Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Bayit BULLETIN March 25 - April 1, 2016 15 - 22 Adar II, 5776 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 718-796-4730 www.thebayit.org Steven Exler, Senior Rabbi: Mazal Tov To: Maya Bernstein & Noam Silverman on the birth of a son, brother to Ananya, Shefa, [email protected]/ x108 Erez and Niva, and Mazal tov to grandparents Gaya (Aranoff) & Lewis Bernstein. Sara Hurwitz, Rabba: Lena & Alan Haber on the engagement of their son, Nicholas, to Tanya Dresner, daughter of Judith & [email protected]/ x107 Stephen Dresner of London. Mazal Tov also to Elie & Michelle and Simon Haber. Ari Hart, Associate Rabbi: [email protected]/ x124 This Shabbat @ The Bayit Anat Sharbat, Assistant Rabba: [email protected]/ x106 TEFILLAT ESTHER: 9:00am - A tefillah led by and coordinated by women. (LLBM). Avi Weiss, Rabbi in Residence: [email protected]/ x102 THANK YOU TO OUR CELEBRATION KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Rachel Kirschbaum Richard Langer, Executive Director: in honor of Akiva Bezalel Kirschbaum’s 5th birthday. Ariel & Josh Weiner in honor of the birthdays of Ilan [email protected]/ x104 Weiner and Meirav Weiner. Harriet & Joseph Sassoon in honor of Harriet’s birthday. Adele & Elliott Rabin in Menachem Menchel, Director of honor of Batia Rabin’s birthday. Jack Gorman in honor of Lauren Gorman’s birthday. Elana & Mark Education & Youth Programming: Weinberger and big sister Lily in honor of Jake Weinberger’s 5th birthday. Ruth Bromberg in honor of the [email protected]/ x119 birthday of Simon Bromberg. Devorah Levin in honor of Phil Levin’s birthday. Hannah & Aiden Younger in Bryan Cordova, Facilities Manager: honor of the anniversary of Michelle & Josh Younger. Frances Radin in honor of Mike Silver’s publication of his [email protected]/ x121 book "Stars in the Ring." Rahel Bayar & Tuvia Lwowski in honor of the birth of Adin Yonatan. Marlene David Fain, Assistant Youth Director: Schanzer & Elliott Stending in honor of their anniversary. Daniel Cohen in honor of the milestone birthdays of [email protected] Chava Koster and Sandy Cohen. Rochelle & Leo Goldberg in honor of Beverly Fettman’s birthday. Ariel Meiri, Synagogue Administrator: BETWEEN MINCHA/MAARIV: Shiur with YCT student Eitan Cooper. [email protected]/ x101 Phyllis Newsome, Bookkeeper: "My two favorite verses in Tanakh and what they teach me about optimism." [email protected]/ x103 Yael Oshinsky, Program Associate: Thank You: [email protected]/ x116 PURIM VOLUNTEERS: Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who helped decorate, Shuli Boxer Rieser, Assistant to R’ Weiss: post flyers, sell tickets, staff the carnival, and read Megillah: Allison Batalion; Libby Berger-Pesin; Tani [email protected]/ x102 Berko; Ariella Bullman; Victoria Chernyak; David Fain; Kayla Friedman; Tamar Geller; Kathy Goldstein, Modi March Celebration Kiddush: Goldstein-Rosenfeld, and Laila Goldstein-Rosenfeld; Atara Gorsetman and Ayelet Spira; Beth Hait; Bernie Horowitz; Rabba Sara Hurwitz; Anna Jonas; Carmel Langer; Rafi Langer; Richard Langer; Ann, James, Gavriella, Thank you to our sponsors. and Sarit Lapin; Orit Lax; Devorah & Phil Levin; Rina Mahg; Yael Manor-Oshinsky; Menachem Menchel; Shira See list on right. Michaeli; Tali Michaeli; Yonit Nordenberg; Cecily & Eli Oberstein and family; Sara Pultman; Batya Rabin; Shir El To sponsor a future Kiddush, please contact Rouemy; Bella Rudoy; Garth Silberstein; Ruthie, Joel, Hattie, and Avery Simon; Ari Spiro; Gillian Steinberg; Seth Aronson - [email protected]. Michael Wachsman; Dov Weinstock; Alan Wiener.
This Shabbat: MAINTENANCE STAFF: Thank you to all of our maintenance staff who worked tirelessly this Parshat Tzav week to prepare for Purim. Candle Lighting: 6:56pm SHAKE IT UP FOR PURIM: Thank you to everyone who donated to the BJCC as part of our Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm Shake It Up For Purim drive. We collected approximately 320 pounds of food. Shalom Bayit: 7:00am Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am
Next Shabbat @ The Bayit Learning Service: 9:30am Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:55am Child Protection Shabbat: Listening Room: 5:30pm On April 2nd, we will have the opportunity to gather at the conclusion of tefillah to learn about child abuse in the Jewish community and to hear how our rabbinic and lay leadership have been proactively Parsha Shiur: 6:00pm working to create policies and procedures to make our Bayit as safe a place as possible for our Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 6:45pm children. Note: The afternoon presentation from the lay committee will be held later this year. Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 8:00pm KAVVANAH TEFILLAH: Sunday, April 3rd at 9:00am: An hour of slower Weekday Times tefillah with Rav Steven including meditation & song. Light breakfast follows. Halakhic Shacharit: Sun: 8:30am Shacharit requirements met. (Room 3-2) Mon/Thur: 6:40, 8:00am Seder L’Neshama: Sunday, April 3rd at 7:30pm (Note new time) Tue/Wed/Fri: 6:45, 8:00am Mincha/Maariv: Sun - Thur: 7:05pm Explore the richness of content and thought that can be integrated into your Passover Seder. Please join us for a pre-Passover Seder which will inspire you Next Shabbat: Parshat Shmini to include new gender balanced traditions into your Passover Seder. Parshat Parah / Mevarchim Led by Rabba Devorah Evron. For women and men.
Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm Co-sponsored by: Hebrew Institute of Riverdale - The Bayit, Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, Candle Lighting: 7:03pm and Elga Stulman Women's Institute of Jewish Studies at HaMidrasha
Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Learn more and register at www.thebayit.org/sn. Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 6:50pm Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 8:07pm THE BAYIT BULLETIN This Week’s Classes @ the Bayit CHESED OPPORTUNITIES Joe Hoch z"l Memorial Daf Yomi Shiur with Rabbi Dov Linzer meets RIVERDALE FREE LOAN GEMACH: A Free Loan Gemach has 7:30am - 8:30am Sun. - Fri and Shabbat after Mincha in Room 3-7. Open and been established to serve residents of the Riverdale community. The accessible to all. You are invited to join at any time! Gemach of Riverdale is a non-profit organization providing interest- free loans to those with cash flow challenges, with dignity and respect. Shabbat For further info contact Rabbi Moshe Drelich at 917-408-3035 or 8:05am - Midrash Hashavua with Rabbinic Intern Garth Silberstein [email protected]. 5:30pm - Listening Room with Myra Estelle 6:00pm - Parsha Shiur with Rav Steven DONATE YOUR OLD TALLIT: Do you have a worn out tallit? After Mincha - Shiur with YCT Student Eitan Cooper Were you thinking of just burying it? Let your old tallit do one last After Mincha - Mila Ba’Parasha at Beth Aharon: Basic (and love of) mitzvah. Drop it off in the collection box in the Bayit coatroom, and we will donate it to the Hebrew Free Burial Association. ”מילואים - Hebrew is sufficient. This week: “Milueim Weekday Classes POTS TEENS CHESED OPPORTUNITY: Attention Riverdale Monday Teens! Volunteers needed at a local community dining room one Rabba Anat’s class not taking place this week. Sunday a month. We leave from HIR at 11:40am and return at 7:30pm - The Story of David & Jonathan with Rav Avi (at his home) approximately 4:00pm. Contact Samantha Verrone: [email protected]. Dates: 3/20, 4/3, 5/8, 6/5 7:30pm - Advanced Hebrew Ulpan w/ Sara Kinberg* (at the Atria)
Tuesday PROJECT HOPE PASSOVER DELIVERY: Sunday, April 10 from 9:00am - 11:30am. Volunteer with your friends and family this 10:00am - The Story of Joseph with Rav Avi (Lobby) Passover and deliver food packages to lonely home-bound seniors. 11:00am - Torah Lishma: Community Learning w/ Rabbi Fox (RHSH) RSVP to: Niti Minkove, at [email protected] or 917-693-3084. 7:30pm - Foundations of Judaism w/ Rabba Anat: Holidays (Room 3-7)
Wednesday SOCIAL WORKER @ THE BAYIT: 9:00am - Walk Humbly With Thy God w/ Rabba Anat in English Questions about an aging loved one, financial pressures, (Moss Café) concerns about children? Contact HIR social worker Anna 7:30pm - Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan w/ Sara Kinberg* (Lobby) Kirshblum for guidance, information, referrals and a sympathetic ear. There is no fee and all conversations are strictly confidential. Thursday 9:15am - Masechet Ta’anit for beginners (in Hebrew) w/ Rabba Anat Anna can be reached on Mon. 8:00am - 7:30pm, Tues. 8:00am - 7:30pm (LHSH) and Thurs. 8:00am - 4:00pm at 718-601-9714 or e-mail her at 10:00am - Book of Shmuel 2 w/ Rav Steven (Lobby) [email protected]. (In partnership with UJA & JBFCS).
10:30am - Torah Lishma: Community Learning w/ Rabbi Lerea (LHSH) Jewish Caregivers Support Group: Share experiences, 11:00am - Torat Eretz Yisrael - Exploring the State of Israel Through benefit from mutual support and gain practical advice. Group Torah Perspectives w/ Rav Ari (Lobby) meetings are held once a month on Tuesday at the Beatman Center. 11:30am - Torah Lishma: Community Learning w/ Rav Steven (LHSH) 7:30pm - Biblical Hebrew and Siddur Study w/ Sara Kinberg* (Lobby) Coping With The Empty Chair At The Seder: Please join *Sara Kinberg is an experienced Hebrew teacher. For info and guidance on place- Rav Steven and Anna Kirshblum for a pre-Pesach workshop for ment, please call Sara at 718-548-2461. Payment made directly to the teacher. bereaved Jews. Sunday, April 10 at 5:30pm at HIR. Please RSVP by April 3rd to Rav Steven at [email protected] or 718-796-4730 Happenings @ the Bayit x.108, or to Anna at [email protected] or 718-601-9714.
