The Jewish Center SHABBAT BULLETIN FEBRUARY 22, 2020 • 27 S HEVAT 5780 • P ARSHAT MISHPATIM • P ARSHAT SHEKALIM SHABBAT SCHEDULE Shabbat February 21st-22nd with EREV SHABBAT Chazzan Avi Perets 5:19PM Candle lighting Friday night Mincha followed by 5:20PM Minchah (Main Sanctuary, 3rd floor) Kabbalat Shabbat at 5:20PM 8:30PM Community Wide Dessert Oneg with Chazzan Avi Perets Shabbat morning Shacharit at 9:00 am Please join Avi Perets for a SHABBAT Community Wide Dessert Oneg 7:45AM Hashkama (4th floor) Friday evening at 8:30pm 8:30AM Israel Silverstein Rambam Shiur with Rabbi Yosie Levine 9:00AM Shacharit (Main Sanctuary, 3rd floor) Shabbat, February 28th-29th with 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Noach Goldstein, Judges or Idols: Cantor Jonathan Garcia The Stakes in Civil Law Accompanied by the 9:30AM Young Leadership (1st floor) The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Choir 9:25AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema on Friday evening 10:00AM Youth Groups A London native, Jonathan is equally skilled in both Sermon by Rabbi Yosie Levine Ashkenazi and Western Sephardic liturgical traditions 12:40PM Early Minchah (4th floor) influenced by Italian opera and victorian choral music. He sang at 2:45PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home (meet at 730 Columbus Ave.) the Tercentenary at the Bevis Marks Synagogue and was soloist at 5:15PM Minchah (Main Sanctuary, 3rd floor) the publication of the Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks daily siddur. Daf Yomi (1st floor classroom) Featuring a special Seudah Shelishit Seminar and Performance Seudah Shlishit with Rabbi Noach Goldstein , Parshat Mishpatim and the Original Chasidut Shabbat, March 20th-21st with Zusha Our Siddur: Its Text and Meaning, Pesukei Shiur with Rabbi Elie Buechler, The duo, Shlomo Gaisin and Zachariah Goldschmidt, de Zimra (will resume next week) soulfully combine traditional Hasidic niggunim with 6:20PM Shabbat Concludes styles such as jazz, folk, and reggae. Parent Child Learning with Rabbi Yosie Levine (will resume next week) Featuring a special THANK YOU TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Farbrengen Concert Saturday Night Hashkama Kiddush: Nicole & Raanan Agus and family in honor of Avie Schreiber's special Leadership and Loyalty: birthday year. Esther and Diaspora Politics Community Kiddush: Sunday, February 23 at 7PM Ardell Borodach, Rachel Wolf & Andrew Borodach and Kira and Julia Erica Brown in conversation with Aaron Koller on the second yarzheit of Gerold Borodach, Yaakov Nissan ben In celebration of the publication of Avraham. The Book of Esther: Power, Fate and Fragility in Exile Brauna & Marvin Fortgang in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Sponsored by Ardell Borodach and Rachel Wolf & Andrew Brauna's father, Joseph Eisenberg. Borodach, Kira and Julia and co-sponsored by 929 English Esther & Steve Graber in commemoration of the 16th yahrzeit of Esther's in commemoration of the second Yahrzeit of Dr. Gerold Borodach, father, Rev. Abram Jacobowitz, Avraham ben David HaCohen. Yaakov Nissan ben Avraham ve’ Hessie. Eve & Marc Karstaedt in commemoration of the third yahrzeit of Eve's To register visit jewishcenter.org father Rabbi Joel Danishefsky, Harav Yechiel Hillel Ben Harav Yaakov. Masbia Chesed Event Paulette & David Meyer in memory of David's mother, Eva Meyer and Sunday, March 15th Paulette's father, Hal Stein. 