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1 The Jewish Center S H A B B A T B U L L E T I N April 26, 2014 PARSHAT KEDOSHIM 26 Nissan 5774 Erev Shabbat 7:00PM Minchah 7:27PM Candle lighting Shabbat Morning Hashkama Minyan 8:30AM Rabbi Silverstein Mishnayot Class 9:00AM Shacharit 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Ari Lamm, "Mi-Mochorat ha-shabbat" - A History of Peshat 9:28AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema 9:30AM Young Leadership Minyan (5th floor) 9:45AM Youth Department Breakfast (7th floor) 10:00AM Youth Groups: 2-year-olds: lower level; 3-5-year-olds: lower level; 1st-3rd grade: 7th floor; 4th-6th grade: 7th floor Youth Department Mishnayot Class will resume next week 12:45PM Post-Pesach Young Leadership Shabbat Lunch With Thanks to our Shabbat Mevarchim Kiddush Sponsors: Judith & Robert Grauman in observance of the first yahrzeit of Irving Grauman Rachelle & Alan Laytner in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Joseph Laytner Lila & Jack Sternklar in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Jack s father, Zackariah Sternklar Shabbat Afternoon 4:00PM Bikur Cholim/Bikur in the Home to Mt. Sinai Hospital and home visits. Meet at the Westmont at 730 Columbus Avenue 6:15PM Parent-Child Learning with Rabbi Yosie Levine, Sefirat HaOmer (5th-8th graders) 6:30PM 39 Melachot: Theory and Practice with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, First Semester In Review 6:30PM 7:15PM Minchah, afternoon youth groups Seudah Shlishit Speaker: Eva Fulop-Evans, A Survivor Speak. Mrs. Fulop-Evans will speak about her experience during the Holocaust in advance of Yom HaShoah. For her complete bio, please see page 2 of the Shabbat Bulletin. With Thanks to our Seudah Shlishit Sponsors: Veronica & Erwin Muth in honor of Mrs. Eva Fulop-Evans 8:28PM Shabbat concludes Sun., April 27 Shach 8:30AM Minchah 7:35PM DAILY SERVICES Mon., April 28 & Tue., April 29 Monday is Yom Hashoah Shach 8:30AM Minchah 7:35PM Wed., April 30 & Thur., May 1 Rosh Chodesh Shach 6:45/8:00AM Minchah 7:35PM Women's Tehillim - Monday, April 28 at 7:15PM Contact Joyce Weitz for more information at Fri., May 2 Shach 7/8AM Minchah 7:00PM Candle Lighting: 7:34PM Martha Sonnenschein Memorial Lecture: DR. ERICA BROWN SHABBAT, MAY 3 SHABBAT MORNING PUBLIC LECTURE: Answering to a Higher Authority: Strengthening Jewish Ethics in an Age of Scandal SHABBAT AFTERNOON PROGRAM: Ruth and Yael: Competing Models of Female Leadership SEUDAH SHLISHIT: Spiritual Boredom: Revisiting the Wonder of Judaism May & Samuel Rudin Lecture: DR. ERICA BROWN AND DAVID BROOKS IN CONVERSATION SUNDAY, MAY 4 AT 8:00PM Join us as two exceptional thought leaders come together in honor of Yom Ha atzmaut to talk about the challenges of Jewish life today. Please visit our website to register. To find out more about the private reception with Erica Brown and David Brooks prior to the event, please eliane@jewishcenter.org. Jewish Center University: Spring Semester Begins Monday, April 28th Please see the insert or visit our website for more information CHIEF RABBI DAVID LAU SHABBAT, MAY 10 Please join us for a Shiur B Ivrit at 6:00PM, followed by an address at Seudah Shlishit: The Chief Rabbinate Today THE JEWISH CENTER ANNUAL DINNER MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014 MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE Honoring Hedda Rudoff and in Memory of Sheldon Rudoff, z l Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung Memorial Award Esther & Michael Jacobs Community Service Award Shira Silton The Jewish Center - The Modern Orthodox Center for Jewish Life and Learning

2 Jewish Center Staycation Attracts Hundreds; Creates Model for Next Generation of Passover Program The Jewish Center's 2014 Urban Passover Staycation was a rousing success and may be the wave of the future. Opting to forgo travel and other expenses, hundreds of Jewish Center members and guests celebrated Pesach in the comfort our Center. It was a Pesach experience like no other. The highlight of the Staycation was the Rebbetzin's Tea Room on Shabbat afternoon. More than 250 people enjoyed an unparalleled array of homemade desserts. Our outstanding docket of speakers included Dr. Devora Steinmentz, Founder of Beit Rabban; Dr. Ari Bergmann, Professor of Jewish Philosophy at Columbia University; and Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank, Rosh Beit Midrash of Teaneck's Community Kollel. In his sermons, Rabbi Levine addressed issues such as the dynamics of memory and the phenomenon of Social Orthodoxy. And an inspired cadre of volunteers elevated our Tefillot throughout the Chag. We are already gearing up for Pesach 2015 and invite you to join