserman Saturday, Jan. 3rd Sheldon Greenholtz USHERS: Friday, Jan 2nd Meryl Skinder Saturday, Jan. 3rd Brett Cohen & Lisa Lisser THANK YOU TO: Robert Finkel and Jacqueline Printz for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Kiddush, and the Oneg in honor of their daughter Emma's Bat Mitzvah. MAZEL TOV TO: Mayor Sandy Haimoff on the Bat Mitzvah of her granddaughter Amanda. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Cohn and ending with Ehrlich that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyanim in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT VAYIGASH January 3, 2009 - 7 Tevet 5769 Genesis 44:18-47:27 (Etz Hayim, p. 274; Hertz p. 169) Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28 (Etz Hayim, p. 291; Hertz p. 178) Torah Portion Summary Judah, the brother who had originally come up with the idea of selling Joseph, steps up and offers himself as a substitute slave so Benjamin can return home and their father's heart will not be broken. Joseph realizes that his brothers have changed and he reveals his identity. He tells them that he realizes that what they had done to him was, in fact, part of God's plan to save lives. Joseph sends his brothers home to bring Jacob and the entire family to Egypt so that they will not suffer during the remaining years of famine. Jacob at first does not believe what his sons tell him, but finally he accepts the news that Joseph is alive. Then he is eager to go to Egypt to see his son. As the family sets out on its journey, God appears to Jacob and tells him not to fear because God will be with him. The seventy members of Jacob's family in Egypt are listed. Joseph goes to meet his father and tells him of his plan that the family settle in the region of Goshen. Joseph brings his father and some of his brothers to meet Pharaoh, who gives his approval to the plan. As the famine continues, Joseph acquires the Egyptians' livestock and land for Pharaoh in exchange for food, and he transforms the population into serfs. During this time, the Israelites in Goshen prosper. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI January 4th 8:45 am - Shtetl Re-enactment (RS) January 5th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class January 6th 6:15 pm - Rosh Chodesh 8:00 pm - Executive Board Meeting January 8th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 6:00 pm - Kadima 7:30 pm - USY 8:00 pm - Adult Ed Meeting CBI's monthly bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn to enter our "Members only" section. UPCOMING EVENTS RSVP for our January Rosh Chodesh - Tuesday, Jan. 6th Cantor Lorna Wallach will facilitate a program entitled "From the Heart -- A Sampling of Ancient to Contemporary Prayers of Jewish Women." What a wonderfully spiritual way to start out the secular New Year! Dinner begins at 6:15 pm until 7:45 for $18, Please RSVP to Linda Silver (973) 921-1502 or lssilver at comcast.net or Karen Tucker 980-647-8330 or karenltucker at comcast.net. Interested in learning more about Camp Ramah? Come Thursday, January 8 at 7:00 pm . There is a special opportunity to meet Rabbi Paul Resnick, Director of Camp Ramah Berkshires, at the home of Jody and Jonathan Caplan, 9 Oval Road, Millburn. Rabbi Resnick will be available to answer your questions and tell you more about what makes Camp Ramah such a special summer experience for your child. Your children are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to Jody Caplan at 973-376-6348 or caplan973 at comcast.net. Adult Forum - Thursday, January 8th at Oheb Shalom At 1:00 pm for coffee and cake, followed by a film named "Damages". Call Esther for further information 973-740-9891. Kadima, the CBI Youth Group for 6th, 7th and 8th Graders -- Thursday, January 8th - 6:00 to 7:15 pm First event of 2009: "Hang Out Pig-Out Night" immediately following religious school. Contact Kadima Advisor Aly Greenstein (aly at cbi-nj.org) to RSVP or for more information. Family Enrichment invites you to end Shabbat with Hot Dogs and Games Jan. 10th! It will be taken place from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Cost: $5.00 per person (maximum $25.00 per family). Please RSVP to ikukoff at mac.com or schooloffice at cbi-nj.org no later than January 6th. Adult Forum - Tuesday, January 13 at B'nai Israel Lunch will begin at noon followed by a discussion on Jewish Ethics with Rabbi Bayar. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non members. RSVP to Mona or Ralph by Jan. 9, (908) 352-8696. Send checks to Ralph Berkowitz or Mona Hirschberg, 31 Wilson Terrace, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. Chaverim, the CBI Youth Group for 4th and 5th Graders - Tuesday, January 13th - 6:00 to 7:15 pm -- First event of 2009: "New Year's Party" immediately following religious school from. Contact Chaverim Advisor Aly Greenstein (aly at cbi-nj.org) to RSVP or for more information. Forum on the Current Economic Crisis Sunday January 11th at 7:30 pm A forum discussing the current economic crisis will take place at Congregation B'nai Israel. Members of the synagogue and surrounding community are invited to hear our panel of experts: Roz Engel, Economist; Gerald Cohen, Economist; and Betty Jampel, Social Worker, discuss the current economic situation as well as strategies for coping in this difficult environment. There is no charge to attend. CBI's 2009 Adult Education Health Forum Wednesday January 14th at 8:00 pm The Health Forum will feature presentations by prominent local physicians on many common medical conditions effecting individuals of all ages. Hearts and Hands will be making breakfasts for the homeless on Monday, January 19tth 9:30am sharp in Grace Levine Hall Event is open to the entire congregation! Please contact Lori Katzman at lakatzman at comcast.net or 973-379-5856 if you are interested in helping with the pre-shopping and delivery to Summit and/or volunteering that morning to help assemble the meals. Meals will be donated to BRIDGES in Summit in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Sisterhood presents author Josh Henkin, Monday, January 26th 8:00 pm Henkin is speaking about his New York Times notable book, "Matrimony". Hope you will join and bring your friends. The book is available in our synagogue office for $12.00 in paperback. http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Sisterhood%20Speaker%20doc.pdf CBI's Long-awaited Talent show is coming Saturday, January 31st at 7:15 pm Dairy refreshments will be served. Click here or copy and paste link to see our flyer and registration form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Talent%20Show%20Flyer.pdf Men's Club Annual Paid-Up Membership Breakfast Sunday, February 1st at 9:30 am. Join Men's Club for great food and relaxed schmoozing. Guest speaker is Al Spector, author of "Baseball - Never Too Old To Play The Game". Free admission for paid-up Men's Club members. Member spouses and other guests are $10. Kids under 18 attend for $5. Click here for our flyer: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Men's%20Club%20Paid-Up%20Breakfast%20Flyer.Feb ruary%201,%202009.Final.pdf Join us for the CBI Gala honoring Rabbi Steven Bayar and Cantor Lorna Wallach March 17th, 2009 The Congregation is honoring Rabbi Bayar and Cantor Wallach with a Gala Dinner on March 17, 2008. Tickets are $118 per person. Please send your checks to the office. Also, a Gala Ad Journal is being put together. Business card ads start at $36, with quarter page ads beginning at $200. We'd like 100% participation for the Dinner and the Ad Journal. For more information, contact Barry Allen at 908-759-5761, or via email at barry.allen at sageontheweb.com. Click here for our journal ad form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/CBI%20Ad%20Journal%20Form.pdf ENJOY YOUR SHABBAT MEALS WITH MEN'S CLUB's DELICIOUS CHALLAHS! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Pkg. Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! January (3 weeks) $11.25 February (4 weeks) $15.00 March (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith Without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. If you have any questions, please call 973-379-3811. SHABBAT SHALOM AND HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Jane N. Young Executive Director Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, New Jersey 07041 973-379-3811 - Phone 973-379-1941 - Fax cbidirector at cbi-nj.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From celestej at cbi-nj.org Mon Jan 5 10:29:40 2009 From: celestej at cbi-nj.org (Celeste Johnson) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:29:40 -0500 Subject: [CBI] To keep you updated to the situation in Israel and Gaza Message-ID: <000001c96f4a$6d7dbdf0$6a01a8c0@CBI.LOCAL> Friends, In order to keep you updated to the situation in Israel and Gaza, we have prepared this mailing for you. It contains views of the situation from those involved and views that are both positive and negative. We have also included several links that may be of interest to you. Steven Bayar, Rabbi Joseph Tenenbaum, Chair, Israel Affairs Committee Table of Contents: 1. Prayer 2. First Hand Reports of the conflict 3. A "Third Stream" view of the conflict from J Street (a response to an op ed article from Rabbi Erich Yoffe) 4. Links to several op ed pieces and information coming out of Hamas. I. 2. Next: reports from Gaza: >From Alon: Dear friends, I would like to thank all of you for your good wishes and thoughts. Everything here is very tense right now. After a week of missiles falling in my city Ashkelon, and other cities in the area, sirens going off and running to shelters, the IDF went into Gaza a few hours ago. My brother Itamar is there and thousands are being drafted into the reserves as I write to you [which worries me as well]. My mother is here from Chicago [she just happened to come for her Hanukka break], and even though I wish she would go back, she insists on not listening to her oldest son. My father was supposed to come at the end of January for a convention, and now it looks like he will be coming earlier so my mom can go back to work. Even though I write to all of you with very hard feelings, I am optimistic, and happy to tell you that thanks to many good people, hundreds of volunteers from the Conservative movement, NOAM, The Jewish Agency and other important organizations will be coming to Ashkelon throughout this coming week in order to work with kids in public shelters [shelters that are used by the underprivileged that live in old buildings that do not have a shelter or a "protected room"-AKA- MAMAD- in their homes]. The Ministry of Education [where I work as the advisor to the Minister] is running an outstanding program that allows children to study from home through the internet, due to the fact that all schools and other public buildings are closed by army orders. Our friends keep calling to invite us to come and stay with them, and in general, Israeli families from the center and northern part of the country are advertising everywhere that they would like to host families like us from the south. Once again that unique feeling of Israeli patriotism is in the air. There is nothing like it. My mother, sister, brother in law, grandparents, aunt [visiting from Canada] and I, decided to take the weekend off from "Lala Land" and we have stayed at a hotel in Tel Aviv. However, back home, people have gone to shul over the weekend, and we have been keeping in touch with friends, family and neighbors, even though we have only taken a 24 hour break. By the way, it really is "Lala Land", but it is the best land in the whole world, and more than ever we are really proud to be "Ashkelonies" [my other Israeli friends would probably think I am crazy but what the hell]. It is inconvenient and tiring, but not scary, and I say that even though a missile fell on the house across the street from mine yesterday. The battle now is in a very specific part of the country, and there is not a feeling of "war" everywhere. We are all trying to focus on praying for the safety of our soldiers, families and cities as ours that are under attack, and helping anyone who needs a hand or two. You all know what my political views are, and that I am a moderate left wing person. Even so, it seems as if we had no other choice but to weaken the Hammas once and for all so that people like the citizens of Sderot may finally have a chance to lead a normal life [these are people that have been under constant missal attacks for the past 8 years]. I would also like to remind you all that about 2 years ago we had disengaged from Gaza, evacuating our settlements, synagogues and even graves from cemeteries. We have done the right thing then and we are doing the right thing now. We always need to give peace and life the best possible chance, sometimes it will work and become a "win-win situation", sometimes we will be left with very little options but to show our strength with our army. I am on board in both cases. I would like to ask you all to keep on reading the articles, answering polls on websites [like this one: http://www.cnn.com/ ] and give us all a hand with our advocacy challenges. I love you all and hope to have good news and soon, Alon alonafikim at hotmail.com Dear Rabbis & Friends, Another day, Friday morning January 2nd, 2009. Wakeup siren at 8:00AM, enter shelter, three more sirens , the sound of four rockets hitting. The seventh day since the beginning of the operation. Attached is the latest report on the situation in Ashkelon. This Shabbat services are taking place in the secure room in the Wendy & Andrew Cohen early childhood educational center. A plan has been developed by members of the synagogue board including president Rami Cohen and past President David Wolfson. On Sunday our Kehilah under the organization of Alon Futterman, son of Conservative Rabbi Matthew Futterman and senior advisor to the Minister of Education, will be providing activities in the city's shelters as well as the Synagogue community. Busloads of volunteers will be arriving to assist. In addition seven members of the NOAM Garin (recent high school graduates who combine their army service with service to the community at large as proud members of the Masorti/Conservative Movement's youth movement - an Israeli counterpart to USY) will be arriving in Ashkelon and setting up a 24 hour round the clock Masorti/Conservative support center at the Synagogue. They will assist the elderly, entertain the youth, visit infirm members, shop, pick up medications, etc. They also plan on organizing a bus trip for youth to Tel Aviv on Tuesday. All related costs including travel, food, supplies, etc will be borne by the Congregation through donations collected for the emergency fund and earmarked to Kehilat Netzach Israel. More information to follow. Your kind wishes and support warm our hearts. Shabbat Shalom, Terri Davis Kehillat Netzach Israel, Ashkelon terriarlene at gmail.com English-speakers in Ashkelon adjust to life on the confrontation line Ha'aretz English Newspaper, Friday January 2, 2009 By Cnaan Liphshiz The siren caught Marty Davis, Director of the Department for Zionist Activities of the World Zionist Organization, behind the wheel on Wednesday morning. Signaling to no one, he turned from the empty street into the parking area behind one of the buildings that stretch along Ashkelon's Montifiore Avenue. The building faces Gaza, he explained with a New York accent. "The rockets come from the south so it's safer to get behind the building's north face." Tapping one finger on the wheel, he waited for the 10-second undulating wail to subside. When it did, he listened for the dry thuds heralding the Grad rockets' fall somewhere around or in the city he and his wife decided to call home some 28 years ago. Indeed, Davis' manner of carrying on with his life almost as usual seems characteristic of how Ashkelon's English-speaking immigrants are taking the situation caused by the rockets that Hamas is firing on their homes from Gaza since the expiration of the ceasefire two weeks ago. In parallel to voluntarily establishing and heading Ashkelon's umbrella organization for English-speaking immigrants (ESOA) in the early 80's, Davis had worked in development projects in Ashkelon, Dimona and up north, where he has seen a few Katyusha rockets falling. "Now that my home has become the confrontation line, I find it's a little bit different," he says. As soon as the rockets hit somewhere in the distance, Davis' cellular phone rings. It's his wife, Terri, calling from home to make sure he's alright. Currently, she only needs to worry about him and their middle daughter, Elana, who lives and works in Ashkelon. Elana and her husband Asaf moved in with Marty and Terri on Sunday after one night of living in their unprotected home and neighborhood. This is the case of thousands of residents in Ashkelon living in homes built in the early 50's. Elana's two brothers and sister-in-law live out of town. The Davis family belongs to a community of some 2,000 English-speakers living in Ashkelon. Like many other Anglos, they live in a house in one of the city's northern neighborhoods. Their two-story home is in Ganei Barne'a - not far from Sderot Hazionut ("Zionism Avenue") and the local Country Club. This part of town looks a lot like Ra'anana - complete with wood-plated garbage bins, flower-rich traffic islands and well-kept gardens for owners to let loose their dogs. Marty is driving to the apartment of June and Mel Narunsky, who settled in Ashkelon 22 years ago after emigrating from Durban, South Africa. They live closer to the center, right outside Afridar - Ashkelon's first northern neighborhood constructed in 1951 by a South African Jewish development company, whose ex-members also formed the city's nucleus. Cranky kids June, an English teacher who also edits the ESOA's publication, wanted to live in Ashkelon to be near her sister, who had been living in the Gaza settlement of Neve Dekalim. Now, the place where her sister's community existed before it was evacuated during the 2005 Disengagement is used for launching rockets into Israel. At present, June is putting up her daughter, Andi, and Andi's three children. Andi, her husband and the kids live just down the road, but they moved in with June and Mel because their house is less protected. In her apartment, Andi - a freelance translator who works from home - has to take the kids out to the stairway whenever the Color Red alert system goes off. June's apartment, by contrast, has a "mamad" - a built-in bomb shelter. The schools are out since last Friday, and with her Israeli-born husband away at work near Tel Aviv during the day, Andi needs her mother's help with the kids if she's to get any work done. As for the kids, they are getting cranky. Except for a few brief excursions, they have not gone outside the building. They have been locked up since Saturday, when the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Cast Lead to restore of calm in the south - prompting Hamas' regime in Gaza to launch dozens of rockets deep into the Negev and the southern coastal plain. Speaking about the effects of frequent sirens on her children, Andi says: "Kids panic only if their parents panic. The sirens themselves are not so scary if the grownups behave like it's not the end of the world." But one of her daughters - all under the age of 10 - has started to wet the bed since the ordeal began. >From the Narunskys, it's a short hop with Marty, past President, over to the city's only Conservative/Masorti synagogue, Netzach Israel, whose complex also houses the town's Tali kindergarten, which belongs to a nationwide network providing a pluralist Jewish education for secular pupils. It also doubles as an afternoon daycare center for the community's 175 children. The synagogue-school complex is the city's only educational institution which is protected against Palestinian rockets with reinforced concrete and armored glass. The money for the reinforcement came from donations from Jewish communities in the U.S., such as the Conservative Synagogues of Baltimore association, which set up an independent partnership program with the Ashkelon congregation as well as L.A., Caldwell, N.J. and others. They are still raising funds for the last two rooms which require armored glass. Inside the building, Lorna Szefler, an active member and a veteran immigrant from the U.S., describes it as "probably one of the safest places in town." She has come there to discuss the situation with several other members of the Anglo community, including her son, 30-year-old Avi and his wife, Noa, 28. Their one-year-old son, Nathan, was playing with toys on the floor. Susan Hedvat, another immigrant from the U.S. and long time member of the Synagogue, who settled in Ashkelon many years ago and works as a high school English teacher, picks up a doll and animates it for Nathan. "He doesn't get too scared when the sirens go off," says Noa, "but he knows that someone is supposed to pick him up." Some find the rockets more stressful. The congregation's rabbi, Gustavo Surazski, who immigrated to Israel with his family four years ago from Argentina, sent his wife and two daughters up north. "My wife was too worried to stay, and I can't blame her," he says. Surazski says he tries to control how much news his two daughters, aged five and two, watch on television. "The more they know the harder it is for them," he says. "But of course, they should know what's going on." Inevitably, perhaps, the discussion at some point turns to Hamas, the people in Gaza and the difficult images of carnage seen on television in the wake of IDF attacks there. "When I watch these images from Gaza, I do feel my emotions are more insulated than before," says Claudia Giat, 46, who married an Israeli after she came here as a volunteer some 20 years ago from the U.K. "When someone is out to kill you and your children, it's a matter of survival," she says. "And I can look at those pictures from Gaza and feel much less moved than I used to be. I think to myself that their lives are not worth more than mine or my children's lives." Bringing up another generation to hate Although he strongly supports the operation, Surazski says the images from Gaza "serve to bring up another generation of people who will hate Israel." Giat replies that what worries her more, is that the Palestinian attacks "are bringing up a generation of Israelis that hate Palestinians in a way which goes against one's values - especially those of someone from abroad." Referring to her son, who recently enlisted, she says: "I know that he is going to have to change his whole value system and all that I've taught him as right and wrong, just in order to survive here." Some of Ashkelon's Anglos bring their experiences with combat with them, such as South African Brian Brand, who moved to Ashkelon from Eilat four month ago to become the Holiday Inn's executive chef. Before Brand, 52, immigrated to Israel in 1992, he served in the artillery corps of the South African army during its 1975 invasion of Angola, and came under fire there. That combat experience, he says, has made him less worried about the rockets from Gaza. "The Grads are inaccurate and primitive," he says in explaining why he rarely bothers to head for cover when the alarm starts. "The chances of them hitting any one person are slim." Marcus Klotz, 80, past Treasurer of Netzach Israel Synagogue and the ESOA, isn't too worried either. As a Polish-born Holocaust survivor, he has lived through five Nazi concentration camps and several blitzes - including the one of Dresden - before he moved to the U.S., and finally to Israel. "It does bring up some memories," he said about the situation. But when the rocket alarm went off on Wednesday as he was entertaining two guests in the taupe-colored living-room of his apartment, his only reaction was to pause and say: "Here we go again." He did not get up to head for shelter. "I ran away enough in my life," he explained. Following this visit we found ourselves at the Municipal command center underground with the Home Front and Municipal officials. A Jewish Agency truck pulled up with 50 computers to be used by children for long distance learning. Benny Vaknin, Mayor of Ashkelon greeted the distinguished guests; Zeev Bielski and Chagai Merom Chairman and Treasurer of the Jewish Agency and World Zionist Organization. They were part of a procession of dignitaries visiting the town to show support. We continued with this group to the Barzilai Medical Center where we were met by Dr, Sharf the Director of the Hospital and his staff. We were briefed on the transformation of the center into an emergency medical facility with rooms and emergency room moved into underground storerooms. We visited wounded residents and met with the Deputy Director of the Orthopedic department. Dr. Dan Dabby spoke of the need to build underground operating rooms and emergency facilities. This is being held up due to an ultra-orthodox protest to build where 2,000 year old bones were found. The offer to move and re-bury the remains have not yet satisfied the Haredi community. The Jewish Agency Kalanit Absorption Center is located in the southern neighborhood of Shimshon. As we arrived some windows were blown out by a recent rocket that fell nearby. The residents are young adults on programs, immigrants. A young women from Poland, volunteering with Magan David Adom, spoke of the importance of the work she was doing and her determination to continue in spite of the situation. Zeev Bielski, a candidate with Kadima for the upcoming election and currently Chairman of the Jewish Agency/WZO was very supporting and comforting to the people at the Absorption Center as well as the Hospital. The Jewish Agency group then headed to Sderot while we continued our visit in Ashkelon. David Wolfson is the Head of the Community Workers in Ashkelon, an immigrant from London, England and past president of Netzach Israel Conservative/Masorti Congregation. At the welfare department there were emergency meetings underway to deal with the social and psychological challenges growing from the situation. Our final stop was a visit to the Neve Dekelim School to inspect the damages caused by the grad missile that hit two days before. The windows were shattered, ceiling had collapsed in the entrance way and one could only wonder at the potential damage to children had the school been open. Editorial from JStreet, presenting a "third stream view" of the conflict: 3. "Third Stream view of the conflict" STATEMENT BY JEREMY BEN-AMI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF J STREET, IN RESPONSE TO RABBI ERIC YOFFIE'S COMMENTS IN THE FORWARD ON DECEMBER 31 J Street takes serious issue with Rabbi Eric Yoffie's op-ed in the December 31st Forward, in which he attacks us for questioning the wisdom of the Gaza assault. Our position on the crisis reflects our support for Israel, our hope for its security and our sympathy with the ongoing suffering of the people on both sides in this conflict. It is hard for us to understand how the leading reform rabbi in North America could call our effort to articulate a nuanced view on these difficult issues "morally deficient." If our views are "na?ve" and "morally deficient", then so are the views of scores of Israeli journalists, security analysts, distinguished authors, and retired IDF officers who have posed the same questions about the Gaza attack as we have. And, when tens of thousands of pro-Israel American Jews are joining with statements made by J Street, Americans for Peace Now, Brit Tzedek, Israel Policy Forum and others calling for a ceasefire - it is simply wrong to call these views out of touch with Jewish sentiment. American Jews are, as Rabbi Yoffie says, by and large sensible and centrist, and they support Israel in her hour of need. But many of those same Jews - and their friends who want the best for Israel - are well within their rights and within the centrist mainstream to question the wisdom of the actions taken this week, to question where they will lead and to ask the US and others to help bring an end to the violence as quickly as possible. They are also in line with many in Israel, where on Friday, 30 peace organizations (including the Peres Center for Peace, the Geneva Initiative and Peace Now) signed a public call for an immediate ceasefire, joining such pillars of the national conscience as David Grossman and Amos Oz. J Street understands that Hamas is a terrorist organization and a harsh enemy. We are neither dovish nor pacifist, nor are we blindly opposed to the use of force. We support Israel in defending and protecting its citizens from attack, including through military action if necessary and appropriate to the threat. We believe, however, that force cannot be Israel's only or preponderant response - even to Hamas. We are pragmatists grounded in the real world and the lessons it teaches. As such - and as avid supporters of Israel - we are asking whether the specific actions taken by Israel in Gaza actually do advance Israel's and America's interests. In this case, J Street believes they do not. We believe that the actions taken this week - disproportionate to the threat and escalatory in nature - will be seen, with time, as counterproductive. They will further isolate Israel and the US internationally, deepen hatred among the Palestinian and Israel peoples, foment extremism throughout the Arab world and undercut the position of more moderate Arab regimes. Further, we have asked from the first day of this operation, for clarity as to Israel's exit strategy. An operation of this scale is easy to start, but far more difficult to wind down successfully. The alternatives without a ceasefire - ongoing Israeli reoccupation of Gaza, re-imposition by force of Fatah rule or international/Arab forces taking over - all are either undesirable or unrealistic. J Street believes the only option at this point for Israel and the U.S. is to work urgently and immediately to achieve a ceasefire now that stops the violence, ends the rockets and eases the blockade of Gaza, rather than allowing a ground campaign to proceed. Perhaps if similar calls had been made - and heeded - in the first week of the Lebanon War in 2006, much of the damage and loss in the conflict could have been avoided. Anshel Pfeffer, correspondent for Ha'aretz, portrayed the debate within the Jewish community outside Israel today slightly differently than Rabbi Yoffie. To him, the three parties to the debate are, first, the "large number of Pavlovian flag-wavers, good and innocent Zionists and Jews who see only the trauma inflicted on the people of Sderot, Ashkelon and other parts of the country's south-west" and, second, those on the far left who feel "compelled to atone for Israel's manifold sins and join its enemies in the demonstrations and sign petitions accusing the Zionist entity of war crimes." Then, says Pfeffer, there is a "third stream of Jews - perhaps not the widest one, but I believe quite significant - who have more complex and uncomfortable feelings on the matter. They care deeply for Israel and understand even why its government felt compelled to launch the devastating Operation Cast Lead, but they are extremely disturbed and hurt by the level of civilian deaths and destruction that almost seems part and parcel of the action. Surely, they say, there must, there has to be another way of doing this. And they live with those doubts, often unexpressed, even among families and close friends because the worst thing they find is that others around them don't seem to discern between the different nuances, and can't find in themselves compassion for the dead and wounded on the other side. They begin asking themselves very awkward questions: Are they surrounded by latent racists, or is something wrong with them that denies the feelings of certainty of those around them? Or does everyone have similar doubts but are simply afraid to express them?" J Street proudly identifies itself as swimming in this third, centrist stream. The only difference: we are unwilling to leave our doubts unexpressed. The views we hold may not be those of Rabbi Yoffie, and that's fine. We accept and welcome an open and honest debate about the merits of our pro-Israel positions. But to call our views "morally deficient", "na?ve" and "out of touch" with Jewish sentiment is to misread the emerging dynamics of centrist, pro-Israel Jews. J Street is very grateful to Rabbi Yoffie for the important leadership he has demonstrated over the years in speaking out on controversial and complex issues. We look forward to continuing this conversation with respect for each other's support for Israel and for our differences on how best to move forward. ### 4. Links to other pieces: >From Alan Dershowitz http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB123085925621747981-lMyQjAxMDI5MzAwMjgw NTI5Wj.html >From Hamas (Note: these are very troubling clips) For additional such clips, see http://www.memritv.org/content/en/tv_channel_indiv.htm?id=175 The clip Richard shared is here labeled #1961 - Al-Aqsa TV Fillers: Take Them to Hell... Tear Them to Pieces - December 24-28 - 00:03:27 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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THIS SHABBAT - January 10, 2009 / 14 Tevet 5769 BAR MITZVAH OF NOAH LISSER Candle lighting: 4:27 pm Friday: 8:15 pm - Shabbat Service Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Yaldenu 11:15 am Mincha 4:45 pm BIMA OFFICERS: Friday, Jan 9th Linda Sotnick Saturday, Jan. 10th Jonathan Engel USHERS: Friday, Jan 9th Deena Bernhaut Saturday, Jan. 10th Michael Jurist, Elizabeth Cohen, Jill Kimelman MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: : Joshua and Lisa Lisser for sponsoring the Bima Flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush in honor of their son Noah?s Bar Mitzvah. CONDOLENCES TO: David Sotnick on the loss of his beloved grandmother, Sonia Kreutzberger. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am ? Monday through Friday 8:00 pm ? Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Eichler and ending with Feins that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT VAYEHI - HAZAK SHABBAT January 10, 2009 ? 14 Tevet 5769 Genesis 47:28-50:26 (Etz Hayim, p. 293; Hertz p. 180) Haftarah: I Kings 2:1 ? 12 (Etz Hayim, p. 313; Hertz p. 191) Torah Portion Summary As Jacob?s life draws to a close, he summons his son Joseph and asks Joseph to swear that he will not bury him in Egypt, but will return his body to Canaan to be buried in the cave of Machpelah. Later, Joseph brings his sons to visit his ailing father. Jacob tells Joseph that Ephraim and Manasseh will be considered equal to Jacob?s other sons. Jacob blesses his son and grandsons, and then he gathers all his sons and speaks to each individually about his character and his future, ?addressing to each a parting word appropriate to him.? Then Jacob dies. He was 147. Joseph has his father?s body prepared according to Egyptian custom and then his family, accompanied by Egyptian dignitaries, travels to Canaan to bury Jacob with his parents and grandparents. Joseph?s brothers, fearing what Joseph may do now that their father is dead, tell Joseph it was Jacob?s dying wish that Joseph forgive his brothers. Joseph assures them that he bears no grudge against them, because even though they acted out of spite God turned their actions to good. Joseph dies at 110 after asking his family to swear that they will return his bones to Canaan when God brings the Israelites back to the land He has promised. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI January 10th Havdallah & Hotdogs has been rescheduled due to the likelihood of snow. It will be held January 24th at 5:30 pm. Please re-confirm your attendance with Ilana Kukoff at Ikukoff at mac.com. January 11th 8:45 am - Gimel Family Workshop 11:00 am - Israel Solidarity Rally in NYC ? see details below 7:30 pm - Forum on the Economy January 12th 9:30 am - Rabbi?s Class 8:00 pm - Men?s Club Board Meeting January 13th 12:00 pm - Adult Forum w/Rabbi Bayar 6:00 pm - Chaverim 8:00 pm - Board Meeting January 14th 7:00 pm - Adult Ed Health Forum January 15th 8:00 pm - RS Board meeting 8:00 pm ? SpaIC Committee meeting Please note that the Rabbi?s class for Thursday, Jan. 15th has been cancelled. CBI's monthly bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn to enter our "Members only" section. Future editions of our monthly bulletin will be posted onthe web site with the link emailed to you each month. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! UPCOMING EVENTS American Zionist Movement ? Israel Solidarity Rally, this Sunday, Jan. 11th, 11:00 am at 42nd Street & 2nd Avenue Click here to download the flyer: http://www.azm.org/jan11rally.html Adult Forum - Tuesday, January 13th at B?nai Israel Lunch will begin at noon followed by a discussion on Jewish Ethics with Rabbi Bayar. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non members. RSVP to Mona or Ralph this weekend: (908) 352-8696. Send checks to Ralph Berkowitz or Mona Hirschberg, 31 Wilson Terrace, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. Chaverim, the CBI Youth Group for 4th and 5th Graders Tuesday, January 13th - 6:00 to 7:15 pm "New Year's Party" immediately following religious school from 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm. Enjoy a deli dinner, deserts, music, and games as Chaverim welcomes in the New Year. Please RSVP by 01/11/09 to Chaverim Advisor Aly Greenstein at (973) 495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. CBI?s 2009 Adult Education Health Forum Wednesday January 14th at 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. The Health Forum will feature presentations by prominent local physicians on many common medical conditions affecting individuals of all ages including pain management, breathing easier with asthma, nutrition tips, maintaining good vision, palpitations, why do people faint, choosing a nursing home and sleep apnea. Refreshments will be served. Please join us and bring your friends! Hearts and Hands will be making breakfast for the homeless on Monday, January 19th 9:30 am sharp in the Grace Levine Hall Event is open to the entire congregation! Please contact Lori Katzman at lakatzman at comcast.net or (973) 379-5856 if you are interested in helping with the pre-shopping and delivery to Summit and/or volunteering that morning to help assemble the meals. Meals will be donated to BRIDGES in Summit in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Sisterhood presents author Josh Henkin Monday, January 26th 8:00 pm Henkin is speaking about his New York Times notable book, ?Matrimony?. Hope you will join and bring your friends. The book is available in our synagogue office for $12.00 in paperback. http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Sisterhood%20Speaker%20doc.pdf CBI?s Long-awaited Talent show is coming Saturday, January 31st at 7:15 pm Dairy refreshments will be served. Click here or copy and paste link to see our flyer and registration form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Talent%20Show%20Flyer.pdf <%20http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Talent%20Show%20Flyer.pdf> Men's Club Annual Paid-Up Membership Breakfast Sunday, February 1st at 9:30 am. Join Men's Club for great food and relaxed schmoozing. Guest speaker is Al Spector, author of "Baseball - Never Too Old To Play The Game". Free admission for paid-up Men's Club members. Member spouses and other guests are $10. Kids under 18 attend for $5. Click here for our flyer: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Men's%20Club%20Paid-Up%20Breakfast%20Flyer.Feb ruary%201,%202009.Final.pdf Join us for the CBI Gala honoring Rabbi Steven Bayar and Cantor Lorna Wallach March 17th, 2009 The Congregation is honoring Rabbi Bayar and Cantor Wallach with a Gala Dinner on March 17, 2009. Tickets are $118 per person. Please send your checks to the office. Also, a Gala Ad Journal is being put together. Business card ads start at $36, with quarter page ads beginning at $200. We'd like 100% participation for the Dinner and the Ad Journal. For more information, contact Barry Allen at 908-759-5761, or via email at barry.allen at sageontheweb.com. Click here for our journal ad form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/CBI%20Ad%20Journal%20Form.pdf ENJOY YOUR SHABBAT MEALS WITH MEN?S CLUB?s DELICIOUS CHALLAHS! If you haven?t tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am ? 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! January (3 weeks) $11.25 February (4 weeks) $15.00 March (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. Purchase your copy of ?You Don?t Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith Without Fanaticism? in the CBI Front Office for only $20! The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. If you have any questions, please call 973-379-3811. SHABBAT SHALOM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Jan 16 10:37:47 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:37:47 -0500 Subject: [CBI] CBI Letter from the President - Special Service in Support of Israel on Friday, January 23rd Message-ID: <20090116153748.3A7BE7E36A@mailwash1.pair.com> Dear Congregants, As all of you are painfully aware Israel is once again fighting another battle in her constant war for Independence. Ever since the moment Israel was founded back in 1948 her Arab neighbors and militants receiving safe haven in those countries have been trying, as they say to "drive Israel into the Mediterranean Sea". Israel has fought many wars since the initial War for Independence but in actuality each one is just a continuation of the war fought in 1948. Israel was and still is fighting for its right to exist in peace. Hamas literally exists for only one purpose to kill Jews and destroy Israel. When Hamas can't kill Jews, it's perfectly willing to drive Palestinian civilians into the line of fire - old men, women and children. Hamas herds the innocent into "shelters," then draws Israeli fire on them. What is amazing however, is not only that the headline-greedy media slant their coverage against Israel but that there is support for Hamas among Jews. As president of the synagogue I receive emails everyday on the Presidential listserve from presidents of synagogues around the country who state that certain members of their synagogues have expressed outrage that the synagogue has sent out pro-Israeli mailings or added additional prayers for Israeli soldiers into their services. While our synagogue has done the same, I am glad to report that I have not received one complaint from one member of our synagogue for our pro-Israeli actions. However in an effort to further demonstrate our support for Israel and pray for peace and all of Israel's well-being the Rabbi, Cantor and the Board of the synagogue have decided to hold a special service in support of Israel next Friday night (January 23rd) at 8:15. Although it is designated on your calendar as Men's Club Shabbat, Men's Club has graciously decided to share their evening of joy with this program. During the service we will have a special speaker and we will gather to pray for the one thing we all want which is peace in the area. I ask all of you to come to this service, one to pray for Israel, two to gather information to combat the propaganda being spread by others and three to demonstrate to the world that you stand with Israel not with her enemies. Israel needs this support and our synagogue community should be and will be here to give it to her. These are very important times for Israel and for us as American Jews. We must demonstrate our support for Israel so that no one can point a finger at us and say "even Jews don't support Israel so why should we". We must demonstrate to the world how important Israel is to us and that we will always be behind her. Sincerely, David Touger, President -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Jan 16 16:13:22 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:13:22 -0500 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly announcements - January 16, 2009 Message-ID: <20090116211323.CD6E07E35D@mailwash1.pair.com> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... THIS SHABBAT - January 17, 2009 / 21 Tevet 5769 Candle lighting: 4:35 pm Friday: 8:15 pm - Shabbat Service Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Learner's and Journeyers' 10:30 am Mincha 4:53 pm BIMA OFFICERS: Friday, Jan 16th Saturday, Jan. 17th Jonathan Engel USHERS: Friday, Jan 16th Jonathan Engel Saturday, Jan. 17th Helaine Ettinger MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: The Klein Family for sponsoring the Bima flowers in honor of David's 60th birthday. The Weinstein Family for sponsoring the Kiddush in honor of Michael's milestone birthday. THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Oneg. MAZEL TOV TO: Jeff Greenholtz and Anne Solomon on your engagement. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Feld and ending with Freeman that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT SH'MOT January 17, 2009 - 21 Tevet 5769 Exodus 1:1-6:1 (Etz Hayim, p. 317; Hertz p. 206) Haftarah: Isaiah 27:6 - 28:13; 29:22-23 (Etz Hayim, p. 343, 346; Hertz p. 225, 228) Torah Portion Summary Parashat Shemot begins with a list of the sons of Israel/Jacob who went to Egypt. At this point, the Torah changes from being the story of a family to the story of a people. The Egyptian king fears and hates the Israelites and enslaves them, forcing them to perform hard labor. When this oppression fails to curb the growth of the Israelite population, Pharaoh orders the midwives to kill all the newborn boys. The midwives refuse to obey the order, so Pharaoh issues a general order that every baby boy born to Hebrew parents is to be drowned in the Nile. Against this background, Moses is born. When his mother can hide her baby son no longer, she places him in a basket in the river, hoping he might survive. Moses is discovered by Pharaoh's daughter, who recognizes that he is a Hebrew child but still decides to adopt him as her son and raise him in the royal palace. After Moses has grown up, he goes out to see the state of his people. He comes upon an Egyptian beating a Hebrew slave and kills the Egyptian. He learns that his act is known, so he flees to Midian. He marries Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, and becomes a shepherd of his father-in-law's flocks. One day, when Moses is tending the sheep, he comes upon a burning bush. God speaks to Moses from the bush and tells him that he is being sent to Pharaoh to free the Israelites. Moses objects, insisting that he is neither worthy nor capable of the mission. God counters Moses' arguments, reassures him, and gives him signs to show that he is God's messenger. Moses sets out for Egypt with his wife and sons. God sends Aaron to meet him and together they assemble the Israelite elders and tell them that God has promised to end their servitude. Moses and Aaron then go to Pharaoh and ask that the Israelites be allowed to go into the wilderness to worship God. Pharaoh not only refuses but retaliates by increasing the severity of the Israelites' oppression. The people blame Moses and Aaron for their punishment, but God tells Moses, "You shall soon see what I will do to Pharaoh." Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI January 19th H & H Bridges 9:30 am The Main Office, HGNS Office, and Religious School Office will be closed due to the Holiday January 20th Sisterhood Board Meeting 8:00 pm January 22nd Rabbi's Class 9:30 am USY - Chair Massage 7:30 pm Religious Affairs Meeting 8:00 pm Finance Committee Meeting 8:00 pm Please note that the Rabbi's class for Monday, Jan. 19th has been cancelled due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. CBI's monthly bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn to enter our "Members only" section. Future editions of our monthly bulletin will be posted on the web site with the link emailed to you each month. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! UPCOMING EVENTS Hearts and Hands will be making breakfast for the homeless on Monday, January 19th 9:30 am sharp in the Grace Levine Hall. Event is open to the entire congregation! Please contact Lori Katzman at lakatzman at comcast.net or (973) 379-5856 if you are interested in helping with the pre-shopping and delivery to Summit and/or volunteering that morning to help assemble the meals. Meals will be donated to BRIDGES in Summit in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. South Orange USY - Invites you to an important UPDATE: on ISRAEL's war with Hamas in Gaza. Monday, January 19, 2009 at 7:00pm. At Oheb Shalom Congregation. DANA ERLICH, Information Officer, Consulate General Israel in New York. ADULTS WELCOME For more information contact SOUSY Advisor, David Glass at (908) 414-2116; or southorangeusy at verizon.net Special Service in Support of Israel on Friday, January 23rd at 8:15 pm - during Men's Club Shabbat. Come demonstrate your support for our beloved Israel! Men's Club Shabbat will continue on Saturday, January 24th at 9:00 am. Family Enrichment invites everyone to end Shabbat with Havdallah, Hot Dogs and Games January 24th! It will take place from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Please RSVP to ikukoff at mac.com or schooloffice at cbi-nj.org no later than January 20th. Sisterhood presents author Josh Henkin Monday, January 26th 8:00 pm Henkin is speaking about his New York Times notable book, "Matrimony". We hope you will join us and bring your friends. The book is available in our synagogue office for $12.00 in paperback. http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Sisterhood%20Speaker%20doc.pdf HGNS Shabbat Service and Dinner Sponsored by the CBI Membership Committee Friday, January 30, 2009 at 5:45 pm Please join with other HGNS families, our CBI Clergy, Rochelle Baron, and members of the Membership Committee as we welcome Shabbat with a brief, child-friendly service followed by grape juice, Challah, and dinner!! The cost is $5 per person, maximum of $25 per family. Please send an email to Paula Touger at Pdtouger at aol.com. CBI's Long-awaited Talent show is coming Saturday, January 31st at 7:15 pm Dairy refreshments will be served. Click here or copy and paste link to see our flyer and registration form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Talent%20Show%20Flyer.pdf Men's Club Annual Paid-Up Membership Breakfast Sunday, February 1st at 9:30 am. Join Men's Club for great food and relaxed schmoozing. Guest speaker is Al Spector, author of "Baseball - Never Too Old To Play The Game". Free admission for paid-up Men's Club members. Member spouses and other guests are $10. Kids under 18 attend for $5. Click here for our flyer: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Men's%20Club%20Paid-Up%20Breakfast%20Flyer.Feb ruary%201,%202009.Final.pdf Sisterhood Shabbat, February 6th & 7th, 2009 Join us for a beautiful service honoring Sisterhood. There will be a delightful Kiddush in honor of this event. Contact Linda Silver Lssilver at comcast.net or Karen Tucker KarenlTucker at comcast.net for more information. Join us for the CBI Gala honoring Rabbi Steven Bayar and Cantor Lorna Wallach March 17th, 2009 The Congregation is honoring Rabbi Bayar and Cantor Wallach with a Gala Dinner on March 17, 2009. Tickets are $118 per person. Please send your checks to the office. Also, a Gala Ad Journal is being put together. Business card ads start at $36, with quarter page ads beginning at $200. We'd like 100% participation for the Dinner and the Ad Journal. For more information, contact Barry Allen at 908-759-5761, or via email at barry.allen at sageontheweb.com. Click here for our journal ad form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/CBI%20Ad%20Journal%20Form.pdf ENJOY YOUR SHABBAT MEALS WITH MEN'S CLUB's DELICIOUS CHALLAHS! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! January (2 weeks) $ 7.50 February (4 weeks) $15.00 March (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith Without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. If you have any questions, please call 973-379-3811. SHABBAT SHALOM Jane N. Young Executive Director Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, New Jersey 07041 973-379-3811 - Phone 973-379-1941 - Fax cbidirector at cbi-nj.org Jane N. 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These are very important times for Israel and for us as American Jews. We must demonstrate our support for Israel so that no one can point a finger at us and say "even Jews don't support Israel so why should we". We must demonstrate to the world how important Israel is to us and that we will always be behind her. Saturday Services: 9:00 am - Shabbat morning 10:15 pm - Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am - Tefilot Noar 10:30 am - Tefilot Ketanim 5:01 pm - Mincha BIMA OFFICERS: Friday, Jan 23rd David Ehrlich Saturday, Jan. 24th David Touger USHERS: Friday, Jan 23rd Elaine Katzman Saturday, Jan. 24th Elaine Katzman MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: The Men's Club for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush. MAZEL TOV TO: Art and Judy Fredman on the birth of their grandson, Maxwell. CONDOLENCES TO: Erik Lindauer on the passing of his beloved father, Albert Lindauer. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Fried and ending with Gershman that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT VAERA January 24, 2009 - 28 Tevet 5769 Ex. 6:2 - 9:35 (Etz Hayim, p. 351; Hertz p. 232) Haftarah: Ezekiel 28:25 - 29:21 (Etz Hayim, p. 370 Hertz p. 244) Torah Portion Summary God reminds Moses of the covenant He made with the patriarchs and tells him that the time has come for God to free the Israelites from Egyptian bondage. Even so, Moses resists the charge God gives him to go to Pharaoh, saying "the Israelites would not listen to me; how then should Pharaoh heed me?" Still, God instructs Moses and Aaron to go to Pharaoh and deliver the Israelites from Egypt. The Torah then recounts the genealogy of the tribe of Levi. God tells Moses, who again protests that he has a speech impediment, that Aaron will serve as his spokesman. God also tells Moses that He will harden Pharaoh's heart and that Egypt will be punished severely before God finally brings the Israelites out. Moses and Aaron come before Pharaoh, demonstrating the sign God had given them. When Pharaoh's magicians duplicate this sign, turning their own rods into serpents, Pharaoh dismisses Moses and Aaron. Now the plagues begin - blood, frogs, lice, and more. As each plague afflicts Egypt, Pharaoh appears to relent, but once the plague has stopped, he reneges on his promise to allow the Israelites to go. After the seventh plague, hail, Pharaoh appears to be beaten. He says to Moses and Aaron, "I stand guilty this time. The Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong...I will let you go; you need stay no longer." But yet again, once the hail stops, Pharaoh refuses to let the people go. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI January 24th 5:30 pm - Havdallah & Hotdogs - see details below January 25th 10:30 am - Purim Shpiel Rehearsal January 26th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 8:00 pm - Sisterhood Speaker Josh Henkin January 27th 12:00 pm - Adult Forum w/movie 6:30 pm - SPaIC Meeting 8:00 pm - Board Meeting January 28th 9:15 am - HGNS Grown-ups Day 8:00 pm - HGNS Board Meeting January 29th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class January 30th 5:45 pm - HGNS, Membership Shabbat, and Dinner CBI's monthly bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn to enter our "Members only" section. Future editions of our monthly bulletin will be posted on the web site with the link emailed to you each month. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! UPCOMING EVENTS Family Enrichment invites you to end Shabbat with Hot Dogs and Games, tomorrow, Jan. 24th! It will take place from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Cost: $5.00 per person (maximum $25.00 per family). Please RSVP to ikukoff at mac.com. Sisterhood presents author Josh Henkin Monday, January 26th 8:00 pm Henkin is speaking about his New York Times notable book, "Matrimony". We hope you will join us and bring your friends. The book is available in our synagogue office for $12.00 in paperback. http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Sisterhood%20Speaker%20doc.pdf HGNS Shabbat Service and Dinner Sponsored by the CBI Membership Committee Friday, January 30, 2009 at 5:45 pm Please join with other HGNS families, our CBI Clergy, Rochelle Baron, and members of the Membership Committee as we welcome Shabbat with a brief, child-friendly service followed by grape juice, Challah, and dinner!! The cost is $5 per person, maximum of $25 per family. Please send an email to Paula Touger at Pdtouger at aol.com. CBI's Long-awaited Talent show is coming Saturday, January 31st at 7:15 pm Dairy refreshments will be served. Click here or copy and paste link to see our flyer and registration form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Talent%20Show%20Flyer.pdf Men's Club Annual Paid-Up Membership Breakfast Sunday, February 1st at 9:30 am. Join Men's Club for great food and relaxed schmoozing. Guest speaker is Al Spector, author of "Baseball - Never Too Old To Play The Game". Free admission for paid-up Men's Club members. Member spouses and other guests are $10. Kids under 18 attend for $5. Click here for our flyer: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Men's%20Club%20Paid-Up%20Breakfast%20Flyer.Feb ruary%201,%202009.Final.pdf Sisterhood Shabbat, February 6th & 7th, 2009 Join us for a beautiful service honoring Sisterhood. There will be a delightful Kiddush in honor of this event. Contact Linda Silver Lssilver at comcast.net or Karen Tucker KarenlTucker at comcast.net for more information. Adult Forum Tuesday, February 10th at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon followed by a program on Great Musicals presented by Hirschhorn speaker Bill Levy. Cost $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 for non members. RSVP by Feb. 6th, (908) 352-8696. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Ralph Berkowitz or Mona Hirschberg, 31 Wilson Terrace, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. Adult Forum Tuesday, February 24th at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon followed by a Denzel Washington film, The Great Debaters, based on a true story of the mid 1930's. Cost $ 7 for Adult Forum members and $9 for non members. RSVP by Feb. 6th, (908) 352-8696. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Ralph Berkowitz or Mona Hirschberg, 31 Wilson Terrace, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. Join us for the CBI Gala honoring Rabbi Steven Bayar and Cantor Lorna Wallach March 17th, 2009 The Congregation is honoring Rabbi Bayar and Cantor Wallach with a Gala Dinner on March 17, 2009. Tickets are $118 per person. Please send your checks to the office. Also, a Gala Ad Journal is being put together. We'd like 100% participation for the Dinner and the Ad Journal. For more information, contact Barry Allen at 908-759-5761, or via email at barry.allen at sageontheweb.com. Click here for our journal ad form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/CBI%20Ad%20Journal%20Form.pdf ENJOY YOUR SHABBAT MEALS WITH MEN'S CLUB'S DELICIOUS CHALLAHS! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! January (1 week) $ 3.75 February (4 weeks) $15.00 March (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith Without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. If you have any questions, please call 973-379-3811. SHABBAT SHALOM Jane N. Young Executive Director Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, New Jersey 07041 973-379-3811 - Phone 973-379-1941 - Fax cbidirector at cbi-nj.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Wed Jan 28 17:17:19 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (jyoung at cbi-nj.org) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:17:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: [CBI] Important News from CBI Message-ID: <2525.69.127.1.242.1233181039.squirrel@webmail2.pair.com> ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? January 28, 2009 ? Dear Congregants, ? Last night, the Board of Trustees of our Congregation overwhelmingly voted to go forward with our planned renovation.? Thus, I am pleased to announce that on March 16th our renovation will begin.? This decision was made after many months of reevaluating the project and its finances in light of current economic conditions. Those efforts have included substantial work by designated committees to look at the Congregation?s overall finances and, specifically, our plans to pay for the renovation. ? Based on the bids that we have received, the cost for the renovation is projected to be approximately $6.6 million. At the present time, our Capital Campaign has received pledges of $5.3 million; almost 50% of the pledges have already been collected.? Thus, we will be financing approximately 20% of the project.? Our Finance Committee is very confident that we will be able to secure the additional capital we need at a very favorable rate.? I know some of you may wonder how can we go ahead with a project of this magnitude during these tough economic times.? Let me assure you that many experienced and financially astute congregants have researched this issue thoroughly.? We have already found ways to cut our current budget to make up for some of the costs of any mortgage that may be needed.? After considering all the pluses and minuses, the Board decided that the importance of following through with this project for the congregation?s future far outweighs the economic risks. ? A few years ago, many of you participated in focus groups that explored how the synagogue could better serve your needs.? During those focus groups, many ideas were discussed and suggestions were made.? One of the clearest messages was that our physical plant did not adequately serve the congregation.? We simply couldn?t provide the services and programs that a vibrant congregation like ours wanted and needed.? Those focus groups formed the foundation for all of our subsequent planning.?? ? There are many programs we would like to try, services we would like to bring you, not to mention a place for you to celebrate your family?s simchas, that simply can?t be provided effectively and efficiently in our current space.? The proposed renovations will enable us to offer all segments of the congregation ? young families in our Nursery School, families with students in Religious school, empty nesters, newly married couples, our youth, people with special needs, and senior adults ? the diverse range of programs that a community like ours requires.?? Moreover, for the first time in many years, we will have a brand new beautiful space where you will be able to celebrate your family?s simchas ? weddings, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, and other milestone events; you won?t have to look elsewhere for a beautiful social hall or a big enough kitchen.? ? If we were not to go forward with the renovation, we would remain hamstrung in our ability to give you what you need from your synagogue.? Many of you want more from your synagogue then we are currently able to provide, not because we do not want to do so, but because we just do not have the space or the necessary equipment.? Once our new building is finished, this will no longer be true.? Thus, I urge each of you to write me at dtouger at aol.com with suggestions of what type of programming or services you would like to see offered at CBI.? I will collate these requests and meet with our professional staff and make every effort to bring these ideas to life.? But, please take a moment to sit down and think what type of new programs or services you would like to have available.? What if offered, would you attend and, then let me know what it is.? If each of you does this, starting in the fall of 2010 we will be able to have in place those programs and services that you wanted and we will be a stronger and more viable community because of it. ? I can assure you that our goal in the renovation has never been to build simply so we can grow our membership.? In fact, we have not calculated into our ability to pay for the renovation a large or even unusually high increase in membership.? However, we do recognize that it is only logical that some modest increase in members may occur because we will have the ability to provide new and invigorated programming to our community.? Any increase in membership would obviously help us offset some of the cost of the project.?? Also, our new building will enable our Nursery School, which is annually filled to capacity, to increase its capacity by one third thus, increasing its profit margin.? Our award winning Hebrew School will also have dedicated classrooms and space for activities thereby allowing it to expand its curriculum and better educate our children.?? This, too, may draw new families into our community. ? >From any perspective, the need for the renovation is clear.? The only reason to halt our efforts and not implement our plans is the fear that, because of the economic times in which we find ourselves, we will not be able to meet our financial responsibilities.? However, the current state of the economy also provides us with potential advantages.? We hope to realize some cost savings in the project itself because contractors and potential vendors are looking for work.? Moreover, interest rates are at historic lows, which should enable us to finance the project at lower costs than would have been the case a year ago or in the near future.? ? Though there will be some additional expenses for our existing members, we are doing everything we can to minimize the financial impact on everyone by prudent management and oversight of the project.? The Board and I believe that a community as wonderful, hardworking and dedicated as ours can and will be able to meet the financial responsibilities associated with the renovation.? The end result will be a vastly improved facility, with better programs, that will serve all of us in a multitude of ways. ? Sincerely, ? David Touger President ? ? ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Shiva as follows: Sunday afternoon and Sunday night at Gloria's apartment, 84-25 Shore Pkwy., Howard Beach, NY (between 84th St. & 86th St.) Tuesday and Wednesday at the home of Steven's sister and brother-in-law, Shari and Barry Becker, 23 Bluff Circle, Hauppauge, NY 11788 Wednesday and Thursday at the home of Steven and Barbara Brown, 52 Pine Street, Millburn 07041 The Millburn Minyan will be at 7:30 PM May Gloria's name be remembered for a blessing. Thank you, Congregation B'nai Israel At the family's request, Donations appreciated to American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org ) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Come and see your fellow congregants share their talents and support all their preparation: our very own and hard working CBI President David Touger & Adam Katzman, Jessie Chanin & Andre Lins de Albuquerque, Jill & Boaz Kimelman, Mark Weissman, Tamara & Wolfgang Tsoutsouris, the CBI Choir, the High School A Cappella Group, Paula Touger, Mark Richman, the mystery Desperate Duo, Lisa Lisser, and some surprise performances by our Professional Staff! There will be appetizers (dairy), cocktails, dessert and a guaranteed great time! $25 admission at the door. See you all Saturday evening! MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush. CONDOLENCES TO: The family of our Past President, Seymour Lehrhoff. Steven Brown on the loss of his beloved mother, Gloria Bloom. Richard and Rena Panush on the passing of long time member Anne Panush. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Gersho and ending with Gouss that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT BO January 31, 2009 - 6 Shevat 5769 Ex. 10:1 - 13:16 (Etz Hayim, p. 374; Hertz p. 248) Jeremiah 46:13 - 28 (Etz Hayim, p. 395; Hertz p. 263) Torah Portion Summary We have come to the climax of the story of the Israelites in Egypt. Pharaoh's intransigence continues, and Egypt experiences the eighth and ninth plagues - locusts and darkness. God tells Moses that there is only one more plague to come and then Pharaoh will finally let the people go. He instructs Moses to tell the people to request objects of silver and gold from their Egyptian neighbors. Moses announces the final plague - the death of the firstborn - to Pharaoh, but once again Pharaoh doesn't listen. God then tells Moses to instruct the Israelites to prepare a lamb to be slaughtered and eaten with unleavened bread and bitter herbs on the 15th of Nisan, the night on which God will strike down all the Egyptian firstborn. Moreover, this date is to begin a seven-day celebration in subsequent years. Moses speaks to the elders and tells them to prepare for the first Passover, and the people do as they have been taught. The final horrible plague occurs and the firstborn of all Egyptians of all strata of society are dead. Finally, Pharaoh summons Moses and Aaron and tells them to take the Israelites and go immediately. The Israelites leave Egypt after 430 years. God gives Moses and Aaron the laws of the Passover festival that is to be observed in future years. He also gives them the laws of the redemption of the firstborn and of tefillin. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI February 1st 9:30 am - Men's Club Paid up Breakfast February 2nd 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 8:00 am - Sisterhood Board Meeting February 3rd 8:00 pm - Executive Board Meeting February 5th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 4:00 pm - Vav Family Workshop 7:30 pm - USY Scooter Bowl 8:00 pm - Adult Ed Committee Meeting February 6th 8:15 pm - Sisterhood Shabbat CBI's monthly bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn to enter our "Members only" section. Future editions of our monthly bulletin will be posted on the web site with the link emailed to you each month. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! UPCOMING EVENTS Men's Club Annual Paid-Up Membership Breakfast Sunday, February 1st at 9:30 am. Join Men's Club for great food and relaxed schmoozing. Guest speaker is Al Spector, author of "Baseball - Never Too Old To Play The Game". Free admission for paid-up Men's Club members. Member spouses and other guests are $10. Kids under 18 attend for $5. Click here for our flyer: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/Men's%20Club%20Paid-Up%20Breakfast%20Flyer.Feb ruary%201,%202009.Final.pdf USY, the CBI youth group for 9th through 12 graders Thursday, February 5th from 7:30 to 9:00 2nd Annual "Scooter Bowl" at CBI You have to see it to believe it...Millburn USYers "Super Bowl" on scooters! For more information, please contact USY President Rachel Friedman, President at rdo0dles at aol.com or Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor, at scott at cbi-nj.org Sisterhood Shabbat, February 6th & 7th, 2009 Join us for a beautiful service honoring Sisterhood. There will be a delightful Kiddush in honor of this event. Contact Linda Silver lssilver at comcast.net or Karen Tucker karentucker at comcast.net for more information. Kadima The CBI youth group for 6th, 7th and 8th graders Sunday, February 8th from 3:00 to 5:00 "Bowl-a-Thon" at Plaza Lanes in Madison (Cost: $5.00) Join your friends for an afternoon of bowling as we raise money to support the Camp Ramah Tikvah program, helping "special needs" children attend camp and learn about Judaism. Please RSVP by 2/4/09 to Kadima Advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com so we reserve enough lanes. Chaverim The CBI youth group for 4th and 5th graders Tuesday, February 10th from 6:00 to 7:15 "Video Game-a-Rama" immediately following religious school in the youth lounge. Join your friends for an evening with dinner, Wii and Playstation as we compete with different video games! Please RSVP by 2/5/09 to Chaverim Advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com Adult Forum Tuesday, February 10th at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon followed by a program on Great Musicals presented by Hirschhorn speaker Bill Levy. Cost $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 for non members. RSVP by Feb. 6th, (908) 352-8696. