The Voice of the Pelham Jewish Center A Message from the Rabbi

APRIL 2013 NISAN/IYAR 5773

Hakol The Voice of the Pelham Jewish Center

Major league baseball’s

opening day is around the corner.

Those of us with teams whose season

ended without a run at the playoffs

now have a chance to start over.

There are new faces in our uniforms

and freshly groomed parks enticing us

with moments of great drama. Even

teams that finish in the cellar will have

moments of elegance and grit on the

field. We have a few weeks to be

hopeful for a competitive season, but

come May, fans across the country

will accept what will seem to be inevi-

table defeat. And this, I believe, is

how we undersell the sport and our-

selves. Baseball is a game of beauty: it

is slow, methodical, strategic, and

meditative. Assessing one’s team

based only on wins and losses is like

determining whether or not yoga was

successful based on whether or not I

held my downward dog as long as my

fellow practitioner. The game itself

can be beautiful, even when your

team loses.

I wrote about this a few years

ago and took a lot of heat from fellow

baseball fans. I suggested that as a fan

of the game, you want your team to

win because of smart hitting, daring

base-running, strong defense, cunning

pitching, and explosive energy. When

people say that a win is a win, they are

saying that the athleticism, determina-

tion, and gracefulness that can drive a

team to victory are less important than

the bottom line.

This is, I know, very un-

American of me. We define success

based on the end result, not the proc-

ess it took to get there. Professionally

we assess ourselves based on a score-

card focused almost exclusively on

how much money we earn and our

professional commendations. We

define success based on the final out-

come of an achievement while we

ignore and forget the ways in which

we struggled and behaved and grew

during the journey itself. Our tradi-

tion desperately wants us to see the

short-sightedness of this approach to

life. The Torah is a masterpiece pre-

cisely because it is a book about a

journey. It ends without the triumph

of entering the Promised Land. Our

desert trek was strewn with anguished

failures of spirit alongside soaring

triumphs of faith and determination,

and it is these experiences that are the

centerpiece of our holiest book, not

the achievement of conquest.

On the Shabbat of Chol

Hamoed Pesach, today, we read the

Song of Songs because it is a poem

about a journey that is unfulfilled.

The language of the book explodes

with love’s possibilities and yearnings.

The focus of the poem is on the in-

tense desire, promise, and fretfulness

that always texture the courtship be-

tween two lovers. There is a dream-

like quality to the poem in which the

speakers merge into one another and

we are whisked through the ever

changing landscapes of the land of

Israel. We are accompanied by ga-

zelles and goats, frankincense and

pomegranates, and lillies and nut

groves, all the while, the seasons and

its shadows swirl around us. Harold

Fisch writes that this leads to a "kind

of imaginative overspill, as the rapture

of lovers overflows into the sphere of

geography, transforming the whole

land into an object of love." The Song

of Songs is a reminder of the all en-

veloping imprint that passion and love

leave on our hearts, and we need re-

minders right now that life demands

passion.

The love in Shir Hashirim is

never consummated, which is any-

thing but a failure. The holiness of

love is found in the contours of the

longing itself, regardless of whether

the lovers walk off together, hand in

hand. Having loved like this trans-

forms us in profound ways, even if we

remain separated from the object of

our desire as do the lovers of the

poem.

בי על כ ילות מש תי בל ת בקש ה א אהב נפ ש

תיו שי לא בקש אתיו ו צ :מ ON MY BED AT NIGHT, I

SOUGHT HIM WHOM MY

SOUL LOVES. I SOUGHT HIM,

BUT FOUND HIM NOT.

This refrain is repeated: אתיו צ מלא ו תיו "בקש I sought him, but found

him not." Even the final verse leaves

no question that this love is unful-

filled. "Be swift, my lover, and make

yourself like a gazelle or a young ram

on mountains of spices." She yearns

for her lover to return home to her

speedily, but we are left never know-

ing if that happens.