12PM-3PM Vegetable Prep Carol & Ira Morrow in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Carol's The Jewish Center is hosting a day of chesed that is fun for beloved father, Rabbi Dr. Gilbert Klaperman. all ages. Help wash, peel and chop fresh produce to help Chani & Mark Segall in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Chani’s Masbia, a non-profit soup kitchen network and food pantry, mother, Betty Singer z”l. prepare dinner for distribution. Géraldine & Stephen Rutenberg and Elyane Szterenberg in To sign up visit jewishcenter.org. commemoration of the yahrzeit of Géraldine’s grandfather and Elyane’s Between your Chopping go Shopping! father, Ephraïm Abissai Szterenberg. Join us for The Jewish Center's 2020 Book Fair! The Jewish Center has accumulated a wide collection of Jewish books, both used and new. Our upcoming book fair will make these books available to DAILY SERVICE TIMES our community. To volunteer or for more information contact Avi Jacobowitz Sunday, Feb. 23 Mon. Feb. 24 Tues. Feb. 25– Thurs. Feb. 27 Friday, Feb. 28 at [email protected]. 7:45AM Daf 7:00/8AM Shach Wed. Feb. 26 7:00/8AM Shach 7/8AM Shach Yomi 7:45AM Daf ROSH CHODSEH 7:45AM Daf 7:45AM Daf 8:30AM Shach Yomi 6:45/8AM Shach Yomi Yomi Jewish Center Journey to Poland 5:25PM Minchah 5:25PM Minchah 7:45AM Daf 5:25PM Minchah 5:28PM Candle June 22nd-28th, 2020 Yomi lighting *Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the End of 5:25PM Minchah 5:30PM Minchah WWII and the Liberation of the Concentration Camps *A Historical and Educational Journey Exploring Hundreds WOMEN’S TEHILLIM GROUP: of Years of Jewish Life in Poland Monday, February 24, 2020 at 7:15PM Visit jewishcenter.org for details and registration. Contact Joyce Weitz for more information at 212-877-1176 *Early bird pricing will ends sFebruary 24th The Jewish Center - The Modern Orthodox Center for Jewish Life and Learning 131 W. 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 • www.jewishcenter.org • 212-724-2700 COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS Women’s Jewish Center Athletics JC WOMEN UNITE! MAZAL TOV Saturday night, February 29th at 7:30PM Marilyn Rothschild on the birth of a granddaughter, born to Ben & Come out and support the amazing athletes of Limor Rothschild the WJCA as the Women Leadership take on the JC Teens! General Admission: THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS $10 in advance, $15 at the door Rona Kellman and Robert Grauman Reserve Seating: $36 Sponsorship Opportunities: Thank you to our CSS members whose efforts help maintain a safe shul Patron: $180; includes 2 reserved tickets Junior Varsity: $360; includes 4 reserved tickets for our community. Varsity: $500; includes 4 reserved tickets and game night t-shirt General Manager: $1000; includes 10 reserved tickets and YOUTH DEPARTMENT two game night t-shirts (proceeds all benefit the JC youth department) Youth Shabbat Questions? email Rachel Levine at [email protected] Shabbat March 14th ROSTER: Young stars take the lead for Shabbat davening Women Leadership: Teens: in the Main Sanctuary! Join us for a spirited and Coach: Tamar Buechler Coach: Jeannie Rosenfeld nachas-filled experience that only comes around Adena Berkowitz Coach: Amanda Dryer once a year, you won't want to miss it! Sarah Cromwell Milli Ackerman Encourage your children to volunteer to: Naomi Goldman Jessica Brenner - Lain an Aliyah Alexis Goldstein Mia Brodie - Lead Davening Aliza Herzberg Lizzie Fisher - Usher Elana Kaminetzky Liana Goldstein - Deliver Divrei Torah Aleza Kleinworm Emmaline Laifer To volunteer please contact Yoni at [email protected]. Rachel Levine Julia Lebowitz Deadline to sign up is March 1st. Lauren Reves Rena Newton Ruthie Schwarz Emma Salomon Sponsorship opportunities available. Ora Weinbach Shoshana Schwarz Rachel Wolf

THE JC AIPAC DELEGATION AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE 2020 SUNDAY MARCH 1– 3, 2020 IN WASHINGTON , DC Moshe Bellows Shelly Freeman Fran Kupietzky Karen Rosenthal Harriet Blank Chaim Gevaryahu Jonah Kupietzky Phyllis Roth George Blank Samuel Goldman Jill Lavitsky Mira Scharf Penina Blazer Dammara Hall Yosie Levine Steve Schwell Tehillah Blech Harris Steven Hirsch Erica Markowitz Shimon Shkury Steven Bram Mindy Horowitz David Ohana Lisa Shrem Jacob Buksbaum Ariel Irwin Jeffrey Okun Dana Siegal Lisa Buksbaum Ira Kellman David Pfeffermann Yossi Siegel Susan Canter Rona Kellman Daniel Posner Brandon Taub Susan Degen Susan Kensky Goldman Alexandra Posner Philip Wagman Arthur Degen Dov Kalton Leyla Posner Daniel Wagman Suzanne Elovic Jennifer Kessler Pinny Rosenthal