Dedicated in Memory of Henry and Goldie Guttman z"l Abraham & Sarah's Tent, Sponsored by Joe Guttman Mikvah Construction Update (co-sponsors welcome): Join us this Shabbat for our open The renovation of the Riverdale Mikvah is underway. Please keep in mind communal dinner. To see which Shabbatot are available for that construction sites are potentially hazardous and that the safety fences sponsorship and to choose your week, go to www.thebayit.org/tent, around the property are there for our safety and the safety of our or email James Lapin at [email protected]. children. The Bayit's driveway access will be impacted. Please use care
Learning Service: Shabbat, weekly in the Lower Level Beit Midrash when visiting the Bayit by car. Most importantly, please ensure that 9:30-11:00am. An intimate service with explanations and discussions children do not attempt to climb the fences or otherwise attempt to access the construction area. focusing on prayer and the weekly Torah portion led by Rav Ari,
Rabbinic Intern Bracha Jaffe, and other members of the rabbinic team. Riverdale Mikvah Benefit: March 31st Questions? Contact Rav Ari: 718-796-4730 x124, [email protected]. Join the Riverdale community on March 31st, to celebrate and support the Do you know someone who needs any of the following? Mikvah. It’s sure to be a fun evening with a compilation of local musical Would you like to volunteer for any of these committees? talent headed by Chazzan Shim Craimer and David Glazer, delicious food, some interesting auction items you won't want to miss, and good friends! Meals For Ill Members: To purchase tickets and learn more, visit www.riverdalemikvah.com. Jackie Binstock - 718-543-9135, [email protected]
Shiva: Beth Braunstein, [email protected] Riverdale Mikvah Hours:
Bikur Cholim: Sunday - Thursday: 8:00pm - 10:00pm. Friday night: 40 minutes after candle lighting. No appointment is Ruth Licht: 718-796-3491, [email protected] necessary but please be on time. Mikvah attendant will be there for 15 min. We have many ways to become meaningfully involved. Saturday night: 8:45pm - 10:15pm Please pick up a flyer, consider becoming a Bikur Cholim Volunteer. Keilim Mikvah: Open during daylight hours.
Meals for New Parents: For the duration of the construction project, only two shower Becca Linden: 434-962-7899, [email protected] preparation rooms at the Mikvah will be accessible. While we hope that
Hospitality and Welcome: [email protected] there will be no change in the current hours of operation, we recommend that you call ahead (718-549-8336) to see if there is any wait time for a Bayit Band: Rav Ari Hart, [email protected] room. For up-to-date information, including photos from the
Green Committee: Alisa Eilenberg and Ann Rauch, [email protected] construction site, check out our website at www.RiverdaleMikvah.com. Membership Dues: Thank you to all our members who have committed to supporting our Bayit for 2016 and who have paid their dues either in full or by setting up a payment plan. Your support is greatly appreciated. For members who have not yet paid their dues, please keep in mind that income from membership dues represents about 30% of our annual operating expenses. We are committed to actively fundraising for the additional 70% of our financial needs, but we absolutely depend on your dues contribution to maintain our Bayit. Partial payments and payment plans are gratefully accepted. You can make a payment or set up a payment plan online at www.thebayit.org, set up a payment or repeating payment through online banking, mail or drop off a check in the office, or call the office to set up a credit card payment or payment plan. If full dues are beyond your financial means, please reach out to our Executive Director, Richard Langer to discuss a commitment that you are comfortable with. [email protected], 718-796-4730 x 104). If you feel that your name was mistakenly left off this list, please let us know. This list was updated effective Wednesday, March 23rd at 3:00pm.
