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Moving Forward with Our Family Great Neck Synagogue Program Brochure 2017 - 2018 a Letter from the Rabbi Dedication Dear Friends Moving Forward with our Family Great Neck Synagogue Program Brochure 2017 - 2018 A Letter from the Rabbi Dedication Dear Friends, Once again we present to you our Annual Program Brochure. A lot of hard work and resources went into the planning of this coming year’s program, and we hope you will enjoy the fruit of those labors. The theme for this year, Together in Harmony, captures the essence of our community. Members with different backgrounds and different interests can all find exciting opportunities in this year’s programming. For some it will be the weekly Torah classes, for others the special Shabbat guest speakers and yet for others, the social programs of our affiliates. GNS has something for everyone and together, in harmony, we all create this special community. This brochure is graciously dedicated by I want to thank all of our sponsors who help enable this program to move forward, and offer a special thank you Table of Contents to Harvey and Gloria Kaylie for their vision, support and leadership. This program and brochure would not have Harvey & Gloria Section: Page # come about without the leadership and hard work of Rabbi Calendar 10-11 Ian Lichter and his committee, and we are grateful for their Kaylie efforts. in loving memory of Holiday Lectures 12-13 Harvey’s dear mother Shabbat Guest Speakers 14-18 Finally, it is all for naught unless you make a commitment to Community Lunches 16-17 join us in this growth and take advantage of these wonderful opportunities. It has the potential to be another great year! Tess Kaylie Children’s Activities 20-22 a woman whose dedication Looking forward to seeing you. to her family was pure. Rabbi Dale Polakoff Synagogue Services Clergy and Staff DAILY MINYAN tions are made to acknowledge birthdays Rabbi Polakoff Office: 516-487-6100; Rabbi Dale Polakoff or yahrzeits, births or deaths, graduations, Home: 516-482-8560 Or Jerry Wein- Rabbi The backbone of the Synagogue, professional accomplishments or simply stein Home: 516-487-0023; Cell: 516- Shacharit, Mincha and Maariv take as a nice way to say thank you to someone 512-295. Rabbi Ian Lichter place during the week in the Beit Mi- special. For more information on donation Assistant Rabbi Executive Board 2017-2018 drash. Shacharit services are Monday cards please call the synagogue office (516) BIKUR CHOLIM Harold Domnitch and Thursday at 6:35 am, Tuesday, 487-6100. The Bikur Cholim of Great Neck was Rabbi Aron Rubin Chairman Wednesday and Friday at 6:45 am and established in 1988. Our members Rabbinic Intern Sunday at 7:30 & 8:30 am. Each week- SCOPE MAGAZINE Dov Sassoon SCOPE Magazine is our remarkable bring comfort, hope and understand- President day morning a second Shacharit ser- synagogue book. New issues are or- ing to the sick and/or elderly. We often Rabbi Sean Jensen vice meets at 7:45 am in the Braun ganized and printed three times a year, shop for them and at times take them to Youth Director Erran Kagan Youth Center. On Rosh Chodesh and Executive Vice President Rosh Hashanah, Chanukah and Pe- their physicians. Sometimes volunteers fast days Shacharit begins at 6:30 am. sach. Current articles from our editors will shop with the disabled or depressed Dr. Michael & Zehava Atlas Cindy Liebmann On Shabbat the Hashkama minyan be- and congregants, sharing history, trav- patient. During the holidays, our vol- Youth Directors First Vice President gins at 8:00 am, the Main Minyan be- el, divrei Torah and life experiences are unteers blow shofar for shut-ins and gins at 9:00 am and the Beit Midrash Bart Baum truly engaging. Schedule of activities, help the sick perform religious obliga- Lisa Septimus Minyan at 9:15 am. For the schedule of Second Vice President events and community news, halacha tions during Succot and other holidays. Yoetzet Halacha Mincha and Maariv services please see for the upcoming holiday are includ- When possible, we help the patients Jon Reiss the weekly Shabbat Announcements ed in each publication. SCOPE has be- prepare for Shabbat. We are members Mark Twersky Third Vice President or call the synagogue office. come the showcase for our member’s of the Coordinating Council of the Bi- Executive Director kur Cholim of Greater New York, devot- Elie Cohen SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS intellectual scope. We encourage your Treasurer ed to “compassionate care for the sick, Emailed each week and also distribut- participation and ask you to send your Dr. James Frisch frail and homebound.” We welcome Diane Rein ed in Shul every Shabbat, the Shabbat articles and advertisements (price list is Asst. Executive Director your participation and look forward to Recording Secretary Announcements contain a Dvar Torah available upon request) to