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Sunday, Nov. 8-
Online Parent Teacher Conference Registration Opens at 8pm. Click here for more information.
Tuesday, Nov. 10- Tribute to Our Veterans Program
Children are invited to wear red, white, and blue.
Wednesday, Nov. 11-Faculty In-Service
No Sessions for ELC or Academy
Saturday, Nov. 14-
ELC Night, 8PM
Monday, Nov. 16- Your Turn To Learn with Rabbi Moish Drelich, 9:30AM
Monday, Nov. 16 - Mon, November 23 - Book Fair
Tuesday, Nov. 17-
Rosh Chodesh Kislev
Please wear blue and white
Wednesday, Nov. 18- Early Dismissal, 3:00 ELC, 3:15 Academy
Sunday, Nov. 22- Academy & ELC Parent Teacher Conferences
Tuesday, Nov. 24- Matan Bat Mitzvah Program 6:30-8:30PM
Wednesday, Nov. 25-
Noon Dismissal
Thursday, Nov. 26 & Fri, November 27- No Sessions for Thanksgiving
Tuesday, Dec. 1, Grades 2-7 Picture Day
Wednesday, Dec. 2-Grades N-1 Picture Day
Friday, Dec. 4 - Shabbat, December 5 - 6th Grade Shabbaton in Queens
Monday, Dec. 7- Early Dismissal, Academy Faculty Meetings 3:00 ELC, 3:15 Academy
Every Thursday at 8:45: ELC Open Parenting Forum |
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It gives us great pleasure to invite you to our first annual "Feel the Buzz!" breakfast for parents who are new to SAR Academy.
Tuesday,
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Mazal Tov
Mazal Tov to Morah Beth Pepper (Grade 2) and Rabbi Jeffrey Fox on the birth of a baby boy. Mazal Tov to big brothers Shamma (3), Adin (1) and Yehuda (4N) |
From the Nurse's Desk: Swine Flu Vaccine Information
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You should have received an email this week detailing weekend H1N1
vaccination locations for children. Click here for a link to an updated site for clinics for pregnant women and all children. Parents must call before going to confirm.
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19 Cheshvan 5770 November 6, 2009
Shabbat Candlelighting: 4:29 Havdalah: 5:32
Parashat Vayera |
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A Message from Rabbi Krauss |
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Dear Parents,
Learning to Look
"ויקמו משם האנשים וישקיפו על פני סדום"- the "men" left Avraham and they looked out at סדום- which prompts Rashi in ספר דברים to comment "כל השקפה בתורה אינו אלא לרעה"- any time the word "השקפה" (look) is used, it is for "the bad". But what does this mean? Doesn't it depend on what we are looking at? If we look upon something "bad", then it is bad, and if we look upon something "good", it is good!
But the message is clear- indeed, the way we look at something does influence the way it is. Avraham knew how to look- "וישא עיניו וירא"- he looks out and sees not just three men, but he sees a need; he sees an opportunity to do chesed; an opportunity to make a difference. Lot was warned about looking- אל תביט אחריך- do not stare at destruction- if all you can see is חרבן, there is something wrong with your approach- and indeed his wife made that fatal mistake- "ותבט
אשתו מאחוריו ותהי נציב מלח". And as our פרשה ends, with the climactic story of the עקידה, Avraham reinforces what we learned before; "וישא אברהם את עיניו וירא והנה איל- when confronted with the ultimate sacrifice, he sees that God does not want destruction- he sees the איל, and understands that God cherishes life. And indeed, he appropriately names the place where this transpired "ה' יראה". The פרשה opens with וירא אליו ה- God appears to Avraham, and through His appearance, allowing Himself to be seen and for Avraham to see Him, He is, as Rashi explains, מבקר את החולה. The פרשה ends with the naming of "ה' יראה"- again, Avraham has learnt from God how to see the איל, how to look and to see life, to see healing, to see growth, and to see opportunity.
How appropriate it is that we choose to use the word
"השקפה" to reflect our deepest beliefs and approaches to life. It is our weltanschauung, literally the way we look at the world. Because if we learn how to look, there is no limit to what we will see.
Thank you to all of the parent volunteers, led by Beverly Nerenberg and Stephanie Minkove, who helped teach our children how to look by identifying opportunities for chesed in "Avraham and Sarah's tent" that graced our atrium.
