The Jewish Center - The Modern Orthodox Center for Jewish Life and Learning 131 W. 86 th Street, New York, NY 10024 • www.jewishcenter.org • 212-724-2700 JUNE 10-13, 2016 • PARSHAT BAMIDBAR/SHAVUOT • 5-7 SIVAN 5776 The Jewish Center SHABBAT/SHAVUOT BULLETIN EREV SHABBAT (FRIDAY, JUNE 10) 7:00PM/8:00PM Minchah 8:08PM Candle lighting 8:15PM Young Leadership Pre-Shavuot Dinner and Program with Erica Brown, Millennials Reading the Book of Ruth (The Max Stern Auditorium) SHABBAT/EREV SHAVUOT (SHABBAT, JUNE 11) 7:45AM Hashkama Minyan (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash) 8:30AM Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine 9:00AM Shacharit (3 rd floor) 9:10AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Joshua Strulowitz, When to Embrace and to Reject Hatred 9:15AM Young Leadership Minyan (The Max Stern Auditorium) 10:00AM Youth Groups: Under age 3 (drop off optional), 3-4- year-olds, 5-6-year-olds: Geller Youth Center; 2 nd -3 rd graders, 4 th -6 th graders: 7 th floor 10:30AM Post-Bat Mitzvah Group (4 th floor) 11:00AM Keter Torah Award Honoring Lily Kaplan and Adina Spiro Wagman Keter Torah Community Hot Kiddush (5 th floor) WITH THANKS TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Please see the insert for a list of Keter Torah Kiddush sponsors Suzanne & Allen Smith in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Allen's mother, Sylvia Glass, Simma Rechel Bat Harav Shlomo Zev Yoseph 4:00PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home (meet at 730 Colum- bus Ave.) 4:00PM Family Park Meet-Up (Riverside and 83 rd ) Seudah Shlishit at home before 5:19PM 7:15PM Israel Friedman Daf Yomi with Sam Englander 8:00PM Minchah Shiur with Rabbi Noach Goldstein, From Matan Torah to Main Street: The Religious Imperative for a Jewish Justice System 9:09PM Shabbat concludes 11:45PM - 4:50AM Herb Lauer Tikkun Leil Shavuot SHAVUOT I (SUNDAY, JUNE 12) 4:50AM & 9:00AM Shacharit 10:00AM Youth Groups (see Shabbat Schedule for locations) Community Kiddush (The Max Stern Auditorium) 5:00-6:00PM Youth Department Afternoon Groups 6:00PM Parent-Child Learning with Erica Brown for those in grades 1-4, followed by an Ice Cream Party 7:00PM Special Lecture with Dr. Jeremy Brown, Overnight Eggs and the Theory of Costly Investment: A Case Study in the Evolution of Chumra (3 rd floor) 7:25PM Daf Yomi with Rabbi Jordan Rosenberg 8:10PM Minchah followed by a Shiur with Erica Brown, Power and Powerlessness: Reading David and Goliath Ma’ariv Candle lighting after 9:09PM SHAVUOT II (MONDAY, JUNE 13) 9:00AM Shacharit, Megillat Ruth, Yizkor 9:30AM Young Leadership Minyan (The Max Stern Auditorium) 10:00AM Youth Groups (see Shabbat Schedule for locations) Following services, Women and Girls' Megillat Ruth Reading (Main Sanctuary) Community Kiddush (5 th floor) WITH THANKS TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Deena Blanchard & Akiva Novetsky in memory of Deena's grandmother, Mirel Rottersman 12:45PM Parent-Child Learning with Rabbi Yosie Levine (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash) 1:30PM Shavuot Family Lunch (The Max Stern Auditorium) See page 3 for a list of sponsors 7:25PM Daf Yomi with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind 8:10PM Minchah followed by Shiur with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, Don’t Count Me Out: The Enduring Hidden Message of Sefirat Ha’Omer Shavuot concludes at 9:10PM WOMEN'S TEHILLIM GROUP Monday, June 20 at 7:15PM. Contact Joyce Weitz for more information at 212-877-1176. DAILY SERVICES Tue., June 14- Thurs., June 16 Shacharit 7/8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 8:15PM Fri., June 17 Shacharit 7/8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 7/8PM Candle lighting 8:11PM HERB LAUER TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT LEARNING SCHEDULE THE QUESTIONS KEEPING US UP AT NIGHT Shiur with Rabbi Yosie Levine and Erica Brown at 11:45PM Teen Learning with Rabbi Noach Goldstein at 12:00AM Shiur with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind at 1:30AM Shiur with Rabbi Noach Goldstein at 2:45AM Shiur with Rabbi Joshua Strulowitz at 3:45AM With thanks to our dozens of sponsors. For a complete list of sponsors and for the class schedule, please see the insert.
