The Jewish Center SHABBAT BULLETIN APRIL 29, 2017 • P ARSHAT TAZRIYA -MATZORAH • 3 I YAR 5777 EREV SHABBAT Sanctuary Dedication 7:00PM Minchah As we eagerly anticipate The Jewish Center’s Centennial year, we are delighted to announce its inaugural celebration on Shabbat 7:30PM Candle lighting morning, May 6 th at 11:15am. At that time we will dedicate our Main Sanctuary in recognition SHABBAT of the extraordinary leadership of the Fischman Bayer family over 7:45AM Hashkama Minyan (The Max and Marion Grill Beit these past 100 years. Midrash) Gala Kiddush to follow. 8:30AM Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class with Rabbi May we merit to dwell in the House of the Lord all the days of our Yosie Levine lives, to behold His beauty, to pray in His Sanctuary. 9:00AM Shacharit (3 rd floor) The Hanno Mott Lecture on Contemporary Jewish Ethics 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Avi Feder, The Bracha Featuring for Hallel on Yom HaAtzmaut Rabbi Yona Reiss and Professor Mark Cohen 9:30AM Young Leadership Minyan (1st Floor) Monday, May 8th 9:25AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema 7:00PM Members-only reception with the presenters 10:00AM Youth Groups: Under age 3 (drop off optional, 7:45PM Mincha babies must be able to independently sit upright), 3-6-year- 8:00-9:15PM Presentation and Q&A See insert for more details. olds: Geller Youth Center, 2nd-6th graders: 7th floor To register please visit Jewishcenter.org Hot Kiddush (1st & 5th floor) WITH THANKS TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Scholar-In-Residence Br. General Bentzi Gruber Pre-Minchah Shiur: 6:30PM Hashkama Kiddush Vivian & Daniel Chill , in commemoration of the Jerusalem: Challenges and Opportunities yahrzeit of Daniel's father, Rabbi Abraham Chill and Vivian's 50 Years In the Making brother, Joseph Jacobs Seudah Shlishit: Ethics In The Field: An Update Community Kiddush , Paula & Dr. Joseph Winik, Teri & Larry Gra- Br. General Bentzi Gruber is Vice Commander ber and Linda Graber , in honor of the birth of a daughter to (reserves) of Division 252, an armored division of Ahuva and Peter Winik 20,000 soldiers. As an entrepreneur, he has estab- Community Kiddush , Lynn Montz & John Leubsdorf, in memory of lished Internet startups, been a real-estate devel- the fifth yahrzeit of Lynn’s mother, Helen Montz oper and initiated biotech research. He is founder of “Chesed In Community Kiddush, Rabbi Yosie Levine, in honor of the members The Field,” a non-profit that brings together IDF reservists and of the Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class on the occasion of their chronically ill and disabled children for special events throughout completion of Masechet Makkot the year as well as “Ethics in the Field” to shatter myths and pre- sent the facts missing in today’s discussion of Israeli counter terror- 4:00PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home (meet at 730 Co- ism. lumbus Ave.) 6:30PM Pre-Minchah Shiur with Br. General Bentzi Gruber, The Annual Martha Sonnenschein Memorial Lecture Jerusalem: Challenges and Opportunities 50 Years In the Featuring Scholar in Residence Making Raizi Chechik 6:30PM Parent-Child Learning with Rabbi Avi Feder May 13 at 11:00AM 6:35PM Daf Yomi Women and Torah Transmission: 7:20PM Minchah A Case Study from 19th Century Vilna 7:20PM Afternoon Groups Seudah Shlishit Speaker: Br. General Bentzi Gruber, Ethics In UJA-Federation of New York Jewish Community Memorial Service The Field: An Update Wednesday, May 24 at 6:30 pm 8:31PM Shabbat Concludes Hosted by The Jewish Center Featuring Colonel Jonathan de Sola Mendes, DAILY SERVICES USMCR (Ret) Sunday. April 30 Mon. May 1– Friday, May 5 Shacharit 8:30AM Thur. May 4 Shacharit 7/8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Shacharit 7/8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM WOMEN ’S TEHILLIM GROUP Minchah 7:40PM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 7:00PM Monday, May 15 at 7:15PM Minchah 7:40PM Candle Lighting Contact Joyce Weitz for more info. at 212-877-1176 7:38PM The Jewish Center - The Modern Orthodox Center for Jewish Life and Learning 131 W. 86 th Street, New York, NY 10024 • www.jewishcenter.org • 212-724-2700 UPCOMING EVENTS UWS Community Young Professionals Yom Hazikaron Memorial and Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration Monday, May 1 at The Jewish Center The evening will begin with Min- chah and a special tekes for Yom Hazikaron, Israel's Remembrance Day, followed by a Ma’ariv Cha- gigit for Yom Ha’atzmaut with a musical Hallel. Then, everyone is invited to a concert and a pop up shop catered by Grill 212. This event is made possible by the generous support of the JCC and their Upper West Side Cele- brates Israel Week. Register today! http://www.uwsisrael.org/programs-src/young-professionals- Please visit Jewishcenter.org to register celebration-concert Young Leadership Lecture Series Featuring Rabbi Donniel Hartman Author