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Shomrei Torah Annual Gala March 7, 2015 (Details on Page 4) Shomrei Torah - Wayne Conservative Congregation January 2015 Tevet/Sh’vat 5775 30 Hinchman Ave. Wayne, NJ 07470 973-696-2500 www.ShomreiTorahWCC.org Candle Celebrating Tradition, Embracing the Future! Lighting Times January 2 - 4:22 PM Make your reservations NOW! 9 - 4:29 PM See page 16! 16 - 4:37 PM 23 - 4:45 PM 30 - 4:54 PM Contents From the Bima……..2 Words from Our President………...….3 Vol. of the Month…..5 Religious School.…...7 Sisterhood News….....................14 Men’s Club………...19 One Book, One Community……...…24 Israel Tour with Rabbi Mark………………..28 Golden Cards……....37 Calendar..…………..39 SAVE THE DATE!!! Shomrei Torah Annual Gala March 7, 2015 (Details on page 4) 1 January 2015 Executive Board FROM THE BIMA Cindy Merker President Israel is what’s on my mind. Israel is often on my mind, but this year more than most, as there are many Roberta Ort things we have done as a congregation, but going to Executive Vice President/ President Elect Israel is not one of them. I’m hoping that this changes in 2015! If out of all of our families we can find 15 Beth Julie souls who wish to travel together to the Holy Land, Vice President of Education, Ritual & Youth then we will have our first (of many?) Congregational Israel Trips. There are many in the business of Karen Weiss & Sheryl Sarin running trips to Israel, but only a few that specialize in Co-Vice Presidents of Membership, Program & congregational trips. ITC – Israel Tour Connection - is Social Action one and they are located right here in NJ! They are currently organizing 36 congregational trips, just in 2015. Going to Israel is always special, but going Mark Kass Vice President of together as a part of the Shomrei Torah family would be something extra Finance & Fundraising special! We are going May 12-22, 2015 at a cost of $3995/person. It’s not inexpensive, but it is worth it! Howard Hook Treasurer For those who will not be joining us on the trip, but want to be supportive of Tova Friede our Israel programming, we are joining together with the other Conservative Financial Secretary congregations of NJ to sponsor an Israeli from our movement to come speak here. We are currently raising funds towards a $10,000 matching grant from Carla Rudow Communications Secretary Nefesh B’Nefesh to help pay for this event. Shomrei Torah will be a sponsoring congregation, but we did not budget for this program. So if you Gary Lesser would like to help out, please send in a donation of any amount, we will Recording Secretary gladly accept $18, $180 or $1800; just note on the check it is for the USCJ Karen Weiss Israel Speaker. Immediate Past President ————————- Finally, our new Director of Congregational Learning, Judy Jaffe, has Clergy arranged for us to have Federation’s GIANT Israel map beginning on Jan. th 29 . So do try to stop by while it is here to see what an impressive item it is; Randall Mark our students are going to have a blast learning from it. Rabbi —————————- Wishing you a Happy and Healthy New Year! Staff Rabbi Randy Mark Melody Sandor Synagogue Administrator Judy Jaffe Holding Hands Director of Congregational Providing Support After the Death of a Child Learning A support group which offers friendship and understanding to fam- Donna Davis Synagogue Secretary ilies who are grieving the death of a child. Suzanne Zofi Meetings: Administrative Assistant 3rd Wednesday of the month beginning January 21st, 2015 Gloria Millan Doors open at 7, meeting begins 7:15 pm Shabbat Staff Place: Manny Vargas Jewish Family Service of Bergen and North Hudson Custodian 1485 Teaneck Road, Teaneck For additional information please contact [email protected] or call 201-837-9090 2 January 2015 Adult Ed., Sisterhood or Men’s Club event. Words from Our President... There are many choices for all of us to consider. So, come in from the cold to a place that is bright and warm and welcoming. I hope to see you all at our COMEDY NIGHT on Saturday, January 17! It is a time to just sit back and enjoy the entertainment and socialize with your fellow congregants. Please invite your friends and family too. Successful fundraisers like Comedy Night are vital to the financial well- being of Shomrei Torah. Stay Warm, Cindy No way around it. January is a tough month. It comes right after we have been busy celebrating Kosher Meals on Wheels Drivers Needed the Holidays of Thanksgiving and Chanukah. The days are short, dark and cold. Many times Jewish Family Service of Noreth Jersey is looking we do not feel like leaving the warm comforts of for volunteers to deliver kosher meals to home- our homes. bound, isolated seniors in Wayne. For many sen- iors, this may be