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Ralph Berkowitz or Mona Hirschberg, 31 Wilson Terrace, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. Adult Forum Tuesday, February 24th at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon followed by a Denzel Washington film, The Great Debaters, based on a true story of the mid 1930's. Cost $ 7 for Adult Forum members and $9 for non members. RSVP by Feb. 6th, (908) 352-8696. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Ralph Berkowitz or Mona Hirschberg, 31 Wilson Terrace, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. Join us for the CBI Gala honoring Rabbi Steven Bayar and Cantor Lorna Wallach March 17th, 2009 The Congregation is honoring Rabbi Bayar and Cantor Wallach with a Gala Dinner on March 17, 2009. Tickets are $118 per person. Please send your checks to the office. Also, a Gala Ad Journal is being put together. We'd like 100% participation for the Dinner and the Ad Journal. For more information, contact Barry Allen at 908-759-5761, or via email at barry.allen at sageontheweb.com. Click here for our journal ad form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/CBI%20Ad%20Journal%20Form.pdf ENJOY YOUR SHABBAT MEALS WITH MEN'S CLUB'S DELICIOUS CHALLAHS! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! February (4 weeks) $15.00 March (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith Without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. If you have any questions, please call 973-379-3811. SHABBAT SHALOM! Jane N. Young Executive Director Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, New Jersey 07041 973-379-3811 - Phone 973-379-1941 - Fax cbidirector at cbi-nj.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you, Congregation B'nai Israel From celestej at cbi-nj.org Thu Feb 5 11:31:38 2009 From: celestej at cbi-nj.org (celestej at cbi-nj.org) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:31:38 -0500 (EST) Subject: [CBI] Funeral and Shiva information for Hannah Heller, mother of Susan Warren Message-ID: <5612.96.234.45.13.1233851498.squirrel@webmail7.pair.com> We regret to inform you of the passing of Hannah Heller, beloved mother of Susan Warren. Funeral will be held at Plaza Chapels, 630 Amsterdam Avenue in NY City. (Amesterdam Avenue and 91st Street) on Friday at 11AM. Interment will follow at Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, NY Shiva will be observed Saturday night at 55 Central Park West, Apt. 15 C in NY. Sunday through Wednesday from 7 PM shiva will be observed at the home of Buzz and Susan Warren, 61 Leach Drive in Bloomingdale, NJ. Minyan at 7:30 PM May Hannah?s name be remembered for a blessing. Thank you, Congregation B?nai Israel From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Feb 6 11:49:11 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 11:49:11 -0500 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements - February 6, 2009 Message-ID: <20090206164913.409F87D122@mailwash1.pair.com> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... This Shabbat - February 7, 2009 / 13 Shevat 5769 SISTERHOOD SHABBAT Candle lighting: 5:00 pm Friday: 8:15 pm - Shabbat Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Yaldenu 11:15 am Mincha 5:18 pm BIMA OFFICER: Friday, Feb. 6th Risa Wasserman Saturday, Feb. 7th Linda Sotnick USHERS: Friday, Feb. 6th Lori Pitkowsky Saturday, Feb. 7th Brad Schenerman, Mickey Kahn Wendi Weill, and Jamey Potechin MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Oneg and the Kiddush. THANK YOU TO: Past Presidents of Sisterhood for donating the bima flowers: Deena Bernhaut, Cheryl Burstein, Brenda Eisenberg, Linda Glasofer, Sandra Haimoff, Harriet Klein, Linda Rabin, Carol Marcus, Beverly Orel, Sandy Panzer, Robin Polson, Ruth Rosenberg, Risa Wasserman. CONDOLENCES: Lori Nacht on the loss of her beloved father, Herman Rubin. Susan Warren on the loss of her beloved mother, Hannah Heller. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Grabiner and ending with Halpern that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT B'SHALAH - SHABBAT SHIRAH February 7, 2009 - 13 Shevat 5769 Ex. 13:17 - 17:16 (Etz Hayim, p. 399; Hertz p. 265) Judges 4:4 - 5:31 (Etz Hayim, p. 424; Hertz p. 281) Torah Portion Summary The Israelites leave Egypt and head into the wilderness. God accompanies them, appearing as a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night. Being a slow learner, Pharaoh again changes his mind and takes off after his former slaves with his warriors and 600 chariots. The terrified Israelites find themselves trapped between the pursuing Egyptians and the Sea of Reeds. God tells Moses to hold his rod out over the sea; he does so and the sea splits. The Israelites cross on dry land and then, at God's command, the sea closes and the Egyptians drown. Moses leads the people in the great song of praise and thanksgiving to God; Miriam leads the women. Just three days later, the people begin complaining that the water they find at Marah is too bitter to drink. God instructs Moses in how to make the water potable. A month later the people are complaining yet again, this time about the lack of food. God responds with the miraculous manna and with quails. Along with the instructions for gathering manna the Israelites are given the laws of Shabbat. Once again the people find no water. God tells Moses to strike a rock and water comes from it. The Israelites are attacked by Amalek; they defeat their attackers with God's help. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI February 7th 11:15 am - Yaldenu 7:00 pm - HGNS Social February 8th 9:00 am - Hearts and Hands with Religious School 3:00 pm - Kadima Bowlathon February 9th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 8:00 pm - Men's Club Board Meeting February 10th 12:00 pm - Adult Forum 6:00 pm - Chaverim - Game-a-rama 8:00 pm - Board Meeting CBI's monthly bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. Future editions of our monthly bulletin will be posted on the web site with the link emailed to you each month. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! UPCOMING EVENTS Sisterhood Shabbat, February 6th & 7th Kadima The CBI youth group for 6th, 7th and 8th graders Sunday, February 8th from 3:00 to 5:00 pm "Bowl-a-Thon" at Plaza Lanes in Madison (Cost: $5.00) Join your friends for an afternoon of bowling as we raise money to support the Camp Ramah Tikvah program, helping "special needs" children attend camp and learn about Judaism. Please RSVP by 2/4/09 to Kadima Advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com so we reserve enough lanes. Chaverim The CBI youth group for 4th and 5th graders Tuesday, February 10th from 6:00 to 7:15 "Video Game-a-Rama" immediately following religious school in the youth lounge. Join your friends for an evening with dinner, Wii and Playstation as we compete with different video games! Please RSVP by 2/5/09 to Chaverim Advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com Adult Forum Tuesday, February 10th at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon followed by a program on Great Musicals presented by Hirschhorn speaker Bill Levy. Cost $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 for non members. RSVP by Feb. 6th, (908) 352-8696. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Ralph Berkowitz or Mona Hirschberg, 31 Wilson Terrace, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. Adult Forum Tuesday, February 24th at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon followed by a Denzel Washington film, The Great Debaters, based on a true story of the mid 1930's. Cost $ 7 for Adult Forum members and $9 for non members. RSVP by Feb. 6th, (908) 352-8696. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Ralph Berkowitz or Mona Hirschberg, 31 Wilson Terrace, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. Join us for the CBI Gala honoring Rabbi Steven Bayar and Cantor Lorna Wallach March 17th, 2009 The Congregation is honoring Rabbi Bayar and Cantor Wallach with a Gala Dinner on March 17, 2009. Tickets are $118 per person. Please send your checks to the office. Also, a Gala Ad Journal is being put together. We are hoping for 100% participation for the Dinner and the Ad Journal. For more information, contact Barry Allen at 908-759-5761, or via email at barry.allen at sageontheweb.com. Click here for our journal ad form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/CBI%20Ad%20Journal%20Form.pdf ENJOY YOUR SHABBAT MEALS WITH MEN'S CLUB'S DELICIOUS CHALLAHS! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! February (3 weeks) $11.25 March (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith Without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. Call the CBI Front Office and reserve your book! If you have any questions, please call our CBI Front Office at 973-379-3811. SHABBAT SHALOM! Jane N. Young Executive Director Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, New Jersey 07041 973-379-3811 - Phone 973-379-1941 - Fax cbidirector at cbi-nj.org Jane N. 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SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Hausman and ending with Jacobs that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyanim in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT YITRO February 14, 2009 - 20 Shevat 5769 Exodus. 18:1 - 20:23 (Etz Hayim, p. 432; Hertz p. 288) Isaiah 6:1 - 7:6:9:5-6 (Etz Hayim, p. 452; Hertz p. 302) Torah Portion Summary Moses' father-in-law Jethro (Yitro) hears about the Exodus and what God has done for the Israelites and comes to visit his son-in-law, bringing Moses' wife Zipporah and their sons. Jethro acknowledges the greatness of God and offers a sacrifice. The next day, Jethro sees Moses spending hours and hours answering the people's questions and settling their disputes. He advises Moses to choose officers and judges to assist in these efforts. Jethro then returns to his home. At the beginning of the third month after the Exodus, God tells Moses to instruct the people to prepare to receive the Torah at Mount Sinai. On the appointed day, amid thunder and lightning, thick clouds, and the sound of a shofar, God speaks. The Ten Statements (Commandments) are given. The people are overwhelmed and terrified by God's power and they ask Moses to serve as intermediary between God and the Israelites. Moses ascends the mountain and disappears into the clouds. God instructs Moses concerning the prohibition of idols and the proper construction of the altar. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI February 15th No Religious School February 16th Office closed in observance of President's Day February 16th - February 20th No HGNS or Religious School Zayda's Scrip, Now available at CBI! We have begun selling scrip to Zayda's. The scrip process is simple: you buy "scrip" from the synagogue at face value, i.e., for $100 you receive $100 of scrip and you use the scrip when you are shopping at Zayda's. CBI buys the scrip from Zayda's at a small discount, hence the fundraising nature of the scrip system. Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 to let us know how much scrip you would like. You can pay for scrip with cash or check made out to CBI. If it is difficult for you to get to the office to pick the scrip up, just let us know and we will deliver the scrip to you. UPCOMING EVENTS Adult Forum - Tuesday, February 24th at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon followed by a Denzel Washington film, The Great Debaters, based on a true story of the mid 1930's. Cost $ 7 for Adult Forum members and $9 for non members. RSVP to (908) 352-8696. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Ralph Berkowitz or Mona Hirschberg, 31 Wilson Terrace, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. NEW ADDITION- SPECIAL EVENT: Tuesday, February 24th at 8:00 pm - Adult Education program with Israeli Guest Speaker, Jacky Sivak, from Tel Aviv. Watch for additional information next week. A Rosh Chodesh Group for Women - February 26th from 6:15pm to 7:45 pm, Sponsored by CBI Sisterhood This month's program will be presented by Nancy Leaderman, a new member of CBI, and Principal of the Solomon Schechter Upper School. Cost: $18, which includes dinner. RSVP by February 23 to Karen Tucker at (973) 647-8330 or karenltucker at comast.net and Linda Silver at (973) 921-1502 or lssilver at comcast.net. Sisterhood/HGNS Havdallah Event, Saturday, Feb. 28th Sisterhood hosts its first Zahava event at 6:45 pm. Come for Havdalah and games with families with nursery age kids. Come and welcome them to B'nai Israel and to Sisterhood! Light refreshments will be served. There is no charge for this event. However, for planning purposes, it would be helpful to RSVP to rfkingsberg at yahoo.com or by phone to (973) 376-8046. Mishloach Manot Join in the festive celebration with your CBI Family by participating in this wonderful tradition. Watch your mail for your Mishloach Manot basket information form for this year and place your orders! March 8th - Purim Carnival and Purim Spiel - "Everyday Heroes" by David Kukoff! For this year's Megillah Reading for grade school children, there are over 25 children each reading a verse from the Megillah. Come and kvell! In addition we will have a costume parade and our annual GRAGGER CONTEST: Rules: Gragger must be home made, Gragger may be large - but it must be able to be carried by a maximum of two people. Gragger must be inanimate - human graggers may not apply! Prizes will be given to the gragger which is voted the loudest or the most creative. On March 5th Millburn USY will be hosting a very scrumptious event. From 7:30 to 9:00 pm we will be celebrating Purim in style by having a hamentashen baking party. USYers will be able to fill their hamentashens will amazing fillings. While they are baking we will participate in USY pastimes such as Rhymation and Apples to Apples. For additional information, please contact Scott Landesman at scott at cbi-nj.org. Join us for the CBI Gala honoring Rabbi Steven Bayar and Cantor Lorna Wallach, March 17th, 2009 The Congregation is honoring Rabbi Bayar and Cantor Wallach with a Gala Dinner on March 17, 2009. Tickets are $118 per person. Please make your reservation and place your ad for the Gala Ad Journal now! For more information on the ad journal, contact Barry Allen at 908-759-5761, or via email at barry.allen at sageontheweb.com. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH IS ABSOLUTELY THE FINAL DEADLINE FOR ALL JOURNAL ADS. Click here for our journal ad form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/CBI%20Ad%20Journal%20Form.pdf CBI Men's Club Dinner Theater Party Paper Mill Playhouse's Production of 1776 - Sunday, May 17th at 2pm Followed by an All You Can Eat Kosher Chinese Buffet Dinner at CBI at 5:30 pm. Pick your own seats. Call or email Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or Michael.jurist at verizon.net to make your reservation. All seats will be assigned on a first-come, first served basis. Order your tickets early!!! We must let the theater know the final ticket count well in advance. Your order must reach us by April 1st!!! ENJOY YOUR SHABBAT MEALS WITH MEN'S CLUB'S DELICIOUS CHALLAHS! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! February (2 weeks) $7.50 March (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith Without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Call the CBI Front Office and reserve your book! If you have any questions, please call our CBI Front Office at 973-379-3811. CBI's Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! Let's help the world become greener! Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main Office (973-379-3811) or the School Office (973-379-1134). CBI's monthly bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. Future editions of our monthly bulletin will be posted on the web site with the link emailed to you each month. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! SHABBAT SHALOM! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Thu Feb 19 17:51:19 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:51:19 -0500 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements for February 20, 2009 Message-ID: <20090219225120.543877D10C@mailwash1.pair.com> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... This Shabbat - February 21, 2009 / 27 Shevat 5769 Candle lighting: 5:17 pm Friday: 8:15 pm - Shabbat Service Saturday Services: 9:00 am Shabbat morning 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Learners' & Journeyers' Minyan 5:35 pm Mincha BIMA OFFICER: Saturday, Feb. 21st David Ehrlich USHER: Saturday, Feb. 21st Jo Ann Horowitz THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Jaffe and ending with Keselman that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT MISHPATIM February 21, 2009 - 27 Shevat 5769 Ex. 21:1 - 24:18 (Etz Hayim, p. 456; Hertz p. 306) II Kings 12:1 - 17 (Etz Hayim, p. 1277; Hertz p. 993) Torah Portion Summary Parashat Mishpatim is called Sefer HaBrit, the Book of the Covenant, for it begins the presentation of the mitzvot, the particulars that define the relationship between God and the Jewish people. In fact, Mishpatim contains 53 of the 613 mitzvot found in the Torah. Up until this point the Torah has been a narrative; from here on it will present the laws by which the Israelites are to live, with occasional narrative breaks. The laws of Mishpatim deal with master and slave, capital offenses, personal injury, negligence, theft, and property. There also are laws prohibiting the mistreatment of the weak and powerless - strangers, widows, orphans, and the poor. We also read about Shabbat, the sabbatical year, and major festivals. God again repeats the promise that the Israelites will inherit the land of Canaan and warns against worshiping the gods of the Canaanite nations. The covenant is ratified at a formal ceremony of acceptance. Moses and the elders eat a meal and see a vision of God. Moses alone ascends the mountain to receive the stone tablets, remaining there for forty days and nights. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI February 23rd 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 8:15 pm - Special Needs Advisory Committee Meeting February 24th 12:00 pm - Adult Forum 8:00 pm - SPaIC Committee Meeting 8:00 pm - Adult Education Speaker from Israel February 25th 8:00 pm - HGNS Board Meeting February 26th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 6:15 pm - Rosh Chodesh Program 7:30 - 9:00 pm - USY Sato Circus 8:00 pm - RS Board Meeting 8:00 pm - Finance Committee Meeting Join us for the CBI Gala honoring Rabbi Steven Bayar and Cantor Lorna Wallach, March 17th The Congregation is honoring Rabbi Bayar and Cantor Wallach with a Gala Dinner on March 17, 2009. Tickets are $118 per person - please send in your reservation for this memorable event! THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO PLACE AN AD IN THE GALA AD JOURNAL! For more information on the ad journal, contact Barry Allen at 908-759-5761, or via email at barry.allen at sageontheweb.com. Click here for our journal ad form: http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/CBI%20Ad%20Journal%20Form.pdf Zayda's Scrip, Now available at CBI! We have begun selling scrip to Zayda's. The scrip process is simple: you buy "scrip" from the synagogue at face value, i.e., for $100 you receive $100 of scrip and you use the scrip when you are shopping at Zayda's. CBI buys the scrip from Zayda's at a small discount, hence the fundraising nature of the scrip system. Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 to let us know how much scrip you would like. You can pay for scrip with cash or check made out to CBI. If it is difficult for you to get to the office to pick the scrip up, just let us know and we will deliver the scrip to you. SPECIAL REQUEST FOR THE MAIN OFFICE: Do you have a network-ready laser printer you would be willing to donate to our office? We promise to use it well! If you can help, please call Jane at 973-379-3811 x18 or send an email to jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! UPCOMING EVENTS Adult Forum - Tuesday, February 24th at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon followed by a Denzel Washington film, The Great Debaters, based on a true story of the mid 1930's. Cost $ 7 for Adult Forum members and $9 for non members. RSVP to (908) 352-8696. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Ralph Berkowitz or Mona Hirschberg, 31 Wilson Terrace, Elizabeth, NJ 07208. New Addition - Adult Education Program: Tuesday, February 24th at 8:00 pm - Guest Speaker, Jacky Sivak, from Tel Aviv. Ms. Sivak will be sharing her insights on "Media Battles Israel has lost - Can the Ongoing War Still be won?" There will be plenty of opportunity for Q & A. Don't miss this informative and eye-opening event! Rosh Chodesh Group for Women - Thursday, February 26th 6:15pm to 7:45 pm, Sponsored by CBI Sisterhood This month's program will be presented by Nancy Leaderman, a new member of CBI, and Principal of the Solomon Schechter Upper School. Cost: $18, which includes dinner. RSVP by February 23 to Karen Tucker at (973) 647-8330 or karenltucker at comast.net and Linda Silver at (973) 921-1502 or lssilver at comcast.net. Sisterhood/HGNS Havdallah Event, Saturday, Feb. 28th Sisterhood is hosting its first Zahava event at 6:45 pm. Come for Havdallah and games with families with nursery school age kids. Help us welcome them to B'nai Israel and to Sisterhood! Light refreshments will be served. There is no charge for this event; however, for planning purposes, it would be helpful to RSVP to rfkingsberg at yahoo.com or by phone to (973) 376-8046. Kadima, the CBI Youth Group for 6th, 7th and 8th Graders, Thursday, March 5th from 6:00 - 7:15 pm "Wonderful Wiffle Ball" will take place immediately following Religious School. Spring is around the corner - join your friends for an indoor version of this classic game! Dinner will also be provided. RSVP to advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. JNF Shabbat, Friday, March 6th at 8:15 pm with Speaker, Marc Liebowitz A resident of Short Hills, Marc is on the Central New Jersey Board of the Jewish National Fund and served as a paratrooper in the Israeli Defense Force in the 1990's. Marc is a member of JNF's Makor Leadership Group; he serves as Chairman of JNF's President's Council, and he is the Chairman of JNF's Ammunition Hill Project. You will not want to this special service! PURIM HAPPENINGS Mishloach Manot Join in the festive celebration with your CBI Family by participating in this wonderful tradition. Place your Mishloach Manot basket orders for this year before next week's deadline of Wednesday, February 25th! On Thursday, March 5th Millburn USY, 7:30 to 9:00 pm the CBI Youth Group for 9th - 12th Graders, will be hosting a very scrumptious event. We will be celebrating Purim in style by having a hamentashen baking party. USYers will be able to fill their hamentashen will amazing fillings. While they are baking we will participate in USY pastimes such as Rhymation and Apples to Apples. For additional information, please contact Scott Landesman at scott at cbi-nj.org. Sunday, March 8th - Purim Carnival and Purim Spiel - "Everyday Heroes" by David Kukoff! Monday, March 9th - 7:30 pm - Megillah Reading for grade school children There are over 25 children each reading a verse from the Megillah. Come and kvell! In addition we will have a costume parade and our annual GRAGGER CONTEST; Rules: Gragger must be home made; Gragger may be large - but it must be able to be carried by a maximum of two people. Gragger must be inanimate - human graggers need not apply! Prizes will be given to the gragger which is voted the loudest or the most creative. Monday, March 9th - 8:00 pm - Don't miss the Family Enrichment Purim Dessert Party! Chaverim, the CBI youth group for 4th and 5th graders - Sunday, March 1st from 12:00 to 1:15 pm "CBI's Race Around the World" immediately following religious school. Get ready for a unique event as teams race throughout the shul in a competition of fun challenges -- some physical, some mental! Everyone wins in this afternoon event that includes lunch. Please RSVP to Chaverim Advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com CBI Men's Club Dinner Theater Party Paper Mill Playhouse's Production of 1776 - Sunday, May 17th at 2:00 pm Followed by an All You Can Eat Kosher Chinese Buffet Dinner at CBI at 5:30 pm. Pick your own seats. Call or email Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or Michael.jurist at verizon.net to make your reservation. All seats will be assigned on a first-come, first served basis. Order your tickets early!!! We must let the theater know the final ticket count well in advance. Your order must reach us by April 1st!!! ENJOY YOUR SHABBAT MEALS WITH MEN'S CLUB'S DELICIOUS CHALLAHS! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! February (1 week) $3.75 March (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Call the CBI Front Office and reserve your book! If you have any questions, please call our CBI Front Office at 973-379-3811. CBI's Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! Let's help the world become greener! Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main Office (973-379-3811) or the School Office (973-379-1134). CBI's monthly bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. Future editions of our monthly bulletin will be posted on the web site with the link emailed to you each month. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! SHABBAT SHALOM! Jane N. Young Executive Director Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, New Jersey 07041 973-379-3811 - Phone 973-379-1941 - Fax cbidirector at cbi-nj.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Mon Feb 23 10:59:14 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:59:14 -0500 Subject: [CBI] CBI Reminder - Order your Purim Baskets Today! Message-ID: <20090223155915.7F4387D10F@mailwash1.pair.com> Order your Purim Baskets Today This Wednesday (2/25) is the cutoff..no orders will be accepted after that time! Follow this link and order now http://www.cbi-nj.org Help is needed packing baskets on Sunday morning (3/1) and delivering baskets next week (just show up at the CBI library and we'll put you to work!). Mitzvah credit given to Religious School students. For more info contact Barbara Brown (bsmithbrown at yahoo.com) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 2243 bytes Desc: not available Url : From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Tue Feb 24 13:19:45 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:19:45 -0500 Subject: [CBI] CBI Adult Ed Program Tonight! Guest Speaker, Jacky Sivak, from Tel Aviv Message-ID: <20090224181946.28CF07D127@mailwash1.pair.com> Tonight! Guest Speaker, Jacky Sivak, from Tel Aviv Adult Education Program: Tuesday, February 24th at 8:00 pm Ms. Sivak will be sharing her insights on "Media Battles Israel has lost - Can the Ongoing War Still be won?" There will be plenty of opportunity for Q & A. Don't miss this informative and eye-opening event! JACKY SIVAK, GUIDE Jacky was born and raised in England and immigrated to Israel in 1975. After completing her studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, she spent a year traveling in the USA, then returned to Israel and went on to train as a professional tour guide, qualifying in 1984. Since becoming a guide, Jacky has worked with all kinds of groups and individuals, and over the past twenty years of working with American and Canadian tourists, has helped plan as well as guide tours for private individuals and families, study tours for special interest groups, senior citizen groups, Bar/Batmitzvah groups, "March of the Living", synagogue missions, etc. >From 1988-1990, Jacky took a two-year break from tourism, and with her young family, went to live and work with Ethiopian immigrant youngsters in the Youth Aliyah Village of Yemin Orde, near Haifa. Returning to Natanya in 1990, Jacky returned to guiding and also began public speaking for local organisations and forums on a variety of subjects focusing on Land of Israel studies. Today, Jacky and her husband (a fellow guide) live in Raanana, and their 3 children are located between the Negev in the south and the Golan Heights in the north, involved in university studies and army service. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Feb 27 15:16:14 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:16:14 -0500 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements - February 27, 2009 Message-ID: <20090227201616.0C6927E36A@mailwash1.pair.com> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... This Shabbat - February 28, 2009 / 4 Adar 5769 BAR MITZVAH OF DYLAN SCHWARTZ Candle lighting: 5:25 pm Friday: 8:15 pm - Shabbat Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Mincha 5:43 pm BIMA OFFICERS USHERS Friday Ruth Novick Jill Kimelman Saturday Jed Buck Randi Gluckman and Janet Slifer MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Larry and Laurie Schwartz for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush in honor of your Dylan's Bar Mitzvah. Thank you to the Religious School Parents' Association for co-sponsoring the Oneg. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Kessler and ending with Krauss that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT TERUMAH February 28, 2009 - 4 Adar 5769 Ex. 25:1 - 27:19 (Etz Hayim p 485; Hertz p. 326) I Kings 5:26 - 6:13 (Etz Hayim, p. 500; Hertz p. 336) Torah Portion Summary God tells Moses to instruct the Israelites to bring gifts - precious metals, fine fabrics, skins, wood, oil, spices, and jewels - to build the mishkan, the portable sanctuary, and to make its furnishings. God says, "Let them make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them." God then provides detailed instructions for the ark and its cover, the table, and the menorah. Next, there are the instructions for making the mishkan's coverings - layers of cloth, goats' hair, and skins, from inside to outside. Next, the wooden structure of planks and silver and gold fittings is described. The mishkan also was to have a curtain to partition off the Holy of Holies and a screen for its entrance. The altar of wood overlaid with bronze was to be placed outside the screen. The entire mishkan was to be surrounded by an enclosure made of linen curtains supported by wooden planks with bronze and silver fittings. The covenant is ratified at a formal ceremony of acceptance. Moses and the elders eat a meal and see a vision of God. Moses alone ascends the mountain to receive the stone tablets, remaining there for forty days and nights. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI February 28th 6:45 pm Zahava, Sisterhood and HGNS Havdallah And Game Night for Nursery School families March 1st 9:00 am - Dalet Family Workshop 12:00 pm - Chaverim, "Race Around the World" March 2nd 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 8:15 pm - Hearts & Hands Committee Meeting March 3rd 8:00 pm - Executive Committee Meeting March 4th 9:15 am - HGNS Two's Purim Party March 5th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 6:00 pm - Kadima - Wiffle Ball 7:30 pm - USY-Hamataschen Baking 8:00 pm - Adult Education Meeting March 6th 8:00 pm - JNF Shabbat Join us for the CBI Gala honoring Rabbi Steven Bayar and Cantor Lorna Wallach, March 17th, 2009 The Congregation is honoring Rabbi Bayar and Cantor Wallach with a Gala Dinner on March 17, 2009. Tickets are $118 per person - please send in your reservation for this memorable event! SAVE THE DATE! GROUND BREAKING! Sunday, April 26th at 12:45 pm Pizza and Sundaes! We're building a synagogue - Come build a sundae! LAST CALL FOR YOUR GALA TICKETS - PLEASE SEND IN YOUR RESERVATION! Zayda's Scrip, Now available at CBI! We have begun selling scrip to Zayda's. The scrip process is simple: you buy "scrip" from the synagogue at face value, i.e., for $100 you receive $100 of scrip and you use the scrip when you are shopping at Zayda's. CBI buys the scrip from Zayda's at a small discount, hence the fundraising nature of the scrip system. Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 to let us know how much scrip you would like. You can pay for scrip with cash or check made out to CBI. If it is difficult for you to get to the office to pick the scrip up, just let us know and we will deliver the scrip to you. SPECIAL REQUEST FOR THE MAIN OFFICE: Do you have a network-ready laser printer you would be willing to donate to our office? We promise to use it well! Please call Jane 973-379-3811 x18 or send an email to jyoung at cbi-nj.org if you can help. Thank you! UPCOMING EVENTS Chaverim, the CBI youth group for 4th and 5th graders Sunday, March 1st from 12:00 to 1:15 pm "CBI's Race Around the World" immediately following religious school. Get ready for a unique event as teams race throughout the shul in a competition of fun challenges -- some physical, some mental! Everyone wins in this afternoon event that includes lunch. Please RSVP to Chaverim Advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. Kadima, the CBI Youth Group for 6th, 7th and 8th Graders, Thursday, March 5th from 6:00 - 7:15 pm "Wonderful Wiffle Ball" will take place immediately following Religious School. Spring is around the corner - join your friends for an indoor version of this classic game! Dinner will also be provided. RSVP to advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. Millburn USY, March 5th, 7:30 to 9:00 pm the CBI Youth Group for 9th - 12th Graders, will be hosting a very scrumptious event. We will be celebrating Purim in style by having a hamentashen baking party. USYers will be able to fill their hamentashens will amazing fillings. While they are baking we will participate in USY pastimes such as Rhymation and Apples to Apples. For additional information, please contact Scott Landesman at scott at cbi-nj.org. JNF Shabbat, Friday, March 6th at 8:15 pm with Speaker, Marc Liebowitz A resident of Short Hills, Marc is on the Central NJ Board of the JNF and served as a paratrooper in the Israeli Defense Force in the 1990's. Marc is a member of JNF's Makor leadership group; he serves as Chairman of JNF's President's Council, and he is the Chairman of JNF's Ammunition Hill Project. You will not want to this special service! Sunday, March 8th - Purim Carnival and Purim Spiel - "Everyday Heroes" by David Kukoff! Monday, March 9th 6:30 pm - Megillah Reading for young families 7:00 pm - Family Enrichment Purim Dessert Party 7:30 pm - Megillah Reading for adults and grade school children, there are over 25 children each reading a verse from the Megillah. Come and kvell! In addition we will have a costume parade and our annual GRAGGER CONTEST: Rules: Gragger must be home made, Gragger may be large - but it must be able to be carried by a maximum of two people. Gragger must be inanimate - human graggers may not apply! Prizes will be given to the gragger which is voted the loudest or the most creative. Sunday March 29th at 7PM The Israeli Affairs Committee presents "A Hero in Heaven" A documentary about Michael Levin, a young man from the Philadelphia area who made Aliyah, enlisted in the IDF, and died in the 2006 Lebanon War. Discussion and refreshments immediately following the movie. Tickets are $10/adults and $5/teens. If you wish to be an event sponsor ($50 per person) you are invited to the movie and to dinner with Michael's parents at 5:30pm. All money raised at this event goes towards the Levin family charitable fund which supports lone soldiers in the IDF. For more information about this event, contact Joe Tenenbaum. PASSOVER FOOD DRIVE During the month of March, please drop bagged items by the main office. Donated items should be nonperishable Kosher for Passover foods including: matzoh, gefilte fish, desserts, etc. The collection will end Sunday, March 29. Thank you to Peter Eilbott for continuing to ensure that our donations are received by people in need every Passover! Sun. May 17th at 2:00 pm - CBI Men's Club Dinner Theater Party, Paper Mill Playhouse's Production of 1776 -Followed by an All You Can Eat Kosher Chinese Buffet Dinner at CBI at 5:30 pm. Pick your own seats. Call or email Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or Michael.jurist at verizon.net to make your reservation. All seats will be assigned on a first-come, first served basis. Order your tickets early!!! We must let the theater know the final ticket count well in advance. Your order must reach us by April 1st!!! ENJOY YOUR SHABBAT MEALS WITH MEN'S CLUB'S DELICIOUS CHALLAHS! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! March (4 weeks) $15.00 April (4 weeks) $15.00 May (5 weeks) $18.75 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Call the CBI Front Office and reserve your book! If you have any questions, please call our CBI Front Office at 973-379-3811. CBI's Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! Let's help the world become greener! Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main Office (973-379-3811) or the School Office (973-379-1134). CBI's monthly bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. Our monthly bulletin is posted on the web site and will also be emailed to you as a pdf each month. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! SHABBAT SHALOM! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Mon Mar 2 15:57:32 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:57:32 -0500 Subject: [CBI] CBI March Calendar and March Bulletin Message-ID: <20090302205816.CBB977D112@mailwash1.pair.com> Dear Friends, Attached is a copy of this month's calendar and the March bulletin in pdf format. Both are posted on our website as well (www.cbi-nj.org). Hope you are all staying safe and warm today! Best regards, Jane N. Young Executive Director Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, New Jersey 07041 973-379-3811 - Phone 973-379-1941 - Fax cbidirector at cbi-nj.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This Shabbat - March 7, 2009 / 11 Adar 5769 BAT MITZVAH OF MEREDITH SCHEINER Candle lighting: 5:33 pm Friday: 8:15 pm - JNF Shabbat - with guest speaker, Marc Liebowitz Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Learners' & Journeyers' 10:30 am Mincha 5:51 pm BIMA OFFICERS USHERS Friday Joe Tenenbaum Evan Ratner Saturday David Ehrlich Larry Schwartz Jed Buck (pm) Meryl Skinder (pm) MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Gary and Susan Scheiner for sponsoring the Bima flowers and the Oneg in honor of Meredith becoming a Bat Mitzvah. THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Kiddush. REFUAH SHLEMAH TO: Brenda Eisenberg SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Krol and ending with Lindauer that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT TETZAVEH - SHABBAT ZAKHOR March 7, 2009 - 11 Adar 5769 Ex. 27:20 - 30:10 (Etz Hayim, p. 503; Hertz p. 339) I Samuel 15:2 - 34 (Etz Hayim, p. 1282; Hertz p. 996) Torah Portion Summary Moses is told to instruct the Israelites to prepare olive oil for lighting the ner tamid, the "eternal light" in the mishkan. God then gives instructions for making the special vestments for Aaron, the kohen gadol (high priest), and his sons, the ordinary priests. Aaron's vestments would include the ephod (a long vest or apron), breastplate, robe, sash, tunic, and a headdress with a golden plate inscribed "Holy to the Lord." The ordinary priests were to wear tunics, sashes, and turbans. The parashah continues with instructions for the seven-day ceremony for ordaining the priests. It concludes with instructions for making the altar where incense will be burned in the mishkan. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI - REMEMBER TO TURN YOUR CLOCKS FORWARD SATURDAY NIGHT FOR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME! March 8th 10:00 am - Purim Shpiel 10:30 am - Purim Carnival March 9th No Religious School 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 6:30 pm - Megillah for Young Families 7:00 pm - Purim Family Enrichment Dessert Party 7:30 pm - Grade School & Regular Megillah reading March 10th No Religious School 11:00 am - HGNS Three's & Pre-K Purim Party 12:00 pm - Adult Forum 8:00 pm - Board Meeting March 11th 8:00 pm - Men's Club Meeting March 12th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class LAST CALL FOR YOUR GALA TICKETS - PLEASE SEND IN YOUR RESERVATION! Join us for the CBI Gala honoring Rabbi Steven Bayar and Cantor Lorna Wallach, March 17th! The Congregation is honoring Rabbi Bayar and Cantor Wallach with a Gala Dinner on March 17, 2009. Tickets are $118 per person - please send in your reservation for this memorable event! Zayda's Scrip, Now available at CBI! We have begun selling scrip to Zayda's. The scrip process is simple: you buy "scrip" from the synagogue at face value, i.e., for $100 you receive $100 of scrip and you use the scrip when you are shopping at Zayda's. CBI buys the scrip from Zayda's at a small discount, hence the fundraising nature of the scrip system. Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 to let us know how much scrip you would like. You can pay for scrip with cash or check made out to CBI. If it is difficult for you to get to the office to pick the scrip up, just let us know and we will deliver the scrip to you. SPECIAL REQUEST FOR THE MAIN OFFICE: Do you have a network-ready laser printer you would be willing to donate to our office? Web promise to use it well! Please call Jane 973-379-3811 x18 or send an email to jyoung at cbi-nj.org if you can help. Thank you! UPCOMING EVENTS Sunday, March 8th -Purim Spiel 10:00 am - "Everyday Heroes" by David Kukoff! Purim Carnival at 10:30 am! Please help deliver Purim Baskets! Come by the Library on Sunday a.m. to assist in delivering to Maplewood, Millburn, W. Orange and Short Hills. Your assistance is needed!!!!! Did your child miss doing the Hearts and Hands handprint project? Tiles are being created to decorate the new building! Don't let your child miss this opportunity to be part of history .. Lori Katzman and her committee will be by the library during the Carnival to catch those synagogue children who missed out the first time. Monday, March 9th 6:30 pm - Megillah Reading for young families 7:00 pm - Family Enrichment Purim Dessert Party 7:30 pm - Megillah Reading for adults and grade school children, There are over 25 children each reading a verse from the Megillah. Come and kvell! In addition we will have a costume parade and our annual GRAGGER CONTEST: Rules: Gragger must be home made, Gragger may be large - but it must be able to be carried by a maximum of two people. Gragger must be inanimate - human graggers may not apply! Prizes will be given to the gragger which is voted the loudest or the most creative. Adult Forum, Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon then enjoy "A Little Afternoon Music" presented by Cantor Wallach. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 for nonmembers. RSVP by March 20 to Lois Dyer (973) 533-1809. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Adult Forum c/o Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone March 24th at 8:00 PM Sponsored together with Hadassah: "Eldercare Planning: How to avoid a crisis" Speakers will include Barbara London, MSW and our own Dr. Josh Schor, Medical Director at Daughters of Israel Sunday March 29th at 7PM The Israeli Affairs Committee presents "A Hero in Heaven" A documentary about Michael Levin, a young man from the Philadelphia area who made Aliyah, enlisted in the IDF, and died in the 2006 Lebanon War. Discussion and refreshments immediately following the movie. Tickets are $10/adults and $5/teens. If you wish to be an event sponsor ($50 per person) you are invited to the movie and to dinner with Michael's parents at 5:30pm. All money raised at this event goes towards the Levin family charitable fund which supports lone soldiers in the IDF. For more information about this event, contact Joe Tenenbaum. March 30th - 7:00 PM - Women's Seder - DON'T MISS IT!! $18.00 donation requested. Please RSVP to Sharon Richman by email srich39661 at aol.com or call her at 973- 376-8084. PASSOVER FOOD DRIVE During the month of March, please drop bagged items by the main office. Donated items should be nonperishable Kosher for Passover foods including: matzoh, gefilte fish, desserts, etc. The collection will end Sunday, March 29. Thank you to Peter Eilbott for continuing to ensure that our donations are received by people in need every Passover! Sun. May 17th at 2:00 pm - CBI Men's Club Dinner Theater Party, Paper Mill Playhouse's Production of 1776 -Followed by an All You Can Eat Kosher Chinese Buffet Dinner at CBI at 5:30 pm. Pick your own seats. Call or email Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or Michael.jurist at verizon.net to make your reservation. All seats will be assigned on a first-come, first served basis. Order your tickets early!!! We must let the theater know the final ticket count well in advance. Your order must reach us by April 1st!!! ENJOY YOUR SHABBAT MEALS WITH MEN'S CLUB'S DELICIOUS CHALLAHS! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! March (3 weeks) $11.25 April (4 weeks) $15.00 May (5 weeks) $18.75 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Call the CBI Front Office and reserve your book! If you have any questions, please call our CBI Front Office at 973-379-3811. CBI's Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! Let's help the world become greener! Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main Office (973-379-3811) or the School Office (973-379-1134). CBI's March bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! SHABBAT SHALOM! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Johnson Congregation B'nai Israel Clergy Office 973-379-3811 x 20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Mar 13 15:14:35 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:14:35 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Letter from the CBI President concerning renovation Message-ID: <20090313191439.305E07D10A@mailwash1.pair.com> Dear Congregants, Six weeks ago I wrote to you to announce that after years of planning we were ready to go ahead with the remodeling of our facilities and that the groundbreaking would be sometime in late March. However, over the last few weeks certain events have transpired that have caused us to have to modify our plans. We are still going to go ahead with our remodeling efforts but we have scaled back the plans to a certain extent. There are many reasons for this occurrence but the main one is due to the financial crisis that our country has found itself in. The banking industry has become very conservative in giving out loans in general and to houses of worship in particular. As I detailed to you in my last letter we had to finance 20% of the project and had collected 40% of our pledges. The banks who were willing to give us a loan were loathe to proceed with that ratio fearful that in this economy we might not be able to collect all of our remaining pledges and that our loan was too big for our yearly budget to manage. All of the banks that were interested in giving us a loan requested that we cut $700,000 or more from our project. Since, there was no way to proceed on this project without the benefit of a loan, we were forced to revise our plans and make the necessary cuts from the project. The good news is that our architects were able to do this and still maintain the integrity of the project. The final plans still provide for the construction of a brand new two story Hebrew School and Nursery School building (including school administrative offices and a library), a new storage area, a new multi-purpose room, a new chapel, a new multi-media room, a remodeled youth lounge, wider hallways, a new roof, a new HVAC system and installation of solar energy panels. Unfortunately, due to the current economic conditions we have been forced to postpone the construction of a new kitchen, an extension to the Grace Levine Social Hall, an outdoor prayer area, a new lobby and administrative offices. Some of these areas will still be remodeled, but the footprint will not change. This new plan will still meet the needs that our initial focus groups identified as most important to our community - to provide more space so that we can improve and expand our services and programs that a vibrant congregation like ours wants and needs. As I stated in my last letter, there are many programs we would like to try, services we would like to bring you, which simply can't be provided effectively and efficiently in our current space. The new construction will also increase the capacity of the nursery school by 33% thus increasing their profit margin and give the Hebrew School a dedicated space allowing for a larger and more exciting curriculum. The proposed renovations that will be moving forward will enable us to offer all segments of the congregation - young families in our Nursery School, families with students in Religious school, empty nesters, newly married couples, our youth, people with special needs, and senior adults - the diverse range of programs and services that a community like ours requires. If we were not to go forward with any of the renovations, we would remain hamstrung in our ability to give you what you need from your synagogue. Many of you want more from your synagogue then we are currently able to provide, not because we do not want to do so, but because we just do not have the space or the necessary equipment. Once our new building is finished, this will no longer be true. We spent a lot of time going over the plans with our architects trying to retain as much of the original plan as possible and still bring the budget in at a price our financiers would find acceptable. I and many of you were certainly looking forward to the pieces of the project that have had to be temporally removed but I urge all of you to remember all that we are gaining from this project. This construction is not a band-aid it is a major renovation that will be enjoyed and utilized by many generations to come. Furthermore, we have designed the renovation plans so that if at sometime in the future we feel we can afford to proceed with the work that has been removed it will be easily adapted into the new construction. After considering all the different options, the Board this week once again voted overwhelmingly to go forward with the revised construction plans. Thus, in a few short days our construction project will begin. I urge all of you to come to our official Groundbreaking Ceremony on Sunday, April 26th at 12:45. It will be a wonderful moment in our history, come and share it with your fellow congregants. We are building our future be a part of it. Sincerely, David Touger President Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, New Jersey 07041 973-379-3811 - Phone 973-379-1941 - Fax cbidirector at cbi-nj.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Mar 13 15:28:51 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:28:51 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements - Friday, March 13, 2009 Message-ID: <20090313192858.650827D10B@mailwash1.pair.com> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... This Shabbat - March 14, 2009 / 18 Adar 5769 BAR MITZVAH OF JACOB SILVERMAN Candlelighting: 6:41 pm Friday: 8:15 pm Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Yaldenu 11:15 am Mincha 6:59 pm BIMA OFFICERS USHERS Friday Roy Sauberman Saturday Ruth Novick Roy Sauberman, Bruce Novick, Jill Kimelman MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Ed Silverman and Carrie Gottlieb for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush in honor of Jacob becoming a Bar Mitzvah. CONDOLENCES TO: Shirley Green on the passing of her beloved husband Walter Green. Ronnie Greenblatt on the passing of her beloved mother, Corinne Okin. REFUAH SHLEMAH TO: Brenda Eisenberg SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Linker and ending with McCafferty that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT KI TISSA - SHABBAT PARAH March 14, 2009 - 18 Adar 5769 Exodus 30:11 - 34:35 (Etz Hayim, p. 523; Hertz p. 352) Haftarah: Ezekial 36:16-38 (Etz Hayim p. 1287; Hertz p. 999) Torah Portion Summary God instructs Moses to take a census of adult men by telling each to contribute half a shekel. The instructions for making the bronze basin, the anointing oil, and the incense are given. Bezalel is named to head the construction of the mishkan and its furnishings, and Oholiav is to be his assistant. God tells Moses to remind the people of the importance of keeping Shabbat and then gives him the tablets inscribed with the Ten Statements. While Moses is on the mountain, the people despair of his return and demand that Aaron "make us a god who shall go before us." Aaron fashions the Golden Calf and the next day the people offer sacrifices and rise to dance before it. God tells Moses what is happening in the camp. Moses pleads with God to restrain His anger and then descends the mountain. When Moses sees what the people are doing, he angrily shatters the tablets. He destroys the calf and 3000 of its worshipers are put to death. Moses returns to Mount Sinai and intercedes with God to save the people. God tells Moses to lead the people to the land He has promised, but that God Himself will no longer go in their midst. Moses once again steps forward on behalf of the people and God relents. Moses asks to see God, but God refuses, saying, "man may not see Me and live." Moses ascends Mount Sinai a third time and receives the revelation of God's Thirteen Attributes. After forty days, Moses descends the mountain with the second set of tablets. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI - March 15th 9:00 am - RS Open School Day 11:00 am - RS Breakfast Club March 16th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 7:00 pm - Sisterhood Meeting March 17th - Gala Honoring Rabbi Bayar & Cantor Wallach Synagogue office closes at 3:00 pm Religious School Closing at 5:15 pm March 19th 9:00 am - HGNS- Matzoh Factory 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 7:30 pm - USY 8:00 pm - Religious School Board Meeting 8:00 pm - Religious Affairs Meeting 8:15 pm - SpaIC Committee Meeting LAST CHANCE FOR YOUR GALA TICKETS - PLEASE CALL CBI TO MAKE A RESERVATION! UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, March 20th Special Post-Gala Oneg - Come and celebrate after services in honor of Rabbi Bayar and Cantor Wallach's years of service with us. Everyone is welcome! Carelink - This is a wonderful community volunteer opportunity! Spend some time before Passover with an aging adult in our community and give the gift of warmth and friendship. Between Sunday, March 22, and Sunday, April 5 - you can choose a date and time that works best for you. Open to the entire community . . . children welcome. Get matched with a senior today! Contact us: Jessica and Aaron Wolff - jessicatwolff at gmail.com or (973) 886-1665 or Sheri and Russ Levitan - skob65 at yahoo.com or (908) 230-2252 Adult Forum, Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at B'nai Israel - Lunch at noon then enjoy "A Little Afternoon Music" presented by Cantor Wallach. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 for nonmembers. RSVP by March 20 to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Adult Forum c/o Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. March 24th at 8:00 PM Sponsored together with Hadassah: "Eldercare Planning: How to avoid a crisis" Speakers will include Barbara London, MSW and our own Dr. Josh Schor, Medical Director at Daughters of Israel Sunday March 29th at 7PM The Israeli Affairs Committee presents "A Hero in Heaven" A documentary about Michael Levin, a young man from the Philadelphia area who made Aliyah, enlisted in the IDF, and died in the 2006 Lebanon War. Discussion and refreshments immediately following the movie. Tickets are $10/adults and $5/teens. If you wish to be an event sponsor ($50 per person) you are invited to the movie and to dinner with Michael's parents at 5:30pm. All money raised at this event goes towards the Levin family charitable fund which supports lone soldiers in the IDF. For more information about this event, contact Joe Tenenbaum. Passover Food Drive During the month of March, please drop bagged items by the main office. Donated items should be nonperishable Kosher for Passover foods including: matzoh, gefilte fish, desserts, etc. The collection will end Sunday, March 29. Thank you to Peter Eilbott for continuing to ensure that our donations are received by people in need every Passover! Men's Club Annual Passover Wine Sale is about to begin. Watch for details! March 30th - 7:00 PM - Women's Seder - DON'T MISS IT!! $18.00 donation requested. Please RSVP to Sharon Richman by email srich39661 at aol.com or call her at 973-376-8084. Want to do a mitzvah? Come to JESPY House in South Orange and make Shabbat joyous for adults with special needs! On Friday night, April 3, Beth Giladi will bring Shabbat to about 40 JESPY members through a story, song, and visiting with the clients as they have their Shabbat meal. She is looking for people to come along. You don't have to prepare anything and the only thing you have to bring is your warmth and friendliness. Children and teens are most definitely welcome! It begins at 6 pm and concludes by 7:30 pm. If there is CBI interest in continuing to bring Shabbat joy, additional Shabbat evenings will be planned. Please either email Beth at bethhg at gmail.com or call (973) 731-8122 to discuss. COMMUNITY FOOD BANK - SAVE THE DATE - May 3rd >From 1:00 - 4:00pm, congregants will have another opportunity to volunteer at the Community Food Bank in Hillside. This is open to the entire congregation (please note, children must be 6 years or older to participate with a parent). More information to come. For specific information about the food bank, please go to www.njfoodbank.org. Sun. May 17th at 2:00 pm - CBI Men's Club Dinner Theater Party, Paper Mill Playhouse's Production of 1776 -Followed by an All You Can Eat Kosher Chinese Buffet Dinner at CBI at 5:30 pm. Pick your own seats (first come, first served). Call or email Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or Michael.jurist at verizon.net to make your reservation. We must let the theater know the final ticket count well in advance. Your order must reach us by April 1st!!! ENJOY YOUR SHABBAT MEALS WITH MEN'S CLUB'S DELICIOUS CHALLAHS! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! March (3 weeks) $11.25 April (4 weeks) $15.00 May (5 weeks) $18.75 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. Zayda's Scrip, Now available at CBI! We have begun selling scrip to Zayda's. The scrip process is simple: you buy "scrip" from the synagogue at face value, i.e., for $100 you receive $100 of scrip and you use the scrip when you are shopping at Zayda's. CBI buys the scrip from Zayda's at a small discount, hence the fundraising nature of the scrip system. Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 to let us know how much scrip you would like. You can pay for scrip with cash or check made out to CBI. If it is difficult for you to get to the office to pick the scrip up, just let us know and we will deliver the scrip to you. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Call the CBI Front Office and reserve your book! If you have any questions, please call our CBI Front Office at 973-379-3811. CBI's Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! Let's help the world become greener! Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main Office (973-379-3811) or the School Office (973-379-1134). SPECIAL REQUEST FOR THE MAIN OFFICE: Do you have a laser printer you would be willing to donate to our office? We promise to use it well! Please call Jane 973-379-3811 x18 or send an email to jyoung at cbi-nj.org if you can help. Thank you! CBI's March bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! SHABBAT SHALOM! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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May Carol's name be remembered for a blessing. -- From celestej at cbi-nj.org Mon Mar 16 10:12:58 2009 From: celestej at cbi-nj.org (Celeste Johnson) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:12:58 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Shiva information for Corinne Okin. mother of Ronnie Greenblatt Message-ID: <000001c9a641$4ed1b0e0$6a01a8c0@CBI.LOCAL> Shiva will be observed at the home Ronnie and Robert Greenblatt, 61 Troy Drive, Short Hills, Monday through Thursday evening. Minyan is at 7:30. Thank you, Celeste B. Johnson Congregation B'nai Israel Clergy Office 973-379-3811 x 20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In order to inform everyone of the thought process that went into the Board's and the SPaIC Committee's latest decision and to reduce the false rumors and misinformation that is being spread about, I am scheduling a meeting for Monday, March 23rd at 8:15 pm for the whole congregation. At this meeting, I will be glad to answer any and all questions that one might have about the construction plan. More than a hundred of your fellow members have worked long and hard on this project for many years and I assure you when the project is finished we hope to make as many people happy with the final result as possible. It would be a shame if any of you would judge this project on some misinformation or false rumor so please do not jump to any negative conclusions until you have all the facts before you and know the full situation. At this time I do want to address two pieces of misinformation that I have heard and want to put to rest immediately. First, people have told me that they have heard that the construction project is going to result in dues being raised by hundreds of dollars. I will tell you right now nothing could be further from the truth, the dues increase due to covering the project mortgage is $10.00 per month which is the same as the cost of one movie ticket. There are no other dues increases scheduled because of the construction project. Second, a few people have told me that they understood my letter to mean that we are never going to build the kitchen, social hall extension, administrative offices and lobby. This is also not true. We have only delayed building this part of the project until further sums are raised or new borrowing options materialize. The Board's intention is certainly to build this part of the project and our current building plan lays the groundwork for that part of the project. I will certainly give you more details on this decision at the forth-coming meeting but I can assure you at this point that the Board certainly has not excluded these parts of the project from our building plan. The Board and the SPaIC Committee have always had the best interests of the Congregation in its mind when it has made any decisions related to this project. Throughout the past five years of planning we have had a very transparent decision making process starting with the hundreds of people asked to participate in the focus groups that laid the foundation for this project and continuing with meeting with every congregant who wanted to have a personal meeting during the fundraising process. We have constantly informed the congregation of each decision made whether large or small and this will not stop at this point. It is not the Board's or the SPaIC Committee's goal to make decisions in a vacuum or without input from the congregation and this last decision was made no differently which I will be more than happy to explain to all of you at the upcoming meeting. Until then, I appeal to all of you to come to the meeting, hear all the facts, ask any questions you might have and then come to your final conclusions. I am convinced that if you do that you will not be upset with the Board's or the SPaIC Committee's decision and will be as excited about this project as I am. Hope to see you all at the Gala on Tuesday night and again at the Congregational meeting on Monday, March 23rd. Most Sincerely, David Touger President -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Attached is our 2009 Wine Sale Order Form and also the flyer for more information. For any questions, please email David Sotnick at sotdot at verizon.net or phone him at (973) 467-4237. Thanks very much and have a great Passover. Chag Same'ach Everyone!!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: wine sale_2009_for email.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 33012 bytes Desc: not available Url : -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2009 Passover Wine Sale_for email.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 96874 bytes Desc: not available Url : From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Thu Mar 19 17:50:48 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:50:48 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Announcement - SPECIAL ONEG TOMORROW NIGHT! Message-ID: <20090319215049.2CDEB7D10D@mailwash1.pair.com> Everyone is invited to a special oneg this Friday evening to celebrate over dessert with Rabbi Bayar and Cantor Wallach in honor of their continued years of service to our community. Services will begin at 8:15 pm. A few of our members will speak briefly after the service followed by plenty of dessert in the Grace Levine. ALL ARE WELCOME! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Mar 20 13:04:14 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:04:14 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements for March 20, 2009 Message-ID: <20090320170415.92F0B7D11D@mailwash1.pair.com> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... This Shabbat - March 21, 2009 / 25 Adar 5769 BAR MITZVAH OF EVAN STEINFELD Candlelighting: 6:48 pm Friday: 8:15 pm Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Learners' & Journeyers' Minyan 10:30 am Mincha 7:06 pm BIMA OFFICERS USHERS Friday David Touger Roy Sauberman Saturday Jonathan Engel Robin Polson, Helene Moehlman MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Alan and Isabel Steinfeld for sponsoring the Bima flowers and Kiddush and for co-sponsoring the Oneg in honor of Evan becoming a Bar Mitzvah. MAZEL TOV TO: David Most, on his milestone birthday Art and Penny Klein on the birth of their grandson CONDOLENCES TO: The family of Carol Zlatkin. REFUAH SHLEMAH TO: Brenda Eisenberg and Robert Shotkin SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with McGarr and ending with Natelson that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT VAYAKHEL-PEKUDEI BIRKAT HAHODESH March 21, 2009 - 25 Adar 5769 Exodus 35:1 - 40:38 (Etz Hayim, p. 552; Hertz p. 373) Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16 - 46:18 (Etz Hayim, p. 1291; Hertz p. 1001) Torah Portion Summary Moses assembles the entire Israelite community and instructs them once again to observe Shabbat. He then asks them to bring their gifts, materials for building the mishkan, and for those who have the needed skills to come forward to perform the work. When the artisans come together under the leadership of Bezalel and Oholiav, they report to Moses that the people are bringing more materials than necessary. Moses issues a proclamation that no one should bring any more gifts for the mishkan. The Torah then describes the process of making of the cloth walls, roof, planks, and bars of the mishkan, the curtain for the Holy of Holies, and the screen for the entrance. Bezalel makes the ark and its cover, the table, the menorah, the altars for incense and for burnt offerings, the anointing oil, and the incense. Moses instructs Aaron's son Itamar to conduct an accounting of the materials used for the building of the mishkan. The making of the priestly vestments is described. Once all of the work has been completed, the mishkan and its furnishing are brought to Moses and he blesses the people who made them. God instructs Moses to set up the mishkan, to anoint it and its contents, and to consecrate Aaron and his sons. The cloud representing God's presence fills the mishkan, lifting up from there when it is time for the Israelites to set out on their journeys. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI March 23rd 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 8:00 pm - Congregational Meeting March 24th 12:00 pm - Adult Forum 8:00 pm - Hadassah & Sisterhood Event with Dr. Josh Schor March 25th 8:00 pm - HGNS Board Meeting March 26th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 7:30 pm - USY 8:00 pm - Finance Committee Meeting UPCOMING EVENTS Adult Forum, Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon then enjoy "A Little Afternoon Music" presented by Cantor Wallach. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 for nonmembers. RSVP NOW to Lois Dyer (973) 533-1809. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Adult Forum c/o Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. March 24th at 8:00 PM Sponsored together with Hadassah: "Eldercare Planning: How to avoid a crisis" Speakers will include Barbara London, MSW and our own Dr. Josh Schor, Medical Director at Daughters of Israel. Sunday March 29th at 7PM The Israeli Affairs Committee presents "A Hero in Heaven" A documentary about Michael Levin, a young man from the Philadelphia area who made Aliyah, enlisted in the IDF, and died in the 2006 Lebanon War. Discussion and refreshments immediately following the movie. Tickets are $10/adults and $5/teens. If you wish to be an event sponsor ($50 per person) you are invited to the movie and to dinner with Michael's parents at 5:30pm. All money raised at this event goes towards the Levin family charitable fund which supports lone soldiers in the IDF. For more information about this event, contact Joe Tenenbaum. Passover Food Drive During the month of March, please drop bagged items by the main office. Donated items should be nonperishable Kosher for Passover foods including: matzoh, gefilte fish, desserts, etc. The collection will end Sunday, March 29. Thank you to Peter Eilbott for continuing to ensure that our donations are received by people in need every Passover! Men's Club Annual Passover Wine Sale has started. Order forms available in lobby! March 30th - 7:00 PM - Women's Seder - Don't Miss it!! $18.00 donation requested. Please RSVP to Sharon Richman by email srich39661 at aol.com or call her at 973-376-8084. Want to do a mitzvah? Come to JESPY House in South Orange and make Shabbat joyous for adults with special needs! On Friday night, April 3, Beth Giladi will bring Shabbat to about 40 JESPY members through a story, song, and visiting with the clients as they have their Shabbat meal. She is looking for people to come along. You don't have to prepare anything and the only thing you have to bring is your warmth and friendliness. Children and teens are most definitely welcome! It begins at 6 pm and concludes by 7:30 pm. If there is CBI interest in continuing to bring Shabbat joy, additional Shabbat evenings will be planned. Please either email Beth at bethhg at gmail.com or call (973) 731-8122 to discuss. COMMUNITY FOOD BANK - SAVE THE DATE - May 3rd >From 1:00 - 4:00pm, congregants will have another opportunity to volunteer at the Community Food Bank in Hillside. This is open to the entire congregation (please note, children must be 6 years or older to participate with a parent). More information to come. For specific information about the food bank, please go to www.njfoodbank.org. Sunday, May 17th at 2:00 pm - CBI Men's Club Dinner Theater Party, Paper Mill Playhouse's Production of 1776 -Followed by an All You Can Eat Kosher Chinese Buffet Dinner at CBI at 5:30 pm. Pick your own seats (first come, first served). Call or email Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or Michael.jurist at verizon.net to make your reservation. We must let the theater know the final ticket count well in advance. Your order must reach us by April 1st!!! LOST AND FOUND During the Purim Carnival, someone lost a ladies pulsar watch. Please contact the front office to reclaim it! ENJOY YOUR SHABBAT MEALS WITH MEN'S CLUB'S DELICIOUS CHALLAHS! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! March (1 week) $3.75 April (4 weeks) $15.00 May (5 weeks) $18.75 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. Zayda's Scrip, Now available at CBI! We have begun selling scrip to Zayda's. The scrip process is simple: you buy "scrip" from the synagogue at face value, i.e., for $100 you receive $100 of scrip and you use the scrip when you are shopping at Zayda's. CBI buys the scrip from Zayda's at a small discount, hence the fundraising nature of the scrip system. Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 to let us know how much scrip you would like. You can pay for scrip with cash or check made out to CBI. If it is difficult for you to get to the office to pick the scrip up, just let us know and we will deliver the scrip to you. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Call the CBI Front Office and reserve your book! If you have any questions, please call our CBI Front Office at 973-379-3811. CBI's Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! Let's help the world become greener! Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main Office (973-379-3811) or the School Office (973-379-1134). CBI's March bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! SHABBAT SHALOM! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Additional contributions are appreciated; all donations go towards a fund set up in Michael's memory to support lone soldiers in the IDF. Reception will follow the movie. If you have questions, please contact Joe Tenenbaum (tenenbaumj at aol.com), Janet Slifer (janet.slifer at prudential.com) or the synagogue office (973-379-3811). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From celestej at cbi-nj.org Thu Mar 26 12:02:10 2009 From: celestej at cbi-nj.org (Celeste Johnson) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:02:10 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Funeral information for fellow congregant, Charlotte Krauss, Message-ID: <000301c9ae2c$385f1800$6a01a8c0@CBI.LOCAL> We regret to inform you of the passing of Charlotte Krauss, mother of Robert Krauss. The funeral will be held at Bernheim - Apter - Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, Livingston on Friday at 11:00 am. Interment will follow at Cedar Park Cemetery, Paramus. Shiva information to follow. 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The order form is also attached to this email or you can fill out a form by the CBI office. One of CBI's wonderful traditions is our Passover Wine Sale. It is run by our Men's Club and helps support their many programs. The selection of wines is excellent and well-priced, with Kosher for Passover wines from all over the World. We have included several new selections this year, including offerings from New Zealand for the first time. The Wine Sale is special because, while supporting Men's Club, we also make it easy for you. All you need to do is fill out the order form and mail it or bring it in with your check to the CBI office by March 26th. The Men's Club takes care of everything else. We will deliver your order to your house in the week prior the Passover. Attached is our 2009 Wine Sale Order Form and also the flyer for more information. For any questions, please email David Sotnick at sotdot at verizon.net or phone him at (973) 467-4237. 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This Shabbat - March 28, 2009 / 3 Nisan 5769 BAR MITZVAH OF JARED SILVER Candlelighting: 7:00 pm Friday: 8:15 pm Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Mincha 7:18 pm BIMA OFFICERS USHERS Friday Linda Sotnick Susan Scheiner Saturday David Touger Debra Fox Randi Gluckman MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Ross and Linda Silver for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg and the Kiddush in honor of Jared becoming a Bar Mitzvah. MAZEL TOV TO: Bernice Luxemburg in honor of the B'nai Mitzvah of her grandson's, Simon and Ethan. Bernice Luxemburg in honor of the engagement of her son Richard Luxemburg to Shari Harris. CONDOLENCES TO: Terri Zucker, on the passing of her beloved mother, Irma Fagas. Robert Krauss on the passing of his beloved mother, Charlotte Krauss. REFUAH SHLEIMAH TO: Brenda Eisenberg and Robert Shotkin SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Neger and ending with Plump that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT VAYIKRA March 28, 2009 - 3 Nisan 5769 Leviticus 1:1 - 5:26 (Etz Hayim, p. 585; Hertz p. 410) Haftarah: Isaiah 43:21 - 44:23 (Etz Hayim, p. 607; Hertz p. 424) Torah Portion Summary The Book of Vayikra is also known as Torat Kohanim, the Teaching of the Priests, for much of it concerns things that fall within their area of responsibility - the korbanot (sacrifices), ritual impurity and ways in which it is removed, and the Yom Kippur purification ritual. This week's initial parasha describes the different types of sacrifices that were to be brought by individuals. The olah, burnt offering, was completely consumed by the flames on the altar, except for the animal's hide. An olah could be of cattle, sheep, goats, birds, or even grain, depending on the donor's means. Only part of the minhah, grain offering, was burned on the altar. The remainder was given to the priests to eat. There were two types of minhah - the communal grain offering made on Shabbat and festivals and the individual offering brought by those too poor to afford an animal for an olah. The zevah sh'lamim, offering of well-being, was only partially burned. After the designated portions were removed and placed on the altar, the rest became a sacred meal shared by the donors and the priests. A person who committed a sin accidentally or unknowingly was to bring a hattat, a sin or purification offering. A hattat also was to be offered by the elders when the entire community committed an inadvertent sin. Finally, the asham, guilt offering, was to be brought when a person was unsure if he had sinned or when he wanted to make amends for a sin previously committed against another person. In the latter case, the asham was in addition to making restitution and paying a fine to the person who had been wronged. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. ****************************************************************** Zayda's Scrip for Passover! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI and prepare for Pesach. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. ******************************************************************* THIS WEEK AT CBI March 29th 9:00 am - Religious School Seder 7:00 pm - Israeli Affairs - Movie: "A Hero in Heaven" 8:45 pm - Reception March 30th 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 4:00 pm - Zayin Seder 7:00 pm - Women's Seder April 1st 9:30 am - HGNS Seder April 2nd 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 6:00 pm - Kadima 7:00 pm - Executive Board Meeting 7:30 pm - USY 8:00 pm - Board Meeting UPCOMING EVENTS Sunday March 29th at 7:00 pm - The Israeli Affairs Committee presents "A Hero in Heaven" Please join us this Sunday at 7:00 pm as the Israeli Affairs Committee presents "A Hero in Heaven," a movie about Michael Levin, a young man from the Philadelphia area who made Aliyah, enlisted in the IDF, and died in the 2006 Lebanon War. Evening includes a special performance by the CBI Adult Choir with discussion and refreshments following the movie. Tickets are $10/adults and $5/teens. Additional contributions are welcome and all money raised at this event goes towards the Levin family charitable fund which supports lone soldiers in the IDF. For more information about this event, contact Joe Tenenbaum or Janet Slifer. CBI Men's Club Passover Wine Sale Continues! We are extending the deadline for orders to Monday March 30th. For more information, please contact David Sotnick at sotdot at verizon.net. March 30th - 7:00 PM - Women's Seder - DON'T MISS IT!! $18.00 donation requested. Please RSVP to Sharon Richman by email srich39661 at aol.com or call her at 973-376-8084. Kadima, the CBI youth group for 6th, 7th and 8th graders Thursday, April 2nd from 6:00 to 7:15 pm "Pajama Party" immediately following religious school Stay after Hebrew School for fun and games! Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP to Kadima Advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com Millburn USY, the CBI youth group for 9th through 12th graders Thursday, April 2nd from 7:30 to 9:00 pm Get a head start on Passover.grab your friends and don't miss Chef USY-Passover Edition. For additional information, please contact Scott Lantzman at scott at cbi-nj.org. Chaverim, the CBI youth group for 4th and 5th graders Sunday, April 5th from 3:00 to 5:00 "An Afternoon of Bowling" at Plaza Lanes (Madison) Start the Spring school vacation with your CBI friends with an afternoon of fun.enjoy bowling and snacks (no matzah yet!!!) Please RSVP to Chaverim Advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com Passover Food Drive During the month of March, please drop bagged items by the main office. Donated items should be nonperishable Kosher for Passover foods including: matzoh, gefilte fish, desserts, etc. The collection will end Sunday, March 29. Thank you to Peter Eilbott for continuing to ensure that our donations are received by people in need every Passover! Want to do a mitzvah? Come to JESPY House in South Orange and make Shabbat joyous for adults with special needs! On Friday night, April 3, Beth Giladi will bring Shabbat to about 40 JESPY members through a story, song, and visiting with the clients as they have their Shabbat meal. She is looking for people to come along. You don't have to prepare anything and the only thing you have to bring is your warmth and friendliness. Children and teens are most definitely welcome! It begins at 6 pm and concludes by 7:30 pm. If there is CBI interest in continuing to bring Shabbat joy, additional Shabbat evenings will be planned. Please either email Beth at bethhg at gmail.com or call (973) 731-8122 to discuss. COMMUNITY FOOD BANK - SAVE THE DATE - May 3rd >From 1:00 - 4:00pm, congregants will have another opportunity to volunteer at the Community Food Bank in Hillside. This is open to the entire congregation (please note, children must be 6 years or older to participate with a parent). More information to come. For specific information about the food bank, please go to www.njfoodbank.org. Sunday, May 17th at 2:00 pm - CBI Men's Club Dinner Theater Party, Paper Mill Playhouse's Production of 1776 -Followed by an All You Can Eat Kosher Chinese Buffet Dinner at CBI at 5:30 pm. Pick your own seats (first come, first served). Call or email Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or michael.jurist at verizon.net to make your reservation. We must let the theater know the final ticket count well in advance. Your order must reach us by April 1st!!! Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men's Club's delicious Challahs! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! April (3 weeks) $15.00 (April 3rd, 17th and 24th) May (5 weeks) $18.75 ` June (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Call the CBI Front Office and reserve your book! If you have any questions, please call our CBI Front Office at 973-379-3811. CBI's Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! Let's help the world become greener! Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main Office (973-379-3811) or the School Office (973-379-1134). CBI's March bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! SHABBAT SHALOM! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From celestej at cbi-nj.org Fri Mar 27 09:07:03 2009 From: celestej at cbi-nj.org (Celeste Johnson) Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:07:03 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Revised Shiva information for Charlotte Krauss Message-ID: <001201c9aedc$ec7f1780$6a01a8c0@CBI.LOCAL> Shiva will be observed through Monday evening at the home of Robert and Kim Krauss, 50 Thackeray Drive, Short Hills. 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URL: From celestej at cbi-nj.org Fri Apr 3 11:02:42 2009 From: celestej at cbi-nj.org (Celeste Johnson) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:02:42 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Fast of the Firstborn / Blessing the Sun Message-ID: <000001c9b46d$3d734810$6a01a8c0@CBI.LOCAL> To all: A sweet Pesach to you and yours. Please join us for special events this coming Wednesday. Minyan - 7:00 am followed by: Siyym Bechor - for all firstborn children who would normally be fasting on Wednesday (in commemoration of the saving of the Israelite first born in the tenth plague), If you attend a "siyyum" (a study session when someone finishes a tractate of Talmud) you may break your fast and eat throughout the rest of the day. followed by: Birchat Hachama By now, you have read or heard that according to our mystical tradition Wednesday will be an anniversary of the Sun's exact position at the moment of its creation. This occurs once every 28 years. Come and celebrate with us. Rabbi Steven Bayar Cantor Lorna Wallach We thought you would enjoy this article from the New York Times of 1897 about Birkat Hachama. Published: April 8, 1897 Copyright C The New York Times HEBREW FESTIVAL MARRED Rabbi Arrested for Observance of an Ancient Talmudic Ceremony in Tompkins Square. THE BLESSING OF THE NEW SUN No Permit Had Been Thought Necessary for the Gathering and Policeman Foley Could Not Understand What It Meant Occurs Once in 28 Years. Orthodox Hebrews in every part of the world celebrated yesterday what is familiarly known among them as .. "the new sun." The festival comes once every twenty-eight years, on the fourth day, of the first week at the Hebrew month Nisan, corresponding practically to the month of April. The celebration in New York was spoiled for some hundreds of people by the interference of two park policemen with a gathering in Tompkins Square, the arrest there of Rabbi Wechsler, and the flight of Rabbi Klein. The ceremony is a very old one. It is required by the Talmud Beroches, although there is no mention of it in the laws of Moses. The ancient rabbis calculated that on the night before the fourth day of the month Nisan of every twenty-eighth year the sun is In precisely the position in which it was placed at the moment of creation. In honor of this, it is ordained that on the morning of that day Hebrews assemble in open places where they can see the sun and repeat the blessing for the time "God has again placed the Universe as He placed it at the creation, that being a free translation of the Hebrew words used. Rabbi Wechsler and Rabbi Klein, who are the heads of large east side congregations, decided to call their people to meet in Tompkins Square. Nobody was in charge of the services, and nobody thought of about obtaining a permit, for holding' a public meeting, as required by city ordinance. The Hebrews gathered by hundreds. The Talmud says that if the sun is shining the services for "the new sun" must be concluded by 9 o'clock in the morning, while if the sun is invisible, It must be waited for until noon. By 8 o'clock the square and the sidewalks around it were crowded. Rabbi Wechsler arrived about that time, and was astonished to see Rabbi Klein running away at full speed. This last phenomenon was explained a moment later by the appearance of Park Policeman Foley, puzzled and excited. The celebration is rather a complicated matter to explain to anybody. Rabbi Klein's knowledge of English Is slight, while Foley's faculties of comprehension of matters outside of police and park regulations and local events are not acute. The attempt of a foreign citizen to explain to an American Irishman an astronomical situation and a tradition of the Talmud was a dismal failure. Both became excited, and the people who clustered around them increased the confusion. When Foley was told in broken English about a "new sun," he was doubtful whether it was an attempt to guy him, or 'whether some new -infection of lunacy had broken out on the east side. His demonstrations became so threatening that Rabbi Klein understood that he was in danger of being arrested and clubbed, and chose the easiest and fastest plan of escape. Rabbi Wechsler's English is better than 'Rabbi Klein's, but he could not convey the significance and purpose of the assemblage to Foley. The one fact which that official's perceptions grasped was that there was no permit. , After some parley, he seized the rabbi by the neck and took him to Essex Market Police Court. After being kept among the prisoners in the police court for nearly an hour, the rabbi was arraigned before Magistrate Cornell, who dismissed him because he had evidently not intended to do wrong, admonishing him, however, not to make trouble for Foley. The people who were left in the square conducted their simple service of prayer without a rabbi. Similar services were held in other parts of the city. One or two east side congregations gathered on the East River water front and were not disturbed. Rabbi Wechsler was good natured in his comments on the affair when seen by a reporter for THE NEW YORK TIMES last night. He said he felt no resentment against the policeman, who probably knew no better. The course of Magistrate Cornell however, he thought would tend to encourage similar violence in the future. Records of the synagogues show that "the new sun" service has been conducted by orthodox Hebrews in this country at Intervals of twenty-eight years for 180 years. According to the Talmudic calculations the sun was 5.624 years old yesterday. http://www.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/sun_1897.pdf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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CONDOLENCES TO: The Goldberg Family, in memory of Ephraim Goldberg. REFUAH SHLEIMAH TO: Brenda Eisenberg and Robert Shotkin SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE COMING WEEK 8:30 am - Sunday 7:10 am - Monday and Tuesday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Tuesday Please see Passover schedule below. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Podhoretz and ending with Renner that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT TZAV - SHABBAT HAGADOL April 4, 2009 - 10 Nisan 5769 Leviticus 6:1 - 8:36 (Etz Hayim, p. 613; Hertz p. 429) Haftarah: Malakhi 3:4 - 24; 3:23 (Etz Hayim, p.1296; Hertz p.1005) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY Sefer Vayikra began with a description of the different types of korbanot (sacrifices). Parashat Tzav now takes the form of a priest's manual, as God tells Moses to instruct Aaron about the rituals by which the kohanim are to offer the various korbanot. We learn that the zevah sh'lamim, the offering of well-being, was to be brought for three reasons - for thanksgiving, in fulfillment of a vow, or as a freewill or voluntary offering. A person in a state of ritual impurity was not allowed to eat from any of the sacrifices. No one is permitted to eat chelev (the fat covering an animal's internal organs) or blood. Portions of these offerings were to be set aside to be given to the priests. God instructs Moses about the ceremony of consecration of the priests. Aaron and his sons are washed, dressed in their ceremonial garments, and anointed. Moses offers sacrifices on their behalf. The ritual of ordination continues for seven days. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. ****************************************************************** Zayda's Scrip for Passover! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI and prepare for Pesach. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net r the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. ******************************************************************* THIS WEEK AT CBI NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL OR HGNS THIS WEEK April 6 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class April 8 - Erev Pesach Synagogue Office closing at noon 7:00 am - Minyan followed by Siyyum B'chor 1:00 pm - Mincha April 9 - 1st Day Passover Synagogue Office closed 9:00 am - Shacharit 12:30 pm - Mincha April 10 - 2nd Day Passover Synagogue Office closed 9:00 am - Shacharit 6:15 pm - Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat UPCOMING EVENTS Chaverim, the CBI youth group for 4th and 5th graders This Sunday, April 5th from 3:00 to 5:00 "An Afternoon of Bowling" at Plaza Lanes (Madison) Start the Spring school vacation with your CBI friends with an afternoon of fun.enjoy bowling and snacks (no matzah yet!!!) Please RSVP to Chaverim Advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com Holocaust Remembrance Program Sunday, April 19th at 6:30 PM Holocaust survivor, Hanna Keselman shares testimony of her survival. This program is free and open to the community. For more information, contact Lilli Finkler at lillianff at yahoo.com or Stephanie Regen at sgr9730 at aol.com . Kadima, the CBI youth group for 6th, 7th and 8th graders Thursday, April 23rd from 6:00 to 7:15 "Murder Mystery Dinner" immediately following religious school Don't let your guard down! During dinner, something mysterious is going to occur.and we will all work together to solve the mystery! Please RSVP to Kadima Advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. COMMUNITY FOOD BANK - SAVE THE DATE Sunday, May 3rd >From 1:00 - 4:00pm, congregants will have another opportunity to volunteer at the Community Food Bank in Hillside. This is open to the entire congregation (please note, children must be 6 years or older to participate with a parent). More information to come. For specific information about the food bank, please go to www.njfoodbank.org. Sunday, May 17th at 2:00 pm - CBI Men's Club Dinner Theater Party, Paper Mill Playhouse's Production of 1776 -Followed by an All You Can Eat Kosher Chinese Buffet Dinner at CBI at 5:30 pm. Pick your own seats (first come, first served). Call or email Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or michael.jurist at verizon.net to make your reservation. We must let the theater know the final ticket count well in advance. Your order must reach us NOW!!! Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men's Club's delicious Challahs! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! April (2 weeks) $7.50 (17th and 24th) May (5 weeks) $18.75 June (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Call the CBI Front Office and reserve your book! If you have any questions, please call our CBI Front Office at 973-379-3811. CBI's Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! Let's help the world become greener! Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main Office (973-379-3811) or the School Office (973-379-1134). CBI's April bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! SHABBAT SHALOM AND ZISSEN PESACH! Jane N. Young Executive Director Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, New Jersey 07041 973-379-3811 - Phone 973-379-1941 - Fax cbidirector at cbi-nj.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Interment will follow at Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens. The family will be sitting shiva at the home of Dan Halpren, 105 Greenwood Drive, Millburn through Wednesday morning. Minyans will be held at 7:30 pm Sunday - Tuesday May his memory be for a blessing Lisa M. Roth Executive Assistant Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 973-379-3811 ext.11 lisar at cbi-nj.org From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Tue Apr 7 13:34:19 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 13:34:19 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements - April 7, 2009 Message-ID: <20090407173420.834F57E39A@mailwash1.pair.com> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... This Shabbat - April 11, 2009 / 17 Nisan 5769 SHABBAT - HOL HAMOED PESAH Candlelighting: 7:10 pm Friday: 6:15 pm - please note the early start time Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Mincha 1:00 pm (after Kiddush) BIMA OFFICERS USHER Friday am David Touger Saturday Jonathan Engel Helaine Ettinger THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Kiddush. Sponsoring Bima flowers for Passover and the following Shabbat are: Dina Prus in honor of her mother, Mafla Prus; Cindy and Josh Scharf in honor of their 20th Wedding Anniversary - MAZEL TOV; Jonathan and Jill Sirota; Polly Merdinger and Rick Yaverbaum; Ellen and Larry Garber; Elizabeth and Gerald Cohen; Liz and Fred Khoderov. CONDOLENCES TO: Dan Halpren, on the passing of his beloved father, George Halpren. REFUAH SHLEIMAH TO: Brenda Eisenberg and Robert Shotkin PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR OFFICE WILL CLOSE AT NOON ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8th AND WILL REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH FRIDAY. HOLIDAY SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Wednesday April 8th 7:00 am Siyyum B'chor 1:00 pm Mincha Thursday April 9th 9:00 am Shacharit 12:30 pm Mincha Friday April 10th 9:00 am Shacharit 6:15 pm Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat April 11th 9:00 am Shacharit 1:00 pm* Mincha (*after Kiddush) Sunday April 12th 8:30 am Shacharit 8:00 pm Ma'ariv Monday April 13th 7:00 am Shacharit 8:00 pm Ma'ariv Tuesday April 14th 7:00 am Shacharit 6:00 pm Ma'ariv / Mincha Wednesday April 15th 9:00 am Shacharit 7:15 pm Ma'ariv Thursday April 16th 9:00 am Shacharit 10:30 am Yizkor 8:00 pm Ma'ariv/Havdallah MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Retik and ending with Rush that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION SHABBAT - HOL HAMOED PESAH April 11, 2009 - 17 Nisan 5769 Exodus 33:12 - 34:26 (Etz Hayim, p. 538; Hertz p. 362) Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:1 - 14 (Etz Hayim, p. 1308; Hertz p. 1015) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY Following the sin of the Golden Calf, God tells Moses to lead the people to the land He has promised, but that God Himself will no longer go in their midst. Moses once again steps forward on behalf of the people and God relents. Moses asks to see God, but God refuses, saying, "Man may not see Me and live." Moses ascends Mount Sinai and receives the revelation of God's Thirteen Attributes. God tells Moses that He will drive the Canaanites out of the land He has promised to Israel. For their part, the Israelites must destroy the Canaanite holy places and shun idolatry. God speaks to Moses about Shabbat and the three pilgrimage festivals, including "the Feast of Unleavened Bread." After forty days, Moses descends the mountain with the second set of tablets. The maftir reading describes the offerings that were to be brought to the Temple on Pesach. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. ****************************************************************** Zayda's Scrip for Passover! Still Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI and prepare for Pesach. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. ******************************************************************* THIS WEEK AT CBI April 12 No Religious School until 4/19 April 13 9:00 am - HGNS 8:00 pm - Mens Club Meeting April 14 9:00 am - HGNS April 15 - 7th Day Passover Synagogue Office & HGNS closed April 16 - 8th Day Passover Synagogue Office & HGNS closed April 17 Synagogue Office & HGNS re-open UPCOMING EVENTS Holocaust Remembrance Program Sunday, April 19th at 6:30 PM Holocaust survivor, Hanna Keselman shares testimony of her survival. This program is free and open to the community. For more information, contact Lilli Finkler at lillianff at yahoo.com or Stephanie Regen at sgr9730 at aol.com . Kadima, the CBI youth group for 6th, 7th and 8th graders Thursday, April 23rd from 6:00 to 7:15 "Murder Mystery Dinner" immediately following religious school Don't let your guard down! During dinner, something mysterious is going to occur.and we will all work together to solve the mystery! Please RSVP to Kadima Advisor Aly Greenstein at (973) 495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. GROUNDBREAKING - Sunday, April 26th - note new time: 12:15 pm Pizza, sundaes and celebration! Don't miss it! APRIL 26th - HABITAT FOR HUMANITY There are a few spots left to participate in this meaningful project. Due to the limited number of spaces and high level of interest, priority will be given to members who have NOT yet participated in this mitzvah. Please contact Lori Katzman at lakatzman at comcast.net as soon as possible to sign up. For more information, visit www.habitatnewark.org . The commitment is a full day and teens over the age of 14 can participate along side an adult with a signed permission form. Interested in participating on a weekday? Contact Jean Bell at (973) 624-3330 directly to schedule a time. APRIL 26th - CBI WILL BE CLEANING UP MILLBURN CBI has once again agreed to participate in "Clean Up Millburn", another Hearts & Hands event to spread Tikkun Olam. On April 26th from 9AM-12PM, we are joining with fellow volunteers from our town to keep our and nearby portions of the Rahway River clean. Please contact David Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or sotdot at verizon.net to let him know that you plan to attend or for any further information. Because we will be cleaning in the riverbank, we can't have any young children. Teens and adults only please. There will be coordinators at the site (probably starting near the Vauxhall Bridge), but here are some helpful hints on how to prepare for volunteering that day. Wear long pants and long sleeved shirts to protect from briars and ticks, tie hair back and wear hat if sunny, wear boots or sneakers that you don't mind getting dirty, and use gloves provided for protection. Thank you in advance for volunteering to help clean up Millburn! USY, the CBI Youth group for 9th - 12th graders Thursday, April 30th from 7:30 to 9:00 pm in the Youth Lounge 2009-2010 Board Elections For details and election application form, please contact Rachael Friedman (USY President) at rdo0dles at aol.com or Scott Lantzman (USY Advisor) at scott at cbi-nj.org . COMMUNITY FOOD BANK - SAVE THE DATE - Sunday, May 3rd >From 1:00 - 4:00pm, congregants will have another opportunity to volunteer at the Community Food Bank in Hillside. This is open to the entire congregation (please note, children must be 6 years or older to participate with a parent). More information to come. For specific information about the food bank, please go to www.njfoodbank.org. Sunday, May 17th at 2:00 pm - CBI Men's Club Dinner Theater Party, Paper Mill Playhouse's Production of 1776 -Followed by an All You Can Eat Kosher Chinese Buffet Dinner at CBI at 5:30 pm. Pick your own seats (first come, first served). Call or email Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or michael.jurist at verizon.net to make your reservation. We must let the theater know the final ticket count well in advance. LAST CALL! Your order must reach us NOW!!! Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men's Club's delicious Challah! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! April (2 weeks) $7.50 (17th and 24th) May (5 weeks) $18.75 June (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Call the CBI Front Office and reserve your book! If you have any questions, please call our CBI Front Office at (973) 379-3811. CBI's Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! Let's help the world become greener! Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main Office (973) 379-3811 or the School Office (973) 379-1134. CBI's April bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! 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The funeral will be held in Charleston, SC, on Tuesday, April 14th, and then, after the end of Passover, a memorial service will be held at Beth Shalom Beth Israel synagogue in Charleston on Friday, April 17th. Heidi and her family will be observing shiva in Charleston from Friday through Thursday morning, April 23rd. They will be at The Renaissance, 174 North Plaza Court, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464. Melvin was a lifelong supporter of Jewish charities and organizations throughout the United States and in Israel. In lieu of flowers or other tokens of remembrance, the family would welcome any donation that you might make to a Jewish charity or organization, or to any other charity of your choosing, in memory of Melvin and his many good deeds. Celeste B. Johnson Congregation B'nai Israel Clergy Office 973-379-3811 x 20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Apr 17 14:17:45 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:17:45 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements - April 17, 2009 Message-ID: <20090417181746.EDF397E399@mailwash1.pair.com> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... This Shabbat - April 18, 2009 / 24 Nisan 5769 Candlelighting: 7:18 pm Friday: 8:15 pm Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Learners' & Journeyers' Minyan 10:45 am Mincha Following Kiddush BIMA OFFICERS USHER Friday Linda Sotnick Saturday Jonathan Engel Helene Moehlman MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Betty Jampel, Natalie Kent, and Sheldon Greenholtz for sponsoring the Kiddush in honor of their "Bicentennial" birthday. Sponsoring the Bima flowers are: Dina Prus in honor of her mother, Matla Prus; Cindy and Josh Scharf in honor of their 20th Wedding Anniversary; Jonathan and Jill Sirota; Polly Merdinger and Rick Yaverbaum; Ellen and Larry Garber; Elizabeth and Gerald Cohen; Liz and Fred Khoderov. CONDOLENCES TO: Debbie Arons on the passing of her father, Albert Raul. Barry and Heidi Allan on the passing of Heidi's father, Melvin Solomon in South Carolina. Rachel Welt on the passing of her sister, Melita Trachtenberg. REFUAH SHLEIMAH TO: Brenda Eisenberg and Robert Shotkin MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Sabin and ending with Schoenberg that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT SHEMINI - BIRKAT HAHODESH April 18, 2009 - 24 Nisan 5769 Leviticus 9:1 - 11:47 (Etz Hayim, p. 630; Hertz p. 443) II Samuel 6:1 - 7:17 (Etz Hayim, p. 645; Hertz p. 454) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY On the eighth and final day of the ordination ceremony Moses instructs Aaron, his sons, and the Israelites in the proper rituals of consecration. Aaron offers his own purification offering and burnt offering. He then offers a purification offering, a burnt offering, and an offering of well-being on behalf of the people. Aaron and then Moses and Aaron together bless the people. The Presence of the Lord appears and a fire comes forth and consumes the offering on the altar. Aaron's sons Nadav and Avihu offer "alien fire" before the Lord. A fire comes forth and kills them. Moses tells Aaron and his two remaining sons that they must not engage in the normal mourning rituals, but the rest of the Israelites will mourn. The kohanim are prohibited from drinking alcohol while they are engaged in their sacred duties. Moses instructs Aaron, Eleazar, and Itamar about the various portions of the offerings they may eat. God tells Moses and Aaron to instruct the people about the animals they are permitted to eat. Land animals must have cloven hooves and chew their cud. Animals that have only one of these signs and therefore are not permitted are listed. Sea creatures must have fins and scales. No signs are given for birds; forbidden species are listed. Permitted insects are listed; all the rest are forbidden. Animals whose carcasses transmit ritual impurity are listed. A general warning to guard against defilement and to be concerned about ritual purity is given. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Holocaust Remembrance Program This Sunday, April 19th at 6:30 PM Holocaust survivor, Hanna Keselman shares testimony of her survival. This program is free and open to the community. For more information, contact Lilli Finkler at lillianff at yahoo.com or Stephanie Regen at sgr9730 at aol.com. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. ******************************************************************* THIS WEEK AT CBI April 19 Religious School re-opens 6:30 pm - Holocaust Remembrance Program April 20 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class April 21 12:00 pm - Adult Forum 8:00 pm - Yom Hashoa Service April 23 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 6:30 pm - Kadima - Murder Mystery Dinner 8:00 pm - Sisterhood Meeting 8:00 pm - RS Board Meeting UPCOMING EVENTS Holocaust Remembrance Program -This Sunday, April 19th at 6:30 PM Holocaust survivor, Hanna Keselman shares testimony of her survival. This program is free and open to the community. For more information, contact Lilli Finkler at lillianff at yahoo.com or Stephanie Regen at sgr9730 at aol.com. Adult Forum - Tuesday, April 21st at B'nai Israel A double feature for your listening and viewing enjoyment: After lunch, Adult Forum member Bernie Cohen will share some of World War II in England where he flew 82 missions. This will be followed by a tape of opera singer/comedienne Anna Russell who will perform her well loved rendition of Wagner's Ring Cycle, condensed to 30 minutes. RSVP today to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non members. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Kadima, the CBI youth group for 6th, 7th and 8th graders Thursday, April 23rd from 6:00 to 7:15 "Murder Mystery Dinner" immediately following religious school Don't let your guard down! During dinner, something mysterious is going to occur.and we will all work together to solve the mystery! Please RSVP to Kadima Advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. GROUNDBREAKING - Sunday, April 26th - note new time: 12:15 pm Pizza, sundaes and celebration! Don't miss it! HABITAT FOR HUMANITY-APRIL 26th Due to the limited number of spaces, priority will be given to members who have NOT yet participated in this mitzvah. Please contact Lori Katzman at lakatzman at comcast.net as soon as possible to sign up. For more information, visit www.habitatnewark.org . The commitment is a full day and teens over the age of 14 can participate along side an adult with a signed permission form. Interested in participating on a weekday? Contact Jean Bell at (973) 624-3330 directly to schedule a time. CBI WILL BE CLEANING UP MILLBURN - On April 26th from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm CBI has once again agreed to participate in "Clean Up Millburn", another Hearts & Hands event to spread Tikkun Olam., we are joining with fellow volunteers from our town to keep our and nearby portions of the Rahway River clean. Please contact David Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or sotdot at verizon.net. Adult Forum - Thursday, April 28th at Oheb Shalom 12 noon for lunch followed by a presentation by Rabbinic Intern, Michael Fel who will present "So what if he donated it? He Madoff with my money." Michael will discuss tzedakah. Cost is $4 for Simcha Seniors, $8 for non members. RSVP to Esther Bearg at (973) 740-9891 by April 24th. Chaverim, the CBI youth group for 4th and 5th graders Tuesday, April 28th from 6:00 to 7:15 "Project Runway" immediately following religious school. Come join us as we find new and fun ways to reuse newspaper in this "first ever" event at CBI! And, of course, dinner will be provided. Please RSVP to Chaverim Advisor Aly Greenstein at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. USY, the CBI Youth group for 9th - 12th graders Thursday, April 30th from 7:30 to 9:00 in the Youth Lounge 2009-2010 Board Elections For more details or an election application form, please contact Rachael Friedman (USY President) at rdo0dles at aol.com or Scott Lantzman (USY Advisor) at scott at cbi-nj.org. Friday, May 1st, Men's Club, Morning Minyan and Morning Minyan Breakfast Club will be dedicating a plaque in memory of Saul and Florence Drasin during evening service. All are welcome. COMMUNITY FOOD BANK - SAVE THE DATE - May 3rd >From 1:00 - 4:00pm, congregants will have another opportunity to volunteer at the Community Food Bank in Hillside. This is open to the entire congregation (please note, children must be 6 years or older to participate with a parent). More information to come. For specific information about the food bank, please go to www.njfoodbank.org . Adult Forum -Tuesday, May 12th at B'nai Israel Have lunch with us, and then see the film Billy Elliot which has been rescheduled from a previously canceled date in January. RSVP by May 8th to Lois Dyer (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non members. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Sun. May 17th at 2:00 pm -CBI Men's Club Dinner Theater Party Paper Mill Playhouse's Production of 1776 There are only 6 tickets left! Call now or email Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or Michael.jurist at verizon.net to make your reservation. All seats will be assigned on a first-come, first served basis. Order your tickets early!!! We must let the theater know the final ticket count well in advance. Time is running out, call now to reserve your seats!!! Adult Forum - Tuesday, May 26th at B'nai Israel Please enjoy lunch with us then listen to Rabbi Bayar's program on "Jewish Ethics" which has been rescheduled from a pervious canceled date. RSVP by May 22nd to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non members. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. MARCH WITH CBI IN THE SALUTE TO ISRAEL PARADE SUNDAY, MAY 31st, 2009 The Bus Will Leave CBI at 11:45 AM & Return at Approximately 4:30 PM. The parade this year will celebrate the centennial of Tel Aviv, and the MetroWest cluster theme will be "Life's a Beach in Tel Aviv." Marchers are encouraged to "dress for the beach"! Cost is $10, which includes parade t-shirt, snacks, water and bus ride into NYC Checks made payable to: Congregation B'nai Israel. For information, call Michael Jurist at 973.378.3110 or e-mail: Michael.jurist at verizon.net. RUN FOR RACHEL - MAY 31st 2009 The Annual Run for Rachel will be on May 31st this year. Please let me know if you are interested in organizing a CBI team or if you are interested in participating individually. The event is in Livingston and includes a 5K Run, a 3K Walk, and a Kids' Run. Proceeds benefit the Rachel Coalition, which was originally formed to address the concerns of Jewish victims of domestic violence. At this time, the work and focus has been expanded to serve all ethnic groups living in the suburbs. The Rachel Coalition provides many vital services in the community, including an emergency Safe House, individual and group counseling, community education and a 24-hour crisis intervention hotline. For more information, about this event please visit. http://oymp.net/Raceinfo/run_for_rachel.htm or call 973-765-9050. Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men's Club's delicious Challah! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! May (5 weeks) $18.75 June (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. Purchase your copy of "You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith without Fanaticism" in the CBI Front Office for only $20! Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Call the CBI Front Office and reserve your book! If you have any questions, please call our CBI Front Office at (973) 379-3811. CBI's Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! Let's help the world become greener! Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main Office (973) 379-3811, the School Office (973) 379-1134, or e-mail cbieducator at cbi-nj.org. CBI's April bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! SHABBAT SHALOM! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Apr 24 14:51:39 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:51:39 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements - April 24, 2009 Message-ID: > > > HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... > > This Shabbat ? April 25, 2009 / 1 Iyar 5769 > Bar Mitzvah of Nicolas Sarano > > Candlelighting: 7:18 pm > Friday: > 8:15 pm > Saturday Services: > Shabbat morning 9:00 am > Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am > Tefilot Noar 10:15 am > Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am > Torah for Tots 10:30 am > Mincha Following Kiddush > > BIMA OFFICERS USHER > Friday Risa Wasserman Eric Kantor > > Saturday Jonathan Engel Linda Lakin > > > MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: > > Daniel and Cinthya Sarano for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and > the Kiddush in honor of Nicolas? Bar Mitzvah. > > MAZEL TOV: > > Robin Polson, for being named Hadassah Woman of the Year. > > CONDOLENCES TO: > Edward Maleh, on the passing of his father Sam Maleh. > > REFUAH SHLEIMAH TO: > Brenda Eisenberg and Robert Shotkin. > > MINYAN ROTATION: > We remind all families with last names beginning with Schor and ending > with Shapiro that your support and attendance during morning and evening > minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. > THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION > PARASHAT TAZRIA-METZORA - ROSH HODESH IYAR > Leviticus 12:1 ? 15:33 (Etz Hayim, p. 649; Hertz p. 460) > Isaiah 66:1 ? 24, 66:23 (Etz Hayim p. 1220; Hertz p. 944) > > TORAH PORTION SUMMARY > When a woman gives birth, she enters a state of ritual impurity. When the > baby is a boy, she is in a state of niddah (separation) for seven days, > and she remains ritually impure for 33 days. Following the birth of a > girl the corresponding periods are two weeks and 66 days. At the end of > this time she is to bring a burnt offering and a purification offering and > she is restored to a state of ritual purity. God instructs Moses and > Aaron about tzara?at, a scaly skin disease traditionally translated as > leprosy but clearly not the condition known today as Hansen?s disease. > When a person developed a rash or other signs of skin disease, the priest > was to examine it and determine if it was in fact tzara?at and the person > was therefore ritually impure. If the diagnosis was uncertain, the priest > was to quarantine the person for seven days and then examine him again. > If the diagnosis was still uncertain he was to be isolated for another > seven days; if the rash had not spread he was declared ritually pure. > Once someone was determined to have tzara?at, he was declared ritually > impure and sent to dwell outside the camp. Tzara?at could affect fabrics > as well as people. Once a priest had determined that an article of cloth > or leather was affected it was to be burned. God gives Moses instructions > for the rites of purification and the sacrifices that the m?tzora (person > afflicted with tzara?at) must bring in order to complete the process of > ritual purification. Provisions are made so a poor person can bring less > costly sacrifices. God also tells Moses that once the people have settled > in the land of Canaan a person may discover some sort of plague on the > walls of his home. A priest must examine it; if he declares that the > house is afflicted with tzara?at, the affected stones must be removed and > replaced. If the tzara?at returns, the house must be demolished. If it > does not return, the priest will perform the specified ritual of > purification. Finally, God instructs Moses about the impurity resulting > from discharges from the genital organs ? both those that are the result > of disease and the normal discharges of semen and menstruation ? and the > process of purification for each. > > > Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United > Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. > > THIS WEEK AT CBI > GROUNDBREAKING > This Sunday, April 26th ?12:15 pm > Pizza, sundaes and celebration! Don?t miss it! > Join us in the yard outside of the library. Past presidents, children, > clergy and visiting dignitaries will round out this ceremonious event! > > We will be joined by Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ, 10) and our Mayor > Sandra Haimoff. > > > April 26 > 12:15 pm - Groundbreaking Ceremony > > April 27 > 9:30 am - Rabbi?s Class > 8:00 pm - Youth Committee Meeting > > April 28 > 6:00 pm - Chaverim > 8:00 pm - SPaIC Mtg. > > April 30 > 9:30 am - Rabbi?s Class > > 7:30 pm - USY Elections > > May 1 > 8:00 pm - Drasin Plaque Dedication > > > UPCOMING EVENTS > CBI WILL BE CLEANING UP MILLBURN - On April 26th from 9:00 am ? 12:00 pm > CBI has once again agreed to participate in ?Clean Up Millburn?, another > Hearts & Hands event to spread Tikkun Olam., we are joining with fellow > volunteers from our town to keep our and nearby portions of the Rahway > River clean. Please contact David Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or > sotdot at verizon.net. > > Adult Forum > Tuesday, April 28th at Oheb Shalom > 12 noon for lunch followed by a presentation by Rabbinic Intern, Michael > Fel who will present ?So what if he donated it? He Madoff with my money.? > Michael will discuss tzedakah. Cost is $4 for Simcha Seniors, $8 for non > members. RSVP to Esther Bearg at (973) 740-9891 by April 24th. > > Chaverim, the CBI youth group for 4th and 5th graders > Tuesday, April 28th from 6:00 to 7:15 pm > ?Project Runway? immediately following religious school. Come join us as > we find new and fun ways to reuse newspaper in this ?first ever? event at > CBI! And, of course, dinner will be provided. Please RSVP to Chaverim > Advisor Aly Greenstein at (973) 495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. > > > USY, the CBI Youth group for 9th ? 12th graders > Thursday, April 30th from 7:30 to 9:00 pm in the Youth Lounge > 2009-2010 Board Elections > For more details or an election application form, please contact > Rachael Friedman (USY President) at rdo0dles at aol.com > or Scott Lantzman (USY Advisor) at scott at cbi-nj.org. > > Men's Club, Morning Minyan and Morning Minyan Breakfast Club - Friday, May > 1, 8:15 pm at Shabbat Service > will be dedicating a plaque in memory of Saul and Florence Drasin during > evening service. All are welcome. > > COMMUNITY FOOD BANK - SAVE THE DATE - May 3rd > From 1:00 - 4:00pm, congregants will have another opportunity to > volunteer at the Community Food Bank in Hillside. > This is open to the entire congregation (please note, children must > be 6 years or older to participate with a parent). > More information to come. For specific information about the food > bank, please go to www.njfoodbank.org. > > Sunday May 10th CBI Men?s Club Says: > Treat Yourself! ... and others to a Men?s Club > Bagel & Lox Box! > Delivered right to your door on the morning of Mother?s Day, Only > $25.00 Per Box! Our Bagel & Lox Box Includes: ? lb. > of Nova Lox, 6 Delicious Bagels, ? lb. Cream Cheese, 6 Corn or > Blueberry Muffins, Tomato & Onion, and bagels are > from Supreme Bagel of Springfield. For more information call Joe > Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or > jkeselman2 at comcast.net or Howard Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. > > Adult Forum > Tuesday, May 12th at B?nai Israel > Have lunch with us, and then see the film Billy Elliot which has been > rescheduled from a previously canceled date in January. RSVP by May 8th to > Lois Dyer (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non > members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois > Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. > > Sun. May 17th at 2:00 pm > CBI Men?s Club Theater Party > Paper Mill Playhouse?s Production of 1776 > There are only 6 tickets left! Call now or email Michael Jurist at > (973) 378-3110 or Michael.jurist at verizon.net to make > your reservation. All seats will be assigned on a first-come, first > served basis. Order your tickets early!!! We must let > the theater know the final ticket count well in advance. Time is > running out, call now to reserve your seats!!! > > Adult Forum > Tuesday, May 26th at B?nai Israel > Please enjoy lunch with us then listen to Rabbi Bayar?s program on > ?Jewish Ethics? which has been rescheduled from a > previously canceled date. RSVP by May 22nd to Lois Dyer at (973) > 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non > members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O > Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ > 07039. > > A Rosh Chodesh Group for Women > * Sponsored by CBI Sisterhood > Tuesday, May 26th - at 6:15-7:45 pm > This month?s program will be facilitated by Janice Colmar. Cost: > $18 - which includes a Shavout themed dinner. Please contact Karen Tucker > (908) 647-8330 or > karenltucker at comcast.net or Linda Silver (973) 921-1502 or > lssilver at comcast.net with any questions and to R.S.V.P by May 22, 2009. > > MARCH WITH CBI IN THE SALUTE TO ISRAEL PARADE > SUNDAY, MAY 31st > The Bus Will Leave CBI at 11:45 AM & Return at Approximately 4:30 > PM. The parade this year will celebrate the centennial of Tel Aviv, and > the MetroWest cluster > theme will be ?Life?s a Beach in Tel Aviv.? Marchers are > encouraged to ?dress for the beach?! Cost is $10, which includes parade > t-shirt, snacks, water and bus ride > into NYC Checks made payable to: Congregation B?nai Israel. For > information, call Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or e-mail: > Michael.jurist at verizon.net. > > RUN FOR RACHEL - MAY 31st > The Annual Run for Rachel will be on May 31st this year. Please let me > know if you are interested in organizing a CBI team or if you are > interested in participating individually. The event is in Livingston and > includes a 5K Run, a 3K Walk, and a Kids? Run. Proceeds benefit the Rachel > Coalition, which was originally formed to address the concerns of Jewish > victims of domestic violence. At this time, the work and focus has been > expanded to serve all ethnic groups living in the suburbs. The Rachel > Coalition provides many vital services in the community, including an > emergency Safe House, individual and group counseling, community education > and a 24-hour crisis intervention hotline. For more information, about > this event please visit. > http://oymp.net/Raceinfo/run_for_rachel.htm or call 973-765-9050 - > > Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! > Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially > support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or > daralin at verizon.net > or the CBI > office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. > Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men?s Club?s delicious Challah! > If you haven?t tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE > SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am ? 2:00 pm. > ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole > Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! > May (5 weeks) $18.75 > June (4 weeks) $15.00 > Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more > information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: > jkeselman2 at comcast.net > or call > Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. > > Purchase your copy of ?You Don?t Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be > Right...Finding Faith without Fanaticism? > in the CBI Front Office for only $20! Author, RABBI BRAD > HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and > Leadership. The full cost will be > a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Call > the CBI Front Office and reserve your book! If you have any questions, > please call our CBI Front > Office at (973) 379-3811. > > CBI?s Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! > Let?s help the world become greener! > Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main > Office (973) 379-3811, the School Office (973) 379-1134, or e-mail > cbieducator at cbi-nj.org. > > CBI's April bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our > home page at www.cbi-nj.org > click on Bulletins > and enter > user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our > "Members only" section. > In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new > names to our email list. If you do not wish to > subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org > . Thank you! > > SHABBAT SHALOM! > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Apr 24 15:33:10 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:33:10 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Revised CBI Announcements - April 24, 2009 Message-ID: <09CF7101945D457D85B9C81A0042F991@CBI.LOCAL> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... This Shabbat ? April 25, 2009 / 1 Iyar 5769 Bar Mitzvah of Nicolas Sarano Candlelighting: 7:18 pm Friday: 8:15 pm Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Mincha Following Kiddush BIMA OFFICERS USHER Friday Risa Wasserman Eric Kanter Saturday Jonathan Engel Linda Lakin MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Daniel and Cinthya Sarano for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush in honor of Nicolas? Bar Mitzvah. MAZEL TOV: Robin Polson, for being named Hadassah Woman of the Year. CONDOLENCES TO: Edward Maleh, on the passing of his father Sam Maleh. REFUAH SHLEIMAH TO: Brenda Eisenberg and Robert Shotkin. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Schor and ending with Shapiro that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT TAZRIA-METZORA - ROSH HODESH IYAR Leviticus 12:1 ? 15:33 (Etz Hayim, p. 649; Hertz p. 460) Isaiah 66:1 ? 24, 66:23 (Etz Hayim p. 1220; Hertz p. 944) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY When a woman gives birth, she enters a state of ritual impurity. When the baby is a boy, she is in a state of niddah (separation) for seven days, and she remains ritually impure for 33 days. Following the birth of a girl the corresponding periods are two weeks and 66 days. At the end of this time she is to bring a burnt offering and a purification offering and she is restored to a state of ritual purity. God instructs Moses and Aaron about tzara?at, a scaly skin disease traditionally translated as leprosy but clearly not the condition known today as Hansen?s disease. When a person developed a rash or other signs of skin disease, the priest was to examine it and determine if it was in fact tzara?at and the person was therefore ritually impure. If the diagnosis was uncertain, the priest was to quarantine the person for seven days and then examine him again. If the diagnosis was still uncertain he was to be isolated for another seven days; if the rash had not spread he was declared ritually pure. Once someone was determined to have tzara?at, he was declared ritually impure and sent to dwell outside the camp. Tzara?at could affect fabrics as well as people. Once a priest had determined that an article of cloth or leather was affected it was to be burned. God gives Moses instructions for the rites of purification and the sacrifices that the m?tzora (person afflicted with tzara?at) must bring in order to complete the process of ritual purification. Provisions are made so a poor person can bring less costly sacrifices. God also tells Moses that once the people have settled in the land of Canaan a person may discover some sort of plague on the walls of his home. A priest must examine it; if he declares that the house is afflicted with tzara?at, the affected stones must be removed and replaced. If the tzara?at returns, the house must be demolished. If it does not return, the priest will perform the specified ritual of purification. Finally, God instructs Moses about the impurity resulting from discharges from the genital organs ? both those that are the result of disease and the normal discharges of semen and menstruation ? and the process of purification for each. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. THIS WEEK AT CBI GROUNDBREAKING This Sunday, April 26th ?12:15 pm Pizza, sundaes and celebration! Don?t miss it! Join us in the yard outside of the library. Past presidents, children, clergy and visiting dignitaries will round out this ceremonious event! We will be joined by Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ, 10) and our Mayor Sandra Haimoff. April 26 12:15 pm - Groundbreaking Ceremony April 27 9:30 am - Rabbi?s Class 12:00 pm ? Adult Forum at Oheb 8:00 pm - Youth Committee Meeting April 28 12:00 pm ? Adult Forum at Oheb 6:00 pm - Chaverim 8:00 pm - SPaIC Mtg. April 30 9:30 am - Rabbi?s Class 7:30 pm - USY Elections May 1 8:15 pm - Drasin Plaque Dedication UPCOMING EVENTS CBI WILL BE CLEANING UP MILLBURN - On April 26th from 9:00 am ? 12:00 pm CBI has once again agreed to participate in ?Clean Up Millburn?, another Hearts & Hands event to spread Tikkun Olam., we are joining with fellow volunteers from our town to keep our and nearby portions of the Rahway River clean. Please contact David Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or sotdot at verizon.net. Adult Forum - Tuesday, April 28th at Oheb Shalom 12 noon for lunch followed by a presentation by Rabbinic Intern, Michael Fel who will present ?So what if he donated it? He Madoff with my money.? Michael will discuss tzedakah. Cost is $4 for Simcha Seniors, $8 for non members. RSVP to Esther Bearg at (973) 740-9891 by April 24th. Chaverim, the CBI youth group for 4th and 5th graders Tuesday, April 28th from 6:00 to 7:15 pm ?Project Runway? immediately following religious school. Come join us as we find new and fun ways to reuse newspaper in this ?first ever? event at CBI! And, of course, dinner will be provided. Please RSVP to Chaverim Advisor Aly Greenstein at (973) 495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. USY, the CBI Youth group for 9th ? 12th graders Thursday, April 30th from 7:30 to 9:00 pm in the Youth Lounge 2009-2010 Board Elections For more details or an election application form, please contact Rachael Friedman (USY President) at rdo0dles at aol.com or Scott Lantzman (USY Advisor) at scott at cbi-nj.org. Men's Club, Morning Minyan and Morning Minyan Breakfast Club - Friday, May 1, 8:15 pm at Shabbat Service will be dedicating a plaque in memory of Saul and Florence Drasin during evening service. All are welcome. COMMUNITY FOOD BANK - SAVE THE DATE - May 3rd From 1:00 - 4:00pm, congregants will have another opportunity to volunteer at the Community Food Bank in Hillside. This is open to the entire congregation (please note, children must be 6 years or older to participate with a parent). More information to come. For specific information about the food bank, please go to www.njfoodbank.org. Sunday May 10th CBI Men?s Club Says: Treat Yourself! ... and others to a Men?s Club Bagel & Lox Box! Delivered right to your door on the morning of Mother?s Day, Only $25.00 Per Box! Our Bagel & Lox Box Includes: ? lb. of Nova Lox, 6 Delicious Bagels, ? lb. Cream Cheese, 6 Corn or Blueberry Muffins, Tomato & Onion, and bagels are from Supreme Bagel of Springfield. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or jkeselman2 at comcast.net or Howard Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. Adult Forum Tuesday, May 12th at B?nai Israel Have lunch with us, and then see the film Billy Elliot which has been rescheduled from a previously canceled date in January. RSVP by May 8th to Lois Dyer (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Sun. May 17th at 2:00 pm CBI Men?s Club Theater Party Paper Mill Playhouse?s Production of 1776 There are only 6 tickets left! Call now or email Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or Michael.jurist at verizon.net to make your reservation. All seats will be assigned on a first-come, first served basis. Order your tickets early!!! We must let the theater know the final ticket count well in advance. Time is running out, call now to reserve your seats!!! Adult Forum - Tuesday, May 26th at B?nai Israel Please enjoy lunch with us then listen to Rabbi Bayar?s program on ?Jewish Ethics? which has been rescheduled from a previously canceled date. RSVP by May 22nd to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. A Rosh Chodesh Group for Women - * Sponsored by CBI Sisterhood Tuesday, May 26th - at 6:15-7:45 pm This month?s program will be facilitated by Janice Colmar. Cost: $18 - which includes a Shavout themed dinner. Please contact Karen Tucker (908) 647-8330 or karenltucker at comcast.net or Linda Silver (973) 921-1502 or lssilver at comcast.net with any questions and to R.S.V.P by May 22, 2009. MARCH WITH CBI IN THE SALUTE TO ISRAEL PARADE SUNDAY, MAY 31st The Bus Will Leave CBI at 11:45 AM & Return at Approximately 4:30 PM. The parade this year will celebrate the centennial of Tel Aviv, and the MetroWest cluster theme will be ?Life?s a Beach in Tel Aviv.? Marchers are encouraged to ?dress for the beach?! Cost is $10, which includes parade t-shirt, snacks, water and bus ride into NYC Checks made payable to: Congregation B?nai Israel. For information, call Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or e-mail: Michael.jurist at verizon.net. RUN FOR RACHEL - MAY 31st The Annual Run for Rachel will be on May 31st this year. Please let me know if you are interested in organizing a CBI team or if you are interested in participating individually. The event is in Livingston and includes a 5K Run, a 3K Walk, and a Kids? Run. Proceeds benefit the Rachel Coalition, which was originally formed to address the concerns of Jewish victims of domestic violence. At this time, the work and focus has been expanded to serve all ethnic groups living in the suburbs. The Rachel Coalition provides many vital services in the community, including an emergency Safe House, individual and group counseling, community education and a 24-hour crisis intervention hotline. For more information, about this event please visit: http://oymp.net/Raceinfo/run_for_rachel.htm or call 973-765-9050. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men?s Club?s delicious Challah! If you haven?t tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am ? 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! May (5 weeks) $18.75 June (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. Purchase your copy of ?You Don?t Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right...Finding Faith without Fanaticism? in the CBI Front Office for only $20! Author, RABBI BRAD HIRSCHFIELD is President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. The full cost will be a donation to CBI thanks to the generosity of a donor family. Call the CBI Front Office and reserve your book! If you have any questions, please call our CBI Front Office at (973) 379-3811. CBI?s Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! Let?s help the world become greener! Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main Office (973) 379-3811, the School Office (973) 379-1134, or e-mail cbieducator at cbi-nj.org. CBI's April bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. In an effort to ensure that you are kept up-to-date, we have added new names to our email list. If you do not wish to subscribe, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org . Thank you! SHABBAT SHALOM! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From celestej at cbi-nj.org Wed Apr 29 15:51:21 2009 From: celestej at cbi-nj.org (Celeste Johnson) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:51:21 -0400 Subject: [CBI] New Adult Education Offering Message-ID: <000001c9c903$df575fe0$6a01a8c0@CBI.LOCAL> Rabbi Bayar will begin teaching a new adult education course on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 - 9:00 pm on The Five Books of Moses; an introduction to Judaism. In this course we will begin with Genesis and study our way through the five books. We will learn from the text itself (Pshat) and the rabbinic, medieval and modern commentaries on the Torah (Meforshim). The course is open to everyone; no knowledge of Hebrew is required. The course begins on Tuesday, May 5. Please contact Celeste in the Clergy Office, 973-379-3811 x 20 or cbjmillburn at aol.com to register. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 4054 bytes Desc: not available Url : From lisar at cbi-nj.org Thu Apr 30 10:37:17 2009 From: lisar at cbi-nj.org (Lisa Roth) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:37:17 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Religious School Tile Project Message-ID: <20090430143843.9ED967E39F@mailwash1.pair.com> HAND-PRINTED YET FOR THE TILE PROJECT??? ALL Synagogue member children (preschool to Zayin). Don't miss the opportunity to make your tile for the new synagogue. 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In this meeting you will be briefed on the logistics and policies of the congregation. You will be given an opportunity to meet and speak with other bnai mitzvah families and to ask questions members of the staff and the lay volunteers charged with creating the Bnai Mitzvah experience. Please RSVP to Celeste in the clergy office as to your ability to attend. (cbjmillburn at aol.com - 973-379-3811 x 20) Steven Bayar, Rabbi -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 4166 bytes Desc: not available Url : From celestej at cbi-nj.org Thu Apr 30 15:37:04 2009 From: celestej at cbi-nj.org (Celeste Johnson) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:37:04 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Funeral & shiva information for Mr. Alan Zimmerman, husband of Abbe Esocoff Zimmerman Message-ID: <000301c9c9cb$0a561ed0$6a01a8c0@CBI.LOCAL> We regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. Alan Zimmerman, husband of Abbe Esocoff Zimmerman. There will be a graveside service tomorrow at 2 PM at Gomel Chesed Cemetery in Newark. The family will be sitting shiva Friday afternoon, Saturday evening and Sunday through 4 PM at 31 Princeton Road in Cranford, after which the remainder of shiva will be observed in Washington DC. May his name be remembered for a blessing. Celeste B. Johnson Clergy Office Congregation B'nai Israel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri May 1 13:32:06 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 13:32:06 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly announcements for May 1, 2009 Message-ID: <080506845FEC4616BCE4DC065228C8EC@CBI.LOCAL> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... This Shabbat ? May 2, 2009 / 8 Iyar 5769 Bar Mitzvah of Jordan Kahn Candlelighting: 7:32 pm Friday: 8:15 pm During tonight?s Shabbat Service, Men's Club, Morning Minyan and Morning Minyan Breakfast Club - will be dedicating a plaque in memory of Saul and Florence Drasin. All are welcome. Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Learners? & Journeyers? 10:30 am Mincha Following Kiddush BIMA OFFICERS USHERS Friday Jed Buck Lawrence Schwartz Saturday David Touger Tina Goldstone, Alan Steinfeld MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Mickey and Karen Kahn for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Kiddush, and co-sponsoring the Oneg in honor of Jordan?s Bar Mitzvah and thank you to the Synagogue for co-sponsoring the Oneg in honor of the Saul and Florence Drasin?s plaque dedication. CONDOLENCES TO: Abbe E. Zimmerman on the passing of her husband Alan Zimmerman. REFUAH SHLEIMAH TO: Brenda Eisenberg and Robert Shotkin. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Sherman and ending with Sobel that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT AHAREY MOT-KEDOSHIM May 2, 2009 ? 8 Iyar 5769 Leviticus 16:1 ? 20:27 (Etz Hayim, p. 679; Hertz p. 480) Amos 9:7 ? 15 (Etz Hayim, p. 706; Hertz p. 509) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY God instructs Moses about the Yom Kippur rituals, when the High Priest was to cleanse and purify the sanctuary from the effects of the sins of the Israelites. Only on this day was Aaron permitted to enter the Holy of Holies, the inner sanctuary. He was to dress in special linen garments and to bring a purification offering on behalf of himself and his household. He then would cast lots over two goats, designating one for God as a purification offering on behalf of the people. The other, for Azazel, was the ?scapegoat,? sent off into the wilderness bearing Israel?s sins. The people were to observe Yom Kippur each year as a day of fasting and abstinence so their sins might be forgiven. Moses tells the people that whether they were intended for food or as sacrifices, animals were to be slaughtered only at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Eating blood is strictly forbidden. God instructs Moses to tell the people that they are not to copy the practices of the Egyptians or the Canaanites. Forbidden sexual relationships are specified. The second part of this double parasha, Kedoshim, contains the bulk of the ?Holiness Code,? characterized by the commandment You shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy. The many mitzvot found here call for striving for holiness in all areas of life ? ritual (You shall keep My Sabbaths and venerate My sanctuary, 19:30), civil (You shall not falsify measures of length, weight, or capacity, 19:35), and ethical (You shall rise before the aged and show deference to the old, 19:32). Its best known commandment is Love your fellow as yourself. Israel is told to observe all of God?s laws and rules. God tells Moses to warn the people against child sacrifice and witchcraft and divination. The laws of forbidden sexual relationships are repeated. Similarly, God warns Israel not to follow the practices of the Canaanite nations and to remember that God has set them apart to be a holy people. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ***The Cul-de-Sac entrance is closed due to construction. Please use the parking lot entrance. We are sorry for any inconvenience.*** THIS WEEK AT CBI COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ?THIS SUNDAY - May 3rd From 1:00 - 4:00pm, congregants will have ther opportunity to volunteer at the Community Food Bank in Hillside. This is open to the entire congregation (please note, children must be 6 years or older to participate with a parent). For specific information about the food bank, please go to www.njfoodbank.org. May 4 9:30 am - Rabbi?s Class 7:00 pm - Sisterhood Meeting May 5 7:30 pm ? The Five Books of Moses; an introduction to Judaism New weekly class taught by Rabbi Bayar ? see below for More information 8:00 pm - Executive Board Meeting May 6 8:00 pm - Men?s Club Meeting May 7 9:30 am - Rabbi?s Class 8:00 pm - Adult Education Meeting Rabbi Bayar will begin teaching a new adult education course on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 - 9:00 pm on The Five Books of Moses; an introduction to Judaism. In this course we will begin with Genesis and study our way through the five books. We will learn from the text itself (Pshat) and the rabbinic, medieval and modern commentaries on the Torah (Meforshim). The course is open to everyone; no knowledge of Hebrew is required. The course begins on Tuesday, May 5. Please contact Celeste in the Clergy Office, 973-379-3811 x 20 or cbjmillburn at aol.com to register. UPCOMING EVENTS Sunday May 10th CBI Men?s Club Says: Treat Yourself! ... and others to a Men?s Club Bagel & Lox Box! LAST CALL FOR PLACING YOUR ORDER! Delivered right to your door on the morning of Mother?s Day, Only $25.00 Per Box! Our Bagel & Lox Box Includes: ? lb. of Nova Lox, 6 Delicious Bagels, ? lb. Cream Cheese, 6 Corn or Blueberry Muffins, Tomato & Onion, and bagels are from Supreme Bagel of Springfield. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or jkeselman2 at comcast.net or Howard Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. Adult Forum - Tuesday, May 12th at B?nai Israel Have lunch with us, and then see the film Billy Elliot. RSVP by May 8th to Lois Dyer (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Thursday, May 14 - CBI YOUTH GROUPS END-OF-THE-YEAR DINNER for Chaverim, Kadima and USY 6:30 ? 8:30 p.m. Join friends and family as we mark the end of another great year of the CBI youth groups and celebrate the installation of the 2009-2010 USY Board. Featuring Kosher Chinese and Dessert! Cost: $10.00 per person. Please RSVP by May 7th to David Good at dfgood at verizon.net or 973-921-1665. Sunday, May 17th at 2:00 pm - CBI Men?s Club Theater Party Paper Mill Playhouse?s Production of 1776 There are only 6 tickets left! Call now or email Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or michael.jurist at verizon.net to make your reservation. Time is running out, please call now to reserve your seats!!! Adult Forum - Tuesday, May 26th at B?nai Israel Enjoy lunch with us then listen to Rabbi Bayar?s program on ?Jewish Ethics?. RSVP by May 22nd to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. A Rosh Chodesh Group for Women - Sponsored by CBI Sisterhood Tuesday, May 26th - at 6:15-7:45 pm This month?s program will be facilitated by Janice Colmar. Cost: $18 - which includes a Shavout themed dinner. Please contact Karen Tucker (908) 647-8330 or karenltucker at comcast.net or Linda Silver (973) 921-1502 or lssilver at comcast.net with any questions and to R.S.V.P by May 22, 2009. Q. Why is Shavuot night different from all other nights? A. On this night we learn together as a community! One of the nicest and most interesting ways to celebrate Shavuot is the Shavuot night study session - Tikkun Layl Shavuot. We will begin the session at CBI after Shavuot services at approximately 8:45 PM on Thursday May 28. It is open to all potential learners. We are also looking for about 10 volunteers to lead mini-sessions lasting 10-15 minutes each on a Jewish topic. These can be related to Shavuot or just something Jewish that you wish to share with our community. Last year?s topics included among others Jewish meditation, Shavuot recipes, Biblical poetry, text study and a spiritual check-in. Light refreshments will be served. Call Josh Schor at 973.467.1275 or email jschor at aol.com. See you there! MARCH WITH CBI IN THE SALUTE TO ISRAEL PARADE SUNDAY, MAY 31st The Bus Will Leave CBI at 11:45 AM & Return at Approximately 4:30 PM. The parade this year will celebrate the centennial of Tel Aviv, and the MetroWest cluster theme will be ?Life?s a Beach in Tel Aviv.? Marchers are encouraged to ?dress for the beach?! Cost is $10, which includes parade t-shirt, snacks, water and bus ride into NYC Checks made payable to: Congregation B?nai Israel. For information, call Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or e-mail: michael.jurist at verizon.net. RUN FOR RACHEL - MAY 31st The Annual Run for Rachel will be on May 31st this year. Please Contact Lori Katzman for more information or me know if you are interested in organizing a CBI team or if you are interested in participating individually at lakatzman at comcast.net. The event is in Livingston and includes a 5K Run, a 3K Walk, and a Kids? Run. Proceeds benefit the Rachel Coalition, which was originally formed to address the concerns of Jewish victims of domestic violence. At this time, the work and focus has been expanded to serve all ethnic groups living in the suburbs. The Rachel Coalition provides many vital services in the community, including an emergency Safe House, individual and group counseling, community education and a 24-hour crisis intervention hotline. For more information, about this event please visit: http://oymp.net/Raceinfo/run_for_rachel.htm or call 973-765-9050. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men?s Club?s delicious Challah! If you haven?t tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am ? 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! May (4 weeks) $15.00 June (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. CBI?s Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! Let?s help the world become greener! Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main Office (973) 379-3811, the School Office (973)379-1134, or e-mail cbieducator at cbi-nj.org. CBI's MAY bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE ? AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR GROUND BREAKING! If you do not wish to subscribe TO CBI?s email list, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org . Thank you! SHABBAT SHALOM! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri May 1 13:41:31 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 13:41:31 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Resending of f CBI Announcements Message-ID: <3E1875FCD1AE46FEA41C040B4119FA1A@CBI.LOCAL> [Please forgive the duplication - formatting problems ] > HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... > > This Shabbat ? May 2, 2009 / 8 Iyar 5769 > Bar Mitzvah of Jordan Kahn > > Candlelighting: 7:32 pm > Friday: > 8:15 pm > During tonight?s Shabbat Service, Men's Club, Morning Minyan and Morning > Minyan Breakfast Club - will be dedicating a plaque in memory of Saul and > Florence Drasin. All are welcome. > > Saturday Services: > Shabbat morning 9:00 am > Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am > Tefilot Noar 10:15 am > Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am > Torah for Tots 10:30 am > Learners? & Journeyers? 10:30 am > Mincha Following Kiddush > > BIMA OFFICERS USHERS > Friday Jed Buck Lawrence > Schwartz > Saturday David Touger Tina Goldstone, > Alan Steinfeld > > MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: > > Mickey and Karen Kahn for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Kiddush, and > co-sponsoring the Oneg in honor of Jordan?s Bar Mitzvah. > > The Synagogue for co-sponsoring the Oneg in honor of the Saul and Florence > Drasin?s plaque dedication. > > CONDOLENCES TO: > Abbe E. Zimmerman on the passing of her husband Alan Zimmerman. > > REFUAH SHLEIMAH TO: > Brenda Eisenberg and Robert Shotkin. > > MINYAN ROTATION: > We remind all families with last names beginning with Sherman and ending > with Sobel that your support and attendance during morning and evening > minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. > THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION > PARASHAT AHAREY MOT-KEDOSHIM > May 2, 2009 ? 8 Iyar 5769 > Leviticus 16:1 ? 20:27 (Etz Hayim, p. 679; Hertz p. 480) > Amos 9:7 ? 15 (Etz Hayim, p. 706; Hertz p. 509) > > TORAH PORTION SUMMARY > God instructs Moses about the Yom Kippur rituals, when the High Priest was > to cleanse and purify the sanctuary from the effects of the sins of the > Israelites. Only on this day was Aaron permitted to enter the Holy of > Holies, the inner sanctuary. He was to dress in special linen garments > and to bring a purification offering on behalf of himself and his > household. He then would cast lots over two goats, designating one for > God as a purification offering on behalf of the people. The other, for > Azazel, was the ?scapegoat,? sent off into the wilderness bearing Israel?s > sins. The people were to observe Yom Kippur each year as a day of fasting > and abstinence so their sins might be forgiven. Moses tells the people > that whether they were intended for food or as sacrifices, animals were to > be slaughtered only at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Eating blood > is strictly forbidden. God instructs Moses to tell the people that they > are not to copy the practices of the Egyptians or the Canaanites. > Forbidden sexual relationships are specified. The second part of this > double parasha, Kedoshim, contains the bulk of the ?Holiness Code,? > characterized by the commandment You shall be holy, for I, the Lord your > God, am holy. The many mitzvot found here call for striving for holiness > in all areas of life ? ritual (You shall keep My Sabbaths and venerate My > sanctuary, 19:30), civil (You shall not falsify measures of length, > weight, or capacity, 19:35), and ethical (You shall rise before the aged > and show deference to the old, 19:32). Its best known commandment is Love > your fellow as yourself. Israel is told to observe all of God?s laws and > rules. God tells Moses to warn the people against child sacrifice and > witchcraft and divination. The laws of forbidden sexual relationships are > repeated. Similarly, God warns Israel not to follow the practices of the > Canaanite nations and to remember that God has set them apart to be a holy > people. > > Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United > Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. > > > IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE > > ***The Cul-de-Sac entrance is closed due to construction. Please use the > parking lot entrance. We are sorry for any inconvenience.*** > > THIS WEEK AT CBI > > COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ?THIS SUNDAY - May 3rd > From 1:00 - 4:00pm, congregants will have ther opportunity to volunteer at > the Community Food Bank in Hillside. This is open to the entire > congregation (please note, children must be 6 years or older to > participate with a parent). For specific information about the food bank, > please go to www.njfoodbank.org. > > May 4 > 9:30 am - Rabbi?s Class > 7:00 pm - Sisterhood Meeting > > May 5 > 7:30 pm ? The Five Books of Moses; an introduction to Judaism > New weekly class taught by Rabbi Bayar ? see below for > More information > 8:00 pm - Executive Board Meeting > > May 6 > 8:00 pm - Men?s Club Meeting > > May 7 > 9:30 am - Rabbi?s Class > 8:00 pm - Adult Education Meeting > > Rabbi Bayar will begin teaching a new adult education course on Tuesday > evenings from 7:30 - 9:00 pm on The Five Books of Moses; an introduction > to Judaism. In this course we will begin with Genesis and study our way > through the five books. We will learn from the text itself (Pshat) and > the rabbinic, medieval and modern commentaries on the Torah (Meforshim). > The course is open to everyone; no knowledge of Hebrew is required. The > course begins on Tuesday, May 5. Please contact Celeste in the Clergy > Office, 973-379-3811 x 20 or cbjmillburn at aol.com to register. > > UPCOMING EVENTS > > Sunday May 10th CBI Men?s Club Says: > Treat Yourself! ... and others to a Men?s Club > Bagel & Lox Box! LAST CALL FOR PLACING YOUR ORDER! > Delivered right to your door on the morning of Mother?s Day, Only $25.00 > Per Box! Our Bagel & Lox Box Includes: ? lb. of Nova Lox, 6 Delicious > Bagels, ? lb. Cream Cheese, 6 Corn or Blueberry Muffins, Tomato & Onion, > and bagels are from Supreme Bagel of Springfield. For more information > call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or jkeselman2 at comcast.net or Howard > Greenwald at (973) 376-5469. > > Adult Forum - Tuesday, May 12th at B?nai Israel > Have lunch with us, and then see the film Billy Elliot. RSVP by May 8th to > Lois Dyer (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non > members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois > Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. > > Thursday, May 14 - CBI YOUTH GROUPS END-OF-THE-YEAR DINNER for Chaverim, > Kadima and USY > 6:30 ? 8:30 p.m. > Join friends and family as we mark the end of another great year of the > CBI youth groups and celebrate the installation of the 2009-2010 USY > Board. Featuring Kosher Chinese and Dessert! > Cost: $10.00 per person. Please RSVP by May 7th to David Good at > dfgood at verizon.net or 973-921-1665. > > Sunday, May 17th at 2:00 pm - CBI Men?s Club Theater Party > Paper Mill Playhouse?s Production of 1776 > There are only 6 tickets left! Call now or email Michael Jurist at (973) > 378-3110 or michael.jurist at verizon.net to make your reservation. Time is > running out, please call now to reserve your seats!!! > > Adult Forum - Tuesday, May 26th at B?nai Israel > Enjoy lunch with us then listen to Rabbi Bayar?s program on ?Jewish > Ethics?. RSVP by May 22nd to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for > Adult Forum members, $9 non members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel > to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. > > A Rosh Chodesh Group for Women - Sponsored by CBI Sisterhood > Tuesday, May 26th - at 6:15-7:45 pm > This month?s program will be facilitated by Janice Colmar. Cost: $18 - > which includes a Shavout themed dinner. Please contact Karen Tucker (908) > 647-8330 or karenltucker at comcast.net or Linda Silver (973) 921-1502 or > lssilver at comcast.net with any questions and to R.S.V.P by May 22, 2009. > > Q. Why is Shavuot night different from all other nights? > A. On this night we learn together as a community! > One of the nicest and most interesting ways to celebrate Shavuot is the > Shavuot night study session - Tikkun Layl Shavuot. We will begin the > session at CBI after Shavuot services at approximately 8:45 PM on Thursday > May 28. It is open to all potential learners. We are also looking for > about 10 volunteers to lead mini-sessions lasting 10-15 minutes each on a > Jewish topic. These can be related to Shavuot or just something Jewish > that you wish to share with our community. Last year?s topics included > among others Jewish meditation, Shavuot recipes, Biblical poetry, text > study and a spiritual check-in. Light refreshments will be served. Call > Josh Schor at 973.467.1275 or email jschor at aol.com. See you there! > > MARCH WITH CBI IN THE SALUTE TO ISRAEL PARADE > SUNDAY, MAY 31st > The Bus Will Leave CBI at 11:45 AM & Return at Approximately 4:30 PM. The > parade this year will celebrate the centennial of Tel Aviv, and the > MetroWest cluster theme will be ?Life?s a Beach in Tel Aviv.? Marchers > are encouraged to ?dress for the beach?! Cost is $10, which includes > parade t-shirt, snacks, water and bus ride into NYC Checks made payable > to: Congregation B?nai Israel. For information, call Michael Jurist at > (973) 378-3110 or e-mail: michael.jurist at verizon.net. > > RUN FOR RACHEL - MAY 31st > The Annual Run for Rachel will be on May 31st this year. Please > Contact Lori Katzman for more information or me know if you are > interested in organizing a CBI team or if you are interested in > participating individually at lakatzman at comcast.net. The event is > in > Livingston and includes a 5K Run, a 3K Walk, and a Kids? Run. > Proceeds benefit the Rachel Coalition, which was originally formed > to > address the concerns of Jewish victims of domestic violence. At > this > time, the work and focus has been expanded to serve all ethnic > groups living in the suburbs. The Rachel Coalition provides many > vital > services in the community, including an emergency Safe House, > individual and group counseling, community education and a 24-hour > crisis intervention hotline. For more information, about this event > please visit: http://oymp.net/Raceinfo/run_for_rachel.htm or call > 973-765-9050. > > Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! > Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially > support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at > (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net > or the CBI office > (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. > > Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men?s Club?s delicious Challah! > If you haven?t tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO > THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every > Friday 7:00 am ? 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We > have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, > Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! > May (4 weeks) $15.00 > June (4 weeks) $15.00 > Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more > information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or > email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net > or call Howard > Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. > > > CBI?s Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! > Let?s help the world become greener! > Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main > Office (973) 379-3811, the School Office > (973)379-1134, or e-mail cbieducator at cbi-nj.org. > > > CBI's MAY bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our > home page at > www.cbi-nj.org > click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn > (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. > PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE ? AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF > OUR GROUND BREAKING! > > If you do not wish to subscribe TO CBI?s email list, please contact > Jane at > jyoung at cbi-nj.org > . Thank you! > > SHABBAT SHALOM! > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisar at cbi-nj.org Wed May 6 10:57:10 2009 From: lisar at cbi-nj.org (Lisa Roth) Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 10:57:10 -0400 Subject: [CBI] =?iso-8859-1?q?Men=27s_Club_LoxBox?= Message-ID: <20090506145834.4EEDB7E383@mailwash1.pair.com> Due to low response, the Men?s Club LoxBox scheduled for Mother?s day has been cancelled.? If you have sent in a check, it will be returned to you. Lisa M. Roth Executive Assistant Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 973-379-3811 ext.11 lisar at cbi-nj.org From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri May 8 13:57:42 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 13:57:42 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly announcements - May 8, 2009 Message-ID: <39A7B3E2C44C41FC9A400EAE8C0F180F@CBI.LOCAL> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... This Shabbat ? May 9, 2009 / 15 Iyar 5769 Bar Mitzvah of Joshua Kimelman Candlelighting: 7:40 pm Friday: 8:15 pm Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots w/HGNS 10:30 am Mincha Following Kiddush BIMA OFFICERS USHERS Friday Ruth Novick Evan Ratner Saturday Jonathan Engel Yuda Drattler Steve Chizzik MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Boaz and Jill Teltser Kimelman for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg and the Kiddush in honor of Joshua becoming a Bar Mitzvah. MAZEL TOV TO: Carol and Fred Bolton on the birth of their granddaughter, Shayna Faye. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Solomon and ending with Taitel that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT EMOR MAY 9, 2009 ? 15 Iyar 5769 Leviticus 21:1 ? 24:23 (Etz Hayim, p. 717; Hertz p. 513) Ezekiel 44:15 ? 31 (Etz Hayim p. 735; Hertz p. 528) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY God instructs Moses to teach the priests the laws that apply to their special status. No kohen may come into contact with a dead body, the principal source of ritual impurity, other than members of his immediate family - parents, children, or siblings (the rabbis included his wife). They were not to shave their heads or make gashes in their skin as expressions of mourning. A kohen may not marry a harlot or a divorcee. Additional prohibitions apply to the High Priest, who may not come into contact with any dead body, even immediate family, or marry a widow. No kohen with a physical defect may offer sacrifices, but he still was permitted to eat the portions of the sacrifices set aside for the priests. A priest who is ritually impure may not eat from these sacrifices. Only priests and members of their households - excluding hired workers and daughters married to husbands who are not priests - may eat the food offerings given to the priests. Animals dedicated as sacrifices may not have any physical defect. An animal and its young may not be slaughtered on the same day. God instructs Moses to teach the people about Shabbat and the festivals ? Pesach, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. The priests are to light the lamps in the sanctuary and to prepare twelve loaves of bread to be displayed in the sanctuary each week. A man who was the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father committed blasphemy and was brought to Moses. God tells Moses that the blasphemer is to be executed by stoning. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ***The Cul-de-Sac entrance is temporarily closed due to work on our trailers. Please use the parking lot entrance. We are sorry for any inconvenience.*** May 10 Mother?s Day May 11 9:30 am - Rabbi?s Class 7:30 pm - Religious School Zayin Graduation May 12 12:00 pm - Adult Forum 7:30 pm - Rabbi?s class 8:00 pm ? Board Meeting May 14 9:30 am - Rabbi?s Class 6:30 pm - Youth Group Dinner 8:00 pm - Religious Affairs Mtg. Rabbi Bayar is teaching a new adult education course on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 - 9:00 pm on The Five Books of Moses; an introduction to Judaism. In this course we will begin with Genesis and study our way through the five books. We will learn from the text itself (Pshat) and the rabbinic, medieval and modern commentaries on the Torah (Meforshim). The course is open to everyone; no knowledge of Hebrew is required. The course has begun but it?s not too late to join! Please contact Celeste in the Clergy Office, 973-379-3811 x 20 or cbjmillburn at aol.com to register. UPCOMING EVENTS Adult Forum - Tuesday, May 12th at B?nai Israel Have lunch with us, and then see the film Billy Elliot. RSVP by May 8th to Lois Dyer (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Thursday, May 14 - CBI YOUTH GROUPS END-OF-THE-YEAR DINNER for Chaverim, Kadima and USY 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. in Grace Levine Hall Join friends and family as we mark the end of another great year of the CBI youth groups...and celebrate the installation of the 2009-2010 USY Board. Featuring Kosher Chinese and Dessert! Cost: $10.00 per person. RSVP deadline is TODAY! Please contact David Good at dfgood at verizon.net or (973) 921-1665 to reserve space! CBI Sisterhood Installation Dinner - Monday, May 18th Come and support your friends as they move into their new positions for next year?s board. Let Risa Wasserman know if you have any raffle donations for installation dinner ? we could use donations of new unwrapped gifts. Contact Risa Wasserman for more details at (973) 467-6786. Adult Forum - Tuesday, May 26th at B?nai Israel Enjoy lunch with us then listen to Rabbi Bayar?s program on ?Jewish Ethics?. RSVP by May 22nd to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 non members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. A Rosh Chodesh Group for Women - Sponsored by CBI Sisterhood Tuesday, May 26th - at 6:15-7:45 pm This month?s program will be facilitated by Janice Colmar. Cost: $18 - which includes a Shavout themed dinner. Please contact Karen Tucker (908) 647-8330 or karenltucker at comcast.net or Linda Silver (973) 921-1502 or lssilver at comcast.net with any questions and to R.S.V.P by May 22, 2009. Q. Why is Shavuot night different from all other nights? A. On this night we learn together as a community! One of the nicest and most interesting ways to celebrate Shavuot is the Shavuot night study session - Tikkun Layl Shavuot. We will begin the session at CBI after Shavuot services at approximately 8:45 PM on Thursday May 28. It is open to all potential learners. Last year?s topics included among others Jewish meditation, Shavuot recipes, Biblical poetry, text study and a spiritual check-in. Light refreshments will be served. Call Josh Schor at 973.467.1275 or email jschor at aol.com. See you there! MARCH WITH CBI IN THE SALUTE TO ISRAEL PARADE SUNDAY, MAY 31st The Bus Will Leave CBI at 11:15 AM & Return at Approximately 4:30 PM. The parade this year will celebrate the centennial of Tel Aviv, and the MetroWest cluster theme will be ?Life?s a Beach in Tel Aviv.? Marchers are encouraged to ?dress for the beach?! Cost is $10, which includes parade t-shirt, snacks, water and bus ride into NYC Checks made payable to: Congregation B?nai Israel. For information, call Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or e-mail: michael.jurist at verizon.net. RUN FOR RACHEL - MAY 31st The Annual Run for Rachel will be on May 31st this year. Please Contact Lori Katzman for more information if you are interested in organizing a CBI team or if you are interested in participating individually at lakatzman at comcast.net. The event is in Livingston and includes a 5K Run, a 3K Walk, and a Kids? Run. Proceeds benefit the Rachel Coalition, which was originally formed to address the concerns of Jewish victims of domestic violence. At this time, the work and focus has been expanded to serve all ethnic groups living in the suburbs. The Rachel Coalition provides many vital services in the community, including an emergency Safe House, individual and group counseling, community education and a 24-hour crisis intervention hotline. For more information, about this event please visit: http://oymp.net/Raceinfo/run_for_rachel.htm or call 973-765-9050. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (see NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men?s Club?s delicious Challah! If you haven?t tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am ? 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! May (3 weeks) $11.25 June (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. CBI?s Family Enrichment Program is selling Green Reusable Shopping Bags! Let?s help the world become greener! Purchase your green reusable bags for $2.00 a piece from the Main Office (973) 379-3811, the School Office (973) 379-1134, or e-mail cbieducator at cbi-nj.org. CBI's MAY bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE ? AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR GROUND BREAKING! If you do not wish to subscribe TO CBI?s email list, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org . Thank you! SHABBAT SHALOM! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri May 15 16:26:22 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 16:26:22 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements - May 15, 2009 Message-ID: <941146DE37CE497E807BC1280C05AB28@CBI.LOCAL> HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CBI... This Shabbat ? May 16, 2009 / 22 Iyar 5769 Bat Mitzvah of Hannah Cohen Candlelighting: 7:47 pm Friday: 8:15 pm Saturday Services: Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Yaldenu 11:15 am Mincha Following Kiddush BIMA OFFICERS USHERS Friday David Ehrlich Stephanie Regen Saturday Linda Sotnick Stephanie Regen, Tina Goldstone MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Gerald and Elizabeth Cohen for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush in honor of Hannah?s Bat Mitzvah. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Tambor and ending with Weiner that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT BEHAR-BEHUKOTAI May 16, 2009 ? 22 Iyar 5769 Leviticus 25:1 ? 27:34 (Etz Hayim, p. 738; Hertz p. 531) Jeremiah 16:19 ? 17:14 (Etz Hayim, p. 763; Hertz p. 551) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY God tells Moses to instruct the people about the shemittah, the sabbatical year. Once they had settled in their land, the Israelites were to plant, harvest, and store the produce of their fields for six years. During the seventh year of the cycle, the shemittah, they were not to plant or harvest, or to store produce that grew on its own. However, everyone was free to take and eat whatever did grow on its own. The 50th year, coming after seven of these seven-year cycles, was designated the yoveil. Not only was farming prohibited then, but all Israelite slaves were to be freed and any land sold during the previous 49 years was to revert to its original owners. In other words, land never actually was sold. It really was leased until the next yoveil. When a person had to sell all or part of his land due to financial need, his relatives were to redeem what he had sold. Houses in walled cities could be redeemed for a year from the date of sale and then passed permanently to the buyer. Houses outside these walled cities and houses in the cities of the Levites could not be sold permanently - they remained subject to redemption and reverted to the original owners at the yoveil. When a person became poor, he was to be loaned money at no interest. If this was not enough to allow him to recover financially, he could become an indentured servant who would be set free at the yoveil. Non-Israelite slaves were to be considered permanent possessions. The commandments not to make or worship idols and to keep Shabbat are restated. If Israel follows God?s laws and obeys His commandments, they will be blessed with peace and prosperity. However, if Israel chooses not to obey God?s laws, they will be subject to increasingly severe punishments - disease, famine, war, and exile. God promises that even after these terrible things befall the people, He will not completely destroy Israel but will remember His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and welcome Israel?s teshuvah. God tells Moses to instruct the people about the fulfillment of vows. Specific amounts are listed for paying a vow of the equivalent of a human being. Details are given for paying or redeeming vows of animals, houses, and land. First-born animals are not subject to vows - they are automatically consecrated to God. First-born kosher animals are to be brought for sacrifice and first-born impure animals must be redeemed for money. Tithes of produce and animals are described. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ******* The Cul-de-Sac entrance is temporarily closed due to preparation work on our contruction trailers. Please use the parking lot entrance to the building during the week and/or the Millburn Avenue entrance on Shabbat. We are sorry for any inconvenience. ******* May 17 10:00 am - Religious School Tile Project May 18 9:30 am - Rabbi?s Class 6:30 pm - Sisterhood Installation May 19 Last Day of Religious School 6:00 pm ? Bet Moving Up May 21 9:30 am - Rabbi?s Class 8:00 pm - Religious School Board Meeting 8:00 pm - Religious Affairs Meeting 8:00 pm - Finance Committee Meeting UPCOMING EVENTS CBI Sisterhood Installation Dinner Monday, May 18th at 6:30 pm Come and support your friends as they move into their new positions for next year?s board. Let Risa Wasserman know if you have any raffle donations for installation dinner ? we could use donations of new unwrapped gifts. You can contact Risa Wasserman at (973) 467-6786. Rimon Panel Discussion What is the Meaning of Revelation? Tuesday, May 19th at 7:30 ? 9:00 pm Lautenberg JCC, Whippany Panelists include: Rabbi Steven Bayar, Congregation B?nai Israel, Millburn - Rabbi Matthew Reimer, Congregation B?nai Jeshurun, Short Hills - and Rabbi Elliot Tepperman Congregation B?nai Keshet, Montclair. This program is a part of Rimon?s 2009-2010 offering of Adult Jewish Education opportunities at Partner Synagogues and Agencies throughtout MetroWest. Go to www.rimonnj.org for a complete Spring/Summer Catalogue and for further details on the Rimon Mission. Admission is Free! Registration is requested: Call Michael Jay, Rimon Director at (973) 530-3489. A Rosh Chodesh Group for Women * Sponsored by CBI Sisterhood Tuesday, May 26th - at 6:15-7:45 pm This month?s program will be facilitated by Janice Colmar. Cost: $18 - which includes a Shavout themed dinner. Please contact Karen Tucker (908) 647-8330 or karenltucker at comcast.net or Linda Silver (973) 921-1502 or lssilver at comcast.net with any questions and to R.S.V.P by May 22, 2009. Q. Why is Shavuot night different from all other nights? A. On this night we learn together as a community! One of the nicest and most interesting ways to celebrate Shavuot is the Shavuot night study session - Tikkun Layl Shavuot. We will begin the session at CBI after Shavuot services at approximately 8:45 PM on Thursday May 28. It is open to all potential learners. We are also looking for about 10 volunteers to lead mini-sessions lasting 10-15 minutes each on a Jewish topic. These can be related to Shavuot or just something Jewish that you wish to share with our community. Last year?s topics included among others Jewish meditation, Shavuot recipes, Biblical poetry, text study and a spiritual check-in. View our flyer at http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/shavuot_2009.pdf. Light refreshments will be served. Call Josh Schor at 973.467.1275 or email jschor at aol.com. See you there! March With CBI in the Salute to Israel Parade,Sunday, May 31st The Bus Will Leave CBI at 11:45 AM & Return at Approximately 4:30 PM. The parade this year will celebrate the centennial of Tel Aviv, and the MetroWest cluster theme will be ?Life?s a Beach in Tel Aviv.? Marchers are encouraged to ?dress for the beach?! Cost is $10, which includes parade t-shirt, snacks, water and bus ride into NYC. Checks made payable to: Congregation B?nai Israel. For information, call Michael Jurist at (973) 378-3110 or e-mail: michael.jurist at verizon.net. The Annual Run For Rachel - May 31st Please Contact Lori Katzman for more information if you are interested in organizing a CBI team or if you are interested in participating individually at lakatzman at comcast.net. The event is in Livingston and includes a 5K Run, a 3K Walk, and a Kids? Run. Proceeds benefit the Rachel Coalition, which was originally formed to address the concerns of Jewish victims of domestic violence. At this time, the work and focus has been expanded to serve all ethnic groups living in the suburbs. The Rachel Coalition provides many vital services in the community, including an emergency Safe House, individual and group counseling, community education and a 24-hour crisis intervention hotline. For more information, about this event please visit: http://oymp.net/Raceinfo/run_for_rachel.htm or call 973-765-9050. NEW - CBI - JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am, beginning June 2nd - The main goal of this self-help group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. Watch for more details... Adult Forum - Wednesday, June 3rd Day trip sponsored by Oheb Shalom, visit the Presby Iris Memorial Garden in full bloom, lunch on your own at a local Turkish Restaurant (many vegetarian dishes), docent tour of special Wyeth Exhibit at Montclair Museum, and art project. Cost is $45 ($40 Simcha Senior Members). Depart Oheb Shalom at 10:30 am, return by 4:00 pm approximately. Send check payable to Oheb Shalom with phone number and note to ? Simcha Seniors Attn: E. Nesson 170 Scotland Rd. South Orange, NJ 07079. SAVE THE DATE! CBI?S 1st ever Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Instrumental Music ? Friday, June 5th at 7:30 pm Adult Forum - Wednesday, June 9th at B?nai Israel Lunch at noon then noted Hirschhorn speaker, Rebecca Levine will delight us with some Yiddishkeit at 1:00 pm. RSVP by June 5th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace. Livingston, NJ 07039. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (see NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. CBI's Summer White Elephant Sale is coming! It?s time to start thinking about what?s in the attic, basement and closet that you don?t need or want anymore, but that is ?too good? to trash. White Elephant magicians will take your cast-offs that you drop off and turn them into funds. Don?t think out-grown sporting equipment, neglected knick-knacks Used electronics, media and books can translate into helping the synagogue. You can do good and clean up. Just think of what you?ll do with the space that you liberate! In past years we raised almost $8000 per sale ? help us meet or exceed that figure in 2009. The items we?ll take include: clean used clothes; small household appliances; art, antiques and wall hangings; books and media; electronics; sporting equipment; knick-knack; linens and bedding; lamps; kid?s toys, strollers, etc; Furniture on a case by-case basis. If it?s good enough for you to pass along to a neighbor, we?ll take it. Call or text Andrea Hirschfeld 312-497-0936 email abh727 at aol.com or Lois Cantwell, 908-251-4458 loiskc at gmail.com if you have any questions, would like to volunteer set-up or sale time, have a truck or car that could be used to transport large items or would be able to support a web-site sale effort (technical skills). IMPORTANT: Help us out by making sure anything you donate has not been recalled for safety reasons ? the laws have changed and we are not able to accept any baby furniture, car seats, booster seats, walkers, high chairs, etc. ALSO NO PAINTED TOYS or KIDS? JEWLERY. If you are in doubt, check the internet to see if your item has been recalled. Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men?s Club?s delicious Challah! If you haven?t tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am ? 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! May (2 weeks) $7.50 June (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com/ and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's MAY bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE ? AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR GROUND BREAKING! If you do not wish to subscribe TO CBI?s email list, please contact Jane at jyoung at cbi-nj.org . Thank you! SHABBAT SHALOM! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anaa at cbi-nj.org Fri May 22 14:33:45 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 14:33:45 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR MAY 22, 2009 Message-ID: <20090522183502.0989E7E3AC@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B'nai Israel's E-mail Announcements May 23, 2009 29 Iyar 5769 This Week Congregation B'nai Israel will celebrate the following B'nai Mitzvahs of: Ruth Engel and Samuel Gluckman Candle lighting: 7:53 pm Shabbat Services Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Mincha Following Kiddush Please see upcoming events below for Shavuot Schedule. Bat Mitzvah of Ruth Engel: BIMA OFFICER USHERS Friday Janet Slifer Matt Askin Saturday David Touger Elynn Finston, James Beneroff Bar Mitzvah of Samuel Gluckman: BIMA OFFICER USHERS Monday TBD James Beneroff MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Jonathan and Rozlyn Engel for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush in honor of Ruth's Bat Mitzvah. Daniel and Randi Gluckman for sponsoring Monday's Bima flowers in honor of Samuel's Bar Mitzvah. MAZEL TOV TO: CBI's First Grade Students at SSDS on receiving their Siddurim: Hannah Brownstein, Rebecca Casel, Benjamin Gutstein, Aaron Hubscher, Miryam Leader-Bray and Ryan Potechin. Lilli and Steve Finkler in honor of the engagement of their son David to Katie Kline. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Weinstein and ending with Winnik that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT B'MIDBAR - BIRKAT HAHODESH Numbers 1:1 - 4:20 (Etz Hayim, p. 769; Hertz p. 568) I Samuel 20:18 - 42 (Etz Hayim, p. 1216; Hertz p. 948) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY God instructs Moses to take a census of the men of military age, 20 years and older. Moses and Aaron, along with a designated leader from each tribe, conduct the census. The total for each tribe and the grand total are listed. The Levites are not included in the general census. God tells Moses that the Levites are to be in charge of the Tabernacle and its furnishings. They are to carry it when the people travel, they are to set it up and take it down, and they are to camp around it to guard it. God tells Moses and Aaron how the camp is to be arranged, with each tribe given a designated place surrounding the Tabernacle. Their order of march also is specified. God then tells Moses that the Levites are to serve Aaron and the priests, doing the work of the sanctuary so that the priests may perform their sacred function. The Levites are to take the place of the first-born of each family as the ones who are dedicated to God. Moses is told to conduct a census of the Levites, counting all the males from the age of 30 days up. The specific duties of each ancestral house of the Levites are described. God tells Moses to record every Israelite first-born male from 30 days up. The Levites are formally substituted for the first-born. Another census is taken of the house of Kohat among the Levites, counting those aged 30 to 50. The duties of this house, the transportation of the most sacred objects, are described. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ********** The Cul-de-Sac entrance is temporarily closed due to preparation work on our contruction trailers. Please use the parking lot entrance to the building during the week and/or the Millburn Avenue entrance on Shabbat. We are sorry for any inconvenience. ********** UPCOMING EVENTS May 25 - Memorial Day (Office and HGNS closed) 8:30 am - Morning Minyan May 26 6:30 pm - Rosh Chodesh 7:30 pm - Rabbi's Class 8:00 pm - SPaIC Meeting May 27 8:00 pm - HGNS Board Meeting 8:00 pm - Religious School Board Meeting May 28 - Erev Shavuot 9:30 am - Rabbi's Class 8:00 pm - Ma'ariv 8:30 pm - Tikkun Leil Shavuot May 29 - 1st day of Shavuot (Office and HGNS closed) 9:00 am - Shacharit 8:15 pm - Ma'ariv Challahs will be available for pick up on Thursday between 7:00 am to 2:00 pm due to Shavuot on Friday. A Rosh Chodesh Group for Women * Sponsored by CBI Sisterhood Tuesday, May 26th - at 6:15-7:45 pm This month's program will be facilitated by Janice Colmar. Cost: $18 - which includes a Shavout themed dinner. Please contact Karen Tucker (908) 647-8330 or karenltucker at comcast.net or Linda Silver (973) 921-1502 or lssilver at verizon.net with any questions and to R.S.V.P by May 22, 2009. Q. Why is Shavuot night different from all other nights? A. On this night we learn together as a community! One of the nicest and most interesting ways to celebrate Shavuot is the Shavuot night study session - Tikkun Layl Shavuot. We will begin the session at CBI after Shavuot services at approximately 8:45 PM on Thursday May 28. It is open to all potential learners. We are also looking for about 10 volunteers to lead mini-sessions lasting 10-15 minutes each on a Jewish topic. These can be related to Shavuot or just something Jewish that you wish to share with our community. Last year's topics included among others Jewish meditation, Shavuot recipes, Biblical poetry, text study and a spiritual check-in. View our flyer at http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/shavuot_2009.pdf. Light refreshments will be served. Call Josh Schor at 973.467.1275 or email jschor at aol.com. See you there! March With CBI in the Salute to Israel Parade Sunday, May 31st The Bus Will Leave CBI at 11:15 AM & Return at Approximately 4:30 PM. The parade this year will celebrate the centennial of Tel Aviv, and the MetroWest cluster theme will be "Life's a Beach in Tel Aviv." Marchers are encouraged to "dress for the beach"! Cost is $10, which includes parade t-shirt, snacks, water and bus ride into NYC. Checks made payable to: Congregation B'nai Israel. Limited Seats Available!!! Those who are interested in participating MUST get their checks in to Michael Jurist ASAP! For information, call Michael Jurist at 973.378.3110 or michael.jurist at verizon.net. The Annual Run For Rachel - May 31st Please Contact Lori Katzman for more information if you are interested in organizing a CBI team or if you are interested in participating individually at lakatzman at comcast.net. The event is in Livingston and includes a 5K Run, a 3K Walk, and a Kids' Run. Proceeds benefit the Rachel Coalition, which was originally formed to address the concerns of Jewish victims of domestic violence. At this time, the work and focus has been expanded to serve all ethnic groups living in the suburbs. The Rachel Coalition provides many vital services in the community, including an emergency Safe House, individual and group counseling, community education and a 24-hour crisis intervention hotline. For more information, about this event please visit: http://oymp.net/Raceinfo/run_for_rachel.htm or call (973) 765-9050. NEW - CBI - JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am, Beginning June 3rd CBI is starting a job search networking group on Wednesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. Adult Forum - Wednesday, June 3rd FORBES MAGAZINE GALLERIES AND GRACIE MANSION NEW YORK CITY 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Explore two of New York's treasures. Start the day in the lobby of the Forbes Magazine headquarters gaping at the treasure trove of collectibles and the special exhibit exploring Hungary's thriving culture. Experience a docent-led tour of Gracie Mansion, one of the elegant country homes that once lined Manhattan's East River Shore. Members: $55, Community Particpaint: $65 (includes lunch at Pete's Tavern est. 1864). Bus will pick up at B'nai Israel and our group should be gathered by 9:15. Photo ID needed for Gracie Mansion tour. Please make checks payable to Scotch Plains JCC and mail to: Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace. Livingston, NJ 07039 by Saturday, May 30th. SAVE THE DATE! CBI'S 1st ever Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Instrumental Music - Friday, June 5th at 7:30 pm Adult Forum - Wednesday, June 9th at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon then noted Hirschhorn speaker, Rebecca Levine will delight us with some Yiddishkeit at 1:00 pm. RSVP by June 5th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace. Livingston, NJ 07039. MEN'S CLUB INSTALLATION Wednesday evening, June 10th at 6:30 pm Please Join us for a delicious deli dinner and entertainment featuring Phil Levine on the violin with piano accompaniment. RSVP by June 5th to David Ehrlich at david.ehrlich at comcast.net or (973) 258-0622. SAVE THE DATE CBI Annual Congregational Meeting - June 23rd at 7:30 pm Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (see NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. CBI's Summer White Elephant Sale is coming!!! It's time to start thinking about what's in the attic, basement and closet that you don't need or want anymore, but that is 'too good' to trash. White Elephant magicians will take your cast-offs that you drop off and turn them into funds. Don't think out-grown sporting equipment, neglected knick-knacks, used electronics, media and books can translate into helping the synagogue. You can do good and clean up. Just think of what you'll do with the space that you liberate! In past years we raised almost $8000 per sale - help us meet or exceed that figure in 2009. The items we'll take include: clean used clothes; small household appliances; art, antiques and wall hangings; books and media; electronics; sporting equipment; knick-knack; linens and bedding; lamps; kid's toys, strollers, etc; Furniture on a case by-case basis. If it's good enough for you to pass along to a neighbor, we'll take it. Call or text Andrea Hirschfeld (312) 497-0936 email abh727 at aol.com or Lois Cantwell, (908) 251-4458 loiskc at gmail.com if you have any questions, would like to volunteer set-up or sale time, have a truck or car that could be used to transport large items or would be able to support a web-site sale effort (technical skills). IMPORTANT: Help us out by making sure anything you donate has not been recalled for safety reasons - the laws have changed and we are not able to accept any baby furniture, car seats, booster seats, walkers, high chairs, etc. ALSO NO PAINTED TOYS or KIDS' JEWLERY. If you are in doubt, check the internet to see if your item has been recalled. Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men's Club's delicious Challah! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! May (1 weeks) $3.75 June (4 weeks) $15.00 July (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. This week, challahs will be available for pick up on Thursday between 7:00 am to 2:00 pm due to Shavuot on Friday. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com / and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's MAY bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE - AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR GROUND BREAKING! If you do not wish to subscribe TO CBI's email list, please contact Jane Young at jyoung at cbi-nj.org . Thank you! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: March With CBI in the Salute to Israel Parade This Sunday, May 31st The Bus Will Leave CBI at 11:15 AM & Return at Approximately 4:30 PM. The parade this year will celebrate the centennial of Tel Aviv, and the MetroWest cluster theme will be "Life's a Beach in Tel Aviv." Marchers are encouraged to "dress for the beach"! Cost is $10, which includes parade t-shirt, snacks, water and bus ride into NYC. Checks made payable to: Congregation B'nai Israel. Limited Seats Available!!! Those who are interested in participating MUST get their checks in to Michael Jurist ASAP! For information, call Michael Jurist at 973.378.3110 or michael.jurist at verizon.net. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 65725 bytes Desc: not available Url : From anaa at cbi-nj.org Thu May 28 15:16:34 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 15:16:34 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements for May 28, 2009 Message-ID: <20090528191804.608167E383@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B'nai Israel's E-mail Announcements May 30, 2009 7 SIvan 5769 This week Congregation B'nai Israel will be celebrating Shavuot. Candle lighting: 7:59 pm Shavuot and Shabbat Services Thursday, May 28 8:00 pm - Ma'ariv 8:30 pm - Tikkun Leil Shavuot - Midnight Friday, May 29 9:00 am - Shacharit 8:15 pm - Ma'ariv Saturday, May 30 9:00 am - Shacharit 10:30 am - Yizkor BIMA OFFICER USHERS Friday Jonathan Engel Eric Kantor Saturday Linda Sotnick MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Friday Kiddush and Oneg. Carol and Philip Eichler for sponsoring the bima flowers in memory of their daughter, Rachelle. Carol and Bob Marcus for sponsoring the Saturday Kiddush in honor of the Auf Ruf of their son Daniel to Jessica Olshen. MAZEL TOV TO: Henry and Roslyn Brendzel on the birth of their grandson, Nathan Alan Barreaux. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Wolk and ending with Zucker that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION TORAH READING FOR SHAVUOT 2ND DAY May 30 2009 - 7 Sivan 5769 Deuteronomy 14:22 - 16:17 (Etz Hayim, p. 1074; Hertz p. 810) Habakuk 3:1 - 19 (Etz Hayim, p. 1326; Hertz p. 1032) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY Each Israelite farmer was to set aside one tenth of his annual produce and bring it, or its monetary equivalent, to Jerusalem as a tithe. He was to use it for a celebratory feast in the first, second, fourth and fifth years of the seven-year agricultural cycle. In the third and sixth years, this tithe was to be given to the poor. The seventh year was the Shemittah and the Israelites were not to engage in agriculture. Laws about the remission of debts, support for the poor, and the freeing of indentured servants are given. The three pilgrimage festivals are described. The maftir reading describes the offerings that were to be brought to the Temple on Shavuot. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ********** The Cul-de-Sac entrance is temporarily closed due to preparation work on our contruction trailers. Please use the parking lot entrance to the building during the week and use the Millburn Avenue entrance on Shabbat and Shavuot. We are sorry for any inconvenience. ********** UPCOMING EVENTS May 29 The Office and HGNS are closed in observance of Shavuot. June 1 Rabbi's Class 9:30 am June 2 Rabbi's Class 7:30 pm Executive Board Meeting 8:00 pm June 3 Job Search Network 9:30 am HGNS Camp Staff Meeting 4:00 pm June 4 Rabbi's Class 9:30 am June 5 Service with Instrumental Music 7:30 pm Q. Why is Shavuot night different from all other nights? A. On this night we learn together as a community! One of the nicest and most interesting ways to celebrate Shavuot is the Shavuot night study session - Tikkun Layl Shavuot. We will begin the session at CBI after Shavuot services at approximately 8:45 PM on Thursday May 28. It is open to all potential learners. We are also looking for about 10 volunteers to lead mini-sessions lasting 10-15 minutes each on a Jewish topic. These can be related to Shavuot or just something Jewish that you wish to share with our community. Last year's topics included among others Jewish meditation, Shavuot recipes, Biblical poetry, text study and a spiritual check-in. View our flyer at http://www.cbi-nj.org/notices/shavuot_2009.pdf. Light refreshments will be served. Call Josh Schor at 973.467.1275 or email jschor at aol.com. See you there! March With CBI in the Salute to Israel Parade This Sunday, May 31st The Bus Will Leave CBI at 11:15 AM & Return at Approximately 4:30 PM. The parade this year will celebrate the centennial of Tel Aviv, and the MetroWest cluster theme will be "Life's a Beach in Tel Aviv." Marchers are encouraged to "dress for the beach"! Cost is $10, which includes parade t-shirt, snacks, water and bus ride into NYC. Checks made payable to: Congregation B'nai Israel. Limited Seats Available!!! Those who are interested in participating MUST get their checks in to Michael Jurist ASAP! For information, call Michael Jurist at 973.378.3110 or michael.jurist at verizon.net. The Annual Run For Rachel This Sunday, May 31st Please Contact Lori Katzman for more information if you are interested in organizing a CBI team or if you are interested in participating individually at lakatzman at comcast.net. The event is in Livingston and includes a 5K Run, a 3K Walk, and a Kids' Run. Proceeds benefit the Rachel Coalition, which was originally formed to address the concerns of Jewish victims of domestic violence. At this time, the work and focus has been expanded to serve all ethnic groups living in the suburbs. The Rachel Coalition provides many vital services in the community, including an emergency Safe House, individual and group counseling, community education and a 24-hour crisis intervention hotline. For more information, about this event please visit: http://oymp.net/Raceinfo/run_for_rachel.htm or call (973) 765-9050. NEW - CBI - JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am, Beginning June 3rd CBI is starting a job search networking group on Wednesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. Adult Forum - Wednesday, June 3rd FORBES MAGAZINE GALLERIES AND GRACIE MANSION NEW YORK CITY 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Explore two of New York's treasures. Start the day in the lobby of the Forbes Magazine headquarters gaping at the treasure trove of collectibles and the special exhibit exploring Hungary's thriving culture. Experience a docent-led tour of Gracie Mansion, one of the elegant country homes that once lined Manhattan's East River Shore. Members: $55, Community Particpaint: $65 (includes lunch at Pete's Tavern est. 1864). Bus will pick up at B'nai Israel and our group should be gathered by 9:15. Photo ID needed for Gracie Mansion tour. Please make checks payable to Scotch Plains JCC and mail to: Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace. Livingston, NJ 07039 by Saturday, May 30th. SAVE THE DATE! CBI'S 1st ever Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Instrumental Music Friday, June 5th at 7:30 pm Adult Forum - Wednesday, June 9th at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon then noted Hirschhorn speaker, Rebecca Levine will delight us with some Yiddishkeit at 1:00 pm. RSVP by June 5th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace. Livingston, NJ 07039. MEN'S CLUB INSTALLATION Wednesday evening, June 10th at 6:30 pm Please Join us for a delicious deli dinner and entertainment featuring Phil Levine on the violin with piano accompaniment. RSVP by June 5th to David Ehrlich at david.ehrlich at comcast.net or (973) 258-0622. SAVE THE DATE CBI Annual Congregational Meeting - June 23rd at 7:00 pm CBI's Summer White Elephant Sale is finally here!!! Due to popular demand, Congregation B'nai Israel's will be holding a fabulous White Elephant Sale again in July!!! SALE DATES ARE: Thursday, July 23 - 6 - 9:00 PM Friday, July 24 - 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Sunday, July 26 - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM SET UP DAYS: Wednesday, July 22 - 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM and Thursday, July 23 - 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Drop off starts July 12 at 10:00 am Assisted times: Sunday, July 12 -10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Evenings July 13-16 and 20-22 - 6 - 8:15 PM At these times only there will be volunteers to help you move items from your car. During synagogue hours please feel free to "walk" in with your donations and drop them off in the Grace Levine. Remember: make sure that any item you donate has not been recalled for safety reasons! We will NOT accept: Painted children's furniture or toys, children's jewelry, car seats, high chairs, playpens, cribs, used mattresses and box springs, non-working electronics, electric razors. Don't forget to give us: books, clean wearable clothing, knick-knacks, housewares, electronics, personal items, stationary, medical items, sporting goods, instruments, art and collectibles, tapes, videos, cds, dvds, jewelry, arts and crafts items, any new gift items you don't want, linens and curtains, luggage, shoes, purses, furniture. If you think your item is particularly valuable, please let us know. We would gladly take donations from your friends. Don't forget to pick up your tax letters. If you have any questions please call or email - Lois Cantwell 908-251-4458, loiskc at gmail.com or Andrea Hirschfeld 312-497-0936, abh727 at aol.com. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME - THIS SALE DIRECTLY BENEFITS YOUR SYNAGOGUE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP SET UP AND MONITOR THE SALE. JOIN THE PARTY! Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (see NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men's Club's delicious Challah! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! June (4 weeks) $15.00 July (5 weeks) $18.75 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. 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URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Jun 5 13:55:33 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:55:33 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements for June 5, 2009 Message-ID: Congregation B'nai Israel's E-mail Announcements JUNE 6, 2009 14 SIvan 5769 This week Congregation B'nai Israel will be celebrating the Bat Mitzvah of Elana Horowitz. Candle lighting: 8:04 pm Shabbat Services Friday 7:30 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Learners' & Journeyers' Minyan 10:45 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICER USHERS Friday David Touger Adam Katzman Saturday Joe Tenenbaum Jack Wenik, Elynn Finston, Andrea Rappoport MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Jo Ann Horowitz and grandparents, Jerry and Rita Horowitz for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush luncheon in honor of Elana's Bat Mitzvah. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Abrams and ending with Behar that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT NASO June 6, 2009 - 14 Sivan 5769 Numbers 4:21 - 7:89 (Etz Hayim, p. 791; Hertz p. 586) Judges 13:2 - 25 (Etz Hayim, p. 813; Hertz p. 602) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY God instructs Moses to take a census of the remaining Levitical houses, the Gershonites and the Merarites. The numbers of all the Levitical houses are reported and the duties of the latter two are described. People who have contracted ritual impurity from specific sources must be placed outside the camp. A person who has wronged another by theft must confess his or her sin, make restitution and add a 20 percent fine, and bring an offering to complete his atonement. When a man suspects his wife of adultery but has no evidence, he may bring her to a priest; he is also to bring a grain offering. The priest will then have the woman drink the "water of bitterness." If the woman is guilty, she will experience unpleasant physical effects when she drinks the water, but if she is innocent she will pass this trial unharmed. God tells Moses that a person may make a vow to become a nazir, abstaining from wine and grape products, from cutting his hair, and from any contact with the dead. If a nazir is accidentally contaminated by a person suddenly dying near him, he must undergo the seven-day purification ritual, bring a penalty offering, and begin counting his term as a nazir again from the beginning. At the conclusion of the term of the nazir's vow, he or she undergoes a completion ritual. God tells Moses to instruct Aaron and his sons about the performance of the Priestly Blessing. On the day that Moses completes setting up the Tabernacle and anointing and consecrating it and its furnishings, the chiefs of the tribes bring their offerings. Although they brought identical offerings, one each day for 12 days, the gift of each chief is described individually. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE **************************************** The Cul-de-Sac entrance is temporarily closed due to preparation work on our construction trailers. Please use the parking lot entrance to the building during the week and use the Millburn Avenue entrance on Shabbat. We are sorry for any inconvenience. **************************************** UPCOMING EVENTS June 5 Kabbalat Shabbat Musical Service 7:30 pm June 9 Adult Forum noon Rabbi's Class 7:30 pm Board Meeting 8:00 pm June 10 Job Networking workshop 9:30 am HGNS Pre-K Graduation 10:00 am Men's Club Installation 6:30 pm June 11 Last Day of HGNS CBI'S 1st ever Kabbalat Shabbat Musical Service with Instrumental Music - Tonight - Friday, June 5th at 7:30 pm NEW CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Wednesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Wednesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. Adult Forum - Wednesday, June 9th at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon then noted Hirschhorn speaker, Rebecca Levine will delight us with some Yiddishkeit at 1:00 pm. RSVP by June 5th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace. Livingston, NJ 07039. MEN'S CLUB INSTALLATION Wednesday evening, June 10th at 6:30 pm Please Join us for a delicious deli dinner and entertainment featuring Phil Levine on the violin with piano accompaniment. RSVP by June 5th to David Ehrlich at david.ehrlich at comcast.net or (973) 258-0622. ADULT FORUM Tuesday, June 23rd at B'nai Israel Lunch at noon, then be introduced to Klezmer 101 with Mark Levy. RSVP by June 19th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 for nonmembers. Send checks made out to B'nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace. Livingston, NJ 07039. Don't Miss CBI's Annual Congregational Meeting Tuesday, June 23rd at 7:00 pm CBI's Summer White Elephant Sale is Coming !!! Due to popular demand, Congregation B'nai Israel's will be holding a fabulous White Elephant Sale again in July!!! SALE DATES ARE: Thursday, July 23 - 6 - 9:00 PM Friday, July 24 - 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Sunday, July 26 - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM SET UP DAYS: Wednesday, July 22 - 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM and Thursday, July 23 - 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Drop off starts July 12 at 10:00 am Assisted times: Sunday, July 12 -10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Evenings July 13-16 and 20-22 - 6 - 8:15 PM At these times only there will be volunteers to help you move items from your car. During synagogue hours please feel free to "walk" in with your donations and drop them off in the Grace Levine. Remember: make sure that any item you donate has not been recalled for safety reasons! We will NOT accept: Painted children's furniture or toys, children's jewelry, car seats, high chairs, playpens, cribs, used mattresses and box springs, non-working electronics, electric razors. Don't forget to give us: books, clean wearable clothing, knick-knacks, house wares, electronics, personal items, stationary, medical items, sporting goods, instruments, art and collectibles, tapes, videos, cd's, DVDs, jewelry, arts and crafts items, any new gift items you don't want, linens and curtains, luggage, shoes, purses, furniture. If you think your item is particularly valuable, please let us know. We would gladly take donations from your friends. Don't forget to pick up your tax letters. If you have any questions please call or email - Lois Cantwell 908-251-4458, loiskc at gmail.com or Andrea Hirschfeld 312-497-0936, abh727 at aol.com. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME - THIS SALE DIRECTLY BENEFITS YOUR SYNAGOGUE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP SET UP AND MONITOR THE SALE. JOIN THE PARTY! NEW JERSEY HAGALIL REGION KADIMA & USY ENCAMPMENTS Sponsored by NJ Youth Commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Monday, August 24 - 31 B'Nai B'rith Perlman Camp, Starlight, PA Participate in a week of Programs: Maccabiah, Great Evening Programs, Swimming, Arts & Crafts, and so much more!! Meet other Kadima & USY members from across New Jersey! Make friends that will last a lifetime. Cost: $381 (includes round-trip transportation, insurance, kit materials, meals, and all activities) BUSES WILL LEAVE FROM CENTRAL LOCATIONS THROUGHTOUT NEW JERSEY! KADIMA CAMP IS OPEN TO 6TH - 8TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. USY CAMP IS OPEN TO 9TH - 12TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 25, 2009. For more information, please contact Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor scott at cbi-nj.org or Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. The application can be found online at http://www.uscj.org/njcrscy/hagalil/applications/APPLICA09.pdf. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men's Club's delicious Challah! If you haven't tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am - 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! June (3 weeks) $11.25 July (5 weeks) $18.75 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading "L'Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year". This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. Your cost is $10.00 per jar which includes shipping and handling within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. Order by July 15 to avoid a $3 per jar shipping fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. Do You Knit or Crochet? The National Council of Jewish Women needs volunteers to knit and crochet special projects such as lap blankets, scarves, shawls, preemie hats and more for nursing home patients, preemies in the hospital and in-patient children at area hospitals. If you'd like to take part in a very special new NCJW project, you can use your creative skills to knit or crochet children's scarves for their Back to School Store that takes place August 2. On that day, NCJW will be providing clothing and school supplies to over 200 local children in need. Your knitted or crocheted scarves can ensure a warm winter for these children. The size of the scarf should be at least 5 inches wide and 42 to 72 inches long. Yarn and needles can be provided - and. A sense of pride in knowing you are helping others who are less fortunate. Your completed items can be dropped off at the office at 513 West Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston. For more information, please call Elaine Gebroe at (973) 992-4965. Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don't have a College address yet? Don't worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI - College Connection Please include your email address with your check. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put "College Connection" on the subject line. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com/ and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's JUNE bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! If you do not wish to subscribe TO CBI's email list, please contact Jane Young at jyoung at cbi-nj.org . Thank you! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 3948 bytes Desc: not available Url : -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 6905 bytes Desc: not available Url : -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Jun 12 13:05:56 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:05:56 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements - Friday, June 12, 2009 Message-ID: <16277D7978CD4E51B7C9C00028023F66@CBI.LOCAL> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements JUNE 13 , 2009 21 SIvan 5769 This week Congregation B?nai Israel will be celebrating the Bar Mitzvah of Jeremy Merdinger Candle lighting: 8:08 pm Shabbat Services Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Yaldenu 11:15 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICERS USHERS Friday Jack Wenik Adam Katzman Saturday Jonathan Engel Steve Chizzik, Jamey Potechin MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: David Merdinger and Joan Guzik for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush in honor of Jeremy becoming a Bar Mitzvah. CONDOLENCES TO: Linda Lakin, on the passing of her beloved father, Bernard Diamond. Meryl Kalmus, on the passing of her beloved mother, Renee Bertenthal. