AHAVASAHAVAS ACHIMACHIM NEWSLETNEWSLETTERTER י"ז תמוז תשע"ח בלק JUNE 29, 2018 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES NEWS SUMMER AFTERNOON SCHEDULE שבת Beginning next Shabbat, July 7, we will מזל טוב .Friday Candlelighting...... 8:13 p.m Friday Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv Mazel Tov to Joe and on the begin our summer Shabbat afternoon ...... 7:00 & 8:20 p.m. birth of a son. The will be schedule for July and August. There will Shacharit ...... 7:00 & 9:00 a.m. held at 103 North 8th Ave. (corner of be two options for Mincha: 5:00 p.m. Pre-Group Babysitting ...... 9:00 a.m. Abbott) at 9:30 p.m. and b'zman, approximately 25 minutes Latest Shema...... 9:16 a.m. before sunset, varying each week. Mazel Tov to Arthur and Marina Miller on Teen ...... 9:30 a.m. with a guest D'var the birth of a grandson. Mazel Tov to the Youth Groups...... 10:00 a.m. will be after the second Mincha in the parents, Arielle and Zack Goodwin. Baby Group ...... 10:30 a.m. Downstairs Social Hall, followed by Maariv. Sponsorships for the Seudah is sponsored by the Sisterhood. ASAR B'TAMMUZ Shlishit are available for $100, as (Zevachim 78) ...... 7:30 p.m. throughout the rest of the year. Please The fast day of Shiva Asar BTammuz, Mincha...... 8:10 p.m. note this change in schedule from commemorating the breaching of the walls of Learning Seudah Shlishit .....8:30 p.m. before the destruction of the Beit previous summers. Maariv ...... 9:18 p.m. Hamikdash (among other tragedies), will be Motzei Shabbat ...... 9:22 p.m. observed this Sunday, July 1. The fast HAKARAT HATOV KIDDUSH ,begins at 4:19 a.m. and ends at 9:13 p.m. Please join us next Shabbat, July 7 צום שבעה עשר בתמוז (נדחה) Sunday fast begins...... 4:19 a.m. Shacharit with will be at 8:00 and Parashat Pinchas, for a kiddush honoring Sunday Shacharit/Selichot ...... 9:00 a.m., and Mincha will be at 2:00 and our immediate Past President, Jeremy ...... 8:00 & 9:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. Maariv at 8:40 p.m. Sunday Mincha...... 2:00 & 8:00 p.m. Renna, as well as our outgoing Sunday Maariv...... 8:40 p.m. Executive Board and members of the Sunday fast ends...... 9:13 p.m. Board of Directors, who have completed (Continued on page 2) פנחס Monday & Thursday Shacharit ...... 6:25 & 7:45 a.m. Coming now to Highland Park!!! Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday Shacharit ...... 6:35 & 7:45 a.m. Sunday-Thursday Mincha/Maariv...... 8:20 p.m. Monday-Thursday late Maariv...... 9:30 p.m. Friday Candlelighting...... 8:12 p.m. Friday Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv ...... 7:00 & 8:20 p.m.

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The in requests and inquiries to חולים Please include the following day’s program includes the following: [email protected] and a .תפילות your Rally Towels: First 1,500 fans member of the meal coordination תמר קרן בת נסה גולדה !p.m.: Car show in the parking lot committee will take it from there 3:00-5:00 חוה תמר שרה בת חיה מינדל פייגה p.m.: Player Autograph Session For current opportunities to provide 4:00-4:25 ציפורה בת חוה :p.m.: Somerset Patriots vs. Road meals, please check out the AA website 5:00 רחל חיה רפאלה בת רבקה .Warriors ahavasachim.org לאה בת רייה ,Run bases on the field after the game קלמן בן רחל roughly 8:00 p.m. AAU SHIURIM הינדה שיינה בת גיטל .There will be kosher food for sale at the Monday-Thursday after 9:30 p.m ישראל נחום בן חיה בתיה game from Bistro70 including: hot dogs, Maariv Chug Mishnayot יוסף דניאל בן פייגי falafel, shawarma, schnitzel, knishes and Tuesday 8:30 a.m. Torah Gems with בת - שבע שרה בת מלכה (fruit bowl. Tickets are $20 each for great Moshe Goldberger (for men only שרה בת ינטע .field level seats behind home plate ליבה שיינדל בת חוה Transportation is on your own. For Tuesday 9:30 a.m. Keritut with שימה בת דינה יהודית