Friday, August 6
Jewish Study Group 10:30 a.m.
NO Torah Study today
Shabbat Evening Service 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 7
NO Torah Study today
Shabbat Morning Service 10:00 a.m.
Fridays, noon and Saturdays 8:45 a.m.
Torah Study (1/2 credit each)
To the Jewish Community,
Jewish Family Services will be starting a bereavement support group on Wednesday mornings at 10 am beginning on July 28th at the Federation office. The groups will provide spiritual and emotional support to help those who have suffered a loss.
The group will be for those who have lost close family or friends which may include children or spouses.
Please let me know if anyone in your congregation is interested by leaving me a message at 203-794-1818. There is no charge but JFS contributions would be appreciated.
Rosalind Kopfstein, Director
Jewish Family Services
69 Kenosia Ave, Danbury, CT 06810
203-794-1818 Fax 203-748-5099
If you have not yet sent in your list of loved ones, please do so today.
May their memories be a blessing
Join the UJC on Selichot, Saturday evening, September 4, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
The Cross and the Star: Jews, Christians and the Holocaust
Directed by John Michalczyk, a former Jesuit priest, the film uses extensive footage of Nazi Germany, and asks where were the governments, churches and Christian neighbors while the Nazi atrocities were being committed.
Selichot Prayers at 9:30 p.m.
Cemetery Memorial Services will take place on Sunday, September 5th
1:00 p.m. Miry Brook Cemetery
1:30 p.m. UJC Brookfield Cemetery
Full Day Nursery, Pre-K and Kindergarten Programs for early childhood and two-year-olds.
Fully accredited programs for students in Nursery through Grade 5
Enrolling NOW for the 2010 - 2011 School Year. Please contact us at 203-748-7129 or on the web at http://www.mawcschool.org
The United Jewish Center Religious School is putting together a United Jewish Center Cookbook, to be sold in the fall as a fundraiser for our school, and we need your help!
Please share your favorite recipes with us. Our goal is to collect a minimum of 100 recipes. Submit your kosher style recipes to ujcrecipes at earthlink.net. Below please find a Recipe Format. Follow this simple format when submitting your favorite recipes!
Please help us reach our goal of collecting a minimum of 100 recipes and submit your recipes now! Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!
Daryl Bain
Director of Education
United Jewish Center
203-743-1180
EdDir at UnitedJewishCenter.org
Paka's Noodle Kugel
Serves 8 as a side dish
Congregant: Dave Propper
Source: Paka (my Mom)
This is a simple recipe from my mom who picked up the name Paka as soon as the first grandchild began to babble nonsensical word. If there is any question about how much of any ingredient you should use, just remember the number 1 (plus or minus whatever makes you happy). This is great served hot or cold.
1 pound wide egg noodles
1 stick butter
1 pound cottage cheese
1 container (16 oz) sour cream
1 egg
1 cup white sugar
1 can (8 oz) crushed pineapple
1 + 1 tablespoons cinnamon
1 handful raisins
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?
The Letter Carriers in the Danbury area will collecting non-perishable food items like canned soup, juices, pasta, vegetables, cereal and rice on Saturday, May 8th to help families in need in our community. You can help by placing your food donation at your mailbox on May 8th before your letter carrier arrives. The food will be delivered to local food banks. Thank you!
If you are available to offer rides to congregants for doctor visits, please contact Ellen Seidman (Caring Community) at ellenseidman at sbcglobal.net or 203-798-2911 and let her know which day(s) you are available so that she may contact when an appointment comes up.
Large diapers needed
We are in need of large diapers for CACD. Please consider purchasing a package of large diapers and leaving them at the bottom of the stairs in the UJC.
We are always collecting toiletries (for the Interfaith Aids Ministry) as well as cell phones (for the Women's Center). Please remember to bring in your unwanted items and place them at the bottom of the stairs in the UJC.
Sandy Brenner and Nancy Marcus, Social Action Co-Chairpersons
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!
Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen, Spring Street
Tuesday, August 3
and Wednesday, September 29th
Serving meals from 2:30 - 5:15
If you can help out with these Mitzvot, please contact Sandy Brenner at shbrenner at charter.net
We are always collecting toiletries (for the Interfaith Aids Ministry) as well as cell phones (for the Women's Center). Please remember to bring in your unwanted items and place them at the bottom of the stairs in the UJC.
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!
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 at 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.
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 at 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.
Chapter 8
2 Remember the long way that the Lord your God has made you travel in the wilderness these past forty years, that He might test you by hardships to learn what was in your hearts: whether you would keep His commandments or not. 3 He subjected you to the hardship of hunger and then gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had ever known, in order to teach you that man does not live on bread alone, but that man may live on anything that the Lord decrees. 4 The clothes upon you did not wear out, nor did your feet swell these forty years. 5 Bear in mind that the Lord your God disciplines you just as a man disciplines his son. 6 Therefore keep the commandments of the Lord your God: walk in His ways and revere Him.
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