The brilliance of this ambiguity is

found in its homiletical value: the

value of life is not found in the

acheivements and successes and wins

that we rack up over the years, but in

the process of moving toward some-

one whom we love, and something

about which we are passionate. It is

the journey and its unpredictable, and

messy, and challenging speed bumps

that endow our lives with meaning.

When we face them with courage and

dignity, even if the goal itself remains

unfulfilled, we achieve greatness. If

along the way we experience

A Message from the Rabbi

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APRIL2013 NISAN/IYAR 5773

THE

PELHAM

JEWISH

CENTER

451 ESPLANADE

PELHAM MANOR, NY 10803

PHONE: 914-738-6008

FAX: 914-931-2199

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: www.thepjc.org

Rabbi David A. Schuck

Education Director Ana Turkienicz

Caretaker Adam Bukowski

Office Administrator Kim Lewis

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President Kate Lauzar

Executive Vice President Andrea Prigot

Treasurer Jill Goldenberg

Secretary Marshall Jaffe

Religious Practices Steve Martin

Membership Maria Abeshouse

Social Action Rachel Collens

Fundraising Lisa Daley

House Darren Lee

Communications Jack Klebanow

Learning Center Hildy Martin

Youth Programming Michelle Dvorkin

Family Programming Liz Tzetzo

PROGRAM COORDINATORS

B’nei Mitzvah Beth Serebransky

B’nei Mitzvah Project Cheryl Goldstein

Continuing Education Jeanne Radvany

Hakol Kim Lewis

Accounts Receivables David Ploski

Kiddush Coordinator Leah Leonard

Israel Programming Virginia Lanoil

The deadline for articles and other sub-

missions for the May 2013 issue of the

Hakol is Monday, April 15th. Please

send to Kim Lewis at [email protected]

and copy to Jack Klebanow at

[email protected].

enthusiasm and we love, well then our

hearts enlarge and open to more experi-

ences of passion. The record of our

lives will not be recorded in wins and

losses, in promotions and awards, but in

how we carried ourselves on the way.

נים או הנצ ץ נר אר ת ב מיר ע הגיע הז

THE BUDS ARE SEEN IN THE

LAND, THE TIME OF SINGING

HAS ARRIVED.

As tiny little buds break through our

recently frozen earth, this moment of-

fers us new possibilities. This magnifi-

cent poem reminds us to approach the

excitement and growth of these possi-

bilities as ends in and of themselves,

rather than as prospects for achieve-

ments. We need to remember this right

now, right in this moment in which the

vines, in blossom, give forth fragrance.

As Pesach begins to wind

down and we begin to look forward to

Shavuot, the same homiletical message

is reinforced. Rabbi Riskin points out

that the word for the holiday that gives

meaning to the exodus from Egypt is

Shavuot, which means weeks. Right

now, we are preparing ourselves to re-

ceive the Torah anew, and we count

each day and each week of this prepara-

tion until we reach Shavuot. The holi-

day is named after the weeks of prepara-

tion for this moment, not the moment

itself because the achievement of kabba-

lat hatorah, of receiving the Torah is

directly influenced by the journey we

make in order to receive it. And next

year we will take the journey anew, and

as a result, the Torah that we receive

will be different, changed.

Today, let us take some time

to meditate on the way in which we are

playing the game of life. Are we so fo-

cused on some notion of the prize at the

end that we have failed to recognize the

opportunity of the journey itself?

L'shalom,

Rabbi David A. Schuck

A Message From the

President

Dear friends,

As many of you were unable to attend

our wonderful PARTY AT THE PJC

last month, I would like to share my

remarks from that evening with you:

Here we are tonight, standing in this

gorgeous building---this building that

reflects so perfectly in a physical way,

who we are as a community. But it

wasn't always so—about 9 yrs ago, this

building that the PJC had made its

home since the late 1950’s was in dire

need of repair, maintenance, and

overhaul, both aesthetically and physi-

cally, to accommodate the needs of

our active and growing congregation.

