This Coming Week and Shabbat at the UJC
June 21 - 27, 2009 / 29 Sivan - 5 Tammuz 5769

This coming week and Shabbat:

Monday, June 22
Investment Meeting 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, June 24
Hebrew Reading Class 4-6

Friday, June 26
Jewish Study Group 10:30 a.m.
Torah Study 12:00 noon
Shabbat Evening Garden Service 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 27
Shabbat Morning Prayers 10:00 a.m.


NEFTY REUNION (1972-1975)

October 16-18, 2009

If you were involved in NEFTY anytime during the years 1972-75 (even if you graduated from high school in a later year), save the weekend of October 16-18, 2009 for a reunion being held in the Newton, MA area!

Join your old NEFTY friends for all or part of the weekend as we reconnect and reminisce.

For more information, e-mail your name (current and what it was back then if they differ) and e-mail address to nefty.reunion@gmail.com.

And tell your friends!


Please join the Minyanaire's Club, meeting every Shabbat morning at 10 AM


UJC Caring Community: Ellen Seidman has re-organized our Caring Community Committee. She and her members are planning to write notes, to visit and make phone calls to those of our members who need some attention. They are also willing to provide rides to appointments. We need you, our UJC congregants, to be our eyes and ears. Contact Ellen Seidman 203-798-2911 or ellenseidman@sbcglobal.net if you know of one of our members who might be in need.


Opportunities to help the community

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?

Sandy Brenner and Nancy Marcus, Social Action Co-Chairpersons


United Jewish Center preSCRIPtion for success

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.


IGive.com

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.


Social Action

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)

At UJC we use Mazon funds locally for the meals we serve at Dorothy Day supplemented by the Tikvah Fund. Please consider contributing a percentage of your Passover food purchases to our Jewish response to hunger fund, Mazon.


Remember those less fortunate!

Don't forget to donate your used cell phones and toiletries for use at the Women's Center and Interfaith Aids Center. Leave them at the bottom of the staircase at the UJC and we will deliver them for you!


In the community

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.

Bikur Holim

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