JEWISH CENTER UNIVERSITY ~ CLASSES HAVE RESUMED ! For more information visit our website or contact Rabbi Elie Buechler at [email protected] Daily: Israel Friedman Daf Yomi with rotating JCU Faculty at 7:45AM

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY SHABBAT Women’s Talmud The Garden of Eden Women of the Bible Israel Silverstein Rambam Class With Rabbi Noach Goldstein The Henry and Sadye Bayer Rabbi Yosie Levine at Rabbi Yosie Levine at 8:30AM at 8:00PM Chumash Class 11:00AM Rabbi Yosie Levine at 7:30PM Our Siddur: Its Text and TUESDAY Where did humankind go wrong? Meaning Talmud (Masechet Chullin) Does imperfection mean that we Rabbi Elie Beuchler Rabbi Noach Goldstein at are destined to sin? What A Society on Edge: What the Pre-Minchah 7:45AM-8:30AM constitutes the road back and how Megillah can Teach us about does one find it? Join us for this Contemporary Problems Nosh and Drash special six-part series as we return February 26th and March 6th Rabbi Elie Beuchler With Dr. Adena Berkowitz to the garden to explore these 10:15AM-11:30AM timeless questions. For women only. UPCOMING EVENTS Community Wide Mix & Match Dinner Peace of Mind (POM) is coming Clothing Drive Friday February 21st back to The Jewish Center! March 29th, 2020 Thank you to all our host! March 15th-22nd, 2020 10:00AM-1:00PM Thousands of Israeli combat solders To volunteer for the clothing drive sign up for a Masbia Chesed Event transition from military life to civilian shift at jewishcenter.org. Sunday, March 15th life annually. POM is a nine-month 12PM-3PM Vegetable Prep therapeutic intervention which provides space and Koolulam: SOL D OUT The Jewish Center is hosting a day time for IDF veterans to process their combat One Song, One Voice, One Community of chesed that is fun for all ages. experiences, including a week hosted by a Jewish Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 7:00 pm Help wash, peel and chop fresh community abroad. The veterans emerge with Join UJA-Federation and community partners for an produce to help Masbia, a non-profit soup kitchen strengthened emotional and mental health, evening to remember. We'll raise our voices network and food pantry, feed dinner for a week. allowing for a healthier transition from military to together in harmony and foster unity among our To sign up visit jewishcenter.org. civilian life. greater community as we participate in this Between your Chopping go Shopping! international musical phenomenon. Join us for The Jewish Center's 2020 Book Fair! The JC Community is proud to continue partnering The Jewish Center has accumulated a wide with POM and will host a former IDF combat collection of Jewish books, both used and new. Our unit from March 15th to March 22nd. In order to upcoming book fair will make make this program a success we need your help! If these books available to our community. To you are interested in getting involved email volunteer or for more information contact Avi [email protected]. Jacobowitz at [email protected] PREPARING FOR PURIM WOMEN 'S READING OF MEGILLAT ESTHER Prepare for Purim with YL and Bake your Hamantaschen! The Jewish Center, together with Kol HaNeshama and MJE, will be Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 9 PM holding our annual women's reading of Megillat Esther on Purim Day, The Jewish Center Tuesday, March 10th at 11:00AM. Women and girls (ages 12 and $7 Member, $10 Non-Member up) who are interested in reading, please contact Naomi Goldman Visit jewishcenter.org to register! at [email protected]. HOST COMMITTEE: *If you are interested in reading for homebound seniors please contact Seth Feuerstein-Rudin, Aleza Kleinworm, Chaim Szachtel, Ariela Katz, Rabbi