Sunday, March 23
Purim Pandemonium 11:00 a.m.
Monday, March 24
Investment Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Adult Choir 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 25
Sisterhood Aquasize at Kids Club
Wednesday, March 26
Confirmation picture 6:00 p.m.
NCJW Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Active Adults Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 27
Jewish Study Group 10:30 a.m.
Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 28
Torah Study 12:00 noon
Shabbat Evening Tefillah 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 29
Torah Study 8:45 a.m.
Shabbat Morning Prayers 10:00 a.m.
Come in from the Cold and Celebrate the Warmth of Shabbat with family and Friends…
Please join us for our Family Shabbat Service on Friday, March 21, 2008
7:00 p.m. - Pre-Oneg
7:30 p.m. - Service of Worship
Followed by a Dessert Oneg
Don't miss the Rabbi's story!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Purim CarnivalThere is regular religious school until 11:00 a.m. No child is to be dropped off at the Carnival without a parent or guardian
DON'T MISS THE FUN!!!
Mindy Cass and Kathy Bardes with support of the United Jewish Center Social Action Committee invite you and your family and residents of Greater Danbury to honor Annie Orr for her dedication to the Overflow Homeless Shelter at the First Congregational Church and her years of commitment to the quality of life for all in our community. Join us and our congregational membership and leadership in the synagogue on Friday evening, March 28th at 7:30 pm as we welcome the Sabbath with prayer and song and then celebrate with a reception in her honor. A freewill offering of socks, warm knitted hats and heavy winter gloves, blankets, cocoa and sugar for the shelter guests will be gratefully accepted.
The Brotherhood Kosher-for-Passover wine sale is our only planned fund-raiser this year. The funds we raise allow us to contribute to the UJC religious school, scholarship programs, Bar and Bat Mitzvah gifts, confirmation class gifts, and other temple events, such as the upcoming Purim Carnival. We need your orders by April 6 and will deliver the wine at the UJC on April 13. There are forms at the UJC and on the UJC web site, and there will be one in the April Shofar. Please contact Simcha Gralla (simchagralla@charter.net) or Joe Bain (bain@us.ibm.com) for more information.
Held at sunset on Saturday, Havdalah service 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.
On the second Saturday evening of the each month, we will be holding Havdalah services at the United Jewish Center, with a kosher dairy potluck dinner before the service and dessert after. Each guest family will bring an entree or salad, please call Stacey Spilka for an assigned dish to bring.
Our next Havdalah Service will be on Saturday, April 12, 2008 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. We have a potluck dinner before the service and dessert after.
For more information, please contact Stacey Spilka at 203-431-5783 or email Stacey at staceyspilka@sbcglobal.net.
If you haven't yet been to one of these beautiful services, please join us!
Please Note: The Jewish Federation, which originally was planning the Israel 60th Celebration for May 4th at Green Chimneys, has changed plans. We will be participating in a region wide celebration with a live concert with David Broza to be held on Sunday, May 25th 2008 at the Wilton High School Athletic Complex, 395 Danbury Road, Wilton Connecticut.
An Israel 60 Celebration for all - singles, families and seniors
5:00 p.m. - Children's Activities & Picnic
Glatt Kosher Food Concession
7:00 p.m. - Concert
Free & open to the public
Parking $18 per vehicle purchased in advance,
$25 per vehicle purchased on site
Net proceeds from parking fees will benefit
The Sarah Herzon Children's Center in Afula, Israel
For more information contact the Jewish Federation of Danbury at
info@thejf.org
or go to http://www.brozaconcert.com.
Please join the Rabbi for coffee and bagels on Sundays in the Young Board Room.
| 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) |
Why not buy your groceries, coffee or gifts with UJC script? It doesn't cost you anything to buy from us and the UJC makes a percentage from each card purchase.
Go to www.glscrip.com and send a list of what cards (business name, denomination and how many) along with a check to the UJC. This is a great (and 'painless') way to help the UJC fundraise!
Drop your order off the next time you're at services, Religious School or in the building for any reason. The deadline for our next order is Friday, February 15th.
Any questions, contact Bonnie Wunsch at ujcscrip@aol.com or 313-0578.
The UJC and IGive.com have teamed up to make it easy for you to support the UJC -- and it doesn't cost you a penny!
IGive.com's stated mission is "to enable the economic power of individuals to benefit their chosen communities"; their goal is to have a portion of every online transaction benefit causes close to home. IGive has created a shopping portal that allows you to shop at your favorite online sites and stores as you always do; when you make a purchase through IGive's portal, the store donates a percentage of your transaction to the benefit of your choice. It's simple and easy -- you don't have to do anything special, and donations are made in your name.
The list of vendors on IGive's portal is 700 strong and growing; you'll find that all the most popular shopping sites (Amazon, Zappos, Barnes & Noble) are represented, plus a long list of more specialized sites. Most anywhere you shop now, you can shop through IGive.
The UJC is now a registered cause on IGive's portal; all you need to do is register as a user on IGive (it's free!) and identify the UJC as your chosen cause. Then, go about your normal online activities; IGive provides you a regular tally of the donations that have resulted in your transactions, so you can watch your support grow.
Go to www.igive.com to get started -- it's a fast, simple and zero-cost way to raise money for the UJC.
United Jewish Center volunteers will be working at the St. James Food Pantry on Friday, March 21st. Write the date in your calendar and help stock the shelves to feed needy families this winter. Contact Denise Maleh at ndmaleh@sbcglobal.net
Publicity/Public Relations specialist (or committee) Need one or more volunteers who have experience working with the media, to publicize our events and accomplishments; to create and sustain a positive public image of UJC in the media.
Computer expertise Need a Microsoft Access Developer and a Web application developer, to create a members’ skills inventory to be maintained on the UJC office computer.
If you have the experience and the interest, please contact Neil Corday, Long Range Planning Committee Chair neilcorday501@cs.com
When you shop for toothpaste, shampoo and soap or have travel size toiletries to share remember those who are needy. Personal care items for The Interfaith AIDS ministry and old cell phones, used only for emergencies at the Women's Center, can be left in the basket by the stairs on the first floor.
Social Action projects are funded by your contributions to the United Jewish Center Tikvah Fund and Mazon.
Remember and honor family and friends with a donation to the Tikvah Fund and contribute 3% of the cost of the food at family and synagogue celebrations to help feed the needy at the Dorothy Day Hospitality House soup kitchen.
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.
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 Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47) will be read on March 29, 2008.
March 29, 2008 is known as Shabbat Parah - the Maftir aliyah is Num. 19:1-22
Num. 19:1-10
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: This is the ritual law that the Lord has commanded:
Instruct the Israelite people to bring you a red cow without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which no yoke has been laid. You shall give it to Eleazar the priest. It shall be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting. The cow shall be burned in his sight-its hide, flesh, and blood shall be burned, its dung included-and the priest shall take cedar wood, hyssop, and crimson stuff, and throw them into the fire consuming the cow. The priest shall wash his garments and bathe his body in water; after that the priest may reenter the camp, but he shall be unclean until evening. He who performed the burning shall also wash his garments in water, bathe his body in water, and be unclean until evening. A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the cow and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, to be kept for water of lustration for the Israelite community. It is for cleansing. He who gathers up the ashes of the cow shall also wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. This shall be a permanent law for the Israelites and for the strangers who reside among you.
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