Many of us in the room remember

the process of how this---our reno-

vated building--- came to be. For those

of us who have only known this space,

let's just say that getting to a group

‘yes’ on the myriad issues inevitable in

an undertaking like this is never easy;

yet that’s exactly what this community

did.

The PJC community came together to

make it happen. Many congregants

contributed to this project, in many

ways---they gave their time, they gave

their expertise, and they gave finan-

cially. In addition to the tremendous

sweat equity that went

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into this renovation, nothing could

have happened without the funding

necessary to underwrite a project of

this size. The capital campaign of

2004 - 2005 raised over 1.5 million

dollars to make this vision a reality.

While a significant portion of the

congregation contributed to the

campaign, there were six families in

particular whose contributions

formed the cornerstone of the fund-

ing, and we would like to recognize

their generous support this evening.

As you look around the shul to-

night, you will notice plaques on the

walls, with their names, acknowledg-

ing their gifts. Tonight, with deep

gratitude and heartfelt appreciation,

together, as a community, we would

like to give special thanks to:

Steve & Elizabeth Edersheim

Barry & Jill Goldenberg

David Haft & Jacqueline Schachter

Les & Sybil Rosenberg

Rob & Janice Rossman

Efrem & Freddie Sigel

Please join me in celebrating these

families who gave so generously to

the capital campaign, and who con-

tinue to support the PJC each year.

We recognize that there are many

needs in our world, and many

places that would benefit from our

individual donations of time and

and money. Each of us has an ar-

ray of choices when considering

where to make philanthropic con-

tributions, or for whom to volun-

teer our time. So we appreciate all

the more when the choice is

made, with intention (kavanah), to

direct that support here, to the

PJC.

Finally, as we celebrate giving to-

night--- a heartfelt thanks to all of

you who have dedicated your

time, and dare I say, given your

heart and soul to filling this build-

ing with your friendships, laughter

and good food; with your hugs

and hand-holding, both in won-

derful times and less-than-

wonderful times; with your

prayers, your longings and your

dreams----- for yourselves, for your

families and for our community.

Together-- we all have made this

house into our home.

All best,

Kate

A Message From the

Education Director

“1 And it came to pass in the four

hundred and eightieth year after the

children of Israel were come out of

the land of Egypt, in the fourth year

of Solomon's reign over Israel, in

the month Ziv, which is the second

month that he began to build the

house of the LORD.” (1 Kings 6:1)

The verse above, from the book of

Kings, tells us about the month of

“Ziv”, the “second month”. At that

time, the Jewish calendar started to

count the months starting from Nis-

san, the month of Passover, since it

was the first month of spring, the

renewal of all things. The second

month, now known as the month of

“Eyiar”, which this year will start on

April 11th, is the one referred in the

TaNaKh as “Ziv”. The name Eyiar

is originally from the Babylonian

Exile period. Both “Ziv” and

“Eyiar” mean “light”, the special sun

light, and the radiance that fills out

the world as we enter the second

month of spring. This is also the

month when we continue counting

the “Omer”, the 49 days of ascent

from Pessach to Shavuot, and it is a

time of mourning, with the excep-

tion of the celebration of a four im-

portant Jewish national historical

holidays that are celebrated in Eyiar.

The Four National holidays cele-

brated in Eyiar (Ziv) are four

“Windows” into cardinal moments

in Jewish History, happening while

the Jewish people are in the midst

of counting the Omer, the days be-

t we e n Y e t z y i a t M i t z r a y im

(Passover ) and Matan Torah (the

Revelation at Sinai), two key biblical

moments in the epic narrative of the

Jewish nation. The 4 Modern

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“windows” into Jewish History are

celebrated as holidays called

“deRabanan”- holidays that came

after biblical times and were desig-

nated as holidays by our rabbis,

whilst Pessach and Shavuot are

called holidays “midehoraita”- holi-

days from biblical times. The 4

“modern” Holidays are: Eyiar 4th -

Yom Hazikaron (IDF soldiers’

Memorial Day), Eyiar 5th - Yom

Ha’atzmaut (Israel’s Independence

Day), Eyiar 18th - Lag BaOmer

(Commemoration of the Rebellion

against the Roman Empire), and

finally Eyiar 28th - Yom Yerusha-

layim (The Day of the reunification

of Jerusalem).

