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Online Payments
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 GRS is pleased to offer our membership the option of making secure payments (via Authorize.net) of their membership dues and fees and school tuition. To begin click here.
Check back as we enhance this service in the coming weeks to include donations to more GRS funds.
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Calendar
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Thursday, December 13
(new office)
7:00 pm - Hebrew 101 with Rabbi Sklarz
Friday, December 14
11 am - Challah Baking with Leslie Dobryn at the home of Eve Goldberg
6:30 pm - 6th Grade Shabbat Service (First Congregational Church)
Saturday, December 15
Sisterhood/Brotherhood
Adult Chanukah Party, Latkes & Vodkas
Sunday, December 16
(257 Stanwich Rd.)
9:30 am - Hebrew 102
(Rabbi Sklarz)
9:30 am - Religious School
10:30 am - Adult Ed with Rabbi Rothman
2:00 pm - Trip to Nathaniel Witherell Nursing Home (in partnership with JFS)
Wednesday, December 19
4:15 pm - Hebrew School (257 Stanwich Rd.)
7:30 pm - Board Meeting
(new office)
Thursday, December 20
NO ADULT ED PROGRAM
Friday, December 21
6:30 pm -7th Grade Shabbat Service (First Congregational Church)
Anniversary Blessings
Sunday, December 23
NO ADULT ED
NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
Tuesday, December 25
GRS OFFICES CLOSED
Wednesday, December 26
NO HEBREW SCHOOL
Thursday, December 27
NO ADULT ED PROGRAM
Friday, December 28
6:30 pm - Shabbat Service
(new office)
Sunday, December 30
NO ADULT ED
NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
Tuesday, January 1
GRS OFFICES CLOSED
Friday, January 4
5:45-6:15 pm - Tot Shabbat with Bobby Doowah
6:30 pm - Family Service/ Pot Luck Dinner
(First Congregational Church)
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Torah Portion
December 15, 2012
| Miketz
(Genesis 41:1-44:17)
Joseph interprets Pharoah's dreams and saves Egypt from a great famine. As a reward, Pharoah appoints Joseph as his Royal Vizier. Meanwhile, in Canaan, Jacob sends ten of his sons to Egypt to buy food, leaving Benjamin behind. The portion concludes with Joseph testing the righteousness of his brothers as he plays the part of the Egyptian ruler. It is Judah who causes the brothers to pass the test.
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Happy Birthday to...
| Robin Edelston
Michael Blumenthal
Russell Rosenband
Kaylen Beiley
Shane Heller
Dan Dobryn
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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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Committee members 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 at denise@grs.org.
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GRS Staff
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Rabbi Andrew R. Sklarz, MA, MSW, RJE
rabbisklarz@grs.org
Cantor Sabrina Lipton
sabrinalipton@grs.org
Stephanie Glaser
Executive Director
stephanieglaser@grs.org
Lisa Gittelman Udi
Director of Education
lisargudi@grs.org
Clarita Agulay
Bookkeeper
clarita@grs.org
Denise Cooper
Administrative Assistant
denise@grs.org
Allie Zur
Youth Advisor
orlie414@aol.com
Corinne Morrell
Relocation Assistant
relocation@grs.org
Peter Babivskiy
Caretaker
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GRS NEW OFFICE LOCATION
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GRS' OFFICES ARE NOW LOCATED AT
1037 E. PUTNAM AVE., 2ND FLOOR, RIVERSIDE, CT
(front entrance on Westview Place)
OUR TELEPHONE # WILL REMAIN THE SAME
203-629-0018
PLEASE CHECK OUR CALENDAR FOR ALL PROGRAMMING LOCATIONS
ALL RELIGIOUS AND HEBREW SCHOOL CLASSES
AND SUNDAY ADULT ED CLASSES WILL REMAIN AT
257 STANWICH ROAD
for directions and map to our various locations
click here
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6th Grade Shabbat Service
Friday, December 14, 6:30 pm | | |
Please join us for a Shabbat Service led by the GRS 6th graders, followed by an Oneg Shabbat generously sponsored by the 6th grade parents.
The service will take place at First Congregational Church, 108 Sound Beach Ave., Old Greenwich.
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A Message from Rabbi Sklarz
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Let's Share Our Blessings with Others!
Dear Friends,
Come spread the joy of Chanukah with GRS and Jewish Family Services this Sunday at 2:00 pm at Nathaniel Witherell located at 70 Parsonage Road, in Greenwich. Cantor Lipton and I invite those of all ages to join us as we visit with the residents, entertain them with song, and share the home-made challah baked by our GRS Sisterhood.
