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* * E-NOTICE for FEBRUARY 21 - 28, 2010 * * *
* * * IMPORTANT NOTICES, REMINDERS AND COMING EVENTS * * *
Shavuah
tov! As
we wind down the Presidents Week
School Recess today, we are gearing up for a big and busy week at
SHJC!
Classes resume tomorrow in the Nursery
School; Religious School gets
back underway on Tuesday and SHMA
meets on Wednesday evening.
With the resumption of classes, Youth
Group is in session again, as well.
All of our groups are meeting this week on either Wednesday or
Thursday. See the schedule
below for exact dates and times.
Even though we’ve still got snow on the ground, Purim is just a week away, and Sisterhood will begin the
distribution of this year’s absolutely incredible Shalah Manot Purim Baskets on Thursday.
The distribution schedule is as follows: Thursday, 2/25: 4:30 -
8:00 PM; Friday, 2/26: 9:30 AM - 12:15 PM; Saturday, 2/27: 6:30 - 8:15
PM; Monday, 3/1: 9:30 - 11:30 AM, 12:45 - 2:45 PM, and 7:00 - 7:30 PM;
Tuesday, 3/2: 9:30 AM - 12:15 PM, 1:45 - 2:45 PM and 4:30 - 8:00 PM.
Please bring a check with you to cover payment for any reciprocal
baskets you may have ordered.
The
arrival of Purim also means the crowning of a new Roberta Greenberg Queen Esther, and that will happen this Thursday
evening at 8:00 PM. Come
enjoy this year’s Purim skit and find out who the worthy honoree will
be! The fun starts at 8:00
PM, and everyone is welcome.
Purim weekend begins with this year’s
Kitah Bet Class Service on Friday evening at 8:30 PM.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend
We continue the weekend-long celebration with Men’s Club Shabbat on Saturday morning at 9:30 AM, as the members
of Men’s Club lead services and read Torah and Haftarah.
A Kiddush luncheon will follow.
Then, our Congregational Megillah
Reading takes place on Saturday evening starting with Maariv at 6:30
PM. Costumes and enthusiasm
are encouraged, although we do ask you to be respectful of our Megillah
readers and follow the stop sign instructions!
Stumped for a costume? Think
sixties! In honor of our
Fiftieth Anniversary, we’ll follow up the Megillah reading with a 1960s Masquerade Party! Enjoy
a delicious selection of New York-themed food available for purchase,
like hotdogs, potato knishes, soft pretzels, and more; there’ll be
games and activities for the kids, music, prizes, dancing and a blow-up
obstacle course too! Admission
is just $5 person, and a good time is guaranteed for all.
Looking ahead, we have three wonderful opportunities to share some
special holiday meals with your family and the SHJC family…
Shabbat Across America takes
place on Friday evening, March 5. Join
us as we welcome Shabbat with a beautiful service at 6:00 PM, and then
with a delicious dinner at 7:00. The
cost for dinner is $26/adults, $14/kids 3 - 13 years old, and
$5/toddlers under 3. RSVP
with your payment to the SHJC Office by February 25.
For further information, see the flyer on the What's
Up page. We
encourage you to come for the service even if you don’t stay for
dinner!
For Passover, the SHJC
Sisterhood joins with Temple Beth Torah’s Sisterhood and the Greens’
Hadassah Chapter for a Women’s
Seder at SHJC on Wednesday, March, 24, at 7:30 PM.
Join our own Rebbitzen Suri Jacknis along with our member Cantor
Abbe Sher and Rabbi Susie Moskowitz in
an inspirational evening of song,
dance and prayer. $25
includes a light supper and an evening you won’t forget.
Make checks payable to SHJC Sisterhood, 2600 New York Avenue,
Melville, NY, 11747. (Contact:
Sharon Albert, 631- 643-2437; or Lois Rothstein, 631-673-8743)
Then, we are delighted to once again be hosting a Second Seder on Tuesday evening, March 30.
The seder will be led by Rabbi Jacknis and Hazzan Shamash,
and Crystal Caterers will provide a delicious traditional Pesah
meal. Take a table for your
extended family or bring yours and share with friends in the
congregation. Adults are $62
per person, children are $30. RSVP
to Lorraine Reid, (h) 631-673-8021 or (c) 561-650-7317.
For your Passover table, don’t forget to place your order from the Sisterhood
Passover Wine Sale. Find
the form on the What's Up
page. There’s a
tremendous selection of delicious kosher for Passover wine at excellent
prices. (Contact: Wendy
Lefkowitz, 631-673-6881)
As SHJC celebrates our 50th
Anniversary, we note the following milestones among our members:
February 2 marks the 50th birthday of Esther Jaffe's daughter, Eileen;
Don Simon turns 50 on February 10; and Mindy and Jerry Maze celebrate
their 50th anniversary on February 21.
(To have your “50th” included in future e-Notices,
contact Mindy Maze, 631-643-3520)
In the world 50 years ago: On
February 22, the Theme From A
Summer Place, by Percy Faith's orchestra, hit number one and stayed
there for nine weeks, making it the most popular song of 1960; on
February 23, demolition began at Brooklyn's Ebbets
Field, home of baseball's Dodgers until their move to Los Angeles in
1958. The wrecking ball was painted to resemble a giant baseball; and on
February 25, after having fled to Syria, Saddam
Hussein was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Iraq, for
his role in conspiring to kill Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassim. He
would return to Iraq after Qassim's assassination in 1963, and did not
face a death sentence again until his execution on December 30, 2006.
Other Dates and Deadlines of Note: Congregational
Nominations Meeting, 3/1; Sisterhood Board, 3/2; Men’s Club, 3/4;
Gimel/Dalet Class Shabbat, 3/6; Young Family Service, 3/12; Rosh Hodesh
Nisan Service, 3/16; Finance Committee, 3/17; Education Committee, 3/18;
Synagogue Board, 3/23; Sisterhood Book Club (“The Book Thief” by
Markus Zusak), 4/15.
*** THE SYNAGOGUE SCHEDULE ***
Monday, February 22 –
Minyan, 8:00 PM
Tuesday, February 23 –
Rabbi’s Class, 10:30 AM
Minyan, 8:00 PM
Synagogue Board, 8:00 PM
Wednesday, February 24 –
Club 45, 6:30 PM
SHMA, 7:00 PM
Minyan and Torah Study, 8:00 PM
USY, 9:00 PM
Thursday, February 25 –
Purim Basket Pickup, 4:30 – 8:00 PM
7th and 8th Grade Kadima, 6:00 PM
6th Grade Kadima, 6:30 PM
Minyan, 8:00 PM
Sisterhood Queen Esther Program, 8:00 PM
Friday, February 26 –
Purim Basket Pickup, 9:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Candle Lighting, 5:25 PM
B’nai Mitzvah Learning, 8:00 PM
Kitah Bet Shabbat Service, 8:30 PM
Saturday, February 27 –
(Erev Purim)
Shabbat in Shul, 9:00 AM
 Shabbat Learning, 9:00 AM
Men’s Club Shabbat Service, 9:30 AM
Junior Congregation, 10:30 AM
Purim Service and Megillah Reading, 6:30 PM
Purim Basket Pickup, 6:30 – 8:15 PM
Sunday, February 28 – (Purim)
Shaharit Service and Megillah Reading, 10:00 AM (Bar Mitzvah
of Aaron Marcus)
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habaim!habaim!