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Friday, June 8
6:30 pm - Family Shabbat Service/Pot Luck Dinner
June Birthday Blessings
B'nai Shir
Aviram Spies plays piano
Saturday, June 9
10:00 am - Alexandra Reice Bat Mitzvah
Friday, June 15
6:30 pm - Shabbat Service
House Band
Saturday, June 16
10:00 am - Sylvia Probst Bat Mitzvah
Friday, June 22
6:30 pm - Choir/Volunteer Appreciation Shabbat Service
June Anniversaries
Saturday, June 23
10:00 am - Andrew Liebers Bar Mitzvah
Monday, June 25
7:00 pm - Knit & Knosh - home of Ronnie Gurney
Wednesday, June 27
7:30 pm - Annual Meeting
Friday, June 29
6:30 pm - Shabbat Service
Saturday, June 30
10:00 am - Jonathan Rubins Bar Mitzvah |
Torah Portion
June 9, 2012
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Beha'alotecha
(Numbers 8:1-12:16)
God delivers the laws to the people about the menorah, the sanctification of the Levites, the second Passover, and the
making of shofarot (the trumpets). Also, three rebellions against Moses occur: first, the people demand meat in addition to manna, second, Eldad and Medad arise as possible prophets, and finally Miriam and Aaron rebel against Moses' power and ethical behavior.
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Happy Birthday to...
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Arthur Robinson
Paul Horowitz
Nancy Korobkin
Larry Liebers
Alexandra Reice |
Tree of Life
(Etz Chaim)
| Celebrate the birth of a child, the bar or bat mitzvah of a loved one, the wedding or anniversary of a cherished friend or family member, a graduation or a retirement through a permanent dedication on the GRS Tree of Life! Click here for more information and to place an order.
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Caring Community News
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Ronnie Gurney and Eve Goldberg are co-chairs of this committee. 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 Denise Cooper Thomas at denise@grs.org.
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GRS Staff
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Rabbi Andrew R. Sklarz, MA, MSW, RJE
rabbisklarz@grs.org
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Cantor Sabrina Lipton
sabrinalipton@grs.org
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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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Denise Cooper
Administrative Assistant
denise@grs.org
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Corinne Morrell
Relocation Assistant
assistant@grs.org
Peter Babivskiy
Caretaker
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Family Service & Pot Luck Dinner
Friday, June 8, 2012 | | |
Please join us for Family Shabbat Service, including followed by a pot luck dinner and an Oneg Shabbat generously sponsored by the Reice family in honor of Alexandra becoming a Bat Mitzvah.
If you would like to stay for dinner, please RSVP to Louise Salzer at salzerhouse@aol.com.
June birthdays will be called to the bimah for a special blessing and B'nai Shir will be singing. |
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Give A Ride, Need A Ride
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|  Are you in need of a ride to services? Or, would you be willing to give someone a ride to services? If your answer to one of these questions is 'YES', please contact Denise Cooper at 203-629-0018 or denise@grs.org. |
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A Message from Rabbi Sklarz
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What A Spectacular Confirmation Service
Dear Friends,
How proud I am of our four Confirmands - Jonna Mosoff, Oliver Probst, Jonathan Rubins and Rachel Winpisinger. Last Shabbat, as we celebrated the Festival of Shavuot, our Confirmands led the liturgy in prayer and song, and they delivered extremely meaningful pieces reflecting their personal sense of Jewish identity and additional essays providing their understanding of an ethical maxim of a rabbinic sage of the Talmud. So much heart and soul was put into every detail of the service by our Confirmands, and the evening was enhanced with their musical talents with voice, violin and even shofar. How moved all in attendance were by the Confirmands' passion and commitment to Jewish life, and how touched we all were by the sense of family created.
As a rabbi, Confirmation is always a bittersweet experience for me. Sad, on the one hand, to know that our formal time of study together has come to an end, yet joyous to see the potential that lies ahead for each one of our Confirmands! Watch out - these four will indeed make their marks upon our world, both in the Jewish and secular spheres!
