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FIFTH AVENUE SYNAGOGUE 5 East 62Nd Street Tel: 212-838-2122 Learning and Living Judaism . .Together FIFTH AVENUE SYNAGOGUE 5 East 62nd Street Tel: 212-838-2122 www.5as.org BULLETIN MARCH/APRIL 2019 — ISRAEL 70 YEARS SPEAKER SERIES — FRIDAY NIGHT MARCH 15, 2019 FAS Warmly Welcomes AMBASSADOR DANNY AYALON Friday Night Dinner following services Members: $80/Adult, $40/Child; Non- Members: $100/Adult, $50/Child Great Children's Program! RSVP: [email protected], or www.5as.org. Ambassador Ayalon will speak on the topic: “Justice Among the Nations: How “Normal” Nations Behave and Does the Jewish State Adhere to these Norms?” Ambassador Danny Ayalon is the President of Hod Ayalon LTD, a private consult- ing firm for governments and international corporations, and the Chairman of Silver Road Capital, an investment banking firm for business owners and compa- nies. He is the founder of The Truth About Israel, a nonprofit organization that defends Israel using social media, and is the Rennert Family Visiting Professor of Foreign Policy Studies at Yeshiva University, where he teaches courses on state- craft, foreign policy, and international relations. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University and the Board of Trustees of the Lantos Founda- tion for Human Rights and Justice. From 2009 until 2013, he served as Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister and as a Member of Knesset. From 2002 until 2006, Ayalon served as the Ambassador of Israel to the United States. Prior to his ambas- sadorship, he worked for half a decade in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office as the senior foreign policy advisor to Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, and Ariel Sharon. From 1993 until 1997, Ayalon served as Chief of Staff at the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in New York. From 1991 until 1993, he served as the Consul of Israel in Panama. Ambassador Ayalon was a member of the Israeli delegation to the Wye River Plantation Summit of 1998 and the Camp David Summit of 2000. He served for three years as a captain in the armored corps of the Israel Defense Forces. Ambassador Ayalon holds an MBA from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and a BA in Economics from Tel Aviv University. He lives in Hod Hasharon with his wife and their two daughters. SHABBAT, MARCH 29 - 30, 2019 FAS Warmly Welcomes CHIEF RABBI DR. WARREN GOLDSTEIN — ISRAEL 70 YEARS SPEAKER SERIES — Friday Night Dinner following services SAVE THE DATE: SHABBAT, MAY 3 - 4, 2019 Members: $80/Adult, $40/Child; Non- Members: $100/Adult, $50/Child FAS Warmly Welcomes Great Children's Program! RSVP: [email protected], 212-838-2122, or www.5as.org. Ambassador DANI DAYAN Consul General of Israel in New York -On Friday night Rabbi Goldstein will address us on the topic: “Spiritual Entrepeneurship”. As Consul General of Israel in New York, Ambassador Dayan repre- -On Shabbat day Rabbi Goldstein will speak on sents the State of Israel to communities throughout New York, New Parshat Hashavua. Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Delaware. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1955, he is the Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein is the current Chief Rabbi of South Africa. In his 14 first Hispanic Consul General of Israel in New York. Amb. Dayan has established a reputation years in office he has launched and led a number of revolutionary initiatives that as an Israeli public figure, lecturer and entrepreneur. He enjoys wide support and appreciation have changed the landscape of both his own community and indeed world Jewry. from all sides of the Israeli political spectrum. While it was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya- Locally these include The Bill of Responsibilities which has been adopted by the hu who nominated him to this post, Dayan was publicly welcomed by the Israeli opposition as Department of Education in schools nationwide, CAP, a radical crime fighting well. He served as Chairman of the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria from initiative proactively protecting more than 250,000 South Africans, and Sinai Inda- 2007 until 2013. He then acted for two additional years as the Council's Chief Foreign Envoy. ba, perhaps the largest annual Torah convention of its kind in the world. Two of his In these roles, Amb. Dayan opened doors to the major seats of government worldwide and local projects have been embraced and implemented by world-jewry: Generation conducted regular meetings with foreign diplomats and journalists. Amb. Dayan has been a Sinai, a Torah learning experience between parents and children and, The Shabbat regular commentator in the international press and was frequently called upon to participate Project which has united Jews in over 1,500 cities in 101 countries through the in public debates and panels, contributing to the New York Times, The Boston Globe, The keeping of one shabbat together. A qualified Dayan, Rabbi Goldstein has published Guardian, CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, and many more. Dayan holds a