GRJC JEWISH SKILLS LEARNING VIDEOS NOW at www.grjc.org
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At www.grjc.org, click on the link for the "videos of ritual practices". Learn how to take an aliyah and more! Thank you to Walter Goldman for shooting and editing the videos.
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MEN'S CLUB BREAKFAST
AND
CHIPPING CONTEST
SUNDAY
SEPT. 13. 9:15am
Before our 7th Annual Men's Club golf tournament (on 9/24), we will be holding a breakfast and a chipping contest at Rob Weiss' house--435 South Maple Avenue (corner of South Maple and South Highwood Ave) in Glen Rock on Sunday morning, September 13 at 9:15 am.
This breakfast is open to current Men's Club Members and prospective members, so please join us!
Participation in the golf outing is NOT a requirement for participating in the chipping contest, so please join us in the contest regardless. (PRIZES FOR THE TOP THREE!) (Playing golf isn't a requirement either!)
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PERFORM ONE MORE MITZVAH IN 5769!
We are looking for volunteers to delivery our Operation Isaiah grocery bags to homes in Glen Rock, Ridgewood
and Fair Lawn neighborhoods. Please contact AMY Raiss ASAP if you have time to drop off 8-10 bags before Rosh HaShanah next Friday.
(Families with Religious School students: Your bag will be coming home with your child this Sunday)
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LULAV AND ETROG ORDERS FOR SUKKOT
ARE DUE AT THE GRJC BY WEDNESDAY, SEPT 16
PLEASE SEND OR DROP OFF YOUR CHECK ($36 A SET) ALONG WITH YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS, TO THE GRJC, ATT: RABBI TOW |
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET RENEWED YOUR GRJC MEMBERSHIP BY RETURNING THE YELLOW REGISTRATION FORM MAILED TO YOU IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER, PLEASE CONTACT ROANN RUBIN.
SHE IS HOLDING YOUR HIGH HOLIDAY MAILING AND TICKETS FOR YOU.
SHE IS ALSO FULFILLING REQUESTS FOR HIGH HOLIDAY GUEST TICKETS FOR EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS AT $72 per person
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ON ROSH HASHANAH, EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR THE SHOFAR...
Please let us know of anyone who is home-bound or in hospital, rehab, or nursing care so that we can send a mitzvah shofar blower to help them feel part of the High Holiday experience.
Please email to rabbi@grjc.org and we'll make sure that everyone can hear the shofar as we prepare to welcome the new year of 5770 in September.
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ENTERTAINMENT 2010 BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED! SAVE UP TO 50% ON EVERYDAY PURCHASES
At only $30, the Entertainment Books are a huge value. To order or to see a sample book, please call Robin Frizzell: 201-445-1796 or email: robindale59@verizon.net
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HIGH HOLIDAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED -- HALL MONITORS DURING
YOUTH SERVICES
The High Holidays are approaching and we need adult help during the youth services and program time on Rosh Hashanah mornings and Yom Kippur morning as well.
We'll have two one hour shifts on each of the three days, 10-11 and 11-12. If you can help us by volunteering for a half hour or hour shift, please contact the office at office@grjc.org.
Thank you!
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Strike up a Friendship and Join our Team!
The Temples Team
(TBS, Fairlawn and GRJC)
ˇMeets at Brunswick Lanes in Fair Lawn
ˇStarts Sept. 26 at 8:30 pm
ˇLeague meets one Saturday night each month.
ˇ 3 games per session
(10 sessions)
ˇ$290 per couple
(includes league trophy and bowling dinner)
ˇCall GRJC member Nancy Sperling at 201-797-9087 to reserve your spot in the league. A detailed schedule will be provided upon joining. | |
Shabbat, Septeber 11-12, 2009
23 Elul 5769
Torah portion: Nitzavim-Vayelech
(Deut. 30:1-31:6)
We light our Shabbat candles at 6:54 pm
Shabbat evening services begin at 8 pm
ARIEL SHILITZ comes to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah this Shabbat.
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Saturday morning services will begin
at 9 am
Shabbat ends at 7:52 pm on Saturday.
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Cemetery Memorial Service: Sunday September 13 - 10 AM, Cedar Park Cemetery in Paramus
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9/11Memorial Observances
*Glen Rock-wide ceremony - 6:30 pm, at Veterans Park on Main Street
Anyone planning to attend GRJC services can join us as we walk to the synagogue for the 8 o'clock evening service.
*Observance at GRJC -- During our Friday evening service we will hold a short ceremony of remembrance.
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GOT (ROUND) CHALLAH? 
FRESH CHALLAH AND
CAKE FOR
THE HIGH HOLIDAYS
The Glen Rock Jewish Center Nursery School will bring your order from Butterflake Bakery in Teaneck to the GRJC...no long High Holiday lines to wait in!
