January 2018 / Tevet - Shevat 5778 Bulletin Hanukkah Celebration at Carillon Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Hanukkah celebration at Carillon Nursing & Rehabilitation Center with Rabbi Ari Saks, Cantor Judy Merrick, HJC Social Action Janet Kushnick & Dalia Rosenthal. Thank you all for a beautiful morning bringing the light to our special friends. Rabbi Ari Saks Vicki Perler Sisterhood News Rabbi President 631-423-5355 631-427-1089 Sisterhood News Cantor Israel Gordan Maxine Fisher Director, SynagogueProgramming Religious School Administrator by And Religious School Innovation 631-427-1157 ext. 14 631-427-1089 ext. 15 Donna Fleiss & Miriam Wirchin Ilene Brown Neil Kurshan Director, Early Childhood Center Rabbi Emeritus 631-427-1089 ext. 15 MEMBERSHIP – GET INVOLVED! Barbara Axmacher Attend an event or join a committee! Executive Director $45 for gular re membership/$40 for Z’havah /$30 for seniors 427-1089 ext. 23 Contact Eileen Berger, V.P. Membership [email protected]/631-­‐261-­‐2164 HJC Board of Trustees / 2017-2018 Vicki Perler, President Donna Fleiss, 1st V.P. Jack Rubin, Treasurer HAMANTASHEN and MISHLOACH MANOT Brian Cooper, 2nd V.P. Ellen Steinberg, Secretary It is that special time of year when the itchen dairy k is filled Dan Schoeffler, 3rd V.P. Allison Reiver, Admin V.P. with the wonderful aroma of hamantashen. Sisterhood is sponsoring the baking and sale of hamantashen Shari Feibel Marsha P. Kalina Sandy Lynn Riefberg Arthur Frischman Alon Kapen Ofer Rind and preparing Mishloach Manot. Leslie Hantverk Danny Klein Marvin Rosenthal Volunteers are needed! AJ Hepworth Lauren Kupersmith Debbie Stein Order forms are available in the HJC office or online. Stephen Holbreich Jim Lodge Cari Schueller All monies from the sale are used to support our HJC community Todd Houslanger Jaime Meyer Tyna Strenger Scott Ingber Michael Richter Louis Walsdorf ROSH CHODESH: WELCOMING THE NEW MOON HJC Committee Chairpersons 1/17@7:30PM Beautification ..................................Cari Schueller & Alissa DiBlasio Rosh Chodesh is the time moon when the is a small sliver of Bikur Cholim/Bereavement ...........Debbie Stein light and the beginning of a new cycle. Bulletin ..............................................Sandy Lynn Riefberg Like the moon, we have the chance to start over, and to grow Calendar ...........................................Gwen Goldstein Cemetery ..........................................Louis Walsdorf into who we to want be. Chaverim/Kadima ...........................Susan Pataki Join us as HJC congregant and Sisterhood member, Colleges .............................................Patricia Schoeffler & Debbie Cadel Rabbinic Chaplain Joni Brenner leads this group in studying Early Childhood Center Board ...... Jaime Meyer & Ginny Richman text and sharing some of the wisdom of our lives. Finance and Budget .........................Jeff Stark Friday Night Live .............................AJ Hepworth Fundraising .....................................Arthur Frischman SUPPORT the HJC SISTERHOOD JUDAICA SHOP Greeters .............................................Maxine Fisher WITH YOUR PURCHASE OF GIFTS High Holiday Honors......................Ofer Rind & Joel Kupersmith FOR ALL YOUR SIMCHA AND HOLIDAY NEEDS! HIHI ..................................................Karen Flanzenbaum & Ellen Steinberg House ................................................Marvin Rosenthal Israel ..................................................Scott Ingber THANK YOU… Israel/Ramah Scholarships .............Judy Fox to all the volunteers that helped with the Kol Nidre Appeal .............................Lester & Judy Fox Leslie Lane ........................................Larry Wagner Hanukkah Happening Judaica Shop Sale and to our Library...............................................Syd Schlesinger HJC community for your continued support. Lief Chapel Beautification ..............Marsha Perlmutter Kalina Membership .....................................Leslie Hantverk & Allison Reiver UPCOMING EVENTS Men’s Club ........................................Ofer Rind January 8 th -­‐ Sisterhood Board Meeting @8pm Religious School Board ...................Suzanne Hepworth & Felicia Messing January 11th -­‐ Book Discussion @ 1pm Ritual .................................................Andrea Smoller Security .............................................Alan Kriegstein A Boy in Winter by Rachel Seiffert Sisterhood .........................................Miriam Wirchin & Donna Fleiss January 17th -­‐ Rosh Chodesh program @7:30pm th Social Action ....................................Janet Kushnick & Marilyn Klein January 28 -­‐ Movie and Dinner: Deli Man @7:00pm Special Arrangements .....................Vered Cole & David Walsdorf Storytelling Project ..........................Nancy Berlow Cooper Sunshine ...........................................Leslie Hantverk Sisterhood Contacts: Theatre Development ......................Arthur Perler Technology .......................................Jeff Stark Donna Fleiss -­‐ [email protected] Tree of Life ........................................Danny Klein & Tom Rosen Miriam Wirchin -­‐ [email protected] UJA ....................................................Scott Ingber USY Director ....................................Noah Deane Webmaster ........................................Arthur Perler Youth .................................................Shari Feibel 2 JANUARY 2018 TEVET-SHEVAT 5778 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1/14 Tevet 2/15 Tevet 3/16 Tevet 4/17 Tevet 5/18 Tevet 6/19 Tevet ECC/Main Office Closed ECC Reopens Minyan Brkfst sponsored Jr Congregation 10:30am by Nancy Cooper 8:00am New Year’s Day Shemot 7/20 Tevet 8/21 Tevet 9/22 Tevet 10/23 Tevet 11/24 Tevet 12/25 Tevet 13/26 Tevet JNN HI-HI 6:00am RS/Workshop/USY/ EC Meeting 7:30pm Kadima Holocaust Presentation- PJ Library Pizza & PJ’s Kay Lodge/Eric Isaacs SH Board Mtg 8:00pm RS/MT/Chaverim Woodbury Jewish Center SH Book Discussion 5:00pm Auf Ruf Va’era 14/27 Tevet 15/28 Tevet 16/29 Tevet 17/1 Shevat 18/2 Shevat 19/3 Shevat 20/4 Shevat JNN ECC/Main Office Closed Family Jr Congregation RS Closed RS SH Rosh Chodesh “In The Mood” Swing Program 7:30pm Board Meeting Dance Event 8:00pm Martin Luther King Day Rosh Chodesh Bo 21/5 Shevat 22/6 Shevat 23/7 Shevat 24/8 Shevat 25/9 Shevat 26/10 Shevat 27/11 Shevat JNN RS/Workshop/Parent- Teacher Corf Gan & Alef MC Ice Skating Event RS/Parent-Teacher Conf Shabbat Shirah Ridotto 4:00pm Bet & Vav HIHI Parents BBM Meeting Beshalach 28/12 Shevat 29/13 Shevat 30/14 Shevat 31/15 Shevat JNN RS/RS/Board Meeting RS USY/Kadima Tu B’Shevat Family Seder SH/MC “Deli Man” MT/Chaverim Presentation Tu B’Shevat FEBRUARY 2018 SHEVAT-ADAR 5778 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1/16 Shevat 2/17 Shevat 3/18 Shevat Minyan Brkfst sponsored Levine Bar Mitzvah by Joel Kuppersmith Junior Cong. 10:30am 8:00am New Year’s Day Yitro 4/19 Shevat 5/20 Shevat 6/21 Shevat 7/22 Shevat 8/23 Shevat 9/24 Shevat 10/25 Shevat JNN Bim Bam Shabbat 10:30am RS Jr Congregation 10:30am Worldwide Wrap/Wrkshop HIHI 6:00pm SH Programming - TBD JTS Student Visit USY/Kadima EC Meeting - 7:30pm Mishpatim Shabbat Shekalim 11/26 Shevat 12/27 Shevat 13/28 Shevat 14/29 Shevat 15/30 Shevat 16/1 Adar 17/2 Adar JNN SH Challah Making RS/RS Board Meeting Workshop 10:00am USY/Kadima Board Meeting 8:00pm SH Zhavah Purim Program SH Board Meeting 8:00pm RS Taste of Gan Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh Terumah 18/3 Adar 19/4 Adar 20/5 Adar 21/6 Adar 22/7 Adar 23/8 Adar 24/9 Adar JNN ECC Closed thru Feb 25 RS Closed thru Feb 25 Main Office Closed Tetzaveh Presidents Day HIHI 6:00pm Shabbat Zachor 25/10 Adar 26/11 Adar 27/12 Adar 28/13 Adar JNN RS/Taste of Gan/ Megillah Reading 7:00pm MT/Chaverim Ridotto 4:00pm Fast of Esther Megillah Reading 3 From Rabbi Ari Saks The Randomness of Purim The Hanukkah Happening was an Sukkot - The harvest festival. amazing “happening.” So many Sh’mini Atzeret/Simchat Torah - Celebration of the end of the people from all of the arms of the harvest festival. synagogue came together to cre- Hanukkah - Marking the solstice in which winter is at its darkest. ate crafts, raise some money, and Tu Bishvat - The flowering of the almond (sh’kediyah) tree sig- build community together. It was nifies that Spring is approaching. truly an amazing experience to Purim -- ??? witness and be a part of. With this Passover - The Spring festival. “happening” in mind, I started to Shavuot - The first fruits of the harvest. think about Purim, a holiday we So why does Purim fall when it falls if it’s not tied to a season? will celebrate next month which, like Hanukkah, does not in- The answer to that question can be found in Megillat Esther 3:7: clude religious prohibitions like against creating crafts or using money. This freedom from religious prohibitions gives us the In the first month, that is, the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year flexibility to create a large-scale happening much like Hanuk- of King Ahasuerus, pur - which means “the lot” - was cast before kah, a happening with a carnival-like atmosphere. Haman concerning every day and every month, [until it fell on] the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar. In asking around, I learned that although the Purim Carnival is a good-sized happening for our community, it isn’t as big or as The date was chosen by chance. Haman used his system of popular as the Hanukkah Happening. I wondered, why is that “lots” (purim) to choose a random date for the destruction