AHAVASAHAVAS ACHIMACHIM NEWSLETNEWSLETTERTER ט"ז אב תשע"ח ואתחנן/נחמו JULY 27, 2018 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SYNAGOGUE NEWS AHAVAS ACHIM BASEBALL EVENT Please join us this Sunday, July 29 for a מזל טוב שבת נחמו Friday Candlelighting...... 7:59 p.m. Mazel Tov to me Shlomo Aronoff and Kit Somerset Patriots baseball game. The Friday Mincha/Kabbalat /Maariv Englard on their forthcoming marriage. day’s program includes the following: ...... 7:00 & 8:05 p.m. Mazel Tov to their parents, Bill and Carol Rally Towels: First 1,500 fans Aronoff of Lawrenceville, NJ and Paul Shacharit ...... 7:00 & 9:00 a.m. Gigliotti and Tova Feinman of Pittsburgh, 3:00-5:00 p.m.: Car show in the parking Pre-Group Babysitting ...... 9:00 a.m. PA. lot Latest Shema...... 9:27 a.m. 4:00-4:25 p.m.: Player Autograph Youth Groups...... 10:00 a.m. Session Baby Group ...... 10:30 a.m. WOMEN'S TORAH INSTITUTE 5:00 p.m.: Somerset Patriots vs. Road Come learn with Miriam Oles and Janet Warriors Kiddush is sponsored by the Sisterhood. Podell at this year's final installment of Run bases on the field after the game, Ahavas Achim's Women's Torah Institute Mincha...... 5:00 & 7:55 p.m. next Shabbat, August 4 at 5:00 p.m. at the roughly 8:00 p.m. Daf Yomi (Zevachim 106) ...... home of Jackie and Alan Kelin, 5 Hamlin There will be kosher food for sale at the ...... 7:05 p.m. (Beit Midrash) Road, Edison. Spend a meaningful and game from Bistro70 including: hot dogs, Pirkei Avot...... 7:35 p.m. (Sanctuary) enjoyable Shabbat afternoon with old friends falafel, shawarma, schnitzel, knishes and Maariv ...... 9:03 and new. For more information, please fruit bowl. Tickets are $20 each for great Motzei Shabbat ...... 9:07 p.m. contact Caren Friedman at 610-246-3131 or field level seats behind home plate. [email protected] or Rosa Katz at Transportation is on your own. For עקב 908-881- 1660 or [email protected]. questions and to participate, contact Avi Sunday Shacharit...... 8:00 & 9:00 a.m. Grin at [email protected]. Monday & Thursday Shacharit ...... 6:25 & 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday Shacharit ...... 6:35 & 7:45 a.m. Sunday -Thursday Mincha/Maariv ...... 8:00 p.m. Coming now to Highland Park!!! Monday-Thursday late Maariv...... 9:30 p.m. Friday Candlelighting...... 7:51 p.m. Friday Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv ...... 7:00 & 8:00 p.m.

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Please patronize our sponsors! an effort to foster the Achdut, unity, that INTRODUCING SOME OF OUR makes this community stand out from רפואה שלמה SHUL MEMBERS: others. It would be wonderful for Ahavas in חולים Please include the following Achim to take part in this welcoming This Week - Mindy & Seth Berman .תפילות your initiative. If you are interested in being notified when a new family moves into ליבה שיינדל בת חוה town and would consider calling to יהודה בן מלכה welcome them or to invite them for a יצחק בן עליזה Shabbat meal, please reach out to Abby Eserner at [email protected] to סימה בת דינה יהודית Please note: This list of names has let her know you'd like to be involved. been reset, and all names have been erased from this list. If you would like DEDICATION OPPORTUNITIES to resubmit a name for the cholim list, call the Shul office: 732-247-0532 or The shul has a number of chumashim email: [email protected]. available for dedication. The cost of dedicating a chumash is $50. To dedicate a ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM chumash, contact the shul office: [email protected] or 732-247- KIPPUR SEATING 5779 0532. Mindy was drawn to Highland Park in Ahavas Achim's new online seat 1995 by its reputation as a warm and welcoming place—and by the reservation system for the upcoming LOOKING TO DECLUTTER? Yomim Noraim is now accepting Schwarzbergs, who were well known in reservations! Please look for the email Donate your gently used, resalable items Atlanta, GA, where Mindy was living from the shul containing all the details and for our annual Yard Sale! Drop off at the before she moved here. Seth was drawn a link to our online portal. Please note that shul. Please contact Kivi & Chani to Highland Park in 1997 by Mindy. the Early Bird Deadline with its discount Neuman at [email protected] They live on the South Side, across the of $25/seat expires this Tuesday, July 31. before you drop off. street from Ahavas Achim. They are the The final seat reservation deadline is proud parents of Aryeh, a recent Friday, August 24. We look forward