questions and to participate, please contact Rabbi Yehoshua Weitzner (for men only) Avi Grin at [email protected]. Thursday 9:30 a.m. Masechet Brachot שמואל בן חנה - Stephen Adelson (with Rabbi Eli Reisman (for men only שולמית דינה בת שיינה רייזל - Sheila Beberman LEARNING SEUDAH SHLISHIT Thursday 9:00 p.m. Parshat Hashavua שרה רוזה בת פשה - Susan Borger with Rabbi Yissocher Frand on the TCN משה יעקב בן צביה - Mike Greenberg The final Learning Seudah Shlishit of the (No charge; donations welcome!) season will meet this Shabbat, between חוה רחל בת דבורה - Eva Grin .Mincha and Maariv in the Downstairs Shabbat 9:30 a.m. (after 7:00 a.m ד ו ב ֶ בע ר מא יר ה לו י ב ן ג ל יק ה - Bernie Social Hall. We invite you to select some Shacharit) "Jewish Values in a Changing רחל בת חנה - Joan Israel Raphaela Losa refreshments and select one of the World" by Rav Yehuda Amital following shiurim: Shabbat before Mincha Daf Yomi with גילה רבקה רחל בת צביה ליבה - Geela Naiman Giving Good Gematria with Rabbi Judah אופירה חיה בת רבקה צביה - Anny Safier To add names to this list, please email: Miodownik: Wisdom or folly? We will [email protected] or call explore many perspectives on the LOOKING TO DECLUTTER? numerical value of biblical texts, and learn the Shul office: 732-247-0532. Donate your gently used, resalable items how to Give Good Gematria. for our annual Yard Sale! Drop off at the (Kiddush, continued from page 1) Life-Saving Measures on Shabbat with shul. Please contact Kivi & Chani their terms in office. The kiddush is Kivi Neuman: The famous principle of Neuman at [email protected] sponsored by our new President, Josh "Pikuach Nefesh" teaches us that life- before you drop off. Ostrin, and the incoming Executive Board saving measures override the laws of and Board of Directors. Please join us for Shabbat. But within that dictum are many DEDICATION OPPORTUNITIES davening. Then, take the time at kiddush to fascinating nuances that we will explore in thank our lay leaders, who have given so this series. The shul has a number of chumashim much of their time and energy to maintain available for dedication. The cost of dedicating a is $50. For at a high level all that Ahavas Achim MEALS FOR AA FAMILIES offers to our kehila and community. questions, please contact Jonathan The Ahavas Achim Meal Coordination Caplan at [email protected]. To dedicate a Committee arranges meals for congregants chumash, contact the shul office. WOMEN'S TORAH INSTITUTE with medical needs, new babies and shivas. Come learn with Shana Posy at this year's Until now, the opportunity to contribute to these meals has been limited to people who fourth installment of Ahavas Achim's SISTERHOOD NEWS Women's Torah Institute on Shabbat, July have already volunteered to help. In the 14 at 5:00 p.m. at the home of Harriet spirit of inclusion, and to strengthen our and Stephen Adelson, 427 South 5th community, we are now engaging the entire BOOK CLUB Ave. Spend a meaningful and enjoyable congregation in this important chesed The next AA Sisterhood Book Club Shabbat afternoon with old friends and opportunity. When a need arises, we will meeting will take place on Tuesday, July new. create a “MealTrain” and we will 17 at 8:30 p.m. at the home of Rosa Katz, announce it to the congregation and post Please save August 11 for the WTI season 132 North 8th Avenue, Highland Park. the link on the AA website. Or, if you or The book we will be discussing is Eleanor finale. To volunteer to host or for more your friends are creating your own information, please contact Caren Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail MealTrain for an AA family, please let us Honeyman. We hope you can join us! Friedman at [email protected] share that with the AA community as well. 2 or 610-246-3131 or Rosa Katz at 908-881- 1660 or [email protected]. KIDDUSH REMINDER GROUP TIMES YAHRZEITS The Kiddush committee for this Shabbat Baby/Toddler Room: 10:00 a.m. open play, 6/30 David Grunspan Father is: Shulman, Russ-Fishbane and Ruskin. 