The Jewish Center SHABBAT BULLETIN JUNE 17, 2017 • P ARSHAT SHELACH • 23 S IVAN 5777 EREV SHABBAT GRADUATION KIDDUSH 7:00/8:00PM Minchah SHABBAT JUNE 17 8:11PM Candle lighting Join us as we celebrate the SHABBAT academic achievements of our 7:45AM Hashkama Minyan (The Max and Marion community graduates. Grill Beit Midrash) See insert for complete list of 8:30AM Kids’ Kiddush club with Rabbi Yosie Levine sponsors and graduates. (1st Floor) 9:00AM Shacharit (3rd floor) 9:10AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema Annual Membership Meeting 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur, Rabbi Avi Feder, Hi, What's June 19 at 8:30PM your name? Changing or adding a name to affect healing Our Annual Meeting is a time to hold our annual elec- 9:30AM Young Leadership Minyan (1st floor) tion, learn more about the way we operate our Cen- ter, review our finances and honor our outgoing Board 10:00AM Youth Groups: Under age 3 (drop off option- members. This meeting is an important part of syna- al, babies must be able to independently sit upright), gogue governance and I hope you will be able to 3-6-year-olds: Geller Youth Center, 2nd-6th attend so you can listen to our reports, ask questions graders: 7th floor and grab a little nosh. Hot Kiddush (1st & 5th floor)

WITH THANKS TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Summer Outing with Rabbi Levine Hashkama Kiddush, Renee & Avram Schreiber in honor June 22, 11:00AM at the YU Museum of the graduation of their grandson, Elan Agus from A guided tour of 500 Years of Treasures from Oxford Ramaz middle school $10 members; $12 non-members Community Kiddush, Amy & Jed Latkin in honor of the Please email [email protected] if you would 30th anniversary of Jed's bar mitzvah. like to sign up. Graduation Kiddush, please see insert for complete list of sponsors and graduates Teen Kiddush, Stuart & Sarah Milstein Young Leadership Lecture Series Wednesday, June 28th at 8:00PM 4:00PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home (meet at Fertility & Halacha 730 Columbus Ave.) Featuring Dr. Bat-Sheva Lerner Maslow 7:00PM Girl’s Suedah Shlishit for High Schoolers at the home of Rachel Levine 7:00PM Shiur with Rabbi Avi Feder , Spooky or spiritu- Special presentation by Maurizio Molinari al. A discussion about visiting the burial site of loved ones Editor in Chief of 7:15PM Daf Yomi Shabbat morning, July 8 8:00PM Minchah Europe: Between Terrorism and Populism Seudah Shlishit with Manhattan Jewish Experience: Spir- Followed by a Hot Kiddush. itual Journeys: Personal Reflections from MJE Participants featuring Hayley Gardiner and Bryan Hacken WOMEN ’S TEHILLIM GROUP 9:11 PM Shabbat Concludes Monday, June 19 at 7:15PM Contact Joyce Weitz for more info. at 212-877-1176

DAILY SERVICES Sunday June 18 Mon. June 19 - Thur. June 22 Friday, June 23 Father’s Day Shacharit 7 &8AM Shacharit 7/8 AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Shacharit 8:30AM Minchah 8:20PM Minchah 7/8PM Minchah 8:20PM Candle Lighting 8:13PM The Jewish Center - The Modern Orthodox Center for Jewish Life and Learning 131 W. 86 th Street, New York, NY 10024 • www.jewishcenter.org • 212-724-2700 UPCOMING EVENTS COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS Annual Membership Meeting THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS June 19 at 8:30PM Rona Kellman and Avi Schwartz Our Annual Meeting is a time to hold our annual elec- tion, learn more about the way we operate our Cen- THANK YOU TO CSS ter, review our finances and honor our outgoing Board We would like to once again thank CSS and our members. This meeting is an important part of syna- dedicated CSS members for providing the securi- gogue governance and I hope you will be able to at- ty for our synagogue this week. tend so you can listen to our reports, ask questions and grab a little nosh. DAILY MINYAN REMINDER As many of our regulars begin to disperse for the Summer Outing with Rabbi Levine summer, we encourage you to strengthen our dai- June 22, 11:00AM at the YU Museum ly minyan. Come once or come often! We would love to have you with us. A guided tour of 500 Years of Treasures from Oxford

$10 members; $12 non-members CONDOLENCES Please email [email protected] if you would Debby Spear Horowitz on the passing of her like to sign up. sister, Adina Kostika