to an MEALS FOR AA FAMILIES graduate of Yeshiva University High uplifting month of Tishrei with the entire School for Boys, who will be spending The Ahavas Achim Meal Coordination Ahavas Achim family. the coming year at Yeshivat Shaalvim Committee arranges meals for congregants in and then attending Yeshiva with medical needs, new babies and shivas. University; Edie, a student at Bruriah SOLICITING PRIZES FOR AHAVAS Until now, the opportunity to contribute to High School for Girls; and Gavi, a ACHIM FUNDRAISER these meals has been limited to people who student at Yeshiva University High have already volunteered to help. In the This November, Ahavas Achim will be School for Boys. having a Bingo Night full of food, fun, and spirit of inclusion, and to strengthen our prizes! However, we don't have all those community, we are now engaging the entire Asked why they joined Ahavas Achim, prizes just yet, and that's where you come congregation in this important chesed they replied: "We opened the phone in. If you know the right people—or are opportunity. When a need arises, we will book, and AA was the first shul listed. the right people—who can donate exciting create a “MealTrain” and we will We have found no reason yet to move prizes (local establishment gift cards; event announce it to the congregation and post on to the "B"s." Mindy and Seth both tickets; gift baskets; etc), please let us the link on the AA website. Or, if you or have served Ahavas Achim as active know by emailing Simi Lichtman at your friends are creating your own volunteers in a number of capacities, [email protected]. MealTrain for an AA family, please let us most notably as Gabbai and shul share that with the AA community as well. president (Seth) and as a Board member (Mindy). PLEASE JOIN OUR WELCOMING If you have a need for meals, please don’t COMMITTEE! hesitate to ask. We will be happy to Mindy is a professional fundraiser who provide! Please send all meal information, has worked for NORPAC, the Jewish As we all know, moving to a new requests and inquiries to Federation of Central New Jersey, and community can be daunting. The [email protected] and a UJA Federation of New York. Seth is Highland Park/Edison Connects member of the meal coordination an attorney who works as General Initiative was started years ago to help committee will take it from there! Counsel of a publicly held company in families who are new to Highland Park or New Jersey. Edison acclimate to our community. This For current opportunities to provide meals, initiative assists in connecting families please check out the AA website: Asked to share a vacation spot they across all shuls and schools in the area. ahavasachim.org. visited and recommend, they said: "We The HP/Edison Connects Committee recently spent a couple of days in brings welcome baskets to new families in Bushkill Falls, PA. We highly town, sets up Shabbat meals for families recommend it for its serene, natural when they move in, and hosts events to beauty." bring together women in the community in 2 AAU SHIURIM YOUTH NEWS YAHRZEITS Monday-Thursday after 9:30 p.m. 7/29 Jenny Mandelbaum Sister Maariv Chug Mishnayot NO TEEN MINYAN THIS SHABBAT 7/30 Bernice Chefitz Daughter Harry Chefitz Sister Tuesday 8:30 a.m. Torah Gems with Please note: Teen Minyan will not meet this Elie Kurtz Mother Rabbi Moshe Goldberger (for men only) Shabbat. Kenny Wintman Mother Tuesday 9:30 a.m. Mishnah Keritut with 8/2 Stanley Presser Father Rabbi Yehoshua Weitzner (for men only) BABYSITTING AND GROUPS ON Thursday 9:30 a.m. Masechet Brachot YOMIM NORAIM spot. For questions or concerns, please with Rabbi Eli Reisman (for men only) contact Youth Directors Kivi and Chani Ahavas Achim is pleased to offer Neuman at [email protected] or Shabbat 9:30 a.m. (after 7:00 a.m. babysitting and youth programming on 732-579-7177. Shacharit) "Jewish Values in a Changing Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The World" by Rav Yehuda Amital services will be provided for children of all

