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EREV SHABBAT ONEG SHABBAT 15 TH ANNUAL FAMILY FUN DAY 4:32PM Candle lighting FEBRUARY 5TH , 2017 11AM -3PM 4:35PM Minchah Hundreds of families in our community struggle to make ends meet. Since 1998, SHABBAT Oneg Shabbat of the West Side has pro- 7:45AM Hashkama Minyan (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash) vided over 150,000 Shabbat and Yom 8:30AM Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class with Rabbi Yosie Tov meals to countless individuals and Levine families on the UWS in a discrete and 9:00AM Shacharit (3 rd floor) dignified manner. With your support at our 15th Annual Family 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind , Like Uncle Like Fun Day on February 5th, 2017, we can continue this important Nephew: The Link Between Reuven and Esav work. Come out for a day of fun, while helping your neighbors 9:30AM Young Leadership (1st floor) in need! As one of the premier events of the West Side Commu- 9:30AM Teen Minyan (4th floor) nity and beyond, there will be activities for babies 6 months 9:41AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema and up until the age of 10, including a music program, arts and 10:00AM Youth Groups: Under age 3 (drop off optional, babies crafts, face painting, inflatables and more. Please vis- must be able to independently sit upright), 3-6-year-olds: Geller it www.onegshabbat.org for more information and tickets. Youth Center, 2nd-6th graders: 7th floor Hot Kiddush (1st floor & 5th floor) THE JEWISH CENTER AND AIPAC INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO : WHAT 'S NEXT FOR THE AMERICA /I SRAEL RELATIONSHIP WITH THANKS TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS : A C ONVERSATION WITH TIMES OF ISRAEL EDITOR -IN -CHIEF Community Kiddush, Laura, Zohar, and Zev Kastner in celebration DAVID HOROVITZ of Ezra Kastner's second birthday! TUESDAY , F EBRUARY 7TH AT 8PM Community Kiddush, Clergy Coaches Rachel Levine and Rachel Please visit aipac.org/jc to register . Wolf , in honor of their team's long anticipated upset over the JC teens JOIN THE JC AIPAC DELEGATION Community Kiddush, Robin and Steve Nicoll in commemoration of the POLICY CONFERENCE 2017 first yahrzeit of Sidney Nicoll SUNDAY MARCH 26 - 28, 2017 Community Kiddush, The Rowen Family in memory of Ruth Halle IN WASHINGTON , DC Rowen See page 2 for complete list of JC AIPAC delegation. Teen Minyan, Lynn Montz & J ohn Leubsdorf SHABBAT OF SONG FEATURING 12:35PM Early Minchah (4th floor) CANTOR CHAIM DOVID BERSON & L IPA SCHMELTZER 3:00PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home (meet at 730 Columbus FEBRUARY 10-11, 2017 Ave.) 4:25PM Minchah Come and join us for an inspiring Shabbat of 4:25PM Afternoon Groups Song featuring Lipa Schmeltzer, Chaim Dovid Daf Yomi Berson & the Zameiru Orchestra. WITH THANKS TO OUR SEUDAH SHLISHIT SPONSOR : Please visit the Jewish Center website for more Sharon and Gary Greengrass , in commemoration of the Yahrzeit of details and to register. Gary's father, Mo Greengrass Sponsorship opportunities available. Please Seudah Shlishit Speaker: Rabbi Pinny Rosenthal, “ The Blessings of contact Chaim Dovid Berson at cdber- Yaakov: Is a Bracha a magical incantation?” [email protected] for more information. Hilchot Shabbat with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, "Thou Shall Not Study To- rah On Shabbat": An Examination A C OMM UNITY CONVERSATION WITH MALCOLM GLADWELL 5:34PM Shabbat concludes FEBRUARY 13, 2017 Parent Child Learning with Rabbi Noach Goldstein Join UJA-Federation and Manhattan to hear DAILY SERVICES from Malcolm Gladwell, author of best-sellers Sun. Jan. 15 Mon, Jan. 16 Tues. Jan. 17 - Friday, Jan. 20 Outliers and David and Goliath. Daf Yomi Martin Luther Thur. Jan. 19 Shacharit Hosted by UJA-Federation of New York 7:45AM King Day Shacharit 7/8AM To register please visit www.ujafedny.org/event/register/a Shacharit Shacharit 7/8AM Daf Yomi -community-conversation-with-malcolm-gladwell/ 8:30AM 7/8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM WOMEN ’S TEHILLIM GROUP Minchah Daf Yomi 7:45AM Candle Lighting 4:40PM 7:45AM Minchah 4:40PM Monday, January 16 Minchah 4:40PM Minchah at 7:15PM Contact Joyce Weitz for more info. at 4:40PM 4:45PM 212-877-1176 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 JOIN THE JC AIPAC DELEGATION JC K IDDUSH UPDATE AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE 2017 SUNDAY MARCH 26 - 28, 2017 IN WASHINGTON , DC We are blessed to have so many mem- bers and friends with us on Shabbat morn- Dahlia Bellows Sander Gerber Daniel Posner ing. To help make it possible for everyone Moshe Bellows Tracy Gerber Leyla Posner to enjoy the Kiddush following services, George Blank Andrew Haberman Rachel Ringler we will have two Kiddush locations when- Harriet Blank Rebecca Hanus Pinny Rosenthal ever possible. Beginning January 14th, Jonathan Blank Avi Heller Andrew Schonzeit you will be able to enjoy Kiddush on ei- Steven Bram Steven Hirsch Shimon Shkury ther the first or fifth floor. Please check the Lisa Buksbaum Janice Honig Yossi Siegel weekly bulletin for details. And please be Jonathan Buksbaum Ira Kellman Lionel Slama sure to sponsor at least once annually. Joshua Buksbaum Rona Kellman Philip Wagman Call, email, visit our website or use our Jacob Buksbaum Eitan Kimelman Daniel Wagman app and help keep our Kiddush the hot- Susan Canter Jonah Kupietzky Sarah Wagman test in town. Michelle Chrein Fran Kupietzky Adina Wagman Hillel Cohen Charlie Laifer Mark Wildes HOST YOUR CLERGY FOR SHABBAT Arthur Degen Daniel Laifer The JC is blessed to have a wonderful Susan Degen Jill Lavitsky Registration for the group of clergy that visit for Shabbat on a Daniel Faizakoff Eric Lavitsky conference costs $599 rotating schedule. If you would like to host Lauren Geller Rabbi Yosie Levine Please visit any of our clergy and their families for a Martin Geller Susan Lobel www.policyconference.org Shabbat, Yom Tov, or just a meal, please Talia Gerber Daniel Mael to register. contact Rabbi Zirkind Hanna Gerber Linda Moed at [email protected] Estee Gerber David Pfeffermann

