Monday, September 1
Happy Labor Day! Office closed.
Tuesday, September 2 Executive Committee Meeting 6:45 p.m.
Wednesday, September 3
Adult Choir 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 4
Jewish Study Group 10:30 a.m.
NCJW Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Friday, September 5
Torah Study 12:00 noon;
Shabbat Evening Tefillah 7:30 p.m. (note time change)
Saturday, September 6
Torah Study 8:45 a.m.
Shabbat Morning Tefillah 10:00 a.m.
On behalf of the New England Jewish Music & Art Festival Jewishfest, we would like to invite you to their festival. This will be held over Labor Day weekend (Sunday, August 31st 11:30-7:00 and Monday, September 1st 11:30-5:00); in Litchfield, CT. There will be the best Jewish Music, Art, Crafts and Deli in the Northeast, as well as free admission, entertainment and parking. For more information, visit their website at https://www.jewishfest.org
We would like to welcome you back to an exciting school year.
The Opening Day of Religious School is Sunday, September 7. Religious School, (Pre-school through grade 6) will meet from 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. There is a special opening day program for all Religious School students and their parents.
Our High School program (grades 8 -10) will meet on Sundays from 11:10 -1:00 p.m. beginning on September 7.
The first day of Hebrew School is Monday, September 8, from 4:10 - 5:55 p.m. FOR GRADE 7 ONLY. Hebrew School for all other grades (grades 2 - 6) will begin on Wednesday, September 10. Grade 7 also meets on Wednesdays.
If you have not already done so, it is not too late to register your child. Please contact Daryl Bain at 743-1180 for enrollment information.
Join the UJC on Tuesday, September 16th at 7:30 p.m. for a lecture by Dr. Frederic Kakis, author of "Legacy of Courage" A Holocaust Survival Story in Greece. Dr. Kakis traces his family's struggle to stay alive and together during the World War II German occupation of Greece. Dr. Kakis' book will be available for signing at this event. For more information contact the UJC office.
Shockingly there is hunger in the midst of all our plenty. As Rabbi Tarfon said, "You are not obligated to complete the task, but neither are you free to desist from it altogether." Pirkei Avot 2:16
Sandy Brenner and Nancy Marcus, Social Action Co-Chairpersons
Anyone interested in helping with the Synagogue's Simchat Torah Celebration, to be held on Monday, October 20th, should contact Debby Pollack Wollman at 203-270-1894 or debra.pollack@charter.net. Assistance is needed in planning the event, setting up on the day of the event, staffing the event itself and clean-up afterwards.
The annual community-wide Selichot program sponsored by the Council of Jewish Professionals of The Jewish Federation will take place Saturday, September 20 at 8:00 pm at the UJC.
The program will consist of a Havdalah service followed by the Israeli film "The Band's Visit" and discussion concluding with the Selichot service.
Buy your Scrip cards today and plan for the upcoming events in your life; Mother's Day, Father's Day, Graduation, Confirmation, etc. Scrip cards make the perfect gift!
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.
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.
Learn to do good, devote yourself to justice; aid the wronged, uphold the rights of the orphan, defend the cause of the widow. (Isaiah 1:17)
In the name of United Jewish Center membership, with your contributions to our Tikvah Fund, the Social Action Committee is sponsoring three needy local students in the Dress for Success Program providing funds for back to school clothes and supplies.
Hunger does not go on vacation. Don't forget to contribute 3% of the cost of food for your family celebrations and our synagogue events to Mazon so we can continue to support our efforts at the Dorothy Day Hospitality House and elsewhere in the community.
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.
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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 Shoftim (Deut. 16:18 - 21:9) will be read on Saturday, September 6, 2008.
Chapter 17
18 When he is seated on his royal throne, he shall have a copy of this Teaching written for him on a scroll by the levitical priests. 19 Let it remain with him and let him read in it all his life, so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God, to observe faithfully every word of this Teaching as well as these laws. 20 Thus he will not act haughtily toward his fellows or deviate from the Instruction to the right or to the left, to the end that he and his descendants may reign long in the midst of Israel.
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