Shabbat 50 minutes before 2nd Mincha ages. There is a charge of $50 per family Daf Yomi with Judah Abraham for both holidays or $25 per family for either Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur. We Shabbat 1/2 hour before 2nd Mincha thank Josh and Leslie Ostrin for once Orthodox Jewish male Pirkei Avot with Avi Maza again generously subsidizing this program Rutgers student seeks 1-2 in memory of Josh's parents, Murray & male apartment mates to ז "ל Gloria Ostrin SISTERHOOD NEWS share a beautiful, newly- The times for the programs are as follows: renovated, furnished suite Rosh Hashanah: near Rutgers. ROSH HASHANAH GREETINGS Babysitting for children ages 0-11: 10:00- The deadline to participate in this year's 11:00 a.m. Must be Shomer Shabbat and AA Sisterhood Rosh Hashanah Youth groups, ages 0-11: 11:00 a.m.–end kosher. greetings is Friday, August 24. This is of services Please call: the fastest and easiest way to wish a Yom Kippur Night: Shana Tova to our entire Ahavas Achim Peysach at 848-525-7325. family. Forms can be found in the shul Babysitting for children ages 0-11: Start of office and lobby. Just return your greeting Kol Nidrei to end form with a $10 check (made out to Yom Kippur Day: Ahavas Achim Sisterhood) to Elena Babysitting for children ages 0-11: 10:00 Orgel or drop it off in the shul office if it's a.m.–end of morning services easier. Babysitting for children ages 0-11: Mincha and Neilah KIDDUSH REMINDER Rooms for each age/service will be posted. The Kiddush committee for this Shabbat Please accompany your children for drop is: Alan and Jodie Salit, Alan and off and ensure prompt pickup following the Bernice Shapiro and Eli and Laura end of the babysitting services. Weiss. The Kiddush committee for Please send along food and drinks for your Shabbat, August 4 is: Alex and Masha children as well as any items they may Sherman, Shnayder and Shoulson. The need while using the babysitting/youth Kiddush committee for Shabbat, August group services (diapers, wipes, etc.). Please 11 is: Silver, Simen and Simantov. The remember to label items/lunch bags prior to Kiddush committee for Shabbat, August Yom Tov so they are easily identified. The 18 is: Steif, Sofair-Fisch and Stechel. youth department is nut-free, as we have participating children with severe allergies. BOOK CLUB All children are expected to participate in The next AA Sisterhood Book Club the programming provided and behave with meeting will take place on Wednesday, respect to babysitters and group leaders. September 5 at 8:30 p.m. at the home of Parents will be contacted if any issues Lisa Goldberg, 33 North 9th Avenue, arise. Highland Park. The book we will be discussing is Vaclav and Lena by Haley Please look for the email from the shul Tanner. We hope you can join us! containing all the details and a link to our online portal to register your kids and submit your payment to the shul office for this program. Families must be enrolled by Monday, September 4 in order to ensure a 3 Please patronize our sponsors! SHABBAT GROUPS BIRTHDAY TIFERES THIS MOTZEI SHABBAT JEWISH SEWING CIRCLE PARTY SPONSORSHIPS The next DVD for women, "Learning to Etz Ahaim Jewish Sewing Circle for Celebrating your child's birthday? Sponsor a Yearn—Living Lives that will Bring us quilters, sewers, knitters and other hand birthday party for your child's Shabbat Home" featuring Rabbi Fishel crafters meets every Tuesday from morning group: includes birthday game, Schachter and Rivka Malka Perlman, 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the lower social hall birthday hats, and special snacks. will be shown this Motzei Shabbat, July of Etz Ahaim. Please bring your own Sponsorships start at $25. For more 28 at 10:00 p.m. at the Siegel house. project and associated supplies. All information, contact Kivi and Chani at Weekly teleconferences with topics such levels are welcome. Please note: this is [email protected]! as shalom bayit and parenting are not a class. For more information, available to Tiferes members. For more contact Chana at [email protected]. PRE-GROUP BABYSITTING! information or to become a member, email Aviva at [email protected]. TEHILLIM GROUP We now have babysitting before groups, The Highland Park/Edison group of from 9:00-10:00 a.m. (ages 3 and up only.) Tiferes is zecher l'nishmat Malka bat The Women’s Tehillim Group meets It takes place in the 3-5-year-old room. No Shalom. every Shabbat at 5:00 p.m. at Etz charge! Please email Chani if interested at Ahaim. For more information, please [email protected]. call Etz Ahaim at 732-247-3839. COMMUNITY MEMBER NEEDS OUR SUPPORT GROUP TIMES IRVING BERLIN, AN AMERICAN Please try to vote daily! Spencer INSTITUTION Baby/Toddler Room: 10:00 a.m. open play, Rockman—the best soccer coach—has 10:30 a.m. organized parent and me groups been nominated for a national service The Jewish Community Center of All other groups: 10:00 a.m. award. He needs to have people vote on a Middlesex County and the Highland daily basis (people can vote every 24 Park Senior Center invite you to an AHAVAS ACHIM YOUTH hours). It's super simple; they don't ask illustrated lecture by historian Marty DEPARTMENT SICK POLICY for an email address or anything like that. Schneit, “Irving Berlin, An American It takes seconds: https:// Institution” on Tuesday, August 21 at Children who are ill cannot attend Shabbat mlsworkscmvp.com/#newyorkredbulls. 