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Life Long Learning & Special Events Guide 2015-2016 | 5776 Dear Friends, As we begin the new year, we have much to be proud of. Due to your enthusiasm, hard work and support, Suburban Torah is growing — in more ways than one! Our reputation as a dynamic and welcoming Modern Orthodox community continues to grow, and we were excited to welcome a number of new families to our community this past summer. Word is getting out! Spiritually, we are growing as well. Our weekly Beit program has taken off, and our explanatory service will now take place every week. And of course, our community has continued its longstanding leadership and activism in support of the people and State of Israel. We are very excited to offer you our second annual Life Long Learning & Special Events Guide, which is filled with an array of special programs, Torah classes and exciting opportunities to grow and make a difference in our community. Please join us! May 5776 be a year of continued vitality and growth for our community, and filled with health, happiness and sweetness for all of Am Yisrael.

Yours Truly, Elie Mischel [email protected] www.suburbantorah.org/rabbisblog

About Suburban Torah Suburban Torah, the original Modern Orthodox synagogue of Livingston, NJ, is a vibrant and diverse community founded upon a commitment to Torah, Mitzvot and the State of Israel. At the same time, we are proud Americans, and are open to the best that the broader world has to offer. We are a warm and inclusive community which values every individual, wherever they might be on their Jewish journey. Together, we strive to serve God with joy, grow as , and do our part to strengthen the Jewish people! www.suburbantorah.org | 85 W. Mt. Pleasant Avenue | Livingston, NJ | 973-994-2620 Torah Learning @ Suburban Torah

TORAH TUESDAYS WEEKEND LEARNING Tehillim and Torah for Women Great Thinkers in Tuesdays, 9:15am Shabbat afternoons, 45 minutes Rabbi Elie Mischel before Mincha Rabbi Elie Mischel Beit Midrash Learning An historical and intellectual analysis of the Beginning October 13th, join us on Tuesday great thinkers who have changed the course evenings from 8:00 – 8:45pm for hands-on of modern Jewish History. ! Learn with a study partner or in small groups led by R’ Dror Frommer and Rabbi Elliot Mathias.

Digging Deeper: The Aggadic Teachings of Brachot Tuesdays, 8:45 – 9:30pm Rabbi Elie Mischel

Youth Throughout the year, the youth department Carnival offers a large variety of events for children of Purim Night, March 23 all ages, including holiday themed programs, Break your fast and start your Purim with a fun Shabbat onegs, learning programs, arts and filled Purim carnival with food and friends! crafts events and sports/game nights. Weekly Shabbat morning groups are for children aged Shabbat Afternoon Groups 3 through 12, and include davening, parsha, Join families in the community as we spend snacks and games. The Youth Department also springtime Shabbat afternoons together, with provides a teen on Shabbat morning games and a light dinner. for children over Bar and Bat age. Annual Family Bingo Fundraiser Chanukah Chagigah Sunday evening, April 17 Thursday night, December 10 The entire community is invited to a Chanukah Shavuot Dvar Torah Program celebration with candle lighting, great food & Monday, June 13 entertainment. Join us for an afternoon filled with words of Torah given by the youth of Suburban Torah. Saturday Night Family Learning Join us monthly for family learning during the winter months. Each session features a hands-on interactive program, snacks and prizes. Children ages 6-12 are encouraged to participate. Scholars in Residence & Special Programs