I know this seems TMI (too much

information) for the era of 140 char-

acters in a Tweet…I have probably

lost most of the readers by now. If

you are still reading up to here, I

want to pause and reflect a bit about

all of this. How does that impact us

today? What can we learn from

juxtaposing the ideas of: Light,

spring, Passover, Sinai, and 4 com-

memorations of Modern Jewish

history related to our ongoing strug-

gle for survival?

Moreover, how does that translate

to the role of Jewish Education and

the work we do at the Learning

Center in Pelham, April 2013?

Does any of it affect the lives of our

students and their families?

Let’s think about concentric circles

of Jewish Identity around one LC

student. The child is in the center;

next, his family, and his extended

family; then, the circle of the PJC

community, and the larger circle of

the American Jewish Community;

then a broader circle of the World

Jewish Community.

What holds all these circles to-

gether, connecting them in a series

of interchangeable relationships?

Our broader Jewish narrative, the

outer broader circles, of Modern

Jewish History, Ancient Jewish His-

tory, Bible stories and circling all of

them, a strong belief in G-d and in

the Covenant that we are accounted

for, from the moment of our little

child’s “Brit Milah” until his last

day.

The month of Eyiar, with its biblical

and non-biblical quilt of Jewish cele-

brations offers us an opportunity to

work within the asynchronous ideas

and concepts that sustained the Jew-

ish people to this day. If we exam-

ine the 4 Eyiar holidays in their es-

sential motifs, we can see a common

thread of belief and hope in the

survival of Judaism and the promise

of growth and light it can bring into

the world. If we look at these holi-

days in a historic continuum, Lag

BaOmer is the oldest one, telling

the story of the Jewish uprising

against Hadrian’s Roman Empire

from 132-135 CE, led by a man

widely known as Bar Kokhba, with

the spiritual guidance of Rabbi

Akiva, one of the wisest men of his

time. Rabbi Akiva was convinced

that God would help the Jews regain

control of Judea, and so Bar Kok-

hba led an armed force of as many

as 100,000 men to fight the Roman

troops. The revolt resulted in the

fall of Jerusalem, and ended in 135,

in a village called Betar, where Bar

Kokhba was killed in the battle, and

Rabbi Akiva was captured, impris-

oned, tortured and killed. This

marked the end of the Jewish state,

and it was only after almost 2,000

years a modern Jewish nation was

created in Israel, on the 5th of Eyiar,

5708 (May 15th, 1948) with the es-

tablishment of the State of Israel.

One day before its celebration, we

devote our thoughts to honor the

soldiers who lost their lives

protecting the modern Israel state;

on Eyiar 28th, we celebrate the reuni-

fication of the city of Jerusalem after

the 6th day war in 1967, the moment

that allowed Jews to return to the

Old City and pray at the Western

Wall.

How do these dates connect to the

biblical 49 days between Passover

and Shavuot, between Exodus and

Revelation? One might say - be-

cause what held the Jewish people

together throughout the 2,000 years

in the Diaspora was their strong

connection to the Torah, its study

and the way Jews conducted their

lives according to their understand-

ing and their ongoing relationship

with G-d.

Leaping forward to Pelham and

Jerusalem, April, 2013: we are

sometimes puzzled as we hear in

the news that the same place that is

central to Jewish belief and has been

a symbol for the continued survival

of our people is now the source of

other fierce battles - the battle for

the legitimacy of women prayer at

the Wall, the battle for peaceful

coexistence between Jews and non-

Jews, Israelis and Palestinians, Or-

thodox and progressive Jews in Is-

rael. Learning and knowledge of our

tradition and history can help us over-

come the critical and complex ques-

tions that Judaism currently faces.