As I discussed several weeks back, in mid-November, Cantor Sabrina and I made our first trip to the Far Rockaway section of Queens to distribute the many donations you provided for those
who were so devastated by Hurricane Sandy. We plan on making another trip during the third week of December and we ask you to continue bringing non-perishable foods, clothing, home supplies and holiday gifts for children to our office.
We have so very much to be thankful for. Let us extend our good fortune with others!
B'Shalom,
Rabbi Andy
Rabbi Andrew R. Sklarz, MA, MSW, RJE
With the goal of creating a GRS Memory Box, kindly send your photos, artifacts and personal pieces (in prose or poetry) which share significant moments in our history to Denise at denise@grs.org.
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Thank you for your generosity...
Circle of Giving
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| Hurricane Relief Fund |
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 In response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Sandy, the Union for Reform Judaism is activating its Hurricane Relief Fund to collect donations for those suffering in the hurricane's wake.
You may donate to the URJ Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund here.
May the memories of those whose lives were lost to Hurricane Sandy remain with us for blessing. |
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GRS Sisterhood Challah Baking
Friday, December 14, 11:00 am
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At the home of Eve Goldberg
Come and bake or just watch and learn!
Lunch will be provided too...
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Brotherhood & Sisterhood Adult
Chanukah Party, Latkes & Vodkas*
Saturday, December 15, 7-10 pm | | |
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Tot Shabbat with Bobby Doowah
Friday, January 4, 2012, 5:45 - 6:15 pm
First Congregational Church
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Please join us for a Tot Shabbat Service led by musical entertainer, Bobby Doowah. Bobby has been captivating and entertaining children for nine years, causing the New York Times to refer to him as "The Sgt. Pepper of children's music."
Participants need not be members of GRS to attend.
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Family Service & Pot Luck Dinner
Friday, January 4, 2012, 6:30
First Congregational Church
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If you would like to stay for dinner, please RSVP to Louise Salzer at salzerhouse@aol.com.
January birthdays will be called to the bimah for a special blessing and B'nai Shir will be singing.
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Tu B'Shevat Event
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Greenwich Historical Society | | |
The Science of History: Tree Rings and the History They Reveal
Neil Pederson, PhD, Lamont Research Assistant Professor, Tree Ring Laboratory, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University.
In celebration of the Jewish New Year for Trees, Tu B'Shevat, Dr. Pederson will lecture on how ancient trees and timbers from human structures are used to broaden our understanding of history. From the rise and fall of the Mongol Empire to the construction of buildings and boats locally and globally, trees are the environmental historians, which reveal events long faded from human memory and historical documents; including how the tree ring cores taken from the Bush-Holley house reveal its construction history.
Sponsored by the Greenwich Historical Society, the Greenwich Tree Conservancy, the Bruce Museum, and the Greenwich Reform Synagogue.
Doors open at 6:30; lecture begins at 7:00 pm. Event will be held at the Greenwich Historical Society, 39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob.
Admission is free but reservations are suggested. Please call 203-869-6899, Ext. 10
Rain Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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Give A Ride, Need A Ride
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Around the Community
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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):
JFS Support Groups: ($20 per session: Sliding Scale fees apply).
Meet & Mingle the Network for Jewish Singles 55+
Sunday, December 16th
Cook for A Cause: Please join us as we "HAVE FUN AND GIVE BACK" to the communities which have been affected by Hurricane Sandy. Meet at noon in the JFS parking lot. We will travel together to Bay Ridge, New York. There we will help other volunteers make 1000's of meals for those communities in need. Afterwards, we will go out to dinner at a local restaurant. Meet at noon at the JFS Parking Lot.
RSVP Mandatory by Friday December 14th: Tatiana Nichiforova at 203-622-1881 or email tnichiforova@jfsgreenwich.org
ROSH HODESH: IT'S A GIRL THING!
For 7th grade girls
Mondays 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Tevet: January 28th
Shevat: February 25th
Adar: March 18th
Nisan: April 29th
Iyar: May 20th
Sivan: June 17th
New and Ongoing Support Groups and Counseling
- Divorce Support Group
- Bereavement Support Group
- Parents of Lesbian. Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual or Questioning (LGBTQ) Children
- Restarting Your Life
- Empty Nesters
- Counseling
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