שבת שלום
Rabbi Binyamin Krauss
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SAR In Motion
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Why is kindness important? (See quotes throughout.)
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Open school, open tent, open hearts. All week our students have been involved in olam chesed yibaneh, building a world of kindness. This Shabbat, we will be reading Parashat Vayera and our atrium housed an enormous tent, inspired by the ohel of Avraham and Sarah who were renowned for their chesed and hachnasat orchim. Every class visited and participated in a chesed project.
In the ohel our first graders packed a "We Care Package" filled with arts and crafts supplies for children in hospitals in the United States and for underprivileged children in Givat Am, Israel. Second graders made picture frames and cards for seniors that will be given to The Bronx Jewish Community Council participants at their Chanukah dinner. Third graders wrote letters/poems to Jewish American soldiers stationed in Iraq. They wrote:
~Have a good Chanukah!!!!!
Remember to light the menorah!
~Wishing you the best Chanukah present ever!
~Dear solger I wish you people a good Chanukah. Tell me who won in first place in the dradle game. Thank you.
Fourth graders assembled Basket of Beauty items to be distributed to sick teens in hospitals through the organization, Chai Lifeline. The fifth graders packaged anti-microbial socks for American soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sixth graders went to Target to shop for and assemble hachnasat kallah kitchen starter bags for needy newly married couples. The seventh graders made blankets for seniors in the Hebrew Home and wrote wishes to accompany them such as:
 ~We hope you enjoy our blankets and have a very nice day! We hope you use the blankets in good health.
~In SAR we have tied these fuzzy blankets for you to cuddle up in. We want to help you feel comfortable.
~I hope that you enjoy using this warm and fuzzy blanket knotted with love.
P.S. Have a warm winter.
When our fifth graders go on one of their regular visits to the Hebrew Home they will give residents these blankets and notes. Eighth graders decorated the bags the first graders stuffed them for sick children.
 Thank you to Beverly Nerenberg, Stephanie Minkove, Shirley Gantz, and Sarah Richter for all their efforts in planning and coordinating the Chesed Tent, and thank you to the many parent volunteers for facilitating the chesed activities: Simone Semer, Shara Shetrit, Judy Federbush, Nechama Levy, Avigyle Gorodischer, Janet Rosenthal, Diane Lent, Karen Raskas, Fagie Wachsman, Alyssa Herman, Jennifer Fenster, Jessica Schwab, Michelle Ben Meir, Naomi Dorfman, Aviva Taubenfeld, Ruth Mazurek, Lacey Kalb, MJ Kanner, Joyce Kinches, Elana Minkove, Susan Yates Bernstein, Karen Kuflik, Deborah Shapira, Rebecca Kobrin, Bryna Landes, Adena Brenner, Rebecca Ingber, Abby Pitkowsky, Laura Michaeli, and Amy Michelman.
A special thank you to Stephanie and Shachar Minkove, Beatty and Joseph Schwartz, Georganne and Joseph Garfinkel, and the
Dorfman families who sponsored a chesed project. The Dorfman's contribution was in honor of the first yahrzeit of Naomi Dorfman's father, Walter S. Kramer, z"l, on 17 Cheshvan.
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~If we're kind, Hashem will give us more water in Israel . . . Ethan Lapp |
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*Hitting The Target*
 
How do you hit a bull's-eye in life? Ask any sixth grader and they will tell you how. Their firsthand experience of receiving greatly from giving to another, transformed the mundane act of shopping at Target into holy work as they thought only of the needs of others, compared prices to get the best deal for someone else, and selected items with great care. The word natan, they discovered, a Hebrew palindrome, really does have a boomerang effect. The trip also served as a kiddush Hashem as people in the store asked what we were doing and we explained the mitzvah of hachnaset kallah to them. "These were the best ten minutes of my life!" more than one student enthusiastically said. Our sixth graders' acts of kindness were definitely right on, hitting the doing-chesed-target.
Here are excerpts of sixth graders' reflections on this chesed project:
~When my mother forwarded me the email about our chesed trip to Target, I confess that I was unsure of why we were going. Getting on a bus to go to Target for 10 minutes? But when we bought a beautiful red microwave, I felt absolutely amazing. It especially meant something to me because I had helped buy it with my own ten dollars. We bought something that would greatly increase the couple's simcha in their life together. Thank you for enabling us to perform this incredibly important mitzvah.