Our child, the center of the concen-

tric circles, represents the future and

the continuity of our legacy. It is our

role to equip him/her with the best

tools so s/he can take a stance, ques-

tion and impact what will be written in

the future books of Jewish history;

what will become the future holidays

to be celebrated by the future genera-

tions. Let’s hope we can do it with

much light and wisdom, with clarity

and a shared vision of how we want

them to be able to shape their Juda-

ism - with much Ziv!

L’shalom,

Ana Turkienicz

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ADULT EDUCATION BREAKFAST SERIES

Come join us for the next Adult Education Breakfast Series in April featur-

ing Gloria Goldreich (Horowitz).

This session will be fascinating and will take you back to your childhood, to

your Jewish roots when you listened to your grandparents’ stories in Yid-

dish.

Sunday, April 21st, 10AM , Yiddish in America, Yiddish Theater: Isaac

Bashevis Singer and Chaim Grade

Please RSVP to Ginny Herron-Lanoil at [email protected] or 914-

420-7157 by April17h

ISRAEL EVENTS IN WESTCHESTER IN THE

COMING MONTHS

4/15 Monday, 7:00 PM Yom Hazikaron/Yom Haatzmaut Commemora-

tion at the PJC

4/16 Tuesday,7:30PM Celebrate Israel Film Night, sponsored by West-

chester Jewish Council at the Jacob Burns Film Center

4/28 Sunday, (Lag B’Omer) 1:30-5:30 PM Israel at 65 Westchester County-

wide Celebration at Westchester Day School/Westchester Hebrew High

School in Mamaroneck

5/1 Wednesday, 7:30PM An Evening with Israeli Artist Boaz Vaadia, sculp-

tor at the Arts Westchester, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains.

6/2 Sunday, Celebrate Israel Parade in NYC

SAVE THE DATE

PJC SHABBATON

2013 FRIDAY, June 7—

SUNDAY, JUNE 9 Do you like to have fun? It

doesn’t get much better than

this!!

A wonderful community

Shabbat

Perfect for ALL ages

Where can you pray, play

tennis, see a sky full of stars

and have a bonfire and sing

a long?? that's right the PJC

Shabbaton June 7-9 at Camp

Ramah Berkshires. Plan on

being there!

BLOOD DRIVE

AT

THE PJC

Sunday, April 7, 2013

9:00am - 1:30pm

WON’T YOU DONATE

Contact Linda Levine at

(914) 494-4962


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The Next Midnight Run is Saturday Night April 20th at 9:00pm

WHEN: Saturday Night, April 20th. We will be collecting clothing and toiletries on Sunday, April 14th from 9:00 AM - 12:00 noon

WE NEED: 1.) PEOPLE TO SIGN UP TO ATTEND ...

Please email Rachel Collens at [email protected] or call her at (914) 738-4160 2.) PEOPLE TO PROVIDE BAGGED MEALS THAT WILL CONTAIN:

A hearty turkey sandwich A granola bar A bottle of water A banana or orange A package of cookies

3.) THE FOLLOWING ITEMS - Backpacks or bags - Men's pants size 34-42 - Men's sneakers & shoes

- Men's hats like baseball caps

- Toiletries - especially razors, shaving cream, toothpaste and toothbrushes

- New underwear, undershirts and socks - Men's sweatshirts

Anyone wishing to donate cash so we can buy any of the items listed above, should contact Rachel Collens

[email protected], (914) 738-4160

Why Celebrate Israel@65?

It is important to celebrate Israel’s 65 years of independence. The sacrifices being made today in Israel remind us that

the same strength and determination we see in the Israeli people now is what has kept the Jewish homeland thriving

since its beginning as a state in 1948.