Buechler at [email protected]. Talia Askowitz, & Nicole Reich. MISHLOACH MANOT PACKAGING SUNDAY MARCH 8TH FROM 10:00-11:30AM Royal Feast Join us in a simple and meaningful mitzvah! A pre-Purim dinner for individuals and couples ages 27-33 Every Purim, families of the Jewish Center deliver mishloach manot to Friday, March 6th at 7:00PM elderly/homebound members of our community. We invite kids and Visit jewishcenter.org to register! parents to help us package the mishloach manot. HOST COMMITTEE: To deliver a package please contact [email protected] Rachel Bemak, Arianne Thaler & David Cinamon, Rebecca Eis, Seth MATANOT L’EVYONIM Feuerstein-Rudin, Arielle Frankston-Morris, Rabbi Noach & Alexis Please remember to send Matanot L'evyonim, gifts to the poor, before Goldstein, Aleza Kleinworm, Adam Kugelman, Rachel Mendelsohn, Purim. The amount given should be sufficient to assist at least two Ariel Peleg, Mike Schechter, Alissa Silverstein, Leora Sperber different people with their Purim meal. Donations made out to the Rabbi Leo Jung Memorial Fund earmarked "Matanot L'evyonim" that are received before Purim March 9, 2020 will be distributed to the poor on Purim day to fulfill your obligation. MEGILLAH READING We would like to provide everyone with the opportunity to hear the Megillah on Purim. If someone you know will not be able to leave home on Purim, or if you would like to volunteer to read Megillah for the homebound, please contact Rabbi Buechler at [email protected] or 212-724-2700. MISHLOACH MANOT TO IDF SOLDIERS Send baskets filled with Israeli products and bakery goods to IDF soldiers in Israel. Packages will bear a card noting your name with a Purim greeting. To donate please visit www.connectionsisrael.com/the- jewish-center-nyc

Purim Schedule March 9th Taanit Esther-Erev Purim March 10th 6:04am Fast Begins Purim Day 6:45am/7:45am Shacharit 6:30am/7:30am Shacharit 7:45am Daf Yomi 7:45am Daf Yomi 6:30pm Minchah 10:00am Late Megillah 7:15pm Maariv/Megillah 11:30am Women's Megillah 7:26pm Fast Ends 6:45pm Minchah/Maariv 9:00pm Late Megillah Make Ourselves in Who’s Image? Dr. Yosie Levine Parshat Mishpatim Rabbi Shua Brick, William Fischman Rabbinic Intern Eliezer Buechler Assistant Rabbi “You shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, feelings of the stranger, having yourself been strangers in providing him with food and clothing. You too must love Noach Goldstein the land of Egypt.” (Ex 23:9) This command is not merely the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Assistant Rabbi an injunction to do the right thing, but also includes an Egypt.” (Duet. 10:17-19) appeal to empathy. To see ourselves, and our own painful Ora Weinbach experiences reflected in those around us who are alone In addition to empathy, we are to understand that God Community Educator and in need of support, and to have that inspire action. too loves the stranger. In fact, the praise in the preamble to this sentiment – transliterated above - is given primacy Shua Brick This is not a command limited to the intellectual and legal over any other iteration of praise as we incorporate this William Fischman realm of defining the good, but expanded to include an phrase in the first paragraph of every Amidah prayer. Rabbinic Intern emotional component. This commandment is given a positive iteration in Vayikrah: “The stranger who resides The radical statement here is that caring for the other, is Aaron Strum with you shall be to you as one of your citizens; you shall not only an emotional and empathic experience, but a Executive Director love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of divine one where we are enjoined to see the divine not Egypt: I the Lord am your God.” (Lev. 19:34) It is clear only in the stranger but in ourselves. The way that God Batsheva Leibtag that the Torah wants us to deeply empathize with the looks after the stranger is through us, and our fulfillment of