1:00 p.m. at the Highland Park Senior morning groups and other youth department Thank you! Center. This event is free and open to events. Children who show signs of illness the public as space allows. Pre- including: registration recommended. To register or HELP NEEDED  fever (100 degrees or higher) for more information, please contact: the A very sweet young girl living in our Highland Park Senior Center at 732-  discharge from eyes community needs assistance gathering 819-0052 or the Jewish Community  vomiting funds toward costly medical procedures Center at 732-494-3232.  diarrhea (two or more times in a short and rehabilitation therapies. She has been period of time) rehabilitating post injury for 4 years and RARITAN VALLEY HADASSAH  extreme pain or discomfort is still in great need of help in order to NEW MEMBER TEA: WHAT improve her quality of life. Her parents  sore throat or severe coughing EARLY AMERICAN JEWISH thank our local Rebbeim and the entire COOKBOOKS SAY ABOUT US  rash community for your support. All checks must be excluded from the program until can be made to Ahavas Achim Rabbi’s Next Sunday, August 5, 1:00-3:00 p.m., they are symptom free for at least 24 hours. Charity Fund. For more information, 130 Valentine Street, Highland Park: For the safety and well-being of all, we ask please contact Rachelle Stern at Find a new member for Raritan Valley for your cooperation in strictly adhering to [email protected] or Art Hadassah, and you and they are invited this Sick Policy. Miller at [email protected]. for dessert, tea, and a talk and exhibition on early American Jewish cookbooks, at ACTT the home of Rosey Bell. Rosey has been COMMUNITY NEWS studying the history of American Jewish COMMUNITY NEWS The current source book is: The Garden cookbooks and what they say about the of Miracles - Say Thank You and See American and Jewish identities of our BEN ISH CHAI PRESENTATION AT Miracles by Rabbi Shalom Arush. The mothers and grandmothers. She has a ETZ AHAIM audio of Rabbi Kaufman’s insightful and collection of over 100 cookbooks and inspiring “HaKarat HaTov; Unlocking This Wednesday, August 1 at 8:00 p.m. will share their recipes and her theories One’s Inner Greatness” presentation, about them with you. Dr. Shalom Abboudi will present a class on which also paid tremendous tribute to the "Novel Ideas of the Ben Ish Chai" at Etz memory of Chasha Chana bat Reuven, This is a membership event, so the ticket Ahaim. Dr. Abboudi is a long-time former Alice Gordon, z"l, is now available for for admission is to bring in a new member of Etz Ahaim who made listening or downloading from the audio member to Raritan Valley Hadassah. several years ago. He is now an author of page of the ACTT website: RSVP: 732-819-0593. several books on the torah of the Ben Ish www.actt613.org/6.html. For more Chai. information, call Phil Rosen at 732-572- 4 8762 or email: [email protected]. GIRLS TALENT SHOW park permit limitations. RSVP Required: [email protected] with the http://jewishheartnj.org/butterfly. In subject line saying "Hadassah cards." Girls ages 8-12 are invited to join Edison/ case of a rainy day, the program will be Or call Marsha at 732-271-2932. You Highland Parks’s first community-wide rescheduled. may order as many packages as you All Girls Talent Show, for girls by girls, would like. Arrangements for delivery on Sunday, September 2 (please note can be made if you live in Highland Park. date change) from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Local RARITAN VALLEY HADASSAH Please do not wait until the last minute to venue to be determined. Cost: $25 for one WELCOME BACK BRUNCH place your orders. Cards will probably be participant, $35 family cap; sponsorships Join Raritan Valley Hadassah on available for delivery or pickup by the available. Individual and group Sunday, August 26 from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 end of August. performances welcome. First, second and p.m. at the Lena & David T. Wilentz third place prizes to be awarded by a panel Senior Residence Building on the Wilf JFS GRANT WRITER VOLUNTEER of independent judges. All net proceeds