Abraham, Sara Hurwitz & Josh Bronstein, Eleanor Gampel, Miriam Schacter & Benjamin Haller, Jessica & Chad Abramowitz, Sharonna Bloom Bulman, Melissa & Pinny Garber, Adiva & Yoni Halperin, Joanna & Elliot & Jonah Cheney, David Geld, Bonnie & Isaac Hart, Nina Black & Avery Adler, Pauline Umylny & Michael Christner, Fleur Levitz & Ian Geller, Francine & Larry Hart, Rebecca Linden & Ari Altman, Rina & Joshua Cohen, Charlotte Glass, Sharon & Scott Hasson, Sara & Laurence Aronin, Tovah & Noah Cohen, Daniel Glucksman, Florence Helfgott, Felice R Aronson, Seth Cohen, Joseph Goldberg, Rhoda & Lee D Herstic, Mitchel Aschheim, Mayer Cohen, Lynn & Bob Goldberg, Rochelle & Leo Hirsch, Lisa Licht Hirch & Daniel Back, Judy Cohen, Nava & Adam Goldblum, Ann Rauch & Michael Hirschfield, Rebecca & Bradley Bader, Jennifer & Joel Cohen, Sharon Koren & Matthew Goldfischer, Charles Hoff, Jeanette Baker, Lorna & Mark Cohen, Sherry & Neil Goldman, Daniella Kevelson Goldman Honig, Nancy & Milton Bakst, Amy Eisen & Harrie & Ari Cooper, Dita & Eitan Horowitz, Roberta & Bernard Bar-David, Devorah Braunstein Goldstein, Helena Deutsch & Marvin & Meir Daube, Stacey & Michael Jaffe, Bracha & David Goldstein, Melissa Braverman Barnhard, Shari Rosenfeld & Yoni Davidson, Leah & David Jaffe, Madeline & Hillel Baron, Aimee & Jonathan Davis, Adinah East & Howard Jasper-Brody, Michelle Bar-Shai, Esther & Tzvi Gorman, Lauren & Jack Bayme, Edith & Steven Davis, Gillian Steinberg & Mark Gorsetman, Chaya & Fred Jefferson, Erica Kimmel & Alexander Becher, Ronnie & Michael de Beer, Gabriella Gotel, Chana & Jeff Jenkelowitz, Rebecca Jaffe & Jacob Benjamin, Louis de Beer, Rebecca Graybow, Carolyn & Howard Jonas, Amy Jennifer Bellin, Allison & Jonathan Director, Toby Greenberg, Abbie & Moshe Jordan, Karen Benovitz, Helene & Harvey Drelich, Debra & Moshe Greenberg, Blu & Irving Kahen, Karen Grushka & Keivan Berg, Shana Bloom & Benjamin Dzik, Susan & Jonathan Greene, Rachel Federman & Hillel Kahn, Sandy & Nathan Bergier, Ariella Garofalo-Bergier Edelman, Moshe Greenfield, Penina & Benjamin Kalb, Deborah Yasinsky & David & Alex Eigenfeld, Natalie Greenfield, Larry Kalfus, Frieda & Jonas Bergman, Jennifer Pepper & Jed Eilenberg, Alisa & Adam Greenman, Shoshana & Yaakov Kamensky, Victor Berko, Esther & Netanel Eiseman, Gloria & David Gribetz, Sarit Kattan & Jonathan Kanig, Vivian Berkowsky, Elisheva Weiss & Daniel Eisenberger, Jennie Goldress Groner, Rachel & Samuel Kanner, MJ & Barry Berman, Jacquelyn & Zachary & Andrew Gross, Helen Kanowitz, David Berman, Rachel & Yonah Erlich, Sonia Grosser, Judy Silver & Jerry Kaplowitz, Sharon & Michael Bernstein, Gaya & Lewis Exler, Shira Billet & Steven Grossman, Debbie Braverman Karan, Annette & Val Binstock, Judy & Lanny Ezrapour, Debbie & Robert & Hillel Katchen, Steven Bloom, Anat Barber & Avi Federman, Zahava Grossman, William S Blumenthal Hoffman, Eliezah Katz, Anat Katz-Lichtenstein & Giora Feigenbaum, Rose Gruber, Vera & Daniel Keller, Yael & Will Feit, Wendy Zierler & Daniel Gurland, Judith Blumenthal, Barbara & David Kesler, Sasha & Chaim Feldman, Ann & Richard Gurock, Pamela & Jeff Borenstein, Amy Heller & Noah Kessler, Eve & Chanan Feldstein, Shirley & Don Gutman, Dasha & Vitaly Botnick, Leah Kestenbaum, Hadassah & Daniel Brafman, Ariela Rosenberg Fensterheim, Alvin Gutmann, Inge Killip, Avi & Robert & Yonatan Fine, Leah & Steven Guttman, Josef Klatt, Amanda & Jonathan Braunstein, Beth & David Finkler, Aviva Braun & Gary Haar, Raphael Klein, Tilde Brender, Edie & Joseph Firstman, Chantal & Kenneth Haas, David Bressman, Atara Lindenbaum Kochavi, Danielle Salzberg & Danny Follick, Harry Haber, Lena & Alan & Jeremy Kolevzon, Beth & Peter Frank, Laura Shaw Frank & Aaron Haber, Michelle & Elie Broder, Eva Miriam & Hillel Konovitch, Doris & Jonathan W. Frankel, Sally L & Danny Hack, Keren Gordon & Jonathan Brodie, Erica Goldman-Brodie Koplow, Amy & Joseph Freidenberg, Anat Sharbat & Ariel Hait, Beth & Ari Kramer, Deborah & Arnold Bromberg, Ruth Friedman, Judy Yudin & Charles Hall, Paula Sinclair & Charles Kramer, Dina & Andrew Kranzler, Adinah & Elli Messenger, Selene & Marc Rosenfeld, Kathy Goldstein & Ahron Spiegel, Barbara Gaims-Spiegel Kress, Stephanie Nussbaum Kress & Robert Metzger, Emily Blum & Leon Rosensaft, Barie-Lynne & Ezra & Michael Spier, Shira & Jeremy Kustanowitz, Ilana & Simmy Michaeli, Laura & Dan Rosenstein, Bertha Spira, Atara Gorsetman & Brian Lande, Robert Millendorf, Mina & Howard Rosenstein, Rebecca & Barry Landes, Bryna & Joshua Spiro, Shira Berkovits & Ari Mintz, Randi Carrey & Erik Rothschild, Rachel & Mitchel Lang, Barbara Estrin & Berel Stahl, Toby & Howard Moster, Rachel & David Rubel, Eva & Richard Langer, Eileen & Daniel Stark, Joan & Arnold Langer, Ruby Muhlbauer, Helen Rudnick, Susan & Murray Stein, Francine & Aaron Lannik, Elizabeth Shayne & Josh Nadis, Becky & Joe Rudoler-Klar, Anne & Dave Stempel, Laura Twersky Stempel Lapin, Ann & James Narotsky, Miryam Rabner & Jay Rudolph, Donna & Aryeh & Ben Lastoff, Hannah & Ilan Laufer, Chani & Steven Nordenberg, Yonit & Dale Ryman, Lamelle & Rob Stendig, Marlene Schanzer & Elliott Lerea, Hoovie & Yehuda Noto, Jerilynn Brown Noto & John Saltzman, Bertha Stern, Jessica Lerea, Nancy & Dov Nulman, Rochelle & Efrem Sandler, Shlomit & Adam Stern, Naava Frank & Gregg Lerner, Shulamit Oppenheimer, Stephen Sassoon, Harriet & Joseph Sussman, Sue & Milton Lerner, Teena & Larry Oxman, Carol & Howard Saul, Helene & Steven Suvall, Harriet Kaplan & Marc Lesser, Florence Padwa, Mia Diamond Padwa & Daniel Schacher, Rivka & Samuel Tamplin, Antonia Levin, Devorah & Phil Paikin, Ilene & Zvi Scheinbach, Ellen Teller, Avraham Levin, Kenneth Palefski, Molly & Nahum Scheiner, Vicki & Jonathan Teten, Luba & David Levine, David E Palka, Daphne & Gabriel Scher, Ethel & Stanley Torkin, Risa & Jeff Levine, Rose Perla, Valerie Altmann & Daniel Schleifer, Sima Tugetman, Leslie & Michael Levison, Moshe Perry, Kenneth Schmuckler, Shimrit & JJ Turok, Adrienne Goldfeder & Michael Lev-Tov, Sarit & Hadar Plaschkes, David Schneider, Florence Schneider and Ungar, Elizabeth Levy, Michelle Biller-Levy & Orrie Mitchell Plotkin, Andrea & Tal Wachsman, Michael Lew, Ruth Schwartz & Jack Schneider, Gloria & Greg Poler, Shana & Jon Wallerich, Jessie Leyman, Wendy & Edward Schneider, Jean & Phillip Poliak, Fay & Jose Wechselblatt, Daniella Fuchs Licht, Ruth Schneider, Shifra Landowne & Matt & Jeffrey Pollack, Jessica & Jacob Lieberman, Elyorah Schneider, Theodor Weinberger, Beate Polsky, Judith Kaplan & Larry Lieberman, Hadassah & Joseph Scholem, Nancy Stern Weinberger, Elana & Mark Posner, Gabriel Lieberman, Lauren & David Schon, Micky & Eric Weiner, Ariel & Josh Potek, Emma Stein & Nate Lief, Sharon Rubin & Stephen Schorr, Gail & Judah Weiner, Ellen & Alan Pretsfelder, Barbara Gochberg & Steven Linzer, Devorah Zlochower & Dov Schramm, Lisa Glass & Chaim Weiner, Linda & Bernie Pretsfelder, Nina Bruder & Gary Liss, Sandra & Norman Schutz, Susan Weinstock, Susan Gross & Dov Pulver, Lisa & David Liss, Yocheved & Donald Schwartz, Bat Sheva Marcus & Elliot Weiss, Charlotte Putterman, Judith & Isaac Litman, Sarah Leah & Leib Schwartz, Shani & David Weiss, Julie & Michael Quint, Rachel & David Loeser, Jessica & Stuart Sebrow, Kyra Bernstein & Dov Weiss, Toby & Avi Rabin, Adele & Elliott Lopatin, Rachel Tessler & Asher Shapiro, Pearl Sussman & Bryant Weiss, Yali & Benjamin Rabin, Rita Lowenfeld, Sally Mendelsohn Shaw, Shira Gordon & Phil Weissman, Heidi & Joseph & David Radin, Frances Shefter, Laura & Ben Wiener, Samantha & Daniel Lwowski, Rahel Bayar & Tuvia Rasch, Lore Siedenberg, Jeffrey Wildman, Aliza Boim-Wildman Machleder, Elaine Rashkovich, Donna Bergman & Vlad & David Siegel, Tehilla Mahler, Clara Raskas, Rachel & Jonah Wohlberg, Miriam & Jeremiah Sigal, Sandra Molinas & Samuel Mahler, Marisa & Joshua Rice, Rona Wolf, Ronit & Gavi Silverstein, Caryn Keller & Isaac Mandell, Wendy & Arnold Ring, Jamie Bineau & Toby Wolff, Edith & Ward Simon, Ruthie & Joel Marcus, Joyce Rodney, Karen Rotter-Rodney & Burton Sinayuk, Natalia Hochbaum Wolfsohn, Deborah Marder, Sonia & Samuel Rodriguez, Shira & Jorge & Vladimir Younger, Michelle & Joshua Marks, Chaya & Chaim Rosen, Alice Singer, Paula & Peter Zackon, Leora & David Marson, Sharon & Jay Rosenbaum, Rachelle Baker & Joseph Smith, Lisa Cohen & Bernard Zeif, Susan & Robert Max, Rebecca Brafman & David Rosenberg, Miriam Weiler & Harvey Sopher, Marilyn Zimet, Esther Maydan, Elena & Stan Rosenberg, Sheryl Haut & David Spear, Liraz & Marc Zimet, Michael March is membership month at the Bayit! Not yet a member? Please pick up a membership application in the lobby or call the office during the week. Questions about membership or pricing? Email Executive Director Richard Langer ([email protected]) or 718-796-4730 x 104. THE BAYIT BULLETIN
Calling all Riverdale kids! The Bayit is the place to be! Be a part of it! Please register your child and become a youth member today!