UPCOMING EVENTS THE JEWISH CENTER BOOK CLUB SAVE THE DATE JANUARY 22, 2017 A COMMUNITY CONVERSASATION WITH MALCOLM GLADWELL The Tenants of Moonbloom by Edward Lewis Wallant FEBRUARY 13, 2017 Discussant: Esther Nussbaum Join UJA-Federation and Manhattan synagogues to hear from Mal- Edward Lewis Wallant, who died at the age of 36, colm Gladwell, author of best-sellers Outliers and David and Goliath. is best known for The Pawnbroker. The Tenants of Hosted by UJA-Federation of New York Moonbloom, published posthumously in 1963 and To register please visit www.ujafedny.org/event/register/a- regarded as a “neglected masterpiece,” is about a community-conversation-with-malcolm-gladwell/ rent collector’s gradual awakening to suffering beyond his own. SAVE THE DATE * at the home of Dinah & Andy Mendes 262 Cen- SISTERHOOD EVENT tral Park West FEBRUARY 25, 2017 called the new Broadway musical, Natasha Pierre SHABBAT OF SONG FEATURING and the Great Comet of 1812 “rapturous” and “a witty, inventive CANTOR CHAIM DOVID BERSON & LIPA SCHMELTZER enchantment.” On February 25 th , decide for yourself if this is the next FEBRUARY 10-11, 2017 Hamilton. Join the Sisterhood for this season’s must-see musical fol- Join us for a Friday night dinner with Lipa Schmeltzer. lowed by dessert. A limited number of tickets are available so re- Please visit the Jewish Center website for more details and to regis- serve early by calling the Jewish Center at 212-724-2700 or email ter. Aaron Strum at [email protected]. Sponsorship opportunities available. Please contact Chaim Dovid Berson at [email protected] for more information. SAVE THE DATE WEST SIDE HATZOLOH DINNER THE JEWISH CENTER AND AIPAC INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO : MARCH 20, 2017 WHAT 'S NEXT FOR THE AMERICA /ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP Details to follow. A CONVERSATION WITH TIMES OF ISRAEL EDITOR -IN -CHIEF DAVID HOROVITZ TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7TH AT 8PM Details and registration to follow.