to Campus, 360 Demott Lane, Somerset. be given to Yad Ten Hachnosas Kallah. They will have a delicious kosher brunch Jewish Family Services of Middlesex To participate and obtain more and a special program including music by County is seeking a volunteer to write information, please call Ahuva Morris at the wonderful pianist David Schlossberg, corporate, government, and family 908-227-3155 or you can email to welcome Hadassah Members, Associates foundation grants that might be available [email protected]. and guests. Start the fall season meeting to the agency. A person with a new and old friends, and learning about background in writing grants for a non- WOMEN’S CENTER AT JFS upcoming Hadassah events and programs. profit organization would be ideal, but CELEBRATES WOMEN’S EQUALITY For questions, please contact Debbie we would consider any individual DAY Gerber at [email protected] or 732- motivated to learn the strategies and 688-4146. techniques of grant writing. We see this On Thursday, August 23, from 12:30- as a part-time, perhaps 10-15 hours per New this year: optional 1/2 hour tour of 2:30 p.m., the Women’s Center at week position. If you are interested in the Wilf Campus on the Wilf Campus mini- Jewish Family Services will sponsor their volunteering or would like additional rd bus at no extra charge. The mini-bus will 3 annual Women’s Equality Day event. information, please contact Murray The Women’s Center includes women and meet those who'd like join this tour, at Katz at [email protected]. their children in this event by dispensing 10:00 a.m. sharp at the Wilentz building backpacks filled with school supplies. lobby. Space on tour is limited! You must There will be activities and snacks for all. register for tour in addition to brunch! The event is free and open to all members Carpools are encouraged. Those who of the JFS Women's Center. For more cannot obtain a ride, please contact Marcia information, call 732-777-1940. To Shiffman at [email protected] or participate, you must RSVP with your 732-964-0079. Please RSVP no later than child's name, age and gender, by email to: August 16. Send check of $25 per attendee [email protected]. made out to Hadassah to: Sara Goodman Women’s Equality Day commemorates Hand, 311 Montgomery Street, Highland the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Park, NJ 08904. Let her know if you U.S. Constitution, granting women the would also like to attend the tour. right to vote. Although originally only commemorating the right of women to ROSH HASHANAH GREETING vote, today it has grown to mean so much CARDS more. This holiday also celebrates all of the women’s organizations all over the Rosh Hashanah is September 9 this year. country that work hard to provide women Raritan Valley Hadassah is selling with equal opportunities in education and greeting cards. There are three styles of employment. cards to choose from: each package containing 25 cards for $25 per package. FAMILY PICNIC AT THE  Branches of Hope inside: “May you BUTTERFLY PARK IN EAST and yours be blessed with health, BRUNSWICK happiness and the joys of life. L’Shanah Tovah to the happiest of Join PJ Library and Young Israel of years.” East Brunswick for a fun-filled family picnic with free popsicles, a fun program  Dove of Peace: inside: “May this New about butterflies, crafts and a PJ Library Year be bright with hope and filled book reading on Sunday, August 12 from with peace, health and happiness.” 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at Great Oak Park,  Windmill: inside: “L’shanah 260 Rues Lane, East Brunswick. Bring Tovah. Wishing you a sweet, healthy your own blankets and food. The program and peaceful new year.” is free and for the whole family; all ages Please email Marsha Hines at: are welcome. Space is very limited, due to 5 Please patronize our sponsors! EDISON/HIGHLAND PARK KIDS’ HATZOLAH OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY AHAVAS ACHIM CLOTHING DRIVE If you have a medical emergency, call 732-456- Rabbi The Kids' Clothing Drive is now accepting 6666. Seeking additional responders and Steven Miodownik donations of used clothing in excellent dispatchers. Free EMT training will be provided. Rabbi Emeritus condition. Drop-off locations are RPRY and To volunteer, please call 732-993-8645, email: Ronald L. Schwarzberg YST Preschool. Do not bag in black garbage [email protected] or you can visit: bags. No adult clothing please. For more www.hatzolahmc.org. Honorary Presidents information, call Ida Scheiner at 