|
|
|
|
 |
Shabbat Candle Lighting Times for New York
Candle Lighting: 4:42pm
Torah Portion:
Parashat Yitro
1-Click Shabbat Copyright © 2010 Michael J. Radwin. All rights reserved.
Shabbat Shalom!
|
| Click here for the Fall Issue of USCJ Leadership News. |
| Publicize your event on the METNY Community Calendar. Please email
metny@uscj.org to have your event posted.
Click here to view the calendar. |
| Follow METNY on the Web! | 
Click here to become a fan of
METNY USCJ on Facebook!
Twitter
@CharlieSavenor
@MetnyUSY
|
METNY Contact Information
| | 820 Second Avenue, 10th Fl.
212-533-0800 (p)
212-533-0400 (f)
|
|
 Check out the new leadership bibliography on the METNY site for great gift ideas!
Just added:
Open Leadership
by Charlene Li
| |
|
|
Today's Israel is out for Fall 2010. Click here to share it with fellow congregants family and friends. You'll find subjects of interest, from two articles about Lone Soldiers, to NATIV , to Nefesh B'Nefesh, to information about USCJ's exciting May 2011 Mission to Israel, to articles about Israel and more.
|
|
|
|
Click here to read A D'var Torah on Parashat Yitro by Rabbi Moshe Edelman, METNY Associate Director |
|
|
 Kindle Contest - Congratulations to
Hollis Hills Jewish Center!
Congratulations and Mazal Tov to Hollis Hills Jewish Center on their having won the METNY USCJ Synagogue Leadership Form Kindle Contest!
|
|
Two Minutes for Israel: Walk the Land
By Judy Dvorak Gray
January 2011 - Shvat 5771
In Bereshit (13:17), God says to Abraham, "Rise, walk about the land, through its length and its breadth, for I give it to you." What is the rationale of walking the land? When our feet touch the ground we connect to the earth. We allow our bodies to physically and emotionally experience the paths, mountains, valleys, springs, forests and desert around us. We embrace the beauty of the rocks, trees, shrubs, flowers and wildlife and allow them to embrace us. Hiking is an integral part of life in Israel. School children to retirees, tourists, immigrants and sabras are all encouraged to walk the land to get to know and personally connect with this small but magnificent country... [read more]
|
|
|
Yasher Koach Corner - Happy TU Bishvat!
Yasher Koach to Rabbi Cara Weinstein Rosenthal, Director of METNY's "Building Our Jewish Home" program, on her amazing Tu B'Shevat video, which has been viewed almost 1,500 views! A great, fun educational resource for families, educators and Jews of all ages. Click here to watch the video! 
|
|
Save the date!
METNY Spring Leadership Conference
March 15, 2011 @ ICCJ in Queens
More info coming soon!
|
USCJ at the UN: Holocaust Remembrance Day JANUARY 27th 2011 Join Rabbi Moshe Edelman, Associate Director of the METNY United Synagogue and Faye Gingold, USCJ Director of Social Action at the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations. January 27th 10 A.M. - 12 Noon. Please send a note to Rabbi Edelman at edelman@uscj.org so he knows you will be attending.
The public is invited to attend the United Nations' annual observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 27, 2011 in the General Assembly Hall in New York.
To register, please send your name, affiliation, and telephone number by email to holocaustremembrance@un.org or by fax at (212) 963-0536 before January 22, 2011. Click here to learn more about UN Holocaust Remembrance events.
|
|
The eNews for the International USCJ
Click on a link to read more:
|
|
METNY on the Road
The METNY District and Advisory Councils met on January 18. Due to the weather, the meeting took place via phone conference.
On January 25, Rabbi Charles Savenor, METNY District Director, and Alan Reid, METNY Sr. Vice Chair, will be visiting Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle, NY.