-Avi Siegal
~Today the sixth graders went to Target. We went to Target to buy kitchen appliances for brides that have just gotten married and cannot afford to set up their own house. Each class was divided into three. My personal group pooled all our money and bought three big items. We bought a crock pot, a toaster oven, and a set of silverware. My group felt that these three items would be very useful. The crock pot could be used for Shabbat to make many foods and keep them warm and it could also be used on weekdays. The toaster oven could be used to make quick things and also could be used many other ways. And all bride and grooms need something to eat with so the silverware is very useful. The whole grade felt really good about doing this. We take this mitzvah out of something that we say in davening everyday. הכנסת כלה is a very important mitzvah. We felt especially good about it because the money was ours and not our parents. Later on in the afternoon each class was called to wrap a couple of items. During this time we also made cards to attach to the gifts. The cards were very colorful and bright. On the cards we only signed with our first names. This way the bride and groom would not feel that they need to repay us if they don't even know our full names. In the cards we wrote that we hoped they enjoyed our gifts, Mazel tov, and that we hope they build a healthy and happy family. At the end of the day we all felt really good about ourselves and about this big mitzvah that we did.
-Rachel Gouldner
~This morning we had an amazing chessed experience with SAR. We fulfilled the mitzvah of הכנסת כלה and it is indeed an incredible one. We, as a grade, took a short but enjoyable trip to Target and saw that this wonderful mitzvah can surely be a lot of fun! This opportunity didn't only serve as a learning opportunity for me individually, but also for our grade as a group.
-Tamar David
~This morning students of the sixth grade at SAR had the privilege to go to Target. We didn't buy anything for ourselves; we wanted it to be a trip to Target for them because that is a true quality of doing chesed. As the whole entire grade walked into Target, all the people were wondering, what are these kids doing here. They were all in shock. As Morah Sarah stopped and explained that we are doing chesed, they were all in awe and amazed, thinking what a beautiful thing that is. Children put so much thought in what to buy, like my group we didn't only want to buy dairy dinnerware, we also bought meat. As we kept putting more items into the cart, I felt like the mitzvah was getting bigger and bigger. As we were ringing it up and I saw all the items we bought, I felt so proud of what was being done.
-Meredith Greenstein
~This morning we went to Target on a Chesed trip. This trip was very meaningful. I believe that it was so, because we all worked together and bought things for new underprivileged brides. This was especially fun because we worked in groups and had to decide together what to buy. I hope we can do this again
-Hannah Siegel
~Today the 6th grade students were given the privilege to perform the mitzvah of הכנסת כלהWe went to Target for 10 minutes to buy household supplies for poor brides and grooms to help them start their lives together. The poor brides and grooms don't know who gave them the items, and we don't know who it was given to, therefore, no one was embarrassed. The mitzvah of הכנסת כלה is mentioned in our tefilla everyday in אילו דברים. Before we left, Morah Sarah gave us a brief description about the mitzvah. Now when we daven everyday we will know more about the generous mitzvah of הכנסת כלה
-Lauren Kann
~Thank you so much for taking us to Target. I thought it was a really nice experience. I didn't know you could do so much chesed in just ten minutes.
-Jessica Hecht
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| ?איפה חדש : Africa |
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 As part of a unit on world geography, the third graders have been proudly presenting their research on the seven continents. Their colorful posters include all sorts of fascinating facts and some presentations have even been enhanced by special objects, food, and puppet shows!
To complement this unit, Taly Kronisch's (3W) mother, Alyssa, came to share her experiences from her visit to Africa. She went as a representative of Doctors Without Borders. We were amazed to hear about her two week visit to three different countries (Lesotho, Malawi and South Africa) and the important work her organization does in helping poor people get medical care. Her photos showed health clinics without electricity and ox carts serving as ambulances to transport the sick patients. She highlighted the fact that Africa is a large country with many different types of weather, geography and conditions in which people live. We saw well developed houses and cities as well as round huts in poorer areas. Particularly impressive was her large collection of African items. We were wowed by the many objects such as drinking gourds, toys, beautiful beaded items and tools. Below is an excerpt from a thank you letter written by Barak Fellner-Dublin:
"I liked seeing the pictures of schools in Africa. They were interesting. It was cool that the women carry and balance buckets of water on their heads. The most amazing part was seeing the goats on the bicycle. Please come back next time you take an interesting trip!"