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The Jewish Center - The Modern Orthodox Center for Jewish Life and Learning 131 W. 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 • www.jewishcenter.org • 212-724-2700
JUNE 10-13, 2016 • PARSHAT BAMIDBAR/SHAVUOT • 5-7 SIVAN 5776
The Jewish Center S H A B B A T / S H A V U O T B U L L E T I N
EREV SHABBAT (FRIDAY, JUNE 10) 7:00PM/8:00PM Minchah 8:08PM Candle lighting 8:15PM Young Leadership Pre-Shavuot Dinner and Program with Erica Brown, Millennials Reading the Book of Ruth (The Max Stern Auditorium)
SHABBAT/EREV SHAVUOT (SHABBAT, JUNE 11) 7:45AM Hashkama Minyan (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash) 8:30AM Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine 9:00AM Shacharit (3rd floor) 9:10AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Joshua Strulowitz, When to Embrace and to Reject Hatred 9:15AM Young Leadership Minyan (The Max Stern Auditorium) 10:00AM Youth Groups: Under age 3 (drop off optional), 3-4-year-olds, 5-6-year-olds: Geller Youth Center; 2nd-3rd graders, 4th-6th graders: 7th floor 10:30AM Post-Bat Mitzvah Group (4th floor) 11:00AM Keter Torah Award Honoring Lily Kaplan and Adina Spiro Wagman Keter Torah Community Hot Kiddush (5th floor)
WITH THANKS TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Please see the insert for a list of Keter Torah Kiddush sponsors Suzanne & Allen Smith in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Allen's mother, Sylvia Glass, Simma Rechel Bat Harav Shlomo Zev Yoseph
4:00PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home (meet at 730 Colum-bus Ave.) 4:00PM Family Park Meet-Up (Riverside and 83rd) Seudah Shlishit at home before 5:19PM 7:15PM Israel Friedman Daf Yomi with Sam Englander 8:00PM Minchah Shiur with Rabbi Noach Goldstein, From Matan Torah to Main Street: The Religious Imperative for a Jewish Justice System 9:09PM Shabbat concludes 11:45PM - 4:50AM Herb Lauer Tikkun Leil Shavuot
SHAVUOT I (SUNDAY, JUNE 12) 4:50AM & 9:00AM Shacharit 10:00AM Youth Groups (see Shabbat Schedule for locations) Community Kiddush (The Max Stern Auditorium) 5:00-6:00PM Youth Department Afternoon Groups 6:00PM Parent-Child Learning with Erica Brown for those in grades 1-4, followed by an Ice Cream Party 7:00PM Special Lecture with Dr. Jeremy Brown, Overnight Eggs and the Theory of Costly Investment: A Case Study in the Evolution of Chumra (3rd floor) 7:25PM Daf Yomi with Rabbi Jordan Rosenberg 8:10PM Minchah followed by a Shiur with Erica Brown, Power and Powerlessness: Reading David and Goliath Ma’ariv Candle lighting after 9:09PM SHAVUOT II (MONDAY, JUNE 13) 9:00AM Shacharit, Megillat Ruth, Yizkor 9:30AM Young Leadership Minyan (The Max Stern Auditorium) 10:00AM Youth Groups (see Shabbat Schedule for locations) Following services, Women and Girls' Megillat Ruth Reading (Main Sanctuary) Community Kiddush (5th floor)
WITH THANKS TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Deena Blanchard & Akiva Novetsky in memory of Deena's grandmother, Mirel Rottersman
12:45PM Parent-Child Learning with Rabbi Yosie Levine (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash) 1:30PM Shavuot Family Lunch (The Max Stern Auditorium) See page 3 for a list of sponsors 7:25PM Daf Yomi with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind 8:10PM Minchah followed by Shiur with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, Don’t Count Me Out: The Enduring Hidden Message of Sefirat Ha’Omer Shavuot concludes at 9:10PM
WOMEN'S TEHILLIM GROUP Monday, June 20 at 7:15PM. Contact Joyce Weitz for more information at 212-877-1176.
