Sunday, September 30
Religious School Sukkot Celebration
Ralph Falkenstein is honored at La Fortuna Restaurant 5:00 p.m.
Monday, October 1
Executive Meeting 6:45 p.m.
Sisterhood Dinner in the Sukkah 7:00 p.m.
Adult Choir 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 3
Erev Simchat Torah
Office closes at 3:00
Services begin at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 4
Simchat Torah
Office closed
Services including Yizkor begin at 9:30 a.m.
Friday, October 5
No Torah Study
Shabbat Tefillah 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 6
No Torah Study
Shabbat Morning 10:00 a.m.
Take advantage of our lovely sukkah and hold an “event” in it during Sukkot.
Call the UJC Office – (203)748-3355 to reserve the sukkah.
Wednesday, October 3rd – 5:45 p.m.
It’s a Torah celebration:
we’ll dance with the Torah,
we’ll eat pizza…
what could be better?
We’ve read the Torah all the way through…
we’re ready to finish
and read it anew!!
Sponsored by the UJC Ritual Committee and the UJC Religious School.
UJC Religious School joins the campaign to Help Save Lives in Israel. Currently there are only 400 fire trucks in all of Israel. Of this number only 200 are serviceable and useable with the remaining 200 either dangerous, obsolete, or in poor working condition. When the workable units were called to the North to deal with last summer’s rocket attacks, the South was left vulnerable. The truck currently used in Afula/Gilboa was built in 1964.
In light of this desperate need, we are teaming up with communities throughout the Northeast to purchase a new lifesaving fire truck for our sister cities of Afula/Gilboa. The Rotem Mini Pumper has been chosen as the ideal vehicle for us to purchase because it is smaller than conventional fire trucks making it a quick response and high performance vehicle which is perfect for the narrow streets and off-road terrain of our sister cities.
Please join in the campaign by encouraging your children to fill the fire truck shaped tzedakah boxes provided from now until Chanukah. Or, send donations directly to the Federation office: The Jewish Federation, Inc. 69 Kenosia Avenue, Danbury, CT 06810.
Please contact Norman Greenstein at the Federation office for more information at 203-792-6353.
The shelves at the St. James Food Pantry are empty this time of year. Our neighbors depend on our Jewish Community’s food drive to replenish and restock their food needs. Feed the hungry – and let’s do so as a synagogue community.
You will find a grocery bag at your seat on Rosh Hashanah. Suggestions of what to bring will be found on the bags. You may also bring additional bags. Please bring the bag(s) between Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot. Place bags in the Marcus Dairy truck.
For security purposes, no filled bags will be allowed in the building.
Let’s Fill The Shelves!
Project Homeless Connect is a one-day, one-stop community wide event on December 3rd, at the Elk’s Lodge on Main Street to deliver services to homeless people in our community by providing much needed information and counseling.
To sign up for the day to help the homeless fill out forms and make appointments, contact mconderino@ccfc-ct.org by Tuesday, October 9th.
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.
The Jewish Federation's 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.
Parashat Bereishit is read on October 6, 2007
Genesis 1
1 When God began to create heaven and earth — 2 the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water — 3 God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, a first day.