us. Next year in Jerusalem. Seudah Shlishit Speaker: Eva Fulop-Evans Shabbat, April 26 Mrs. Fulop-Evans will speak about her experience during the Holocaust in advance of Yom HaShoah. For her complete bio, please see below. Yom HaShoah Programs Reading of the Names: UWS Yom Hashoah Commemoration Sunday, April 27 at 10:00PM - Monday, April 28 at 6:00PM at Ansche Chesed (251 West 100th Street) The Jewish Center's time slot will be from 2:30AM to 3:00AM on Monday, April 28. Community Yom Hashoah Program Sunday, April 27 at 7:30PM at Congregation Ohab Zedek (118 West 95th Street) Joseph Silber in Dialogue with Rabbi Allen Schwartz, Tehillim recited by our local Rabbis, Ani Ma'amin by the Kahal and Kel Maleh Rachamim led by Rabbi Avrohom Farber. Community Accomplishments The Jewish Center congratulates Allen Fagin on his recent appointment as Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union. We wish him much success and brachah as he continues his service to the Jewish people. Special thanks to all of our volunteer Baalei Tefillah who made our davening so beautiful over Pesach: Aryeh Weingarten Robert Weiss Jesse Grauman Netanel Weiderblank Berl Nadler Avrumy Cohen Hillel Nadler Rabbi Dovid Zirkind Special thanks as well to Robert Grauman for serving as our gabbai and to our many other volunteers. Approved Stores from Which to Purchase Chametz after Pesach The following are acceptable for purchase of chametz immediately after Pesach. Note that the following list applies only to the purchase of Chametz. You can purchase non-chametz items or kitniyot anywhere. Jewish-owned establishments that sold only Passover products during Pesach, or were closed for the holiday, are acceptable immediately after Pesach. List subject to change. For questions, please contact Rabbi Zirkind at dzirkind@jewishcenter.org. 7 Eleven Associated A & P BJ s Wholesale Club Costco CVS D Agostino Duane Reade Food City Food Emporium Gristedes Key Food Pathmark Jewish Center University Spring Semester Semester runs from April 28 th to June 19 th unless otherwise noted Peapod Rite Aid Sam s Club Stop & Shop Target Trader Joe s Walmart To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact aaron@jewishcenter.org Waldbaums Walgreens Westside Market Whole Foods Please see the insert for a complete listing of classes. Please visit our website for a complete list of class descriptions. For more information, please contact Rabbi Zirkind at dzirkind@jewishcenter.org Seudah Shlishit Speakers Series APRIL 26 EVA FULOP-EVANS Mrs. Eva Fulop-Evans is the mother of Simshon Gideon and Doron Evans and the aunt of JC member, Veronica Muth. Originally from Hungary, Mrs. Evans was the youngest of 11 children. Along with 6 of her siblings and her parents, she was taken to Auschwitz at the age of 16. There her parents were murdered, but all eleven of their children survived. Arriving in the United States, Mrs. Evans made her home in Brooklyn and has spoken widely on her experiences during the war, including most recently producing a documentary of her story for the SAR School in Riverdale, NY. MAY 3 DR. ERICA BROWN Spiritual Boredom: Revisiting the Wonder of Judaism MAY 10 CHIEF RABBI DAVID LAU The Chief Rabbinate Today MAY 17 RABBI ARI BERMAN Fate and Fantasy, Dreams and Destiny: The Challenges and Opportunities of Living in a Miraculous Era

3 READING OF THE NAMES: UWS YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION Sun., April 27 at 10:00PM - Mon., April 28 at 6:00PM at Ansche Chesed (251 West 100th St) A LAWYER S GUIDE TO BETH DIN: A CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION COURSE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BEIT DIN OF AMERICA Mondays, April 28, May 12, May 19 and June 2 from 8:00PM-9:30PM Taught by Rabbi Shlomo Weissman, this CLE-accredited series explores the synthesis of Jewish Law and American ethics, identifying the legal capacity of a beth din (religious court) within the American judicial system - where the two overlap and how dissonance between them is resolved. Furthermore, the course reviews contemporary beth din innovations, specifically the Rabbinical Council of America's halachic will and different approaches to the agunah crisis. The classes cost $75 per session and $225 for all four sessions. Please visit our website to register. For more information, please contact Rabbi Zirkind at dzirkind@jewishcenter.org. NOSH AND DRASH: THE KABBALAH OF COOKING AN EVENING OF CHALLAH BAKING AND LEARNING Thursday, May 1 at 7:30PM Join The JC, in conjunction with Kol HaNeshamah, for an evening of challah baking and learning. This evening will feature a panel of bakers and learning with Dr. Adena Berkowitz. The program costs $25 before Tuesday, April 