Aseret Yemei Teshuva Kumzitz SHAYNDEL FEUERSTEIN Z”L MEMORIAL LECTURE Sunday, September 20, 7:30pm Guest Speaker – Rabbi Menachem Penner Join Rabbi Mischel and Saturday night, October 31 Rabbi David Schlusselberg for Rabbi Menachem Penner an evening of Torah and song is the Max and Marion Grill in preparation for . Dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at University and the Israel Bonds Scholar in Residence Men’s Undergraduate Torah Studies programs at Shabbat – Dr. Jonathan Schanzer Yeshiva University. The parent of a child with Shabbat, October 10 special needs, he speaks across the country on Dr. Jonathan Schanzer is an issues of children with disabilities. author and scholar of Middle East studies, and Vice President IRON CHEF for Research at the Foundation Shabbat & Pesach for the Defense of Democracies, Shabbat Edition: The Laws of Cooking where he is part of the leadership team of FDD’s on Shabbat with Rabbi Yaakov Feit Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance. Dr. Schanzer has previously worked as a terrorism finance • Part 1: Wednesday, analyst at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, November 11, 8:00pm where he played an integral role in the designation @ the Orbach Kitchen, of numerous terrorist financiers. 35 Surrey Lane • Part 2: Wednesday, Guest Speaker – Rabbi Ozer Glickman November 18, 8:00pm Is about doing the Right Thing @ the Listhaus Kitchen, or the Halachic Thing? 25 Fawn Drive Tuesday, October 13, 8:00pm Pesach Edition: The Laws of Join us as we kick off our Beit Preparing the Kitchen for Pesach Midrash Learning Program in style with Rabbi Dovid Selengut with an interactive by YU • Part 1: Wednesday, March 30, 8:00pm Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Ozer Glickman. @ the Orbach Kitchen, 35 Surrey Lane In addition to his role as Rosh • Part 2: Wednesday, April 6, 8:00pm Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, Rabbi Ozer Glickman @ the Listhaus Kitchen, 25 Fawn Drive has also taught Halacha and American legal theory at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, is former senior vice president of strategic risk management Scholar in Residence – Dr. Marc B. Shapiro and global head of corporate treasury for Canadian Shabbat Chanukah, December 12 Imperial Bank of Commerce, and is an expert in Marc B. Shapiro holds the investment risk management. Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton. A graduate of Brandeis and Harvard Universities, he is the author of numerous articles and reviews and is a popular scholar in residence at around the world. His newest book, Changing the Immutable: How Rewrites Its History, appeared in 2015. Suburban Scavenger Hunt Yachad Shabbaton with the Rae Kushner December 19, 8:00pm Yeshiva High School Welcome our new members and enjoy an exciting March 4 – 5 evening together with friends! Join us for an inspirational Shabbat with Yachad and RKYHS! Guest Speaker – Dr. Yocheved Debow Talking about Intimacy & Sexuality – Discover Suburban Torah Shabbaton! A Guide for Orthodox Parents April 1 – 2 December 22, 8:00pm Looking for a welcoming and dynamic Modern Dr. Yocheved Debow is the author Orthodox community, just a short commute from of the recently published book, NYC? Check out Livingston, and spend a Shabbat Talking About Intimacy and with the Suburban Torah community! Sexuality: A Guide for Orthodox Jewish Parents. Her research Seudas Moshiach focuses on sexuality and intimacy education in the 8th day of Pesach, April 30 Modern Orthodox community for which she received Join us for the powerful final moments of Pesach both the President’s Award and a Schupf Fellowship. as we sing, share words of Torah, drink four (or Together with her colleague, Dr. Anna Woloski-Wruble, more) cups of wine, and yearn together for the she has published the first volume of a two-volume final redemption. comprehensive sexuality education curriculum for Jewish schools, Life Values and Intimacy Education: Communal Yom HaZikaron / Yom Ha’atzmaut Health Education for the Jewish School (grades 3-8). with Guest Speaker Elliot Brandt Wednesday night, May 11 Scholar in Residence – Join us for a community-wide Rabbanit Chana Henkin Yom HaZikaron observance and Shabbat, January 8 – 9 Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration at Rabbanit Chana Henkin, founder Suburban Torah, in partnership and Dean of NISHMAT, the with local synagogues, AIPAC and Jeanie Schottenstein Center the Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest. for Advanced Torah Study for Elliot Brandt is Managing Director for National Women in , is one Affairs at AIPAC, where he oversees all of AIPAC’s of today’s most acclaimed Jewish educators and a eighteen offices, the national development leader in redrawing the landscape of higher Torah campaign, the Synagogue Initiative, the Leadership learning and leadership for women. Together with Development Department, Marketing and Creative her husband, Rabbi Yehuda Henkin, Rabbanit Henkin Services, and National Events. created Jewish history’s first Yoatzot Halacha, experts in women’s health and halacha, who have Shavuot with Scholar in Residence since addressed more than 200,000 halachic Rabbi Judah Mischel questions from across the world. June 11 – 13 Rabbi Judah Mischel is the Scholar in Residence – Director of Programming and Rabbi Avrohom Leventhal Personnel at the Hebrew Shabbat, February 26 – 27 Academy for Special Children, a Rabbi Avrohom Leventhal is the summer program for individuals Executive Director of Lema’an with developmental disabilities in Parksville, NY, Achai in Israel. Prior to his and is also a at Yeshivat Lev HaTorah and in 2005, Rabbi Leventhal was a at Tiferet, in Ramat Beit Shemesh. senior instructor at the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore and a director of the Ahavas Yisrael Chesed Fund. Women’s Programming