With great pride in the fruits of GRS,
Rabbi Andy Rabbi Andrew R. Sklarz, MA, MSW, RJE
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Important Update on the GRS
Future Building Plans
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We are delighted to inform you that the contract with the Stanwich School has been signed, and all is on track for the closing on June 1, 2012. Our search teams are in full swing, both to find temporary and permanent locations for our synagogue, religious school, and the future GRS preschool. A number of options are under investigation, and although it's premature to share any details, it looks very promising. We don't want to miss any possibilities, so if you have any suggestions for a temporary space, please contact Helen Stark at 203-622-1732 or stark110@optonline.net; if you have any recommendations for purchase options, please contact Sandy Soule at 203-637-7642 or sandy.soule@gmail.com.
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Tzedakah
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Thank you for your generosity...
Music Fund
- Sandy and Stephen Soule in honor or our Confirmands, Jonna Mosoff, Oliver Probst, Jonathan Rubins and Rachel Winpisinger.
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
- Sandy and Stephen Soule in honor or our Confirmands, Jonna Mosoff, Oliver Probst, Jonathan Rubins and Rachel Winpisinger.
- Bob & Helen Stark in honor of our Confirmands, Jonna Mosoff, Oliver Probst, Jonathan Rubins and Rachel Winpisinger.
Sunday Morning Bagel Fund
- A very generous anonymous gift to cover the cost of our Sunday Morning Bagels for the school year of 2011-2012.
Tree of Life
- Bob & Helen Stark, a silver leaf in honor of their 40th anniversary
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.
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Knit & Knosh
Monday, June 25, 7:00 pm | | |
Would you like to knit, crochet or sew over good food and drinks, in good company?
Then, the GRS Sisterhood invites you to come and join us. We welcome knitters of any age, gender or ability! We would love to see more new faces!
At the home of Ronnie Gurney:
123 Harbor Drive #612
Stamford, CT 06902 |
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B'nai Mitzvah Profile - Alexandra Reice
Saturday, June 9, 2012
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 Alex ("Alexandra," only if she must) King Reice's, main interests are dance, fashion design, her friends, family and cat, Bentley. Worldly, with a keen intellectual curiosity, she loves to travel, and, despite her young years, she has visited various spots throughout the U.S. and Sweden, Finland, England, Scotland, France, Mexico, Canada, Ireland (well, just the airport) and the Netherlands. Yet despite these more exotic trips, her annual summer week long pilgrimage to Block Island - her special place - remains her favorite.
Born in Greenwich, CT on June 9, 1999, four years after her good friend and brother, Max. Alex attended the Julian Curtiss School and is now enrolled at Western Middle School where she is a straight "A" student. Her main interests in school are English and writing. Outside of school, Alex is a dedicated student of dance, both modern and classical, and an avid cyclist. Her perfect evening would be dining at Balthazar, followed by a performance at the American Ballet Theatre.
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| Calling All Mah Jong Players! | | |
Wendy Moldovan-Wilensky and friends are organizing a Ladies Mah Jong players group. If you are interested in joining, please email wendy.e.moldovan@gmail.com
to let her know of your availability (weekdays/ days/evenings) and whether you are an experienced or beginner player. They hope to play once a week on a regular basis. Meetings will be at her home or where ever there is a volunteered home. Please feel free to join them!
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Save the Date: Thursday, June 21, 7:00 pm
Interfaith Young Israeli Concert
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Greenwich Reform Synagogue, The Sholom Center, JCC Greenwich, Congregation Shir Ami & the Greenwich Fellowship of Clergy are co-sponsoring an interfaith concert featuring young Israeli (Arab and Jewish) musicians in Greenwich, on behalf of the Polyphony Foundation.
The concert will take place at First Presbyterian Church at 7PM, followed by a reception at approximately 8:15PM.