10:30 a.m. organized parent and me groups Helen Rovner Mother The Kiddush committee for Shabbat, All other groups: 10:00 a.m. 7/1 Barbara Strassman Father 7/2 Helen Rovner Father July 7 is: Steve and Ann Salit, 7/3 Gary Brener Mother Schechter, Howie Sherman and Frieda Feller Father Turansky. The Kiddush committee for COMMUNITY NEWS 7/6 Jane Frankel Father Shabbat, July 14 is: Schilowitz, Schick Lloyd Greenberg Father and Scheiner. The Kiddush committee for Shabbat, July 21 is: Schwartz, Alan and JFS GRANT WRITER VOLUNTEER WOMEN'S Jodie Salit and Ukraincik. Jewish Family Services of Middlesex Rabbi Bassous gives a women's class on County is seeking a volunteer to write Pirkei Avot every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. corporate, government, and family at Etz Ahaim. For more information, YOUTH NEWS foundation grants that might be available to please call Etz Ahaim at 732-247-3839. the agency. A person with a background in writing grants for a non-profit organization TEEN MINYAN KIDDUSH would be ideal, but we would consider any SPONSORSHIP individual motivated to learn the strategies If you'd like to sponsor Teen Kiddush, and techniques of grant writing. We see email Kivi at [email protected]. this as a part-time, perhaps 10-15 hours per week position. If you are interested in PRE-GROUP BABYSITTING! volunteering or would like additional information, please contact Murray Katz We now have babysitting before groups, via email at [email protected]. from 9:00-10:00 a.m. (ages 3 and up only.) It takes place in the 3-5-year-old SELMA GOLDBLATT'S 99TH room. No charge! Please email Chani if BIRTHDAY interested at [email protected]. Selma Goldblatt's 99th birthday is this AHAVAS ACHIM YOUTH Thursday, July 5. Selma's daughter is DEPARTMENT SICK POLICY once again collecting greetings for her in honor of this special occasion. If you would Children who are ill cannot attend like to send your good wishes, please Shabbat morning groups and other youth email: [email protected] or mail your cards department events. Children who show to Ruth Nolan, 2600 Netherland Avenue, signs of illness including: Apt. 2910, Riverdale, NY 10463, by this  fever (100 degrees or higher) Monday, July 2. Pictures of you and your family would be greatly appreciated.  discharge from eyes  vomiting HELP NEEDED  diarrhea (two or more times in a short period of time) A very sweet young girl living in our  extreme pain or discomfort community needs assistance gathering funds toward costly medical procedures  sore throat or severe coughing and rehabilitation therapies. She has been  rash rehabilitating post injury for 4 years and is must be excluded from the program until still in great need of help in order to they are symptom free for at least 24 improve her quality of life. Her parents hours. For the safety and well-being of thank our local Rebbeim and the entire all, we ask for your cooperation in strictly community for your support. All checks adhering to this Sick Policy. can be made to Ahavas Achim Rabbi’s Charity Fund. For more information, please contact Rachelle Stern at SHABBAT GROUPS BIRTHDAY [email protected] or Art Miller PARTY SPONSORSHIPS at [email protected]. Celebrating your child's birthday? Sponsor a birthday party for your child's MEOR RUTGERS JEWISH Shabbat morning group: includes birthday EXPERIENCE BBQ game, birthday hats, and special snacks. Sponsorships start at $25. For more Save the date: Wednesday, July 25 for the information, contact Kivi and Chani at Meor Rutgers Jewish Experience BBQ to be held at the home of Penina and Asaf [email protected]! 