of Putting God Second: How To Save Religion From Itself Monday May 15th at 8:15PM 4th Floor Beit Midrash Young Couples and Families Shabbat Lunch with NY Times Best Selling Author Beth Kobliner May 20th at1PM "Make Your Kid A Money Genius YOUTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES (even if you're not)" Pricing and Registration will open soon. Yom Ha’atzmaut Rooftop BBQ May 2 at 4:30-6:30pm Sisterhood Annual Brunch Sponsorship opportunities available. Sunday, May 21 At the home of Nancy Sklarin Please visit the Jewish Center web- What is it like to work for the most cutting edge company, site to register. Google? How does technology and humanity meet, and how did a former student of anthropology find herself amidst all of Meet the Marines! Pizza with our Soldiers in honor it?" Meet Jewish Center member and Sisterhood brunch’s fea- of Memorial Day tured speaker, Abigail Posner, Head of The ZOO, Google’s Wednesday, May 24 at 6:00PM creative think tank. Prior to The JC Memorial Day For more information email [email protected]. lecture, we invite our youth to join US Color Guards and Soldiers for Book Club Meeting: dinner and a short Q&A. To register, sponsor and Sunday, May 21 at 7:30PM for more information please con- Little Failure: A Memoir by Gary Shteyngart Discussant: Rachel Lurie tact Jenn & Gaby at At the home of Maureen & Laszlo Marcus 645 [email protected]. West End Avenue. All are welcome to join for our final book club meeting of the year. If you End of the Year Seudah Shlishit have questions, please email Dinah at Saturday, June 3 [email protected]. Sail into Summer with special Family Comedian Guest. Stay tuned for more details! UJA-Federation of New York Jewish Community Memorial Service Add a birthday sponsorship to one of our fun- Wednesday, May 24 at 6:30 pm filled youth events! Hosted by The Jewish Center Party Choices this year Include Arts Featuring Colonel Jonathan de Sola & Crafts, Movie Nights, Zumba, Mendes, USMCR (Ret) Krav Maga, Laser Tag, Bubble Soccer. Email Jenn and Gaby for more details and dates at [email protected]. To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact Aaron at [email protected] OHR SOMAYACH UWS S HABBATON COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS Shabbat Morning May 6 Young Leadership Minyan THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz Gilda Chodosh & Originally from Johannesburg, South Avi Jacobowitz Africa Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz studied medicine at the University of Witwa- THANK YOU TO CSS tersrand and graduated with distinc- We would like to once again thank CSS and our dedicated CSS tion in surgery. He spent a year in St. members for providing the security for our synagogue this week. Louis, Missouri, as an American Field Service Scholar and elective work in internal medicine at Washington Univer- CONDOLENCES sity. He founded the Jerusalem Medical Ethics Forum, of Zeesha Twersky on the passing of his father, which he is Director, for the purpose of teaching and Rabbi Shlomo Twersky. promoting knowledge of Jewish medical ethics interna- tionally. He has written many highly acclaimed works on the deeper aspects of Judaism, as well as a recent books COMMUNITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS on Jewish Medical ethics and Free Will & Destiny. He Congratulations to Alexis Mayer Goldstein on receiving the currently lives in London, where he lectures on Jewish Young Leadership award at the Sharsheret thought and medical ethics for the Jewish learning ex- Annual Benefit Luncheon. change of Ohr Somayach. Congratulations to Harriet & George Blank on being honored at the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy- Rae Kushner Yeshiva High Seudah Shlishit School Annual Dinner Shabbat May 6 Rabbi Dr. Yitzchok Breitowitz (Rav of Kehillos Ohr Somayach). CENTENNIAL PLANNING UPDATE After a distinguished career as a Rav in Dear Members, Silver Spring, Maryland and as a world -renowned lecturer and rabbinic author- As you know, planning for our Centennial Year is well under- ity, has made aliya to Eretz Yisrael and way. As we begin to fill in the calendar, we're looking to find joined the Ohr Somayach faculty as a senior lecturer. He exciting and dynamic speakers/personalities who will be especial- was ordained by the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in ly fitting for this monumental year. If you or someone you know 1976 and is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and has access to any such people, please be in touch with us or with Harvard Law School (JD, 1979, Magna Cum Laude). In Rabbi Zirkind. addition to his rabbinical position, he was a tenured Thank you. professor of law at the University of Maryland specializ- ing in contracts, commercial law and medical ethics. Andy Kaplan, Andrew Steinerman and Rachel Wolf Centennial Year Co-Chairs FEMALE RESIDENT SCHOLAR SEARCH The Jewish Center is currently searching for a Resident Schol- ar.