 Or Chadash Newsletter July 2013
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OC Summer Schedule
as of July 1, 2013
Please check the website for updates and changes.
(A Shabbat pool-party, visits to Stockton Market and Dilly's,
Lambertville Fireworks, and more still to be scheduled.)
| Friday, July 12 |
6 PM
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Kabbalat Shabbat Service
| | Sunday, July 14 | | Hava Nagila exhibit @ Jewish History Museum in NYC.
Look for more info soon. | |
Friday, July 19
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Celebrate Shabbat with family and friends -
No service at Or Chadash
| | Sunday, July 21 | 9 AM | OC Hikes: Hike with us at a Hunterdon County Park.
Look for more info soon. | | Friday, July 26 | 6 PM |
Kabbalat Shabbat Service @ Deer Path Park
Weather Permitting.
| | Friday, August 2 | |
Celebrate Shabbat with family and friends -
No service at Or Chadash
| | Friday, August 9 | 6 PM |
Kabbalat Shabbat Service @ OC
(Or it will be our Deer Path Park Rain Date)
| | Saturday, August 10 | 9AM |
OC Bikes: Meet for Breakfast @ Skylands Airport
Bike ride to Stockton, then to the Peach Festival
Or Meet us at the Peach Festival @ Manoff Farms in PA.
| | Friday, August 16 | |
Celebrate Shabbat with family and friends -
No service at Or Chadash
| | Friday, August 23 | 6 PM |
Kabbalat Shabbat Service - OC Reads.
Look for details on Book Selection.
| | Friday, August 30 | |
Celebrate Shabbat with family and friends -
No service at Or Chadash
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Shabbat and Holiday
Service Schedule
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July 5: No Services
July 12: 6PM Kabbalat Shabbat
July 19: No Services
July 26: 6PM Kabbalat Shabbat @ Deer Path Park
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| Important Dates to Remember |
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Sunday, July 14 - Visit Hava Nagila exhibit @ Jewish History Museum in NYC. Details coming soon.
Friday, July 26 6:00 PM - Kabbalat Shabbat @ Deer Path Park
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Kup O' Joe
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Caffeinated Conversations  ....with Rabbi Forman.
Kup O' Joe takes a coffee break for the summer. We look forward to sharing a cup with you again in the fall.
*Kup is Yiddush for Head/Mind
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| Donations | | |
General Contribution
David and Isabel Malahick
Educ Enrichment Fund
Vivian Forman
In Honor Of Jon Zalaznick's Graduation
Bruce & Betsy Zalaznick
In Honor Of Brodie & Jack Costello Naming
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Vivian Forman
In Honor of Charlotte Corey's 80th Birthday
Oneg Fund
Mark & Kristina Witzling
In Honor Of our son Josh becoming a Bar Mitzvah June, 8 2013
25th Anniversary
Robert & Shirl Levy
Steve & Susan Albert
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Upcoming Yahrzeits
| | May the memories of the following individuals be for a blessing:
July 5 (to be read July 12)
Paul Adelman
grandfather of Laura Senator
Marcus Leon
grandfather of Betsy Zalaznick
Harold Smith
husband of Connie Smith
July 12
Ilmari Bernard Erkkila
father of Craig Erkkila
Morton Garb
father of Lori Blutfield
Sarah Winter Lerman
loved one of David & Isabel Mahalick
Diane Sigel
mother of Meridith Sigel-Willey
Joe Zalaznick
grandfather of Bruce Zalaznick
July 19 (to be read July 26)
Israel Louis Levin
father of Ellen Pytlar
July 26
Samuel Barrow
father of Ruth Crawford
Ben Bland
father of Beatrice Abrams
Dick Coriell
father of Brian Coriell
Ida Ettinger
loved one of Shelly Weller
Ira Korfin
father of Andy Korfin
Simi Rotter
mother of Naomi Zwerling
Henrietta Weinstein
grandmother of Susan Albert
August 2 (to be read August 9)
Albert Berkerlhammer
husband of Eileen Berkelhammer
Ada Kadet Levy
mother of Robert Levy
Barbara Vrabel
cousin of Susan Albert
August 9
Sanford Borgman
Father of Estelle Breines
Rose Breines
Mother of Ira Breines
Estelle Frankel
mother of Gregg Frankel
Jay Gilbert Fuhrman
Father of Joe Fuhrman
Lily Jacobsen
Grandmother of Caryn Speizer
Jessie Mazzocchi
granddaughter of Evelyne Hersch
Barbara Rabiner
mother of Betsy Zalaznick
Sophie Rabiner
grandmother of Betsy Zalaznick
Stanley D. Weinstein