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The Learning to Look program is back for it's seventh year. This year the students are studying late 18th century and early 19th century painting and sculpture. The program began last week with a review of the elements of art: line, color, shape, texture, light and space. Students viewed Goya's Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuniga. Some students were also shown Majas on a Balcony,
which was thought to be by Goya but was recently discovered to possibly have been painted by Goya's son, Xavier. The children learned the characteristics of portraiture and studied the different ways artists portray texture in a painting. The lesson concluded with some of the students making self-portraits of themselves and others drawing a portrait of their friend. We hope your children will
share what they learned with you!
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~without kindness the world would turn into a worse place . . . Ta'ir Rocker |
| בראשית : ELC News
the beginning steps . . . |
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 In addition to visiting Ohel Avraham v'Sarah in our atrium for Friday's parsha with Rabbi Krauss followed by a visit from Avraham and Sarah who offered a snack, ELC students also practiced the mitzvah of haknasset orchim in their very own classrooms. Many of the rooms had tents set up within them toreenact the middot of Avraham and Sarah. Invitations between classes were extended so children could be hosts and others could practice being good guests.
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דבר תורה |
 Parashat Vayera according to the K-1 Kids:
"This week's parasha is Parashat Vayera. Avraham built a tent in the desert because there were no houses. He had it open on all four sides so that he could see if people were coming and welcome them in. He and his wife Sarah liked to do hachnassat orchim. It is a chessed because it is doing something nice to someone without hoping they'll give you something back. Avraham and Sarah gave their guests food when they came and told them to wash their feet. One day Avraham was very sick because he had a brit milah when he was ninety. Hashem made the sun very hot so people won't come, but Avraham felt sad because no one was coming. So Hashem sent three malachim that looked like people. One angel came to make Avraham feel better. Another one said to Avraham that he and Sarah will have a baby boy soon - in one year. Avraham thought it was a little weird because they were already ninety and really, really old! Sarah laughed because she was like, 'I can't have a baby, I am like ninety!'. A year later, they had a baby boy and named him Yitzchak because Sarah laughed when she heard. Avraham and Sarah loved to do chessed and let people come into their ohel and cook for them and make them feel good. In K-1 we made an ohel and we welcomed people to our ohel too! It is a big chessed."
What other chessed can we think of?
Michael: "Giving food to people who come to visit."
Moledet: "Talk nicely to your friends."
Jessica: "Sharing toys with my friends."
Yahalli: "Ask people if they want to play."
Tehila: "Holding the door for someone."
Carley: "Sharing my toys with my sister."
Raphael: "Helping people like by giving them tzedaka."
Emet: "Giving someone food if they don't have any."
Talia: "Give your toys to someone."
Talya: "Invite people to your house."
Zaine: "Hold the door for someone and let someone play with your toys."
Ariella: "Helping my mommy with a new baby."
Davidi: "Getting a drink for somebody if they are thirsty."
Sadie: "Lending somebody a toy."
Kyra: "Holding the door open for somebody."
Eliana: "If you find something that someone lost and you return it."
Josh: "Welcoming people if they come to your house."
Tamar: "If someone comes to your house to play, you should welcome them."
Eshchar: "Making somebody a picture to make them feel better."
Emma: "Help someone if they can't put on their coats."
Shaked: "Open doors if someone has a cast."
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~if you're kind, good things will happen . . . Ravi Schwartz
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| This Week In Sports |
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On Sunday, November 1st, SAR's Hockey team had their first game. The boys played well, but unfortunately lost to Moriah, last year's championship team.
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~when you grow up, if you're not kind people won't respect you . . . Danya Benovitz |
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Feeling at home in what used to be a sukkah
and is now Avraham and Sarah's ohel!
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~"You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your
poor, and to your needy in your land."
Deutoronomy 15:11
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| PTC News |
Bookfair
Reminder- Bookfair begins November 17th. Also watch for new ON-LINE ordering opportunities, including pre-ordering of seforim. Don't miss out on your favorite books. Pre-order and let your child take home exactly what he/she wants.
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Starting now through March 25, 2010, SAR Academy will have the opportunity to earn cash through Stop&Shop A+ Bonus Bucks Program.