3 Shmuel, 17 Fairhill Rd., Edison. Please patronize our sponsors! TIFERES THIS MOTZEI SHABBAT CAMP KULANU MACCABI BOYS HATZOLAH OF MIDDLESEX MORNING SUMMER MINYAN COUNTY The next Tiferes DVD for women, “A Serene Home even on Erev Shabbos—Is it RPRY's Camp Kulanu Maccabi Boys If you have a medical emergency, please Possible?” featuring Rabbi Nachman holds an 8:30 a.m. summer weekday call 732-456-6666. Seeking additional Seltzer and Seryl Berman, will be shown Shacharit at Ahavas Achim through responders and dispatchers. Visit: this Motzei Shabbat, June 30 at 10:15 p.m. July 20. Please come and help them make www.hatzolahmc.org to apply. at the Siegel house. Weekly teleconferences the minyan! For questions, contact Zev at with topics such as shalom bayit and [email protected]. JEWISH SEWING CIRCLE parenting are available to Tiferes members. Etz Ahaim Jewish Sewing Circle for Current teleconference: "Summer NAMES, NOT NUMBERS POLAND quilters, sewers, knitters and other hand Parenting" featuring Ruth Lynn. For more TRIP FOR ADULTS information or to become a member, contact crafters meets every Tuesday from Aviva Siegel at [email protected]. The Names, Not Numbers organization 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the lower social hall The Highland Park/Edison group of Tiferes sponsors of a one-of-a-kind Holocaust of Etz Ahaim. Please bring your own is zecher l'nishmat Malka bat Shalom. education program which runs in many project and associated supplies. All day schools and high schools levels are welcome. Please note: this is across the country. They are offering an not a class. Please contact Chana STORY SLAM EVENT FOR WOMEN: ADULT trip to Poland this summer from Bishburg at [email protected] for SIPS—STORIES—SOCIALIZE August 5-14, 2018. The trip will be led more information. Highland Park/Edison Connects invites by Dov and Tova Rosenberg of Names, the women of the community (21 and over) Not Numbers, Rabbi Michael Taubes, PARK MIKVAH HOURS to Story Slam, a fun filled evening of , and Rabbi Dr. JJ laughter and bonding, next Motzei Shabbat, Schacter, University Professor of Jewish Park Mikvah hours are: Sunday- July 7 at 9:30 p.m. at the home of Zev and History and Jewish Thought at Yeshiva Thursday 9:00-11:00 p.m.; Motzei Rachelle Stern, 27 Brookdale Court. University. The itinerary includes 2 days Shabbat, June 30, July 7, 14 and 28 th Highland Park/Edison Connects is a in Warsaw, 2 days in Lublin, and 5 days and 17 of Tammuz, July 1 and Motzei community organization geared towards in Krakow. It will feature all the major Tisha B’Av, July 22: all 10:15-11:30 promoting Achdut and connection between sites as well as meetings with Jewish p.m.; Closed Tisha B’Av, July 21. all the women in town. It is dedicated in leaders involved in the re-birth of Jewish Friday nights by appointment only via: loving memory of Bina Stern life in Poland and Polish activists fighting www.parkmikvah.org or by leaving a Blumenfrucht z"l, who exemplified these anti-Semitism. Cost: $2,800 (includes message at 732-249-2411. attributes. There is no cost to attend, but they flights and Glatt Kosher meals). For more would appreciate it if you would RSVP to: information, contact Dov Rosenberg at ROSH CHODESH highlandparkedisonconnects- [email protected] or 646-522- GROUP [email protected]. 2689. The next Rosh Chodesh Shidduch Group will meet on Wednesday, July JFS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO DISCOVER THE JOY OF BEING A 18 at 8:00 p.m. at the Ravitz Home, 60 DELIVER KOSHER MEALS ON HOSPICE VOLUNTEER Hamlin Road, Edison. They will be WHEELS If you have a warm heart, a listening ear, connecting with the L’Chaim Global Jewish Family Services is seeking and the gift of compassion, you can make Shidduch Event. volunteers throughout Middlesex County, a difference in the life of a hospice patient especially for Highland Park every or family member. VNA Health Group LOCAL SHAATNEZ TESTING Thursday and substitutes on call as