On January 27, the METNY Youth Commission will meet. |
The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and Jvillage Network
are proud to present a webinar:
Bringing Your Synagogue Website into the 58th Century In this webinar, Jvillage president Mike Kanarick will share insider tips and tricks for transforming your synagogue website from informational to interactive. You will take away learning that will allow you to get your community participating, volunteering, fundraising and more!
Thursday, January 27, 2011; 3:00 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. EST To register for the webinar, click here. | |
|
|
The 7th Annual Brooklyn Israel Film Festival
January 27 - 30 at Kane Street Synagogue
The Brooklyn Israel Film Festival has become a major venue for some of the newest and best films coming out of Israel today. Please join us for three days of award-winning and thought-provoking films.
 The festival opens on Thursday January 27th at 8pm with three episodes from Season Two of Srugim, the very popular Israeli TV series about the Orthodox dating scene in Jerusalem. Insider commentary will be provided by Eliav Rodman, Young Leadership director at the American Zionist Youth Movement, who lived in the neighborhood where Srugim is set and knows the scene firsthand. Opening reception for everyone to follow, plus schmoozing for 20- and 30-somethings.
Saturday, January 29th 8pm features the complex and charming film The Matchmaker, winner of four 2010 Israel Academy Awards (Ophir) including Best Actor and Best Actress. The festival concludes on Sunday, January 30th at 7pm with the documentary Blood Relation, about an Israeli filmmaker's attempts to reunite her Israeli family with their Palestinian relatives. The film has won five international documentary awards. Tickets are $12 per film or $30 for the entire series of three films and can be purchased at www.kanestreet.org/iff or at the door. For more information about the festival, go to www.kanestreet.org/iff, facebook.com/brooklynIFF and Twitter@BrooklynIFF. Kane Street Synagogue is located at 236 Kane Street between Court and Clinton Streets in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
This festival is made possible in part by a grant from Ma'alot: A Joint Project of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism's Israel Commission and Nefesh B'Nefesh.
|
|
|
Northwestern University
February 24 - February 27, 2011
KOACH, the college program of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, invites you to the Twenty-first Annual KOACH Kallah, February 24-February 27, 2011 at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
Students from campuses throughout North America will come together for a weekend of learning, sharing and friendship. Prof Louis Newman of Carleton College, will be our scholar-in-residence on the theme of Our Values, Our Dollars: Judaism and the Starving College Student. Practical skills workshops, an update on Israel and a phenomenal Shabbat will round out the program. There will be time to meet in small groups and network with students from across the continent.
|
|
Frum Star, Theater Dark on the Sabbath
Jekyll and Hyde the musical doesn't run on shabbat, since its star, David Yudell, is shomer Shabbat.
Click here to read the Jewish Week article
Jekyll and Hyde is running at the Maguire Theater, SUNY Old Westbury Campus Center, Route 107 North, Old Westbury, NY, from Feb. 2 through Feb. 20.
Click here to buy tickets
|
Please click here to learn more about the upcoming Sulam 38 and Sulam 39. |
|
|
THE HILLEL INSTITUTE
"AN INVITATION TO JEWISH LIFE"
A course of study for conversion to Judaism sponsored by the Rabbinical Assembly of Nassau, Suffok, and Queens County (RANSAQ)
Spring classes begin TUESDAY, MARCH 1ST, 2011 at East Meadow Jewish Center, LI
Open to all - For registration, call (631) 462-HILLEL (462-4455)
hillel@att.net - www.hillelinstitute.org
Please announce within your community , as needed:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Do we know who's who in your congregation?
METNY USCJ would like to keep all of your synagogue board members up to date on METNY programs and information. When your synagogue elects new board members, please fill out the Synagogue Leadership form and send back to the METNY office so we can include your leadership on our lists. Please click here for the form for 2010-11.Please email, fax or mail to metny@uscj.orgor fax to 212-533-0400. The form can be mailed to 820 Second Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10017.
Furthermore, many of our congregations are currently in search for professional and spiritual leadership. METNY is here to help. Please contact any of our staff with questions. We wish our congregations success in this sacred enterprise.
|
|
|