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Beneroff and ending with Boyko that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT B?HA?ALOTEKHA June 13, 2009 ? 21 Sivan 5769 Numbers 8:1 ? 12:16 (Etz Hayim, p. 816; Hertz p. 606) Zekhariah 2:14 ? 4:7 (Etz Hayim, p. 837; Hertz p. 620) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY God tells Moses to instruct Aaron about lighting the menorah in the Tabernacle. He then tells Moses how he is to purify the Levites and consecrate them to serve in the sanctuary. At the beginning of the second year following the Exodus, God tells Moses that the Israelites are to offer the Passover sacrifice on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight. Hearing this, some men who had contracted ritual impurity through contact with a corpse and could therefore not offer the sacrifice approach Moses and Aaron and ask if there is a way they too could participate. Moses brings their question to God, who says that anyone who is prevented from offering the sacrifice at its proper time for reasons of impurity or distance may do so one month later. From the time the Tabernacle was set up it was covered by a cloud that appeared as a fire at night. This cloud would lift up to signal the Israelites to break camp and travel and rest over the Tabernacle when it was time to make camp, whether for a few days or a year. God instructs Moses to have two silver trumpets made. These would be used to send messages to the Israelites, calling them to assemble or to march. In the future, once the Israelites were settled in their land, the trumpets were to be sounded during war and festivals. Shortly after they set out from Sinai, the people begin complaining. God becomes angry and sends a fire into the camp. The lesson doesn?t take, for soon the people are complaining again, this time about the manna and all the wonderful things they used to eat in Egypt. Moses in turn complains to God, asking how he is supposed to lead the people by himself. God tells Moses to gather 70 elders and officers to whom God will give a share of Moses? spirit so that they may assist him. Moses also is to tell the people that God will give them meat to eat, so much that it will sicken them. God brings huge amounts of quails but also a plague to punish the people for their ingratitude. Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses, ostensibly because he had married a Cushite woman. However, their real issue is jealousy, for they believe they should be considered equal to Moses in prophecy. God tells them that Moses is unique and strikes Miriam with tzara?at. Moses prays for her healing. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ****************************************** UNTIL THE END OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THE MILLBURN AVENUE DOORS WILL NO LONGER BE USED AS AN ENTRANCE. PLEASE ENTER THE BUILDING AT ALL TIMES THROUGH THE PARKING LOT ENTRANCE. (IN AN EMERGENCY, THE MILLBURN AVENUE DOORS MAY BE USED AS AN EXIT.) The Cul-de-Sac entrance is temporarily closed. Please use the parking lot entrance to the building. We are sorry for any inconvenience. **************************************** UPCOMING EVENTS June 16 Calendar Meeting 7:00 pm Rabbi?s Class 7:30 pm June 17 Job Search Networking Group 9:30 am HGNS Camp Orientation * 2 Year Olds 6:30 pm * 3 Year Olds 8:00 pm June 18 Religious Affairs Meeting 8:00 pm SAVE THE DATE CBI Annual Congregational Meeting Tuesday, June 23rd at 7:00 pm AND CBI Board Installation Friday, June 26th at 8:15 pm NEW CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Wednesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Wednesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. ADULT FORUM Tuesday, June 23rd at B?nai Israel Lunch at noon, then be introduced to Klezmer 101 with Mark Levy. RSVP by June 19th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 for nonmembers. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace. Livingston, NJ 07039. ADULT FORUM Thursday, June 25th at Oheb Shalom Lunch at noon followed by festive performance of Stirling Duo, virtuoso guitarist Joe and pianist Mary. Cost: $4 for Simcha Senior members, $8 for nonmembers. RSVP by June 22 to Esther Bearg at (973) 740-9891. ADULT FORUM Tuesday, July 14th at B?nai Israel Lunch at noon and then we will watch the film Frost/Nixon. RSVP by July 10th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 for nonmembers. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace. Livingston, NJ 07039. CBI's Summer White Elephant Sale is almost here!!! Due to popular demand, Congregation B?nai Israel?s will be holding a fabulous White Elephant Sale again in July!!! SALE DATES ARE: Thursday, July 23 ? 6 - 9:00 PM Friday, July 24 - 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Sunday, July 26 - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM SET UP DAYS: Wednesday, July 22 - 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM and Thursday, July 23 - 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Drop off starts July 12 at 10:00 am Assisted times: Sunday, July 12 -10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Evenings July 13-16 and 20-22 ? 6 - 8:15 PM At these times only there will be volunteers to help you move items from your car. During synagogue hours please feel free to ?walk? in with your donations and drop them off in the Grace Levine. Remember: make sure that any item you donate has not been recalled for safety reasons! We will NOT accept: Painted children?s furniture or toys, children?s jewelry, car seats, high chairs, playpens, cribs, used mattresses and box springs, non-working electronics, electric razors. Don?t forget to give us: books, clean wearable clothing, knick-knacks, house wares, electronics, personal items, stationary, medical items, sporting goods, instruments, art and collectibles, tapes, videos, cd's, DVDs, jewelry, arts and crafts items, any new gift items you don?t want, linens and curtains, luggage, shoes, purses, furniture. If you think your item is particularly valuable, please let us know. We would gladly take donations from your friends. Don?t forget to pick up your tax letters. Middle School students can earn Mitzvah Credit by volunteering at the White Elephant Sale. If you have any questions please call or email ? Lois Cantwell 908-251-4458, loiskc at gmail.com or Andrea Hirschfeld 312-497-0936, abh727 at aol.com. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME ? THIS SALE DIRECTLY BENEFITS YOUR SYNAGOGUE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP SET UP AND MONITOR THE SALE. JOIN THE PARTY! NEW JERSEY HAGALIL REGION KADIMA & USY ENCAMPMENTS Sponsored by NJ Youth Commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Monday, August 24 ? 31 B?Nai B?rith Perlman Camp, Starlight, PA Participate in a week of Programs: Maccabiah, Great Evening Programs, Swimming, Arts & Crafts, and so much more!! Meet other Kadima & USY members from across New Jersey! Make friends that will last a lifetime. Cost: $381 (includes round-trip transportation, insurance, kit materials, meals, and all activities) BUSES WILL LEAVE FROM CENTRAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY! KADIMA CAMP IS OPEN TO 6TH ? 8TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. USY CAMP IS OPEN TO 9TH ? 12TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 25, 2009. For more information, please contact Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor scott at cbi-nj.org or Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. The application can be found online at http://www.uscj.org/njcrscy/hagalil/applications/APPLICA09.pdf. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be Sunday, September 13th from 1pm ? 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men?s Club?s delicious Challah! If you haven?t tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am ? 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! June (2 weeks) $7.50 July ( 5 weeks) $18.75 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading ?L?Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year?. This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. Your cost is $10.00 per jar which includes shipping and handling within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. Order by July 15 to avoid a $3 per jar shipping fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. Do You Knit or Crochet? The National Council of Jewish Women needs volunteers to knit and crochet special projects such as lap blankets, scarves, shawls, preemie hats and more for nursing home patients, preemies in the hospital and in-patient children at area hospitals. If you?d like to take part in a very special new NCJW project, you can use your creative skills to knit or crochet children?s scarves for their Back to School Store that takes place August 2. On that day, NCJW will be providing clothing and school supplies to over 200 local children in need. Your knitted or crocheted scarves can ensure a warm winter for these children. The size of the scarf should be at least 5 inches wide and 42 to 72 inches long. Yarn and needles can be provided ? and. A sense of pride in knowing you are helping others who are less fortunate. Your completed items can be dropped off at the office at 513 West Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston. For more information, please call Elaine Gebroe at (973) 992-4965. Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don?t have a College address yet? Don?t worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B?nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI ? College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put ?College Connection? on the subject line. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's JUNE bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! If you do not wish to subscribe TO CBI?s email list, please contact Jane Young at jyoung at cbi-nj.org . Thank you! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 5117 bytes Desc: not available Url : -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We apologize for the inconvenience Sent from my BlackBerry? smartphone with SprintSpeed From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Sun Jun 14 20:45:40 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane N. Young) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:45:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CBI] CBI Announcement - Condolences to Sondra Skinder on the passing of her mother Message-ID: <1336.69.127.1.242.1245026740.squirrel@webmail9.pair.com> We regret to inform you of the passing? of Lillian Eisen Brandt, mother of Sondra Skinder. The graveside funeral service will take place at 1 pm, Monday June 15 at Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodbridge, N.J. The family will be sitting shiva Monday & Tuesday at the Skinder home at 40 Schindler Terrace in West Orange. Minyan will be at 7:30 pm. May Lillian Eisen Brandt's memory be for a blessing. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anaa at cbi-nj.org Fri Jun 19 14:18:21 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:18:21 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements - Friday June 19, 2009 Message-ID: <20090619181953.B02387D10D@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements JUNE 20, 2009 28 SIvan 5769 This week Congregation B?nai Israel will be celebrating the Bar Mitzvah of Benjamin Pitkowsky Candle lighting: 8:10 pm Shabbat Services Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Learners? & Journeyers? Minyan 10:45 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICER USHERS Friday Evan Ratner Saturday Ruth Novick Jack Wenik, Mark Goldenthal MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Larry and Lori Pitkowsky for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush in honor of Benjamin becoming a Bar Mitzvah. CONDOLENCES TO: Sondra Skinder, on the passing of her beloved mother, Lillian Eisen Brandt. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Brauer and ending with Caplan that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT SHELAH-LEKHA - BIRKAT HAHODESH June 20, 2009 ? 28 Sivan 5769 Numbers 13:1 ? 15:41 (Etz Hayim, p. 840; Hertz p. 623) Joshua 2:1 ? 24 (Etz Hayim, p. 857; Hertz p. 635) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY Moses sends 12 spies, one from each tribe, to scout the land of Canaan and bring back a report of the conditions the Israelites will find there. After 40 days the spies return, bringing their report of the good land and samples of its produce. However, 10 of the spies, all but Joshua and Caleb, insist that the Canaanites are too powerful for the Israelites to conquer. The people panic when they hear the 10 spies? conclusion and declare that they want to return to Egypt. Caleb and Joshua try to change their minds, pointing out that with God on their side the Israelites need not fear the inhabitants of the land. God?s patience finally is exhausted. He tells Moses He will wipe out the people and start over. But Moses argues on behalf of the Israelites, insisting that the Egyptians and Canaanites would interpret such an act as a sign that God is powerless to bring the people into the land. God relents but declares that the generation of the Exodus will die in the wilderness; it will be their children who will possess the land. When the Israelites learn their fate, they decide that they now are prepared to fight for the land. Despite Moses? warning that God will not be with them, they attempt an attack and suffer a crushing defeat by the Amalekites and Canaanites. God gives Moses additional instructions about how sacrifices are to be offered once the people have settled in the land. God also explains how amends are to be made for accidental or unwitting sins committed by the entire community or by individuals. A man who is found gathering wood on Shabbat is brought before Moses and Aaron. God tells Moses that he is to be executed. The parasha concludes with God?s command that the Israelites attach tzitzit to the corners of their garments as a constant reminder of all of God?s commandments. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE **************************************** The Cul-de-Sac entrance is now been re-opened, however, CBI?s Millburn Avenue Entrance will be closed until further notice. Please use parking lot entrance. We apologize for any inconvenience. This is a reminder that there will be valet parking on Saturday morning. If you park in our lot, please resist the urge to tip the valets to avoid handling money on Shabbat! **************************************** UPCOMING EVENTS June 23 Adult Forum 12:00 pm Annual Congregation Meeting 7:00 pm June 24 Job Networking workshop 9:30 am June 26 Officer Installation 8:15 pm SAVE THE DATE CBI Annual Congregational Meeting Tuesday, June 23rd at 7:00 pm Friday, July 31st, Musically Enhanced Kabbalat Shabbat Service at 7:30 pm AND The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be Sunday, September 13th from 1pm ? 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. NEW CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Wednesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Wednesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. ADULT FORUM Tuesday, June 23rd at B?nai Israel Lunch at noon, then be introduced to Klezmer 101 with Mark Levy. RSVP by June 19th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 for nonmembers. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace. Livingston, NJ 07039. ADULT FORUM Thursday, June 25th at Oheb Shalom Lunch at noon followed by festive performance of Stirling Duo, virtuoso guitarist Joe and pianist Mary. Cost: $4 for Simcha Senior members, $8 for nonmembers. RSVP by June 22 to Esther Bearg at (973) 740-9891. ADULT FORUM Tuesday, July 14th at B?nai Israel Lunch at noon and then we will watch the film Frost/Nixon. RSVP by July 10th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 for nonmembers. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace. Livingston, NJ 07039. CBI's Summer White Elephant Sale is almost here!!! Due to popular demand, Congregation B?nai Israel?s will be holding a fabulous White Elephant Sale again in July!!! SALE DATES ARE: Thursday, July 23 ? 6 - 9:00 PM Friday, July 24 - 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Sunday, July 26 - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM SET UP DAYS: Wednesday, July 22 - 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM and Thursday, July 23 - 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Drop off starts July 12 at 10:00 am Assisted times: Sunday, July 12 -10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Evenings July 13-16 and 20-22 ? 6 - 8:15 PM At these times only there will be volunteers to help you move items from your car. During synagogue hours please feel free to ?walk? in with your donations and drop them off in the Grace Levine. Remember: make sure that any item you donate has not been recalled for safety reasons! We will NOT accept: Painted children?s furniture or toys, children?s jewelry, car seats, high chairs, playpens, cribs, used mattresses and box springs, non-working electronics, electric razors. Don?t forget to give us: books, clean wearable clothing, knick-knacks, house wares, electronics, personal items, stationary, medical items, sporting goods, instruments, art and collectibles, tapes, videos, cd's, DVDs, jewelry, arts and crafts items, any new gift items you don?t want, linens and curtains, luggage, shoes, purses, furniture. If you think your item is particularly valuable, please let us know. We would gladly take donations from your friends. Don?t forget to pick up your tax letters. Middle School students can earn Mitzvah Credit by volunteering at the White Elephant Sale. If you have any questions please call or email ? Lois Cantwell 908-251-4458, loiskc at gmail.com or Andrea Hirschfeld 312-497-0936, abh727 at aol.com. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME ? THIS SALE DIRECTLY BENEFITS YOUR SYNAGOGUE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP SET UP AND MONITOR THE SALE. JOIN THE PARTY! NEW JERSEY HAGALIL REGION KADIMA & USY ENCAMPMENTS Sponsored by NJ Youth Commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Monday, August 24 ? 31 B?Nai B?rith Perlman Camp, Starlight, PA Participate in a week of Programs: Maccabiah, Great Evening Programs, Swimming, Arts & Crafts, and so much more!! Meet other Kadima & USY members from across New Jersey! Make friends that will last a lifetime. Cost: $381 (includes round-trip transportation, insurance, kit materials, meals, and all activities) BUSES WILL LEAVE FROM CENTRAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY! KADIMA CAMP IS OPEN TO 6TH ? 8TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. USY CAMP IS OPEN TO 9TH ? 12TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 25, 2009. For more information, please contact Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor scott at cbi-nj.org or Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. The application can be found online at http://www.uscj.org/njcrscy/hagalil/applications/APPLICA09.pdf. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men?s Club?s delicious Challah! If you haven?t tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am ? 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! June (1 weeks) $3.75 July (5 weeks) $18.75 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading ?L?Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year?. This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. Your cost is $10.00 per jar plus $3.00 for shipping and handling within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. Do You Knit or Crochet? The National Council of Jewish Women needs volunteers to knit and crochet special projects such as lap blankets, scarves, shawls, preemie hats and more for nursing home patients, preemies in the hospital and in-patient children at area hospitals. If you?d like to take part in a very special new NCJW project, you can use your creative skills to knit or crochet children?s scarves for their Back to School Store that takes place August 2. On that day, NCJW will be providing clothing and school supplies to over 200 local children in need. Your knitted or crocheted scarves can ensure a warm winter for these children. The size of the scarf should be at least 5 inches wide and 42 to 72 inches long. Yarn and needles can be provided ? and. A sense of pride in knowing you are helping others who are less fortunate. Your completed items can be dropped off at the office at 513 West Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston. For more information, please call Elaine Gebroe at (973) 992-4965. Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don?t have a College address yet? Don?t worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B?nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI ? College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put ?College Connection? on the subject line. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's JUNE bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! If you do not wish to subscribe TO CBI?s email list, please contact Jane Young at jyoung at cbi-nj.org . Thank you! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 5117 bytes Desc: not available Url : -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL Slate of Officers and Board Members for 2009 - 2010 Officers President David Touger 1st VP Jonathan Engel 2nd VP Linda Sotnick 3rd VP Michael Jurist Treasurer David Ehrlich Secretary Elizabeth Cohen Financial Secretary Josh Jacobs Board Barry Allen* James Beneroff Seymour Beneroff Deena Bernhaut Henry Bloom Steve Brown* Brett Cohen Yuda Drattler Brenda Eisenberg Naomi Eisenberger* Barnet Epstein* Tina Goldstein Naomi Greenwald* Sheldon Greenholtz* Betty Jampel Eric Kanter Adam Katzman Elaine Katzman Andrea Levine Eric Lindauer* Robert Marcus* Leslie McCafferty Ilisa Perlman* Robin Polson Jamey Potechin Brad Schenerman Gilbert Sugarman* Joe Tennenbaum* * Past President Bold - New Bold Italics - 2nd Term Also, on the agenda, Committee and other annual reports and presentation of the budget for the next fiscal year. We hope to see you there... Best regards, Jane N. 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The family will be sitting shiva Wednesday thru Sunday at the home of Nancy and Mark Liff, 167 Tennyson Drive, Short Hills. Shiva Minyans will be at 7:30 p m. May her name be remembered for a blessing. Celeste B. Johnson Congregation B'nai Israel Clergy Office 973-379-3811 x 20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisar at cbi-nj.org Thu Jun 25 08:38:54 2009 From: lisar at cbi-nj.org (Lisa Roth) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:38:54 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Sisterhood Rosh Hashanah Honey Sale 2009 Message-ID: <20090625124030.929F67E377@mailwash1.pair.com> Get your order in by July 15 and save on shipping costs! The order form is attached for your convenience. _____ CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading "L'Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year". This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. Your cost is $10.00 per jar which includes shipping and handling within the United States. Order by July 15, 2009 to avoid a $3 per jar shipping fee. After July 15, your cost is $10.00 per jar plus $3.00 for shipping and handling within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 5192 bytes Desc: not available Url : -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Honey_Order_Form_2009 front & back.doc Type: application/msword Size: 450048 bytes Desc: not available Url : From anaa at cbi-nj.org Fri Jun 26 12:25:17 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:25:17 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements - Friday, June 26, 2009 Message-ID: <20090626162652.38D997E389@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements JUNE 27, 2009 5 TAMMUZ 5769 This week Congregation B?nai Israel will be welcoming the new CBI Officers and Joseph & Robyn Glatt as they celebrate the baby naming of their daughter, Elliana Naomi. Candle lighting: 8:11 pm Shabbat Services Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICER USHERS Friday Janet Slifer Andrea Rappoport Saturday David Touger Andrea Rappoport CONGREGATION B?NAI ISRAEL Officers and Board Members for 2009 ? 2010 Officers President David Touger 1st VP Jonathan Engel 2nd VP Linda Sotnick 3rd VP Michael Jurist Treasurer David Ehrlich Secretary Elizabeth Cohen Financial Secretary Josh Jacobs Board Barry Allen* James Beneroff Seymour Beneroff* Deena Bernhaut Henry Bloom Steve Brown* Brett Cohen Yuda Drattler Brenda Eisenberg Naomi Eisenberger* Tina Goldstone Barnet Epstein* Naomi Greenwald* Sheldon Greenholtz* Betty Jampel Eric Kanter Adam Katzman Elaine Katzman Andrea Levine Erik Lindauer* Robert Marcus* Leslie McCafferty Ilisa Perlman* Robin Polson Jamey Potechin Daniel Ramer Brad Schenerman Gilbert Sugarman* Joe Tenenbaum* * Past President Bold ? New Bold Italics ? 2nd Term THANK YOU TO: Synagogue and Sisterhood for sponsoring the Oneg in honor of the Installation of the CBI Officers and Board. Joseph and Robyn Glatt for sponsoring the Bima Flowers and the Kiddush in honor of Elliana Naomi?s Baby naming. MAZEL TOV TO: The new and returning CBI Officers & Board Members for 2009 - 2010. May you go from strength to strength. Joseph and Robyn Glatt on the Baby Naming of their daughter, Elliana Naomi. CONDOLENCES TO: Nancy Liff, on the passing of her beloved mother, Edith Josephson. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Casel and ending with Cohen that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT KORAH June 27, 2009 ? 5 Tammuz 5769 Numbers 16:1 ? 18:32 (Etz Hayim, p. 860; Hertz p. 639) I Samuel 11:14 ? 12:22 (Etz Hayim, p. 877; Hertz p. 649) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY Korah and his followers challenge the authority of Moses and Aaron and, indeed, of God Himself. Moses responds, ?Isn?t it enough that God has given you and the other Levites special status; do you want to be a priest as well?? Datan and Aviram, members of Korah?s faction but from the tribe of Reuben, challenge Moses from another direction, claiming that he has brought the Israelites from a land of milk and honey to die in the wilderness. Moses tells the rebels they are to be tested by God. They and Aaron are each to bring a fire pan with incense to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. God tells Moses to instruct the rest of the community to stand back from the tents of Korah, Datan, and Aviram. The earth opens and swallows them and their households, and a heavenly fire consumes the 250 Levites offering incense. God has made His position clear, but the Israelites continue to blame Moses and Aaron for their problems, claiming they are responsible for the deaths of Korah and his followers. Yet again, God angrily threatens to wipe out the Israelites. At Moses? direction, Aaron runs into the community and offers incense, putting an end to the plague that had broken out, killing more than 14,000. God instructs Moses to offer one more demonstration. Each of the tribal chieftains is to bring a staff inscribed with his name. These, along with Aaron?s staff, representing the tribe of Levi, are to be placed in the Tent of Meeting. On the following day, it is discovered that Aaron?s staff has produced flowers and almonds, confirming that he is God?s chosen priest. God speaks to Aaron, confirming the role of the priests and the Levites. The gifts and tithes to be given to the priests and Levites are described. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE **************************************** The Cul-de-Sac entrance will be open each Shabbat; however, CBI?s Millburn Avenue Entrance will be closed until further notice. Please use parking lot entrance. We apologize for any inconvenience. (IN AN EMERGENCY, THE MILLBURN AVENUE DOORS MAY BE USED AS AN EXIT.) **************************************** UPCOMING EVENTS June 30 Job Networking workshop 9:30 am July 3 Office & HGNS Summer Camp Closed SAVE THE DATE Friday, July 31 at 7:30 pm Musically enhanced Kabbalat Shabbat Service! ADULT FORUM Tuesday, July 14th at B?nai Israel Lunch at noon and then we will watch the film Frost/Nixon. RSVP by July 10th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $7 for Adult Forum members, $9 for nonmembers. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace. Livingston, NJ 07039. CBI's Summer White Elephant Sale is almost here!!! Due to popular demand, Congregation B?nai Israel?s will be holding a fabulous White Elephant Sale again in July!!! SALE DATES ARE: Thursday, July 23 ? 6 - 9:00 PM Friday, July 24 - 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Sunday, July 26 - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM SET UP DAYS: Wednesday, July 22 - 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM and Thursday, July 23 - 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Drop off starts July 12 at 10:00 am Assisted times: Sunday, July 12 -10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Evenings July 13-16 and 20-22 ? 6 - 8:15 PM At these times only there will be volunteers to help you move items from your car. During synagogue hours please feel free to ?walk? in with your donations and drop them off in the Grace Levine. Remember: make sure that any item you donate has not been recalled for safety reasons! We will NOT accept: Painted children?s furniture or toys, children?s jewelry, car seats, high chairs, playpens, cribs, used mattresses and box springs, non-working electronics, electric razors. Don?t forget to give us: books, clean wearable clothing, knick-knacks, house wares, electronics, personal items, stationary, medical items, sporting goods, instruments, art and collectibles, tapes, videos, cd's, DVDs, jewelry, arts and crafts items, any new gift items you don?t want, linens and curtains, luggage, shoes, purses, furniture. If you think your item is particularly valuable, please let us know. We would gladly take donations from your friends. Don?t forget to pick up your tax letters. Middle School students can earn Mitzvah Credit by volunteering at the White Elephant Sale. If you have any questions please call or email ? Lois Cantwell 908-251-4458, loiskc at gmail.com or Andrea Hirschfeld 312-497-0936, abh727 at aol.com. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME ? THIS SALE DIRECTLY BENEFITS YOUR SYNAGOGUE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP SET UP AND MONITOR THE SALE. JOIN THE PARTY! NEW JERSEY HAGALIL REGION KADIMA & USY ENCAMPMENTS Sponsored by NJ Youth Commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Monday, August 24 ? 31 B?Nai B?rith Perlman Camp, Starlight, PA Participate in a week of Programs: Maccabiah, Great Evening Programs, Swimming, Arts & Crafts, and so much more!! Meet other Kadima & USY members from across New Jersey! Make friends that will last a lifetime. Cost: $381 (includes round-trip transportation, insurance, kit materials, meals, and all activities) BUSES WILL LEAVE FROM CENTRAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY! KADIMA CAMP IS OPEN TO 6TH ? 8TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. USY CAMP IS OPEN TO 9TH ? 12TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 25, 2009. For more information, please contact Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor scott at cbi-nj.org or Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. The application can be found online at http://www.uscj.org/njcrscy/hagalil/applications/APPLICA09.pdf. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be Sunday, September 13th from 1pm ? 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. Enjoy your Shabbat meals with Men?s Club?s delicious Challah! If you haven?t tried them, now is your chance! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from synagogue every Friday 7:00 am ? 2:00 pm. ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!!) We have Plain, Seeded, Raisin, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip, or Packaged Challah Rolls for $3.75 each! July (5 weeks) $18.75 August (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the week, the month, or any way you wish. For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net or call Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414. CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading ?L?Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year?. This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. Your cost is $10.00 per jar which includes shipping and handling within the United States. Order by July 15, 2009 to avoid a $3 per jar shipping fee. After July 15, your cost is $10.00 per jar plus $3.00 for shipping and handling within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. NEW CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. Do You Knit or Crochet? The National Council of Jewish Women needs volunteers to knit and crochet special projects such as lap blankets, scarves, shawls, preemie hats and more for nursing home patients, preemies in the hospital and in-patient children at area hospitals. If you?d like to take part in a very special new NCJW project, you can use your creative skills to knit or crochet children?s scarves for their Back to School Store that takes place August 2. On that day, NCJW will be providing clothing and school supplies to over 200 local children in need. Your knitted or crocheted scarves can ensure a warm winter for these children. The size of the scarf should be at least 5 inches wide and 42 to 72 inches long. Yarn and needles can be provided ? and. A sense of pride in knowing you are helping others who are less fortunate. Your completed items can be dropped off at the office at 513 West Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston. For more information, please call Elaine Gebroe at (973) 992-4965. Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don?t have a College address yet? Don?t worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B?nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI ? College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put ?College Connection? on the subject line. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's SUMMER bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! If you do not wish to subscribe TO CBI?s email list, please contact Jane Young at jyoung at cbi-nj.org . Thank you! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Thu Jul 2 16:33:58 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:33:58 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements for July 2, 2009 Message-ID: <72B37F85076C425C8B719BF7C08C91FA@CBI.LOCAL> Congregation B'nai Israel's E-mail Announcements JULY 4, 2009 12 TAMMUZ 5769 This week, Congregation B'nai Israel wishes everyone a Happy Independence Day. IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE **************************************** Our building is now 100% closed and off-limits. The entire staff has relocated into the trailers, including the front office staff, who are going to be housed in the administration trailer until the building is reopened. Minyan will be held in the Multipurpose room trailer a.m. and p.m. (door number 9) and this Friday and Saturday, Shabbat Services will be held in Multipurpose Trailer Room 8. Signs are posted to help you find your way. During this brief time, please be advised that NO ONE IS PERMITTED TO ENTER THE BUILDING. Please do not attempt to go in - we will incur very high fines if you disregard this. Although we are sorry for the inconvenience, we are all very excited to be moving ahead with our construction project - at long last!!! **************************************** Candle lighting: 8:11 pm Shabbat Services - MP Trailer Room #8 Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week - MP Trailer Room #9 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICERS FOR THIS WEEKEND Friday Nancy Weinstein Saturday David Touger THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Kiddush. MAZEL TOV TO: David Touger, on his milestone birthday. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Cohn and ending with Ehrlich that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT'S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT HUKKAT-BALAK July 4, 2009 - 12 Tammuz 5769 Numbers 19:1 - 25:9 (Etz Hayim, p. 880; Hertz p. 652) Micah: 5:6 - 6:8 (Etz Hayim, p. 915; Hertz p. 682) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY God instructs Moses and Aaron concerning the ritual of the red cow, whose ashes were to be used to purify people who had become ritually impure through contact with a corpse. Miriam dies and is buried at Kadesh. Once again, the Israelites lack water and turn to Moses and Aaron with complaints and recriminations. God tells Moses to take his rod, then he and Aaron should assemble the community and order a rock to produce water. Moses strikes the rock with his staff and the rock produces enough water for the Israelites and their animals. But God is displeased and tells Moses and Aaron that they will not enter the land He is giving to the Israelites. Moses sends messengers to the king of Edom, asking for permission to cross his territory. The king refuses and sends an armed force to prevent the Israelites from entering his land. The people take a different path and come to Mount Hor. Aaron dies on Mount Hor and Moses invests Aaron's son Eleazar as the new high priest. The people mourn for Aaron for 30 days. The Canaanite king of Arad attacks the Israelites and is defeated at Hormah. The people begin complaining yet again and God sends poisonous snakes to punish them. The Israelites approach Moses saying they realize they have sinned and they ask him to intercede with God for them. God tells Moses to make a copper serpent and place it on a pole so that anyone bitten by a snake could look at it and be cured. The Israelites continue their journey through the territory east of the Jordan. They ask Sihon, the king of the Amorites, for permission to cross his land, but he refuses and attacks. The Israelites defeat the Amorites and take possession of their land. The Israelites also defeat King Og of Bashan and his people, taking their land as well. The Israelites camp in Moab, across the Jordan from Jericho. Balak, the king of Moab, sees that the Israelites have defeated the neighboring Amorites and is afraid. He joins forces with the Midianites in order to hire the prophet Balaam to curse the Israelites to insure their defeat. Balaam receives the delegation from Moab and Midian and asks them to spend the night so that he can receive God's instruction. God tells Balaam he may not go with them, for he must not curse the Israelites, who already are blessed. Balaam sends the delegation away. Balak sends a second delegation, promising Balaam great riches for his services. Once again he asks them to wait overnight, and this time God tells Balaam that he may go if he wants to, but he will be able to do only what God commands. Balaam sets out, riding on his ass. An angel appears and blocks the road. Balaam doesn't see it but his ass does and refuses to move. Balaam beats the animal, but it still refuses to move. After three beatings, the ass speaks, complaining that it doesn't deserve this treatment. God then allows Balaam to see the angel, who rebukes him for beating the ass but permits him to continue on his journey with the warning that he may say only what God tells him. Balaam asks Balak to build seven altars and provide animals for sacrifices. After Balaam makes his offerings he speaks the words God gives him, praising and blessing Israel. Balak is furious, but Balaam explains that he can speak only as God commands him. Twice more Balaam offers sacrifices and then praises and blesses Israel. Balak sends Balaam away; he leaves after describing the defeat of several other nations. While the Israelites are camped at Shittim, the men are enticed by Moabite women into illicit sex and worshiping their god, Baal-peor. God tells Moses to have the ringleaders publicly executed. An Israelite man brings a Midianite woman to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and engages in public sex. Pinhas, the son of Eleazar the high priest, grabs a spear and stabs them both, ending the plague that had resulted from God's wrath. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE TRAILERS! July 7 Job Networking Meeting 9:30 am - MP Room 9 SPaIC Meeting 7:00 pm - Admin Trailer Executive Committee Mtg. 8:00 pm - Admin Trailer July 8 Sisterhood Meeting 7:30 pm - MP Room 8 Friday, July 31 at 7:15 pm Musically enhanced Kabbalat Shabbat Service! CBI's Summer White Elephant Sale is almost here! Please stay tuned for additional information. There may be a delay... Due to popular demand, Congregation B'nai Israel's will be holding a fabulous White Elephant Sale again soon!!! Drop off dates are on hold until further notice due to construction. Remember: make sure that any item you donate has not been recalled for safety reasons! We will NOT accept: Painted children's furniture or toys, children's jewelry, car seats, high chairs, playpens, cribs, used mattresses and box springs, non-working electronics, electric razors. Don't forget to give us: books, clean wearable clothing, knick-knacks, house wares, electronics, personal items, stationary, medical items, sporting goods, instruments, art and collectibles, tapes, videos, cd's, DVDs, jewelry, arts and crafts items, any new gift items you don't want, linens and curtains, luggage, shoes, purses, furniture. If you think your item is particularly valuable, please let us know. We would gladly take donations from your friends. Don't forget to pick up your tax letters. Middle School students can earn Mitzvah Credit by volunteering at the White Elephant Sale. If you have any questions please call or email - Lois Cantwell 908-251-4458, loiskc at gmail.com or Andrea Hirschfeld 312-497-0936, abh727 at aol.com. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME - THIS SALE DIRECTLY BENEFITS YOUR SYNAGOGUE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP SET UP AND MONITOR THE SALE. JOIN THE PARTY! CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading "L'Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year". This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. Your cost is $10.00 per jar which includes shipping and handling within the United States. Order by July 15, 2009 to avoid a $3 per jar shipping fee. After July 15, your cost is $10.00 per jar plus $3.00 for shipping and handling within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. NEW CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am - in MP Trailer Room 9 CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. Do You Knit or Crochet? The National Council of Jewish Women needs volunteers to knit and crochet special projects such as lap blankets, scarves, shawls, preemie hats and more for nursing home patients, preemies in the hospital and in-patient children at area hospitals. If you'd like to take part in a very special new NCJW project, you can use your creative skills to knit or crochet children's scarves for their Back to School Store that takes place August 2. On that day, NCJW will be providing clothing and school supplies to over 200 local children in need. Your knitted or crocheted scarves can ensure a warm winter for these children. The size of the scarf should be at least 5 inches wide and 42 to 72 inches long. Yarn and needles can be provided - and. A sense of pride in knowing you are helping others who are less fortunate. Your completed items can be dropped off at the office at 513 West Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston. For more information, please call Elaine Gebroe at (973) 992-4965. NEW JERSEY HAGALIL REGION KADIMA & USY ENCAMPMENTS Sponsored by NJ Youth Commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Monday, August 24 - 31 B'Nai B'rith Perlman Camp, Starlight, PA Participate in a week of Programs: Maccabiah, Great Evening Programs, Swimming, Arts & Crafts, and so much more!! Meet other Kadima & USY members from across New Jersey! Make friends that will last a lifetime. Cost: $381 (includes round-trip transportation, insurance, kit materials, meals, and all activities) BUSES WILL LEAVE FROM CENTRAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY! KADIMA CAMP IS OPEN TO 6TH - 8TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. USY CAMP IS OPEN TO 9TH - 12TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 25, 2009. For more information, please contact Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor scott at cbi-nj.org or Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. The application can be found online at http://www.uscj.org/njcrscy/hagalil/applications/APPLICA09.pdf. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be Sunday, September 13th from 1pm - 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don't have a College address yet? Don't worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B'nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI - College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put "College Connection" on the subject line. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office in the trailer (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's SUMMER bulletin is now posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! If you do not wish to subscribe TO CBI's email list, please contact Jane Young at jyoung at cbi-nj.org . Thank you! & -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 1397694 bytes Desc: not available Url : From anaa at cbi-nj.org Fri Jul 10 12:20:45 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:20:45 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements for July 11, 2009 Message-ID: <20090710162222.DB2867E377@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements JULY 11, 2009 19 TAMMUZ 5769 IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE **************************************** Our building is temporarily 100% closed and off-limits! The entire staff has relocated into the trailers, including the front office staff, who are going to be housed in the admin. trailer until the building is reopened. Minyan will be held in the Multipurpose room a.m. and p.m. (door number 9) and on Friday and Saturday, Shabbat Services will be held in MP Room 8. Signs are posted to help you find your way. During this brief time, please be advised that NO ONE will be permitted to enter the building. Please do not attempt to enter the building for any reason at ANY time! We will incur very high fines if you disregard this. Although we are sorry for the inconvenience, we are all very excited to be moving ahead with our construction project ? at long last!!! GOOD NEWS! ! ! We heard your concerns As of today, our boardwalk lighting outside of the trailers has been enhanced and brightened to make it safer and easier for everyone coming to evening services and meetings **************************************** Candle lighting: 8:08 pm Shabbat Services MP Trailer Room #8 Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week MP Trailers Room #9 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICERS FOR THIS WEEKEND Friday Elizabeth Cohen Saturday Jack Wenik THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Kiddush. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Eichler and ending with Feins that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT PINHAS July 11, 2009 ? 19 Tammuz 5769 Numbers 25:10 ? 30:1 (Etz Hayim, p. 918; Hertz p. 686) Jeremiah 1:1 ? 2:3 (Etz Hayim, p. 968; Hertz p. 710) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY God rewards Pinhas for his zealous action by granting Pinhas His pact of friendship (or covenant of peace) and His ?pact of priesthood for all time.? God then tells Moses to attack and defeat the Midianites for their role in enticing the Israelites into sin. After the plague that killed some 24,000 Israelites, God tells Moses and Eleazar to take a census of all Israelite men who are at least 20 years old, according to their ancestral houses. This census was to be used to apportion the land. The Levites are counted separately because they would not receive a share of the land. Five sisters, the daughters of a man named Zelophehad, approach Moses and the other leaders. They explain that their father died without sons and they want to claim his share of the land. Moses asks God what to do, and God tells him that the women have made a just claim. Moreover, whenever a man dies without a son, his property shall be inherited by his daughters. If there is no daughter, the property will be inherited by other male relatives. God tells Moses to ascend Mount Avarim. From that vantage point he will be able to see the land before he dies. Moses asks God to select a worthy successor and God tells Moses to appoint Joshua to lead the people after his death. God instructs Moses about the daily sacrifices and the additional (musaf) offerings for Shabbat, rosh hodesh, and the festivals. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE TRAILERS! July 11 Shabbat Services 9:00 am MP Room #8 July 14 Job Networking Mtg. 9:30 am MP Room # 9 Board Meeting 8:00 pm MP Room # 8 July 15 HGNS Board Meeting 8:00 pm MP Room # 8 Friday, July 31 at 7:15 pm Musically enhanced Kabbalat Shabbat Service! ********************************** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT CBI?S WHITE ELEPHANT SALE THE SALE IS BEING POSTPONED (DATE TBD) BECAUSE OUR BUILDING IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED AND OFF LIMITS. DO NOT DROP OFF ANY ITEMS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE FOR SOMETIME IN AUGUST, SO PLEASE STAY TUNED Due to popular demand, Congregation B?nai Israel?s will be holding a fabulous White Elephant Sale again soon!!! Remember: make sure that any item you donate has not been recalled for safety reasons! We will NOT accept: Painted children?s furniture or toys, children?s jewelry, car seats, high chairs, playpens, cribs, used mattresses and box springs, non-working electronics, electric razors. Don?t forget to give us: books, clean wearable clothing, knick-knacks, house wares, electronics, personal items, stationary, medical items, sporting goods, instruments, art and collectibles, tapes, videos, cd's, DVDs, jewelry, arts and crafts items, any new gift items you don?t want, linens and curtains, luggage, shoes, purses, furniture. If you think your item is particularly valuable, please let us know. We would gladly take donations from your friends. Don?t forget to pick up your tax letters. Middle School students can earn Mitzvah Credit by volunteering at the White Elephant Sale. If you have any questions please call or email ? Lois Cantwell 908-251-4458, loiskc at gmail.com or Andrea Hirschfeld 312-497-0936, abh727 at aol.com. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME ? THIS SALE DIRECTLY BENEFITS YOUR SYNAGOGUE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP SET UP AND MONITOR THE SALE. JOIN THE PARTY! NEW JERSEY HAGALIL REGION KADIMA & USY ENCAMPMENTS Sponsored by NJ Youth Commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Monday, August 24 ? 31 B?Nai B?rith Perlman Camp, Starlight, PA Participate in a week of Programs: Maccabiah, Great Evening Programs, Swimming, Arts & Crafts, and so much more!! Meet other Kadima & USY members from across New Jersey! Make friends that will last a lifetime. Cost: $381 (includes round-trip transportation, insurance, kit materials, meals, and all activities) BUSES WILL LEAVE FROM CENTRAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY! KADIMA CAMP IS OPEN TO 6TH ? 8TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. USY CAMP IS OPEN TO 9TH ? 12TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. Register today! For more information, please contact Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor scott at cbi-nj.org or Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. The application can be found online at http://www.uscj.org/njcrscy/hagalil/applications/APPLICA09.pdf. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be Sunday, September 13th from 1pm ? 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. Due to the temporary closing of our building, our Challah sale is on hiatus! Be sure to watch your e-mail to find out when we will be back . Thank you! For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net. CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading ?L?Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year?. This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. Your cost is $10.00 per jar which includes shipping and handling within the United States. Order by July 15, 2009 to avoid a $3 per jar shipping fee. After July 15, your cost is $10.00 per jar plus $3.00 for shipping and handling within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. Do You Knit or Crochet? The National Council of Jewish Women needs volunteers to knit and crochet special projects such as lap blankets, scarves, shawls, preemie hats and more for nursing home patients, preemies in the hospital and in-patient children at area hospitals. If you?d like to take part in a very special new NCJW project, you can use your creative skills to knit or crochet children?s scarves for their Back to School Store that takes place August 2. On that day, NCJW will be providing clothing and school supplies to over 200 local children in need. Your knitted or crocheted scarves can ensure a warm winter for these children. The size of the scarf should be at least 5 inches wide and 42 to 72 inches long. Yarn and needles can be provided ? and. A sense of pride in knowing you are helping others who are less fortunate. Your completed items can be dropped off at the office at 513 West Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston. For more information, please call Elaine Gebroe at (973) 992-4965. Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don?t have a College address yet? Don?t worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B?nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI ? College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put ?College Connection? on the subject line. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! 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The entire staff has relocated into the trailers, including the front office staff, who are going to be housed in the admin. trailer until the building is reopened. Minyan will be held in the Multipurpose room a.m. and p.m. (door number 9) and on Friday and Saturday, Shabbat Services will be held in MP Room 8. Signs are posted to help you find your way. During this brief time, please be advised that NO ONE will be permitted to enter the building. Please do not attempt to enter the building for any reason at ANY time! We will incur very high fines if you disregard this. Although we are sorry for the inconvenience, we are all very excited to be moving ahead with our construction project ? at long last!!! GOOD NEWS !! We heard your concerns As of last week, our boardwalk lighting outside of the trailers has been enhanced and brightened to make it safer and easier for everyone coming to evening services and meetings **************************************** Candle lighting: 8:05 pm Shabbat Services MP Trailer Room #8 Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week MP Trailers Room #9 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICERS FOR THIS WEEKEND Friday ------------- Saturday David Ehrlich THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Kiddush. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Feld and ending with Freeman that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT MATTOT-MASEY - BIRKAT HAHODESH July 18, 2009 ? 26 Tammuz 5769 Numbers 30:2 ? 36:13 (Etz Hayim, p. 941; Hertz p. 702) Jeremiah 2:4 ? 28; 3:4; 4:1?2 (Etz Hayim, p. 973, 976, 977; Hertz p. 725, 729, 729) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY Moses instructs the heads of the Israelite tribes about vows and oaths. When a woman makes a vow, it can be annulled by her father or her husband on the day he learns of it. If this is not done, the woman?s vow is binding and she must fulfill completely, just like a man?s vow. Twelve thousand men, one thousand from each tribe, are picked to form the force that will wage war against Midian. The Israelites kill the Midianite males and take the women and children captive. Moses becomes angry that the women ? the very ones who enticed the Israelites to sin ? were spared. He orders the soldiers to kill the women and male children, leaving only the girls alive. Moses then tells the soldiers they must undergo a purification ritual. Eleazar instructs them about the purification of objects seized as booty. The captured property is divided among the warriors and the rest of the Israelites. The tribes of Reuben and Gad ask to be allowed to settle on the east side of the Jordan, where there is ample land for their animals. They, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, are given permission to do so once they promise to join the rest of the Israelites in the battle for the land of Canaan on the other side of the Jordan. Moses records all the stages of the Israelites? journey through the wilderness, from Egypt to the steppes of Moab. God tells Moses to instruct the people that when they enter the land, they are to destroy the Canaanites? idols and cult places. They are to remove the Canaanites themselves from the land, lest any who remain become a source of trouble in the future. God describes the borders of the Promised Land. Moses tells the Israelites that this is the land that will be given to the nine and a half tribes (excluding Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh). God names the men who will join Joshua and Eleazar in apportioning the land. God tells Moses to instruct the Israelites to set aside 48 towns for the Levites. Six of these are to be designated cities of refuge, to which a person who commits unintentional manslaughter may flee to be safe from the victim?s family. Intentional murder is to be punished by death. Leaders of the tribe of Manasseh express concern that when the daughters of Zelophehad, who were to receive their father?s share of the land, are married, the land they inherited would pass to their husbands? tribes. Moses relays God?s instruction that women who inherit land must marry within their own tribes to preserve the integrity of the land. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE TRAILERS! July 21 Job Networking Mtg. 9:30 am Multi-purpose Room Janice Colmar will be visiting Camp Ramah on Monday. If you have something you would like for her to bring for your camper, please contact her at cbieducator at cbi-nj.org. Friday, July 31 at 7:15 pm Musically enhanced Kabbalat Shabbat Service! ********************************** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT CBI?S WHITE ELEPHANT SALE THE SALE IS BEING POSTPONED (DATE TBD) BECAUSE OUR BUILDING IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED AND OFF LIMITS. DO NOT DROP OFF ANY ITEMS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE FOR SOMETIME IN AUGUST, SO PLEASE STAY TUNED Due to popular demand, Congregation B?nai Israel?s will be holding a fabulous White Elephant Sale again soon!!! Remember: make sure that any item you donate has not been recalled for safety reasons! We will NOT accept: Painted children?s furniture or toys, children?s jewelry, car seats, high chairs, playpens, cribs, used mattresses and box springs, non-working electronics, electric razors. Don?t forget to give us: books, clean wearable clothing, knick-knacks, house wares, electronics, personal items, stationary, medical items, sporting goods, instruments, art and collectibles, tapes, videos, cd's, DVDs, jewelry, arts and crafts items, any new gift items you don?t want, linens and curtains, luggage, shoes, purses, furniture. If you think your item is particularly valuable, please let us know. We would gladly take donations from your friends. Don?t forget to pick up your tax letters. Middle School students can earn Mitzvah Credit by volunteering at the White Elephant Sale. If you have any questions please call or email ? Lois Cantwell 908-251-4458, loiskc at gmail.com or Andrea Hirschfeld 312-497-0936, abh727 at aol.com. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME ? THIS SALE DIRECTLY BENEFITS YOUR SYNAGOGUE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP SET UP AND MONITOR THE SALE. JOIN THE PARTY! NEW JERSEY HAGALIL REGION KADIMA & USY ENCAMPMENTS Sponsored by NJ Youth Commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Monday, August 24 ? 31 B?Nai B?rith Perlman Camp, Starlight, PA Participate in a week of Programs: Maccabiah, Great Evening Programs, Swimming, Arts & Crafts, and so much more!! Meet other Kadima & USY members from across New Jersey! Make friends that will last a lifetime. Cost: $381 (includes round-trip transportation, insurance, kit materials, meals, and all activities) BUSES WILL LEAVE FROM CENTRAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY! KADIMA CAMP IS OPEN TO 6TH ? 8TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. USY CAMP IS OPEN TO 9TH ? 12TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. Register today! For more information, please contact Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor scott at cbi-nj.org or Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. The application can be found online at http://www.uscj.org/njcrscy/hagalil/applications/APPLICA09.pdf. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be Sunday, September 13th from 1pm ? 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. Due to the temporary closing of our building, our Challah sale is on hiatus! Be sure to watch your e-mail to find out when we will be back . Thank you! For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net. CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading ?L?Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year?. This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. Your cost is $10.00 per jar plus $3.00 for shipping and handling within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. Do You Knit or Crochet? The National Council of Jewish Women needs volunteers to knit and crochet special projects such as lap blankets, scarves, shawls, preemie hats and more for nursing home patients, preemies in the hospital and in-patient children at area hospitals. If you?d like to take part in a very special new NCJW project, you can use your creative skills to knit or crochet children?s scarves for their Back to School Store that takes place August 2. On that day, NCJW will be providing clothing and school supplies to over 200 local children in need. Your knitted or crocheted scarves can ensure a warm winter for these children. The size of the scarf should be at least 5 inches wide and 42 to 72 inches long. Yarn and needles can be provided ? and. A sense of pride in knowing you are helping others who are less fortunate. Your completed items can be dropped off at the office at 513 West Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston. For more information, please call Elaine Gebroe at (973) 992-4965. Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don?t have a College address yet? Don?t worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B?nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI ? College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put ?College Connection? on the subject line. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's SUMMER bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! 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Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 6131 bytes Desc: not available Url : From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Jul 24 11:59:44 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:59:44 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements: Friday, Juy 24, 2009 Message-ID: <20090724155948.1E6097E3EB@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements JULY 25, 2009 4 av 5769 IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ???????????????????????????????????????? We have returned to our building! Minyan and Shabbat services are now back in our sanctuary! The White Elephant Sale is rescheduled! Please see below for details We thank you for your patience and and we look forward to seeing you! ???????????????????????????????????????? Candle lighting: 7:59 pm Shabbat Services Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICER Saturday Jonathan Engel THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Kiddush. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Fried and ending with Gershman that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT DEVARIM - SHABBAT HAZON July 25, 2009 ? 4 Av 5769 Deuteronomy 1:1 - 3:22 (Etz Hayim, p. 981; Hertz p. 736) Isaiah 1:1 ? 27 (Etz Hayim, p. 1000; Hertz p. 750) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY Sefer Devarim takes the form of Moses? farewell speech to the people he has led for 40 years. It contains an overview of the history of the wilderness years, a review and elaboration of the statutes and ordinances of the Torah, and Moses? final blessing and his death. This initial parasha focuses on history. Moses begins by describing how he appointed judges and officers to help him lead the people. He then reminds the Israelites about what happened the first time they were about to enter the land. After the spies? report caused the people to panic and refuse to proceed, God became angry and decreed that the generation of the Exodus would die in the wilderness. God also decreed that Moses would not enter the land. Moses then reviews recent events ? the victories over Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan. He describes how their territory was given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. UPCOMING EVENTS July 28 Job Networking Group 9:30 am Trailer Multi-purpose Room -8 Friday, July 31 at 7:15 pm Musically enhanced Kabbalat Shabbat Service! ?????????????????????????????????? THE WHITE ELEPHANT SALE IS BACK ON IN AUGUST! Due to popular demand, Congregation B?nai Israel will be holding a fabulous White Elephant Sale again!!! The White Elephant Sale has been rescheduled for: Thursday evening August 13th, from 6-8:15 pm, Friday the 14th, from 9:00 am-3:00 pm and Sunday, August 16th from 9:00 am-3:00 pm. You may begin the drop off of your donations in August, starting Sunday, August 2nd. Please do not start dropping off your items until then! SET UP DAYS: Wednesday, August 12 - 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM and Thursday, August 13 - 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Drop off starts August 2nd at 10:00 am Assisted times: Sundays, August 2 & 9 -10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Evenings August 3rd-6th and 10th-12th ? 6 - 8:15 PM At these times ONLY there will be volunteers to help you move items from your car. During synagogue hours please feel free to ?walk? in with your donations and drop them off in the Grace Levine. Remember: Make sure that any item you donate has not been recalled for safety reasons! We will NOT accept: Painted children?s furniture or toys, children?s jewelry, car seats, high chairs, playpens, cribs, used mattresses and box springs, non-working electronics, electric razors. Don?t forget to give us: books, clean wearable clothing, knick-knacks, house wares, electronics, personal items, stationary, medical items, sporting goods, instruments, art and collectibles, tapes, videos, cd's, DVDs, jewelry, arts and crafts items, any new gift items you don?t want, linens and curtains, luggage, shoes, purses, furniture. If you think your item is particularly valuable, please let us know. We would gladly take donations from your friends. Don?t forget to pick up your tax letters. Middle School students can earn Mitzvah Credit by volunteering at the White Elephant Sale. If you have any questions please call or email ? Lois Cantwell 908-251-4458, loiskc at gmail.com or Andrea Hirschfeld 312-497-0936, abh727 at aol.com. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME ? THIS SALE DIRECTLY BENEFITS YOUR SYNAGOGUE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP SET UP AND MONITOR THE SALE. JOIN THE PARTY! Mitzvah Mania Summer 2009 Nothing to do this summer? Do Something Good! What: Fundraiser Host: The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life Start Time: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 10:00am End & Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 5:00pm Where: http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://thepartnershipnj.ujcweb.org/servertransfer .html?targetURL=/ft2/form.html?__id=17243 To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=102742167475&mid= d12929G3ba06060Ga93438G7 NEW JERSEY HAGALIL REGION KADIMA & USY ENCAMPMENTS Sponsored by NJ Youth Commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Monday, August 24 ? 31 B?Nai B?rith Perlman Camp, Starlight, PA Participate in a week of Programs: Maccabiah, Great Evening Programs, Swimming, Arts & Crafts, and so much more!! Meet other Kadima & USY members from across New Jersey! Make friends that will last a lifetime. Cost: $381 (includes round-trip transportation, insurance, kit materials, meals, and all activities) BUSES WILL LEAVE FROM CENTRAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY! KADIMA CAMP IS OPEN TO 6TH ? 8TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. USY CAMP IS OPEN TO 9TH ? 12TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. Register today! For more information, please contact Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor scott at cbi-nj.org or Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. The application can be found online at http://www.uscj.org/njcrscy/hagalil/applications/APPLICA09.pdf. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be Sunday, September 13th from 1pm ? 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. Our Challah sale is on hiatus! Be sure to watch your e-mail to find out when we will be back . Thank you! For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net. CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading ?L?Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year?. This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. The deadline for free shipping has now passed. Your cost is now $13.00 per jar for orders shipped within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. Do You Knit or Crochet? The National Council of Jewish Women needs volunteers to knit and crochet special projects such as lap blankets, scarves, shawls, preemie hats and more for nursing home patients, preemies in the hospital and in-patient children at area hospitals. If you?d like to take part in a very special new NCJW project, you can use your creative skills to knit or crochet children?s scarves for their Back to School Store that takes place August 2. On that day, NCJW will be providing clothing and school supplies to over 200 local children in need. Your knitted or crocheted scarves can ensure a warm winter for these children. The size of the scarf should be at least 5 inches wide and 42 to 72 inches long. Yarn and needles can be provided ? and. A sense of pride in knowing you are helping others who are less fortunate. Your completed items can be dropped off at the office at 513 West Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston. For more information, please call Elaine Gebroe at (973) 992-4965. Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don?t have a College address yet? Don?t worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B?nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI ? College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put ?College Connection? on the subject line. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's SUMMER bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! If you do not wish to subscribe TO CBI?s email list, please contact Jane Young at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. Thank you! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 6549 bytes Desc: not available Url : -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The drop off for the White Elephant Sale begins this Sunday, August 2 Please see below for details We thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing you! **************************************** Candle lighting: 7:52 pm Shabbat Services Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICER Friday Jonathan Engel Saturday Janet Slifer THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Bima flowers and the Oneg. MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Miriam and Matt Askin for sponsoring the Kiddush in honor of their wedding anniversary. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Gersho and ending with Gouss that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT VA? ETHANAN SHABBAT NACHUMU August 1, 2009 ? 11 Av 5769 Annual: Deuteronomy 3:23 - 7:11 (Etz Hayim, p. 1005; Hertz p. 755) Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1 ? 26 (Etz Hayim, p. 1033; Hertz p. 776) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY Moses continues his review of the history of the wilderness years, describing how he pleaded with God to be allowed to enter the land and how God rejected his plea. Moses then issues to the Israelites the first of several exhortations found in this parasha. This one is about the importance of obeying God?s commandments, and particularly emphasizes the prohibition of idolatry. Moses sets aside three cities of refuge on the east side of the Jordan. If someone commits manslaughter, he could flee to one of these cities and be safe from the relatives of the person he unwittingly killed. Moses again exhorts the people to study and observe all of God?s laws and rules. He reminds them of the revelation at Sinai and reviews the Ten Statements. He recalls their reaction to hearing the voice of God and encourages them to retain that feeling of reverence so that they may thrive in the land. Next, he teaches the first paragraph of the Shema. He tells the people yet again that they must keep God?s commandments and shun idolatry. They are to teach their children about the covenant ? that God brought Israel out of Egypt and into the land so that they might worship God and keep His commandments. Finally, Moses warns the people against intermarriage, pointing out the danger that it might lead to idolatry. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. UPCOMING EVENTS August 3 Religious School Board Mtg. 8:00 pm Trailer Multi-purpose Room -8 August 4 Job Networking Group 9:30 am Trailer Multi-purpose Room -8 SPAIC Meeting 8:00 pm Side Rooms Schedule Of High Holiday Services Unlike years past when we held two services simultaneously with the Rabbi and Cantor in one service and a trained professional leading the other service, this year our construction project makes that impossible. The new plan is that we will hold two services one led by the Rabbi and one led by the Cantor. Instead of them running simultaneously, one will be an early service (led by the Rabbi) and the other will be a late service (led by the Cantor). There will be a family service on Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and Yom Kippur from 9:00-10:00 am. Junior congregation will be held in the modular units that are already in place for the nursery school during the late service. Childcare will be available during the early service. Please choose the service that coincides with your children?s babysitting or Junior Congregation schedule. Please notify the CBI office promptly as your choice will be honored on a first come first served basis. You will be required to be consistent with your choice meaning that you will not be allowed to switch from the early service to the late service or vice versa. Different colored tickets will be issued for each service. Rosh Hashonah ? Day 1 Saturday, September 19 7:45 am ? 11:00 am 1st Day ? Early Service 9:00 am ? 10:00 am Family Service (MP Trailer room 8) 11:30 am ? 2:00 pm 1st Day - Later Service Yom Kippur Monday, September 28 7:45 am ? 11:00 am Yom Kippur-Early Service 9:00 am ? 10:00 am Family Service (MP Trailer room 8) 10:30 am - (approx.) Yizkor 11:30 am ? 2:00 pm Yom Kippur ? Later Service 1:30 pm ? (approx.) Yizkor On Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and Yom Kippur there will be: A Family Service from 9:00 am ? 10:00 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room Trailer Childcare Program for ages 9 months -5 years old: 9:00 am ? 11:00 am in the trailers (During the early service) Junior Congregation for grades K-5: 11:30 am ? 1:30 pm in the trailers (during the later service) Please remember that you need to attend the service at CBI during the time your child is in a program. Please see the letter you recently received for a full schedule of services and for the form for you to fill out and return. Thank you! ********************************** Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don?t have a College address yet? Don?t worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B?nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI ? College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put ?College Connection? on the subject line. Student's Name: ______________________________ College: _________________________________________ College Address: ________________________________ _________________________________________________ THE WHITE ELEPHANT SALE IS BACK ON IN AUGUST! Due to popular demand, Congregation B?nai Israel will be holding a fabulous White Elephant Sale again!!! The White Elephant Sale has been rescheduled for: Thursday evening the 13th, from 6-9 pm, Friday the 14th, from 9-3 and Sunday, August 16th from 9-3. You may begin the drop off of your donations in August, starting this Sunday, August 2nd. Please do not start dropping off your items until then! SET UP DAYS: Wednesday, August 12 - 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM and Thursday, August 13 - 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Drop off starts August 2nd at 10:00 am Assisted times: Sundays, August 2 & 9 -10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Evenings August 3rd-6th and 10th-12th ? 6 - 9 PM At these times ONLY there will be volunteers to help you move items from your car. During synagogue hours please feel free to ?walk? in with your donations and drop them off in the Grace Levine. Remember: Make sure that any item you donate has not been recalled for safety reasons! We will NOT accept: Painted children?s furniture or toys, children?s jewelry, car seats, high chairs, playpens, cribs, used mattresses and box springs, non-working electronics, electric razors. Don?t forget to give us: books, clean wearable clothing, knick-knacks, house wares, electronics, personal items, stationary, medical items, sporting goods, instruments, art and collectibles, tapes, videos, cd's, DVDs, jewelry, arts and crafts items, any new gift items you don?t want, linens and curtains, luggage, shoes, purses, furniture. If you think your item is particularly valuable, please let us know. We would gladly take donations from your friends. Don?t forget to pick up your tax letters. Middle School students can earn Mitzvah Credit by volunteering at the White Elephant Sale. If you have any questions please call or email ? Lois Cantwell 908-251-4458, loiskc at gmail.com or Andrea Hirschfeld 312-497-0936, abh727 at aol.com. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME ? THIS SALE DIRECTLY BENEFITS YOUR SYNAGOGUE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP SET UP AND MONITOR THE SALE. JOIN THE PARTY! Mitzvah Mania Summer 2009 Nothing to do this summer? Do Something Good! What: Fundraiser Host: The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life Start Time: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 10:00am End & Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 5:00pm Where: http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://thepartnershipnj.ujcweb.org/servertransfer .html?targetURL=/ft2/form.html?__id=17243 To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=102742167475&mid= d12929G3ba06060Ga93438G7 NEW JERSEY HAGALIL REGION KADIMA & USY ENCAMPMENTS Sponsored by NJ Youth Commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Monday, August 24 ? 31 B?Nai B?rith Perlman Camp, Starlight, PA Participate in a week of Programs: Maccabiah, Great Evening Programs, Swimming, Arts & Crafts, and so much more!! Meet other Kadima & USY members from across New Jersey! Make friends that will last a lifetime. Cost: $381 (includes round-trip transportation, insurance, kit materials, meals, and all activities) BUSES WILL LEAVE FROM CENTRAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY! KADIMA CAMP IS OPEN TO 6TH ? 8TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. USY CAMP IS OPEN TO 9TH ? 12TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. Register today! For more information, please contact Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor scott at cbi-nj.org or Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. The application can be found online at http://www.uscj.org/njcrscy/hagalil/applications/APPLICA09.pdf. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be Sunday, September 13th from 1pm ? 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. Challahs are back! You can pick them up in the kitchen on Friday before 2 pm . Thank you! For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net. CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading ?L?Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year?. This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. The deadline for free shipping has now passed. Your cost is now $13.00 per jar for orders shipped within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH CONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL AND SHARSHERET ARE PARTNERING TO BRING YOU A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM ?CHOOSING LIFE? Guest Speaker: Shera Dubitsky, M.Ed., M.A., Sharsheret Clinical Supervisor * Managing the ?brain chatter? that occurs from diagnosis and beyond * Understanding that there are no ordinary moments * Recognizing that everything is purposeful * Learning to simplify your life * Helping you to find humor even in the darkest moments * Identifying the power and control in finding a meaningful place for this in your life October 18th, 2009 at 4pm 160 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey This program is free and open to the community. Please come and feel free to bring a friend. RSVP: Celeste Johnson at 973-379-3811 X20. Please note that the Sharsheret Breast Cancer Support Group will be held monthly at Congregation Bnai Israel. For more information, please contact Celeste Johnson at the Clergy office of CBI at 973-379-3811. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer. For more information about Sharsheret, please call 201-833-2341or visit www.sharsheret.org. Do You Knit or Crochet? The National Council of Jewish Women needs volunteers to knit and crochet special projects such as lap blankets, scarves, shawls, preemie hats and more for nursing home patients, preemies in the hospital and in-patient children at area hospitals. If you?d like to take part in a very special new NCJW project, you can use your creative skills to knit or crochet children?s scarves for their Back to School Store that takes place August 2. On that day, NCJW will be providing clothing and school supplies to over 200 local children in need. Your knitted or crocheted scarves can ensure a warm winter for these children. The size of the scarf should be at least 5 inches wide and 42 to 72 inches long. Yarn and needles can be provided ? and. A sense of pride in knowing you are helping others who are less fortunate. Your completed items can be dropped off at the office at 513 West Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston. For more information, please call Elaine Gebroe at (973) 992-4965. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's SUMMER bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! 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Young) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 16:24:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CBI] CBI Announcement - Condolences to The Cogan family Message-ID: <1821.69.127.1.242.1249244666.squirrel@webmail8.pair.com> Evelyn Rubinstein, beloved mother of Sandy Cogan, grandmother of Seth Cogan,?passed away Saturday night. A graveside funeral will be held Tuesday, August 4, at 1:00 PM at Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodbridge.? Sandy will be sitting Shiva on Tuesday, following the?interrment, at 71 Hemlock Road in Short Hills.? Minyan will be on Tuesday evening at 7:30 PM.? May Evelyn Rubenstein's?name be remembered for a blessing. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisar at cbi-nj.org Fri Aug 7 13:51:13 2009 From: lisar at cbi-nj.org (Lisa Roth) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 13:51:13 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Email Announcements 8/7/09 Message-ID: <20090807175318.BFE557E3C7@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements August 8, 2009 18 av 5769 **************************************** Minyan and Shabbat services are being held in our sanctuary! The White Elephant Sale Begins this Thursday, August 13 Assisted Drop-off continues this Sunday, from 10 am-1:00 pm Please see below for additional drop off, set-up and sale details Volunteers are still needed! **************************************** Candle lighting: 7:44 pm Shabbat Services Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICER Friday Elizabeth Cohen Saturday David Touger THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Bima flowers and the Kiddush. MAZEL TOV TO: Terry and Richard Hofflich on the engagement of their daughter Stacey to Stefan Gitten. Condolences to: Sandy Cogan on the loss of her mother, Evelyn Rubinstein. Terri Zucker, Sarah Wasserman and Jennifer Menlow on the loss of their step-father and grandfather, Stanley Richman MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Grabiner and ending with Halpern that support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT EKEV August 8, 2009 ? 18 Av 5769 Annual: Deuteronomy 7:12 ? 11:25 (Etz Hayim, p. 1037; Hertz p. 780) Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14 ? 51:3 (Etz Hayim, p. 1056; Hertz p. 794) Moses tells the people that if they obey the commandments, God will reward them. With God?s help they are to destroy the Canaanite nations, paying particular attention to wiping out all their idols. Moses calls on the Israelites to remember both the hardships of the wilderness years and how God provided for them. Be very careful, Moses tells them, that once you enter the good land you do not forget that God is still the source of all you have. Abandoning God?s commandments can lead only to tragedy. Moses reminds the people that all that God has done and will do for them is not a reward for their virtue and merits. He speaks about the many times when they defied and angered God, most notably the sin of the Golden Calf. Moses describes how he prayed for mercy for the people, so that God ultimately responded by inscribing a second set of tablets to replace the ones that Moses shattered. Moses again charges the Israelites to keep God?s commandments and teaches them the second paragraph of the Shema. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. UPCOMING EVENTS August 10 Men?s Club Meeting 8:00 pm Multi-purpose Room 8 August 11 Job Networking Group 9:30 am Trailer Multi-purpose Room -8 Schedule Of High Holiday Services Unlike years past when we held two services simultaneously with the Rabbi and Cantor in one service and a trained professional leading the other service, this year our construction project makes that impossible. The new plan is that we will hold two services one led by the Rabbi and one led by the Cantor. Instead of them running simultaneously, one will be an early service (led by the Rabbi) and the other will be a late service (led by the Cantor). There will be a family service on Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and Yom Kippur from 9:00-10:00 am. Junior congregation will be held in the modular units that are already in place for the nursery school during the late service. Childcare will be available during the early service. Please choose the service that coincides with your children?s babysitting or Junior Congregation schedule. Please notify the CBI office promptly as your choice will be honored on a first come first served basis. You will be required to be consistent with your choice meaning that you will not be allowed to switch from the early service to the late service or vice versa. Different colored tickets will be issued for each service. Rosh Hashonah ? Day 1 Saturday, September 19 7:45 am ? 11:00 am 1st Day ? Early Service 9:00 am ? 10:00 am Family Service (MP Trailer room 8) 11:30 am ? 2:00 pm 1st Day - Later Service Yom Kippur Monday, September 28 7:45 am ? 11:00 am Yom Kippur-Early Service 9:00 am ? 10:00 am Family Service (MP Trailer room 8) 10:30 am - (approx.) Yizkor 11:30 am ? 2:00 pm Yom Kippur ? Later Service 1:30 pm ? (approx.) Yizkor On Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and Yom Kippur there will be: A Family Service from 9:00 am ? 10:00 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room Trailer Childcare Program for ages 9 months -5 years old: 9:00 am ? 11:00 am in the trailers (During the early service) Junior Congregation for grades K-5: 11:30 am ? 1:30 pm in the trailers (during the later service) Please remember that you need to attend the service at CBI during the time your child is in a program. Please see the letter you recently received for a full schedule of services and for the form for you to fill out and return. Thank you! ********************************** Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don?t have a College address yet? Don?t worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B?nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI ? College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put ?College Connection? on the subject line. Student's Name: ______________________________ College: _________________________________________ College Address: ________________________________ _________________________________________________ THE WHITE ELEPHANT SALE THIS THURSDAY AUGUST 1 3 ! Thursday, August 13th, from 6-9 pm, Friday, 14th, from 9-3 and Sunday, August 16th from 9-3. You may still drop off of your donations this Sunday, August 9th - Wed., August 12! Assisted times: Sunday August 9 -10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Evenings 10th-12th ? 6 - 9 PM At these times ONLY there will be volunteers to help you move items from your car. PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME SET UP DAYS: Wednesday, August 12 - 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM and Thursday, August 13 - 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. During synagogue hours please feel free to ?walk? in with your donations and drop them off in the Grace Levine. Remember: Make sure that any item you donate has not been recalled for safety reasons! We will NOT accept: Painted children?s furniture or toys, children?s jewelry, car seats, high chairs, playpens, cribs, used mattresses and box springs, non-working electronics, electric razors. Don?t forget to give us: books, clean wearable clothing, knick-knacks, house wares, electronics, personal items, stationary, medical items, sporting goods, instruments, art and collectibles, tapes, videos, cd's, DVDs, jewelry, arts and crafts items, any new gift items you don?t want, linens and curtains, luggage, shoes, purses, furniture. If you think your item is particularly valuable, please let us know. We would gladly take donations from your friends. Don?t forget to pick up your tax letters. Middle School students can earn Mitzvah Credit by volunteering at the White Elephant Sale. If you have any questions please call or email ? Lois Cantwell 908-251-4458, loiskc at gmail.com or Andrea Hirschfeld 312-497-0936, abh727 at aol.com. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME ? THIS SALE DIRECTLY BENEFITS YOUR SYNAGOGUE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP SET UP AND MONITOR THE SALE. JOIN THE PARTY! Mitzvah Mania Summer 2009 Nothing to do this summer? Do Something Good! What: Fundraiser Host: The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life Start Time: Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 5:00pm Where: http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://thepartnershipnj.ujcweb.org/servertransfer .html?targetURL=/ft2/form.html?__id=17243 To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=102742167475&mid= d12929G3ba06060Ga93438G7 NEW JERSEY HAGALIL REGION KADIMA & USY ENCAMPMENTS Sponsored by NJ Youth Commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Monday, August 24 ? 31 B?Nai B?rith Perlman Camp, Starlight, PA Participate in a week of Programs: Maccabiah, Great Evening Programs, Swimming, Arts & Crafts, and so much more!! Meet other Kadima & USY members from across New Jersey! Make friends that will last a lifetime. Cost: $381 (includes round-trip transportation, insurance, kit materials, meals, and all activities) BUSES WILL LEAVE FROM CENTRAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY! KADIMA CAMP IS OPEN TO 6TH ? 8TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. USY CAMP IS OPEN TO 9TH ? 12TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. Register today! For more information, please contact Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor scott at cbi-nj.org or Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. The application can be found online at http://www.uscj.org/njcrscy/hagalil/applications/APPLICA09.pdf. Hearts & Hands School Supply Drive Hearts & Hands will be collecting NEW school supplies to donate to the Washington Academy of Music in East Orange. The school specifically requests copy paper, lined notebook paper (3-holed), pencils, pens and chalk. It could also use erasable markers, blackboard erasers, paper clips, stapler & staples, and spiral notebooks. You can drop off your donation in a bin in CBI's lobby from August 19 through September 11. On September 13 you can bring donations to Millburn Middle School during the first morning of Primary Religious School held there. Monetary donations are also accepted. Contact Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net with questions. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be Sunday, September 13th from 1pm ? 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. Challahs are back! You can pick them up in the kitchen on Friday before 2 pm . Thank you! For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net. CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading ?L?Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year?. This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. The deadline for free shipping has now passed. our cost is now $13.00 per jar for orders shipped within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH CONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL AND SHARSHERET ARE PARTNERING TO BRING YOU A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM ?CHOOSING LIFE? Guest Speaker: Shera Dubitsky, M.Ed., M.A., Sharsheret Clinical Supervisor * Managing the ?brain chatter? that occurs from diagnosis and beyond * Understanding that there are no ordinary moments * Recognizing that everything is purposeful * Learning to simplify your life * Helping you to find humor even in the darkest moments * Identifying the power and control in finding a meaningful place for this in your life October 18th, 2009 at 4pm 160 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey This program is free and open to the community. Please come and feel free to bring a friend. RSVP: Celeste Johnson at 973-379-3811 X20. Please note that the Sharsheret Breast Cancer Support Group will be held monthly at Congregation Bnai Israel. For more information, please contact Celeste Johnson at the Clergy office of CBI at 973-379-3811. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer. For more information about Sharsheret, please call 201-833-2341or visit www.sharsheret.org. Do You Knit or Crochet? The National Council of Jewish Women needs volunteers to knit and crochet special projects such as lap blankets, scarves, shawls, preemie hats and more for nursing home patients, preemies in the hospital and in-patient children at area hospitals. If you?d like to take part in a very special new NCJW project, you can use your creative skills to knit or crochet children?s scarves for their Back to School Store that takes place August 2. On that day, NCJW will be providing clothing and school supplies to over 200 local children in need. Your knitted or crocheted scarves can ensure a warm winter for these children. The size of the scarf should be at least 5 inches wide and 42 to 72 inches long. Yarn and needles can be provided ? and a sense of pride in knowing you are helping others who are less fortunate. Your completed items can be dropped off at the office at 513 West Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston. For more information, please call Elaine Gebroe at (973) 992-4965. CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER IS COMING!! PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: November 14, 2009 We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Middle Eastern-themed show, this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with. Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time! More information to follow. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. 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If you have some extra time during the hours of the White Elephant Sale please consider volunteering to help out at the sale.? The success of the sale depends in large part on how many people we have working the sale.? So please come on down and volunteer your time.? The hours of the sale are: Thursday, August 13th, from 6-9 pm, Friday, 14th, from 9-3 and Sunday, August 16th from 9-3. If you can be there please call Andrea Hirschfeld at 312-497-0936 or email her at abh727 at aol.com Thanks for your help. David Touger -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please contact the synagogue office if yours has not arrived. **************************************** Candle lighting: 7:35 pm Shabbat Services Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICER Friday Michael Jurist Saturday David Ehrlich THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Bima flowers. MAZEL TOV and THANK YOU TO: Nan and Howard Greenwald for sponsoring the Kiddush in honor of their milestone wedding anniversary. Condolences to: Phil Levine on the loss of his sister, Molly Serbin. Molly Burack on the loss of her brother, Irving Cohen. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Har El and ending with Jacobs that support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT RE?EH - BIRKAT HAHODESH August 15, 2009 ? 25 Av 5769 Annual: Deuteronomy 11:26 ? 16:17 (Etz Hayim, p. 1061; Hertz p. 799) Triennial: Deuteronomy 12:29 ? 14:29 (Etz Hayim, p. 1068; Hertz p. 804) Haftarah: Isaiah 54:11 ? 55:5 (Etz Hayim, p. 1085; Hertz p. 818) Torah Portion Summary Moses tells the people that they are being given a choice between blessing if they obey God?s commandments and curse if they do not. When they enter the land they will reaffirm this at a covenant ritual at Mounts Gerizim and Ebal. Moses now begins to review the commandments that God has given to Israel. He begins by telling them that they must obliterate all the sites and objects tied to Canaanite idolatry. Even after they have done this, they are not to worship God in these places but must bring their offerings and tithes to the central sanctuary in the place God will designate. Animals intended for food need not be brought to the sanctuary to be slaughtered. The people are warned about false prophets. Even if a person is able to produce signs and wonders, if he urges the people to turn away from God he is a false prophet and must be put to death. Similarly, any person, even a family member or a close friend, who urges an Israelite to worship ?other gods? must be executed. If an entire town has turned away from God, everyone who lives there must be put to death and all the property within it must be destroyed. The people are warned against extreme mourning rites and against eating nonkosher animals. The remission of debts in the sabbatical year and the obligation to support the poor are taught. The three pilgrimage festivals are reviewed. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. UPCOMING EVENTS August 18 Job Networking Group 9:30 am Trailer Multi-purpose Room -8 Schedule Of High Holiday Services Unlike years past when we held two services simultaneously with the Rabbi and Cantor in one service and a trained professional leading the other service, this year our construction project makes that impossible. The new plan is that we will hold two services one led by the Rabbi and one led by the Cantor. Instead of them running simultaneously, one will be an early service (led by the Rabbi) and the other will be a late service (led by the Cantor). There will be a family service on Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and Yom Kippur from 9:00-10:00 am. Junior congregation will be held in the modular units that are already in place for the nursery school during the late service. Childcare will be available during the early service. Please choose the service that coincides with your children?s babysitting or Junior Congregation schedule. Please notify the CBI office promptly as your choice will be honored on a first come first served basis. You will be required to be consistent with your choice meaning that you will not be allowed to switch from the early service to the late service or vice versa. Different colored tickets will be issued for each service. Rosh Hashonah ? Day 1 Saturday, September 19 7:45 am ? 11:00 am 1st Day ? Early Service 9:00 am ? 10:00 am Family Service (MP Trailer room 8) 11:30 am ? 2:00 pm 1st Day - Later Service Yom Kippur Monday, September 28 7:45 am ? 11:00 am Yom Kippur-Early Service 9:00 am ? 10:00 am Family Service (MP Trailer room 8) 10:30 am - (approx.) Yizkor 11:30 am ? 2:00 pm Yom Kippur ? Later Service 1:30 pm ? (approx.) Yizkor On Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and Yom Kippur there will be: A Family Service from 9:00 am ? 10:00 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room Trailer Childcare Program for ages 9 months -5 years old: 9:00 am ? 11:00 am in the trailers (During the early service) Junior Congregation for grades K-5: 11:30 am ? 1:30 pm in the trailers (during the later service) Please remember that you need to attend the service at CBI during the time your child is in a program. Please see the letter you recently received for a full schedule of services and for the form for you to fill out and return. Thank you! ********************************** Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don?t have a College address yet? Don?t worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B?nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI ? College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put ?College Connection? on the subject line. Student's Name: ______________________________ College: _________________________________________ College Address: ________________________________ _________________________________________________ WHITE ELEPHANT SALE This Sunday, August 16th from 9-3 PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME Middle School students can earn Mitzvah Credit by volunteering at the White Elephant Sale. If you have any questions please call or email ? Lois Cantwell 908-251-4458, loiskc at gmail.com or Andrea Hirschfeld 312-497-0936, abh727 at aol.com. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME ? THIS SALE DIRECTLY BENEFITS YOUR SYNAGOGUE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP TO MONITOR THE SALE. JOIN THE PARTY! Mitzvah Mania Summer 2009 Nothing to do this summer? Do Something Good! What: Fundraiser Host: The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life Start Time: Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 5:00pm Where: http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://thepartnershipnj.ujcweb.org/servertransfer .html?targetURL=/ft2/form.html?__id=17243 To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=102742167475&mid= d12929G3ba06060Ga93438G7 NEW JERSEY HAGALIL REGION KADIMA & USY ENCAMPMENTS Sponsored by NJ Youth Commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Monday, August 24 ? 31 B?Nai B?rith Perlman Camp, Starlight, PA Participate in a week of Programs: Maccabiah, Great Evening Programs, Swimming, Arts & Crafts, and so much more!! Meet other Kadima & USY members from across New Jersey! Make friends that will last a lifetime. Cost: $381 (includes round-trip transportation, insurance, kit materials, meals, and all activities) BUSES WILL LEAVE FROM CENTRAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY! KADIMA CAMP IS OPEN TO 6TH ? 8TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. USY CAMP IS OPEN TO 9TH ? 12TH GRADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009. Register today! For more information, please contact Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor scott at cbi-nj.org or Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. The application can be found online at http://www.uscj.org/njcrscy/hagalil/applications/APPLICA09.pdf. Hearts & Hands School Supply Drive Hearts & Hands will be collecting NEW school supplies to donate to the Washington Academy of Music in East Orange. The school specifically requests copy paper, lined notebook paper (3-holed), pencils, pens and chalk. It could also use erasable markers, blackboard erasers, paper clips, stapler & staples, and spiral notebooks. You can drop off your donation in a bin in CBI's lobby from August 19 through September 11. On September 13 you can bring donations to Millburn Middle School during the first morning of Primary Religious School held there. Monetary donations are also accepted. Contact Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net with questions. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be Sunday, September 13th from 1pm ? 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. Challahs are back! You can pick them up in the kitchen on Friday before 2 pm . Thank you! For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net. CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading ?L?Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year?. This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. The deadline for free shipping has now passed. our cost is now $13.00 per jar for orders shipped within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH CONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL AND SHARSHERET ARE PARTNERING TO BRING YOU A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM ?CHOOSING LIFE? Guest Speaker: Shera Dubitsky, M.Ed., M.A., Sharsheret Clinical Supervisor * Managing the ?brain chatter? that occurs from diagnosis and beyond * Understanding that there are no ordinary moments * Recognizing that everything is purposeful * Learning to simplify your life * Helping you to find humor even in the darkest moments * Identifying the power and control in finding a meaningful place for this in your life October 18th, 2009 at 4pm 160 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey This program is free and open to the community. Please come and feel free to bring a friend. RSVP: Celeste Johnson at 973-379-3811 X20. Please note that the Sharsheret Breast Cancer Support Group will be held monthly at Congregation Bnai Israel. For more information, please contact Celeste Johnson at the Clergy office of CBI at 973-379-3811. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer. For more information about Sharsheret, please call 201-833-2341or visit www.sharsheret.org. Fall Training Session for Teens (7th Grade & up) and Adults Become a Mitzvah Clown! Location: B?nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:30 ? 5:00 pm (pizza lunch will be provided) Supply Fee: $36.00 per person due by October 10, 2009 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: * Discussion of mitzvot, community service, and how the art of clowning is a perfect vehicle for both. * Training session on make-up, clown dress, balloon animal skills, clown shtick and role playing. * Cap off your Mitzvah Clown training with a site visit to put your newly learned clown skills to work. Make your own clown costume with clothing from home: Suspenders, belts, ties, ribbons, gloves, crazy socks, old baggy pants, cotton gloves. The more colorful and mismatched, THE BETTER! (you may borrow accessories from the Mitzvah Clown Closet) COMPLETE & RETURN REGISTRATION WITH YOUR FEE ---------------------------------------------------------- FALL 2009 B?nai Israel Mitzvah Clown Training Registration Form RETURN BY: Friday October 10,2009 Trainee Name: ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________ Cell Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ The following section must be completed by parent or legal guardian if trainee is under 18 years of age. I give my child permission to participate in the Mitzvah Clown program on the date indicated above. I understand participation in the program will involve transportation by private vehicle to the site visitation location from B?nai Israel. I authorize my child to ride in a vehicle. PARENT?S SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________________________________________ ______ Please return registration/consent form with $36.00 supply fee by FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2009 payable to: Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 ANY QUESTIONS? CONTACT GINGERBREAD AT: 312-497-4473 or twinsrox123456789 at yahoo.com CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER IS COMING!! PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: November 14, 2009 We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Middle Eastern-themed show, this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with. Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time! More information to follow. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's SUMMER bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! 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Thank you to our co-chairs Lois Cantwell & Andrea Hirschfeld along with the many volunteers and staff who worked so hard. **************************************** Candle lighting: 7:25 pm Shabbat Services Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICER Friday Jack Wenik Saturday Michael Jurist THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Bima flowers. MAZEL TOV and THANK YOU TO: Emily and Seth Barnett for sponsoring the Kiddush in honor of their daughter?s babynamimg. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Jaffe and ending with Keselman that support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT SHOFTIM August 22, 2009 ? 2 Elul 5769 Annual: Deuteronomy 16:18 ? 21:9 (Etz Hayim, p. 1088; Hertz p. 820) Triennial: Deuteronomy 18:6 ? 19:13 (Etz Hayim, p. 1088; Hertz p. 825) Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12 ? 52:12 (Etz Hayim, p. 1108; Hertz p. 835) Torah Portion Summary The Israelites are to appoint judges and officers in all their communities to insure the administration of justice. It is forbidden to set up a sacred pillar like those used in idol worship, even if it is dedicated to God. Idolaters are to be put to death, but only after being convicted by the testimony of at least two witnesses. There is to be a central, higher court to hear cases deemed too difficult for local judges. Its decisions are binding. If and when Israel establishes a monarchy, the king must make a copy of the Torah and keep it with him at all times, for the king also is subject to God?s laws. The priests and Levites have no territory of their own and so must be supported by the agricultural dues of the members of the other tribes. Sorcery in all its forms is forbidden. True prophets are to be obeyed, but false prophets must be put to death. After the Israelites have conquered the land and settled in it, they are to designate three cities of refuge to which a person who commits accidental manslaughter may flee and be safe from the relatives of the person he killed. These cities will provide no safety for the intentional murderer. Rules of war and the treatment of enemies are given. The ritual of breaking the heifer?s neck ? to be performed when a murder victim is found and the killer is unknown ? is described. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. UPCOMING EVENTS August 25 Job Networking Group 9:30 am Trailer Multi-purpose Room -8 Schedule Of High Holiday Services Unlike years past when we held two services simultaneously with the Rabbi and Cantor in one service and a trained professional leading the other service, this year our construction project makes that impossible. The new plan is that we will hold two services one led by the Rabbi and one led by the Cantor. Instead of them running simultaneously, one will be an early service (led by the Rabbi) and the other will be a late service (led by the Cantor). There will be a family service on Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and Yom Kippur from 9:00-10:00 am. Junior congregation will be held in the modular units that are already in place for the nursery school during the late service. Childcare will be available during the early service. Please choose the service that coincides with your children?s babysitting or Junior Congregation schedule. Please notify the CBI office promptly as your choice will be honored on a first come first served basis. You will be required to be consistent with your choice meaning that you will not be allowed to switch from the early service to the late service or vice versa. Different colored tickets will be issued for each service. Rosh Hashonah ? Day 1 Saturday, September 19 7:45 am ? 11:00 am 1st Day ? Early Service 9:00 am ? 10:00 am Family Service (MP Trailer room 8) 11:30 am ? 2:00 pm 1st Day - Later Service Yom Kippur Monday, September 28 7:45 am ? 11:00 am Yom Kippur-Early Service 9:00 am ? 10:00 am Family Service (MP Trailer room 8) 10:30 am - (approx.) Yizkor 11:30 am ? 2:00 pm Yom Kippur ? Later Service 1:30 pm ? (approx.) Yizkor On Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and Yom Kippur there will be: A Family Service from 9:00 am ? 10:00 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room Trailer Childcare Program for ages 9 months -5 years old: 9:00 am ? 11:00 am in the trailers (During the early service) Junior Congregation for grades K-5: 11:30 am ? 1:30 pm in the trailers (during the later service) Please remember that you need to attend the service at CBI during the time your child is in a program. ROSH HASHANAH Day 2 ~ Sunday, September 20 8:30 am 2nd Day Service (One service) 6:15 pm Tashlich 6:45 pm Mincha YOM KIPPUR ~ Sunday, September 27 6:15 pm Mincha 6:30 pm Kol Nidre (One service) 6:30 pm Special Needs Service (MP Trailer room 8) Please see the letter you recently received for a full schedule of services and for the form for you to fill out and return. Thank you! ********************************** Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don?t have a College address yet? Don?t worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B?nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI ? College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put ?College Connection? on the subject line. Student's Name: ______________________________ College: _________________________________________ College Address: ________________________________ _________________________________________________ Hearts & Hands School Supply Drive Hearts & Hands will be collecting NEW school supplies to donate to the Washington Academy of Music in East Orange. The school specifically requests copy paper, lined notebook paper (3-holed), pencils, pens and chalk. It could also use erasable markers, blackboard erasers, paper clips, stapler & staples, and spiral notebooks. You can drop off your donation in a bin in CBI's lobby from August 19 through September 11. On September 13 you can bring donations to Millburn Middle School during the first morning of Primary Religious School held there. Monetary donations are also accepted. Contact Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net with questions. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. Sisterhood presents "A Spiritual Check-in On Wednesday, September 9 at 8:00pm Sisterhood presents "A Spiritual Check-in: A Moment of Reflection Prior to the High Holidays." Lori Schor will facilitate this program to help us pause and reflect on the coming year before we enter the High Holidays. RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net. CHAVERIM ~ KADIMA ~ USY KICK-OFF 2009 -10 Chaverim, the CBI Youth Group for 4th-5th Graders Food Olympics Tuesday, September 15th from 6:15-7:30 at CBI Join your friends for a fun-filled event of games and friendly competition...all involving food! Plus, dinner will be provided! Contact Aly Greenstein, Chaverim Advisor, for more information at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. Kadima, the CBI Youth Group for 6th-8th Graders Bouncefest and Barbeque Wednesday, September 16th from 6:00-7:15 at CBI Come hang out for an evening of crazy fun, including dinner hot off the grill! Contact Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor, for more information at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. USY, the CBI Youth Group for 9th-12th Graders Barbeque and Bouncefest Wednesday, September 16th from 7:30-9:00 at CBI First event of the year...the grill will be hot and the bouncing will have no limits! Contact Shayna Shor, USY President, at southschor at aol.com or Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor, at scott at cbi-nj.org for more information. The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be Sunday, September 13th from 1pm ? 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. Challahs are back! You can pick them up in the kitchen on Friday before 2 pm . Thank you! Check your High Holiday mailing to order your challahs! For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net. CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading ?L?Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year?. This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. The deadline for free shipping has now passed. our cost is now $13.00 per jar for orders shipped within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH CONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL AND SHARSHERET ARE PARTNERING TO BRING YOU A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM ?CHOOSING LIFE? Guest Speaker: Shera Dubitsky, M.Ed., M.A., Sharsheret Clinical Supervisor * Managing the ?brain chatter? that occurs from diagnosis and beyond * Understanding that there are no ordinary moments * Recognizing that everything is purposeful * Learning to simplify your life * Helping you to find humor even in the darkest moments * Identifying the power and control in finding a meaningful place for this in your life October 18th, 2009 at 4pm 160 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey This program is free and open to the community. Please come and feel free to bring a friend. RSVP: Celeste Johnson at 973-379-3811 X20. Please note that the Sharsheret Breast Cancer Support Group will be held monthly at Congregation Bnai Israel. For more information, please contact Celeste Johnson at the Clergy office of CBI at 973-379-3811. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer. For more information about Sharsheret, please call 201-833-2341or visit www.sharsheret.org. Fall Training Session for Teens (7th Grade & up) and Adults Become a Mitzvah Clown! Location: B?nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:30 ? 5:00 pm (pizza lunch will be provided) Supply Fee: $36.00 per person due by October 10, 2009 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: * Discussion of mitzvot, community service, and how the art of clowning is a perfect vehicle for both. * Training session on make-up, clown dress, balloon animal skills, clown shtick and role playing. * Cap off your Mitzvah Clown training with a site visit to put your newly learned clown skills to work. Make your own clown costume with clothing from home: Suspenders, belts, ties, ribbons, gloves, crazy socks, old baggy pants, cotton gloves. The more colorful and mismatched, THE BETTER! (you may borrow accessories from the Mitzvah Clown Closet) COMPLETE & RETURN REGISTRATION WITH YOUR FEE ---------------------------------------------------------- FALL 2009 B?nai Israel Mitzvah Clown Training Registration Form RETURN BY: Friday October 10,2009 Trainee Name: ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________ Cell Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ The following section must be completed by parent or legal guardian if trainee is less than 18 years of age. I give my child permission to participate in the Mitzvah Clown program on the date indicated above. I understand participation in the program will involve transportation by private vehicle to the site visitation location from B?nai Israel. I authorize my child to ride in a vehicle. PARENT?S SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________________________________________ ______ Please return registration/consent form with $36.00 supply fee by FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2009 payable to: Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 ANY QUESTIONS? CONTACT GINGERBREAD AT: 312-497-4473 or twinsrox123456789 at yahoo.com CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER IS COMING!! PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: November 14, 2009 We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Middle Eastern-themed show, this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with. Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time! More information to follow. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's SUMMER bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! 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Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 22832 bytes Desc: not available Url : From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Tue Aug 25 13:31:10 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (jyoung at cbi-nj.org) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:31:10 +0000 Subject: [CBI] CBI's internet access is down Message-ID: <795291100-1251221458-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-297022020-@bxe1224.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Please be advised that our internet service was lost this morning. We do expect it to be back up by late today or early tomorrow. You will hear back from everyone after it is restored. Sorry for the inconvenience! Best regards, Jane Young Executive Director Sent from my BlackBerry? smartphone with SprintSpeed From lisar at cbi-nj.org Fri Aug 28 13:44:08 2009 From: lisar at cbi-nj.org (Lisa Roth) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:44:08 -0400 Subject: [CBI] August 28th Email Announcements Message-ID: <20090828174559.CFB897E3E3@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements August 29, 2009 92 ELUL 5769 Candle lighting: 7:14 pm Shabbat Services Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICER Saturday Jonathan Engel THANK YOU TO: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Bima flowers, Oneg & Kiddush. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Kessler and ending with Krauss that support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT KI TETZE August 29, 2009 ? 9 Elul 5769 Annual: Deuteronomy 21:10 ? 25:19 (Etz Hayim, p. 1112; Hertz p. 840) Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1 ? 10 (Etz Hayim, p. 1138; Hertz p. 857) Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark Teaneck, New Jersey Torah Portion Summary Slightly different systems of enumeration find either 72 or 74 of the Torah?s mitzvot ? more than 10 percent of the 613 ? in this parasha. It opens with three difficult laws ? the treatment of a woman captured in war, the rights of the firstborn son of an unloved wife, and the punishment of a ?wayward and defiant? son. A person must return lost property to its owner. A person must help someone who is trying to raise a fallen animal. Men and women may not wear clothing associated with the other gender. A person must shoo away the mother bird before taking eggs or chicks from her nest. The roof of a house must have a parapet or railing. Mixtures ? of different types of seeds in a single field, of an ox and an ass yoked together, or of wool and linen in a single cloth ? are prohibited. A man who marries a woman and then falsely claims she was not a virgin is flogged, fined, and forbidden to divorce her. If the claim is true, the woman is put to death. Adulterers, both male and female, are to be put to death. Laws concerning rape are given. The Torah names those who may not be ?admitted into the congregation of the Lord.? Laws concerning impurity and hygiene in military camps are given. A runaway slave must not be returned to his master. Cult prostitution is forbidden. Jews may not take interest on loans to fellow Jews. A person must fulfill his or her vows. A man is permitted to divorce his wife. Laws concerning collateral on loans are given. No one may oppress the powerless ? poor laborers, strangers, widows, and orphans. The rituals of yibum, Levirite marriage, and halitzah are given. A person may use or even own only completely honest weights and measures. We are commanded to remember Amalek. UPCOMING EVENTS September 1 Job Networking Group 9:30 am Side Room ? Grace Levine SPaIC Committee Meeting 7:00 pm Side Room ? Grace Levine Executive Board Meeting 8:00 pm Side Room ? Grace Levine High Holiday Services The letters you received have a full schedule of services. Please fill out your forms you recently received for extra tickets, Yizkor Book, Babysitting, Family Service, Jr. Congregation and return them ASAP! Thank you! ********************************** Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don?t have a College address yet? Don?t worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B?nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI ? College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put ?College Connection? on the subject line. Student's Name: ______________________________ College: _________________________________________ College Address: ________________________________ _________________________________________________ Hearts & Hands School Supply Drive Hearts & Hands is now collecting NEW school supplies to donate to the Washington Academy of Music in East Orange. The school specifically requests copy paper, lined notebook paper (3-holed), pencils, pens and chalk. It could also use erasable markers, blackboard erasers, paper clips, stapler & staples, and spiral notebooks. You can drop off your donation in a bin in CBI's lobby from now through September 11. On September 13 you can bring donations to Millburn Middle School during the first morning of Primary Religious School held there. Monetary donations are also accepted. Contact Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net with questions. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. Sisterhood presents "A Spiritual Check-in On Wednesday, September 9 at 8:00pm Sisterhood presents "A Spiritual Check-in: A Moment of Reflection Prior to the High Holidays." Lori Schor will facilitate this program to help us pause and reflect on the coming year before we enter the High Holidays. RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net. CHAVERIM ~ KADIMA ~ USY Chaverim, the CBI Youth Group for 4th-5th Graders Food Olympics Tuesday, September 15th from 6:15-7:30 at CBI Join your friends for a fun-filled event of games and friendly competition...all involving food! Plus, dinner will be provided! Contact Aly Greenstein, Chaverim Advisor, for more information at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. Kadima, the CBI Youth Group for 6th-8th Graders Bouncefest and Barbeque Wednesday, September 16th from 6:00-7:15 at CBI Come hang out for an evening of crazy fun, including dinner hot off the grill! Contact Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor, for more information at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. USY, the CBI Youth Group for 9th-12th Graders Barbeque and Bouncefest Wednesday, September 16th from 7:30-9:00 at CBI First event of the year...the grill will be hot and the bouncing will have no limits! Contact Shayna Schor, USY President, at southschor at aol.com or Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor, at scott at cbi-nj.org for more information. It?s pple Picking Time! * Where: Alstede Farms ( www.alstedefarms.com ) 908-879-7189 When: Sunday, September 13, 2009 Meet at 2:00 pm (where you pay to do the apple picking) Start picking at 2:15 pm sharp! Meet at 3:30 pm at the picnic tables for refreshments, light snacks and discussion. Who: Come one, come all ~ young and young heart ~ * bring family and friends! How: Make a reservation with * Michelle Daniel at 973.258.1245 / gmdam5 at verizon.net * Karen Tucker at 908.313.5677 / karenltucker at comcast.net Please join us for an enjoyable afternoon! This year you will pay only for what you pick. This event sponsored by the Enrichment Committee. The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be Sunday, September 13th from 1pm ? 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. Challahs are back! You can pick them up in the kitchen on Friday before 2 pm . Thank you! Check your High Holiday mailing to order your challahs! For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net. CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading ?L?Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year?. This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. Our cost is $13.00 per jar for orders shipped within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH CONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL AND SHARSHERET ARE PARTNERING TO BRING YOU A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM ?CHOOSING LIFE? Guest Speaker: Shera Dubitsky, M.Ed., M.A., Sharsheret Clinical Supervisor * Managing the ?brain chatter? that occurs from diagnosis and beyond * Understanding that there are no ordinary moments * Recognizing that everything is purposeful * Learning to simplify your life * Helping you to find humor even in the darkest moments * Identifying the power and control in finding a meaningful place for this in your life October 18th, 2009 at 4pm 160 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey This program is free and open to the community. Please come and feel free to bring a friend. RSVP: Celeste Johnson at 973-379-3811 X20. Please note that the Sharsheret Breast Cancer Support Group will be held monthly at Congregation Bnai Israel. For more information, please contact Celeste Johnson at the Clergy office of CBI at 973-379-3811. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer. For more information about Sharsheret, please call 201-833-2341or visit www.sharsheret.org. Fall Training Session for Teens (7th Grade & up) and Adults Become a Mitzvah Clown! Location: B?nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:30 ? 5:00 pm (pizza lunch will be provided) Supply Fee: $36.00 per person due by October 10, 2009 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: * Discussion of mitzvot, community service, and how the art of clowning is a perfect vehicle for both. * Training session on make-up, clown dress, balloon animal skills, clown shtick and role playing. * Cap off your Mitzvah Clown training with a site visit to put your newly learned clown skills to work. Make your own clown costume with clothing from home: Suspenders, belts, ties, ribbons, gloves, crazy socks, old baggy pants, cotton gloves. The more colorful and mismatched, THE BETTER! (you may borrow accessories from the Mitzvah Clown Closet) COMPLETE & RETURN REGISTRATION WITH YOUR FEE ---------------------------------------------------------- FALL 2009 B?nai Israel Mitzvah Clown Training Registration Form RETURN BY: Friday October 10,2009 Trainee Name: ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________ Cell Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ The following section must be completed by parent or legal guardian if trainee is less than 18 years of age. I give my child permission to participate in the Mitzvah Clown program on the date indicated above. I understand participation in the program will involve transportation by private vehicle to the site visitation location from B?nai Israel. I authorize my child to ride in a vehicle. PARENT?S SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________________________________________ ______ Please return registration/consent form with $36.00 supply fee by FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2009 payable to: Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 ANY QUESTIONS? CONTACT GINGERBREAD AT: 312-497-4473 or twinsrox123456789 at yahoo.com CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER IS COMING!! PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: November 14, 2009 We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Middle Eastern-themed show, this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with. Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time! More information to follow. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. If you do not wish to subscribe TO CBI?s email list, please contact Jane Young at jyoung at cbi-nj.org. 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Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 22832 bytes Desc: not available Url : From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Sep 4 13:40:45 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 13:40:45 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Jewish Stem Cell Donor Urgently Sought for Young NJ Man Battling Message-ID: <20090904174046.888F67E3C1@mailwash1.pair.com> From: 'Lisa Harris Glass' Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 12:51 PM To: Subject: **JUNK** Jewish Stem Cell Donor Urgently Sought for Young NJ Man Battling Friends, Please consider distributing the below as widely as possible. This family needs our help. Shabbat Shalom, Lisa Dear Friend, Time is of the essence to find a compatible blood stem cell donor for my brother, 32 year old Mitchell Brown (www.helpmitchell.com), an athlete, loving young father, and lifetime resident of East Brunswick, NJ who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) back in April 2009, just two months before the birth of his second child. My family is requesting as many people, particularly those of Jewish ancestry, donate blood stem cells to be transplanted into Mitchell within the next few week if the match works out. If you could help put out the call for stem cell testing for Mitchell through your publications, my whole family would really appreciate it. The test is a simple swab of the inside of the cheek and the transplant would be similar to giving blood at a bloodmobile. Fundraising events to help defray costs for the family will start this Labor Day weekend with an East Brunswick Soccer Club's Labor Day tournament September 4-6 and October 10th "Swinging for the Browns" golf outing at the Old Orchard Country Club in Eatontown, NJ. Please contact me with any questions and we all thank you for whatever you can do. All our best, Ross Brown For Immediate Release Contact: Ross Brown, (908)-208-7000 or September __, 2009 rbrown at expertplan.com Jewish Stem Cell Donor Urgently Sought for Young NJ Man Battling Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma East Brunswick, NJ - The race is on to find a compatible blood stem cell donor for 32 year old Mitchell Brown (www.helpmitchell.com), an athlete, loving young father, and lifetime resident of East Brunswick, NJ who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) back in April 2009, just two months before the birth of his second child. Brown has a form of NHL known as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and is among the 10 percent of people whose bodies unfortunately do not respond to the chemotherapy treatment designed to combat this cancer. To increase his odds of survival the Brown family is requesting as many people, particularly those of Jewish ancestry, donate blood stem cells to be transplanted into Mitchell within the next few weeks. Brown is currently undergoing intensive chemotherapy at Hackensack University Medical Center, in Hackensack, NJ. So far his entire family has been tested however no matches have been identified. "Time is of the essence and we hope as many potential donors can go through the same painless test procedure we have all gone through to help Mitchell," said Brown's brother, Ross Brown. "Being a donor today is a lot less invasive than in the past and is as easy as donating blood." The Browns are urging anyone willing to donate blood stem cells to contact LabCorp at 1-800-533-1037 for a testing kit to help determine a donor who's DNA best matches his own. Those calling should ask for Sharon, Tanya, or David and tell them they would like to be tested as a potential donor for Mitchell Brown. LabCorp will then send a testing kit with directions in which donors simply swab the inside of their cheeks before sending the swabs back. The materials are provided at no charge and can be sent overnight with pre-paid return envelopes. To help defray the cost associated with the test, LabCorp assesses a $150 fee upon receipt of the test. To further benefit the Brown family, various fundraisers have been set up such as the East Brunswick Soccer Club's Labor Day tournament September 4-6 and October 10th "Swinging for the Browns" golf outing at the Old Orchard Country Club in Eatontown, NJ, with all proceeds going to their fight. More information can be found at www.helpmitchell.com. "Our family is extremely appreciative and grateful for the outpouring of support and donations we have already received," said Brown's wife Jill. Background: Potential donors would need to come to Hackensack University Medical Center or your local hospital to take a few routine preliminary tests such as an EKG, chest scan, etc. Once confirmed that you are healthy enough, the transplant involves a shot called NeupogenR, which is designed to quickly increase the number of white blood cells in your body. The NeupogenR sends a message to your bone marrow to start producing more white blood cells, which in turn increases the number of stem cells floating through your blood. Shortly after the NeupogenR is administered; you will be required to donate blood for a few hours a day over a two day period. 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We are asking that everyone else park at Menorah Chapel's lot on Vauxhall. The letters you received have a full schedule of services. Please fill out your forms you recently received for extra tickets, Yizkor Book, Babysitting, Family Service, Jr. Congregation Thank you! **************************************** Candle lighting: 7:03 pm Shabbat Services Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Mincha Following Kiddush Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICERS Friday Jack Wenik Saturday Linda Sotnick USHERS Friday Randy & Laurie Hyatt Saturday Brad Schenerman THANK YOU TO: Marvin and Leslie Gersho for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush in honor of Samuel becoming a Bar Mitzvah. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Krol and ending with Lindauer that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT KI TAVO September 5, 2009 ? 16 Elul 5769 Deuteronomy 26:1 ? 29:8 (Etz Hayim, p. 1140; Hertz p. 859) Isaiah 60:1 ? 22 (Etz Hayim, p. 1161; Hertz p. 874) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY Once they have settled in the land, each Israelite farmer is to bring a portion of his first fruits to the central sanctuary. Standing before the priest, he is to recite the declaration expressing gratitude for all the gifts God has given. In the third year of the agricultural cycle, farmers were to give the second tithe of their produce to the poor rather than bringing it to Jerusalem. Once this was done, the farmer was to recite a declaration acknowledging that he had done as God commanded. Moses reminds the Israelites that they have affirmed their covenant with God, that they have promised to obey Him, and that God in return has affirmed that Israel is His treasured people. Moses tells the people that as soon as they cross the Jordan, they are to set up large stones inscribed with the words of the Torah on Mount Ebal. They are then to enact a covenant ritual on Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim. He tells them that if they observe God?s commandments they will experience many blessings. However, if they do not obey God they will experience many curses, culminating in war, famine, plagues, and exile. Moses concludes by reminding the Israelites of all that God has done for them in the 40 years since He redeemed them from Egypt. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. UPCOMING EVENTS September 7 Labor Day - Office Closed September 8 Job Networking Mtg. 9:30 am MP Room Board Mtg. 8:00 pm Side Room September 9 HGNS Staff Mtg. 9:00 am MP Room Sisterhood Spiritual 7:30 pm Side Rooms Check-in September 10 RS Faculty Orientation 4:00 pm Grace Levine HGNS Parents Orientation 6:30 pm Grace Levine September 11 HGNS Open House 10:00 am Trailers ********************************** Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don?t have a College address yet? Don?t worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B?nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI ? College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put ?College Connection? on the subject line. Student's Name: ______________________________ College: _____________________________________ College Address: ______________________________ ____________________________________________ Hearts & Hands School Supply Drive Hearts & Hands will be collecting NEW school supplies to donate to the Washington Academy of Music in East Orange. The school specifically requests copy paper, lined notebook paper (3-holed), pencils, pens and chalk. It could also use erasable markers, blackboard erasers, paper clips, stapler & staples, and spiral notebooks. You can drop off your donation in a bin in CBI's lobby from August 19 through September 11. On September 13 you can bring donations to Millburn Middle School during the first morning of Primary Religious School held there. Monetary donations are also accepted. Contact Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net with questions. Already have plans for this coming Labor Day weekend? If not, please consider joining us for the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! This well-supported ride is a great way to get in shape, travel beautiful back roads, and learn all about Jewish environmentalism. Last year the Millburn Spokes Folks (our CBI team) included 25 riders and crew, all of whom were uplifted by the experience (See NJ Jewish News article) http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/091108/mwLocalTeamBikes.html. Day One of the Ride begins and ends at Camp Kinder Ring. It will offer four cycling routes, approximately 30, 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Day Two of the Ride offers three routes (approximately 30, 55 and 70 mile), all ending with a big celebration in Manhattan. To participate in the Ride, participants pay a registration fee and complete a fundraising requirement. If you have any questions or are possibly interested in joining us, please contact Heidi or Brett Cohen at 973-921-9880 or email: hcohen19 at comcast.net or bcohen19 at comcast.net. Sisterhood presents "A Spiritual Check-in ?? On Wednesday, September 9 at 8:00pm Sisterhood presents "A Spiritual Check-in: A Moment of Reflection Prior to the High Holidays." Lori Schor will facilitate this program to help us pause and reflect on the coming year before we enter the High Holidays. RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net. CHAVERIM ~ KADIMA ~ USY Chaverim, the CBI Youth Group for 4th-5th Graders Food Olympics Tuesday, September 15th from 6:15-7:30 at CBI Join your friends for a fun-filled event of games and friendly competition...all involving food! Plus, dinner will be provided! Contact Aly Greenstein, Chaverim Advisor, for more information at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. Kadima, the CBI Youth Group for 6th-8th Graders Bouncefest and Barbeque Wednesday, September 16th from 6:00-7:15 at CBI Come hang out for an evening of crazy fun, including dinner hot off the grill! Contact Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor, for more information at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. USY, the CBI Youth Group for 9th-12th Graders Barbeque and Bouncefest Wednesday, September 16th from 7:30-9:00 at CBI First event of the year...the grill will be hot and the bouncing will have no limits! Contact Shayna Schor, USY President, at southschor at aol.com or Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor, at scott at cbi-nj.org for more information. It?s pple Picking Time! * Where: Alstede Farms ( www.alstedefarms.com ) 908-879-7189 * When: Sunday, September 13, 2009 Meet at 2:00 pm (where you pay to do the apple picking) Start picking at 2:15 pm sharp! Meet at 3:30 pm at the picnic tables for refreshments, light snacks and discussion. * Who: Come one, come all ~ young and young at heart ~ bring family and friends! * How: Make a reservation with Michelle Daniel at 973.258.1245 or gmdam5 at verizon.net ; Karen Tucker at 908.313.5677 or karenltucker at comcast.net Please join us for an enjoyable afternoon! This year you will pay only for what you pick. This event sponsored by the Enrichment Committee. The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be Sunday, September 13th from 1pm ? 