needed. is offering training for all individuals OPTIONS The most important anticipated event of the interested in becoming hospice volunteers day for many seniors is the delivery of in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties. Shatnez testing is available at the Kosher Meals on Wheels. Volunteer: help a following locations: The testing is done Training will be provided by members of homebound senior. Deliver a nutritious on the premises once a week. the VNAHG Hospice team on Tuesdays, meal; share a few words; be a watchful eye July 10, 17 and 24 from 9:30 a.m.-3:00 Rainbow Cleaners, 705 Raritan Ave, for health and safety; make a difference in p.m. at VNA Health Group, 23 Main Highland Park 732-572-3896 your community. KMOW delivers so much Street, Suite D1, Holmdel. Volunteers Lily's Cleaners, 1664 Rt 27, Edison 732- more than just a meal! Know someone that must attend all 3 sessions. 985-1444 needs Meals on Wheels? Call 833-JFS- HELP. There are many rewards and opportunities Fashion Care Cleaners, Plainfield Ave, available to hospice volunteers including: Edison 732-572-1181 REBBITZEN EICHENSTEIN’S CLASSES administrative support, home visitation, The Clothing Center, 645 Highway 18 FOR WOMEN companionship, phone calls, pet therapy East Brunswick, 732-254-0870 and complimentary therapies. To register, For more information, contact Yosef for status of classes on Sunday, July 1 and please call Pauline De Palma, BSW at Sayagh at 732-330-4103. Monday, July 2, contact Aviva at 732-224-6933. For more information Shaatnez testing is also available at the [email protected] or 732-672-7104. about VNAHG volunteer services, please Agudah. Garments should be dropped visit: www.vnahg.org. 4 off on Sunday morning. NEW ACTT MODULE AND EVENT CHICKS WITH STICKS KNITTING EMPLOYMENT NETWORK OF GROUP RARITAN VALLEY The ACTT Hakarat HaTov—Gratitude 4 Module started on June 10. The source The next Chicks with Sticks Knitting Looking for work? ENRV can help. Go book, The Garden of Miracles—Say Group meeting will be held on to www.ENRV.org or contact Bob Thank You and See Miracles by Rabbi Wednesday, July 18 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Lansey at [email protected]. Shalom Arush, is available at the Judaica at the home of Phyllis Pollak, 209 North 4 They post over 100 jobs each month, and Gallery at a discount. The learning Avenue, Highland Park. For more help people with their resume and search schedule can be found on the ACTT information and RSVP, please contact strategies. Please help: If you know of website: www.actt613.org/3.html. On Phyllis at [email protected] or 732- any professional, part-time, or temporary Sunday, July 15 at 8:30 p.m. at Ahavas 853-6058. job openings, please contact Bob Lansey Achim, Rabbi Eliyahu Kaufman will at [email protected]. pay special tribute to the memory of Alice NEW CLASS: IGGERET HARAMBAN Gordon z"l, and speak about “Hakarat AT ETZ AHAIM GIRLS TALENT SHOW HaTov: Unlocking One’s Inner Greatness.” Both the event and module Join Rabbi David Bassous in a new class Girls ages 8-12 are invited to join will be dedicated in memory of Alice on Iggeret HaRamban every Monday at Edison/Highland Parks’s first Gordon z"l. If you have any questions, 8:00 p.m. at Etz Ahaim. This is a letter community-wide All Girls Talent Show, please contact Phil Rosen at 732-572- that the Ramban (Rabbi Moshe Ben for girls by girls, on Sunday, August 26 8762 or [email protected]. Nachman), the famous middle ages from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Local venue to be commentator, wrote to his son about ethical determined. Cost: $25 for one participant, $35 family cap; sponsorships NEW CHABURA behavior, advice, and mussar. available. Individual and group An advanced Chabura meets every GENEALOGY CLUB OF CENTRAL performances welcome. First, second and Monday at the