Father of Susan Albert
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25th Anniversary Donations
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Or Chadash gratefully acknowledges the generous donations to the 25th Anniversary Fund received to date from:
Steve & Susan Albert
Kurt & Susan Blaicher
Tim & Miriam Blanke
Ira & Estelle Breines
Jeff & Christine Berg
Jeffrey D. Charney
George Eckelmann & Jane Engel
Rabbi Joseph M. Forman
Harvey Gold Evelyne Hersch Mark & Jessica Hodkinson Estelle Katcher
Robert & Shirl Levy
Darren & Elizabeth Loew
Stephen & Diana Propper
Rick & Jill Rosenthal Joseph & Carolyn Sansevere John & Toby Sarinick
John Graybeal & Laura Senator
Stephen Sinoway & Beth Golden
Victor Sloan & Sandra Gong
Louis & Caryn Speizer
Gerald & Ronda Starr
Marc & Caryn Tomljanovich
Paul & Meredith Weil
Ross & Susan Weinick
Gary & Deb Weiss
Richard Willey & Meridith Sigel-Willey
Mark & Kristina Witzling
Bruce & Betsy Zalaznick
Eric & Naomi Zwerling
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| Jewish Family Services | | |
JFS is a non-profit, non-sectarian social service agency whose mission is to preserve and strengthen the quality of individual, family and community life based on Jewish values. We provide our services to a diverse socio-economic client population that includes individuals, children, young adults, families and the elderly.
Click here for information on additional services.
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| Website Launch | |  Our new website launch has been scheduled for Wednesday July 10. After that time, please look around and explore.
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President's Message
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Shalom. As your new President, I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Caryn Tomljanovich. My husband, Marc, and I have two children, Lyra, who starts 8th grade in the fall and Evan, who starts fifth grade. Both of them attend Clinton Public School. We joined Or-Chadash when we moved to New Jersey 7 years ago from upstate New York. Having come to Clinton from a community with only two other Jewish families, we were looking for a congregation that we could make our Jewish home. Through religious school, participating in synagogue events and my participation on the board for the past two years, Or Chadash is a community which we are proud to be a part of. In the past years, Or Chadash has brought us a stronger understanding of Jewish practices and how we want to define our Jewish identity, connection to a Jewish community and some precious family time away from our busy secular lives.
I am looking forward to meeting and getting to know many of you over the next year. I encourage you to attend some of the great events that are planned for this summer and into the early fall. Join us for a visit to the Hava Nagila exhibit at the Jewish History Museum in New York City on July 14th or an OC hike on July 21. There are also scheduled Kabbalat Shabbat services including one on July 26th at Deer Path Park. I hope to see some of you there.
In the coming year, I would love to hear your ideas and input about what types of programming and activities that you'd like to see at Or Chadash. This is our collective Jewish home and it is only with the participation of many that we can make it grow and flourish. We are a diverse congregation with great ideas and enthusiasm. I believe there is tremendous opportunity for both spiritual and social participation. Please feel free to reach out to me with your thoughts that I can share with Rabbi Forman and synagogue leadership. I look forward to seeing you and speaking with you. If you want to reach me, my email is president@orchadash-nj.org.
Caryn Tomljanovich
President
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In Our Community
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Refuah Sh'leima (Get well) to...
Eileen Berkelhammer
Muriel Trambert
Ira Brienes
Kathy Gohr
Mazel Tov...
We wish Abby Rutka Mazel Tov for her husband becoming an adult Bar Mitzvah on June 15.
In order to help us be a more caring community, please share your lifecycle events with Rabbi Forman.
Feel free to click on a hyperlink to send a note and let someone know you are thinking about them.
