Mazal Tov to the Schnipper family on the occasion of Jonathan s Bar Mitzvah

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1 The Jewish Center S H A B B A T B U L L E T I N EREV SHABBAT 7:00PM Minchah 7:39PM Candle lighting MAY 6-7, 2016 PARSHAT ACHAREI MOT 29 NISSAN 5776 Mazal Tov to the Schnipper family on the occasion of Jonathan s Bar Mitzvah SHABBAT Hashkama Minyan (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash) 8:30AM Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine 9:00AM Shacharit (3 rd floor) 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Noach Goldstein, William Fischman Rabbinic Intern, Three Perspectives on the Molech (The Geller Youth Center) 9:20AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema 9:30AM Young Leadership Minyan (The Max Stern Auditorium) 10:00AM Israel Shabbat in our Youth Groups Under age 3 (drop off optional), 3-4-year-olds, 5-6-year-olds: Geller Youth Center; 2 nd -3 rd graders, 4 th -6 th graders: 7 th floor Israel Themed Community Hot Kiddush in Honor of Yom Ha atzmaut (1 floor) WITH THANKS TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Hashkama Kiddush, Judith & Robert Grauman in observance of the yahrtzeit of Robert's father, Irving Grauman, Yitzchak Maier ben Yehuda Ya-akov HaLevi Hashkama Kiddush, Vivian & Daniel Chill in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Daniel's father, Rabbi Abraham Chill Community Kiddush, Amy & Jed Latkin in honor of Brody and Claire's 8 th birthdays Community Kiddush, Barbara & Steven Schnipper in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Jonathan Community Kiddush, Ruby & Joseph Gottlieb in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Ruby's father, Paul Kestenbaum 4:00PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home (meet at 730 Columbus Ave.) 6:15PM Jewish History Series: Rabbi Noach Goldstein, William Fischman Rabbinic Intern, Jews or Gentiles? Rabbinic and Communal Responses to the Conversos of 1391 and their Descendants 6:30PM Israel Friedman 6:30PM Youth Program: Fran Malkin s Story in Her Own Words (4th floor) Parent-Child Learning will resume next week 7:15PM Minchah Shabbat afternoon groups will resume next week Seudah Shlishit Speaker: The Annual Yom Hashoah Seudah Shlishit - A Personal Story of Surviving the Holocaust by Fran Maklin 8:40PM Shabbat concludes Sun., May 8 Mother s Day Rosh Chodesh Shacharit 8:30AM Minchah 7:45PM Mon., May 9 Rosh Chodesh Shach 6:45 & 8AM Minchah 7:45PM DAILY SERVICES Tues., May 10 and Thurs., May 12 Thursday is Yom Haatzmaut Shach 7 & 8AM Minchah 7:45PM Wed., May 11 Yom HaZikaron Shach 7 & 8AM Minchah 6:20PM and 7:45PM WOMEN'S TEHILLIM GROUP Monday, May 16 at 7:15PM. Contact Joyce Weitz for more information at Fri., May 13 Shach 7 & 8AM Minchah 7:00PM Candle lighting 7:46PM The Jewish Center - The Modern Orthodox Center for Jewish Life and Learning 131 W. 86 th Street, New York, NY Shabbat Morning Public Lecture by Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman Wisdom and Humility in a World of Personal Autonomy, in commemoration of the first yahrzeit of mori ve-rabbi, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein Shabbat, May 14 following 9:00AM services With thanks to our sponsors: Sharon & Sinclair Haberman, Dinah & Andy Mendes, Ilana & David Prager Former Member of Knessest Ruth Calderon and Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman in Conversation Challenges, Opportunities and Complexities of Jewish Life and Learning in Israel Today Sunday, May 15 at 7:30PM Visit our website to register. Please see the Shabbat Bulletin insert for more information. Visit uwsisrael.org to find out about all the programing happening between Tuesday, May 10 - Sunday, May 15 Please join us on Wed., May 11 as we host the Young Professionals Yom Ha Zikaron Memorial and Yom Ha atzmaut Celebration THE JC ANNUAL DINNER Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at Guastavino's SHIRA ORENSTEIN & DANIEL KAHN Guests of Honor HONORING YAEL KAHN PINTO & TONY PINTO Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung Memorial Award RABBI DOVID & ARIELLA ZIRKIND Community Service Award

