If you are planning to submit payments in 2006 for your 2007 Dues, please remember that we need to have all payments postmarked no later than December 31st, 2006 to be included on your tax deductible donation letter.
Please mail your payments today, or leave them on Diana’s desk in the front office. If you will be paying by credit card you can call or email the office to request that we process a payment in 2006.
Thursday, December 28
Jewish Study Group 10:30 a.m.
Friday, December 29
No Torah Study
Shabbat Tefillah 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 30
No Torah Study
Shabbat service 10:00 a.m.
Monday, January 1
Office closed – Happy New Year!
Just a half dozen men can make a difference, and start the New Year with a "feel good" effort. Chad Sinanian has the opportunity to move to a better apartment in his building here in Danbury. A group will be meeting there at 9:00 AM on Sunday, January 7. We just need to move his furniture and belongings from his second floor apartment, down one flight of steps, to his new first floor apartment. If you could do this Mitzvah please contact Art Prager at prager@us.ibm.com or the UJC office at office@unitedjewishcenter.org.
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 at 203-748-4163 or Kathy Bardes (1st Cong. Church) at 203-798-1052.
We are also looking for donations of toothpaste and deodorant.
The Sisterhood and Brotherhood are proud to announce the wedding of Sheila Matilda Schwartzbergerfieldmanstein to Poindexter Paul Plotka on Saturday, February 24, at 7:00 p.m. Your invitation will be in the December Shofar. If you want to sit closer to the bride's table (or further from it), you can print out your invitation and send it in sooner.
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.
There will be an informational meeting on adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah classes on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the Rose Dick room of the UJC. All are welcome to attend.
Rabbi’s Sunday Seminars will resume in February.
Jewish Federation's NEW Website
Visit http://www.thejf.org to see
Israel News, Community Calendar, Local Jewish Resources, Worldwide
Jewish News, Jewish Life Resource, Jewish Federation news, Federation
Campaign e-Giving, registration for the Learning Exchange, reservations
for Jewish Federation events AND MORE!!
The news will be an automatic feed with frequent updates. Our goal is for the site to be your destination for all Jewish information including links to many local and worldwide Jewish resources. All area synagogues and local Jewish organizations are encouraged to check the new website's Community Calendar prior to scheduling any events that are open to the community to prevent conflicts. Area synagogues and local Jewish organizations are encouraged to submit upcoming events to be posted on the community calendar and to submit news items, photos and announcements for posting on the website. Please submit your items to info@thejf.org.
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 45:4-8
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come forward to me." And when they came forward, he said, "I am your brother Joseph, he whom you sold into Egypt. Now do not be distressed or reproach Yourselves because you sold me hither; it was to save life that God sent me ahead of you. 6 It is now two years that there has been famine in the land, and there are still five years to come in which there shall be no yield from tilling. 7 God has sent me ahead of you to ensure Your survival on earth, and to save your lives in an extraordinary deliverance. 8 So, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his household, and ruler over the whole land of Egypt.