Young Leadership Lecture Series Wednesday, June 28th at 8:00PM Young Leadership Mix'n'Match Shabbat Lunch Thank you to the dozens of hosts and guests joining to- Fertility & Halacha gether for our 4th Mix'n'Match of the season, this morning! Featuring Dr. Bat-Sheva Lerner Maslow Questions about your hosts or guests please see Alex Braunstein at kiddush on the first floor. If you would like to Special presentation by Maurizio Molinari host at our next installment please Editor in Chief of La Stampa e-mail [email protected] Shabbat morning, July 8 Join us this Shabbat in the Main Sancturary Europe: Between Terrorism and Populism as we welcome guest Chazzan Ruven Pinsky along with Chazzan Berson YOUTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES Ruven Pinsky studied with Chaim Dovid at the Tel Aviv cantorial institute. He has been lead- Kids Kiddush Club with Rabbi Levine NE Shabbat Mornings in June W ing the high holidays davening at the YI of Woodmere for the passed 10 years. from 8:30AM-9:00AM Join us for this special summer series featuring breakfast and learning with Rabbi Levine. 1st grade and up. Parents welcomed.

Girl’s Suedah Shlishit for High Schoolers Thinking of running the Marathon? at the home of Rachel Levine Join The Jewish Center Centennial Team! Saul Finkelstein June 17 from 7– 8:30PM Linda Isaacson Please RSVP to [email protected] Rachel Levine Sabrina Rosen Teen Minyan Space is limited. June 17 For more information, please If you would like to sponsor the Teen Minyan kiddush please email [email protected] email Jenn and Gaby at [email protected]. If you would like to support the Jewish Center Centennial Team please visit the JC website. JCU Summer Series

Tuesday Evenings Tuesday Mornings at 7:45AM at 7:00PM June 6, 13, and 20 June 6,13 and 20 with Rabbi Goldstein with Rabbi Levine The World of Korbanot Biblical Heroes & Villains: The Book of Numbers

To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact Aaron at [email protected] JC ANNUAL DINNER Thank you to all those who joined us at the Jewish Center dinner. Congratulations to our Honorees Guests of Honor Barbara & Guy Reiss Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung Memorial Award Deena Blanchard & Akiva Novetsky Community Service Award Ben Cooper

To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact Aaron at [email protected] Yosie Levine Rabbi Truths, Opinions, and the Power of Vision Rabbi Noach Goldstein, Resident Scholar Dovid Zirkind Associate Rabbi

