Sunday, November 16
Annual Meeting 10:00 a.m.
Robert S. Young Committee Meeting 11:30 a.m.
Monday, November 17
Adult Choir 7:30 p.m.
Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class 7:30
Long Range Planning Committee Meeting 7:30
Tuesday, November 18
Ritual Committee Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 19
Religious School Committee Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 20
Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah class 6:00 p.m.
Friday, November 21
Jewish Study Group 10:30 a.m.
Torah Study 12:00 noon
Pre-Oneg 7:00 p.m.
Shabbat Evening Family Tefillah 7:30 p.m. (4th graders receive prayer books/4th & 5th graders participate in service).
Saturday, November 22
Torah Study 8:45 a.m.
Shabbat Morning Tefillah 10:00 a.m.
Please join us this Friday evening, November 14th for services and the dedication of the Lou Katz Lobby!
Please join us on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 10 AM for the UJC Annual Meeting.
Please join us for our Family Shabbat Service with Birthday Blessings
Friday, November 21, 2008
Pre-Oneg - 7:00 p.m.
Services - 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a meaningful and spiritually uplifting Shabbat Service, Designed to make the novice, as well as the experience, feel at home. All of our students will be singing at the Service. During our Service, our 4th grade students will receive their prayer books. Both our 4th and 5th grade students will be participating in the Service. Be sure to attend this special Service preceded by the Pre-Oneg. Bring the entire family!
On Sunday, November 23rd from 11 till 5, the UJC will be holding its Holiday Boutique. There will be jewelry, arts and crafts, food, and music…something for everyone! There's free admission, so come do your shopping at the Holiday Boutique!
Speaking of Holiday shopping, don't forget to go on our website (www.unitedjewishcenter.org) and order your Hanukah gifts from IGive.com and mention the UJC as your charitable organization.
Also, we still have Scrip cards available for easy holiday shopping. A gift card is always the perfect gift! Contact Bonnie Wunsch @ ujcscrip@aol.com to order your Scrip cards today!Please join us for the annual Association of Religious Communities Danbury Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
"Building Bridges"
Monday, November 24, 2008
7:00 p.m.
United Methodist Church of Danbury
Clapboard Ridge Road
Please join us on Saturday morning, November 29th for services at 10:00 a.m. Colombe Gralla, Judy Prager and William Weiss will be called to the Torah as B'nei Mitzvah. Kiddush luncheon in the Heyman Auditorium will follow services. RSVP to Colombe at (203) 775-2599 or Colombe@charter.net letting us know if you will join us. In lieu of gifts, donations to the UJC's Shalom Fund would be greatly appreciated.
We have planned a family bowling and dinner on Sunday, December 7th. We will bowl at Brookfield Lanes at 3:00pm located at 840 Federal Road (203.775.4343). Each game is $4.25 and shoes are $3.25. At 5:00pm we will head over to Roccos (203.740.0021) at 796 Federal Road for dinner. May I ask that you please rsvp to Alan Wunsch, at 203.730.8530 or alanvwunsch@aol.com.
Isaiah 58: 6-8: Is this not the fast which I have chosen...
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring your homeless poor into your house?
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
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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Parashat Vayera will be read on Saturday, November 15, 2008
Genesis 18
9 They said to him, "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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