DAILY SERVICES
Tue., June 14- Thurs., June 16 Shacharit 7/8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 8:15PM
For more photos, visit The Jewish Center’s Facebook page
Thank you to everyone who delivered the beautiful flower center pieces from the Annual Dinner to our members who were not able to attend the dinner. Thanks to Susan Golkin for coordinating this project.
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THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS Thank you to our ushers Len Berman, Brauna Fortgang, Rimma Bitman, Marilyn Rothschild, Ed Morgan, Beth Schwartz, Joseph Gottlieb, Alisa Gadon, Andrew Steinerman, Joan Kagan THANK YOU TO CSS We would like to once again thank CSS and our dedicated CSS members for providing the security for our synagogue this week. DAILY MINYAN REMINDER As many of our regulars begin to dis-perse for the summer, we encourage you to strengthen our daily minyan. Come once or come often! We would love to have you with us.
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
5th Annual Keter Torah Award Honoring Lily Kaplan and Adina Spiro Wagman Shabbat, June 11 at 11:00AM In the spirit of Shavuot, which celebrates two great Jewish heroines, Naomi and Ruth, the Keter Torah Award ceremony will coincide with Shavuot. We look forward to recognizing two women in our com-munity this year: Lily Kaplan and Adina Spiro Wagman. Please visit our website to support this program.
Graduation Kiddush Shabbat, June 18 Join us as we celebrate the academic achievements of our community graduates. From preschool to PhD, if you, a family member or a friend flipped a tassel this spring, please let us know by completing the form on our website or emailing [email protected]. If you would like to sponsor the Graduation Kiddush, please contact [email protected].
Bikkur Cholim Luncheon Shabbat, June 18 Come support and learn about the Bikkur in the Home and Bikkur Cholim programs at this chesed fundraiser! The lunch costs $35 - members, $40 - non-members and $18 - children. Sponsorship opportunities available. The program will be lead by Michael Schiff who will speak about Lo Hamidrash Ikar Elah Ha'Maaseh: Living an Active Life of Torah and Chesed in Today's World, A Tribute in Honor of Daniella Moffson z'l. For more information, to register and to sponsor, please visit our website.
Annual Membership Meeting Monday, June 20 Each year we hold an annual meeting to conduct an open forum on shul business, elect new officers and members to the Board and Administrative Committee and welcome new members (and remember departed ones).
Public Lecture by Rabbi Daniel Fridman, And All of Your Children Shall Learn of God Shabbat, June 25
UPCOMING EVENTS
Post-Bat Mitzvah Group Shabbat, June 11 at 10:30AM Sponsored by Beth & Josh Schwartz.
Shavuot Family Lunch Monday, June 13 at 1:30PM
Teen Minyan and Hot Kiddush Shabbat, June 18
YOUTH DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS & UPDATES For more information contact [email protected].
On December 4-11, 2016, The Jewish Center is honored to welcome our sec-ond group of former IDF former soldiers from an elite high-risk combat unit through Peace of Mind (POM) program. POM provides a bridge back to civilian life through a 3-month psychotrauma thera-py program which includes one week in our commu-nity. The entire JC family, from the Youth Depart-ment through Advanced Leadership, is invited to be involved in this amazing week. Please join us in showing our hakarat hatov and creating a life-changing experience for these soldiers who have given so much. We are looking for host families, cooks, chaperones, drivers, donors and more - whether you have a little time or a lot to give to this project (during the day or in the evening), we look forward to hearing from you at [email protected].
