happenings around town

27 Shevat 5776/February 6, 2016 | Parshat Mishpatim

This weekend—February 5-7 Sunday, February 7| 4:30-6:30pm | Stone Center for Yoga & Health, 1415 Queen Anne Road, Suite 204, Teaneck, NJ Joseph N. Muschel Scholar in Residence at Cong Bnai Yeshurun Topic: A Pain-free and Healthy Neck Shabbat Parashat Mishpatim, February 5- 6 Dr. Dovid Katz will speak at the following times: Mesivta Tifereth (MTJ) Breakfast Friday night oneg, at 8:00pm on “The Battle Between Gracia Sunday morning, February 7 | 9:00am | Cong. Bnai Mendes and Pope Paul IV in the 1550’s”; Shabbat morning Yeshurun. Harav Dovid Feinstein, Rosh . Chairman after Shacharit in the Old Main on “Cossacks and Jews, Harvey Wrubel. For more info call 201-862-0699. 1648-49”, After Mincha, at 5:05pm on “Beyond Yeshivish: R’ Congregation Beth Aaron The Men's Club presents Bob Yisrael Salanter, R’ Avraham Elya Kaplan and Thinking Out of Klapisch, baseball columnist for The Record the Box”. Sunday, February 7|9:30 am| Cong. Beth Aaron Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Woolf Bob will preview the 2016 baseball and discuss the Yankees' This Shabbat |4:00pm |Keter Torah off-season moves, the Mets' chances of returning to the He will speak on: "What Did Rav Soloveitchik Actually Say World Series, and the Hall of Fame vote. He also will take About Masorah?" Following Mincha at 4:45pm, Rabbi Woolf questions from the audience on all baseball topics. A light will speak on: "Is Halakhah the Whole Story? Seeking breakfast will be served. Spirituality in Orthodoxy (Then and Now)". February 8 and beyond Teaneck NCSY Events: Yeshivat Noam's Parent Education Committee winter semester Friday February 5 All High School teens are invited to join lecture series for adults at Yeshivat Noam on the topic: Teaneck NCSY this Friday night February 5th from 8:00- First Borns, Fighting, and Fratricide-Sibling Rivalries in the 10:00pm at the Lebovitz home, 441 W Englewood Ave. for a Torah. Middle School teacher and Tanach Enrichment Shabbos Oneg! Come to hang out with friends, shmooze Coordinator Aliza Weinberg will deliver a six-week series of with awesome advisors, and enhance your Shabbos classes on sibling relationships in Tanach on Tuesday experience. mornings at 9:45am Yeshivat Noam Middle School Beit Thursday February 11 Knesset, beginning on February 9. For questions or more Come join Teaneck NCSY for Latte and Learn this Thursday information, please email [email protected] night February 11 at Lazy Bean Cafe 1404 Queen Anne Rd Lamdeinu Breakfast from 7:00-8:30pm. Come grab a drink and chill and learn Tuesday, February 9, Rosh Chodesh Adar I | 8:45am-10am together with friends and advisors in a relaxed environment. Congregation Beth Aaron See you there! Please join us for a morning filled with tefillah, song, and Sunday February 14 divrei torah. A light breakfast will be served. A suggested Looking for something fun to do this President's Day contribution of $18 would be appreciated. For Women only. Weekend? Join Teaneck NCSY on Sunday February 14 for an The Project Shabbaton awesome Ice Skating Event at Mackay Ice Skating Rink 130 Shabbat, February 12-13, 2016 |Cong. Rinat Yisrael, W Englewood Ave Englewood, NJ from 8:15-10:00pm. Cost For ages 24-42, Modern Orthodox/Machmir Singles, is $10 - includes skate rental. Pizza will be served. No Cost: $130, all meals included. Great food, great company, transportation will be provided. great fun! Featuring Dr. Shani Ratzker, author of "Finding Cong. Beth Aaron Israel Committee Movie night Your Bashert" and "The Survival Guide to Shidduchim", and Saturday night, February 6 |8:00pm|Cong. Beth Aaron the amazing Gila and Carl Guzman. Fun Friday night Oneg The film “Wasserman-The Rain Man” will be shown. with dating Mentors and Speed dating! Great ruach, 3 YUConnects' Benefit Melava Malka Interactive meals, magical davening Friday night and February 6 |8:00pm |at the home of Chayah & Yoel Fuld, Melavah Malkah Kumzits led by the incredibly talented 1500 River Road, Teaneck. The program features Rabbi Dr. Elisha Beyma. Hosted by Rachel Z Ruchlamer and Dr. Shani Jacob J. Schacter & Yocheved Schacter, LCSW presenting Ratzker. For more info and to apply, please contact us at "Inside Out: How to Help our Children Build Healthy [email protected] or call RZ at: Relationships," with introductory remarks from Rabbi Zev 201-522-4776 RSVP NOW, as space is limited! Reichman. YUConnects' comprehensive resources include JLE Annual Dinner unique social events, relationship coaching and targeted Saturday night February 13 |8:00pm |Jewish Center of matchmaking and have resulted in 464 happy individuals Teaneck finding their spouse as of January 2016. YUConnects is a self Join us as we celebrate 30 years involved in Jewish Outreach -funded