The following message was sent on 02 December
2007:
[1] Mazal Tov!
The following message was sent on 04 December 2007:
[2] alert re plastic
"ready to use" olive-oil lights
The following message was sent on 05 December 2007:
[3] Kiddush, Kiddush!
The following messages were sent on 12 December 2007:
[4] policy
statements/biographies of Board-election candidates
[5] JCRC lecture on
displaced Jewish communities (17 Jan 2008)
The following messages were sent on 13 December 2007:
[6] lost: one [young]
ladies' glove
[7] Youth
announcements for Chodesh Teiveis
The following message was sent on 17 December 2007:
[8] WyMor House
two-bedroom ap't available
The following message was sent on 20 December 2007:
[9] reminder:
Board-election deadline
The following message was sent on 22 December 2007:
[10] funeral/l'vaya
and shiv'a for Charles Bertiger a'h'
The following message was sent on 26 December 2007:
[11] Mazal Tov!
The following message was sent on 27 December 2007:
[12] 14th Ezra Witkin
a'h' Yahrzeit lecture (05 Jan 2008)
The following message was sent on 28 December 2007:
[13] Skybook
going-out-of-business sale (06 Jan 2008)
The following message was sent on 31 December 2007:
[14] upcoming
Fri-night events (04 & 11 Jan 2008)
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Heartiest congratulations to Ilene and Akiva Miller on the engagement of daughter Ariella to Sammy Landa, son of Riki and Rabbi Dr. Seth Landa of Teaneck, NJ. May we continue to hear and pass on good news!
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The following alert (emphasis ours) is courtesy of Kashrut.com. We have reliable information that the type of package noted below (solid or jelled olive oil in plastic cups) was sold by vendor Judaica Central at the recent AI Chanukah boutique which took place at the JEC -- if you purchased a plastic-cups package from this vendor, please bring it back to them for a replacement glass-cups package.
Chanukah Menorahs containing prefilled solid olive oil canisters in plastic containers are again on sale this year. These products are a fire hazard. Check any that you purchase to make sure that the cups holding the olive oil jel is glass and not plastic.
Posted on the Albert Einstein Synagogue website: "This Friday I went to buy pre-filled cups. I got the ones in a blue triangular package called Kankanim and on the package it said that they're made out of glass. When I got home I wanted to make sure that they were indeed glass and not plastic b/c they felt too light. I lit a candle and touched the flame to the rim of the cup and after a few seconds it started to melt and bubble (glass doesn't do that). I brought them back to the store and got different ones that are definitely glass. But for now Kankanim ones are still on display and are not being pulled off the shelves."
As a reminder of last year's alert re the same type of problematic product, please see the press release that was eventually issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Thank you.
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This coming Shabbos, please join us after the Main-Shul Mussaf for this year's Shabbos Chanukah/Shabbos M'var'chim Chodesh Teiveis Kiddush in the JEC Levy Auditorium. A big THANK YOU to its sponsors! In appreciation of their respective donations, we have posted the list of sponsors onto the Shul Website.
If you would like to sponsor/upgrade any future Kiddush (sponsorship details can be found in an earlier issue of HaMagid, our newsletter) in honor of someone, to commemorate someone, or for any other excellent reason, please contact Sarah Karp at 908-352-2679 or Vivi Singfer at 908-558-0878. Thank you, gut Chanukah, and a guten Shabbos and Chodesh!
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Shul members will soon be receiving a Board Election ballot via US Mail. Six members successfully petitioned to be on the ballot for the five available Board seats. To aid you in choosing which of these highly-qualified ladies and gentlemen you wish to see working on your and the community's behalf, each candidate was asked to submit a brief policy/biographical statement. These statements will i'y'H' appear on the reverse side of the ballot and are also posted on the Shul Website. As is the case for any member-specific information we publicize, the statements file is password-protected -- please reply if you are a Shul member, do not know the members-only password, and would like to know it. Thank you for reading & for voting, and many thanks & hatzlachah rabbah to each of our candidates!
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The next lecture (flyer available online) in our local Federation's Contemporary Israel series, scheduled to begin at 7PM on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008 at the Wilf Jewish Community Campus, 1391 Martine Avenue, Scotch Plains, NJ, will discuss the longstanding Jewish communities that were uprooted from what today are Arab countries and their relationship to today's Middle East peace process. It is co-sponsored by a few local congregations, including our own Shul and the Adath Israel Shul. Speakers will i'y'H' include Stanley Urman, executive director of Justice for Jews from Arab Countries, and Jewish Agency shlichah Miri Hasson, whose family fled Tunisia. For more information, please contact Felice Maranz of JFedCNJ at 908-889-5335 x304 or 908-889-5370.
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A ladies' glove (picture available online) was lost recently -- it was found outside of the Shul on the morning of Dec. 1st, Shabbos P'Vayeishev. As the Bruriah 9th Grade girls were "in town" for a Shabbaton that weekend, it's possible this glove belonged to one of those girls. In any case, the finder (and we) would very much like to reunite this glove with its rightful owner, so please feel free to pass this message on to anyone who might be that person or know who she is. Thank you, and tizkeh/tizki l'mitzvos!
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The latest announcements (most of them with flyers) from our Youth Department:
This coming Friday night, Dec. 14th, beginning at 7:30PM (for full details, see the online flyer), high-schoolers and friends are cordially invited to get together for a good time in the JEC Halpern Cafeteria (a/k/a/ the "lunchroom"). Enjoy!
