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MJCBY NEWS Quick Look Please Tear out and Save! for More Information Look Inside Your Newsletter MJCBYFEBRUARY 2017 SHEVAT - ADAR 5777 NEWSVOLUME 112 NUMBER 6 Tu B’Shevat Inside Schedule of Services 2 Executive Director 3 Synagogue News 4 Mishloach Manot 5 Sisterhood News 7 Men’s Club 8 Religious School 9 Youth News 10 Family News 11 SY News 11 Quick Look Guide 12 Contributions 13 Yahrzeits 14 A tree of life to those who hold fast to it, and all who cling to it find happiness. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. (Proverbs 3:17-18) Schedule of Services MJCBY Clergy and Staff Friday, February 3 CLERGY SISTERHOOD 5:00pm Candle lighting Rabbi David J. Nesson Hilary Spain-Reilly & Rachel Richman Co-Presidents, Sisterhood 5:30pm TGIS Cantor Shana Onigman 7:30pm Services STAFF JUDAICA GIFT SHOP Gerry Gross, Executive Director Sharon Barkauskas (973) 285-1877 Saturday, February 4 Michelle Nulman & Gail Sulkin, Donna Gross (973) 895-5553 9:30am Services – Simcha Shabbat Co-Directors, Religious School Vivian Laska (973) 984-8178 Sedra: Bo Flo Sager, Religious School Dorothy Cohen (973) 361-4338 Administrator Friday, February 10 Mia Mutascio, Office Manager KIDDUSH COMMITTEE 5:09pm Candle lighting Tamara Goldberg, Bookkeeper Michelle Usiskin (973) 543-5795 6:15pm Tu B’Shevat Dinner and Seder Damon Brown, Custodian Kathy Neibart (973) 292-1933 7:30PM Services EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SISTERHOOD TORAH FUND Saturday, February 11 Jeremy Diringer & Steven Gardberg Jill Frankel (973) 598-8849 9:30am Services with Minyonaires Co-Presidents Legacy Shabbat Barbara Kavadias, First Vice President MEN’S CLUB Harvey Kellman, Second Vice President Doug Goldstein (973) 895-3082 10:30am Junior Congregation Kathleen Neibart, Third Vice President 10:30am Tot Shabbat Robert Berns, Financial Secretary NEWSLETTER Sedra: Beshalach Todd Schleifstein, Treasurer David Sagor, Editor Lewis Stone, Board Secretary Donna Gross, Designer Friday, February 17 Robert Gelber & Ira Hammer Debbie Brody, Marsha Lewin, Nancy 5:18pm Candle lighting Immediate Past Co-Presidents Berns, Fran Loewensteiner, Copy 8:15pm Services Mark Bender, Advisor Editors Fern Spitzer, Advisor Saturday, February 18 9:30am Services ARMS OF THE SYNAGOGUE & Sedra: Yitro COMMITTEE CHAIRS Bar Mitzvah of Alexander Grayzel Deborah Brody, Board of Education Mark Bender, Facilities, Security & Friday, February 24 Technology Meryl Balaban, Gemilut Hasadim 5:26pm Candle lighting Lewis Stone, History Committee Shabbat Shalem Keith Usiskin, Kol Nidre Appeal 8:15pm Services Kathy Neibart, Membership Howard Baum & Paul Green, Ritual Saturday, February 25 Louis Bodian, Social Action 9:30am Services – Shabbat Shekalim Michelle Nulman & Amy Weinstock, Sedra: Mishpatim Youth Co-Chairs Becca Wanatick, LLL Chair 2 • FEBRUARY 2017 SHEVAT - ADAR 5777 FROM YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR… Israel on my mind In 2017, we pray not for the coming of the Messiah, but for a real, wholesome and lasting peace. This land is mine. Three thousand years has been long enough to wait. Don’t you God gave this land to me, think? This brave and ancient land to me. And when the morning sun reveals her hills and plains, In our Sim Shalom Shabbat Siddur, there is a prayer that comes Then I see a land where children can run free. right after the Musaf Kedushah on page 158. It is an alternative to the traditional prayer above it and one on my personal favorites. hese are the lyrics to the score of the Otto Preminger movie, It reads: Exodus, from 1960. In 1961, Pat Boone wrote these lyrics, not T May it be your will, Adonai our God and God of our ancestors, as a Jew, but as a lifelong lover of Israel. who returns Your children to their land, to lead us in joy to our land and to settle us within our borders. No more shall There are countless peoples and nations that have deep violence be heard in our land; no more shall destruction be connections to their ancestral homelands. The Italians call it the found within its borders. May we be privileged to worship You Old Country, the Irish – the Old Sod, the Russians pine for Mother there, in splendor and in awe, as in ancient days. Russia and the Germans honor the Fatherland. This month we celebrate Tu B’shevat, the New Year for the trees. We, the Jews, the descendants of Jacob, have for most of our The trees of Israel that sprung up from the swamps of Tel Aviv and history been wanderers and living in “Galut” or in exile; literally made gardens in the Negev desert. Ha Eretz is blooming as we – homeless. We just finished the saga of Jacob (now Israel) and move soon into spring. his family moving to Egypt as guests and in a few generations becoming slaves in a land not their own. From that moment, the May we pray for the Peace of Jerusalem and the entire Land that yearning to return to land promised to Abraham and his family is Israel. became the singular