B.Sc. in Economics and several books including Sefer Mishpat Tzedek, Defending the Human Spirit and The Computer Sciences from Bar Ilan University and M.Sc. in Finance from Tel Aviv University. Legacy. The Chief Rabbi has a PhD in human rights and constitutional law and is a He is fluent in Hebrew, English and Spanish. Prior to taking up his position in New York, he regular columnist for the Jerusalem Post. resided with his wife and daughter in the community of Maale Shomron. MARCH 2019 Adar I 24 - Adar II 24, 5779 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Shabbat 1 2 Vayakheil S 7:30 AM Shabbat Shekalim C 5:28 PM Birchas Hachodesh M 5:35 PM S 9:00 AM M 5:10 PM E 6:30 PM 3 4 5 6 7 Rosh Chodesh 8 Rosh Chodesh 9 Pekudei S 8:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM Adar II Adar II S 9:00 AM KS 9:17 AM M 5:40 PM M 5:40 PM M 5:40 PM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM M 5:20 PM M 5:40 PM M 5:40 PM C 5:36 PM E 6:37 PM M 5:40 PM *Move clocks forward one hour 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Vayikra S 8:30 AM DST S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM Shabbat Zachor KS 10:11 AM M 6:45 PM M 6:45 PM M 6:45 PM M 6:45 PM C 6:44 PM S 9:00 AM M 6:45 PM M 6:50 PM M 6:25 PM E 7:45 PM 17 18 19 20 Ta’anis Esther 21 Purim 22 Shushan Purim 23 Tzav S 8:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM Erev Purim S & Megillah S 7:30 AM S 9:00 AM KS 10:04 AM M 6:55 PM M 6:55 PM F 5:47 AM 7:30 AM C 6:51 PM M 6:35 PM M 6:50 PM S 7:30 AM Family Megillah M 6:55 PM E 7:53 PM M 1:35 & 6:40 PM Reading 4:00 PM Ma’ariv/Megillah M 6:55 PM 7:40 PM E 7:49 PM 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Shemini S 8:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM Shabbat Parah KS 9:57 AM M 7:00 PM M 7:00 PM M 7:00 PM M 7:00 PM C 6:59 PM Birchas Hachodesh M 7:00 PM M 7:00 PM S 9:00 AM M 6:40 PM E 8:00 PM 31 S 8:30 AM KS 9:51 AM M 7:10 PM Key — S: Shacharit; KS: Latest time for K’riat Shema; M: Mincha/Ma’ariv; C: Candle Lighting; F: Fast Begins; E: End of Shabbat/Fast Clergy: Honorary: Young Leadership Chairs: Rabbi Eli Babich Associate Rabbi Henry Hirsch, ob”m Founding Chairman Rachel Akrongold Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth Rabbi Emeritus, USA Hermann Merkin, ob”m Founding President Wesley LePatner Rabbi Shmuel Fishelis Daf Yomi Ira Leon Rennert Honorary Chairman Jennifer Majzner Rabbi Dr. M. Rosensweig Resident Scholar Prof. William Schwartz, ob”m Honorary Chairman Erynne Rennert Rabbi Yaakov Y. Kermaier Rabbi Emeritus, Israel Rabbi Sol Trau, ob”m Honorary Chairman Joseph Malovany Cantor David Yagoda, ob”m Honorary Chairman Yisroel Halpert Ritual Director Victor Barnett Honorary President Youth Directors: Martin Romerovski, ob”m Honorary President Rivkah Halpert Officers: Junior Congregation Walter J. Molofsky, M.D. Chairman Women’s Club: Men’s Club: Jacob D. Gold Yosef Itzkowitz President Starlin Leitner Taub Zig Mandelbaum Co-Chair Youth Groups Mitchell Davidson Vice President Chairman Steven Eichel Co-Chair Kim Heyman Vice President 2 APRIL 2019 Adar II 25 - Nisan 25, 5779 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Shabbat 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tazria S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM Rosh Chodesh Nisan M 7:10 PM M 7:10 PM M 7:10 PM M 7:10 PM C 7:06 PM Shabbat Hachodesh M 7:00 PM S 9:00 AM M 6:50 PM E 8:08 PM 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Metzorah S 8:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM Shabbat Hagadol KS 9:44 AM M 7:15 PM M 7:15 PM M 7:15 PM M 7:15 PM C 7:14 PM S 9:00 AM M 7:15 PM M 7:00 PM M 6:55 PM E 8:16 PM 14 15 16 17 18 19 Erev Pesach 20 Pesach Day 1 S 8:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM Siyum Bechorot S 9:00 AM KS 9:37 AM M 7:25 PM M 7:25 PM M 7:25 PM M 7:25 PM S 7:30 AM M 7:15 PM M 7:25 PM Bedikat Chametz C 7:21 PM C 8:24 PM M 7:25 PM Second Seder First Seder Omer Count 1 21 Pesach Day 2 22 Chol Hamoed 23 Chol Hamoed 24 Chol Hamoed 25 Chol Hamoed 26 Pesach Day 7 27 Pesach Day 8 S 9:00 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 9:00 AM S 8:45 AM KS 9:31 AM M 7:30 PM M 7:30 PM M 7:30 PM C 7:27 PM C 7:28 PM Yizkor 10:30 AM M 7:25 PM Omer Count 3 Omer Count 4 Omer Count 5 M 7:35 PM M 7:00 PM M 7:20 PM E 8:25 PM Omer Count 6 Omer Count 7 E 8:32 PM Omer Count 2 Omer Count 8 28 29 30 May 1 2 Yom Hashoah 3 4 Acharei Mos S 8:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 7:30 AM S 9:00 AM KS 9:26 AM M 7:40 PM M 7:40 PM M 7:40 PM M 7:40 PM C 7:36 PM M 7:20 PM M 7:35 PM Omer Count 10 Omer Count 11 Omer Count 12 Omer Count 13 M 7:00 PM E 8:41 PM Omer Count 9 Omer Count 14 Omer Count 15 Key — S: Shacharit; KS: Latest time for K’riat Shema; M: Mincha/Ma’ariv; C: Candle Lighting; E: End of Shabbat/Holiday HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FAS NEW MEMBERS DINNER - HELD ON FEBRUARY 1, 2019 3 THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS - 5779 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN Below is a list of those who thus far have made contributions to the 5779 Annual Campaign in an amount of $500 or more.
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