Sunday, December 7
Finance Committee Meeting 9:15 a.m.
Sunday Seminar 10:00 a.m. Topic: How Shall We Comfort the Mourner?
Brotherhood Family Bowling 3:00 p.m. (Brookfield Lanes)
Monday, December 8
Adult Choir 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 9
Board of Trustees Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 11
NCJW Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 12
Jewish Study Group 10:30 a.m.
Torah Study 12:00 noon
Shabbat Evening Tefillah 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 13
Torah Study 8:45 a.m.
Shabbat Morning Tefillah 10:00 a.m.
Havdalah Service 6:30 p.m.
SWYC Midnight Bowling 9 p.m.
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.
Please make your reservations today to join us (Saturday evening, December 13th) in welcoming in the new week at Havdalah services.
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 is planned for December 13, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. in the downstairs auditorium at the synagogue.
If you are interested or have questions, please contact Stacey Spilka at 203-431-5783 or staceyspilka@sbcglobal.
Glow Bowling/UJC Sleepover
Saturday, 12/13 - Sunday, 12/14 (Notice date change)
Meet @ UJC 12/13 @ 9 p.m.; Pickup @ UJC 12/14 @ 11 a.m.
$10 plus snack money --- Chaperones/drivers needed!!!
Information and permission slips:
Jen Kruzansky - xxsuperstar156xx@aol.com or cantor@unitedjewishcenter.org
Facebook: Stephen Wise Youth Club
UJC Religious School Chanukah Family Day
Sunday, December 14, 2008 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles - everyone is welcome!
This will be a morning of fun to remember!
Chanukah Dinner
Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $6.00 per person, maximum of $18 per family (includes gift to Mazon and beverages, paper goods, latkes, applesauce and donuts).
Please bring a wrapped gift for a less fortunate child, labeled for girl or boy and appropriate age.
Don't miss the Fun! Make Your Reservations Now!
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?
If you can volunteer or would like more information, please contact Denise Maleh @ ndmaleh@sbcglobal.net
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.
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 Va-yetzei (Genesis 28:10 - 32:3) will be read on Saturday, December 6, 2008
Genesis 28:10-22
10 Jacob left Beer-sheba, and set out for Haran. 11 He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the night, for the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of that place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. 12 He had a dream; a stairway was set on the ground and its top reached to the sky, and angels of God were going up and down on it. 13 And the Lord was standing beside him and He said, "I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac: the ground on which you are lying I will assign to you and to your offspring. 14 Your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All the families of the earth shall bless themselves by you and your descendants. 15 Remember, I am with you: I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." 16 Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the Lord is present in this place, and I did not know it!" 17 Shaken, he said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the abode of God, and that is the gateway to heaven." 18 Early in the morning, Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. 19 He named that site Bethel; but previously the name of the city had been Luz.
20 Jacob then made a vow, saying, "If God remains with me, if He protects me on this journey that I am making, and gives me bread to eat and clothing to wear, 21 and if I return safe to my father's house - the Lord shall be my God. 22 And this stone, which I have set up as a pillar, shall be God's abode; and of all that You give me, I will set aside a tithe for You."
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