The following afternoon, Shabbos, Dec. 15th, more food and fun -- MS boys are invited to congregate in the downstairs-classrooms area of the JEC, beginning at 2:45PM (for full details, see the online flyer). Have a great time, guys, and bring some friends!
Next Shabbos afternoon, Dec. 22nd, all boys in Grades 9 and 10 are cordially invited to eat lunch with Youth Director Elie Bodner and his wife Rachel at their home, 350 Elmora Avenue #2D. If you're interested in coming, please contact Elie at 917-583-5963.
That motzoei Shabbos, Dec. 22nd, beginning at 7PM, it's Bowling Night at Jersey Lanes for high-schoolers, fueled by lots of local pizza. Your bus will leave from Jerusalem Pizza (as noted, at 7PM) and return to the JEC. Cost: $14 (less than it cost this past spring!). A flyer is online.
On Friday night, Dec. 28th, middle-school boys are cordially invited to the home of Rivky and Ary Becker, 883 Colonia Road, beginning at 7:30PM, for an Oneg featuring refreshments both physical and spiritual. If you would like to walk there as part of a group, please contact Elie Bodner at 917-583-5963. For full details, see the online flyer. Enjoy!
That motzoei Shabbos, Dec. 29th, two events, i'y'H', for youngsters, both beginning at 7:30PM: back by popular demand, another Pajama Party (with pizza) for girls in Grades 3 through 6 in the downstairs-classrooms area of the JEC (cost: $6); and likewise a popular activity, Sports Night (including basketball, pizza, and a sports movie) for boys in Grades 3 through 5 in the JEC Goldfischer Gym (cost: $5). Further details are in the online flyer. Have a ball, kids!
Thanks for reading, and best wishes for a warm Shabbos!
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Thanks to all of you for reading and acting upon prior apartment-rental messages -- the two WyMor House apartments we recently listed have been rented to those who will i'y'H' join our growing community! Another apartment, this one with two bedrooms, will be available in the WyMor House as of mid-January 2008, so if you know of a person or family looking to rent beginning in a month, please contact the superintendent (and please note that there is a new super), Julio, at 908-313-6350, and be sure to mention that you heard about the apartment from Rabbi Herman. As always, please spread the word to anyone who may be interested (and don't forget to mention the growing number of young families living in this apartment house). Thank you!
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By now, all Shul members should have received the Board-election ballot (if you didn't, please let Mary [JEC Business Office] know -- her tel# is 908-355-4850 x110). Thank you to those who have already voted! Gentle reminder: you can either mail the ballot to the JEC Business Office or insert it into the designated, locked box on the Office's counter -- if you mail it, the envelope must be postmarked on or before Dec. 24th (this coming Monday), and if you hand it in, you must do so before noon on Fri., Dec. 28th (eight days from today). Thank you!
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The funeral and l'vaya for Mr. Bertiger a'h' will take place tomorrow, Sunday, Dec. 23rd, at the JEC, beginning at 11AM. T'lch't', wife Lee, daughter Hannah, and sister Beverly Weiss will sit shiv'a through Friday morning at 197 Glenwood Road in Elizabeth, NJ (tel#s: 908-353-2315 or 908-353-2011; ZIP: 07208-1139); children Melanie and Max Winer will also be present.
Sincerest condolences to the entire mishpachah, including the Bertiger, Weiss, and Winer families. May we have the opportunity to share better news in the future and witness the era of "bila hamaves lanetzach."
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Heartiest congratulations to grandparents Rivka G. Weiner and Dr. Saul Weiner on the birth of a daughter to their children, Shulamit and Ben Sandler. May we continue to hear and pass on good news!
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Please join us in the Main Shul at 8PM on motzoei Shabbos, Jan. 5th, 2008, for this year's Yahrzeit shiur in memory of Ezra Witkin a'h', to be i'y'H' given by Rabbi Chaim Zev Levitan, Rosh Yeshiva of Mosdos Zichron Erez in Monsey, NY. The always-timely subject of the lecture is "How to Say Thank You to Hashem," and we thank you for reading this message and attending the shiur.
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Fiegie Sky will soon be closing family business Skybook (located at 1923 Springfield Avenue in Maplewood, NJ, tel# 973-763-4244) and, in honor of the decades-long relationship with the JEC community, will be holding a special sale for all JEC shul/school members next (i.e. a week from this coming) Sunday, 06 January 2008, between 10:30AM-3PM: 30-50% off most items, with 10% of the gross proceeds to be donated to the JEC in memory of her late husband, David Sky a'h'. Store stock includes s'farim, m'gillos, shof'ros, chanukiyos, silver and gold Judaica, games/software for kids, and so much more -- you are sure to find something you need! To say the least, we wish her well and thank her for all that Dave and t'lch't' she did on our behalf for so many years. Thank you.
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This coming Friday night, Jan. 4th, beginning at 8:15PM, everyone is invited to a tisch at the home of Jay and Brenda Buchsbaum, 6 Princeton Road, for what undoubtedly will be a leibedik celebration of Shabbos P'Vaeira, complete with at least four ways of commemorating the sedra's l'shonos g'ulah, loads of ruach...and perhaps a spot or two of food, too. The following Friday night, Jan. 11th, also beginning at 8:15PM and in the spirit of last year's Oneg (which over 60 ladies enjoyed!), all women in the community are cordially invited for a Shabbos Tea (likely also featuring other culinary delights) at Rebbetzin Rivky Herman's home, 939 Harding Road. This evening features a guest speaker, our community's Mrs. Tova Shulman, on the intriguing topic "Makkos Makeover: A Whole New You," and promises to be most worthwhile. Thank you for reading, and have a great week!
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