" " Chaim David Berson א I once heard Dr. David Berger describe the However, while the spies’ despondent resurgence of Orthodox Judaism in America as a cowed the nation into thinking the mission impossible, Cantor “reversal of self-evident truths.” Torah study and mitz- the opposite also holds true: relentless confidence vah observance had no chance in this country, and the could transform it into one eminently achievable, even Erica Brown Community Scholar Jewish future exclusively belonged to those willing to routine! Therefore, it is imperative to analyze the re- cast aside traditional observance. Those who felt this sponse of Calev, the faithful spy: “We should surely Noach Goldstein way did not think that their view was a matter of go up and take possession of [the land], for we are Resident Scholar opinion, but rather as clear, objective facts. And yet surely able to take it.” He observes the same on-the- here we stand today, with a flourishing Orthodox ground reality as the other spies, but, suffused with Avi Feder William Fischman community whose once unimaginable success is now bitachon in God, makes the exact opposite diagnosis Rabbinic Intern seen as the self-evident truth. from his rivals. Later events bear him out: when the The same phenomenon lies at the heart of Israelites enter Canaan under Yehoshua, eighty-five Aaron Strum the meraglim narrative. In a celebrated comment, year-old Calev leads an attack on Hebron, the might- Executive Director Rashi writes that the spies’ original report began on iest of the strongholds he had scouted decades ago. Jenn & Gaby Minsky an accurate note—describing Eretz Yisrael’s fruitful- The city that, according to the spies, could not be con- Youth Directors ness and presenting a sample of its lush produce— quered by an entire army, fell to an old man who because the most persuasive lies contain an element simply had faith in God’s promise of victory. OFFICERS of truth. Ramban expands upon Rashi’s insight: a care- Fascinatingly, Yehoshua’s narration of Avi Schwartz President ful read of the text reveals that the spies’ entire first Calev’s triumph is extremely anti-climactic; the book speech did not contain any falsehoods whatsoever. describes his petition to march to battle at length, but Andrew Borodach First Vice President Moshe ordered them to collect intelligence on the mentions his actual victory only briefly, almost in pass- land’s economic potential and military defenses, and ing. The spies thought such a victory impossible, but Michael Jacobs Vice President they did exactly that. They returned to the camp and from the perspective of Yehoshua and Calev, it was reported that the land was lush while the inhabitants unremarkable, and the text wants to capture that Deena Blanchard were formidable; both statements were completely perspective. The mountain always looks lower after Vice President true! the climber reaches the peak, but the best climbers Mark Segall The Ramban dramatically writes that only can already visualize that while standing at the bot- Assistant Vice President one word in the spies’ report was inappropriate, but tom. Yaron Kinar that single word made all the difference. Rather than When considering the astonishing growth of Treasurer offer a dry intelligence report on the economic and our community—the schools, synagogues, tzedakah Len Berman military situation, they slipped an opinion into their organizations—we must remember that “self-evident Assistant Treasurer It is for naught, truths” do not reverse themselves. It took the faith and" א ב "—“ :speech Andrew Kaplan for the people who dwell in the land are mighty.” The courage of a few heroic lay and rabbinic leaders, Assistant Treasurer malignant genius of the spies lay in their realization along of course with siyata dishmaya, to enable To- Miri Lipsky that, in their initial speech, spinning the facts would be rah to take root in the New World. Every generation Secretary far more effective than inventing them. By stating that requires its Calevs, and while in a sense the greatest the power of the native Canaanites rendered military testament to their accomplishments would be to take PHONE NUMBERS success hopeless—and cloaking that opinion with the them for granted, we dare not do so if we wish to same objectivity as the facts they reported—the spies carry their lesson into the future. As our community Yoetzet Halacha Ilana Gadish successfully shattered the nation’s resolve. Thus the prepares to celebrate the Jewish Center’s centennial, [email protected] Ramban points out that the spies’ true slander, “it is a we stand with our heads bowed towards the visionar- 646-598-1080 land that devours its inhabitants,” only came later that ies who preceded us, and pray that the next genera- night, when they faced a terrified crowd willing to tion can look to its predecessors with the same admi- Jewish Center Chevra Kadisha swallow outrageous fantasies that they would have ration that we do. 212-724-2700 x555 once dismissed out of hand.

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Eruv Status 212-724-2700 x4 WITH THANKS TO OUR 2017 GRADUATION KIDDUSH SPONSORS Lori Zeltser & Len Berman in honor of the graduation of their son Sam from Ramaz

Sharon Schneier & Clifford Brandeis in honor of the graduation of their daughter Rachel from Lehigh University

Vivian & Daniel Chill in honor of the graduation of their grandson Jonah from Frisch High School

Susan & Arthur Degen In honor of the graduation of their granddaughters, Alexandra Degen graduating from Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy and Eliana Degen graduating from Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School

Leslie Cohen & Jeffrey Lang in honor of the graduation of their son Noah from SAR

Nina & Ari Priven in honor of the graduation of their son Aaron from Heschel High School

Barbara & Guy Reiss in honor of the graduation of their son Harlan from Abraham Joshua Heschel High School

Hedda Rudoff in honor of the graduation of her granddaughter Rachel Olshin from Queens College, Summa Cum Laude

Sabrina Rosen & Guy Salomon in honor of the graduation of their daughter Emma from Lower School MDS and in honor of the graduation of their son Benjamin from 2nd grade at Ramaz

Francine & Jesse Salsberg in honor of the graduation of their grandson Jacob Green from SUNY Binghamton, Summa Cum Laude

Renee & Avram Schreiber in honor of the graduation of their grandson Elan Agus from Ramaz Middle School

Chani & Mark Segall in honor of the graduation of their daughter Michal Rose from Cornell University, Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, Distinction in Research

Rona & Andrew Steinerman in honor of the graduation of their son Noam from The Frisch School and in honor of the gradua- tion of their daughter Michaela from Manhattan Day Schoool

Rachel & Dr. David Vorchheimer in honor of the graduation of their son Ethan from Ramaz Lower School To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact Aaron at [email protected] CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR GRADUATES!