2 Dear Parents, Each year on the Shabbat following Yom HaShoah, we dedicate the day to hearing the miraculous yet heart-wrenching stories of Holocaust survivors. This weekend we are fortunate to welcome Fran Malkin, a real estate broker from New Jersey, who is also a child survivor from Poland, to share her story with our community at Seudah Shlishit. In addition, Fran has been gracious enough to address our children in an earlier slot before minchah from 6:30-7:15PM. Fran has spoken in numerous schools and institutions to adults and children of all ages. While we recognize the subject matter is difficult, for children who are able to participate, this is a program that will only become less available with time. We hope you will join us for a very special Shabbat afternoon together. If you have any questions about the program please feel free to contact me at dzirkind@jewishcenter.org Thank you! Rabbi Dovid Zirkind NOTE TO FAMILIES: ANNUAL YOM HASHOAH SEUDAH SHLISHIT A SPECIAL PRIVATE TOUR WITH RABBI YOSIE LEVINE IN COMMEMORATION OF YOM HASHOAH ANTI-SEMITISM AT THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Schedule 6:30-7:15PM - Youth Program: Fran Malkin s Story in Her Own Words (4 th floor) 7:15-7:40PM - Minchah 7:45-8:45PM - Seudah Shlishit and Community Presentation SPRING SEUDAH SHLISHIT SPEAKER SERIES May 7 The Annual Yom Hashoah Seudah Shlishit: A Personal Story of Surviving the Holocaust by Fran Maklin May 14 Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman Noted Speaker and Author, Former Rabbi of The Jewish Center May 21 Elliot Zweig, Deputy Director of the Middle East Media Research Institute June 4 Rabbi Eric Grossman, Head of School at the Ramaz School June 18 Shimon Mercer Wood, Consul for Media Affairs at the Israeli Consulate APPROVED STORES FROM WHICH TO PURCHASE CHAMETZ AFTER PESACH Note: 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. For more information please visit our website. 7 Eleven A & P Associated BJ s Wholesale Club Costco CVS D Agostino Duane Reade Food Emporium Gristedes Key Food Pathmark Rite Aid Sam s Club Target Trader Joe s Waldbaum s Walgreen s Walmart Whole Foods Westside Market DAILY (except Shabbat) Israel Friedman with rotating JCU Faculty, MONDAY Like Father Like Son: Contemporary Readings of Pirkei Avot with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, 7:00PM (from May 9-23) TUESDAY Beit Hamikdash to Barbecue: Exploring the Mitzvah of Shechita with Rabbi Noach Goldstein, William Fischman Rabbinic Intern, (beginning May 10) JEWISH CENTER UNIVERSITY SPRING SEMESTER Nosh and Drash with Dr. Adena Berkowitz, 10:15AM Jewish History: Judaism in a Christian Empire with Rabbi Ari Lamm, 7:00PM (beginning May 10) David, King of Israel: Sadye and Henry Bayer Chumash Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 8:15PM on May 10, 17 and 24 WEDNESDAY Women of the Bible with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 11:00AM The Book of Ruth with Rabbi Daniel Fridman, 6:45PM The Next Level with Rabbi Mark Wildes, 8:00PM SHABBAT Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 8:30AM Hashkama Shiur with rotating JCU Faculty, 9:15AM Israel Friedman with rotating JCU Faculty Parent-Child Learning with rotating JCU Faculty; check the schedule for times To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact Aaron at astrum@jewishcenter.org