SISTERHOOD SIMCHAT TORAH WOMEN’S Paid Up Membership Dinner LEARNING PROGRAM October 27 Enhance your Simchat Torah experience by joining together with the women of Suburban Chanukah Boutique Torah for a delicious breakfast Kiddush and November 8 inspirational learning program. Featuring jewelry, housewares, makeup, and more! A SIP OF SANITY Mothers and young children are invited to take Sushi Making Night! a break and join a monthly, Shabbat morning December 2 gathering for coffee and Torah. Paint Night! SHABBAT AFTERNOON WOMEN’S January 13 STUDY GROUP Join the women of Suburban Torah every Shabbat Wine Tasting & Mixology afternoon for stimulating study of Torah texts. Saturday night, March 12 Jointly sponsored by the Men’s Club & Sisterhood MRS. NECHAMA PRICE Suburban Torah is once Family Photo Shoot Sessions again excited to welcome April 10 Nechama Price to the Livingston community for the coming year, to serve as a resource for women Dorot on issues related to and family purity. Our Dorot group was Women in the community are encouraged founded to provide a social to reach out to Mrs. Price at asknechama@ & educational outlet for gmail.com or 201-888-6999. the “senior” members of Mrs. Price will also be giving a four-part the Synagogue. Participants enjoy the opportunity to lecture series for women: attend musical events, movies, out of town tours to •  museums & areas of Jewish historical significance, Let’s Talk: Nechama’s Favorite as well as hear guest speakers. Questions From Over the Years (October 14, AABJ&D) Trip to Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton Township • Sexuality: Is Everything Permitted October 11 in the Bedroom? Chanukah Party (December 16, Etz Chaim) December 15 • The Birth Control Conundrum: Movie Night! Limits and Leniencies February (February 8, Suburban Torah) • The Mother/Daughter Relationship: An Evening of Entertainment Surviving and Thriving During Dating, May 16 Engagement and Marriage 4th Annual “Kick Off the Summer” BBQ (May 18, Ohr Torah) June 26 Iris Berman Early Childhood Center Established in 1991, The Iris Berman Early Childhood Center (IBECC) is a modern Orthodox nursery school for two, three, and four-year old children. We provide integrated general and Judaic education and activities in a relaxed and nurturing small class environment, infusing Jewish and humanitarian values with creative, manipulative, experiential and imaginative activities. Join the 2’s, 3’s & 4’s Coffee Break for Moms at the Suburban Torah Nursery school for an Friday, January 15, 9:15am exciting year of learning and fun! Our nursery Friday, March 11, 9:15am programs are a great way for younger parents to to know each other. 2’s Family Shabbat Program Friday, June 3, 9:15am Meet and Greet for Moms • 2’s Class – Friday, October 16, 9:15am 3’s Candlestick/ Ceremony • 3’s Class – Friday, October 23, 9:15am Tuesday, June 7, 9:15am • 4’s Class – Friday, Friday, October 30, 9:15am 4 Year-Old Graduation Family Havdalah Program Thursday, June 9, 9:15am Saturday night, January 9

Men’s Club Chessed Programs Welcome Back BBQ Food Packing with the JRA Wednesday, September 9 at Suburban Torah Sunday in the Sukkah with George Sunday mornings January 10 & June 5 Sunday Morning, September 20 Join us as work together with the Jewish Relief Event – Bourbon Tasting in the Sukkah Agency to pack food for needy Jewish families Thursday, October 1 in our area! Biggest Loser October 6 – December 6 Join the SSTC Post Yom Tov 60 Day Weight Loss Competition! Dinner and Learn in Teaneck October 22 Men’s Club Paid-Up Membership Dinner Thursday, November 19 Friday Night Oneg Reaching Out Friday night, December 4 Explanatory Shabbat Services Bowling Tournament Shabbat Mornings, 10:30am Saturday Night, February 6 Join Rabbi Elliot Mathias for a welcoming Wine Tasting & Mixology “No Hebrew Necessary” Shabbat morning Saturday night, March 12 prayer service! Jointly sponsored by the Men’s Club & Sisterhood Join Us!

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