That spirit comes from remembering to celebrate life, even in the face of tragedy—it’s no coincidence that Israeli Memo-

rial Day (Yom HaZikaron) flows directly into Israel’s Independence Day (Yom Ha’Atzmaut). As we stand in solidarity

with our brothers and sisters in Israel, and as we mourn the suffering and loss of life, we also celebrate Israel’s existence

and contributions to humanity over the past 65 years.

Come join us on Monday April 15th

at 7PM for our Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut Commemoration. Music, Israeli food and dancing! More details to follow.



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JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2013

JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2013

The PJC is a proud communal partner of the 2013 Westchester Jewish Film Festival at the

Jacob Burns Film Center from April 3-25, 2013. This year's festival is the 11th anniversary

of AJC Westchester's sponsorship of the Festival, the largest annual Jewish event in the

County.

This year's Festival will feature more than 30 films that reflect the true diversity and spirit of

the global Jewish community. AJC Westchester will be bringing high-level speakers to four

of the screenings.

Tickets for this year's Festival are now on sale!

Suffering from Spring Fever!? Sign up for Rabbinic

Intern Shira Wallach’s Mini Class!

Shira Wallach’s Intergenerational Midrash Class Gets Rave Reviews

On Monday, March 11, an intergenerational group of 14 participated in a lively final session of

Shira Wallach’s “Women in Midrash” class. The class primarily focused on the biblical character

of Miriam as she is portrayed at the very beginning of Exodus 1-2:10. After a brief discussion of

what midrash is, participants paired up to study in havruta, coming back together as a group to

share and react to different rabbinic midrashic interpretations of the verses from the Babylonian

Talmud. Teens were actively engaged in discussions alongside adults and ended the class asking

for more study opportunities.

We are very pleased to share the news that Shira Wallach has generously agreed to conduct three

more intergenerational Torah study sessions through the lens of midrash this spring, Monday, April

8th, Thursday, April 18th, and/or Thursday, May 2nd from 7:15pm—8:45pm. Contact Jeanne

Radvany ([email protected]) to sign up.

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Ruth W. Messinger is coming to the PJC for Shabbat,

May 11, 2013

Ruth W. Messinger is president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an

international development organization that supports human rights for marginal-

ized people around the world. In addition to its grantmaking to over 375 grass-

roots organizations around the world, AJWS works within the American Jewish

community to promote global citizenship and social justice through activism, vol-

unteer service and education.

Ms. Messinger assumed this role in 1998 following a 20-year career in public ser-

vice in New York City, where she served for 12 years on the New York City

Council and eight as Manhattan borough president. She was the first woman to secure the Democratic Party’s

nomination for mayor in 1997.

Considered a national leader in the movement to end the genocide in Sudan, Ms. Messinger has been called upon

several times to advise President Obama about creating a sustainable path toward peace in that country. In recog-

nition of her leadership, she has served on the Obama administration’s Task Force on Global Poverty and Devel-

opment and currently sits on the State Department’s Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group.

Ms. Messinger has been honored for her inspirational efforts to deepen our people’s commitment to tikkun olam by many national Jewish organizations, including the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the Women’s Funding

Network, the Union for Reform Judaism and the American Jewish Committee. In recognition of her work, Ruth

has been named one of the Forward’s “50 most influential Jews of the year” for 10 years and was recently listed

6th in the Jerusalem Post’s “World’s Most Influential Jews of 2011” list.

Ms. Messinger is an active member of her congregation, the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, and serves

on the boards of CIFA (Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty), Hazon, the Jewish Foundation for Edu-

cation of Women (emeritus), United to End Genocide, Interaction and Surprise Lake Camp. She is a member of

the Leadership Council of Repair the World, and the Executive Committee of the Jewish Social Justice Roundta-

ble.

Ms. Messinger graduated from Radcliffe College in 1962 and received a master’s degree in social work from the

University of Oklahoma in 1964. She began her professional career in public service in Oklahoma, running a

child-welfare agency. Her husband, Andrew Lachman, directs an educational foundation in Connecticut, and she

has three children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Watch for the schedule of Ms. Messinger at the PJC! Join us!