29 and $36 on and after. Address provided upon registration on our website. SISTERHOOD ANNUAL BRUNCH Sunday, May 4 at 10:30AM The Sisterhood's annual brunch will be hosted by Angela Sacks, in honor of Virginia Bayer Hirt, Rachel Ringler and Adina Wagman, outgoing officers of The JC. For more information and to attend, please sisterhood@jewishcenter.org. UWS CELEBRATES ISRAEL Sunday, May 4 - Tuesday, May 6 Following last year's phenomenal inaugural celebration, the Upper West Side is coming together again to celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut. Synagogues, schools and Jewish organizations are sponsoring events throughout the Upper West Side celebrating the rich and complex culture, history and people of. Events begin on Sunday, May 4 and culminate in a community-wide celebration on Tuesday, May 6. Please visit to learn more about these fantastic programs. Programs are all free of charge and registration is strongly encouraged. KIDDUSH IN HONOR OF YOM HA ATZMAUT Shabbat, May 10 Join The JC for a special kiddush in celebration of Yom Ha'atzmaut featuring products and goods. If you would like to sponsor the kiddush, please contact Aaron Sturm at astrum@jewishcenter.org. BIKUR CHOLIM & BIKUR IN THE HOME LUNCHEON: SUPPORT THESE CHESED INITIATVES Shabbat, May 17 at 12:45PM Show your support for these programs and join us for lunch where you will learn about the wonderful chesed opportunities that Bikur Cholim and Bikur in the Home have to offer. The proceeds from the lunch will support Bikur Cholim projects including birthday cards, holiday packages and flowers for the home-bound. Lisa Buksbaum, Founder and CEO of Soaringwords, will be the guest speaker. The lunch costs $36 - members, $40 - nonmembers, $18 - children until Thursday, May 8. Sponsorship opportunities are available. Please visit our website to register. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Monday, May 19 at 8:15PM Each year we hold an annual meeting to conduct an open forum on shul business, elect new officers and members to the Board and Administrative Committee and welcome new members (and remember departed ones). This year we will thank and express our appreciation to those members who have served the community through their leadership and are ending their terms or their service in those roles. CHILDREN, JOIN US FOR ADON OLAM Children are encouraged to come up during the Cantor s recitation of Kiddush and then sing Adon Olam together. YOUTH & BIKUR IN THE HOME VISITS Shabbat afternoon, May 3 and June 7 The Youth department and Bikur in the Home Leaders pair up to visit home bound seniors. UPCOMING EVENTS YOUTH DEPARTMENT EVENTS YOM HA ATZMAUT FAMILY BBQ Tuesday, May 6 at 4:30PM If you are interested in helping organize this event, please contact Batsheva at batsheva@jewishcenter.org. SAVE THE DATE: LAG BA OMER BBQ Sunday, May 18 COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS MAZAL TOV Beverly & Andrew Druck and Lorraine & Leonard Dauber on the birth of their grandson to their children, Danielle Druck & Daniel Dauber Esther & Steve Graber on the birth of a granddaughter to their children, Aryeh and Kayla THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS Thank you to Avi Schwartz, Tehillah Blech Harris, Alan Gover and Penina Blazer who are our ushers this Shabbat. THANK YOU TO CSS We would like to once again thank CSS and our dedicated CSS members for providing the security for our synagogue this week. OUR LAY LEAD- ERS WANT TO MEET YOU! This week come meet Penina Blazer who will be joining the clergy on the receiving line immediately following services. We look forward to getting to know each of you, hearing your thoughts and ideas about The Center and discussing ways to become more involved. JC Online - Become a fan for the latest news and events. Facebook.com/TheJewishCenter and

4 References to Hashem redeeming us from Egypt appear repeatedly throughout the Chumash: in Shema, in the context of forbidden foods and the prohibition against charging interest on loans. Again that theme reappears in our Parsha when the Torah describes the laws of maintaining just measures and scales. You shall have correct scales, correct weights, correct dry measures and correct liquid measures I am Hashem your God, who brought you forth from the land of Egypt. (Vayikra 19:36) Rashi offers two explanations as to why Egypt is referenced specifically in this context: First God is saying He took us out of Egypt on the condition that we would live up to these ethical standards of commerce. Second, it is a reminder that just as Hashem was able to discern between the Egyptian and Jewish first born during the tenth plague, so too He is aware of those that adjust their