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. Challahs are back! You can pick them up in the kitchen on Friday before 2 pm . Thank you! Check your High Holiday mailing to order your challahs! For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net. CBI SISTERHOOD ROSH HASHANAH HONEY SALE This 8-ounce jar of delicious kosher honey arrives in time for Rosh Hashanah holiday, decorated with a colorful label, and includes a personalized card reading ?L?Shana Tova-Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year?. This card also lets the recipients know that a donation has been made in their honor to CBI Sisterhood. The deadline for free shipping has now passed. our cost is now $13.00 per jar for orders shipped within the United States. We will gladly mail orders outside the United States for an additional fee. For more information, please contact Ellen Shulman at (973) 467-4776 or honey at cbi-nj.org. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH CONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL AND SHARSHERET ARE PARTNERING TO BRING YOU A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM ?CHOOSING LIFE? Guest Speaker: Shera Dubitsky, M.Ed., M.A., Sharsheret Clinical Supervisor Managing the ?brain chatter? that occurs from diagnosis and beyond, Understanding that there are no ordinary moments, Recognizing that everything is purposeful, Learning to simplify your life, Helping you to find humor even in the darkest moments, and Identifying the power and control in finding a meaningful place for this in your life. October 18th, 2009 at 4pm 160 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey This program is free and open to the community. Please come and feel free to bring a friend. RSVP: Celeste Johnson at 973-379-3811 X20. Please note that the Sharsheret Breast Cancer Support Group will be held monthly at Congregation Bnai Israel. For more information, please contact Celeste Johnson at the Clergy office of CBI at 973-379-3811. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer. For more information about Sharsheret, please call 201-833-2341 or visit www.sharsheret.org. Fall Training Session for Teens (7th Grade & up) and Adults Become a Mitzvah Clown! Location: B?nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:30 ? 5:00 pm (pizza lunch will be provided) Supply Fee: $36.00 per person due by October 10, 2009 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: * Discussion of mitzvot, community service, and how the art of clowning is a perfect vehicle for both. * Training session on make-up, clown dress, balloon animal skills, clown shtick and role playing. * Cap off your Mitzvah Clown training with a site visit to put your newly learned clown skills to work. Make your own clown costume with clothing from home: Suspenders, belts, ties, ribbons, gloves, crazy socks, old baggy pants, cotton gloves. The more colorful and mismatched, THE BETTER! (you may borrow accessories from the Mitzvah Clown Closet) COMPLETE & RETURN REGISTRATION WITH YOUR FEE ---------------------------------------------------------- FALL 2009 B?nai Israel Mitzvah Clown Training Registration Form RETURN BY: Friday October 10,2009 Trainee Name: ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________ Cell Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ The following section must be completed by parent or legal guardian if trainee is less than 18 years of age. I give my child permission to participate in the Mitzvah Clown program on the date indicated above. I understand participation in the program will involve transportation by private vehicle to the site visitation location from B?nai Israel. I authorize my child to ride in a vehicle. PARENT?S SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________________________________________ ______ Please return registration/consent form with $36.00 supply fee by FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2009 payable to: Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 ANY QUESTIONS? CONTACT GINGERBREAD AT: 312-497-4473 or twinsrox123456789 at yahoo.com CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER IS COMING!! PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: November 14, 2009 We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Middle Eastern-themed show, this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with. Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time! More information to follow. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's September bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! 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The funeral will be at Riverside Funeral Chapel, Nassau North, in Great Neck, 55 North Station Plaza on Thursday at 11:30 am. Interment will follow at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. The family will sit Shiva through Sunday at the home of Renee Greenberg, 19 Midwood Cross, East Hills, New York and on Saturday evening and Sunday at the Messinger home, 20 Rolling Hill Road, Short Hills. May his memory be for a blessing Celeste B. Johnson Congregation B'nai Israel Clergy Office 973-379-3811 x 20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Wed Sep 9 17:37:51 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:37:51 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI YOUTH GROUPS - Fantastic Opening Events NEXT WEEK! Message-ID: <20090909213805.CF7197E379@mailwash1.pair.com> Don't Miss the 2009-10 Kickoff of the CBI YOUTH GROUPS! Fantastic Opening Events are Next Week! CHAVERIM (4th - 5th Grade) Tuesday, September 15th 6:15 - 7:30 at CBI (carpool over from the Middle School!) Food Olympics (dinner included) KADIMA (6th, 7th & 8th Grade) Wednesday, September 16th 6:00 - 7:15 at CBI Barbeque & Bouncefest (dinner included) USY (9th, 10th, 11th & 12th Grade) Wednesday, September 16th 7:30 - 9:00 at CBI Barbeque & Bouncefest (dinner included) -- Membership Forms Attached -- For More Information and to RSVP: Aly Greenstein, Chaverim and Kadima Advisor 973-495-6967 aly.greenstein at hotmail.com Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor 973-879-1352 scott at cbi-nj.org or Shayna Schor, USY President southschor at aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Youth Membership App 2009-10.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 66689 bytes Desc: not available Url : -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: CBI Youth Release Form.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 59488 bytes Desc: not available Url : From jyoung at cbi-nj.org Fri Sep 11 15:07:02 2009 From: jyoung at cbi-nj.org (Jane Young) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:07:02 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements - Friday, September 11, 2009 Message-ID: <20090911190708.170BA7E3A3@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements September 12 , 2009 23 elul 5769 ???????????????????????????????????????? HIGH HOLIDAY REMINDERS Your High Holiday tickets are in the mail! Shana Tova! ???????????????????????????????????????? Candle lighting: 6:51 pm Shabbat Services Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Learners' & Journeyers' Minyan 10:45 am Mincha 7:10 pm Selihot 8:15 pm Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICERS Friday Nancy Weinstein Saturday Jonathan Engel USHERS Friday Leslie & Marvin Gersho Saturday Randy & Laurie Hyatt Debra & Michael Gelband MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU TO: Ken Gross and Susan Gross for sponsoring the Bima flowers, the Oneg, and the Kiddush in honor of Myles becoming a Bar Mitzvah. CONDOLENCES TO: Robert Messinger, on the passing of his beloved father, Philip Messinger. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Linker and ending with McCafferty that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT NITZAVIM-VAYELEKH - SELIHOT September 12, 2009 ? 23 Elul 5769 Deuteronomy 29:9 ? 31:30 (Etz Hayim, p. 1165; Hertz p. 878) Isaiah 61:10 ? 63:9 (Etz Hayim, p. 1180; Hertz p. 883) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY As according to tradition Moses speaks to the people on the last day of his life, he reminds them that they are entering into a covenant with God and that those who violate that covenant will be severely punished. Moses also tells them that even as God punishes their disobedience He will not abandon them. When they learn from what has happened to them and return to God in repentance, God will welcome them lovingly and bring them back from their exile. Moses encourages the people, telling them that God?s commandments are not too difficult or beyond reach. Rather, they are very close, so that every Jew has the ability to observe them. Moses concludes: ?I have put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life ? if you and your offspring would live.? Moses then tells the people that it is now time for Joshua to succeed him. They should not be afraid, because God will continue to be with them as they conquer the Canaanites, just as they already conquered the Amorites. Moses then charges Joshua in the sight of all Israel. Moses writes down the Torah (or, perhaps, parts of Sefer D?varim) and gives it to the priests and the elders. He tells them that every seventh year they are to assemble the people on Sukkot and read the Torah to them. God calls to Moses and tells him it is almost time for him to die. God instructs Moses to bring Joshua to the tent of meeting to hear God?s instructions. God tells Moses that in the future the people will break the covenant and turn to alien gods, so that God will become angry and ?hide His countenance? from them. Therefore, Moses is to write down a poem (found in Ha-azinu) and teach it to the people. It will remind them of God?s promise and their disloyalty and prompt them to repent. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. UPCOMING EVENTS Saturday, September 12 Torah for Tots 10:30 am M-P room 9 Learners ' & Journeyers ' 10:45 am Trailer R4 Sunday, September 13 RS Middle School 8:45 am Middle School HGNS Playground Play date 9:00 am Playground Enrichment Apple Picking 2:00 pm Alstede Farms USY Board Meeting 6:00 pm Side Rooms Monday, September 14 - HGNS 1st Day HGNS Welcome Breakfast 9:00 am M-P RM 8 Rabbi?s Class 9:30 am Side Room Zayin Family Meeting 7:00 pm Sanctuary Sisterhood Meeting 7:30 pm Side Room Men?s Club Meeting 8:00 pm Trailer Tuesday, September 15 HGNS Welcome Breakfast 9:00 am M-P RM 8 Job Networking Mtg. 9:30 am Side Room Adult Forum 12:00 pm Side Room RS 1st day Gimel ? Vav 3:30 pm Middle School Chaverim Food Olympics 6:15 pm Grace Levine Rabbi?s Class 7:30 pm Side Room Wednesday, September 16 USY & Kadima BBQ 6:00 pm Grace Levine Thursday, September 17 Rabbi?s Class 10:00 am Side Room RS - Vav & Zayin 3:45 pm Trailers Religious Affairs Meeting 8:00 pm M-P Room 9 Friday, September 18 ? HGNS Closed Office closes early 12:00 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah Service 6:30 pm Sanctuary ?????????????????????????????????? It?s pple Picking Time! * Where: Alstede Farms ( www.alstedefarms.com ) (908) 879-7189 * When: Sunday, September 13, 2009 Meet at 2:00 pm (where you pay to do the apple picking) Start picking at 2:15 pm sharp! Meet at 3:30 pm at the picnic tables for refreshments, light snacks and discussion. * Who: Come one, come all ~ young and young at heart ~ brings family and friends! * How: Make a reservation with Michelle Daniel at (973) 258 - 1245 or gmdam5 at verizon.net; Karen Tucker at 908.313.5677 or karenltucker at comcast.net Please join us for an enjoyable afternoon! This year you will pay only for what you pick. This event sponsored by the Enrichment Committee. The next CBI Family Day at the Food Bank will be THIS Sunday, September 13th from 1- 4pm. Please let Linda Silver know if you can come by emailing her at lssilver at verizon.net. Hearts & Hands School Supply Drive Hearts & Hands will be collecting NEW school supplies to donate to the Washington Academy of Music in East Orange. The school specifically requests copy paper, lined notebook paper (3-holed), pencils, pens and chalk. It could also use erasable markers, blackboard erasers, paper clips, stapler & staples, and spiral notebooks. On September 13 you can bring donations to Millburn Middle School during the first morning of Primary Religious School held there. Monetary donations are also accepted. Contact Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net with questions. All preschool and kindergartners age children whose families are CBI members Children will be called to the bima and presented with a gift by Rabbi Bayar in honor of their birthday during Shabbat services on the first Saturday of each month. At the conclusion of our main service at 11:30am. Families are also invited to attend "Torah for Tots" (ages 2 to 4) or "Tefilot Ketenim" (for Kindergartners) at 10:30am. Sign in with us by September 15, 2009 to join in the fun! Send the following information to hgns at cbi-nj.org so that you can be included! Child's name ____________________________________ Birthday ________________________________________ Family email address ______________________________ Fall Training Session for Teens (7th Grade & up) and Adults Become a Mitzvah Clown! Location: B?nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:30 ? 5:00 pm (pizza lunch will be provided) Supply Fee: $36.00 per person due by October 10, 2009 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: ? Discussion of mitzvot, community service, and how the art of clowning is a perfect vehicle for both. ? Training session on make-up, clown dress, balloon animal skills, clown shtick and role playing. ? Cap off your Mitzvah Clown training with a site visit to put your newly learned clown skills to work. Make your own clown costume with clothing from home: Suspenders, belts, ties, ribbons, gloves, crazy socks, old baggy pants, cotton gloves. The more colorful and mismatched, THE BETTER! (you may borrow accessories from the Mitzvah Clown Closet) COMPLETE & RETURN REGISTRATION WITH YOUR FEE ---------------------------------------------------------- FALL 2009 B?nai Israel Mitzvah Clown Training Registration Form RETURN BY: Friday October 10,2009 Trainee Name: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Cell Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ The following section must be completed by parent or legal guardian if trainee is less than 18 years of age. I give my child permission to participate in the Mitzvah Clown program on the date indicated above. I understand participation in the program will involve transportation by private vehicle to the site visitation location from B?nai Israel. I authorize my child to ride in a vehicle. PARENT?S SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________________________________________ __ Please return registration/consent form with $36.00 supply fee by FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2009 payable to: Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 ANY QUESTIONS? CONTACT GINGERBREAD AT: (312) 497-4473 or twinsrox123456789 at yahoo.com CHAVERIM ~ KADIMA ~ USY Chaverim, the CBI Youth Group for 4th-5th Graders Food Olympics Tuesday, September 15th from 6:15-7:30 pm at CBI. Join your friends for a fun-filled event of games and friendly competition...all involving food! Plus, dinner will be provided! Contact Aly Greenstein, Chaverim Advisor, for more information at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. Kadima, the CBI Youth Group for 6th-8th Graders Bouncefest and Barbeque Wednesday, September 16th from 6:00-7:15 pm at CBI. Come hang out for an evening of crazy fun, including dinner hot off the grill! Contact Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor, for more information at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. USY, the CBI Youth Group for 9th-12th Graders Barbeque and Bouncefest Wednesday, September 16th from 7:30-9:00 pm at CBI. First event of the year...the grill will be hot and the bouncing will have no limits! Contact Shayna Schor, USY President, at southschor at aol.com or Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor, at scott at cbi-nj.org for more information. OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH CONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL AND SHARSHERET ARE PARTNERING TO BRING YOU A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM ?CHOOSING LIFE? Guest Speaker: Shera Dubitsky, M.Ed., M.A., Sharsheret Clinical Supervisor Managing the ?brain chatter? that occurs from diagnosis and beyond, Understanding that there are no ordinary moments, Recognizing that everything is purposeful, Learning to simplify your life, Helping you to find humor even in the darkest moments, and Identifying the power and control in finding a meaningful place for this in your life. October 18th, 2009 at 4pm 160 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey This program is free and open to the community. Please come and feel free to bring a friend. RSVP: Celeste Johnson at 973-379-3811 X20. Please note that the Sharsheret Breast Cancer Support Group will be held monthly at Congregation Bnai Israel. For more information, please contact Celeste Johnson at the Clergy office of CBI at 973-379-3811. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer. For more information about Sharsheret, please call 201-833-2341 or visit www.sharsheret.org. CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER IS COMING!! PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: November 14, 2009 We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Middle Eastern-themed show, this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with. Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time! More information to follow. Now is the time to sign up your college student(s) for the College Connection. Don?t have a College address yet? Don?t worry. Reserve a Package now, and give us the address later. Packages are sent for the Holidays and contain holiday appropriate goodies along with something that, hopefully, will provoke some thought about the holiday, about Israel or about Judaism. To make sure that Congregation B?nai Israel can keep in touch with your student(s), please fill out the form below and send it ASAP to: Amy Dantus, 10 Quaker Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. A donation of $54.00 per student would be appreciated to help defray costs. Checks should be made out to CBI ? College Connection. Questions? Call Amy Dantus at (973) 376-3203 or e-mail at abdant at comcast.net. Please put ?College Connection? on the subject line. Student's Name: ______________________________ College: _____________________________________ College Address: ______________________________ ____________________________________________ CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. To order your Lulav and Etrog, please contact Celeste in the Clergy Office, (973) 379-3811 x 20 or email, cbjmillburn at aol.com. Challahs are back! You can pick them up in the kitchen on Friday before 2 pm . Thank you! Check your High Holiday mailing to order your challahs! For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's September bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. 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In addition, if you have college age or adult children living at home, and you have not received their ticket(s), please email Lisar at cbi-nj.org immediately and put "dependent adult child" in the subject line and we will send your ticket(s) out to you early next week. ***Remember that there will be a special study session on Rosh Hashanah Day one and on Yom Kippur from 10:15 - 11:15 am for those who will be attending the 11:30 am service. On Rosh Hashanah, Len Hausman will lead a session on Moods, Modes and Music of the High Holiday Service. The Yom Kippur morning study session leader and topic is TBD and will be announced on our web site: www.cbi-nj.org . The sessions will be held in one of our trailer rooms and space will be limited, so RSVP to ra_chair at cbi-nj.org and let us know how many people will be attending with you.*** We thank you for your patience and understanding regarding our errors and omissions! Happy, healthy 5770 to you and yours! Jane N. 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URL: From anaa at cbi-nj.org Fri Sep 18 12:25:49 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:25:49 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements - Friday, September 18, 2009 Message-ID: <20090918162739.6ED487E379@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements September 19, 2009 1 tishrei 5770 Candle lighting: 6:40 pm Shabbat Services Erev Rosh Hashanah (one service) 6:30 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Mincha 6:58 pm Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICERS Saturday RH 1 Early Service ? Nan Greenwald RH 1 Late Service ? Michael Jurist Sunday RH 2 ? Linda Sotnick THANK YOU: The flowers that decorate the bima in the main sanctuary have been presented by Lillian and Herbert Szerlip in memory of their parents, Jennie and Louis Linett and David and Bertha Szerlip. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with McGarr and ending with Nash that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. UPCOMING EVENTS Saturday, September 19 - Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Early Service 7:45 am Family Service 9:00 am Late & Service 11:30 am Mincha 6:30 pm Sunday, September 20 Service 8:30 am Taschlich 6:15 pm Mincha 6:45 pm Tuesday, September 22 Job Networking Mtg. (offsite) 9:30 am Rabbi?s Class 7:30 pm RS Board Meeting 8:00 pm Thursday, September 24 Kadima 6:15 pm USY 7:30 pm Religious Affairs Meeting 8:00 pm HEARTS AND HANDS Committee members remind you to bring food on Kol Nidre for the KOSHER FOOD PANTRY at Oheb Shalom Congregation. ********************************** Building your First Sukkah? Tell us and Janice Colmar will visit your family and bring a present from CBI. Contact information: schooloffice at cbi-nj.org Please include us in ?Starting the Year on the Right Foot!? ____ We are building our first Sukkah. Please come visit us and bring us a present from CBI. Name_________________________________ Phone Number__________________________ Kadima, the CBI Youth Group for 6th-8th Graders Wacky Tie-Dye Night Thursday, September 24th from 6:00-7:15 at CBI Come hang out for an evening of crazy and colorful fun, including dinner. Please RSVP to Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor, at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com. USY, the CBI Youth Group for 9th-12th Graders Apples to Apples to Apples & Honey Thursday, September 24th from 7:30-9:00 at CBI A night of Apples to Apples in honor of Rosh Hashanah apples and honey are included! Please RSVP to Shayna Shor, USY President, at southschor at aol.com or Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor, at scott at cbi-nj.org. Adult Forum Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at B?nai Israel OUR OPENING EVENT! Lunch at noon in the Sukkah, then hear Hirschhorn lecturer and the Executive Director/Curator of the Jewish Historical Society of MetroWest, Linda Forgosh, delight us with a presentation on Louis Bamberger. Cost: $8 for Adult Forum members, $10 for nonmembers. RSVP by October 2 to Lois Dyer (973) 533-1809. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to: Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Donate Your Gently-Used Bikes on October 18th! Hearts and Hands will be collecting gently-used bikes to donate to ?Good Goes Around?, a local charity which will ?recycle? them for use by disadvantaged children in Newark. Please bring your bikes to the CBI Parking Lot on Sunday, October 18th between 11 am ? 1 pm. Contact Linda & Ross Silver with questions or to help collect: lssilver at verizon.net or (973) 921-1502. Hearts & Hands Family Hike Join us on Sunday, October 18th at 1 pm for a hike in South Mountain Reservation. Meet in the small parking lot at the intersection of Lackawanna Place and Glen Avenue in Millburn (across from First Aid Squad). We will talk a little about Jews as caretakers of the environment and take an easy hike through the woods pointing out features of our local habitat. Bring a plastic grocery bag in case we find trash or invasive species. Recommended for any age as long as you enjoy walking or can be carried in a backpack or carrier. Please RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net or (973) 921-1502. Fall Training Session for Teens (7th Grade & up) and Adults Become a Mitzvah Clown! Location: B?nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:30 ? 5:00 pm (pizza lunch will be provided) Supply Fee: $36.00 per person due by October 10, 2009 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: * Discussion of mitzvot, community service, and how the art of clowning is a perfect vehicle for both. * Training session on make-up, clown dress, balloon animal skills, clown shtick and role playing. * Cap off your Mitzvah Clown training with a site visit to put your newly learned clown skills to work. Make your own clown costume with clothing from home: Suspenders, belts, ties, ribbons, gloves, crazy socks, old baggy pants, cotton gloves. The more colorful and mismatched, THE BETTER! (you may borrow accessories from the Mitzvah Clown Closet) COMPLETE & RETURN REGISTRATION WITH YOUR FEE ---------------------------------------------------------- FALL 2009 B?nai Israel Mitzvah Clown Training Registration Form RETURN BY: Friday October 10,2009 Trainee Name: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Cell Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ The following section must be completed by parent or legal guardian if trainee is less than 18 years of age. I give my child permission to participate in the Mitzvah Clown program on the date indicated above. I understand participation in the program will involve transportation by private vehicle to the site visitation location from B?nai Israel. I authorize my child to ride in a vehicle. PARENT?S SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________________________________________ __ Please return registration/consent form with $36.00 supply fee by FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2009 payable to: Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 ANY QUESTIONS? CONTACT GINGERBREAD AT: (312) 497-4473 or twinsrox123456789 at yahoo.com OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH CONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL AND SHARSHERET ARE PARTNERING TO BRING YOU A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM ?CHOOSING LIFE? Guest Speaker: Shera Dubitsky, M.Ed., M.A., Sharsheret Clinical Supervisor Managing the ?brain chatter? that occurs from diagnosis and beyond, Understanding that there are no ordinary moments, Recognizing that everything is purposeful, Learning to simplify your life, Helping you to find humor even in the darkest moments, and Identifying the power and control in finding a meaningful place for this in your life. October 18th, 2009 at 4pm 160 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey This program is free and open to the community. Please come and feel free to bring a friend. RSVP: Celeste Johnson at 973-379-3811 X20. Please note that the Sharsheret Breast Cancer Support Group will be held monthly at Congregation Bnai Israel. For more information, please contact Celeste Johnson at the Clergy office of CBI at 973-379-3811. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer. For more information about Sharsheret, please call 201-833-2341 or visit www.sharsheret.org. CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER IS COMING!! PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: November 14, 2009 We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Middle Eastern-themed show, this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with. Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time! More information to follow. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. To order your Lulav and Etrog, please contact Celeste in the Clergy Office, (973) 379-3811 x 20 or email, cbjmillburn at aol.com. Challahs are back! You can pick them up in the kitchen on Friday before 2 pm . PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW!! Pick up at the Synagogue Kitchen Yom Kippur Friday Sept. 25th , or Sunday Sept. 27th 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Sucoth Friday Oct. 2nd 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Shimini Atzeret and Simchat Torah Friday October 9th 8:00 am to 12:00 pm For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net. Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's September bulletin is posted on our web site. 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The topics for the sessions on Yom Kippur are: "The Prophets Isaiah - Their Time and Their Message" - Kopel Burk "King David: Penitent or Politician?" - Josh Schor "Comparative Repentance: Do Only Jews say 'I am sorry?'" - Jonathan Engel Space is limited - please RSVP to ra_chair at cbi-nj.org if you plan to attend (and how many will be coming)! SHANA TOVA! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 5393 bytes Desc: not available Url : From anaa at cbi-nj.org Fri Sep 25 14:26:00 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:26:00 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements - Friday September 25, 2009 Message-ID: <20090925182749.3D4397E381@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements September 26, 2009 8 tishrei 5770 SHABBAT SHUVAH Candle lighting: 6:28 pm Shabbat Services Friday 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Learners? & Journeyers? 10:45 am Mincha 6:46 pm Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 7:10 am - Tuesday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday BIMA OFFICERS Friday David Touger Saturday David Ehrlich USHERS Friday Mindy & Aaron Tucker Saturday Jody & Jonathan Caplan Thank You to: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Kiddush. CONDOLENCES TO: Sarah Franzblau on the passing of her beloved husband Aaron Franzblau. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Natelson and ending with Renner that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION PARASHAT HA?AZINU - SHABBAT SHUVAH September 26, 2009 ? 8 Tishrei 5770 Deuteronomy 32:1 ? 32:52 (Etz Hayim, p. 1185; Hertz p. 896) Haftarah: Hosea 14:2 ? 10; Joel 2:15 ? 27; Micah 7:18 ? 20 (Etz Hayim, p. 1235; 1236; 1239; Hertz p. 891; 893; 892) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY Moses recites the poem God had instructed him to write down and teach to the people. It begins with words of moral teaching, contrasting the virtue of God to the wickedness of Israel. It then tells of God?s goodness to Israel, Israel?s prosperity and rebellion, and God?s punishment for Israel?s breaking the covenant. Finally, the poem recounts God?s mercy, promising that God will save His people from their enemies. Moses reads the poem to the people and warns them to take it to heart. God tells Moses to ascent Mount Nebo. He will be allowed to see the Promised Land from there before he dies. HEARTS AND HANDS Committee members remind you to bring food on Kol Nidre for the KOSHER FOOD PANTRY at Oheb Shalom Congregation. Special Study Sessions for Yom Kippur Are you attending the 11:30 am late service and not sure what to do with the extra time in the morning? The topics for the sessions on Yom Kippur are: "The Prophets Isaiah - Their Time and Their Message" - Kopel Burk "King David: Penitent or Politician?" - Josh Schor "Comparative Repentance: Do Only Jews say 'I am sorry?'" - Jonathan Engel Space is limited ? please RSVP to ra_chair at cbi-nj.org if you plan to attend (and how many will be coming)! UPCOMING EVENTS Sunday, September 27 ? Kol Nidre (No Religious School) Mincha 6:15 am Kol Nidre 6:30 pm Special Needs Service 6:30 pm Monday, September 28 ? Yom Kippur (No RS, HGNS & Office Closed) Early service 7:45 am Family Service 9:00 am Yizkor (approx)10:30 am Late Service 11:30 am Yizkor (approx)1:30 pm Study Sessions TBA Community Yizkor 5:00 pm Mincha 5:30 pm Neilah 6:30 pm Tuesday, September 29 Job Networking Mtg. 9:30 am Rabbi?s Class 7:30 pm Thursday, October 1 RS & Family Enrichment 4:30 pm ********************************** Join Family Enrichment as we decorate the Synagogue Sukkah! Date: October 1st Time: 4:30 pm ? 6:00 pm Please email cbieducator at cbi-nj.org to let us know that you are coming to this event is for all synagogue families. Questions? Phone: (973) 379-1134 Email: cbieducator at cbi-nj.org Building your First Sukkah? Tell us and Janice Colmar will visit your family and bring a present from CBI. Contact information: schooloffice at cbi-nj.org Please include us in ?Starting the Year on the Right Foot!? ____ We are building our first Sukkah. Please come visit us and bring us a present from CBI. Name_________________________________ Phone Number__________________________ Adult Forum Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at B?nai Israel OUR OPENING EVENT! Lunch at noon in the Sukkah, then hear Hirschhorn lecturer and the Executive Director/Curator of the Jewish Historical Society of Metro West, Linda Forgosh, delight us with a presentation on Louis Bamberger. Cost: $8 for Adult Forum members, $10 for nonmembers. RSVP by October 2 to Lois Dyer (973) 533-1809. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to: Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Donate Your Gently-Used Bikes on October 18th! Hearts and Hands will be collecting gently-used bikes to donate to ?Good Goes Around?, a local charity which will ?recycle? them for use by disadvantaged children in Newark. Please bring your bikes to the CBI Parking Lot on Sunday, October 18th between 11 am ? 1 pm. Contact Linda & Ross Silver with questions or to help collect: lssilver at verizon.net or (973) 921-1502. Hearts & Hands Family Hike Join us on Sunday, October 18th at 1 pm for a hike in South Mountain Reservation. Meet in the small parking lot at the intersection of Lackawanna Place and Glen Avenue in Millburn (across from First Aid Squad). We will talk a little about Jews as caretakers of the environment and take an easy hike through the woods pointing out features of our local habitat. Bring a plastic grocery bag in case we find trash or invasive species. Recommended for any age as long as you enjoy walking or can be carried in a backpack or carrier. Please RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net or (973) 921-1502. Fall Training Session for Teens (7th Grade & up) and Adults Become a Mitzvah Clown! Location: Congregation B?nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 Time: Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:30 ? 5:00 pm (pizza lunch will be provided) Supply Fee: $36.00 per person due by October 10, 2009 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: * Discussion of mitzvot, community service, and how the art of clowning is a perfect vehicle for both. * Training session on make-up, clown dress, balloon animal skills, clown shtick and role playing. * Cap off your Mitzvah Clown training with a site visit to put your newly learned clown skills to work. Make your own clown costume with clothing from home: Suspenders, belts, ties, ribbons, gloves, crazy socks, old baggy pants, cotton gloves. The more colorful and mismatched, THE BETTER! (you may borrow accessories from the Mitzvah Clown Closet) COMPLETE & RETURN REGISTRATION WITH YOUR FEE ---------------------------------------------------------- FALL 2009 B?nai Israel Mitzvah Clown Training Registration Form RETURN BY: Friday October 10,2009 Trainee Name: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Cell Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ The following section must be completed by parent or legal guardian if trainee is less than 18 years of age. I give my child permission to participate in the Mitzvah Clown program on the date indicated above. I understand participation in the program will involve transportation by private vehicle to the site visitation location from B?nai Israel. I authorize my child to ride in a vehicle. PARENT?S SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________ Please return registration/consent form with $36.00 supply fee by FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2009 Payable to: Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 ANY QUESTIONS? CONTACT GINGERBREAD AT: (312) 497-4473 or twinsrox123456789 at yahoo.com OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH CONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL AND SHARSHERET ARE PARTNERING TO BRING YOU A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM ?CHOOSING LIFE? Guest Speaker: Shera Dubitsky, M.Ed., M.A., Sharsheret Clinical Supervisor Managing the ?brain chatter? that occurs from diagnosis and beyond, Understanding that there are no ordinary moments, Recognizing that everything is purposeful, Learning to simplify your life, Helping you to find humor even in the darkest moments, and Identifying the power and control in finding a meaningful place for this in your life. October 18th, 2009 at 4pm 160 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey This program is free and open to the community. Please come and feel free to bring a friend. RSVP: Celeste Johnson at 973-379-3811 X20. Please note that the Sharsheret Breast Cancer Support Group will be held monthly at Congregation Bnai Israel. For more information, please contact Celeste Johnson at the Clergy office of CBI at 973-379-3811. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer. For more information about Sharsheret, please call 201-833-2341 or visit www.sharsheret.org. CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER IS COMING!! PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: November 14, 2009 We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Middle Eastern-themed show, this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with. Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time! More information to follow. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using Linkedin and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. Contact Eli Jacobs at (973) 379-1205 or ejacobslcu at aol.com. Challahs are back! You can pick them up in the kitchen on Friday before 2 pm . PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW!! Pick up at the Synagogue Kitchen Yom Kippur Sunday Sept. 27th 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Sukkot Friday Oct. 2nd 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah Friday October 9th 8:00 am to 12:00 pm For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's September bulletin is posted on our web site. 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Young) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:00:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CBI] CBI - Revised Yizkor Service Times on Yom Kippur Message-ID: <4245.69.127.1.242.1254020403.squirrel@webmail3.pair.com> Dear Congregants, Please note the following?revised times for the Yizkor Services on Monday: ? 7:45 a.m. Service - Yizkor at approx. 9:30 a.m. (NOT 10:30 a.m. as listed on your ticket), 11:30 a.m. Service -?Yizkor at approx. 12:30 a.m. (NOT 1:30 p.m. as listed on your ticket). Shana Tova - G'mar Tov! Jane N. Young Executive Director Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, New Jersey 07041 973-379-3811 x18 973-379-1941 fax jyoung at cbi-nj.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 101896 bytes Desc: not available Url : From anaa at cbi-nj.org Fri Oct 2 13:28:50 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:28:50 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Weekly Announcements for October 3, 2009 Message-ID: <20091002173042.457227E35E@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements october 3, 2009 15 tishrei 5770 Candle lighting: 6:16 pm Service Schedule Friday, October 2 Erev Sukkot 6:00 pm Shabbat, October 3 Sukkot 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Mincha 5:30 pm Sunday, October 4 Sukkot 9:00 am Mincha 5:45 pm Monday, October 5 Chol Hamoed 7:00 am Maariv 8:00 pm Tuesday, October 6 Chol Hamoed 7:00 am Maariv 8:00 pm Wednesday, October 7 Chol Hamoed 7:00 am Maariv 8:00 pm Thursday, October 8 Chol Hamoed 7:00 am Maariv 8:00 pm Friday, October 9 Hoshana Rabbah 7:00 am Mincha/Maariv 6:00 pm Shabbat, October 10 Shemini Atzeret 9:00 am Yizkor 11:00 am Minchat Torah 5:30 pm Simchat Torah 6:30 pm Sunday, October 11 Simchat Torah 9:00 am Maariv 8:00 pm BIMA OFFICER Friday Saturday Jack Wenik Mazel Tov and Thank You to: Karen Tucker for sponsoring the Bima flowers in honor of her 40th year as a CBI Member and in memory of her beloved parents, Alfred and Celia Tucker. Thank you Men?s Club for sponsoring Saturday?s Kiddush. Thank you Sisterhood for sponsoring Sunday?s Kiddush. MINYAN ROTATION: We remind all families with last names beginning with Retik and ending with Rush that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. THIS SHABBAT?S TORAH PORTION SHABBAT/SUKKOT October 3, 2009 ? 15 Tishrei 5770 Leviticus 22:26 ? 23:44 (Etz Hayim, p. 723; Hertz p. 518) Maftir: Numbers 29:12 - 16 (Etz Hayim, p. 934; Hertz p. 697) Haftarah: Zechariah 14:1 ? 21 (Etz Hayim, p. 1253; Hertz p. 972) TORAH PORTION SUMMARY God instructs Moses to teach the people about Shabbat and the festivals ? Pesach, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. The maftir reading describes the offerings that were to be brought to the Temple on Sukkot. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. UPCOMING EVENTS Sat. October 3 - Sukkot Day 1 Service 9:00 am MC Kiddush (approx)12:00 pm Mincha 5:30 pm Sun. October 4 - Sukkot Day 2 (No RS) Service 9:00 am Sisterhood Kiddush (approx)12:00 pm Mincha 5:30 pm USY Board Meeting 6:00 pm Mon. October 5 Service ? Chol Hamoed 7:00 am Rabbi?s Class 9:30 am Sisterhood Meeting 7:30 pm Maariv 8:00 pm Tues. October 6 Service ? Chol Hamoed 7:00 am Job Networking Mtg. 9:30 am Adult Forum 12:00 pm Rabbi?s Class 7:30 pm Maariv 8:00 pm Executive Board Meeting 8:00 pm Youth Committee Meeting 8:15 pm Wed. October 7 Service ? Chol Hamoed 7:00 am HGNS Pizza in the Hut 6:00 pm Thurs. October 8 Service ? Chol Hamoed 7:00 am Rabbi?s Class 10:00 am Kadima in the Sukkah 6:15 pm USY in the Sukkah 6:15 pm Fri. October 9 Erev Shemini Atzeret Service ? Hoshanah Rabbah 7:00 am Mincha/ Maariv 6:00 pm Building your First Sukkah? Tell us and Janice Colmar will visit your family on October 6th and bring a present from CBI. Contact information: schooloffice at cbi-nj.org Please include us in ?Starting the Year on the Right Foot!? ____ We are building our first Sukkah. Please come visit us and bring us a present from CBI. Name_________________________________ Phone Number__________________________ Adult Forum Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at B?nai Israel OUR OPENING EVENT! Lunch at noon in the Sukkah, then hear Hirschhorn lecturer and the Executive Director/Curator of the Jewish Historical Society of Metro West, Linda Forgosh, delight us with a presentation on Louis Bamberger. Cost: $8 for Adult Forum members, $10 for nonmembers. RSVP by October 2 to Lois Dyer (973) 533-1809. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to: Adult Forum C/O Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Kadima, the CBI Youth Group for 6th-8th Graders BOOGIE DOWN IN THE SUKKAH Thursday, October 8th from 6: 15 -7:15 PM at CBI Another fun event starts immediately after religious school. Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP to Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor, at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com . USY, the CBI Youth Group for 9th-12th Graders SUKKAH GAME NIGHT Thursday, October 8th from 7:30-9:00 pm at CBI Join Millburn USY for a night of building our very own sukkah... out of food! Bring tzedakah money to "buy" extra ingredients to make your sukkah the best! Please RSVP to Shayna Shor, USY President, at southschor at aol.com or Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor, at scott at cbi-nj.org . SIMCHAT TORAH Children?s Services Saturday, October 10 at 5:30 pm Please join us for Holiday Treats after the service Hosted by Kehilla at CBI, formerly the Enrichment Committee Chaverim, the CBI Youth Group for 4th-5th Graders MYSTERY PARTY with Havdalah Saturday, October 17th from 6:45-8:45 pm at CBI Join your friends for a fun-filled event of secrecy and puzzlement. The evening will start with a short Havdalah service which will count towards Shabbat credit. Plus, dessert will be provided!!! Please RSVP to Aly Greenstein, Chaverim Advisor, at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com . Donate Your Gently-Used Bikes on October 18th! Hearts and Hands will be collecting gently-used bikes to donate to ?Good Goes Around?, a local charity which will ?recycle? them for use by disadvantaged children in Newark. Please bring your bikes to the CBI Parking Lot on Sunday, October 18th between 11 am ? 1 pm. Contact Linda & Ross Silver with questions or to help collect: lssilver at verizon.net or (973) 921-1502. Hearts & Hands Family Hike Join us on Sunday, October 18th at 1 pm for a hike in South Mountain Reservation. Meet in the small parking lot at the intersection of Lackawanna Place and Glen Avenue in Millburn (across from First Aid Squad). We will talk a little about Jews as caretakers of the environment and take an easy hike through the woods pointing out features of our local habitat. Bring a plastic grocery bag in case we find trash or invasive species. Recommended for any age as long as you enjoy walking or can be carried in a backpack or carrier. Please RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net or (973) 921-1502. Fall Training Session for Teens (7th Grade & up) and Adults Become a Mitzvah Clown! Location: Congregation B?nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 Time: Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:30 ? 5:00 pm (pizza lunch will be provided) Supply Fee: $36.00 per person due by October 10, 2009 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: * Discussion of mitzvot, community service, and how the art of clowning is a perfect vehicle for both. * Training session on make-up, clown dress, balloon animal skills, clown shtick and role playing. * Cap off your Mitzvah Clown training with a site visit to put your newly learned clown skills to work. Make your own clown costume with clothing from home: Suspenders, belts, ties, ribbons, gloves, crazy socks, old baggy pants, cotton gloves. The more colorful and mismatched, THE BETTER! (you may borrow accessories from the Mitzvah Clown Closet) COMPLETE & RETURN REGISTRATION WITH YOUR FEE ---------------------------------------------------------- FALL 2009 B?nai Israel Mitzvah Clown Training Registration Form RETURN BY: Friday October 10,2009 Trainee Name: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Cell Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ The following section must be completed by parent or legal guardian if trainee is less than 18 years of age. I give my child permission to participate in the Mitzvah Clown program on the date indicated above. I understand participation in the program will involve transportation by private vehicle to the site visitation location from B?nai Israel. I authorize my child to ride in a vehicle. PARENT?S SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________ Please return registration/consent form with $36.00 supply fee by FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2009 Payable to: Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 ANY QUESTIONS? CONTACT GINGERBREAD AT: (312) 497-4473 or twinsrox123456789 at yahoo.com OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH CONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL AND SHARSHERET ARE PARTNERING TO BRING YOU A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM ?CHOOSING LIFE? Guest Speaker: Shera Dubitsky, M.Ed., M.A., Sharsheret Clinical Supervisor Managing the ?brain chatter? that occurs from diagnosis and beyond, Understanding that there are no ordinary moments, Recognizing that everything is purposeful, Learning to simplify your life, Helping you to find humor even in the darkest moments, and Identifying the power and control in finding a meaningful place for this in your life. October 18th, 2009 at 4pm 160 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey This program is free and open to the community. Please come and feel free to bring a friend. RSVP: Celeste Johnson at 973-379-3811 X20. Please note that the Sharsheret Breast Cancer Support Group will be held monthly at Congregation Bnai Israel. For more information, please contact Celeste Johnson at the Clergy office of CBI at 973-379-3811. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer. For more information about Sharsheret, please call 201-833-2341 or visit www.sharsheret.org. Come & participate in the HGNS SPONSORED Torah for Tots Saturday, October 24th 10:30am in Room 9 in the trailers Children?s Kiddush will immediately follow the short service RSVP by Wednesday, October 21st Scottmerkel at verizon.net 973-379-1818 Please Join Us for the CBI Sisterhood Kick Off Dinner (Paid up Membership Dinner) Date: Monday, November 2, 2009 Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm Place: ? CBI CBI Sisterhood members? free Non-members and Guests - $10* *Not a member? No problem ? just send your dues ($36) to Lisa Ehrlich, 6 Leslie Court, Springfield or pay at the door RSVP by 10/26/09 to Lisa Ehrlich at lisa.ehrlich at comcast.net (973) 258-0622 CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER IS COMING!! PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: November 14, 2009 We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Middle Eastern-themed show, this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with. Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time! Sponsors and auction donations are being accepted NOW! Please see our mailing and your October Bulletin for details CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, Preparing an elevator speech, Preparing an exit statement, Marketing yourself, Identifying target companies, Internet job search sites, Using LinkedIn and Interview tips and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. The CBI Job Search Network Group will host Michael Tannenbaum, an executive recruiter and career coach professional on Tuesday, October 6th at 9:30 AM. Michael Tannenbaum has over 20+ years of experience in this field and has spoken at national and local industry conferences. He created a career services website and coaching service for a major trade association. In addition he has given speeches on college campuses and counseled numerous students on career related topics. Michael is a CBI member and has volunteered his time to address the group on such topics as: Personal Branding, Networking, Using Social Media such as LinkedIn and Twitter, Interviewing strategies, The importance of having a well, and organized system. All CBI members are welcome. If you have any questions please contact Eli Jacobs at 973-379-1205 or ejacobslcu at gmail.com We know that ? in this economy ? there are people in Millburn Township who are experiencing financial hardship and are struggling to pay their bills. If you are a resident of Millburn or Short Hills facing a temporary, unexpected financial set-back ? whether related to your home, your health or some other basic need, please contact Down the Block, Inc. As long as you meet our eligibility requirements, we will be happy to pay a bill for you. Our service is free and confidential. Find us at www.DownTheBlock.org or (973) 943 - 1424. Challahs are back! You can pick them up in the kitchen on Friday before 2 pm . PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW!! Pick up at the Synagogue Kitchen! Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah Friday October 9th 8:00 am to 12:00 pm For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. 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Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 1022 bytes Desc: not available Url : From anaa at cbi-nj.org Fri Oct 9 13:29:00 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:29:00 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Weekly Announcements for October 9, 2009 Message-ID: <20091009173055.ECECD7E362@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements october 10, 2009 22 tishrei 5770 Candle lighting: 6:05 pm This Week?s Services Friday Evening 6:00 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Yizkor 11:00 am Yaldenu 11:15 am Minchat Torah (Children?s) 5:30 pm Saturday Evening Simchat Torah 6:30 pm Sunday Morning Simchat Torah 9:00 am Maariv 8:00 pm 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday Bima Officer Saturday: Elizabeth Cohen Thank You to: Sisterhood for sponsoring Saturday?s Kiddush. Sisterhood and Men?s Club for sponsoring Sunday?s Kiddush. Minyan Rotation We remind all families with last names beginning with Sabin and ending with Schneider that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. This Shabbat?s Torah Portion SHEMINI ATZERET/YIZKOR October 10, 2009 ? 22 Tishrei 5770 Deuteronomy 14:22 ? 16:17 (Etz Hayim, p. 1074; Hertz p. 810) Maftir: Numbers 29:35-30.1 (Etz Hayim p 936) Haftarah: I Kings 8:54 ? 66 (Etz Hayim, p. 1263; Hertz p. 982) Torah Portion Summary The remission of debts in the sabbatical year and the obligation to support the poor are taught. The three pilgrimage festivals are reviewed. The maftir reading describes the offerings that were to be brought to the Temple on Shemini Atzeret. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Upcoming Events! There will be no Religious School this Sunday. Monday, October 12 Rabbi?s Class 9:30 am Tuesday, October 13 Job Networking Mtg. 9:30 am Rabbi?s Class 7:30 pm Board Meeting 8:00 pm Wednesday, October 14 MC Board Meeting 8:00 pm Thursday, October 15 Rabbi?s Class 10:00 am Adult Form at Oheb Shalom 1:00 pm Religious Affairs 8:00 pm Special Needs Comm. Mtg. 8:00 pm RS Board Meeting 8:00 pm Adult Forum Thursday, October 15, 2009 At Oheb Shalom 1 pm for coffee and cake, followed by screening of powerful Clint Eastwood film Gran Torino. Cost: $2 for Simcha Senior Members & Adult Forum Members, $5 for Non-members. RSVP by October 12th to Esther Bearg at (973) 746-9891. Chaverim, the CBI Youth Group for 4th-5th Graders Mystery Party with Havdalah Saturday, October 17th from 6:45-8:45 at CBI Join your friends for a fun-filled event of secrecy and puzzlement. The evening will start with a short Havdalah service which will count towards Shabbat credit. Plus, dessert will be provided!!! Please RSVP to Aly Greenstein, Chaverim Advisor, at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com . Donate Your Gently-Used Bikes on October 18th! Hearts and Hands will be collecting gently-used bikes to donate to ?Good Goes Around?, a local charity which will ?recycle? them for use by disadvantaged children in Newark. Please bring your bikes to the CBI Parking Lot on Sunday, October 18th between 11 am ? 1 pm. Contact Linda & Ross Silver with questions or to help collect: lssilver at verizon.net or (973) 921-1502. Hearts & Hands Family Hike Join us on Sunday, October 18th at 1 pm for a hike in South Mountain Reservation. Meet in the small parking lot at the intersection of Lackawanna Place and Glen Avenue in Millburn (across from First Aid Squad). We will talk a little about Jews as caretakers of the environment and take an easy hike through the woods pointing out features of our local habitat. Bring a plastic grocery bag in case we find trash or invasive species. Recommended for any age as long as you enjoy walking or can be carried in a backpack or carrier. Please RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net or (973) 921-1502. Fall Training Session for Teens (7th Grade & up) and Adults Become a Mitzvah Clown! Location: Congregation B?nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 Time: Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:30 ? 5:00 pm (pizza lunch will be provided) Supply Fee: $36.00 per person due by October 10, 2009 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: * Discussion of mitzvot, community service, and how the art of clowning is a perfect vehicle for both. * Training session on make-up, clown dress, balloon animal skills, clown shtick and role playing. * Cap off your Mitzvah Clown training with a site visit to put your newly learned clown skills to work. Make your own clown costume with clothing from home: Suspenders, belts, ties, ribbons, gloves, crazy socks, old baggy pants, cotton gloves. The more colorful and mismatched, THE BETTER! (you may borrow accessories from the Mitzvah Clown Closet) COMPLETE & RETURN REGISTRATION WITH YOUR FEE ---------------------------------------------------------- FALL 2009 B?nai Israel Mitzvah Clown Training Registration Form RETURN BY: Friday October 10,2009 Trainee Name: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Cell Phone No.: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ _ The following section must be completed by parent or legal guardian if trainee is less than 18 years of age. I give my child permission to participate in the Mitzvah Clown program on the date indicated above. I understand participation in the program will involve transportation by private vehicle to the site visitation location from B?nai Israel. I authorize my child to ride in a vehicle. PARENT?S SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________ Please return registration/consent form with $36.00 supply fee by FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2009 Payable to: Congregation B'nai Israel 160 Millburn Avenue Millburn, NJ 07041 ANY QUESTIONS? CONTACT GINGERBREAD AT: (312) 497-4473 or twinsrox123456789 at yahoo.com OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH CONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL AND SHARSHERET ARE PARTNERING TO BRING YOU A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM ?CHOOSING LIFE? Guest Speaker: Shera Dubitsky, M.Ed., M.A., Sharsheret Clinical Supervisor Managing the ?brain chatter? that occurs from diagnosis and beyond, understanding that there are no ordinary moments, recognizing that everything is purposeful, learning to simplify your life, helping you to find humor even in the darkest moments, and identifying the power and control in finding a meaningful place for this in your life. October 18th, 2009 at 4pm 160 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey This program is free and open to the community. Please come and feel free to bring a friend. RSVP: Celeste Johnson at 973-379-3811 X20. Please note that the Sharsheret Breast Cancer Support Group will be held monthly at Congregation B'nai Israel. For more information, please contact Celeste Johnson at the Clergy office of CBI at 973-379-3811 x20. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer. For more information about Sharsheret, please call 201-833-2341 or visit www.sharsheret.org. Sisterhood's Rosh Chodesh Group for Women Please join us on Monday evening, October 19 from 6:15-7:45 for Sisterhood's Rosh Chodesh Group for Women. This month, Nancy Leaderman, our congregant, and the principal of Solomon Schechter's Upper School, will facilitate "Writing Our Lives -- Tapping Into Your Own Stories and Voice." Whether you already journal or blog, are a complete novice, or fall somewhere in between, come explore various writing trechniques along with ideas for inspiration, including using Jewish sources to guide you. Bring a pen and notebook or paper, or a laptop, and come ready to write! The cost of this program is $15, which includes dinner. Please RSVP to Linda Silver (973)921-1502 or lssilver at verizon.net Adult Forum Tuesday, October 20, 2009 20, 2009 At B?nai Israel Lunch at noon, and then watch the film ?Doubt?. Cost $8 for Adult Forum Members, $10 for Non-members. RSVP by October 16th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Send checks made out to Congregation B?nai Israel to: Adult Forum c/o Lois Dyer 9 Hearthstone Terrace Livingston, NJ 07039 Come & Participate in the HGNS SPONSORED Torah for Tots Saturday, October 24th 10:30am in Room 9 in the trailers Children?s Kiddush will immediately follow the short service RSVP by Wednesday, October 21st Scottmerkel at verizon.net (973) 379-1818 Join us for a day of family fun and community solidarity as we walk hand in hand to bring joy, cheer and respite to children with special needs and their families. REGISTER as a walker, a donor, or both!! Click on the links/pictures below (donate, info, and register) to get started! Together we will spread awareness and raise funds for these very special children. Please help and sign up today! Adult Forum Sunday, October 25, 2009 CO-SPONSORED TRIP TO THE BARNES FOUNDATION GALLERY WITH THE CENTRAL NEW JERSEY JCC Trip to the Barnes Gallery in Pennsylvania. 9:15 am ? 5:30 pm. The Barnes Foundation is home to one of the world?s largest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings, with extensive holdings by Picasso Matisse Cezanne Renior and Modiglani as well as important examples of African sculpture. This trip is co-sponsored with the JCC of Central New Jersey. Cost $60 for Adult Forum Members, $65 for Non-members. Lunch at a nearby restaurant included. The bus will pick us up and drop us off at Congregation B?nai Israel. REGISTER EARLY-LIMITED SPACE!!! Make your check out to JCC of Central New Jersey and mail to: Barbara Weisbart c/o JCC of Central New Jersey Wilf Jewish Community Campus 1391 Martin Avenue Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 Maccabiah 2009 Presentation Please join Men's Club and Sisterhood on Monday night, October 26 at 8:15 at CBI. Art and Judy Fredman recently traveled to Israel to take part in the Maccabiah games. Art was selected to represent the Maccabiah US Tennis Team masters division and has prepared a wonderful DVD montage based on his experience. He will also speak about the history of sports in Israel. Art and Judy are wonderful raconteurs and ardent Zionists so please join us. Refreshments will be served. Please contact Josh Schor for any questions. Adult Forum Monday, October 26, 2009 At Oheb Shalom 12 noon for lunch followed by a piano performance and sing-a-long with Piano Dave. Cost $4 for Simcha Senior Members & Adult Forum Members, $8 for Non-members. RSVP by October 22nd to Esther Bearg (973) 746-9691. Join Us for a Knitting Circle On Tuesday evening, October 27, Hearts & Hands will host an evening of knitting and crocheting in preparation for Mitzvathon. HGNS Director Rochelle Baron will instruct beginners and will start us on a project to knit or crochet baby blankets and hats which will then be donated on December 6 to a maternal & child health network in Morristown for at-risk new mothers. The knitting circle will begin at 7:30 at CBI. Please RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net and please specify whether or not you are a beginner so that we can contact you regarding supplies. Please Join Us for the CBI Sisterhood Kick Off Dinner (Paid up Membership Dinner) Date: Monday, November 2, 2009 Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Place: ? CBI CBI Sisterhood members? free Non-members and Guests - $10* *Not a member? No problem ? just send your dues ($36) to Lisa Ehrlich, 6 Leslie Court, Springfield or pay at the door RSVP by 10/26/09 to Lisa Ehrlich at lisa.ehrlich at comcast.net (973) 258-0622 CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER IS COMING!! Come rock the Kasbah! A night in a morocco goods and services auction! Saturday, November 14, 2009 Doors open at 7:00 pm Congregation B?nai Israel We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Moroccan -themed show, including professional Belly Dancers from Agadir (via Maplewood!), this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with! Couvert is $25 in advance and $36 at the door. Sponsorships are available at four levels: Emerald Benefactor $100 which includes 10 Chance Auction Tickets; Ruby Benefactor $180 which includes 1 entrance ticket & 10 Chance Auction Tickets; Sapphire Benefactor $360 which includes 2 entrance tickets & 20 Chance Auction Tickets; And Diamond Benefactor $500 which includes 2 entrance tickets & 50 Chance Auction Tickets *Sponsers will be recognized in the Auction Catalogue and in the Bulletin Questions? Contact Lisa Roth at lroth at cbi-nj.org or (973) 379-3811 ext. 11 Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time. Rocking the Kasbah! CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, preparing an elevator speech, preparing an exit statement, marketing yourself, identifying target companies, internet job search sites, using LinkedIn, interview tips, and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. If you have any questions please contact Eli Jacobs at 973-379-1205 or ejacobslcu at gmail.com Enjoy Your Shabbat Meals with Men?s Club Delicious Challahs! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from the synagogue every Friday from 6:30 am to 1:00 pm) (ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!) Available choices are: Plain ~ Seeded ~ Raisin ~ Whole Wheat ~ Chocolate Chip Or Pkg. Challah Rolls Only $3.75 each October (3 weeks) $11.25 November (4 weeks) $15.00 December (4 weeks) $15.00 Order three months for $48.75 Order by the month or any way you wish! PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW!! Pick up at the Synagogue Kitchen Every Friday morning For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net Or Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414 Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. We know that ? in this economy ? there are people in Millburn Township who are experiencing financial hardship and are struggling to pay their bills. If you are a resident of Millburn or Short Hills facing a temporary, unexpected financial set-back ? whether related to your home, your health or some other basic need, please contact Down the Block, Inc. As long as you meet our eligibility requirements, we will be happy to pay a bill for you. Our service is free and confidential. Find us at www.DownTheBlock.org or (973) 943 - 1424. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's September bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! 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URL: From anaa at cbi-nj.org Fri Oct 16 13:09:30 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:09:30 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Weekly Announcements for October 17, 2009 Message-ID: <20091016171126.224517E41A@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements october 17, 2009 29 tishrei 5770 Candle lighting: 5:54 pm Shabbat Services Friday Evening 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim 10:15 am Tefilot Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Learners? & Journeyers? Minyan 10:45 am Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday Bima Officer Ushers Friday: Linda Sotnick Marvin and/or Leslie Gersho Saturday: David Touger David and/or Debra Abrams Mazel Tov to: To Elayne Feig, daughter and son-in-law Rochelle and Michael Green, on the birth of her granddaughter Mikayla Elayna Green. Herb and Sondra Sabin on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter Amanda. Thank You to: Sisterhood for sponsoring the Oneg, the Bima flowers, and the Kiddush. Condolences to: The families of Theresa Whitman and Evelyn Goodstein. Rose Solomon and family on the loss of her mother, Ruth Kilberg. Minyan Rotation We remind all families with last names beginning with Schor and ending with Shapiro that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. This Shabbat?s Torah Portion PARASHAT B'REISHIT October 17, 2009 ? 29 Tishrei 5770 Annual (Gen. 1:1-6:8): (Etz Hayim, p. 3; Hertz p.) Haftarah: (Etz Hayim, p. 35; Hertz p.) Torah Portion Summary The Torah begins with God?s creation of the world ? light; heaven and earth; the oceans, dry land, and plant life; the heavenly bodies; animals; and finally the first human beings ? in six days. God then blesses the seventh day, Shabbat, the day of rest. The human beings are placed in the Garden of Eden ?to till it and tend it,? but when Adam and Eve disobey God?s commandment and eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil they are expelled from it. Eve gives birth to two sons, Cain and Abel; when they are grown Cain, the elder, kills his brother and God punishes him. Adam and Eve have a third son, Seth, and the Torah lists the 10 generations from Adam to Noah. The parasha concludes with God?s sorrow over human wickedness. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Upcoming Events! Sunday, October 18 Sharsheret Meeting 4:00 pm Monday, October 19 Rabbi?s Class 9:30 am Rosh Chodesh 6:15 pm Tuesday, October 20 Job Networking Mtg. 9:30 am HGNS w/ Millburn FD 9:30 am Adult Forum 12:00 pm Chaverim (& Mystery Party) 6:15 pm Rabbi?s Class 7:30 pm Wednesday, October 21 HGNS Board Meeting 8:00 pm Thursday, October 22 Rabbi?s Class 10:00 am Kadima 6:15 pm USY 7:30 pm Israel Affairs Meeting 8:00 pm THE MITZVAH CLOWNS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS SUNDAY AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED. Chaverim, the CBI Youth Group for 4th-5th Graders Mystery Party with Havdalah Saturday, October 20th from 6:15-7:30 at CBI *NOTE ? THE DATE HAS CHANGED! Join your friends for a fun-filled event of secrecy and puzzlement. The evening will start with a short Havdalah service which will count towards Shabbat credit. Plus, dessert will be provided!!! Please RSVP to Aly Greenstein, Chaverim Advisor, at 973-495-6967 or aly.greenstein at hotmail.com . Donate Your Gently-Used Bikes on October 18th! Hearts and Hands will be collecting gently-used bikes to donate to ?Good Goes Around?, a local charity which will ?recycle? them for use by disadvantaged children in Newark. Please bring your bikes to the CBI Parking Lot on Sunday, October 18th between 11 am ? 