The JC POM Committee (in formation): Eve & Marc Karstaedt, Bosi & Yaron Kinar, Rebecca Pine Lubetski & Saul Lubetski, Barbara & David Messer, Pamela & David Neikrug, Sabrina & Guy Salomon, Beth & Josh Schwartz, Rona & Andrew Steinerman, Adina & Phil Wagman
Peace of Mind at The JC
With Thanks to Our Shavuot Family Lunch Sponsors: Eleanor Merczynski & David Hait Amanda Nussbaum & Daniel Laifer Deena Blanchard & Akiva Novetsky Beth & Josh Schwartz Adina & Phil Wagman
Running To and Running From Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, Associate Rabbi
SHABBAT AFTERNOON JEWISH HISTORY SERIES
June 18 at 7:00PM • Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg, Femme Fatale: A Responsum on Isha Katlanit as a Window into Conceptions of Magic, Medicine and Science in the Early Modern Period
SPRING SEUDAH SHLISHIT SPEAKER SERIES
June 18 • Shimon Mercer-Wood, Consul for Media Affairs at the Israeli Consulate
June 25 • Ilana Gadish, Yoetzet Halacha
There was excitement in the air, if not disbelief, as the waters of Yam Suf returned to their natu-ral state and the Jewish people were finally free from Egyptian servitude. But the Midrash tells us something amazing about what hap-pened next. As the people looked back at the Yam Suf they had just traversed, washing up on the shores of the sea were gold and silver, the precious metals of Egyptian chariots and weap-ons ushered ashore to the feet of free men. And you can only imagine the thrill; impoverished slaves, showered with the riches Hashem had promised their forefathers for generations. So they ran and collected as much as they could store in their wagons, as much as they could car-ry on their backs. But as they hurried to collect their newfound treasure they become so con-sumed by it, so absorbed by the possibilities, they almost forgot they had a journey to com-plete. “And Moshe led Israel from Yam Suf…” explains the Midrash; not that Moshe led them from Yam Suf, but he dragged them away from their col-lecting. In that moment he was the only one not hypnotized by the wealth, the only one who re-membered they had somewhere more important to be. Fast forward just a short time later and these same people arrive at Har Sinai in advance of Shavuot to prepare for what would become the most remarkable, national revelation humanity had ever experienced. But as that event came to a close, when it was once again time to move on, the Torah doesn’t say Vayasa Moshe – Moshe led the people; rather, “…and they traveled.” Here, Moshe doesn’t pull them away from Sinai; they were already one foot out the door. The Midrash argues, that they ran, not towards Sinai,
but from it כתינוק היוצא מבית הספר like children bursting through the halls of school as the final bell of the day sounds. Too many mitzvot, too many restrictions, the people had already begun packing, emotionally and mentally, long before Matan Torah was complete. In the linkage of these two contrasting tales there is a powerful critique of the Jewish people. Consumed by the glimmer of riches, the people couldn’t be more focused on what lay before them at Yafm Suf. But when faced with some-thing truly priceless at the foot of Sinai, they didn’t possess the will and fortitude to focus. While it may seem so immature, even pathetic, this glaring inversion of priorities is something we know all too well. The blessing of a three day Yom Tov – despite the occasional grumpiness – is that with all of our time in shul, around the table or together with family in the park, we are gifted the time so often lacking in our lives. It is truly a special op-portunity to celebrate this season of Kabbalat HaTorah with the people we care about most. Cherish the present while it lasts; there will be plenty of time for the future in a couple of days.