scales unethically, even if only to the slightest degree. The Meshech Chochma observes that when the Torah refers back to Egypt, as in the case of Shema, it adds: להיותלכםלאלקים" - To be for you a God, but here the Torah stops short in saying simply that God just took us out. When a mitzvah is of a strictly spiritual nature, an irrational divine command, Hashem says he has done this to be our God to be a spiritual guide to help us navigate the world. We may not understand the mitzvah, but embracing it is to our spiritual advantage. In a case such as measures, however, the message The Measure of a Man Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, Assistant Rabbi SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE: RABBI ARI BERMAN SHABBAT, MAY is much simpler, a conclusion we may draw on our own. A judge who frees an imprisoned person may have great hopes for him or he may not, but every judge expects that the person will appreciate the freedom enough to not end up in prison again. When freedom is granted, it demands a basic appreciation for the society one enters and the need to contribute to it. When the Jewish people were freed from Egypt their spiritual potential was indeed lofty, but first and foremost, they are called to maintain a basic level of moral behavior. Parshat Kedoshim vacillates between the rudimentary and the abstract, the spiritual and the interpersonal. It reminds us that no spiritual goal can take precedence over our basic responsibility to our fellow human being. How appropriate it is that we read Parshat Kedoshim this year in the days following Pesach. The themes of our Sedarim, of our tefillot and our learning explored the highest aspirations we have for ourselves and our people. But from the very beginning we are eversensitive to our most basic social responsibility; from our first gesture of hospitality at the Seder in Ha Lachma Anya to studying the historic and tragic deaths of Rabbi Akiva s students during the Omer. As we march toward Shavuot, the culmination of the Exodus process, we engage in the study of Pirkei Avot ethics born out of our rich tradition, as a fulfillment of derech eretz kadmah l torah pursuing a constant and consistent dedication to our friends, neighbors and greater society. SHABBAT MORNING PUBLIC LECTURE: Army Service, the Charedi Community and the Struggle to Build a Just and Inclusive State SHABBAT AFTERNOON: Conversations with my Arab Neighbors: Personal Experiences and Halakhic Reflections on Jewish Sovereignty SEUDAH SHLISHIT: Fate and Fantasy, Dreams and Destiny: The Challenges and Opportunities of Living in a Miraculous Era Sponsored by Joan and Henry Lieberman, Alan Nussbaum in memory of Ruth and Max Nussbaum and Anonymously in memory of Rav Shmuel Tzvi ben Yosef HaLevi Clergy & Staff Yosie Levine Rabbi Dovid Zirkind Assistant Rabbi Chaim David Berson Cantor Daniel Fridman Resident Scholar Ari Lamm William Fischman Rabbinic Intern Aaron Strum Executive Director Eliane Glassman Director of Programming and Communications Ruth Schwarz Interim Youth Director Batsheva Ritholtz Clergy Assistant/ Youth Coordinator OFFICERS Virginia Bayer Hirt President Avi Schwartz First Vice President Andrew Kaplan Vice President Rachel Ringler Vice President Mark Segall Vice President Len Berman Assistant Vice President Adina Spiro Wagman Treasurer Yaron Kinar Assistant Treasurer Andrew Borodach Secretary Phone Numbers Chevra Kadisha UWS Mikvah Hatzalah Eruv Status To advertise or list an announcement in The JC Shabbat Bulletin, please contact Eliane at eliane@jewishcenter.org

5 Jewish Center Scholar in Residence: Dr. Erica Brown Shabbat, May 3 Sunday, May 4 Dr. Erica Brown is a writer and an educator. She writes for The New York Jewish Week, Psychology Today and JTA on Jewish leadership. She is the author of Inspired Jewish Leadership, Spiritual Boredom, Confronting Scandal, In the Narrow Places, Return, Happier Endings, Leadership in the Wilderness and co-author of The Case for Jewish Peoplehood. Martha Sonnenschein Memorial Lecture ~ Shabbat, May 3 Answering to A Higher Authority: Strengthening Jewish Ethics in an Age of Scandal Shabbat Afternoon Program Ruth and Yael: Competing Models of Female Leadership Seudah Shlishit Speaking Engagement Spiritual Boredom: Revisiting the Wonder of Judaism May & Samuel Rudin Lecture Erica Brown and David Brooks in Conversation Join us as two exceptional thought leaders come together in honor of Yom Haatzmaut to talk about the challenges of Jewish life today. Sunday, May 4 at 8:00PM Please visit our website to register. To find out more about the private reception with Erica Brown and David Brooks prior to the event, please eliane@jewishcenter.org. David Brooks is a political and cultural commentator, who writes for The New York Times. He is the author of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement; Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There; The Paradise Suite: Bobos in Paradise and On Paradise Drive; On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now and On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense. The Jewish Center 131 West 86 th Street, New York, NY

