Sunday, October 7
No school today
Monday, October 8
Columbus Day
No school today
Wednesday, October 10
Library Committee Meeting 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 11
Jewish Study Group 10:30 a.m.
Friday, October 12
Torah Study 12:00 noon
Shabbat Tefillah 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 13
Torah Study 8:45 a.m.
Shabbat Morning 10:00 a.m.
Emily Mayerson will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah.
Havdalah Service 6:30 p.m.
Saturday evening, October 13th beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the UJC please join us for our first of many Havdalah services. Held at sunset, Havdalah marks the end of Shabbat and the beginning of a new week. It is a beautiful service including prayer, music, wine, a box of aromatic spices and a special braided candle. For more information, please contact Stacey Spilka at 203-431-5783 or email Stacey at staceyspilka@sbcglobal.net or call the UJC office at 203-748-3355.
Please join the Rabbi for coffee and bagels beginning on Sunday, October 14th at 10:00 a.m. in the Young Board Room.
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| December 9, 2007 | The True Story of Chanukah |
| December 23, 2007 | Why I “Believe in” Santa Claus |
| February 10, 2008 | Israel and the Middle East: An Open Forum |
| February 24, 2008 | The Classic Jewish Wisdom of Pirke Avot |
| May 4, 2008 | The Many Faces of Torah |
| May 11, 2008 | The Mishnah of the Bikkurim (The Temple Ceremony of the First Fruits) Part I |
| May 18, 2008 | The Mishnah of the Bikkurim (The Temple Ceremony of the First Fruits) Part II |
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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.
Please join us in filling the Marcus Dairy Truck with food for those in need. Bring your non-perishable foods to the UJC by Wednesday, October 10th and help others with your generosity!
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 Noach is read on October 13
Genesis 6
9 This is the line of Noah. — Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age; Noah walked with God. — 10 Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth became corrupt before God; the earth was filled with lawlessness. 12 When God saw how corrupt the earth was, for all flesh had corrupted its ways on earth, 13 God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with lawlessness because of them: I am about to destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make it an ark with compartments, and cover it inside and out with pitch. 15 This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 16 Make an opening for daylight in the ark, and terminate it within a cubit of the top. Put the entrance to the ark in its side; make it with bottom, second, and third decks.
17 "For My part, I am about to bring the Flood — waters upon the earth — to destroy all flesh under the sky in which there is breath of life; everything on earth shall perish. 18 But I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall enter the ark, with your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives. 19 And of all that lives, of all flesh, you shall take two of each into the ark to keep alive with you; they shall be male and female. 20 From birds of every kind, cattle of every kind, every kind of creeping thing on earth, two of each shall come to you to stay alive. 21 For your part, take of everything that is eaten and store it away, to serve as food for you and for them." 22 Noah did so; just as God commanded him, so he did.
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