All you have to do is:
Log on to www.stopandshop.com/aplus to register online
OR
Dial 1-877-275-2758 to register your card over the phone
After you register your card, each shopping trip at Stop&Shop using your Stop&Shop Card earns CASH for our school! Each month, the amount of CASH awarded will be updated on the Stop&Shop website. You can track the amount of points you earn for our school by checking your grocery receipt and online when you create an account at www.stopandshop.com. Our school will receive a check at the end of the program. The money can be used for any of our school's educational needs.
Please be sure to register your card to benefit SAR Academy using ID # 07912.
You don't have to be an SAR Parent to register either. Encourage your friends and relatives to register their cards as well. It could mean the world to our children.
Please direct any questions to Malka Greenes Spier, PTC Parent Coordinator, at
347-202-5009 or malka928@yahoo.com.
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| SAR Veterans Day Programs |
SAR Veterans Wall of Honor
At SAR it is important that we give proper kavod (honor) to those individuals who selflessly serve(d) in the US Military to protect the freedoms we enjoy today. SAR is creating a Wall of Honor to appropriately pay tribute to those family members who serve(d) in the United States Military.
Please complete one form for each family member you wish to honor by Sunday morning, November 8th.
Click here for the form.
Please note, that if you completed a form in the past, we ask you to resubmit the honoree's name as we are capturing additional information to create a more fitting tribute page for each Veteran.
If you have any questions, while completing this form, please email: gantzs@saracademy.org
To have your tribute included in this year's Veterans Day program please submit all honoree names by Sunday, November 8th.
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SAR ACADEMY INVITES ALL VETERANS
SO THAT WE MAY HONOR THEM
FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY
Please invite your family members that served in the US Military
to join us for this special program
There will be a special section at the program
for SAR children to stand with the Veterans they bring to school
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9am
Please RSVP: Shirley Gantz gantzs@saracademy.org
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| Community News |
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HIR Annual Kirstallnacht Commemoration Program
Monday, November 9th at 7:30 PM at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
This year Zakiah, the widow of Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns will be joining us. Officer Johns sacrificed his life defending The Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC.
If you have any questions, please reply to this email or speak to Rav Steven Exler at 718-796-4730 x108.
The DINOSAURS are coming to the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale!
The "Dinosaurs ROCK Fossil Adventure" Exhibit, Show, and Fossil Dig is coming to the Bayit Sunday, November 15th! @ 11am. See a totally hands-on, interactive show where you'll see & touch cool specimens up-close; Dig for Genuine Fossils like a real paleontologist and take home a real fossil...like a dinosaur bone, shark tooth, ammonite and more! Open crystal-filled volcanic geodes to take home and more! For children of all ages! Cost: Only $10 per child!
The HIR's Saturday Night Parent-Child Learning Program is BACK!!
Starting this Motzei Shabbat at 7:00pm in the HIR's new Beit Midrash!!
Come spend the evening with your children learning Torah and enjoying pizza as we provide the ideal atmosphere for you and your kids to enjoy a meaningful learning experience. Every Motzei Shabbat at 7 pm.
Special Ice Cream Party and prizes for Opening Session!!
Riverdale Jewish Center Invites the Community to a Public Lecture by Dr. David Pelcovitz
Topic: "Just Say No" - How and When To Set Limits With Your Child
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009
When: 5:00-6:30 PM
Where: In the RJC Beit Midrash
***The RJC Youth Department will provide programming/childcare for youth of all ages.***
For more information on this please contact David Winter @ 718-548-1850.
Boy Scouts
This Sunday, November 8, the Cub Scouts will be joining the Saw Mill River Coalition for our Free-A-Tree conservation project. Parents and children, please meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Farragut Avenue Site. From the Saw Mill River Parkway going north, exit on Farragut Avenue (exit 13) and make a right into the parking lot. The leaders of the Saw Mill River Coalition will begin the morning with a brief nature walk and plant identification workshop. Please wear close-toed shoes and bring lunch.
The Boy Scouts will be meeting on November 8 at 6pm at the RJC to learn about First Aid with a member of Hatzaloh.