1 pm. Contact Linda & Ross Silver with questions or to help collect: lssilver at verizon.net or (973) 921-1502. Hearts & Hands Family Hike Join us on Sunday, October 18th at 1 pm for a hike in South Mountain Reservation. Meet in the small parking lot at the intersection of Lackawanna Place and Glen Avenue in Millburn (across from First Aid Squad). We will talk a little about Jews as caretakers of the environment and take an easy hike through the woods pointing out features of our local habitat. Bring a plastic grocery bag in case we find trash or invasive species. Recommended for any age as long as you enjoy walking or can be carried in a backpack or carrier. Please RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net or (973) 921-1502. OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH CONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL AND SHARSHERET ARE PARTNERING TO BRING YOU A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM ?CHOOSING LIFE? Guest Speaker: Shera Dubitsky, M.Ed., M.A., Sharsheret Clinical Supervisor Managing the ?brain chatter? that occurs from diagnosis and beyond, understanding that there are no ordinary moments, recognizing that everything is purposeful, learning to simplify your life, helping you to find humor even in the darkest moments, and identifying the power and control in finding a meaningful place for this in your life. October 18th, 2009 at 4pm 160 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey This program is free and open to the community. Please come and feel free to bring a friend. RSVP: Celeste Johnson at (973) 379-3811 X20. Please note that the Sharsheret Breast Cancer Support Group will be held monthly at Congregation B'nai Israel. For more information, please contact Celeste Johnson at the Clergy office of CBI at 973-379-3811 x20. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer. For more information about Sharsheret, please call 201-833-2341 or visit www.sharsheret.org. Sisterhood's Rosh Chodesh Group for Women Please join us on Monday evening, October 19 from 6:15-7:45 for Sisterhood's Rosh Chodesh Group for Women. This month, Nancy Leaderman, our congregant, and the principal of Solomon Schechter's Upper School, will facilitate "Writing Our Lives -- Tapping Into Your Own Stories and Voice." Whether you already journal or blog, are a complete novice, or fall somewhere in between, come explore various writing techniques along with ideas for inspiration, including using Jewish sources to guide you. Bring a pen and notebook or paper, or a laptop, and come ready to write! The cost of this program is $15, which includes dinner. Please RSVP to Linda Silver (973)921-1502 or lssilver at verizon.net Adult Forum Tuesday, October 20, 2009 20, 2009 At B?nai Israel Lunch at noon, and then watch the film ?Doubt?. Cost $8 for Adult Forum Members, $10 for Non-members. RSVP by October 16th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Send checks made out to Congregation B?nai Israel to: Adult Forum c/o Lois Dyer 9 Hearthstone Terrace Livingston, NJ 07039 USY, the CBI Youth Group for 9th-12th Graders SLUMBER PARTY MOVIE NIGHT Thursday, October 22nd from 7:30-9:00 at CBI Wear your PJs, bring your sleeping bag, and join your Millburn USY friends as we enjoy the hilarious movie ?Keeping the Faith? and eat make-your-own sundaes!!! (Bring your membership form, too.) Please RSVP to Shayna Schor, USY President, at southschor at aol.com or Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor, at scott at cbi-nj.org. Come & Participate in the HGNS SPONSORED Torah for Tots Saturday, October 24th 10:30am in Room 9 in the trailers Children?s Kiddush will immediately follow the short service RSVP by Wednesday, October 21st Scottmerkel at verizon.net (973) 379-1818 Join us for a day of family fun and community solidarity as we walk hand in hand to bring joy, cheer and respite to children with special needs and their families. REGISTER as a walker, a donor, or both!! Click on the links/pictures below (donate, info, and register) to get started! Together we will spread awareness and raise funds for these very special children. Please help and sign up today! Adult Forum Sunday, October 25, 2009 CO-SPONSORED TRIP TO THE BARNES FOUNDATION GALLERY WITH THE CENTRAL NEW JERSEY JCC Trip to the Barnes Gallery in Pennsylvania. 9:15 am ? 5:30 pm. The Barnes Foundation is home to one of the world?s largest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings, with extensive holdings by Picasso Matisse Cezanne Renior and Modiglani As well as important examples of African sculpture. This trip is co-sponsored with the JCC of Central New Jersey. Cost $60 for Adult Forum Members, $65 for Non-members. Lunch at a nearby restaurant included. The bus will pick us up and drop us off at Congregation B?nai Israel. REGISTER EARLY-LIMITED SPACE!!! Make your check out to JCC of Central New Jersey and mail to: Barbara Weisbart c/o JCC of Central New Jersey Wilf Jewish Community Campus 1391 Martin Avenue Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 Maccabiah 2009 Presentation Please join Men's Club and Sisterhood on Monday night, October 26 at 8:15 at CBI. Art and Judy Fredman recently traveled to Israel to take part in the Maccabiah games. Art was selected to represent the Maccabiah US Tennis Team masters division and has prepared a wonderful DVD montage based on his experience. He will also speak about the history of sports in Israel. Art and Judy are wonderful raconteurs and ardent Zionists so please join us. Refreshments will be served. Please contact Josh Schor for any questions. Adult Forum Monday, October 26, 2009 At Oheb Shalom 12 noon for lunch followed by a piano performance and sing-a-long with Piano Dave. Cost $4 for Simchat Senior Members & Adult Forum Members, $8 for Non-members. RSVP by October 22nd to Esther Bearg (973) 746-9691. Join Us for a Knitting Circle On Tuesday evening, October 27, Hearts & Hands will host an evening of knitting and crocheting in preparation for Mitzvathon. HGNS Director Rochelle Baron will instruct beginners and will start us on a project to knit or crochet baby blankets and hats which will then be donated on December 6 to a maternal & child health network in Morristown for at-risk new mothers. The knitting circle will begin at 7:30 at CBI. Please RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net and please specify whether or not you are a beginner so that we can contact you regarding supplies. Looking for a fantastic Jewish camp experience for your children? Camp Ramah in the Berkshires will be holding an informational session at the home of Jonathan and Rozlyn Engel on Sunday, November 1, from 4:00-6:30 pm. Our address is 136 Greenwood Drive, Millburn, NJ. Please RSVP to Roz or Jonathan (973) 258-0135 if you plan to attend. Please Join Us for the CBI Sisterhood Kick Off Dinner (Paid up Membership Dinner) Date: Monday, November 2, 2009 Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Place: ? CBI CBI Sisterhood members? free Non-members and Guests - $10* *Not a member? No problem ? just send your dues ($36) to Lisa Ehrlich, 6 Leslie Court, Springfield or pay at the door RSVP by 10/26/09 to Lisa Ehrlich at lisa.ehrlich at comcast.net (973) 258-0622 CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER IS COMING!! Come rock the Kasbah! A night in a morocco goods and services auction! Saturday, November 14, 2009 Doors open at 7:00 pm Congregation B?nai Israel We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Moroccan -themed show, including professional Belly Dancers from Agadir (via Maplewood!), this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with! Couvert is $25 in advance and $36 at the door. Sponsorships are available at four levels: Emerald Benefactor $100 which includes 10 Chance Auction Tickets; Ruby Benefactor $180 which includes 1 entrance ticket & 10 Chance Auction Tickets; Sapphire Benefactor $360 which includes 2 entrance tickets & 20 Chance Auction Tickets; And Diamond Benefactor $500 which includes 2 entrance tickets & 50 Chance Auction Tickets *Sponsers will be recognized in the Auction Catalogue and in the Bulletin Questions? Contact Lisa Roth at lisar at cbi-nj.org or (973) 379-3811 ext. 11 Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time. Rocking the Kasbah! SISTERHOOD PRESENTS An evening with Michelle Cameron Author of ?The Fruit of Her Hands? Save the Date for December 21, 2009 Time: 7:45 pm Refreshments served This book has gotten Rave Reviews from a few of our members and the press as well. Books will be available at Sisterhood Dinner on November 2, 2009. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, preparing an elevator speech, preparing an exit statement, marketing yourself, identifying target companies, internet job search sites, using LinkedIn, interview tips, and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. If you have any questions please contact Eli Jacobs at 973-379-1205 or ejacobslcu at gmail.com Enjoy Your Shabbat Meals with Men?s Club Delicious Challahs! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from the synagogue every Friday from 6:30 am to 1:00 pm) (ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!) Available choices are: Plain ~ Seeded ~ Raisin ~ Whole Wheat ~ Chocolate Chip Or Pkg. Challah Rolls Only $3.75 each October (2 weeks) $7.50 November (4 weeks) $15.00 December (4 weeks) $15.00 Order three months for $48.75 Order by the month or any way you wish! PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW!! Pick up at the Synagogue Kitchen Every Friday morning For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net Or Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414 Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. We know that ? in this economy ? there are people in Millburn Township who are experiencing financial hardship and are struggling to pay their bills. If you are a resident of Millburn or Short Hills facing a temporary, unexpected financial set-back ? whether related to your home, your health or some other basic need, please contact Down the Block, Inc. As long as you meet our eligibility requirements, we will be happy to pay a bill for you. Our service is free and confidential. Find us at www.DownTheBlock.org or (973) 943 - 1424. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's September bulletin is posted on our web site. 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USY, the CBI Youth Group for 9th-12th Graders SLUMBER PARTY MOVIE NIGHT Thursday, October 22nd from 7:30-9:00 at CBI Wear your PJs, bring your sleeping bag, and join your Millburn USY friends as we enjoy the hilarious movie "Keeping the Faith" and eat make-your-own sundaes!!! (Bring your membership form, too.) Please RSVP to Shayna Schor, USY President, at southschor at aol.com or Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor, at scott at cbi-nj.org. . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 10766 bytes Desc: not available Url : -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 10693 bytes Desc: not available Url : -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From anaa at cbi-nj.org Fri Oct 23 14:06:49 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:06:49 -0400 Subject: [CBI] CBI Weekly Announcements for October 23, 2009 Message-ID: <20091023180847.745157E368@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements october 24, 2009 6 heshvan 5770 This week we will be celebrating the Bar Mitzvah of Ben Caplan Candle lighting: 5:44 pm Shabbat Services Friday Evening 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim & Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am HGNS Tot Shabbat 10:30 am Mincha 6:02 pm Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday Bima Officer Ushers Friday: Michael Jurist Leslie and/or Marvin Gersho Saturday: Janet Slifer pm Susan Steinberg, Randy and/or Laurie Hyatt Mazel Tov & Thank You to: Jonathan and Jody Caplan for sponsoring the Oneg, the Bima flowers, and the Kiddush in honor of Ben becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Linda and Bill Glasofer on the birth of their granddaughter, Lauren Paige, born September 24, 2009 to Sidney and Dina Glasofer. Aly and Michael Greenstein on the birth of their daughter, Gabriella "Ella" Rachel Thursday, October 22nd. (Of course, Aly is CBI's very own Chaverim and Kadima Advisor!) Condolences to: To Ralph Berkowitz on the passing of his brother, Stuart Berkowitz. Minyan Rotation We remind all families with last names beginning with Shaykevich and ending with Sobol that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. This Shabbat?s Torah Portion PARASHAT NOAH October 24, 2009 ? 6 Heshvan 5770 Annual (Gen. 6:9-11:32): (Etz Hayim, p. 41; Hertz p. 26) Haftarah: (Etz Hayim, p. 64 ; Hertz p. 41) Torah Portion Summary Pervasive human wickedness causes God to despair of His creation and to decide to destroy humanity. But first, God tells Noah to build an ark in which he and his family, animals and birds will survive the flood. Forty days of rain and a yearlong flood wipe out all life on earth, save those in the ark, who leave the ark to begin again. Noah?s first act upon leaving the ark is to offer sacrifices of gratitude to God. God blesses Noah and his family and places the rainbow in the sky as a sign of the covenant between God and man, pledging that God will not again bring a flood to destroy all living creatures. Noah then plants a vineyard, makes wine, and becomes drunk; this leads to Noah cursing his grandson Canaan. The descendents of Noah?s sons, Shem, Ham and Yaphet, are listed. The portion concludes with the story of the Tower of Babel and the dispersion of humanity and lists the 10 generations from Noah to Abraham. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Upcoming Events! Saturday, October 24 HGNS Tot Shabbat 10:30 am Havdallah Bar Mitzvah ? Ben Caplan 6:30 pm Sunday, October 25 JACS Meeting 7:00 pm Monday, October 26 Rabbi?s Class 9:30 am Maccabiah 2009 Presentation 8:15 pm Tuesday, October 27 Job Networking Mtg. 9:30 am Rabbi?s Class 7:30 pm Knitting Class 7:30 pm SPAIC Meeting 8:00 pm Thursday, October 29 Rabbi?s Class 10:00 am Friday, October 30 No HGNS ? Staff Conference Come & Participate in the HGNS SPONSORED Torah for Tots Saturday, October 24th 10:30am in Room 9 in the trailers Children?s Kiddush will immediately follow the short service Join us for a day of family fun and community solidarity as we walk hand in hand to bring joy, cheer and respite to children with special needs and their families. REGISTER as a walker, a donor, or both!! Click on the links/pictures below (donate, info, and register) to get started! Together we will spread awareness and raise funds for these very special children. Please help and sign up today! Adult Forum Sunday, October 25, 2009 CO-SPONSORED TRIP TO THE BARNES FOUNDATION GALLERY WITH THE CENTRAL NEW JERSEY JCC Trip to the Barnes Gallery in Pennsylvania. 9:15 am ? 5:30 pm. The Barnes Foundation is home to one of the world?s largest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings, with extensive holdings by Picasso Matisse Cezanne Renior and Modiglani As well as important examples of African sculpture. This trip is co-sponsored with the JCC of Central New Jersey. Cost $60 for Adult Forum Members, $65 for Non-members. Lunch at a nearby restaurant included. The bus will pick us up and drop us off at Congregation B?nai Israel. REGISTER EARLY-LIMITED SPACE!!! Make your check out to JCC of Central New Jersey and mail to: Barbara Weisbart c/o JCC of Central New Jersey Wilf Jewish Community Campus 1391 Martin Avenue Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 Maccabiah 2009 Presentation Monday, October 26th 8:15 PM Congregation B?nai Israel, Millburn Long-time CBI member and Millburn resident Art Fredman was selected to represent the Maccabiah US Tennis Team masters division in last summer?s games in Israel. Art and his wife, Judy have prepared a wonderful DVD montage based on their experience. Art will also speak about the history of sports in Israel. Art and Judy are wonderful raconteurs and ardent Zionists, so please join us for an enjoyable & interesting evening. For more information please contact Josh Schor jschor at aol.com or 973-467-1275 This event is sponsored jointly by CBI Men?s Club & Sisterhood Adult Forum Monday, October 26, 2009 At Oheb Shalom 12 noon for lunch followed by a piano performance and sing-a-long with Piano Dave. Cost $4 for Simchat Senior Members & Adult Forum Members, $8 for Non-members. RSVP by October 22nd to Esther Bearg (973) 746-9691. Join Us for a Knitting Circle On Tuesday evening, October 27, Hearts & Hands will host an evening of knitting and crocheting in preparation for Mitzvathon. HGNS Director Rochelle Baron will instruct beginners and will start us on a project to knit or crochet baby blankets and hats which will then be donated on December 6 to a maternal & child health network in Morristown for at-risk new mothers. The knitting circle will begin at 7:30 at CBI. Please RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net and please specify whether or not you are a beginner so that we can contact you regarding supplies. Kadima, the CBI Youth Group for 6th ? 8th Graders Paint Your Own Pottery Sunday, November 1st from 4:00-5:30 at Color Me Mine (438 Springfield Ave., Summit) Join your friends for a special fun-filled weekend event designing and painting your own ceramic masterpiece! (Cost for this event is $15.00.) Don?t forget to bring membership forms and dues! Please RSVP by October 28th to Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor, at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com or 973-495-6967. Looking for a fantastic Jewish camp experience for your children? Camp Ramah in the Berkshires will be holding an informational session at the home of Jonathan and Rozlyn Engel on Sunday, November 1, from 4:00-6:30 pm. Our address is 136 Greenwood Drive, Millburn, NJ. Please RSVP to Roz or Jonathan (973) 258-0135 if you plan to attend. Please Join Us for the CBI Sisterhood Kick Off Dinner (Paid up Membership Dinner) Date: Monday, November 2, 2009 Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Place: ? CBI CBI Sisterhood members? free Non-members and Guests - $10* *Not a member? No problem ? just send your dues ($36) to Lisa Ehrlich, 6 Leslie Court, Springfield or pay at the door RSVP by 10/26/09 to Lisa Ehrlich at lisa.ehrlich at comcast.net (973) 258-0622 Adult Forum Monday, November 2nd at Oheb Shalom 1 pm for coffee and cake, followed by screening of film Two Lovers starring Gwenyth Paltrow and Joachim Phoenix. RSVP to Esther Bearg at (973) 740-9891 by October 28th. Cost $2 for Simcha Senior Members, $5 for Non-members. Adult Forum Tuesday, November 3rd at B?nai Israel Lunch at noon then learn about Albert Einstein?s spiritual journey and the development of his concerns for Zionism and Israel from noted Hirschhorn lecturer Dr. Bernard Ducoff at 1 pm. RSVP by October 29th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $8 for Adult Forum Members, $10 for Non-members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to: Adult Forum c/o Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Cezanne-main.jpg Adult Forum Tuesday, November 10th 1 hour mini-trip from 3 pm ? 4 pm to the Montclair Art Museum Wonderful Cezanne exhibit. Co-sponsored with JCC of Central NJ and Oheb Shalom. Lunch first on your own in Montclair. Meet at the museum for a docent led tour of the exhibit which examines Cezanne?s profound influence on the development of American Modernism. It begins with an intimate display of 10-15 key paintings and works on paper by Cezanne. The rest of the show will focus of 75-80 works by a diverse group of leading American Modernists. JCC members, Adult Forum Members and Sincha Seniors $12, Non-members $14 ? LIMITED VAN TRANSPORTATION @ $8, separate check, please. RSVP by November 4th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Make your check out to JCC of Central NJ and send to Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER IS COMING!! Come rock the Kasbah! A night in a morocco goods and services auction! Saturday, November 14, 2009 Doors open at 7:00 pm Congregation B?nai Israel We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Moroccan -themed show, including professional Belly Dancers from Agadir (via Maplewood!), this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with! Couvert is $25 in advance and $36 at the door. Sponsorships are available at four levels: Emerald Benefactor $100 which includes 10 Chance Auction Tickets; Ruby Benefactor $180 which includes 1 entrance ticket & 10 Chance Auction Tickets; Sapphire Benefactor $360 which includes 2 entrance tickets & 20 Chance Auction Tickets; And Diamond Benefactor $500 which includes 2 entrance tickets & 50 Chance Auction Tickets *Sponsers will be recognized in the Auction Catalogue and in the Bulletin Questions? Contact Lisa Roth at lisar at cbi-nj.org or (973) 379-3811 ext. 11 Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time. Rocking the Kasbah! Adult Forum Tuesday, November 17th at B?nai Israel Lunch at noon then screen the award winning Milk, the incisive and stirring dramatization of Harvey Milk?s heroic life and violent death. RSVP by November 13th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $8 for Adult Forum Members, $10 for Non-members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to: Adult Forum c/o Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. PRE-SCHOOL SHABBAT SERVICE & DINNER Sponsored by the CBI Membership Committee FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009- 5:45 PM Please join with other pre-school families, our CBI Clergy, Rochelle Baron, and members of the Membership Committee as we welcome Shabbat with a brief, child-friendly service followed by grape juice, Challah, and dinner! The cost is $5 per person, maximum of $25 per family. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US!! RSVP BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009. RETURN THIS FORM TO THE SYNAGOGUE OFFICE OR SEND AN EMAIL TO PAULA TOUGER ( pdtouger at aol.com) Name___________________________________Phone number_____________________ Number of Adults__________Children__________@ $5 per person (Max. of $25 per family) Please make your check out to Congregation B?nai Israel. Questions or want to help? Contact Paula at email address above!! SISTERHOOD PRESENTS An evening with Michelle Cameron Author of ?The Fruit of Her Hands? Save the Date for December 21, 2009 Time: 7:45 pm Refreshments served This book has gotten Rave Reviews from a few of our members and the press as well. Books will be available at Sisterhood Dinner on November 2, 2009. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, preparing an elevator speech, preparing an exit statement, marketing yourself, identifying target companies, internet job search sites, using LinkedIn, interview tips, and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. If you have any questions please contact Eli Jacobs at 973-379-1205 or ejacobslcu at gmail.com Enjoy Your Shabbat Meals with Men?s Club Delicious Challahs! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from the synagogue every Friday from 6:30 am to 1:00 pm) (ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!) Available choices are: Plain ~ Seeded ~ Raisin ~ Whole Wheat ~ Chocolate Chip Or Pkg. Challah Rolls Only $3.75 each October (1 week) $3.75 November (4 weeks) $15.00 December (4 weeks) $15.00 Order three months for $48.75 Order by the month or any way you wish! PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW!! Pick up at the Synagogue Kitchen Every Friday morning For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net Or Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414 Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. We know that ? in this economy ? there are people in Millburn Township who are experiencing financial hardship and are struggling to pay their bills. If you are a resident of Millburn or Short Hills facing a temporary, unexpected financial set-back ? whether related to your home, your health or some other basic need, please contact Down the Block, Inc. As long as you meet our eligibility requirements, we will be happy to pay a bill for you. Our service is free and confidential. 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Young) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:23:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CBI] CBI Announcement - Condolences to Michael Saffer on the passing of his mother Message-ID: <1851.69.127.1.242.1256491410.squirrel@webmail5.pair.com> We regret to inform? you of the passing of Michael Saffer's mother, Evelyn Saffer,?earlier this morning.? The funeral was this morning.?Shiva will be observed at the Saffer residence at 48 Winthrop Road in Short Hills?on Sunday through Tuesday.The family will be receiving visitors all day Sunday and on Monday and Tuesday from 2-5 pm and 6:30 - 8:30 pm.? Minyan will be held at 7:30 pm.?Shiva will move to Michael's sister's home for Wednesday and Thursday, 16 Howland Circle in West Caldwell.?May?Evelyn Saffer's?memory be for a blessing. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From anaa at cbi-nj.org Fri Oct 30 14:01:41 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:01:41 -0400 Subject: [CBI] Weekly Announcements for October 30, 2009 Message-ID: <20091030180339.E933B7E3E4@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel?s E-mail Announcements october 31, 2009 13 heshvan 5770 This week we will be celebrating the Bar Mitzvah of Sam Kantor Candle lighting: 5:35 pm Shabbat Services Friday Evening 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim & Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Learners? and Journeyers? Minyan 10:45 pm Yaldeinu 11:15 am Mincha 5:53 pm Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday Bima Officer Ushers Friday: David Ehrlich Eva Bellin Saturday: Jonathan Engel Susan Steinberg, Ira and/or Galit Casel Mazel Tov & Thank You to: Kyle Harrow and Richard Kantor for sponsoring the Oneg, the Bima flowers, and the Kiddush in honor of Sam becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Mazel Tov to: Ginny & Gad Zofi on their recent marriage. Condolences to: Michael Saffer, on the passing of his beloved mother, Evelyn Saffer. Minyan Rotation We remind all families with last names beginning with Solomon and ending with Szerlip that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. This Shabbat?s Torah Portion PARASHAT LEKH LEKHA October 31, 2009 ? 13 Heshvan 5770 Annual (Gen. 12:1-17:27): (Etz Hayim, p. 69; Hertz p. 45) Haftarah: (Etz Hayim, p. 95; Hertz p. 60) Torah Portion Summary For reasons we are not told, God chooses Abram and tells him, leave your home and your father?s house and go to the land I will show you where I will make you a great nation and bless you. Abram, his wife, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot, travel from Haran to Canaan. After some time, a famine causes Abram and his family to go on to Egypt, where Abram claims that Sarai is his sister, so that she is taken into Pharaoh?s harem. God intervenes, Sarai is protected, and Pharaoh sends Abram and Sarai away. When they return to Canaan with much wealth, Abram allows Lot to choose the best grazing land for his own herds, and Lot chooses to settle near Sodom. During a war between five rebel kings and a coalition of four other kings, Lot is captured. Abram assembles an army and goes into battle to rescue his nephew and the other captives. Later, God once again appears to Abram, who questions the value of God?s promise of the land because he is childless. God promises Abram that he will have offspring and Abram is instructed to perform a ceremony affirming this covenant. Sarai gives her servant Hagar to Abram as a concubine and Hagar becomes the mother of Abram?s son Ishmael. When Abram is 99 years old, God gives Abram and Sarai the new names Abraham and Sarah and instructs Abraham to circumcise himself and all the males of his household. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Upcoming Events! Monday, November 2 Rabbi?s Class 9:30 am Sisterhood Paid-up Membership Dinner 6:30 pm Tuesday, November 3 Job Networking Group 9:30 am Adult Forum 12:00 pm Rabbi?s Class 7:30 pm Executive Board Meeting 8:00 pm Thursday, November 5 Rabbi?s Class 10:00 am No HGNS and Religious School 11/5 and 11/6. Don?t forget to set back your clocks one hour Saturday Night. CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER is here! Get your rsvps in! Come rock the Kasbah! A night in a morocco goods and services auction! Saturday, November 14, 2009 Doors open at 7:00 pm Congregation B?nai Israel We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Moroccan -themed show, including professional Belly Dancers from Agadir (via Maplewood!), this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with! Couvert is $25 in advance and $36 at the door. Sponsorships are available at four levels: Emerald Benefactor $100 which includes 10 Chance Auction Tickets; Ruby Benefactor $180 which includes 1 entrance ticket & 10 Chance Auction Tickets; Sapphire Benefactor $360 which includes 2 entrance tickets & 20 Chance Auction Tickets; And Diamond Benefactor $500 which includes 2 entrance tickets & 50 Chance Auction Tickets *Sponsers will be recognized in the Auction Catalogue and in the Bulletin Questions? Contact Lisa Roth at lisar at cbi-nj.org or (973) 379-3811 ext. 11 Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time. Rocking the Kasbah! Kadima, the CBI Youth Group for 6th ? 8th Graders Paint Your Own Pottery Sunday, November 1st from 4:00-5:30 at Color Me Mine (438 Springfield Ave., Summit) Join your friends for a special fun-filled weekend event designing and painting your own ceramic masterpiece! (Cost is $15.00.) Don?t forget to bring membership forms and dues! Please RSVP to Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor, at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com or 973-495-6967. Looking for a fantastic Jewish camp experience for your children? Camp Ramah in the Berkshires will be holding an informational session at the home of Jonathan and Rozlyn Engel on Sunday, November 1, from 4:00-6:30 pm. Our address is 136 Greenwood Drive, Millburn, NJ. Please RSVP to Roz or Jonathan (973) 258-0135 if you plan to attend. Please Join Us for the CBI Sisterhood Kick Off Dinner (Paid up Membership Dinner) Date: Monday, November 2, 2009 Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Place: ? CBI CBI Sisterhood members? free Non-members and Guests - $10* *Not a member? No problem ? just send your dues ($36) to Lisa Ehrlich, 6 Leslie Court, Springfield or pay at the door RSVP to Lisa Ehrlich at lisa.ehrlich at comcast.net (973) 258-0622 Adult Forum Tuesday, November 3rd at B?nai Israel Lunch at noon then learn about Albert Einstein?s spiritual journey and the development of his concerns for Zionism and Israel from noted Hirschhorn lecturer Dr. Bernard Ducoff at 1 pm. RSVP by October 29th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $8 for Adult Forum Members, $10 for Non-members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to: Adult Forum c/o Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Israel Affairs Zev Chafets, author and columnist will speak about Pro-Israel Christians at Temple Beth Shalom in Livingston on November 4 at 7:30 pm. Program is sponsored by AIPAC. Israel Affairs Senator Robert Menendez will address the Jewish Community on Israel, Iran and Anti-Semitism on Sunday, November 8 at 10 am at Temple B'nai Jeshuran, Short Hills. The Event is sponsored by the Community Relations Council of Metrowest. Cezanne-main.jpg Adult Forum Tuesday, November 10th 1 hour mini-trip from 3 pm ? 4 pm to the Montclair Art Museum Wonderful Cezanne exhibit. Co-sponsored with JCC of Central NJ and Oheb Shalom. Lunch first on your own in Montclair. Meet at the museum for a docent led tour of the exhibit which examines Cezanne?s profound influence on the development of American Modernism. It begins with an intimate display of 10-15 key paintings and works on paper by Cezanne. The rest of the show will focus of 75-80 works by a diverse group of leading American Modernists. JCC members, Adult Forum Members and Sincha Seniors $12, Non-members $14 ? LIMITED VAN TRANSPORTATION @ $8, separate check, please. RSVP by November 4th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Make your check out to JCC of Central NJ and send to Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Join Us for a Knitting Circle On Wednesday evening, November 11, Hearts & Hands will host an evening of knitting and crocheting in preparation for Mitzvathon. HGNS Director Rochelle Baron will instruct beginners and will start us on a project to knit or crochet baby blankets and hats which will then be donated on December 6 to a maternal & child health network in Morristown for at-risk new mothers. The knitting circle will begin at 7:30 at CBI. Please RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net and please specify whether or not you are a beginner so that we can contact you regarding supplies. Newcomers are welcome. Israel Affairs The IDF Musical Ensemble will appear in concert at the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy on Wednesday, November 11 sponsored by Friends of the IDF. Tickets are $25 per person, $10 per child. Sponsorship tickets are also available. For more information, call Ben at 212-244-3118 ext 14 or sign up online at www.israelsoldiers.org under calendar of events. Doors open at 7 pm. Concert begins at 7:30. USY, the CBI Youth Group for 9th-12th Graders CELEBRITY LOOK-A-LIKE Thursday, November 12th from 7:30-9:00 at CBI Can you impersonate the stars using a wardrobe of only newspapers? Make headlines with your most creative fashions! (No wardrobe malfunctions allowed.) Please RSVP to Shayna Schor, USY President, at southschor at aol.com or Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor, at scott at cbi-nj.org. Adult Forum Tuesday, November 17th at B?nai Israel Lunch at noon then screen the award winning Milk, the incisive and stirring dramatization of Harvey Milk?s heroic life and violent death. RSVP by November 13th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $8 for Adult Forum Members, $10 for Non-members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to: Adult Forum c/o Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. PRE-SCHOOL SHABBAT SERVICE & DINNER Sponsored by the CBI Membership Committee FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009- 5:45 PM Please join with other pre-school families, our CBI Clergy, Rochelle Baron, and members of the Membership Committee as we welcome Shabbat with a brief, child-friendly service followed by grape juice, Challah, and dinner! The cost is $5 per person, maximum of $25 per family. WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US!! RSVP BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009. RETURN THIS FORM TO THE SYNAGOGUE OFFICE OR SEND AN EMAIL TO PAULA TOUGER ( pdtouger at aol.com) Name___________________________________Phone number_____________________ Number of Adults__________Children__________@ $5 per person (Max. of $25 per family) Please make your check out to Congregation B?nai Israel. Questions or want to help? Contact Paula at email address above!! KEHILLAH at CBI SPONSORED SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Do you enjoy the smells of fresh Hollah baking in the oven? Think it?s too much work? Join Kehilla at CBI in a Hollah making Workshop led by our very own Meryl Hubscher! Bake your own Hollah for your Shabbat Table! Meryl is also skilled at preparing gluten-reduced Hollot and will be happy to discuss and/or prepare alternative recipes. Please say you?ll join us- SPACE IS LIMITED!!! WHEN: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 TIME: 4-5:30PM (the Sunday after Thanksgiving) COST: $5.00 PER FAMILY UNIT WHERE: THE DANIEL HOME, 89 GREENWOOD DRIVE, MILLBURN RSVP: Please contact Michelle Daniel (gmdan5 at verizon.net ) or (973) 258-1245 to say you?ll join us and how many are in your group, by Monday, November 23rd, so we know how many Hollah-making ingredients we?ll need! Children welcome! Sponsored by Kehilla at CBI, formerly Family Enrichment SISTERHOOD PRESENTS An evening with Michelle Cameron Author of ?The Fruit of Her Hands? Save the Date for December 21, 2009 Time: 7:45 pm Refreshments served This book has gotten Rave Reviews from a few of our members and the press as well. Books will be available at Sisterhood Dinner on November 2, 2009. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, preparing an elevator speech, preparing an exit statement, marketing yourself, identifying target companies, internet job search sites, using LinkedIn, interview tips, and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. If you have any questions please contact Eli Jacobs at 973-379-1205 or ejacobslcu at gmail.com Enjoy Your Shabbat Meals with Men?s Club Delicious Challahs! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from the synagogue every Friday from 6:30 am to 1:00 pm) (ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!) Available choices are: Plain ~ Seeded ~ Raisin ~ Whole Wheat ~ Chocolate Chip Or Pkg. Challah Rolls Only $3.75 each November (4 weeks) $15.00 December (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the month or any way you wish! PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW!! Pick up at the Synagogue Kitchen Every Friday morning For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net Or Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414 Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. We know that ? in this economy ? there are people in Millburn Township who are experiencing financial hardship and are struggling to pay their bills. If you are a resident of Millburn or Short Hills facing a temporary, unexpected financial set-back ? whether related to your home, your health or some other basic need, please contact Down the Block, Inc. As long as you meet our eligibility requirements, we will be happy to pay a bill for you. Our service is free and confidential. Find us at www.DownTheBlock.org or (973) 943 ? 1424. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's September bulletin is posted on our web site. 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November - December 2009 CBI Youth Group Events CHAVERIM (4th & 5th Grades) Date Event Time Location Tues, Nov. 17th GaGa and Games **NEW ACTIVITY** 6:15 - 7:30 CBI (includes dinner) Tues., Dec. 15th Hanukkahpalooza! 6:15 - 7:30 CBI (includes dinner) KADIMA (6th - 8th Grades) Date Event Time Location Thurs, Nov. 19th Monster Game Mitzvah Night 6:15 - 7:30 CBI (includes dinner) Wed, Nov. 25th Ice Skating (Multi-Chapter Event; Bus Leaves from Springfield) 7:15 - 10:30 Mennen Arena (Morris Plains) Dec. 4-6 Regional Shabbaton Aberdeen Thurs, Dec. 17th Maccabi "Hanukkah" Games 6:15 - 7:30 CBI (includes dinner) USY (9th - 12th Grades) Date Event Time Location Thurs, Nov. 12th Celebrity Look-a-Like 7:30 - 9:00 CBI Nov. 20 - 22 Regional Fall Convention Ocean Wed, Nov. 25th Ice Skating (Multi-Chapter Event; Bus Leaves from Springfield) 7:15 - 10:30 Mennen Arena (Morris Plains) Sun, Dec. 6th Color Me Mine 2:00 - 3:30 Summit Sat, Dec. 12th Regional Membership Dance TBD Paramus Thurs, Dec. 17th Tikun Olam - Hanukkah Casino Night 7:30 - 9:00 CBI Dates and Events Subject to Change Check Your Mail and Email for Updates! 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Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, food and wine, with great items to bid on through our dynamic auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with! Questions???? Please call Ilisa Perlman at 973 379-9275 Auctioneers: Ann Brown, Tanya Helfand and David Touger Some of the many items include: *TRIP TO ISRAEL FOR 2 - includes airfare, apartment, and dinner at a local winery *Tickets to Giants, Jets, Knicks, Nets, and Devils games - most include parking passes *Golf outings *Vacation pkgs - Mexico, Pennsylvania, Asbury Park & more *Dinners to desserts by our many talented CBI chefs- from lessons to complete cooked meals *Camps *Photo packages *Art work - including original oil paintings & lithographs *VIP passes to local television shows *Jewelry *Gift Certificates for restaurants, hair salons, boutiques, etc *Lessons - Hebrew, Spanish, ice skating, jewelry making, instruments, voice . . . . * Tours of Jewish Brooklyn, Montclair Art Museum * Symphonies * High Holiday Reserved Seating and Parking AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!!!!!!!! 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Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 743 bytes Desc: not available Url : From anaa at cbi-nj.org Fri Nov 6 13:26:44 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:26:44 -0500 Subject: [CBI] Weekly Announcements for November 6, 2009 Message-ID: <20091106182842.67D987E3FA@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel E-mail Announcements November 7, 2009 20 heshvan 5770 This week we will be celebrating the Bat Mitzvah of Sara Steinberg Candle lighting: 4:26 pm Shabbat Services Friday Evening 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim & Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Learners? & Journeyers? Minyan 10:45 am Mincha 4:44 pm Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday Bima Officer Ushers Friday: Michael Jurist Debra and/or David Abrams Saturday: Jonathan Engel Eric Kanter, Steve Chizzik, Janet Slifer Mazel Tov & Thank You to: Alan and Susan Steinberg for sponsoring the Oneg, the Bima flowers, and the Kiddush in honor of Sara becoming a Bat Mitzvah. Len Hausman on his milestone birthday. Minyan Rotation We remind all families with last names beginning with Tambor and ending with Weiner that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. This Shabbat?s Torah Portion PARASHAT VAYERA November 7, 2009 ? 20 Heshvan 5770 Annual (Gen. 18:1-22:24): (Etz Hayim, p. 99; Hertz p. 63) Haftarah: (II Kings 4:1-37)(Etz Hayim, p. 124; Hertz p. 76) Torah Portion Summary Abraham welcomes three wayfarers to his tent, unaware that they are angels. They tell him that Sarah will bear a son. Sarah overhears and laughs in disbelief. God tells Abraham that He has decided to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham challenges God ? ?Will You sweep away the innocent along with the guilty?? Abraham bargains with God, Who promises not to destroy the cities if 50, 45, 40, 30, 20, even 10 righteous people can be found there. Two angels arrive in Sodom and Lot greets them. The angels urge Lot and his family to flee. They leave, but Lot?s wife disobeys the instruction not to look back and is turned into a pillar of salt. After the destruction, Lot?s daughters, believing that no one else has been left alive, trick their father into incestuous unions and each bears a son, the founders of the nations of Ammon and Moab. Abraham and Sarah travel to Gerar, where Abraham tells its king, Abimelech, that Sarah is his sister. God again protects Sarah and Abimelech sends them away from his kingdom. God?s promise is fulfilled, and Abraham and Sarah?s son, Isaac, is born. At Sarah?s insistence, Abraham sends Ishmael and his mother Hagar away. God promises Hagar that Ishmael will become a great nation. Abraham and Abimelech make a covenant of peace at Be?er-sheva. The parasha concludes with the Akedah, the story of the binding and near-sacrifice of Isaac. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Upcoming Events! Sunday, November 8 ? No Religious School Monday, November 9 Rabbi?s Class 9:30 am Tuesday, November 10 Job Networking Mtg. 9:30 am Rabbi?s Class 7:30 pm Board Meeting 8:00 pm Wednesday, November 11 HGNS Tumbling 9:30 am Knitting Class 7:30 pm Sisterhood Board Meeting 7:30 pm Thursday, November 12 Rabbi?s Class 10:00 am G & S Auction Meeting 7:30 pm MC Board Meeting 8:00 pm CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER is here! Get your rsvp in! Come rock the Kasbah! A night in a morocco goods and services auction! Saturday, November 14, 2009 Doors open at 7:00 pm Congregation B?nai Israel We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Moroccan -themed show, including professional Belly Dancers from Agadir (via Maplewood!), this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with! Couvert is $25 in advance and $36 at the door. Sponsorships are available at four levels: Emerald Benefactor $100 which includes 10 Chance Auction Tickets; Ruby Benefactor $180 which includes 1 entrance ticket & 10 Chance Auction Tickets; Sapphire Benefactor $360 which includes 2 entrance tickets & 20 Chance Auction Tickets; And Diamond Benefactor $500 which includes 2 entrance tickets & 50 Chance Auction Tickets *Sponsors will be recognized in the Auction Catalogue and in the Bulletin Questions? Contact Lisa Roth at lisar at cbi-nj.org or (973) 379-3811 ext. 11 Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time. Rocking the Kasbah! Israel Affairs Senator Robert Menendez will address the Jewish Community on Israel, Iran and Anti-Semitism on this Sunday, November 8 at 10 am at Temple B'nai Jeshurun, Short Hills. The Event is sponsored by the Community Relations Council of Metrowest. Cezanne-main.jpg Adult Forum Tuesday, November 10th 1 hour mini-trip from 3 pm ? 4 pm to the Montclair Art Museum Wonderful Cezanne exhibit. Co-sponsored with JCC of Central NJ and Oheb Shalom. Lunch first on your own in Montclair. Meet at the museum for a docent led tour of the exhibit which examines Cezanne?s profound influence on the development of American Modernism. It begins with an intimate display of 10-15 key paintings and works on paper by Cezanne. The rest of the show will focus of 75-80 works by a diverse group of leading American Modernists. JCC members, Adult Forum Members and Sincha Seniors $12, Non-members $14 ? LIMITED VAN TRANSPORTATION @ $8, separate check, please. RSVP to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Make your check out to JCC of Central NJ and send to Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Join Us for a Knitting Circle On Wednesday evening, November 11, Hearts & Hands will host an evening of knitting and crocheting in preparation for Mitzvathon. HGNS Director Rochelle Baron will instruct beginners and will start us on a project to knit or crochet baby blankets and hats which will then be donated on December 6 to a maternal & child health network in Morristown for at-risk new mothers. The knitting circle will begin at 7:30 at CBI. Please RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net and please specify whether or not you are a beginner so that we can contact you regarding supplies. Newcomers are welcome. Israel Affairs The IDF Musical Ensemble will appear in concert at the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy on Wednesday, November 11 sponsored by Friends of the IDF. Tickets are $25 per person, $10 per child. Sponsorship tickets are also available. For more information, call Ben at 212-244-3118 ext 14 or sign up online at www.israelsoldiers.org under calendar of events. Doors open at 7 pm. Concert begins at 7:30. USY, the CBI Youth Group for 9th-12th Graders CELEBRITY LOOK-A-LIKE Thursday, November 12th from 7:30-9:00 at CBI Can you impersonate the stars using a wardrobe of only newspapers? Make headlines with your most creative fashions! (No wardrobe malfunctions allowed.) Please RSVP to Shayna Schor, USY President, at southschor at aol.com or Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor, at scott at cbi-nj.org. j0232128 Books For Kids Please donate gently used books, IN GOOD CONDITION for CHILDREN ages 2 - 10. Bring books to the middle school at Hebrew School drop-off from 3:45 - 4pm on Tuesday, November 10th. OR, donations can be brought to Lori Katzman's house. 24 Claremont Drive from Sunday, November 8 - Sunday, November 15. Leave the books in a bag outside her home (in inclement weather, please make sure they are sealed in a bag). Thank you very much! The books will be donated to schools in East Orange and Newark. Questions? Contact Lori Katzman @ lakatzman at mac.com CHAVERIM, the CBI Youth Group for 4th-5th Graders GAGA AND GAMES (previously Project Runway) Tuesday, November 17th from 6:15-7:30 at CBI Join us as for an event full of food, friends and games. We will be playing GaGa and Board Games for a relaxing and fun evening. Dinner and snacks will be served. Please RSVP to Aly Greenstein, Chaverim Advisor, at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com . Adult Forum Tuesday, November 17th at B?nai Israel Lunch at noon then screen the award winning Milk, the incisive and stirring dramatization of Harvey Milk?s heroic life and violent death. RSVP by November 13th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $8 for Adult Forum Members, $10 for Non-members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to: Adult Forum c/o Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Oheb Kosher Food Pantry needs volunteers Wednesday, November 18 from 7-9 pm to package food for distribution prior to Thanksgiving. RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net Please join us for Sisterhood's November Rosh Chodesh Women's Discussion Group, on Wednesday, November 18 from 6:15-7:45. Education Director Janice Colmar will facilitate, and our topic this month is "Synagogue Survival Skills Through the Eyes of Our Matriarchs." Dinner will be served, and the cost is $15. Please RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net or 973-921-1502. KADIMA, the CBI Youth Group for 6th-8th Graders MONSTER GAME MITZVAH NIGHT Thursday, November 19th from 6:15-7:30 at CBI Everyone will enjoy this two part event! We will be participating in a Mitzvah Project of making blankets for Project Linus (go to www.projectlinus.org for information about the organization) and then spend some time playing games. Dinner will be served. Please RSVP to Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor, at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com . PRE-SCHOOL SHABBAT SERVICE & DINNER Sponsored by the CBI Membership Committee FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009- 5:45 PM Please join with other pre-school families, our CBI Clergy, Rochelle Baron, and members of the Membership Committee as we welcome Shabbat with a brief, child-friendly service followed by grape juice, Challah, and dinner! The cost is $5 per person, maximum of $25 per family. WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US!! RSVP BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009. RETURN THIS FORM TO THE SYNAGOGUE OFFICE OR SEND AN EMAIL TO PAULA TOUGER ( pdtouger at aol.com) Name___________________________________Phone number_____________________ Number of Adults__________Children__________@ $5 per person (Max. of $25 per family) Please make your check out to Congregation B?nai Israel. Questions or want to help? Contact Paula at email address above!! KEHILLAH at CBI SPONSORED SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Do you enjoy the smells of fresh Hollah baking in the oven? Think it?s too much work? Join Kehilla at CBI in a Hollah making Workshop led by our very own Meryl Hubscher! Bake your own Hollah for your Shabbat Table! Meryl is also skilled at preparing gluten-reduced Hollot and will be happy to discuss and/or prepare alternative recipes. Please say you?ll join us- SPACE IS LIMITED!!! WHEN: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 TIME: 4-5:30PM (the Sunday after Thanksgiving) COST: $5.00 PER FAMILY UNIT WHERE: THE DANIEL HOME, 89 GREENWOOD DRIVE, MILLBURN RSVP: Please contact Michelle Daniel (gmdan5 at verizon.net ) or (973) 258-1245 to say you?ll join us and how many are in your group, by Monday, November 23rd, so we know how many Hollah-making ingredients we?ll need! Children welcome! Sponsored by Kehilla at CBI, formerly Family Enrichment SISTERHOOD PRESENTS An evening with Michelle Cameron Author of ?The Fruit of Her Hands? Save the Date for December 21, 2009 Time: 7:45 pm Refreshments served This book has gotten Rave Reviews from a few of our members and the press as well. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, preparing an elevator speech, preparing an exit statement, marketing yourself, identifying target companies, internet job search sites, using LinkedIn, interview tips, and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. If you have any questions please contact Eli Jacobs at 973-379-1205 or ejacobslcu at gmail.com Enjoy Your Shabbat Meals with Men?s Club Delicious Challahs! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from the synagogue every Friday from 6:30 am to 1:00 pm) (ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!) Available choices are: Plain ~ Seeded ~ Raisin ~ Whole Wheat ~ Chocolate Chip Or Pkg. Challah Rolls Only $3.75 each November (3 weeks) $11.25 December (4 weeks) $15.00 Order by the month or any way you wish! PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW!! Pick up at the Synagogue Kitchen Every Friday morning For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net Or Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414 Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. We know that ? in this economy ? there are people in Millburn Township who are experiencing financial hardship and are struggling to pay their bills. If you are a resident of Millburn or Short Hills facing a temporary, unexpected financial set-back ? whether related to your home, your health or some other basic need, please contact Down the Block, Inc. As long as you meet our eligibility requirements, we will be happy to pay a bill for you. Our service is free and confidential. Find us at www.DownTheBlock.org or (973) 943 ? 1424. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's September bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! 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Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 1022 bytes Desc: not available Url : From celestej at cbi-nj.org Sun Nov 8 13:00:16 2009 From: celestej at cbi-nj.org (celestej at cbi-nj.org) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:00:16 -0500 (EST) Subject: [CBI] Funeral & Shiva information for fellow congregant, Ethel Kucker Message-ID: <1861.68.46.140.135.1257703216.squirrel@webmail1.pair.com> We regret to inform you of the passing of fellow congregant, Ethel Kucker. Graveside service will be held on Monday at 11:00 AM at B?nai Israel Cemetery off McClellan Street in Newark. Shiva will be observed Monday and Tuesday between 6pm ? 9pm at 4 Rhoda Terrace, Roselle Park with minyan at 7:00pm. On Wednesday and Thursday, shiva will be observed at 3 Washington Square Village, Apt. 4-H in New York City between 6pm and 9pm with minyan at 7:00pm May Ethel's name be remembered for a blessing. Celeste B. Johnson CBI Clergy Office From celestej at cbi-nj.org Tue Nov 10 15:42:38 2009 From: celestej at cbi-nj.org (Celeste Johnson) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:42:38 -0500 Subject: [CBI] Message from the Rabbi Message-ID: <000001ca6246$57512950$6a01a8c0@CBI.LOCAL> To All: I have the distinct pleasure of sending you the link to the new webpage from the Jewish Museum, announcing the B'nai Israel exhibit to open this spring. Ms. Karen Levitov wrote the following to us: We are very grateful for the generosity of the synagogue to lend us the wonderful Ferber and Motherwell works. As you know, they are being conserved and restored and look truly spectacular. We are placing them, along with the original Gottlieb ark curtain, in the context of Percival Goodman's building and the post-war suburban Jewish community, as well as within the avant-garde art world of the mid-twentieth century. 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Goods and Services Auction - A night in Morocco - Belly Dancers featuring Kalina Devi Saturday, November 14, 2009 Doors Open at 7 pm at CBI Come sample some fine Moroccan delectable treats -light hors d'oeuvres and desserts - prepared by Barbara Brown and her band of kitchen helpers Sponsorships are available at four levels: Emerald Benefactor: $100 (includes 10 Chance Tickets) CBIRuby Benefactor: $180 (includes 1 Couvert & 10 Chance Tickets) Sapphire Benefactor: $360 (includes 2 Couvert & 20 Chance Tickets) Diamond Benefactor: $500 (includes 2 Couvert & 50 Chance Tickets) *Sponsors will be recognized in the Auction Catalogue and in the Bulletin. Couvert is $25 in advance and $36 at the door Come Rock the Kasbah! Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, food and wine, with great items to bid on through our dynamic auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with! For ticket information contact Lisa Roth at the CBI office lisar at cbi-nj.org or 973-379-3811 ext. 11 Auctioneers: Ann Brown, Tanya Helfand, and David Touger Some of the many items include: *TRIP TO ISRAEL FOR 2 - includes airfare, apartment, and dinner at a local winery *Tickets to Giants, Jets, Knicks, Nets, and Devils games - most include parking passes *Golf outings *Vacation pkgs - Mexico, Pennsylvania, Asbury Park & more *Dinners to desserts by our many talented CBI chefs- from lessons to complete cooked meals *Camps *Photo packages *Art work - including original oil paintings & lithographs *VIP passes to local television shows *Jewelry *Gift Certificates for restaurants, hair salons, boutiques, etc *Lessons - hebrew, spanish, ice skating, jewelry making, instruments, voice . . . . * Tours of Jewish Brooklyn, Montclair Art Museum * Symphonies * High Holiday Reserved Seating and Parking AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anaa at cbi-nj.org Fri Nov 13 14:18:17 2009 From: anaa at cbi-nj.org (Ana Amorim) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:18:17 -0500 Subject: [CBI] Weekly Announcements for November 13, 2009 Message-ID: <20091113192016.535E27E3BC@mailwash1.pair.com> Congregation B?nai Israel E-mail Announcements November 14, 2009 27 heshvan 5770 This week we will be celebrating the Bat Mitzvah of Michelle Gelband Candle lighting: 4:20 pm Shabbat Services Friday Evening 8:15 pm Shabbat morning 9:00 am Tefilot Yeladim & Noar 10:15 am Tefilot Ketanim 10:30 am Torah for Tots 10:30 am Mincha 4:44 pm Schedule of Services for the Coming Week 8:30 am - Sunday morning 7:10 am - Monday through Friday 8:00 pm - Sunday through Thursday Bima Officer Ushers Friday: Nancy Weinstein Michael and/or Allison Klausner Saturday: David Touger Alan and/or Robin Mintz, Ira and/or Galit Casel, Brenda Eisenberg Mazel Tov & Thank You to: Michael and Debra Gelband for sponsoring the Oneg, the Bima flowers, and the Kiddush in honor of Michelle becoming a Bat Mitzvah. Mazel Tov to: Len Hausman on his milestone birthday. Ilene and David Klein on the marriage of their daughter Carolyn to Troy Rodriguez on October 3, 2009. Sharon and Arthur Draznin on the marriage of their daughter Bari to Andrew Huber on November 8, 2009. To Arthur Goldgaber & Elizabeth Orlovsky on the birth of their daughter Hannah Leigh Goldgaber on November 9, 2009. Lilli and Steve Finkler on the engagement of their son Gary to Aviva Braun. Reufah Shleima to: Fred Ostry for a speedy and complete recovery. Condolences to: The family of Ethel Kucker. Fannie Stillman on the passing of her husband, Abraham. Minyan Rotation We remind all families with last names beginning with Weinstein and ending with Winnik that your support and attendance during morning and evening minyan in the coming week will be appreciated. This Shabbat?s Torah Portion BIRKAT HAHODESH PARASHAT HAYYEI SARAH November 14, 2009 ? 27 Heshvan 5770 Annual (Gen. 23:1-25:18): (Etz Hayim, p. 127; Hertz p. 80) Haftarah: (I Kings: 1:1-31): (Etz Hayim, p. 143; Hertz p. 90) Torah Portion Summary Sarah dies at 127, and Abraham approaches the Hittites about acquiring a burial place. He bargains with Ephron and buys the cave of Machpelah and the surrounding field from him. Abraham sends his senior servant (unnamed here but known as Eliezer based on a verse in Lekh Lekha) to his family in Aram-naharaim to find an appropriate bride for Isaac. Eliezer arrives at his destination and asks God for a sign ? the woman who will become Isaac?s wife would be kind and generous, offering to draw water for Eliezer and his camels. Almost immediately Rebecca arrives at the well and passes Eliezer?s test. Eliezer learns that she is the granddaughter of Abraham?s brother Nahor and realizes that God has guided him to the right woman. Eliezer is invited to Rebecca?s home, where he explains the purpose of his journey to her brother, Laban, and her father, Bethuel. They agree to allow Rebecca to go with Eliezer. Rebecca also agrees and accompanies Eliezer to Canaan, where she becomes Isaac?s wife. Abraham marries Keturah and fathers six more sons, although Isaac is his sole heir. Abraham dies at the age of 175 Isaac and Ishmael bury him alongside Sarah in the cave of Machpelah. The parashah concludes with the genealogy of Ishmael?s descendents. Torah Portion Summary Prepared by Rabbi Joyce Newmark for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Upcoming Events! CBI?S MAJOR 2009/2010 FUNDRAISER is here! Come rock the Kasbah! A night in a morocco goods and services auction! Saturday, November 14, 2009 Doors open at 7:00 pm Congregation B?nai Israel We have a wonderful evening planned!!! Along with a fantastic Moroccan -themed show, including professional Belly Dancers from Agadir (via Maplewood!), this year?s event will have a broad and unique selection of items at a Goods and Services Auction. Plan on a wonderful evening of fun, with great items to purchase through our dynamic and entertaining auctioneers and a show you may just want to get up and dance along with! Couvert $36 at the door. Get your party shoes out, your babysitters lined up and your friends on board for a terrific time. Rocking the Kasbah! Sunday, November 15th Sharsheret 4:00 pm Monday, November 16th Rabbi?s Class 9:30 am Tuesday, November 17th Job Networking Group 9:30 pm Adult Forum 12:00 pm Chaverim 6:15 pm Rabbi?s Class 7:30 pm Wednesday, November 18th HGNS Board Meeting 8:00 pm Thursday, November 19th Rabbi?s Class 10:00 am Kadima 6:00 pm USY 7:30 pm Religious Affairs 8:00 pm Friday, November 20th Membership & HGNS Early service & Dinner 5:30 pm j0232128 Books For Kids Please donate gently used books, IN GOOD CONDITION for CHILDREN ages 2 - 10. Bring books to the middle school at Hebrew School drop-off from 3:45 - 4pm on Tuesday, November 10th. OR, donations can be brought to Lori Katzman's house. 24 Claremont Drive from Sunday, November 8 - Sunday, November 15. Leave the books in a bag outside her home (in inclement weather, please make sure they are sealed in a bag). Thank you very much! The books will be donated to schools in East Orange and Newark. Questions? Contact Lori Katzman @ lakatzman at mac.com CHAVERIM, the CBI Youth Group for 4th-5th Graders GAGA AND GAMES (previously Project Runway) Tuesday, November 17th from 6:15-7:30 at CBI Join us as for an event full of food, friends and games. We will be playing GaGa and Board Games for a relaxing and fun evening. Dinner and snacks will be served. Please RSVP to Aly Greenstein, Chaverim Advisor, at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com . Paper Book Fair It will be held Tuesday, November 17 through Thursday, November 19 in multi-purpose room 8 from 9:00am to 2:00pm. People will be able to see copies of what is for sale (Judaic and secular titles for children), order off a list, and then receive their purchases in time for Chanukah. Adult Forum Tuesday, November 17th at B?nai Israel Lunch at noon then screen the award winning Milk, the incisive and stirring dramatization of Harvey Milk?s heroic life and violent death. RSVP to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $8 for Adult Forum Members, $10 for Non-members. Send checks made out to B?nai Israel to: Adult Forum c/o Lois Dyer, 9 Hearthstone Terrace, Livingston, NJ 07039. Oheb Kosher Food Pantry needs volunteers Wednesday, November 18 from 7-9 pm to package food for distribution prior to Thanksgiving. RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net Please join us for Sisterhood's November Rosh Chodesh Women's Discussion Group, on Wednesday, November 18 from 6:15-7:45. Education Director Janice Colmar will facilitate, and our topic this month is "Synagogue Survival Skills Through the Eyes of Our Matriarchs." Dinner will be served, and the cost is $15. Please RSVP to Linda Silver lssilver at verizon.net or 973-921-1502. KADIMA, the CBI Youth Group for 6th-8th Graders MONSTER GAME MITZVAH NIGHT Thursday, November 19th from 6:15-7:30 at CBI Everyone will enjoy this two part event! We will be participating in a Mitzvah Project of making blankets for Project Linus (go to www.projectlinus.org for information about the organization) and then spend some time playing games. Dinner will be served. Please RSVP to Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor, at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com . PRE-SCHOOL SHABBAT SERVICE & DINNER Sponsored by the CBI Membership Committee FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009- 5:45 PM Please join with other pre-school families, our CBI Clergy, Rochelle Baron, and members of the Membership Committee as we welcome Shabbat with a brief, child-friendly service followed by grape juice, Challah, and dinner! The cost is $5 per person, maximum of $25 per family. WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US!! RSVP BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009. RETURN THIS FORM TO THE SYNAGOGUE OFFICE OR SEND AN EMAIL TO PAULA TOUGER ( pdtouger at aol.com) Name___________________________________Phone number_____________________ Number of Adults__________Children__________@ $5 per person (Max. of $25 per family) Please make your check out to Congregation B?nai Israel. Questions or want to help? Contact Paula at email address above!! USY and KADIMA ICE SKATING ON THANKSGIVING EVE Wednesday, November 25th from 7:15-10:30 at Mennan Arena Join friends from Millburn USY and Kadima as well as other area chapters for a night of ice skating the night before Thanksgiving. This event is fast becoming an annual tradition and is a great way to kick off the holiday weekend! Bus transportation will be provided from Beth Ahm in Springfield. Cost is $10.00, which covers admission, skate rental and bus transportation. Please RSVP by 11/23 to Aly Greenstein, Kadima Advisor, at aly.greenstein at hotmail.com or Scott Lantzman, USY Advisor, at scott at cbi-nj.org. KEHILLAH at CBI SPONSORED SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Do you enjoy the smells of fresh Hollah baking in the oven? Think it?s too much work? Join Kehilla at CBI in a Hollah making Workshop led by our very own Meryl Hubscher! Bake your own Hollah for your Shabbat Table! Meryl is also skilled at preparing gluten-reduced Hollot and will be happy to discuss and/or prepare alternative recipes. Please say you?ll join us- SPACE IS LIMITED!!! WHEN: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 TIME: 4-5:30PM (the Sunday after Thanksgiving) COST: $5.00 PER FAMILY UNIT WHERE: THE DANIEL HOME, 89 GREENWOOD DRIVE, MILLBURN RSVP: Please contact Michelle Daniel (gmdan5 at verizon.net ) or (973) 258-1245 to say you?ll join us and how many are in your group, by Monday, November 23rd, so we know how many Hollah-making ingredients we?ll need! Children welcome! Sponsored by Kehilla at CBI, formerly Family Enrichment Adult Forum Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at CBI Lunch at noon then listen to a delightful program by our own Cantor Wallach. RSVP by November 27th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Cost: $8 for Adult Forum Members, $10 for Non-members. Send checks made out to Congregation B?nai Israel to: Adult Forum c/o Lois Dyer 9 Hearthstone Terrace Livingston, NJ 07039 Adult Forum Thursday, December 3, 2009 Trip to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum & Eldridge Street Synagogue At the center of the Tenement Museum is the flagship tenement building which was the first homestead of many poor, urban, working class immigrants. Then experience the warmth and power of the Eldridge Synagogue?s haunting sanctuary. Be inspired by the history and authenticity of this landmark building. Lunch at Katz?s Delicatessen included, ?New York oldest and best delicatessen.? Tour requires climbing stairs. Cost $60 for JCC members, Adult Forum Members and Simchat Seniors, $70 for Non-members. Pick up and drop-off at Congregation B?nai Israel. We will be leaving at 8:30 am and returning at 4:30 pm. RSVP by November 25th to Lois Dyer at (973) 533-1809. Make your check out to JCC of Central NJ and send to: Adult Forum c/o Lois Dyer 9 Hearthstone Terrace Livingston, NJ 07039 Please Join us as We Engage in Acts of Tikkun Olam at CBI and Around Our Community You Must Sign-Up by Thanksgiving (November 25) Questions? Please Contact Chairs: Linda & Ross Silver lssilver at verizon.net Lori Katzman LAKatzman at mac.com Janice Colmar cbieducator at cbi-nj.org SISTERHOOD PRESENTS An evening with Michelle Cameron Author of ?The Fruit of Her Hands? Save the Date for December 21, 2009 Time: 7:45 pm Refreshments served This book has gotten Rave Reviews from a few of our members and the press as well. CBI JOB SEARCH NETWORK GROUP! Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am CBI has started a job search networking group on Tuesday mornings to assist people who are unemployed and seeking work. The main goal of the group is to help you expand your network of business contacts, trade information on available opportunities and maintain a positive outlook while actively looking for your next job. As people may have different levels of experience conducting a job search, the group will discuss various aspects of the job search including: Resume writing, preparing an elevator speech, preparing an exit statement, marketing yourself, identifying target companies, internet job search sites, using LinkedIn, interview tips, and techniques. This is a self-help group. If you are interested in sharing your job search stories, please join us. If you have any questions please contact Eli Jacobs at 973-379-1205 or ejacobslcu at gmail.com Enjoy Your Shabbat Meals with Men?s Club Delicious Challahs! FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SYNAGOGUE (Pick up from the synagogue every Friday from 6:30 am to 1:00 pm) (ABSOLUTELY NO PICK UP ON SHABBAT!) Available choices are: Plain ~ Seeded ~ Raisin ~ Whole Wheat ~ Chocolate Chip Or Pkg. Challah Rolls Only $3.75 each November (2 weeks) $7.50 December (4 weeks) $15.00 January (5 weeks) $18.75 Order by the month or any way you wish! PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW!! Pick up at the Synagogue Kitchen Every Friday morning For more information call Joe Keselman at (973) 564-5278 or email him at: jkeselman2 at comcast.net Or Howard Greenwald at (973) 763-0414 Zayda's Scrip! Now Available at CBI! Scrip is a wonderful, simple, and painless way for us to financially support CBI. Please contact Linda Sotnick at (973) 467-4237 or daralin at verizon.net or the CBI office (973) 379-3811 for info or to order your scrip. We know that ? in this economy ? there are people in Millburn Township who are experiencing financial hardship and are struggling to pay their bills. If you are a resident of Millburn or Short Hills facing a temporary, unexpected financial set-back ? whether related to your home, your health or some other basic need, please contact Down the Block, Inc. As long as you meet our eligibility requirements, we will be happy to pay a bill for you. Our service is free and confidential. Find us at www.DownTheBlock.org or (973) 943 ? 1424. Raise money for Congregation B'nai Israel just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and enter "Congregation B'nai Israel" in Millburn, NJ as your favorite charity! CBI's November bulletin is posted on our web site. Please go to our home page at www.cbi-nj.org click on Bulletins and enter user name: cbi and password: millburn (all lower case) to enter our "Members only" section. PLEASE VIEW IT ONLINE AND ENJOY THE MANY COLOR PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT EVENTS! 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