and consistent theme for over three thousand years. Moses would lead us out of slavery to our homeland, but Gerry even then we were never quite settled until the State of Israel was brought on the world stage in 1948. MORRISTOWN JEWISH All who come to Israel, both visitors and citizens alike, are coming home to “Ha Eretz” or simply “The Land.” There are three CENTER BEIT YISRAEL central principles that have kept our people throughout the ages, IS YOUR COMMUNITY. no matter where in this world they were located: ur clergy is here for you. m 1. Belief in One God, Ruler of the Universe. O 2. The centrality of the Law as the guide to living our lives. Please let us know when you need us—if someone is ill or in the hospital—or when you want to share your good news: a new 3. The attachment to and the yearning for Ha Eretz – the baby, a marriage, or other simcha. We want to know, but you land of our fathers and our home for eternity. have to tell us. Please call the office at (973) 538-9292 or email [email protected]. As in the words written by Pat Boone and immortalized in song by Andy Williams, “this land is mine…” although much has Special note: Let us know if you or a family member would like been written and argued for decades about what is this land a visit from the Rabbi due to illness. HIPPA privacy laws prevent (i.e. boundaries). To be clear, in 2000 at Taba, the Israelis us from this information. and Palestinians at the very end of the Clinton administration had worked out a plan that would account for about 98% of Our Gemilut Hasadim committee is able to provide support for all boundaries. Unfortunately, Yasser Arafat at the time could those that need it. not bring himself to a final Yes!! Here we are, 16 years later, Please contact Meryl Balaban at [email protected] and things have not only gone unchanged but have gone in the When you have experienced the death of a loved one, please opposite direction. contact Rabbi Nesson at (973) 538-9292 or (973) 285-9772 before you make any plans. In this way, he will be most helpful in making these preparations in a proper Jewish manner. FEBRUARY 2017 SHEVAT - ADAR 5777 • 3 Synagogue News GOOD AND WELFARE: Mazel Tov and Congratulations to: Ronni and Barry Krauser on the marriage of their son, Matt, to Agi Tengerdy. The wedding took place on the Krauser’s 50th wedding anniversary. Ilene Wolff on the birth of a grandson, Shai Benji, to daughter Abby and Noah Levenson. Rebecca and Brian Pollack on the birth of a daughter, Mia Shoshana. Mimi and Jeffrey Czeisler on the birth of a granddaughter, Lyla Belle, to son Barry and Lemore Czeisler. Condolences to: Jill Frankel on the passing of her beloved father, Allan Teplitzky. Jack Benvent on the passing of his beloved father, Joseph Benvent. Refuah Schlema to: Steven Abend, Joel Beecher, Jeff Czeisler. Murray Goldfinger, Vicki Hart, Ellis Hoch, Nancy Medford, Sonya Oppenheimer, Morty Wertheimer and Marcia Samuels. Looking to Give Back to Your Community Through Good Deeds? e serve less fortunate members of the Morristown com- Wmunity at the Morristown Soup Kitchen, the 4th Sunday of every month. If you’re willing to help out, please contact Lou Bodian at [email protected]. We also provide services for homeless people through our affiliation with Family Prom- ise. If you wish to assist in this effort, please contact Keith Usiskin at [email protected]. Our SOUP-er volunteers for January were: Carol Leiwant, Rita Fand, Howard Buxbaum, Paula Barber, Kim Synalovski, Rachel Richman, Fran Loewensteiner, Laurie and Fred Iskowitz and Julie, Aaron, Lance and Shane Perlow. Announcing 50/50 Raffle with chance to win $15,000 To Our New Members Please add them to your directory: Joshua Barer & Sarah Neibert 2 Samantha Lane Mendham, NJ 07945 [email protected] 4 • FEBRUARY 2017 SHEVAT - ADAR 5777 Purim Mishloach Manot One of the mitzvot of the Purim holiday is the sending of food to other Jewish people. This act, called Mishloach Manot or “sending of portions,” references a section of the Book of Esther where Jews refuted Haman’s accusation that the Jews were “a scattered, and divided people” and demonstrated by sending portions that they were, in fact, united. The Purim basket program (Mishloach Manot) is one of MJCBY’s largest fundraisers which supports all of our great programs, so in the spirit of a united MJCBY congregation, please consider participating in one or more of the following ways: 1) Send to the entire congregation: $154 2) Send to individual congregants and/or teachers who you select: $10 per address 3) Send to college students and non-congregant family and friends: $36 per address - includes shipping 4) Buy hamantashen by the pound: $12 per pound 5) Buy Green’s Chocolate Babka (16 oz): $8 each FEBRUARY 2017 SHEVAT - ADAR 5777 • 5 Synagogue News SIMCHA SHABBAT: A NEW MJCBY PROGRAM Simcha Shabbat is a monthly celebration of wedding anniversaries of our members.
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