Sunday, October 28
Henry Dick Club visits Larson Corn Maze 6:30 p.m.
Monday, October 29
Adult Choir 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 31
Happy Halloween!!!
UJC at Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen
Thursday, November 1
Jewish Study Group 10:30 a.m.
Friday, November 2
Torah Study 12:00 noon
Shabbat Tefillah 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 3
Torah Study 8:45 a.m.
Shabbat Morning 10:00 a.m.
Alison Beck will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah
Wednesday, October 31 is our day to host the meal at the Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen. To celebrate Halloween by making sandwiches or helping cook contact Denise Maleh at ndmaleh@sbcglobal.net. To help serve, contact Peggy Zamore at peggyz18@aol.com.
The UJC Feinson Library Committee and the UJC Religious School are once again proud to sponsor the UJC Judaica Book Fair, November 11th – 18th.
| Sunday, November 11th | 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday, November 13th | 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday, November 14th | 3:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
| Thursday, November 15th | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00p.m. |
| Friday, November 16th | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, November 18th | 8:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. |
Volunteers are needed: Please call Ellen Koh at 203-775-0399 or Diane Sarna at 203-364-1580.
A new and exciting fundraising program is starting now for the holidays! You can do all your holiday shopping for friends, family, teachers, staff, etc. from your home and help the UJC raise money at the same time—or buy scrip for your daily use.
What is scrip? Scrip is a term that means “substitute money.” When you purchase scrip, you’re purchasing prepaid gift cards. You or the recipient can use scrip to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing and other essentials.
How Scrip generates revenue for the UJC
We buy the scrip from Great Lakes Scrip Center at a discount and resell it at full face value. The discount – from two to fifteen percent or more—is the UJC’s profit!
A list of retailers and order form are available either on our Website (http://unitedjewishcenter.org), in our Shofar, or at the UJC office. Hurry and get your order in! Deadline is November 12, 2007.
If you have any questions or want to find out if additional retailers are available, call Bonnie Wunsch at 313-0578 or email her at ujcscrip@aol.com
Our next Havdalah Service will be on Saturday, November 10, 2007 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the UJC. Please join us. 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.
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 United Jewish Center volunteers are scheduled to supervise the Overflow Homeless Shelter at the Congregational Church during the week of December 24th through the 30th. Contact Nancy Marcus at nancymarcus@snet.net to provide those less fortunate with a safe place to spend a winter night.
Please join the Rabbi for coffee and bagels on Sundays in the Young Board Room.
| December 2, 2007 | Is War Ever Justified? |
| 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 |
| May 22, 2008 | Judaism and Happiness (7:30 pm Thursday evening, Lag B’omer) |
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!
Please don’t forget to drop off person care items for the Interfaith AIDS Ministry and old cell phones for the Women’s Center on the bin in the synagogue in the downstairs hallway.
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 Vayera is read on October 27, 2007
Chapter 18
9 The men said to Abraham, "Where is your wife Sarah?" And he replied, "There, in the tent." 10 Then one said, "I will return to you next year, and your wife Sarah shall have a son!" Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years; Sarah had stopped having the periods of women. 12 And Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "Now that I am withered, am I to have enjoyment—with my husband so old?" 13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I in truth bear a child, old as I am?' 14 Is anything too wondrous for the Lord? I will return to you at the time next year, and Sarah shall have a son." 15 Sarah lied, saying, "I did not laugh," for she was frightened. But He replied, "You did laugh."
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