Herb Lauer Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Lea & Ami Aharon Riva Atlas & David Atik
Lori Zeltser & Leonard Berman* Marnie & Scott Black*
Harriet & George Blank* Rachel Wolf &
Andrew Borodach* Lisa & Jacob Buksbaum Vivian & Daniel Chill* Susan & Arthur Degen Sherry & Mark Fessel* Jeannie & Scott Fisher
Sandra & Jeffrey Smith Jennifer & Mark Smith* Ruth Naomi Solmonoff
Radine & William Spier* Carrie Stieglitz
Esther & Garth Symonds Adina & Philip Wagman* Joyce & Aaron Weitz Marleen & Ken Wolf
Cindy & Jay Worenklein*
*One Gift donor
WITH THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
Rabbi Yosie Levine and Erica Brown at 11:45PM
What History's Worst Date and The Unhappiest Woman in the Bible Can Teach Us About Matches and Matchmaking: A Shavuot Perspective
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR: Ruth Solmonoff in commemoration of the yahrzeit of her father, Nathan Ben Reuven
Teen Learning with Rabbi Noach Goldstein at 12:00AM
(The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash)
Rabbi Dovid Zirkind at 1:30AM Raising the Glass Mechitza: Halachic Consequences of Transgender Surgery
Rabbi Noach Goldstein at 2:45AM
#JusticeforHarambe? Jewish Perspectives on an Endangered Gorilla
Rabbi Joshua Strulowitz at 3:45AM Extremism and Messianism in Our Times: "The Unhealthy Mashiach Obsession"
HERB LAUER TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT SCHEDULE THE QUESTIONS KEEPING US UP AT NIGHT
FIFTH ANNUAL
KETER TORAH AWARD
Shabbat, June 11, 2016
The Jewish Center ▪ 131 West 86th St. ▪ New York, NY 10024 ▪ 212-724-2700 ▪ www.jewishcenter.org
With thanks to our generous sponsors:
Keter Torah Lori Zeltser & Leonard Berman* Marnie & Scott Black* Harriet & George Blank* Penina Blazer Rachel Wolf & Andrew Borodach* Sharon Schneier & Clifford Brandeis Vivian & Daniel Chill* Michelle Chrein Lorriane & Leonard Dauber Sherry & Mark Fessel* Dana & Adam Fine Rachel & David Fischer Brauna & Marvin Fortgang Susan Kensky & Samuel Goldman* Ruby & Joseph Gottlieb* Janine Behrman & Alan Gover* Michele Kaplan-Green & Ira Green, Michali & Daniel, Shira & Ben, Avital, Maayan, Joey, Ruti Sharon & Sinclair Haberman Brook & Regina Haberman Eleanor Merczynski & David Hait* Bianca & Gavriel Harmetz Rabbi Robert & Virginia Bayer Hirt* Sandra & Howard Hoffen Blair & Eddie Izso Esther & Michael Jacobs* Joan Kagan Chaviva & Andrew, Barak, Vered and Einav Lily Kaplan Michelle & David Kaplan Amy & Mitchell Kase Fran & Jonah Kupietzky* Amanda Nussbaum &
Daniel Laifer Rachelle & Alan Laytner Rabbi Yosie & Rachel Levine Rachel Lurie* Barbara & David Messer* Paulette & David Meyer Hanno Mott* Hope & Joshua Newman Tobi & Naftali Reich Barbara & Guy Reiss Marcella Rosen Angela & Selig Sacks Avi Schwartz* Loren & Jeffrey Schwartz Chani & Mark Segall* Rose Lynn Sherr Rachel Ringler & Yossi Siegel* Jennifer & Mark Smith* Radine & William Spier* Rabbi Solomon & Tauba Spiro David Spiro Rachel & David Vorchheimer Adina & Philip Wagman* Harriet Wagman Cindy & Jay Worenklein* The Sisterhood of The Jewish Center
Rimon Heidi & Jeffrey Abraham Ellen Bayer Rachel Stone & Robert Bernstein Adena Berkowitz & Zev Brenner Lois & Michael Burak Naomi Winter Cohen Karen & Ivan Ciment Susan & Arthur Degen Jeannie & Scott Fisher and family Tammy & Johnny Glaser Naomi Goldman Judith & Robert Grauman Aliza Herzberg
Debbie and Miri Horowitz Margie Kahn Shira Orenstein & Danny Kahn Ruth Kastner Rona & Ira Kellman Jessica Gross & Larry Klein Ruth & Lawrence Kobrin Elie & Sara Kravitz Amy & Jed Latkin Rabbi Bill & Beverly Lebeau Joan & Henry Lieberman Darrin Litsky Tiki & Simcha Lyons Dana Markow Dinah & Andrew Mendes Debbie & Melvin Neumark Deena Blanchard & Akiva Novetsky Barbara & Peter Paris Kathy & Milton Parnass Nava Rephun Golda Reena & Henry Rothman Sabrina & Guy Salomon Francine & Jesse Salsberg Miriam Lipsky & Joshua Schainker Renee & Avram Schreiber Mildred Green Shinnar Barbara Smith Sandra & Jeffrey Smith Ruth Solmonoff The Steinerman family Carrie Stieglitz Elli Strauss Deborah De Winter & Philip Sussman Esther & Garth Symonds Dorothy & Jacques Van Amerongen Joyce & Aaron Weitz *denotes One Gift