732-247- Alexander Bernstein, z"l Funds are desperately needed. Hatzolah is Isadore Sapiro, z"l 3073, Sarah Leifer at 732-828-0266 or appealing community-wide for emergency Albert Sapiro, z"l Marla Rottenstreich at 732-317-2784. All Nathan Segal, z"l financial help to continue their noble work in proceeds benefit the Community Emergency saving lives. To have a full tzedakah box picked President Parnassah Initiative. up, email [email protected] or call 732-993- Josh Ostrin 8645. Or write checks out to: “Chevra Hatzolah CLOTHING AVAILABLE Vice Presidents of Middlesex County” and mail to: P.O. Box Yossi Benedek: Ritual Clothing in good condition is available at no 778, Edison, NJ 08818. Avi Eserner: House cost to anyone in the community. If your Avi Freidenreich: Treasurer Harry Glazer: Membership family is in need, contact Ida Scheiner at PARK MIKVAH HOURS Avi Grin: Fundraising 732-247-3073. Park Mikvah hours are: Sunday-Thursday 9:00- Debra Levenstein: Secretary Eli Weiss: Finance 11:00 p.m.; Motzei Shabbat, July 28: 10:15- THE WANDERING QUE RETURNS TO 11:30 p.m.; Motzei Shabbat, August 4, 11, 18: Immediate Past President AHAVAS YISRAEL 10:00-11:30 p.m.; August 25: 9:30-11:30 p.m. Jeremy Renna The Wandering Que is returning to Ahavas Friday nights by appointment only by leaving a Gabbaim Yisrael on Sunday, August 12 from 12:00- message at 732-249-2411 or via: the website: Yossi Benedek 8:00 p.m. or until they run out of food. Please www.parkmikvah.org. Seth Berman Jonathan Caplan come out and satisfy your hunger. Michael Kornfeld VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR BIKUR Barry Leskowitz FREE CONCERT OF KLEZMER MUSIC CHOLIM Barry Levinson David Simen BY T-KLEZ Bikur Cholim of Raritan Valley is looking for David Stern Experience some joyful and soulful Jewish volunteers to visit a male patient at the Steven White AristaCare facility in South Plainfield. It is a 10 music from 3 continents by 3 experienced Honorary Gabbai minute drive from our community. Also looking musicians who love the music as much as they Bernard Israel love entertaining you! The concert will be for a male to sit, schmooze and learn with a male Board of Directors held at the Franklin Township Public patient at AristaCare. Family is willing to pay. For more information, please contact Nitza Adler at Dovid Becker Library, 485 Demott Lane, Somerset, this Andrew Cohen Wednesday, August 1 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. 732-819-9294. Marisa Dolled-Filhart Registration is a must at: http:// Bikur Cholim is in need of more drivers to be Sarah Grunstein www.libraryinsight.net/eventdetails.asp? Susan Hornstein able to serve everybody. If you are able to help Herb Klaver jx=ftp&lmx=690949&v=3 or call 732-873- out, visit: bikurcholimrv.com/volunteers/ Dana Korbman 8700. become-a-volunteer. You do not have to be Michele Kornblum Cheryl Kornfeld The musicians are: available all the time. Even if you are free for part of one day each week or only for the summer, Elana Kurtz  David Licht, percussion, founding Simi Lichtman your help is still appreciated. For more Marc Scheiner member of the world-renowned information, please contact Susan Kollmar at Sherry Simantov Klezmatics [email protected]. Ari Sofair-Fisch Ze'ev Strupinsky  Psachya Septimus, accordion, who lives In addition, they are seeking adults and students Laura Weiss locally but is in demand all over the 11th grade and up to visit homebound people in country our community. For more information, please call Sisterhood President Elena Orgel  Dena Ressler, who started playing Bikur Cholim at 732-572-7181. They are also clarinet in Franklin Township and still seeking volunteers to visit at the Regency nursing Youth Directors has her original FTPL library card. home on DeMott Lane in Somerset. For more Akiva & Chani Neuman information, contact Rahel Baruh at 732-672- 216 South First Avenue KEILIM MIKVAH HOURS 4673 or [email protected]. P.O. Box 4242 Bikur Cholim is also looking for Mother's Highland Park, NJ 08904 Ohr Torah Keilim Mikvah hours are phone: (732) 247-0532 officially Sundays from 7:00–10:00 a.m. If Helpers to help with a special needs five year old fax: (732) 247-6739 you need special access during non-open girl. Volunteers are needed for any time, Monday www.ahavasachim.org hours, please contact Barry Siegel at through Friday. They are looking for girls 10th [email protected] or 732-572-4408. grade and up. If you can help, even for a few hours, please call Rivka Teresh directly at 347- 6 598-9448.