the only contact they have beyond But, you should leave your homes and spend the JFSNJ social worker. If you are available one some time at Shomrei Torah! It is always bright day a week to deliver meals, please call Melanie and warm in our building. Lester at 973-595-0111 or email The brightness is due to the new lighting that [email protected]. was recently installed throughout the synagogue. We participated in the NJ Direct Install Program which provided new energy efficient light fixtures Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price and bulbs to replace our antiquated ones. The State of NJ incurred 70% of the cost and of your eligible AmazonSmile Shomrei Torah was responsible for the remaining 30%. Overall, it is a win-win for the synagogue. purchases to The warmth is provided by the Rabbi, office staff and the numerous volunteers that work so hard Wayne Conservative Jewish to make everyone feel welcome in our synagogue community. Congregation You may want to rest up a bit during these dark whenever you shop on days of winter, but after you do, realize that there are new challenges waiting for all of us in the AmazonSmile. months ahead. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Maybe you will volunteer to read from the Torah Same products, same prices, same service. one Saturday; maybe you will commit to attending minyan one morning a week or Support your charitable organization by start- alternatively one evening a week; maybe you will ing your shopping at: attend services one Friday night or one Saturday smile.amazon.com morning every month; maybe you will attend an 3 January 2015 4 January 2015 Todah Rabah to… Torah in his continuing quest for knowledge. A Melton alumnus, he will be continuing this path by participating in Rabbi Mark’s “Chai Mitzvah” class held on the 4th Monday Phil Nuccetelli of each month and would like one day to be proficient in reading Hebrew. Shomrei Torah’s Phil credits his grandmother as the one who has most influ- January enced his life. He explains “she raised me, as my mother was a single parent for the most part. My grandmother imparted to me the most important life lessons and was an Volunteer of the Month! inspiration.” He loves to travel and has participated in the “March of the Living,” along with other members of Shomrei and was in Israel for the first time at the conclusion of the March. He was most impressed by the “mix of different cultures, the cosmopolitan nature and the magnetic atmosphere of Is- raeli society.” Always an active participant in the fabric of Shomrei Torah, he has been involved in many different spheres of syna- gogue life i.e., ritual committee, executive board and the board of trustees. He is a “hands-on” volunteer, cooking meals (his eggplant parm is delicious!), running morning minyans (and lottery ticket collection!). Little known fact: Phil is also well-versed in the repair of tzizit (prayer shawl) strings which require a special technique for knotting. (These fringes are coiled and knotted to remind us of the 613 mitzvot. The numerical values of the letters that com- prise the Hebrew word tzizit add up to 600. Add the eight strings and five knots of each tzizit total 613). Phil came to Judaism (and Shomrei Torah) 27 years ago and always felt drawn to Judaism. Perhaps it is his When asked to define what being Jewish means to him, “Yiddishe Neshama” (Jewish soul). Phil shared a conver- Phil explains that for him it means “Seeing God in every sation he had with Rabbi Segelman when he first ap- human being.” proached the idea of conversion. Thank you, Phil, for being a valued and integral part of Rabbi: “Are you crazy?” Shomrei Torah! Phil: “Perhaps, a little.” Rabbi: “Well, then you will fit right in!” And on that auspicious note, the history of Shomrei Torah and Philip Nuccetelli began. Phil was raised in Passaic and received a BA in Education and a Master’s in Ecology from William Paterson Universi- ty. A chemistry teacher at Clifton High School for 23 years, he switched to the business sector, where he is currently employed by Equitable Insurance. He gives cred- it to William Paterson University as the place where he met his wife, Maria. Married since 1963, the Nuccetelli family settled in Wayne, raised two children, and now enjoys the pleasures of being grandparents to three grandchildren. Phil is an avid bridge player and instructor and has been instrumental in bringing the enjoyment of this game to Shomrei Torah, where an informal group plays on Wednes- day at different host locations. A voracious reader, his favorite books are on religion and spirituality and he takes classes on Hebrew literacy and 5 January 2015 A HAPPY THANKSGIVING WAS HAD...
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