Elan Agus from Ramaz Middle School, grandson of Audrey Menachem on completing her PhD, wife of Renee & Avram Schreiber Gary Menachem Chaya Berkowitz on completing her MD Ph.D. Jacob Z Neumark from University of Maryland with Sam Berman from Ramaz, son of Lori Zeltser & Len Ber- honors and will be attending Fordham Law School this man fall, son of Susan & Avery Neumark Nathan Blum from MDS, son of Deena Blanchard & Aki- Rachel Olshin from Queens College, Summa Cum Laude, va Novetsky granddaughter of Hedda Rudoff Rachel Brandeis from Lehigh University, daughter of Meira Papier from 8th Grade from Ben Porat Yosef and Sharon Schneier & Clifford Brandeis will attend Maayanot in the fall, granddaughter of Joan Aderet Brenner from Maayanot and will attend Machon Papier & Dr. Henry Lieberman Maayan in and then Stern College, daughter of Alexandra Posner from MDS, daughter of Leyla Fort- Dr. Adena Berkowitz & Rabbi Zev Brenner gang & Daniel Posner Lizzy Brenner from Barnard College and has received a Aaron Priven from Heschel High School, son of Nina and job from Morgan Stanley, daughter of Dr. Adena Berko- Ari Priven witz & Rabbi Zev Brenner Harlan Reiss from Abraham Joshua Heschel High School Jessica Brenner from SAR and will be attending and will attend Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi in in the Maayanot High School, daughter of Dr. Adena Berko- fall. Upon return he will attend NYU, College of Arts and witz & Rabbi Zev Brenner Science, son of Barbara & Guy Reiss Menachem Leib Brenner from Sy Syms School of Busi- Yehudit Rogosnitzky from MDS, daughter of Chana ness Yeshiva University, entering 3rd Year Semicha, RI- Ringel ETS-YU, son of Dr. Adena Berkowitz & Rabbi Zev Bren- Nachshoni Rothenberg from YKOM ner Danielle Rubin from NYU, daughter of Sally & Wolf Jonah Chill from Frisch High School, grandson of Vivian Rubin & Daniel Chill Emma Salomon from Lower School at MDS Middle Alexandra Degen Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy School, daughter of Sabrina Rosen & Guy Salomon and will be attending Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School, Benjamin Salomon from 2nd grade at Ramaz, son of granddaughter of Susan & Arthur Degen Sabrina Rosen & Guy Salomon Eliana Degen Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School and will Avery Salsberg from Edgemont High School, grandson be attending HaRova in the Fall, granddaughter of Su- of Francine & Jesse Salsberg san & Arthur Degen Gabrielle Segal from Queens College with honors, Tamar Druck on completing her Master’s degree in granddaughter of Dorothy & Jacques Van Amerongen Childhood General Education and Literacy from Bank Michal Rose Segall from Cornell University, Bachelor of Street School of Education, daughter of Andrew & Bev- Science, Magna Cum Laude, Distinction in Research, erly Goldsmith Druck daughter of Chani & Mark Segall Charles Eden from MDS, son of Jennifer & Ami Eden Yosef Solomon from TABC, son of Beth & Louis Solomon Elizabeth Englander from University of Chicago, daugh- Michaela Steinerman from MDS, daughter of Rona & ter of Libbe and Steven Englander Andrew Steinerman Shoshana Epstein from MDS, daughter of Tova Bessaleli Noam Steinerman from Frisch, son of Rona & Andrew & Josh Epstein Steinerman Alexis Goldstein from Columbia School of Business and Daniella Symonds from Ramaz Middle School -8th Social Work, wife of Rabbi Noach Goldstein Grade, daughter of Esther & Garth Symonds Jacob Green from SUNY Binghamton, Summa Cum Jennifer Van Amerongen from Stern College of Yeshiva Laude, grandson of Francine & Jesse Salsberg University with honors, granddaughter of Dorothy & Andrew Haberman from TABC, son of Sharon & Sinclair Jacques Van Amerongen Haberman Ethan Vorchheimer from Ramaz Lower School, Son of Ma'ayan Kaplan Green from Pre Army Mechina, serving Rachel & Dr. David Vorchheimer in the IDF, granddaughter of Lily Kaplan Chloe Weinstein from Heschel High School, daughter of Charles Laifer from MDS, son of Amanda & Daniel Lai- Dina & David Weinstein fer Ezra Wildes from MTA and attending Yeshivat Shalavim Noah Lang from SAR and will attend Columbia Universi- next year, son of Rabbi Mark & Jill Wildes ty joint degree program, son of Leslie Cohen & Jeffrey Yehuda Wildes from YKOM, son Rabbi Mark & Jill Wil- Lang des Rivka Yellin from MDS, daughter of Tami & Shy Yellin

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