Congratulations Leah Leonard!! Winner of Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished Service Award

Each year at its Annual Meeting of the Westchester Jewish Council, the Council honors 18 volunteers from among its

member organizations whose dedication strengthens our community. The award ceremony event will take place on May

22, 2013 at JCC Harrison.

Leah has been an essential and tireless volunteer at the Pelham Jewish Center. Under her organization and careful plan-

ning, kiddushes are organized for every Shabbat service throughout the year. Leah has also been a faithful editor of the

Weekly Announcements and monthly Hakol. Leah also serves on the LC Board and organizes the monthly Women’s

group. We are deeply grateful to her for all her hard work!!!

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The Pelham Jewish Center Remembers ...

April Yahrzeits

4/2 Helen Mark, mother of Len Mark

4/4 Esther Rothberg, mother of Peter Rothberg

4/6 Ruth Perkis, mother of Daniel Perkis

4/8 Herb Kasper, father of Jonathan Kasper

4/10 Israel Lanoil, father of Jerry Lanoil

4/14 Ralph Lemberg, father of Lori Lemberg

4/15 Charles Blumenthal, grandfather of Barry Goldenberg

4/19 Dora Cabin, grandmother of Daniel Cabin

4/19 Helene D. Weber, Founding member of the Pelham

Jewish Center

4/21 Egon Radvany, father of David Radvany

4/22 Edgar Read, father of Lydia Read

Ted Silverman, father of Doris-Patt Smith

4/25 Myron Wolpow, father of Paula Geller

4/26 Richard Isaacs, brother of Stephen Isaacs

Emanuel Kahn, uncle of Robert Kahn

4/27 Rhoda Levine, mother of Mark Levine

4/30 Hyman Bloom, father of Norman Bloom

Isidore Zipser, father of Eleanor Einzig

Help support the PJC’s

SOUP KITCHEN Tuesday, April 16th

Each month the PJC cooks and serves for the Community Services Associates Soup Kitchen in Mount Vernon. It’s an opportu-

nity to support our larger community by providing food for people in need who live right in our back yard.

The menu for this month is as follows:

Meatloaf (enough for 10 adults)

1 Box Instant Mashed Potatoes

Salad

Brownies

If you would like to participate:

Contact Rachel Collens at [email protected] or call her at 738-4160 to sign up

Purchase the menu items for ten adults and prepare them in your own kitchen

Drop the food off at Rachel's house as early as Sunday, April 14th and no later than 1:00 PM on Tuesday, April 16th

If you would like to serve the food at the Soup Kitchen, please let Rachel know and arrive at the soup kitchen by 4:50 on April

16th. The address is 115 Sharpe Boulevard South in Mount Vernon.

Don’t miss a chance to do a mitzvah! Join us!


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Kiddush Korner

Only one Kiddush date remains open this spring, June 29th—won’t you consider sponsoring? Our PJC Kid-

dush represents a wonderful conclusion to the meaningful Saturday morning Shabbat service. It is a time to

talk with fellow congregants, welcome new members & guests, and include our children in the weekly tradi-

tions. The weekly Kiddush is a special way to celebrate a simcha--birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations

are just a few occasions to acknowledge. It is also customary to observe a yahrzeit by sponsoring a Kiddush

in memory of a loved one.

Sponsorship is simple—we do it all, from menu planning to set-up and clean-up. Kiddush package options

start at just $150. Please contact PJC Kiddush Coordinator Leah Leonard at [email protected] to re-

serve this last remaining spring date or plan ahead now for summer / fall 2013 occasions, beginning with July

13th. Thank you for helping to maintain an important PJC tradition!