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TEEN MINYAN SHABBAT JANUARY 14 BASKETBALL WITH DIVISION I PLAYER BEN MILSHTEIN For more details and to sponsor, please email SATURDAY NIGHT , FEBRUARY 4 [email protected] Boys and girls ages 7-12 from 6-7:30PM Boy and girls ages 13-17 from 8-9:30PM MOVIE NIGHT $10 per child. Pizza will be served. For more information, please JANUARY 14, 2017 email [email protected] Register online before January 12th. Ages 5 and up. 6:30 - 8:15PM Showing: The Secret Life of Pets

To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact Aaron at [email protected] Thinking of running the Marathon? COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS Join The Jewish Center Centennial Team! Space is limited. For more information, please MAZAL TOV email [email protected] CLERGY TEAM DEFIES ODDS ; F AVORED TEENS FALL TO RABBIS Ed Morgan on his marriage to Sara Oliveira in Yeshurun Central in FROM THE JC S PORTS DESK Jerusalem The Jewish Center Clergy snapped a five year losing streak against the Teens on Golda and Henry Rothman on the birth of Saturday night in front of a capacity crowd in The Jewish Center gymnasium. a grandson, born to their children Suri and And they did so in convincing fashion. Rabbi Yosie Levine set the stage by scor- David Landerer ing the first points of the game when he buried a 14 foot jumper and the Clergy never looked back. They opened a 13 point lead at halftime and cruised to an THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS 82-64 victory. Gilda Chodosh and Mark Segall

The third quarter offered the most drama as the Teens, behind MVP Harlan THANK YOU TO CSS Reiss, rallied to pull within two points, 50-48. The Heschel standout, who leads the Yeshiva League in scoring, was virtually unstoppable. A seven year veteran We would like to once again thank CSS of the game, Reiss netted 36 points, the highest ever point total by a single and our dedicated CSS members for player in the game’s storied history. Sam Berman added 12 for the Teens. providing the security for our synagogue this week. In the weeks leading to the game, the media spotlight had shone most prominent- ly on the Clergy’s off-season recruitment strategy. While rookie rabbis Avi Fed- CONDOLENCES er, Shuky Klein and Moshe Peters added youth and quickness to an aging clergy Melvin Neumark and Avery Neumark on lineup, it was ultimately the veterans who carried the day. Yaron Kinar was re- the passing of their wife and mother Deb- lentless in the paint and led his team with 17 points and Avi Schwartz and Rabbi bie Neumark Dovid Zirkind added 15 points apiece. Angela Himsel Sacks on the passing of her

The game, the brainchild of Clergy Coach Rachel Levine, had been dominated father James Himsel by the teens for half a decade. And without star guard Rabbi Daniel Fridman, DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE the Clergy team was the confirmed underdog. But the rabbis and officers AT THE JEWISH CENTER played with poise and purpose. “It’s a real testament to the power of prayer,” DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO DID ? Levine said. “If we can string together two consecutive wins, that will really be Preparations are underway for The Jewish something.” Center's Centennial Year in 2017/18. We're collecting stories, photos and small treasures aimed at re-living aspects of our synagogue's history. Presently, we're seeking to identify couples that met at The Jewish Center. Can you help us? If so, please contact Gadi Ar- onson, Centennial Co-Consultant, at [email protected] .

COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF CLASSES For more information visit our website or contact Rabbi Dovid Zirkind at [email protected] DAILY (except Shabbat) Jewish History: Judaism in a Christian SHABBAT Israel Friedman Daf Yomi with rotating Empire Rabbi Israel Silverstein JCU Faculty, 7:45AM with Rabbi Ari Lamm, 7:00PM (will resume Mishnayot Class January 31) with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 8:30AM MONDAY Talmud NEW! Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind Exodus: The Origins of Leadership, with rotating JCU Faculty, 9:15AM 8:00PM (will resume next week January Community and Redemption 23) Sadye and Henry Bayer Chumash Class Israel Friedman Daf Yomi with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 8:00PM with rotating JCU Faculty, 1 hour before TUESDAY Minchah Advanced Gemara Chaburah WEDNESDAY with Rabbi Noach Goldstein Women of the Bible 39 Melachot 7:45-8:30AM with Rabbi Yosie Levine, at 11:00AM With Rabbi Dovid Zirkind

Nosh and Drash with Dr. Adena Berkowitz, 10:15-11:30AM To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact Aaron at [email protected] Yosie Levine Rabbi A Final Farewell Dovid Zirkind Dr. Erica Brown, Community Scholar Associate Rabbi

Jacob’s burial cortege must have looked like a re- all the dignitaries of Egypt— besides all the mem- Chaim David Berson Cantor markable and stately procession of Egyptian digni- bers of Joseph’s household and his brothers and ties and Jewish family members moving slowly in the those belonging to his father’s household. Only their Ari Lamm direction of Canaan to fulfill Jacob’s last great wish: children and their flocks and herds were left in Go- Resident Scholar that he be buried in the land of his fathers. In fact, shen [Genesis 50:1-8]. God reassured Jacob, who had pervasive anxiety Erica Brown Community Scholar about being buried outside of his land, that Joseph Pharaoh instantly acquiesced to Joseph’s request. would attend to his last needs. “I am God, the God There is not a moment of hesitation or questioning. Noach Goldstein of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go Perhaps because death rituals were particularly Resident Scholar down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great na- evocative and important in Egyptian culture, Pharaoh Avi Feder tion there. I will go down to Egypt with you, and I assured Joseph that his father would be accorded William Fischman will surely bring you back again. And Joseph’s own proper dignity at his end. The embalming of both Rabbinic Intern hand will close your eyes .” [Genesis 46:3-4]. Jacob and Joseph in this chapter warrants attention outside the scope of this brief dvar . Suffice it Aaron Strum As we read the text, we become increasingly aware to say, that this Egyptian style funeral – an embalm- Executive Director of the noble position Jacob occupied at the end of ing process that took 40 days and a national mourn- Jenn & Gaby Minsky his life, despite his account to Pharaoh that his years ing that took 70 – was soon eclipsed by the Jewish Youth Directors had been bitter and few. retreat to a homeland for an eternal rest. OFFICERS Avi Schwartz Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him It is not without pathos that the narrative alerts us to President and kissed him. Then Joseph directed the physicians an act that Joseph did in Genesis 50 that he never in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the phy- did in his lifetime, one that happened only when his Andrew Borodach First Vice President sicians embalmed him, taking a full forty days, for father died. Joseph never requested Pharaoh’s per- that was the time required for embalming. And the mission to go to the Land of Israel while his father Michael Jacobs Vice President Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. When the was still alive. He may have assumed wrongly that days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Phar- Pharaoh would not let him, but the failure to even Deena Blanchard Vice President aoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, ask seems magnified when we consider how easily speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him, ‘My father made Pharaoh granted Joseph this request. It makes us as Mark Segall Assistant Vice President me swear an oath and said, “I am about to die; bury readers wonder why we assume an answer will be me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Ca- no and, therefore, not bother to ask in the first place. Yaron Kinar naan.” Now let me go up and bury my father; then I Jacob taught us something even in his death. Articu- Treasurer will return.’” Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your late your deepest requests. They may not get an- Len Berman father, as he made you swear to do.” So Joseph swered in your favor but, then again, they just might. Assistant Treasurer went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh’s officials And if you never ask, you will never get to yes. Andrew Kaplan accompanied him—the dignitaries of his court and Assistant Treasurer

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