organization and open to the entire Jewish in Bergen County. Honorees inlude: Sam and Marcia Kaplan, community. Help partner and bring more couples together. Aaron and Naomi Mandelbaum, Jeffrey and June Glazer, For more information or to join the growing list of sponsors, Louis and Dorothy Karp, Kiruv Rechokim Service Award, Dr. please visit www.yuconnects.com, call YUConnects' friendly Shoval and Allyson Gur-Aryeh. Make your reservation online office at 212-960-5400 x 6163 or email [email protected]. at jle.org or send checks to 270 Grayson Place. Teaneck, NJ. Annual JYEP fundraising breakfast JEC Alumni Network Melava Malka Sunday, February 7 |9:30am |Cong. Rinat Yisrael Saturday, February 13 | 8:30pm | High School, The JYEP provides Jewish education and the sole 35 North Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ. The JEC Alumni Network connectedness to for many families every Sunday proudly invites everyone to its 4th annual Melava Malka and through ongoing programs including shabbatonim, honoring Bruriah's late principal, Mrs. Chaya Newman, a”h. informal education and free adult education. Many of our World-renowned guest speaker Rabbi Jonathan Rietti will be own children who have been big sisters and big brothers and giving a presentation entitled, “The Greatness of Being have given their Sundays to mentor many of the JYEP Tested: Infusing An Extra Dose of Emunah During participants will be honored. For more information about Challenging Times.” Doors open 8:15 pm. Event begins 8:30 the school and to donate to the JYEP, please go to followed by catered Seudah. Cost: $10. Open to men and www.JYEP.org. women. Due to the already large response to this event, Feldenkrais Workshop with Joyce Bendavid RSVP's are strongly urged to ensure seating. Please RSVP to [email protected] or (908) 355-4850 ext. 6248 Joydew Information Session www.sinaidinner.org or call February 28 |8:00pm |Cong. Rinat Yisrael|Classroom D-E 201-833-1134 x105. Are you wondering about employment opportunities for your NJOP's Shabbat Across America 2016 child with special needs? Come hear about Joydew, an Shabbat, March 4, 2016. Share our beautiful gift of enterprise that provides high level employment and social Shabbat by inviting family, a colleague, a neighbor, or an opportunities in a supportive environment for adults with old friend. For more info, email special needs. For more information please contact Anat at [email protected]. [email protected] Ma’ayanot Annual Dinner Yeshiva Univeristy's Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Saturday night, March 5, 2016 |at 8:30pm |Cong. Keter Studies Women's Community Yom Iyun Torah in Teaneck. This year's dinner is dedicated to the February 28, 2016 | 9:00am-12:00pm, | Cong. Keter Torah memory of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, zt"l, Ma'ayanot's Presenters include Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter (Senior Scholar, from the school's inception. In addition, please join YU Center for the Jewish Future, University Professor at us in honoring Ria and Tim Levart with our Keter Shem Tov Yeshiva University) and GPATS Alumnae: Professor Nechama Award, Chumi and Rabbi Mark Gottlieb as our Amudei Price (Director of GPATS, Instructor of Judaic Studies at Stern Ma’ayanot Honorees, Shera and Doug Dubitsky as Parents College, Yoetzet Halacha), Mrs. Sarit Anstandig (Tanakh of the Year, and Dr. Julie Goldstein as Teacher of the Year. Faculty at The Frisch School), Mrs. Lisa Septimus (Gemara For more information or to make a reservation, please call Teacher at North Shore Hebrew Academy, Yoetzet Halacha), Pam Ennis at 201-833-4307, ext. 265. and Mrs. Chana Zuckier. (Co-Director of The Orthodox Union Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus at Yale- JLIC). Jewish Community Council of Teaneck special observance of Yom Hashoa Bergen County Game Night 4 Bonei Olam Wednesday, May 4, 2016 | 7:30pm | Teaneck High School Saturday night, February 20 | Cong. Keter Torah |8:30pm To sponsor memorial names that are read aloud, please Did you know that 1 in 6 couples are faced with an infertility send your contribution of $25 or more to Sharon Penkower challenge? To date, over 5,700 children have been brought Kaplan, 534 South Forest Drive, Teaneck, NJ 07666. If you into the world through the financial assistance and resources have any questions, please contact Steve Fox, provided by Bonei Olam. Please join us on February 20th for a [email protected], or Felicia Grossman, community wide Game Night to benefit Bonei Olam. [email protected] or Heidi Fuchs, Blackjack, Poker, Raffle Prizes, Food, Drinks and More. All [email protected]. Please log onto the website, proceeds raised from this event will go directly to helping www.teaneckyomhashoa.org Bergen County couples.