6 Jewish Center University Spring Semester Semester runs from April 28 to June 19, unless otherwise noted For more information about any of our classes, please contact Rabbi Zirkind at SUNDAY MONDAY Ancient Jewish History: Judaism and the Origins of Christianity Rabbi Ari Lamm, 8:15PM (Mondays, April 28, May 12, May 19 and June 2) TUESDAY Advanced Talmud Chabura Nosh and Drosh Dr. Adena Berkowitz 10:15AM WEDNESDAY Advanced Talmud Chabura Women of the Bible Rabbi Yosie Levine 11:00AM Sleepless on Shavuot 7:00PM (check website for dates) The Next Level Rabbi Mark Wildes 8:00PM THURSDAY Life, Literature and Legacy: The Works of Rabbeinu Yonah Rabbi Dovid Zirkind 8:15PM from May 1-15/ 7:00PM from May 22-June 12 FRIDAY SHABBAT MORNING Mishnayot Class Rabbi Yosie Levine 8:30AM Minchat Chinuch 9:15AM Youth Department Mishnayot Class 11:30AM SHABBAT SHABBAT AFTERNOON Parent & Child Learning See Shabbat Bulletin 45 minutes before Minchah 39 Melachot: From Concept to Practice Rabbi Dovid Zirkind 45 minutes before Minchah Perek in the Park JCU Faculty, 1 hour before Minchah (This class will run from June 7-28) The Jewish Center 131 West 86th Street, New York, NY

7 JCU Spring Semester Class Descriptions For more information contact Rabbi Zirkind at 39 Melachot: Theory and Practice, Rabbi Dovid Zirkind The 39 Melachot are the framework through which we observe Shabbat each week. Join as we continue our analysis of the melachot one by one with a focus on their Talmudic origins and practical applications. This year we will being with the Melacha of Borer - separating. Advanced Talmud Chabura, This year we will be studying the Jewish laws of mourning, from the Talmud through the Rishonim and the major poskim, utilizing a topical approach. Ancient Jewish History: Judaism & the Origins of Christianity, Rabbi Ari Lamm Christian thinkers long saw in the first few centuries C.E. the birth of Christianity and the death of covenantal Judaism. Jews have traditionally viewed this very same period as a golden age during which rabbinic culture flourished. Through close readings of primary texts, we will critically examine these and other perspectives as we take stock of an era that fundamentally shaped Jewish history, world history, and the very definition of avodat Hashem., Rotating JCU Faculty Life, Literature and Legacy: The Works of Rabbeinu Yonah, Rabbi Dovid Zirkind Among the great scholars and thinkers of Spain s Golden Age was Rabbeinu Yonah Gerondi. His writings are a window into both his unique rabbinic career and the religious challenges of his day. Structured around his commentary to Pirkei Avot, this course will explore the many works of Rabbeinu Yonah, his great accomplishments and his eternal legacy among the scholars of. Minchat Chinuch and the World of 19th Century Halachic Thought, Taught during Kiddush every Shabbat morning, this highly participatory class uses the classic Torah commentary of Nachmanides as a jumping-off point for an in-depth discussion of Jewish law and its developments. Topics relate to the weekly Parsha as well as pertinent contemporary halachic issues. Nosh and Drash, Adena Berkowitz Join us for this weekly Parsha shiur focusing on the intellectual and spiritual insights from the Torah. For women only. Rabbi Silverstein Mishnayot Class, Rabbi Yosie Levine A freewheeling discussion of Jewish law and custom. This year we are studying Mesechet Sanhedrin. Sleepless on Shavuot, Most of us spend somewhere between 25% and 33% of our lives sleeping. Far from being wasted time, it is replete with physiological, neurological, spiritual, and emotional significance. While sleep remains poorly understood from a medical point of view, it is equally under-explored from a spiritual and halakhic vantage point. This series will explore some of the primary halakhic questions concerning sleep, including; defining ideal durations, the role of sleep on Shabbat, and disturbing other people's sleep as a form of gezel. Women of the Bible, Rabbi Yosie Levine Beginning with Genesis, this series explores the lives and legacies of the women of the Bible. Through close textual readings and exploration of the classic Biblical commentaries, this class for women will attempt to gain a deeper understanding of the characters we know so well.