SUNDAY TOTS WITH DONNA Sunday, April 17 SUNDAY FUNDAY 10:30am-12:00pm | Ages 2-4
Parents and children, Join Donna DROP-OFF @ THE BAYIT! Rudolph for arts & crafts, edible projects, and more! April 17th - Save the date! $10/online $12/at the door Drop the kids off for a day of fun @ The Bayit while you prepare for Passover! Register @ www.thebayit.org/totswithdonna More details to follow.
PRE-PESACH COMMUNITY SHABBAT LUNCHEON - APRIL 16th
Join us for a communal Shabbat lunch before Pesach. Open to the entire community - ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN! Space is limited. Details to follow.
V’shinantam: Reflecting on Our Educational Charge “Forecasting Jewish Education: How to Stay Relevant for the Next 20 Years” - April 5 at 7:30pm (Main Sanctuary)
Dr. David Bryfman: Panelist Ms. Lisa Exler: Panelist Ms. Nina Bruder: Moderator Chief Innovation Officer, Jewish Education Project Director of Jewish Studies, Beit Rabban Day Director, The Jewish New Teacher Project
Sponsorship opportunities available. Register online at www.thebayit.org/je.
SHABBAT MORNING GROUPS SNACKS 2015-2016 Snacks Sponsorship
Have you sponsored snacks for Shabbat morning groups yet? Please see $100 – sponsor all snacks $36 - Tot Shabbat
sponsorship options on the right. Please help us reach our goal of 100% $150 – sponsor all snacks $36 - Nursery-K participation. To sponsor go to www.thebayit.org/youthsponsor! + birthday party $36 - Grades 1-6
Room 3-4: Nursery Room 3-1: Grades 3-6 Donuts and Drash: Room 3-7: 9:00am - 9:30am - Ages 6+: Room 3-5: Pre-K Room 3-2: Grades 3-6 Enjoy a donut and learn this week’s parsha with David Fain Room 3-6: Kindergarden Room 3-2: Girls Grades 3-5 Shabbat Morning Groups: 3rd Floor Youth Wing: 9:40-11:40pm Room 3-7: Parsha Play Room 3-3: Grades 1-2 Groups this Shabbat will be supervised by David Fain. RHSH: Tot Shabbat
PARSHA & DRAMA with Adena Blickstein 10:40am-11:40am, Room 3-7, Ages 6 and up! Parsha Players Performing at the Atria! Come experience the Parsha through inclusive This Shabbat, March 26 drama, dance & song with new creative arts specialist.
HIR LEAGUE OF OUR OWN For assistance, please contact:
2016 - Girls softball teams forming now! Menachem Menchel, Director of Programming & Youth Education The draft has already taken place. Office - 718-796-4730 ext. 119, Cell- 516-233-8285 [email protected]
For last minute registration, email us at [email protected], David Fain, Assistant Youth Director or visit www.thebayit.org/softball [email protected] THE BAYIT BULLETIN Hebrew Free Burial Association (HFBA) Breakfast Bumps in the Road: Struggles on the Journey to Parenthood
The HFBA will hold its annual Riverdale community breakfast on Sunday, We each have our own story when it comes to becoming parents. Infertility, 3/27/2016, at 9:30am at the Bayit. The featured guest speaker will be miscarriage, complex pregnancies, surrogacy, adoption and other Rabbi Paysach Krohn. For more information or to make a reservation please circumstances can send us on a physical and emotional roller coaster. The visit www.hebrewfreeburial.org/riverdale or call 212-239-1662. journey can be a lonely one fraught with unknowns. Let's gather as a community to learn more about how to be sensitive and support fellow YCT Annual Dinner - This Sunday congregants through these struggles. Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School’s 2016 Annual Tribute Dinner will take place on Sunday, March 27, 2016, at the Edison Ballroom 1. April 9th between Mincha and Maariv - “Our stories” with Rabba Sara, Ann Lapin, and Tally Palefski. in NYC. Honoring HIR members Alexandra & Dr. Jonathan Zizmor and former HIR Associate Rabbi Rabbi Uri & Dr. Dahlia Topolosky. Ronnie & 2. May 22nd - Panel discussion with Dr. Erin Leib Smokler, Dasi Michael Becher, Alison & Stephen Bodurtha, Carey & Behnam Dayanim, Fruchter and Dr. Aimee Baron. Moderated by Rabba Sara Hurwitz. and Beth & Ari Hait are dinner chairs. For more information 212-666-0036; 3. A support group at the home of Tally Palefski. Date TBA. [email protected]; www.yctorah.org. We hope that you will join us! To learn more email Rabba Anat at [email protected]. Israel Scholarships: UJA-Federation of New York's Israel Experience Center continues to help New York Jewish teens entering 10th to 12th Golden Age Program grades fulfill their dreams of traveling to Israel by providing both need-based Thursday, April 14th. and merit scholarships. Each synagogue can nominate up to two candidates 1:00pm - 2:00pm Learn and Light Lunch. for merit award consideration. Please contact Rav Steven by March 28th if 2:00pm - 3:00pm - Golden Age Adult Bat Mitzvah class. you'd like your child to be considered. For questions, please contact the For questions or to RSVP, contact Yael Oshinsky, Program Israel Experience Center at [email protected]. Associate at [email protected] or 718-796-4730 x116.