This event is FREE and RSVP is required!
Polyphony's mission is to "build a strong and culturally diverse civil society by exposing Arab and Jewish youth living in Israel and in their communities to classical music and by inviting them to participate in music education and training. Polyphony's groundbreaking work has been recognized internationally, and it recently received the prestigious Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts."
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Brotherhood Summer Outing
Sunday, August 19, 2012 | | |
SAVE THE DATE!
The GRS Brotherhood will be holding its summer outing at Harbor Yard - Bridgeport, to watch the Bridgeport Bluefish take on the Maryland Blue Crabs.
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| Need a piano or know someone who does? | | 
GRS owns a spinet piano currently being kept in the room behind the choir nook. When we relocate we are not going to be able to move it into storage. Anyone interested in taking it-- it works-- should contact Stephanie Glaser at stephanieglaser@grs.org.
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Around the Community
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UJA of Greenwich Annual Meeting featuring Spousonomics
Tuesday, June 12, 6:45 pm, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich. It's a wrap! Come celebrate the year's highlights, have a margarita or two, and say goodbye to our Emissaries and more at the annual meeting. Then enjoy the wise and witty Spousonomics, touted as "the only relationship book that men will pay attention to." This primer will highlight how incentives, tradeoffs and supply and demand can add up to domestic bliss. The authors, a Wall Street Journal and a New York Times reporter, will meet separately with male and female guests, who will then face off. For more information and to register please click here.
Party in the Park, A Big Event for Small Children
Monday, June 18, 10-11am, Binney Park. We'll get our groove on with "woodwind maestro" and composer Oran Etkin, creator of the Timbalooloo method of teaching children fundamentals of music through games, stories, movement and song. He'll jazz our children with the wonders of the world and Klezmer music at this palooza for ages 9mos.-5yrs. FREE. Call Tracy Daniels at 203-552-1818 or email tracy@ujafedgreenwich.org.
The following are events sponsored by JCC of Greenwich.
JCC CINEMA:
"Noodle", Monday, June 18, 7 pm, Bow-Tie Criterion Cinemas, Greenwich, Adults: $12, Seniors $8. For More Information or to Register Click Here "Journey to Homeland," Monday, June 25, 7pm, Hyatt Regency, Greenwich, $12 For more information or to register please click here. "A Secret (Un Secret)", Thursday, June 28, 7pm, Byram Shubert Library, Greenwich, FREE. For more information or to register please click here.
Jewish Family Services of Greenwich is offering the following programs, support groups and volunteer opportunities (For more information or to register for any of the following, please visit www.jfsgreenwich.org or call 203-622-1881):
Interfaith Conversations: Open Discussions about the Joys & Challenges of Interfaith Living Finding Your Community: The Right Fit. Come join us as we explore "The Right Fit"-from the ideal to the real-and the challenges and opportunities of finding community for your family. Both men and women are welcome. Monday, June 18, 7-9pm in a private home. NO CHARGE! Please RSVP by calling Tatiana Nichiforova at 203-622-1881 to register or email tnichiforova@jfsgreenwich.org
JFS Support Groups: (All groups $10 per session) - Mother and Me: A Discussion Group for Adults: No matter what you do - you just can't get along with your mother? You try to be understanding and patient but something just goes off in your head and you can't control your emotions. Come share your experiences, explore what triggers your reactions, and learn how to deal with it. Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30pm beginning April 3
- Adult Divorce: Wednesdays, 5:30-6:45pm
- Children (Grades 4-6) of Divorce: Weds., 4:30-5:45pm
- Children (Grades 7-9) of Divorce: Tues., 4:30-5:45pm
- Bereavement: Tuesdays, 10:30-11:30am
JFS individual adult, teen, child and family Counseling:
$150 per session, Sliding scales always apply
JFS Volunteer OpportunitiesBikkur Cholim/Friendly Visitors/Grocery Shopper
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