Sunday, November 12
UJC Annual Meeting 10 a.m.
Monday, November 13
Finance Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Adult Choir 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 14
Board of Trustees Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 15
Religious School Committee Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 16
Jewish Study Group 10:30 a.m.
Friday, November 17
Bagels and Babies 9:30 a.m.
Torah Study 12:00 noon
Family Shabbat Tefillah 7:30 p.m.
Tonight’s Oneg is sponsored by the Obadiah/Lipman family in honor of Nathan Appelson being called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah and by the UJC Religious School.
Saturday, November 18
Torah Study 8:45 a.m.
Shabbat service 10:00 a.m. -- Nathan Appelson will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah
This morning’s Kiddush is sponsored by the Obadia/Lipman family in honor of Nathan Appelson being called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah.
Sunday, November 19th at 4:00 p.m. at the United Jewish Center
Speakers: Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman, authors of “Yiddish with Dick & Jane” and “Yiddish with George & Laura”, will be here to discuss their books.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Please join us!
The Greater Danbury Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Service is on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Gregory the Great Church, Great Plain Road, Danbury. This year’s theme is “One World – Many Thanks”. Please join us for an evening of thanksgiving, prayer and music. Please bring a canned good for the needy.
Next Date: Wednesday, November 29 3 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Have a great time while keeping 120 people from going hungry that day!
Call or email Peggy Zamore (203-938-3330 or peggyz18@aol.com)
if you wish to join us in November to cook, serve or both.
Rabbi’s Sunday Seminars will resume in December from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. The topic on Sunday, December 3 will be "The Book of Psalms".
Next Date: Monday Dec. 18 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
If you would like to volunteer for next time, leave a message for Denise Maleh
at 748-3355.
When the other homeless shelters fill up the overflow are sent to the First Congregational Church. It is truly a mitzvah you can do in your sleep! It may not be the most comfortable night’s sleep you’ve ever had but the gratitude of the clients more than makes up for that.
We have traditionally helped out during Christmas week and we are looking for volunteers again for that week in addition to other nights.
As in the past you will be expected to arrive at the church at 9 p.m. and stay until 6 a.m. On the nights we schedule we will have 2 volunteers, if you are a new volunteer we will make every effort to put you with someone who has done it before.
To volunteer or for more information, please contact Nancy Marcus @203-748-4163 or Kathy Bardes (1st Cong. Church) @203-798-1052
The UJC Goods and Services Auction has been postponed until March 3, 2007. If you have goods or services to contribute, contact Bonnie and Alan Wunsch at auction@unitedjewishcenter.org or call (203) 730-8530.
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Message from Mazon:
MAZON has opened a fund dedicated to disaster relief. To find out more about MAZON's efforts or to donate online, visit us at www.mazon.org, or call us at (310) 442-0020.
If you or a loved one is ailing - at home or in the hospital - and you would like a phone call or visit, please call and leave a message on our clergy’s voicemail(s). Danbury Hospital’s security concerns mean that we may not find out in a timely manner.
This translation was taken from the JPS Tanakh
Genesis 25:7-11
7 This was the total span of Abraham's life: one hundred and seventy-five years. 8 And Abraham breathed his last, dying at a good ripe age, old and contented; and he was gathered to his kin. 9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre, 10 the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites; there Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife. 11 After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac settled near Beer-lahai-roi.