V’shinantam: Reflecting on Our Educational Charge Kulanu Chaverim Program “Forecasting Jewish Education: How to Stay Relevant for the Thursday, April 14th, 6:30pm Next 20 Years” - April 5 at 7:30pm (Main Sanctuary) Join your friends for dinner and a fun activity. Panelists: To RSVP, call Yael at 718-796-4730 x116. Dr. David Bryfman: Chief Innovation Officer, Jewish Education Project Purim is over, Pesach is coming! Ms. Lisa Exler Director of Jewish Studies, Beit Rabban Day School Purim has come and gone which means that
Moderator Pesach is right around the corner.
Ms. Nina Bruder OU Passover Guides are available on the table in Director, The Jewish New Teacher Project the coatroom and in the HIR office. Sponsorship opportunities available. Register online at www.thebayit.org/je. Visit www.thebayit.org/pesach to learn more about the schedule, sale of chametz, the free Pesach Sedarim, and more. CLOTHING DRIVE When: Sunday, April 10th. 9:30am - 12:30pm Remembering Bayit Survivors Who Are No Longer with Us: Where: There will be a truck stationed outside HIR. In continuation with the last few year's tradition, we will be remembering Please sort and separately bag men’s, women’s, and children’s loved one who were survivors at this year's Yom HaShoah Seder. Their clothing in sturdy garbage bags. We are also collecting blankets name and picture will be displayed during our program. If you have loved and quilts. Please bag those separately. ones in your family who were survivors and who have passed away and you Volunteers needed! To volunteer or to learn more contact Steve Pretsfelder would like us to share their memory with others in our community, please or Barbara Gochberg at 718-601-3586 or [email protected]. bring a photo of them to Yael Oshinsky, Bayit Program Associate. Question? Email Yael at [email protected] or call 718.796.4730 x116. HIR CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Interested in making healthier and fresher food choices? Save the date - June 19th at 5:00pm - Journal Dinner
Join the HIR Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) for a delicious Join us on Sunday, June 19th as we honor: season of local fresh and organic, fruit and veggies with truly cage free Debbie Braverman & Hillel Grossman - Guests of Honor eggs. It's simple, pay the farmers now and collect the seasonal Ken Perry - Community Service Award produce at HIR when it's ready weekly or biweekly. Anat Barber & Avi Bloom - Young Leadership Award Sign up at http://www.thebayit.org/csa Details to follow.
HIR GIFT CARDS - Support our Bayit by purchasing Gift Cards - Buy it for the Bayit! For more information on volunteering or to place an order, email [email protected] or call Shira Gordon at 718-549-5280. NOTE: Purchases do not cost you anything extra. New: Moss Cafe is now participating in the HIR Scrip program and is offering the Bayit a 10% rebate on the gift cards. THE BAYIT The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale – The Bayit – is an open Orthodox synagogue serving the entire Jewish community by warmly embracing all Jews, regardless of affiliation, commitment, orientation or background. It is affectionately known as the "Bayit," which is a home – a place of love and welcome. We are known nationally for bringing spirituality into the synagogue; activism on behalf of the oppressed; youth and teen engagement; learning programs; and work on behalf of the elderly, the homebound, and those with developmental and physical challenges. If these words resonate with you, if our Bayit has touched your life, then please join our growing membership. Beyond the bayit - March 25 - April 1, 2016 SAR ACADEMY: Please join us at SAR Academy this Motzaei Shabbat, 3/26/2016 at 9pm for a screening & discussion of "Most Likely to Succeed," the I.D.E.A. Network's film about cutting edge education at High Tech Schools in San Diego. Tickets are available for $11.54 at the door or online at http://bit.ly/1UhIFAN.
WESTCHESTER DAY SCHOOL invites the community to join us for “Body Image/Godly Image: Jewish approaches to speaking to our children about bodies, fashion and clothing,” an evening of moderated discussion for women led by Tehilah Eisenstadt, Community Director, Luria Academy of Brooklyn. Sunday, 3/27/2016, 7:30-9:30pm, WDS Castle Shul, 856 Orienta Avenue, Mamaroneck. This informative evening will delve into topics such as: What do we as a community know, wonder and understand about these topics? What have we accidentally been teaching our children about their bodies through texts, language and expectations? Does our "hidden curriculum" around dress and bodies lead to unintentional consequences? Visit www.westchesterday.org/wdl2016 to register and for more information about Tehilah.
THE HEBREW FREE BURIAL ASSOCIATION will hold its annual Riverdale community breakfast on Sunday, 3/27/2016, at 9:30am at the Bayit. The featured guest speaker will be Rabbi Paysach Krohn. For more information or to make a reservation please visit www.hebrewfreeburial.org/riverdale or call 212-239-1662.
YCT ANNUAL DINNER: Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School’s 2016 Annual Tribute Dinner will take place on Sunday, 3/27/2016, at the Edison Ballroom in NYC. Honoring HIR members Alexandra & Dr. Jonathan Zizmor and former HIR Associate Rabbi Rabbi Uri & Dr. Dahlia Topolosky. Ronnie & Michael Becher, Alison & Stephen Bodurtha, Carey & Behnam Dayanim, and Beth & Ari Hait are dinner chairs. For more information 212-666-0036; [email protected]; www.yctorah.org. We hope that you will join us!