FOR ROSH HASHANAH: ORDERS MUST BE PLACED BY 6:00pm TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
Pick up at the GRJC on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17(The GRJC is closed on Friday, September 18 Erev Rosh Hashanah)
FOR YOM KIPPUR:
ORDERS MUST BE PLACED BY 6:00p.m. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Pick at the GRJC on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
7:45am -4:00pm
Look for order form in separate email, or stop by the GRJC to fill one out!
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SELICHOT PROGRAM AND SERVICE
SATURDAY, 10 PM
 Join us Saturday evening at 10 for a dessert reception with songs presented by the GRJC Adult Choir. Rabbi Tow will continue with a program on "The Sunflower", Simon Wiesenthal's book about how he, as a concentration camp prisoner, encountered a dying SS soldier who asked Wiesenthal for forgiveness and absolution. We'll explore reactions to his account from some of the world's great thinkers and writers.
Then we'll move to the sanctuary for a short Selichot service led by our new Cantor, Cantor William Walton.
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CALLING ALL HIGH HOLIDAY TORAH READERS!
COME TO GRJC FOR A REVIEW & PRACTICE SESSION
SUNDAY, SEP. 13, 7 PMWe'll also be serving a pizza snack!
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 THE ISRAEL TRIP IS ON!
After a successful opening meeting, we're moving forward with the Israel trip that's scheduled for February 6-16, 2010. We have the proposed itinerary available as well as the costs.
A general interest meeting was held this past Thursday. Another interest meeting will be held after the fall holidays. Please be in touch in the interim for more information!
RSVP to Roann Rubin @grjc.org or to the Center office 201-652-6624.
Please contact
Roann Rubin ( roann@grjc.org) to learn more about this exciting Israel opportunity! This trip offers a maximum Israel experience at the most affordable price available today--a unique opportunity!. *See Tel Aviv, Haifa, the Golan, the Galilee, Jerusalem, Masada, the Dead Sea and more...
*Participate in an archaeological dig and planting a tree in Israel
*Dinner with members of a Masorti/Conservative congregation in Rehovot.
*Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial
*Wine tasting in the Golan Heights Winery
*See where King David lived
*And so much more...
Join us on our Israel adventure!
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A Pre-High Holiday Thought from Rabbi Tow
Yesterday evening we held a meeting for all those who are
interested in traveling with us to Israel in February. When I began to welcome everyone to the
meeting, I could feel the electricity and excitement of the journey so many
months before we would be stepping on the flight.
Tomorrow night the High Holiday season will begin with
Selichot, an evening of reflection on our relationship to God and to one
another, thinking about forgiveness, and gathering our strength for the coming
season. As I think about Selichot,
singing Avinu Malkenu for the first time, and buying round challahs next
week, I begin to feel some of the same electricity of spirit I felt when
thinking about going to Israel.
This is a good time to prepare ourselves spiritually for the fall holiday season that will extend all the way through
Simchat Torah.
Here are a few activities you might want to consider in the
days ahead:
-Calling someone, a friend or family member you haven't
spoken to in a long time.
-Make a Rosh Hashanah round challah cover that you can use
at your table.
-Deliver some apples and honey unannounced to someone in the
community.
-As an individual or family, think about a cause you'd like
to volunteer to work on this year.
-Consider purchasing a lulav and etrog set for Sukkot.
-Consider purchasing a sukkah for your home. There are many website you can go to for
sukkah sets that are easy to put together and to store from one year to the
next.(My sukkah is an E-Z Sukkah, and there are many more.)
With warmest wishes to all for a happy and healthy New Year,
Rabbi Tow
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Following is the
'09-'10 schedule of the GRJC Library book discussions. Please feel free to join any or all of the events:
Sunday, November 22
10:30 a.m.
Israeli author Valerie Farber will visit Glen Rock Jewish Center to speak about her historical novel, City of Refuge, set in the time of the judges (shoftim), around 1030 B.C.E.
Thursday, January 14
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
A historical novel that takes place partially in Paris, 1942, during the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, and partially in the present. The protagonist, a French journalist, retraces the steps of a young girl during the War, and as she probes into the past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.
Tuesday, March 16
The Jew in the Lotus: a poet's rediscovery of Jewish identity in Buddhist India by Rodger Kamenetz
From a historical meeting between a delegation of American Jews and a group of Tibetan Buddhists that included the Dalai Lama, the author finds similarities between the religion of the Jews and the Buddhists, and finds himself amazed by the intensity and altruism of Buddhism.
We will also view the short documentary that was made of the book.
May - date TBD (possibly Tuesday, May 11)
Jewish Sephardic Cooking Class
We will read a portion of Sephardic Flavors: Jewish Cooking of the Mediterranean by Joyce Goldstein and, in the GRJC kitchen, try our own hand at creating a few of the recipes (and eat them, too, of course!)
Thursday, June 10
The Assistant by Bernard Malamud
This is the classic tale of a poor Jewish grocer and the mysterious young man who comes to work for him.
For further information, please contact Michelle Strassberg, mstrassberg67@hotmail.com, or Rabbi Tow, rabbi@grjc.org.
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