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What You May Have Missed
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Our bike ride to Stockton Market on June 22. |
Hava Nagila Exhibit Visit
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 The Hava Nagila: A Song for the People uses engaging imagery, video, music, and imaginative design to tell the little-known history of the wordless melody from Ukraine that became the theme song for Jewish celebrations around the world. The exhibition traces the song's hundred-year journey from a shtetl in Eastern Europe, to communities of early Jewish settlers to Palestine, to the banquet halls of America where it remains a centerpiece of both communal memory and popular culture.
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| Yiddish Book Center | | 
Be dazzled by gems of our heritage. Explore your Jewish identity.
The Yiddish Book Center is a treasure map of our cultural and religious heritage. It brings to life the thoughts and feelings, the reflections and observations, the ethereal and the daily life of Jewish scholars and ordinary people. Literature, music and drama, once trapped within the Yiddish language and script only a few of our generation could penetrate, are now available in formats accessible and understandable to all. Unlock the treasure. Check their website. http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/
Bea Abrams
The Yiddish Book Center is a non-profit organization working to tell the whole Jewish story by rescuing, translating and disseminating Yiddish books and presenting innovative educational programs that broaden understanding of modern Jewish identity.
Saving a million Yiddish books was just the beginning. Their priority now is to advance knowledge of the content and literary and cultural progeny of the books saved by:
- Offering fellowships and on site and on-line courses for high school students, college students and adults covering issues from Jewish identity and literature, to Yiddish language.
- Translating Yiddish literature into English, including an on-line radio and audiobook and podcast readings.
- Recording oral histories and contemporary stories.
Some upcoming programs include an on-site music festival, "Yidstock", and an on-line course, "Yiddish con Salsa: The Jews of Latin America". Check the website and learn more about the many offerings of the Yiddish Book Center.http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/
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Sandy Relief Efforts
With the efforts put forth by our congregation after Hurricane Sandy, we wanted to share with you this article showing how thankful people were for the help of the Reform Jewish Community.
Reform Family Supports Hurricane Sandy Victims
 JUNE 27, 2013
It's that time of year again: Hurricane season. From my years living in Florida I know well that June-November is the official season. Living now in New York, one cannot escape the constant reminder of last year's 'Super Storm Sandy.' The news is filled with updates, as one-by-one the Jersey Shore boardwalks reopen for the 'season' and shops at South Street Seaport struggle to rebuild. Recovery after the second costliest storm in U.S. history (Hurricane Katrina was the most costly) will take many years. It will be a long time until every community affected by the storm will be back on its feet.
Click Here to see the entire article.
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| Meals On Wheels | |
Meals on Wheels needs volunteer drivers in our area. Serve your homebound senior neighbors a hot noontime meal. The commitment to drive is only once a month. It will take only an hour or two once a month to get that good feeling of giving. Call our office at (908)284-0735 to offer your time or for more information (and/or check out our website at mowih.org). Help us, help others. Many thanks.
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| Mazel Tov | | Graduations
Mazel Tov to all of our graduates.
We wish you well on all of your future endeavors.
We like sharing milestones and have tried to include everyone. If your name is missing, please let us know.
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High School
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College
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Jake Altshuler
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Hunterdon Central
High School
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Rutgers University
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Taylor Beckman
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Hunterdon Central High School
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Muhlenberg College
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Rachel Brodsky
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Somerville High
School
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The College of New Jersey
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Mitchell Blutfield
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Hunterdon Central High School
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University of Virginia
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Daniel Drill
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Somerville High
School
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Ithaca College
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Zachary Hann
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Voorhees High
School
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The Julliard School
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Jeremy Levine
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Hunterdon Central High School
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Franklin and Marshal
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Erika Lewy
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Hunterdon Central High School
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Matthew Zwerling
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Hunterdon Central High School
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University of Florida
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College Graduates -
Alyssa Becker
Bucknell University
Jack Beers
Drew University
Michelle Coriell
Washington and Lee University
David Eckelmann
Lafayette College
Jon Erkkila
Lawrence University
Jon Kurlansik
Rutgers University
Ben Speizer
West Chester University
Daniel Weinick
Rutgers University
Emily Weinick
Gettysburg College
Jon Zalaznick
Cornell University
Graduate Degrees
Amanda Moutner
Cornell University, Masters in Archaelogy
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