PURIM ADLOYADA PALOOZA: Go wild at the Riverdale Y’s Israeli-style Purim party on Sunday, 3/27/2016 3:00pm – 6:00pm featuring Haman’s Banana Beach, Vashti’s MachneYuda Café serving light kosher dinner, arts and crafts, Queen Esther’s masquerade, Groovy Greg royal musician, and much much more for the whole family hosted by IHouse, Riverdale Israeli community (The Y at 5625 Arlington Avenue).
UJA FEDERATION OF NY invites you to its Heart Matters Luncheon: “Crisis on Campus: How Do We Respond?” on 3/29/2016. This year’s honorees are Rachel Epstein (Heart Matters Award), Chloé Simone Valdary (Champion of Israel Award), and Rabba Sara Hurwitz (Trailblazer Award). Couvert: $136/person. Registration at 11:30am. Luncheon and Program at 12:00pm. Park Avenue Synagogue, 50 East 87th Street, New York City. To learn more contact Adrienne Rubin-Prince at 212-836-1674 or [email protected]. Register online at www.ujafedny.org.
PRE-PESACH PROGRAMS @ LAMDEINU: Lamdeinu's pre-Pesach learning begins on Tuesday, 3/29/2016. "Insights into Shir HaShirim" with R. Nati Helfgot will take place on Tuesday evenings from 8:15pm - 9:30pm on 3/29/2016, 4/5/2016, 4/12/216, and 4/19/2016. Dr. Julie Goldstein will speak and give a slide show on Tuesday morning 4/12/2016 from 10:15 - 11:30am on "Rescue Me: Redemption in the Art of Haggadot." See www.lamdeinu.org for details.
ORGANICS COLLECTION INFO SESSION: Hear how apartment buildings in Riverdale, North Riverdale, Fieldston and parts of Spuyten Duyvil can register for, and participate in, the NYC Department of Sanitation’s Organics Collection Program. This program will allow your building to get curbside collection of food scraps, provide training, and answer questions on all aspects of the program. Wed. 3/30/2016 from 7:00pm –8:30pm. Bon Secours Schervier Nursing Care Center, 2975 Independence Ave, Community Hall. For more info go to www.nyc.gov/organics. RSVP at http://bit.ly/1OXXkZi or email [email protected].
CROSSROADS JERUSALEM: Please join us for an exciting and unique evening with Rabbi Robbie Sassoon, MSW director of Crossroads Jerusalem - an amazing grassroots organization that helps at-risk teens turn their lives around. This special evening will feature "Coloring the Streets" - an inspiring exhibit of the art created by teens on the streets of Jerusalem. Robbie will also share his expertise on what it takes to help our youth lead confident, happy, and successful lives, no matter the odds. The evening will be taking place on Saturday night, 4/2/2016, at 9:15pm at the home of: Rachel & Josh Wald, 475 West 246th Street in Riverdale.
CARE BAGS FOR AMERICAN TROOPS & VETERANS: Help make 2,000 care bags for American Troops & Veterans and 125 kosher-for-Passover care packages for American Jewish Troops serving in harm's way. Sunday, 4/3/2016, 1-4pm at Congregation Ramath Orah, 550 West 110th St. NYC, http://www.msawi.org/troops.php or [email protected].
Beyond the bayit - March 25 - April 1, 2016 BOOK LAUNCH: STARS IN THE RING WITH MIKE SILVER: Relive an era when fabulous boxers named “Slapsie Max- ie” Rosenbloom, Ruby Goldstein (“The Jewel of the Ghetto”), and Leach Cross (“The Fighting Dentist”), literally fought their way out of poverty to become instant heroes to a generation struggling to enter the social and economic mainstream at this reception, lecture, and book signing celebrating the publication of historian Mike Silver’s “Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in the Golden Age of Boxing” (Lyons Press). Tuesday, 4/5/2016 from 6:30 to 8pm. Pay what you wish. The Museum at Eldridge Street. 12 Eldridge St. New York, NY 10002. To learn more and to RSVP visit www.eldridgestreet.org/events.
NORPAC MISSION: Please join over 1,000 Pro-Israel advocates on 5/18/2016 to advocate for a stronger US-Israel relationship. The NORPAC Mission to Washington offers all participants a unique opportunity to positively impact the US-Israel relationship during small private group meetings with members of Congress and key staff people. To register, please go to www.norpac.net. If you have any questions, contact David Frankel at [email protected].
AJC GLOBAL FORUM: 6/5-7/2016, Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C. The AJC Global Forum is a three-day conference that attracts world leaders who have the power and the vision to shape the future. It is also your opportunity to join together with Jews from more than 70 countries to advance the well-being of the Jewish people and the security of the State of Israel. Register at www.ajc.org/globalforum and take advantage of the “first-timers” discount, using code: “AJCfirst.” For more information, please contact Alex Bronzo, AJC New York Associate Director at 212-891-1442 or [email protected].
WOMEN-ONLY / MEN-ONLY SWIM AT THE RIVERDALE Y: Women-Only Swim is now offered Sundays 5-6pm, Mondays 7-8pm, and Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-2pm. Men-Only Swim is now offered Sundays 6-7pm, Wednesdays 7-8pm and Thursdays 8:30-9:45pm.