On Jewish Love and Life: Something Old, Something New at the Young Israel of New Rochelle
Inspired by our beautiful Mikvah
and with focus on intimacy in Jewish marriage
the Young Israel of New Rochelle Women's League presents:
A two part series for women
Given by Rebbetzin Peshi Neuberger
With an introduction by Rebbetzin Abby Fink
November 11
8:15 PM
at the YINR
All are welcome. Please join us!
** questions can be presented to Rebbetzin Neuberger in advance via email and can be submitted to mikvahofnewrochelle@gmail.com
Riverdale Mikveh Committee
All women are invited this Monday night, November 9th at 8:30 PM in the home of Naomi Spira (5245 Blackstone Ave.). There will a repeat of the first Riverdale Mikvah Meeting for
all who were unable to attend the last meeting. This will be an opportunity for
you to get involved and help out in remedying the problems our community Mikvah
is facing.
Jewish Basketball LeagueJBL Season begins Sunday November 15. Ages K-4. Click here for a flyer with more information
Sensational Sunday Bubble Mania with SETH BLOOM
When: Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Time: 11 AM - 12 PM
Where: Riverdale Jewish Center - GYM
Who: All children from ages 2-8 (accompanied by parent or adult)
Join all your friends for an amazing show by The Bubble Artist, Seth Bloom @ the Sensational Sunday - Bubble Mania Bash!
Cost for Youth Members: $10 for 1, $15 for 2 or more
Cost for Non-Youth Members: $15 for 1, $20 for 2 or more
The Young Israel of New Rochelle Pre-Chanukah Boutique
The Young Israel of New Rochelle Pre-Chanukah Boutique will be held on
Monday, November 30, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m
at 1149 North Ave, New Rochelle, New York.
A sample of the fabulous new items you can expect to find include Fine Tablecloths, Personalized Stationary, Gift Baskets, Jewelry, Cookbooks, Wine, Hair Accessories, Children and Adult Clothing, Hats and Doilies, Kippot and Tzizit, Hostess Gifts, Handmade Judaica, Kids Games and Toys, Specialty Bake Ware, Scrips and much more...
Support the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind
Support Talia Askowitz's bat mitzva project! Talia created a 2010 calendar for the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind featuring photographs and interviews she personally took and conducted in Israel with "graduates" of the Center. The calendars are $18 each and make fabulous Chanukah and holiday gifts for all! Please contact Talia at taskowitz@optonline.net to place your order. Into the Woods
The Harrison Library is hosting an exhibit by our very own Harvey Augenbraun entitled "Into the Woods". The exhibit features beautiful photos by Mr. Augenbraun of various nature scenes. Images are available for purchase at $350 each. for more information, email mrscienceg@aol.com or call 914 806 2283.
WESTCHESTER JEWISH CENTER ANNOUNCES ART EXHIBITION ON IMMIGRANT LIFE IN AMERICA DURING THE DEPRESSION
"New World Challenges: Jewish life in America in the 1930s," an exhibition of approximately 30 works on paper, tells the story of the immigrants' struggle to assimilate in a new country and culture while upholding the traditional Jewish values instilled in them over generations in Europe. On loan from the Hebrew Union College Museum, the works by Depression-era artists--originally owned by the collector Sigmund Balka--chronicle and interpret the harsh, though sometimes rewarding, challenges of the merchant and working class, particularly in New York. An underlying message in the works is the common thread of faith in a society more sensitive to Tikkun Olam, the repair of the world.
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Place: Irving and Marly Koslowe Judaica Art Gallery
Westchester Jewish Center
Palmer & Rockland Avenues
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
914-698-2960
Refreshments will be served.
Duration of the exhibition: Sept. 13-Dec 10, 2009
Contact: Terri Trieger 914-834-9441
Amy Levine-Kennedy 914-834-6710
Community Health and Halacha Day at the RJC
Please save the date
Sunday January 24, 2010
Community Health and Halacha Day
9.00am-2:30pm at the Riverdale Jewish Center-
Open to both men and woman with childcare available
Details and registration to follow - Sponsorship opportunities available - see healthandhalacha@gmail.com
Tefilin for Sale
Two mitzvot with one act. Support Israel and purchase kosher tefillin from Israel at a wholesale price. All profits from the sale go directly to the sofrim and the tefillin makers in Israel. Contact Rabbi Drelich for details email drelim@saracademy.org or 718-548-1717 ext 1212. |
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