home of Rabbi Gedalia JERSEY (GCCJ) third place prizes to be awarded by a Jaffe, 16 Price Drive, Edison, from 9:00- panel of independent judges. All net 9:45 p.m. Each week, they learn in depth The next meeting of the Genealogy Club proceeds to be given to Yad Ten a halachic topic from the parsha. of Central Jersey (GCCJ) will be held on Hachnosas Kallah. To participate and Thursday, July 12 at 7:00 p.m. at Ahavas obtain more information, please email KEILIM MIKVAH HOURS Achim. The speaker will be Elana Broch, [email protected] or call Ph.D., MLS whose topic is: "Using the Ahuva Morris at 908-227- 3155. Ohr Torah Keilim Mikvah hours are United States Holocaust Memorial officially Sundays from 7:00–10:00 a.m. Museum for Genealogical Research." If you need special access during non- open hours, please contact Barry Siegel at VAAD COMMUNITY CALENDAR [email protected] or 732-572- 4408. As a reminder, our community maintains a central community calendar at vaadrv.org. AHAVAS YISRAEL JULY 4TH YOM Both organizational (shul, school, etc.) and individual (wedding, bar , etc.) IYUN events can be put on the calendar by Ahavas Yisrael presents HaRav submitting them through the website. Using Avrohom Schorr at a Yom Iyun this the community calendar is a great way to Wednesday, July 4. Shacharit at 8:30 be aware of upcoming events in our a.m.; breakfast at 9:15 a.m.; at 9:45 community, and to avoid conflicts between a.m. simchas or other events. Everyone is encouraged to submit their events through IRVING BERLIN, AN AMERICAN vaadrv.org. INSTITUTION GOWN GEMACH The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County and the Highland The Edison/Highland Park Gown Gemach Park Senior Center invite you to an is open for business! The Gemach houses a illustrated lecture by historian Marty wide selection of gowns for children, pre- Schneit, “Irving Berlin, An American teen, teens and adults. Please note the Institution” on Tuesday, August 21 at Gemach is still looking for donations of 1:00 p.m. at the Highland Park Senior gowns in very good condition. Tax Center. This event is free and open to the deduction is given, and pickup of the public as space allows. Pre-registration gowns can also be arranged. For more recommended. To register or for more information and/or to schedule an information, please contact: the Highland appointment, please call Sara Scott at 516- Park Senior Center at 732-819-0052 or 526-0941. the Jewish Community Center at 732- 494-3232. 5 Please patronize our sponsors! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR BIKUR Email: Visit http://hperuv.org and sign up for AHAVAS ACHIM CHOLIM the email list. The email list checks the ’s Steven Miodownik, Rabbi status after 3:00 p.m. once per hour and sends out Bikur Cholim of Raritan Valley is looking Ronald L. Schwarzberg, an email with updates. Rabbi Emeritus for volunteers to visit a male patient at the The Eruv Webpage: The Eruv webpage: http:// AristaCare facility in South Plainfield. It is a Honorary Presidents hperuv.org has the latest Twitter feed displayed ז"ל ,minute drive from our community. Also Alexander Bernstein 10 ז"ל ,looking for a male to sit, schmooze and learn on the bottom of the front page. Isadore Sapiro ז"ל ,with a male patient at AristaCare. Family is Hotline: Yes, there is still the Eruv hotline: 732- Albert Sapiro ז"ל ,willing to pay. For more information, please 247-ERUV. Nathan Segal contact Nitza Adler at 732-819-9294. We also have a brand new webpage at http:// President Bikur Cholim is in need of more drivers to be hperuv.org with a map of the exact Eruv Jeremy Renna able to serve everybody. If you are able to boundaries, and where you need to be careful help out, visit: bikurcholimrv.com/ about staying inside the Eruv. There have been Executive Vice Presidents volunteers/become-a-volunteer. You do not some major changes in the Eruv in the last few Josh Ostrin Sherry Simantov have to be available all the time. Even if you years: are free for part of one day each week or only  The Eruv boundary now goes along Plainfield Senior Vice Presidents for the summer, your help is still appreciated. Ave., not Suttons Lane. Jonathan Caplan For more information, please contact Susan Josh Goldstein Kollmar at [email protected].  