Diane Rein at hearing from you. If you wish to volun- of the weekly Torah reading, the time [email protected]. Josh Shatzkes teer or need help yourself, or for a loved schedule for services throughout the Corresponding Secretary one, please contact Robyn Blumner week, and announcements of interest CHEVRA KADISHA Great Neck is proud of its outstanding (516) 487-3859. Ruby Askowitz to synagogue members. If you have an Financial Secretary Chevra Kadisha under the leadership announcement which you would like of its founder, Jerry Weinstein. The GNS HUNGER INITIATIVE published in the Shabbat Announce- Steven Blumner Chevra assists in all needs of the de- The GNS Hunger Initiative encom- Service Officer ments, it must be submitted to the ceased, including removal, shemirah passes more than a dozen groups and synagogue office by Thursday. To sign Gary Chubak and taharah. Members of the commu- approaches to helping hungry families up for the Shabbat Announcements Service Officer nity are encouraged to volunteer for throughout the community and world- mailing list, please email our Executive this important communal institution, wide. Donate extra food to our estab- Tommy Furst Director, and should contact the Synagogue of- lished pantries, your time in stocking Gabbai Mark Twersky, at [email protected]. fice for more information. The Chevra and delivering food and helping in soup kitchens. These programs con- Jordan Wolf DONATION CARDS recognizes that at the time of death the Bet Midrash Gabbai Donations to the various funds of the Great family is under tremendous emotional tinue all year long including holiday Neck Synagogue can be earmarked ac- stress and may find themselves unpre- times. To help donate your time, food or Meir Stein knowledging a special life cycle event or pared to handle the detailed arrange- money, please contact: Cindy Hodkin Bet Midrash Service Officer other important occasions. Acknowledg- ments of a funeral and burial. In cases (516) 482-7771, Nechama Liss-Levin- ments are sent to the appropriate family as of emergency, call either son (516) 773-3572 or Michelle Berman an indication of your consideration. Dona- (516) 829-1942. Mondays Community Scholars’ Kollel Rabbi Yudi Jeger 8:30 a.m– 10:00 a.m Weekly Schedule Study Tanach Rabbi Ian Lichter of Classes Torah 8:00 p.m – 9:00 p.m Shabbat Topics in Aggadata Parshat Hashavua Shiur with the Rabbi Dale Polakoff GNS Rabbinic Team 9:00 p.m – 10:00 p.m (Bilfeld home) 8:30 a.m– 9:00 a.m Rabbi Dale Polakoff Rabbi Ian Lichter Thursdays Rabbis Tuesdays Community Scholars’ Kollel Gemorah (Beitzah) Rabbi Yudi Jeger GNS Rabbinic Team Community Scholars’ Kollel 8:30 a.m – 10:00 a.m 1 hour before Mincha Community Scholars’ Kollel: Rabbi Yudi Jeger 8:30 a.m – 10:00 a.m Join in our Scholars’ Kollel each Women’s Chumash Class Rabbi Yisroel Reisman 1 & a half hours after Shabbat morning for breakfast, stimulating Torah Rabbi Dale Polakoff conversation, and special lectures and 9:15 a.m – 10:30 a.m presenttions from the GNS Rabbinic Wednesdays team and visiting scholars. The Scholars’ Community Scholars’ Kollel Power Chumash Sundays Kolell produces a weekly parsha sheet and an annual journal of original Torah Rabbi Yudi Jeger Midrash Rabbi Dale Polakoff scholarship. 8:30 a.m – 10:00 a.m 8:30 p.m– 9:30 pm Rabbi Dale Polakoff 9:15 a.m– 10:00 am Please speak to Steve Zuckerman or Gemorah Rabbi Lichter for details Rabbi Yossi Singer Fridays Rabbi Yudi Jeger 8:30 p.m - 9:30 p.m Rabbi Yissocher Frand Parsha Video 8:30 a.m – 9:30 a.m Contemporary Topic Chabura Rabbi Ian Lichter 9:00 p.m – 10:00 p.m (rotating homes) orah Study g T oin ng O Rabbi Yissocher Frand Rabbi Yisroel Reisman 6 Great Neck Synagogue 26 Old Mill Rd. | 516.487.6100 7 Celebrate Rabbi Elie Mansour Wondergy Chanukah Light Show Leil Hoshana Rabba, Chanukah, December 13, 2017 Welcome to our the Holidays Tuesday Night, 7:00 p.m. High Holidays Chazzanim October 10, 2017 8:00 pm Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur LaserScience is all about optics and vision. The Rabbi Mansour is currently the physics of optics help us add layers of excite- Rabbi of Bet Yaakob Synagogue ment to the show. But that’s half the story. We also explore how & Congregation in Brooklyn, Chazzan Srulik Hershtik one beam creates entire Main Sanctuary New York, where he continues to spread Torah and pro- vide inspiration. His outstanding scholarship, clarity of images, using the sci- Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur Simcha Leiner ence of our eyes. As we play Main Sanctuary presentation, magnetic personality and ability to relate to people of all levels of observance combined to make him with visual perception, we even delve into motion Chazzan Yisroel “Srulik” Hershtik was & Beit Midrash an exceptional teacher and leader, who could show Jews in movies, cartoons, and laser shows.
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