The PJC thanks the following congregants for hosting a Kiddush last month:

March 2 Zev & Melissa Haber and family In honor of Daphne’s 4th birthday and in memory of

her sister, Leah

March 9 The Dvorkin / Epstein / Rubin / Salama Families In honor of Alana, Hannah, Elena,

Ariana, and Jonathan reading Torah during Shabbat services

March 16 Steven Leisman & Karen Dukess and family In honor of Jonathan’s Bar Mitzvah

March 23 Marshall & Naomi Jaffe and family In honor of many family March birthday celebrations

March 30 Adam & Maria Abeshouse and family In honor of the PJC community

Tributes Made to The PJC In Honor of …

Make tributes online … go to www.thepjc.org and click DONATE in the top right corner!

Jeanne & David Radvany, in honor of Marty Druckerman’s special birthday

Ted & Vivian Brown, in honor of Diane Friedman’s birthday, also their contribution to the PJC

Contributions to The Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund

George Driesen, in thanks to Rabbi Schuck

Renee Jolles & Michael Rubin, in honor of Rabbi Schuck for his help with Ariana’s Bat Mitzvah, and also in honor of

the teens that read Torah.

Meryl & Marty Druckerman, in memory of their parents, Arnie and Sam Merkin, and Sadie and Harry Druckerman.

Also in condolences to the family of Skip Reiss, their very good friend.

Shari Chinitz, for the honor of Gabbai.


http://www.thepjc.org

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Nisan 21 9:30 AM: Shaharit

8:01 PM: Erev 8th Day of

Passover: Candle Light-

ing After 8:01 pm

2 Nisan 22 Learning Center Closed-

Passover Break

9:30 AM: Shaharit

(YIZOR)

8:02 PM: Passover Ends

3 Nisan 23 4 Nisan 24 6:15 PM: Faculty

Meeting

5 Nisan 25 6:30 PM: Kabbalat

Shabbat Service

7:06 PM: Candle Light-

ing

6 Nisan 26 9:30 AM: Shabbat Services

8:06 PM: Shabbat Ends

7 Nisan 27 9:00 AM: Blood Drive

4:00 PM: Yom HaShoah

Service

8 Nisan 28 7:15 PM: Intergenera-

tional Torah Study with

Shira Wallach

9 Nisan 29 4:00 PM: Wisdom

Literature-Adult Educa-

tion

7:30 PM: Wisdom


tion

10 Nisan 30 8:00 PM: Board Meeting

11 Iyar 1

12 Iyar 2 6:30 PM: Kabbalat

Shabbat Service


ing

13 Iyar 3 Birthday Shabbat

9:30 AM: Shabbat Services

10:30 AM: Junior & Young

Junior Congregation

11:00 AM: Torah Time


14 Iyar 4 3:30 PM Israel Bond Wine &

Cheese Reception at The Haft

Residence

15 Iyar 5 7:00 PM: Yom Hazikaron

- Yom Ha'atzmaut Cele-

bration

16 Iyar 6

17 Iyar 7

18 Iyar 8 7:15 PM: Intergenera-

tional Torah Study with

Shira Wallach

19 Iyar 9 6:30 PM: Kabbalat

Shabbat Service


ing

7:30 PM: Bnei Mitzvah

Family Dinner (Gimmel

& HS)

20 Iyar 10 Midnight Run

9:30 AM: Shabbat Services

1:00 PM: Women's Group


21 Iyar11 10:00 AM: Adult Ed Break-

fast

22 Iyar 12

23 Iyar13 4:00 PM: Wisdom


tion

6:00 PM: Madrachim

Meeting

7:30 PM: Wisdom


tion

24 Iyar14

25 Iyar15 Bet & Gimmel Class Not

In Session

26 Iyar16 6:30 PM: Kabbalat

Shabbat Service


ing

27 Iyar17 9:30 AM: Shabbat Services

1:00 PM: Artists’ Beit

Midrash with Shira

Wallach


28 Iyar18

29 Iyar19

30 Iyar 20 4:00 PM: Wisdom


tion

7:30 PM: Wisdom


tion

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Pelham Manor, NY 10803

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The Voice of the Pelham Jewish Center A Message from the Rabbi