Director of stranger as someone to which we have commonality, and this commandment. Further, we are best suited to care for Programming and from that kinship to thereby treat them as you would the stranger. We are able both to empathize with the Communications yourself. subject for we too experience finitude and wanting, and we are capable of creating good in this world for we Sarah Cromwell However, the Torah adds a further dimension later in were formed in the image of the Creator. As an act of Youth Director Devarim. “…Your God is God supreme and Lord imitatio dei, of walking in God’s ways, we ourselves should supreme, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, be the divine we wish to see in the world. Yoni Stokar (ha-kel, ha-gadol, ha-gibbor, ve-ha-norah) who shows no Teen Coordinator favor and takes no bribe. Upholds the cause of the OFFICERS Andrew Borodach Calling all members of The JC Youth Department! WORLD ZIONIST CONGRESS ELECTIONS President Rabbi's Riddle Participate in the World Zionist Congress Solve the riddle, win a raffle ticket! Mark Segall elections! Founded by Theodor Herzl to ensure If you think you know the answer, email [email protected]. First Vice President that Israel belonged to the entire Jewish people, Children with the correct answer will be entered into a the WZC's officers decide on major policies and raffle. Children are welcome to enlist parents or other adults for Len Berman funding priorities of the World Zionist Vice President support. Organization and the Jewish Agency. This amounts The Riddle: number of words in the Answer: total almost $1 billion in spending per year. Here Aliza Herzberg section; and one has to The only letter not to in the US, we elect 150 of the 500 officers Vice President לא תבשל גדי The phrase ט appears do with the number of appear is through a democratic election. Vote before March בחלב אמו letters. What are the Michael Jacobs three times in the Congratulations to 11th at at https://www.ou.org/vote/YLevine. Torah. What three allusions? those who solved last Vice President week’s riddle! halakhot do the rabbis Scott Black derive from this triple Last week's riddle: Jack Friedman CELEBRATE 2ND SEDER AT THE JEWISH CENTER repetition? What letter does not Noa Haehnel Treasurer appear in the version April 9th, 2020 Bonus question: Bianca Harmetz Daniel Solomons There are two allusions of the aseret ha- Gabi Flatto-Katz Rabbi Joseph, Ruth, Shoshana, Talia and dibrot that appears in Daniel Wagman Assistant Treasurer עבד עברי to in our Mordechai Schwarz invite the community to join parsha (21:1-6). One our parsha? Sarah Wagman them for a festive and collaborative 2nd Seder, Naomi Goldman

has to do with the Zahava Williams hosted at The Jewish Center. Our seder is open to Secretary children and adults of all ages, with opportunities Thursday Pizza Returns! to share Divrei Torah and the songs of Pesach LOCAL RESOURCES Join us Thursday afternoons for Minchah, Maariv from your home with all of us. Details and Yoetzet Halacha registration will be available soon. This year's Shiffy Friedman and pizza or daven with us any day of the week. [email protected] Thank you to this weeks sponsors: Seder is being catered by Menagerie of 646-598-1080 Rabbi Yosie & Rachel Levine in honor of all our minyan-goers. Englewood. To join our planning committee please To become a sponsor, please contact Aaron at contact Aaron Strum at [email protected]. Jewish Center Chevra Kadisha [email protected]. 212-724-2700 x555 We look forward to seeing you at minyan! UWS Mikvah JC member seeks to rent apartment reasonable walking 212-579-2011

distance to shul for visiting family: Hatzoloh 2 adults, 2 children, 1 toddler for Pesach (post Seders) 212-230-1000 6 Nights: Monday April 13, 2020 arrival to Sunday April 19, 2020 departure Manhattan Eruv For a current map, ie. Chol Hamoed plus last days Yom Tov. visit eruv.nyc RSVP email: J131aptP.com.