Sunday, February 11
Auction Committee Meeting 9:30 a.m.
Rabbi’s Sunday Seminar 10-11:30 Topic: The Book of Joshua and the Myth of History. Bagels and Coffee will be served.
Adult Hebrew Class begins this Sunday at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome!
Monday, February 12
Adult Choir 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 13
Board of Trustees Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 15
Jewish Study Group 10:30 a.m.
Friday, February 16
Bagels and Babies 9:30 a.m.
Torah Study 12:00 noon
Shabbat Family Tefillah 7:30
Saturday, February 17
Torah Study 8:45 a.m.
Shabbat service 10:00 a.m.
Sunday, February 18
No Religious School Today
Rabbi’s Sunday Seminar 10-11:30 a.m. Topic: America and Iran: Today’s Crisis
Be sure to support our school!
Order your candy now!
Order forms are available from the school office or the UJC website
Order deadline is February 19th
Hand all orders in to the school office
Help us top last year’s sales!
Co-produced by the UJC’s very own Sisterhood and Brotherhood, “My Big Fat Jewish Wedding” is certain to be this season’s hit dinner theatre event! Arrange your calendar to join our happy couple on Saturday, February 24th, 2007 at 7:00 in the evening as they exchange vows right here at the UJC.
An evening of hilarity and surprises, like any good Jewish wedding, is inevitably guaranteed.
Send in your RSVP today, right NOW! Don’t miss this one!
For a mere gift of $36. per guest you can be included on this exclusive wedding guest list.
Of course, please feel free to give the happy couple more than $36.
The favor of your reply is requested by February 8th (Yikes!).
For more information, please contact the UJC at 203-748-3355.
The 5th UJC Goods & Services Auction will be Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. — watch for your invitation.
Wonderful items to include a use of vacation homes in Rhode Island and Arizona, Shabbat dinner, Mexican dinner, High Holy Day parking space, football tickets and more!
If you have items or services to donate, please contact Bonnie or Alan Wunsch at 730-8530 or at auction@unitedjewishcenter.org.
A list of the major items for the auction is now available on the UJC web site.
The Rabbi's seminars will be held in the Young Board Room from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
| February 11, 2007 | And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Book of Joshua |
| February 18, 2007 | Israel and Iran: Today's Crisis |
| February 25, 2007 | Amos: Prophet of Israel's Social Conscience |
An introductory course in Jewish Holiday Traditions and Practices.
Be sure to join us for relaxed, fun-filled Sunday morning sessions of discussion, facts and foods. The focus of these workshops is to provide a basic understanding of the Jewish festivals with special emphasis on home observances. The scheduled dates are:
| February 25, 2007 | Introduction to the Megillah/Having a great time celebrating Purim |
| March 18, 2007 | Involving the whole family in preparing and celebrating the Passover Seder |
All workshops will begin at 9:30 a.m. with bagels and coffee and will run approximately 90 minutes.
For additional information call Daryl Bain at 743-1180 or Ruth Gruber at 798-0745.
Teens and concerned adults are cordially invited on Sunday, February 25, 2007 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the UJC.
Sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women Greater Danbury Section and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
The session will feature a panel of teen trainers from the Anti Defamation League’s “Confronting Anti-Semitism” Program
A light lunch will be served. The program is free.
For more information and to RSVP, please call:
Jackie Morrison at (203) 743-6161 or email GrDanburyNCJW@aol.com
The ADL at (203) 288-6500 x316 or email scitrin@adl.org
Remember those less fortunate!
If you’re cold these days (and nights) when heading outside, remember those who have no warm homes to go back to. Our homeless are in desperate need of socks, long underwear and heavy winter gloves. It’s a very long day when you’re homeless and just trying to find a place to go to get out of the cold.
Please bring your donations to the UJC and leave them in the box at the bottom of the steps inside the UJC. Thank you!
Jewish Federation's NEW Website
Visit http://www.thejf.org to see
Israel News, Community Calendar, Local Jewish Resources, Worldwide
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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
Exodus 30
11 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 12 When you take a census of the Israelite people according to their enrollment, each shall pay the Lord a ransom for himself on being enrolled, that no plague may come upon them through their being enrolled. 13 This is what everyone who is entered in the records shall pay: a half-shekel by the sanctuary weight — twenty gerahs to the shekel — a half-shekel as an offering to the Lord. 14 Everyone who is entered in the records, from the age of twenty years up, shall give the Lord's offering: 15 the rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than half a shekel when giving the Lord's offering as expiation for your persons. 16 You shall take the expiation money from the Israelites and assign it to the service of the Tent of Meeting; it shall serve the Israelites as a reminder before the Lord, as expiation for your persons.