Sunday, May 20
UJC Olympics Maccabeah Games 9:30 – 12:00
Monday, May 21
Ralph Falkenstein Event Planning Committee Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Investment Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 22
Erev Shavuot (office closes at 3:00)
Confirmation Dinner 5:00 p.m.
Service 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 23
Shavuot (office closed)
Morning Prayers and Yizkor 9:30 a.m.
Rosh Hodesh 7:30 p.m.
HHD Honors Committee Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 24
Jewish Study Group 10:30 a.m.
Red Cross Blood Drive at Danbury’s City Hall today.
Friday, May 25
Bagels and Babies 9:30 a.m. (final one for the season)
Torah Study 12 noon
Shabbat Tefillah 7:30 p.m.
(Rachelle Engelman’s granddaughter, Kaya’s, naming)
Saturday, May 26
Torah Study 8:45 a.m.
Shabbat service 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, May 29
Sisterhood Grill ‘n’ Chill at Ellen Koh’s home 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 30
Sandwich making at the UJC for Dorothy Day Hospitality House (contact Denise Maleh @ 203-744-6184 or ndmaleh@sbcglobal.net )
The Active adult will have a brunch outing on Sunday, June 3, 2007 to Hill-Stead Museum and Avon Old Farms Inn.
Hill-Stead, situated on a 152-acre property, is one of America’s finest Colonial Revival homes. Within its confines is housed a marvelous collection including etchings and paintings by Impressionists Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet and James McNeil Whistler. A stunning collection of Chinese porcelains from the Ming and Ching dynasties together with 400 pieces of exquisite period furniture.
Following our guided tour there will be time to wander the magnificent grounds and sunken garden and then off to Avon Old Farms Inn for their award winning Sunday Brunch. Voted Best Sunday Brunch by Connecticut Magazine. This wonderful day will cost you a mere $25.00 per person. Please contact Steve and Laurel Cohen at 203-775-6785 or SJCohen730@AOL.com by May 25th to make your reservations.
Enjoy an Evening of Singing and Dancing
The Tzofim Friendship Caravan, a group of 16 and 17-year-old Boy and Girl Scouts from Israel, will be visiting the UJC on June 4, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. Please see our flyer for more information.
This is a gift to the community from the Robert Young Foundation, Temple Shearith Israel and a grant from the Jewish Council of Public Affairs to the Jewish Federation.
You and all their friends are invited for worship and brunch on Shabbat morning, June 9th, 2007 to honor the memory of Danbury's Rhoda and Jerome. Rabbi Malino taught that when you lose someone close you find a different way to be together. Of course he was right. Rhoda and Jerome live on in the hearts of those whose lives they touched. Collect all your memories and memorabilia and join old friends for fond remembrances.
Call Myrna at 203-748-1228 or send a message to myrnajacobs at aol.com for reservations.
The Association of Religious Communities (ARC) Invites all to the 4th Annual Interfaith Peace Camp!
July 9 – 14, 2007
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
For children ages 9 to 12
Children will have fun making new friends as they visit five different sacred sites in our community, including a:
Camp includes lunches, healthy snacks and refreshments, all supplies for games, crafts and inter-active activities.
Fee is $65. (for scholarship waiver, phone Rev. P.J. Leopold at ARC 792-9450)
Each day, Campers will learn “What Peace Means” to a different world religion. Throughout the week, Campers share what peace means to them, as they explore fun, friendly ways to create peace with each other and in our great Danbury community.
For more information or to register please pick up a registration form at the UJC Religious School or Main Office.
Interfaith Peace Camp also provides opportunity for high school and college age students to work as Peer Leaders. Peer Leaders receive a $200 stipend.
Call Rev. Leopold for more information 792-9450.
The United Jewish Center’s Once a Year Opportunity Sale is coming!
Drop off dates are July 25th, 26th, and 27th.
Sale dates are July 29th, 30th and 31st.
We desperately need volunteers to help out during drop-off dates.
Please call Ilse Zimmerman at 203-748-7230.
The UJC Board of Directors proudly announces a recognition event for Dr. Ralph Falkenstein on Sunday, September 30, 2007 at La Fortuna Restaurant.
Invitation to follow.
Remember those less fortunate!
Personal Care Items Collection: There is a great need in the community for items such as deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo and soap. When you shop for yourself, buy a bit for someone else and bring it to the UJC. Leave donations in the bin near the steps.
Cell Phone Collection: Donate your old cell phone to be used by victims of domestic violence. Bring the phone and charger to the UJC and they will be brought to the Women’s Center to be used just in emergency situations by those who cannot afford their own phones.
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.
1 God spoke all these words, saying:
2 I the Lord am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage: 3 You shall have no other gods besides Me.
4 You shall not make for yourself a sculptured image, or any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or on the earth below, or in the waters under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them. For I the Lord your God am an impassioned God, visiting the guilt of the parents upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generations of those who reject Me, 6 but showing kindness to the thousandth generation of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
7 You shall not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God; for the Lord will not clear one who swears falsely by His name.
8 Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God: you shall not do any work — you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, or your cattle, or the stranger who is within your settlements. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth and sea, and all that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
12 Honor your father and your mother, that you may long endure on the land that the Lord your God is assigning to you.
13 You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
14 You shall not covet your neighbor's house: you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female slave, or his ox or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.