Jewish history lecture series by Professor Larry Domnitch Ongoing/Miscellaneous Thursday evenings|8:00-9:00pm | from February 4 until Passover | Title: “Jewry in the Twentieth Century.” The Tomchei Shabbos of Bergen County classes, held in the social hall at Cong. Beth Abraham, and will Volunteers needed to pack | Wednesdays | 6:00pm explore the impact of significant world events upon the Please only reply if you are willing and able to make a serious Jewish people during that very turbulent and tragic era. commitment. Contact Sara Walzman at [email protected] Chesed Opportunities boys and girls! For Fundraiser for CHAI LIFELINE 6th Girls Shabbaton information how to commemorate your Simcha with a chesed Sunday, February 14 |8:00 pm |home of Ramona and Avi project thru partnering with Tomchei Shabbos, contact Andrea Elishis, 68 Westminster Avenue Bergenfield. Women and girls Fields at 973-371-1771x411 or [email protected] are invited for a special evening featuring Peshi Teaneck Simcha Gemach has folding tables, cocktail tables, chairs and Neuburger. For more information please contact Faigy Ort at; coat racks (w/ hangers) available for loan. Contact (201) 960-7758 or [email protected]. [email protected]. AIPAC Event at Rinat A message from OU Advocacy—Please contact Governor Christie Wednesday, February 17 |7:30pm|Cong. Rinat Yisrael Please click the link below: Please join us for an AIPAC Briefing on at Congregation Rinat http://advocacy.ou.org/action-alert/urge-gov-christie-support- safety-success-nj-schoolchildren/#/51/ Yisrael. The evening will feature Bret Stephens, Pulitzer Prize winner and columnist at The Wall Street Journal, as he Please urge Governor Christie to give all students the same state discusses the latest developments in the Middle East and funding for security, nursing aid, technology and textbooks in his fiscal 2016-17 budget, regardless of what kind of school they their impact on America and Israel. For security purposes, attend. Increased state funding for our children's education and please RSVP at www.aipac.org/teaneckcommunityevent. services is possible, and necessary to mitigate the day school Space is limited. Sign up now! For more information, please tuition crisis. Currently, each non-public school student receives contact Ayelet Kahane at [email protected]. only $198 from the State of New Jersey for educational programs YU seforim sale and services, which is far below the $20,000 average cost to New February 7-28 | 2495 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, 10033. Jersey taxpayers for each public school student. The funding that the state has budgeted for fiscal year 2015-2016 doesn't provide For details, see http://theseforimsale.com/pages/calendar children who don't go to public schools the basic services NORPAC Mission on May 18—Early bird registration deadline necessary for our children to succeed, including adequate security The NORPAC mission to Washington early bird registration during these very dangerous times. deadline ends on February 14, 2016. Please be sure to Our children's safety and basic learning tools are no less important register on NORPAC's website: www.norpac.net ($125 adults/ than those who attend public school. There should be no $75 students, limited time early bird special). difference in the security and services funding they receive. Shlock Rock is coming to Northern NJ! To effectively advocate for this legislation, we need EVERY member of Sunday, February 21 |12:00pm | Shomrei Torah, 19-10 our community to take two minutes to send an email to Governor Morlot Ave, Fair Lawn. For ticket sales visit www.shomrei- Christie. These two minutes could help bring in millions of dollars of much needed services and equipment to our schools. torah.org/shlockrock Please don't miss this opportunity to make a difference. We do not Sinai Schools 2016 Annual Benefit Dinner need hundreds of emails. We need thousands of emails. Only as a Sunday Evening, February 28, 2016 |Buffet Dinner 4:45pm, confident, determined group can we make this happen. program begins at 6:30pm |Marriott Glenpointe Hotel, Thank you. Teaneck Honorees include: Rena and Jerry Barta, Eve and Josh Pruzansky, New Jersey Regional Director—Orthodox Union Heshy Feldman, Karen and Rabbi Steven Finkelstein, Rosalyn Advocacy Center and Stephen Flatow, Annette and Jerry Kranson; Receiving our Ariella Noveck, North Jersey Field Director—Teach NJS Community Partnership Award: Alfred Sanzari Enterprises, Daniella Lazar, Central and South Jersey Field Director—Teach celebrating 30 years of SINAI dinners. NJS To make reservations or a donation, please visit