The Stelton Community Center Playground is now in the Eruv. Vice Presidents In addition, they are seeking adults and  Cook/Douglas campuses of Rutgers are no Avi Eserner students 11th grade and up to visit homebound longer in the Eruv. Avi Freidenreich people in our community. For more Avi Grin information, please call Bikur Cholim at 732-  If the Eruv around Donaldson Park is down, 572-7181. They are also seeking volunteers to the playground in Donaldson is no longer in Immediate Past President visit at the Regency nursing home on DeMott the backup. Seth Berman Lane in Somerset. For more information, If you weren’t aware of these changes, check out Gabbaim contact Rahel Baruh at [email protected] the latest interactive Eruv map. Need more help? Yossi Benedek or 732-672-4673. You can contact David Weintraub at Seth Berman Bikur Cholim is also looking for Mother's [email protected]. Jonathan Caplan Michael Kornfeld Helpers to help with a special needs five year Barry Leskowitz old girl. Volunteers are needed for any time, RARITAN VALLEY HADASSAH NEW Barry Levinson Monday through Friday. They are looking for MEMBER TEA: WHAT EARLY AMERICAN David Simen girls 10th grade and up. If you can help, even JEWISH COOKBOOKS SAY ABOUT US David Stern Steven White for a few hours, please call Rivka Teresh Sunday, August 5, 1:00-3:00 p.m., 130 Valentine directly at 347-598-9448. Street, Highland Park: Honorary Gabbai Find a new member for Raritan Valley Bernard Israel ERUV Hadassah, and you and they are invited for Board of Directors dessert, tea, and a talk and exhibition on early The Eruv committee checks the Eruv every Dovid Becker week. However, if the Eruv is down, and you American Jewish cookbooks, at the home of Marisa Dolled-Filhart didn’t check the status before Shabbat, the Rosey Bell. Rosey has been studying the history Meir Flancbaum averah of carrying on Shabbat is on you. It’s of American Jewish cookbooks and what they say David Friedman about the American and Jewish identities of our Cynthia Greenberg extremely important to know the status of the Susan Hornstein Eruv before Shabbat starts! Fortunately, we mothers and grandmothers. She has a collection of Dana Korbman now have six official ways of alerting you to over 100 cookbooks and will share their recipes Michele Kornblum the Eruv’s status. and her theories about them with you. Cheryl Kornfeld Elana Kurtz Twitter: The Eruv’s official alerts are sent out This is a membership event, so the ticket for Barry Levinson via Twitter. Follow @hp_eruv on Twitter and admission is to bring in a new member to Raritan Simi Lichtman updates about the Eruv’s status as soon as Valley Hadassah. RSVP: 732-819-0593. Marc Scheiner Ari Sofair-Fisch it’s been determined. Laura Weiss Text Messages: Don’t have a Smartphone or TEHILLIM GROUP Eugene Wishnic don’t want to use Twitter? You can receive The Women’s Tehillim Group meets every Sisterhood President alerts via text messages. This involves setting Shabbat at 5:00 p.m. at Etz Ahaim. For more up a Twitter account, but once set up, you can Elena Orgel information, please call Etz Ahaim at 732-247- completely ignore your Twitter account. 3839. 216 South First Avenue Facebook: We have a Facebook group P.O. Box 4242 @hperuv that gets updated when we update Highland Park, NJ 08904 phone: (732) 247-0532 our Twitter account. Follow this Facebook fax: (732) 247-6739 group, and you’ll get alerts about the Eruv’s www.ahavasachim.org 6 status.