Vayishlach

(Genesis 32:4-36:43)

Alex Berdoff

Kevin Winpisinger

Henry Baker

Robin Edelston

Michael Blumenthal 

The GRS Caring Community is underway.  With Ronnie Gurney and Eve Goldberg as co-chairs, committee members will be able to provide assistance to temple members in times of need and to celebrate with them in times of joy. If you know of an ill or hospitalized member, please contact the office at (203) 629-0018.

You can help us to help each other.  We encourage the participation of volunteers to keep in touch with our members through telephone calls, visits, by sending cards, etc... If you would like to be a part of this committee please contact Erin Thomas at

Rabbi Andrew R. Sklarz, MA, MSW, RJE

 rabbisklarz@grs.org 

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Cantor Sabrina Lipton

sabrinalipton@grs.org x226

Stephanie Glaser

Executive Director

stephanieglaser@grs.org

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Lisa Gittelman Udi

Director of Education

lisargudi@grs.org

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Clarita Agulay

Bookkeeper

clarita@grs.org

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Erin Thomas

Administrative Assistant

Religious School Coordinator

erin@grs.org

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Peter Babivskiy

Caretaker

• Jane Aronson in memory of Mel Slade
• Pete Barker, in memory of Mel Slade
• Gerald & Joy Davis, in memory of Mel Slade  

Center for Young Families

• Stuart & Karen Wallenstein

Ritual Fund

• Judy Rayner, in loving memory of Joseph Goodman
• Joy & Louis Van Leeuwen, in loving memory of Tessie Tarnoff 

 A contribution to GRS is a wonderful way to celebrate joyous events and commemorate meaningful occasions.  If you would like to make a contribution, please send your check to GRS, 257 Stanwich Rd., Greenwich, CT 06830.  For details on the giving opportunities available, please call the GRS office. 

Avoiding False Witness: How Jews and

Christians Misunderstand Each Other

Amy-Jill Levine is co-editor of the highly acclaimed and best-selling new book The Jewish Annotated New Testament.  The New York Times calls it "an unusual scholarly experiment: an edition of the Christian holy book edited entirely by Jews." In a major feature story, the New York Times wrote, "This volume is thus for anybody interested in a [New Testament] more attuned to Jewish sources." The book is thus relevant for both Jews and Christians - for Jews to better understand the majority religion in America, and for Christians who want to understand about the Jewish background of the New Testament.    A self-described "Yankee Jewish feminist," Professor Levine's books include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus and The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us.  Her co-editor for The Jewish Annotated New Testament is Marc Z. Brettler, the Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies at Brandies University.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

7:30 P.M.

Book signing to follow

Greenwich Reform Synagogue

257 Stanwich Road

Greenwich, CT 06830

Please RSVP by December 10th to Linda at

lperez@adl.org or (203) 288-6500 ext. 302

Please join the GRS Sisterhood and GRS Brotherhood for a Hanukkah Celebration, which will feature our second annual (NOW IT"S A TRADITION!!!) Beer Tasting. The Beer Tasting, will again be led by George Toper and will include a sampling of several Holiday & Winter Brews. George will again be leading a discussion where he will present fascinating information on each of the beers.

In addition, the timing is perfect, so we will be making the event a festive Hanukkah celebration. Latkes will be served. Perhaps there will even be a dreidel or two!!!

The event is open to all adults (over age 21) in the GRS Community - members, prospective members, staff, and religious school teachers and adult children.

There is no charge for this event, though we will be accepting voluntary contributions for the Serle Mosoff Adult Education Fund.

Please RSVP by December 14 to the GRS office (203) 629-0018 or email Erin at erin@grs.org. It's important to RSVP - we wouldn't want to run out of beer (or latkes)!!!