3 UPCOMING EVENTS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS YOM HAZIKARON MEMORIAL AND YOM HA ATZMAUT CELEBRATION FEATURING MOSHAV BAND WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 AT THE JEWISH CENTER Minchah at 6:20PM, Moshav Band Concert at 8:15PM The evening will begin with a special tekes for Yom Hazikaron, Israel s Remembrance Day, followed by a Ma ariv chagigit for Yom Ha atzmaut with a musical Hallel. Afterwards, everyone is invited to a concert with Moshav Band. Co-presented by The Jewish Center, Congregation Ohab Zedek, Congregation Ramath Orah, Kehilat Rayim Ahuvim, Lincoln Square Synagogue, Young Israel of the West Side, Manhattan Jewish Experience, West Side Institutional Synagogue, Darkhei Noam and Congregation Shearith Israel The Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue. This event costs $5 and pre-registration is required. Please visit to register. YOUNG COUPLES & FAMILIES PICNIC SHABBAT, MAY 14 Join other young couples and families for a potluck picnic Shabbat lunch in Central Park! For more information and to RSVP, visit our website or contact Yael & Tony Pinto and Jessica & Noam Zeffren at ycf@jewishcenter.org. BLOOD DRIVE SUNDAY, MAY 22 FROM 10:00AM - 2:30PM Join The JC for our annual blood drive and help save a life. For questions, eliane@jewishcenter.org. SISTERHOOD ANNUAL BRUNCH SUNDAY, MAY 22 AT THE HOME OF HEIDI & JEFF ABRAHAM Featuring a special tribute to past Sisterhood president Paulette Papilsky, z l and a special address by best-selling author and Jewish Center member, Seth M. Siegel, Good News: Why the BDS Bullies are Losing Every Battle. For more information and to register please sisterhood@jewishcenter.org. THE HANNO MOTT LECTURE ON CONTEMPORARY JEWISH ETHICS: AN ARMCHAIR CONVERSATION FEATURING RABBI DANIEL Z. FELDMAN AND PROFESSOR SAMUEL RASCOFF, TECHNOLOGY, SURVEIL- LANCE AND THE ETHICS OF PERSONAL PRIVACY TUESDAY, MAY 31 AT 8:00PM In an age of social media and ever-expanding technological capabilities, the limits and possibilities of personal privacy continue to change. Join two leading thinkers as they discuss the legal, ethical and religious implications of our ever-evolving digital landscape. For more information and to register, please visit MARTHA SONNENSCHEIN MEMORIAL LECTURE BY LAYALIZA SOLOVEICHIK SHABBAT, JUNE 4 AT 11:00AM YOUTH DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS & UPDATES For more information contact jennandgaby@jewishcenter.org. CHILDREN, JOIN US FOR ADON OLAM Children ages 2-6 are encouraged to come to the bimah during the Cantor s recitation of Kiddush and then sing Adon Olam. YOM HA ATZMAUT FAMILY BBQ THURSDAY, MAY 12 AT 4:30PM Please visit our website for more information and to register. Thank you to our sponsors: Deena Blanchard & Akiva Novetsky, Jennifer & Mark Smith, Sharon & Sinclair Haberman. TEEN MINYAN FOLLOWED BY A KIDDUSH IN A PRIVATE GARDEN SHABBAT, MAY 14 GIRLS SEUDAH SHLISIHIT HOSTED BY RACHEL LEVINE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS: MAY 14 FROM 7-8:30PM 6-8 GRADE GIRLS: JUNE 4 FROM 7-8:30PM For more information and to RSVP please rachel.levine1@gmail.com. GIRLS BASKETBALL CLINIC SUNDAY, MAY 22 FROM 11:00AM - 1:00PM Get ready to improve your skills at a teen girls basketball clinic! Alexis Goldstein will lead a clinic covering various aspects of the game including passing, shooting, transitions, defensive stance and zone and communicating with your team. After the clinic we will have a delicious lunch! END-OF-THE-YEAR FAMILY SEUDAH SHLISHIT IN HONOR OF MORAH JUDY SHABBAT, MAY 21 Join us in celebrating Morah Judy and her Israeli heritage during this delicious Seudah Shlishit. Relax, hang out with your friends and make new friends while our youth are entertained. With thanks to our growing list of sponsors: Amy & Jed Latkin, Deena Blanchard & Akiva Novetsky, Sabrina & Guy Salomon. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS MAZAL TOV Barbara & Steven Schnipper on the occasion of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Jonathan Esther & Steve Graber on the birth of a granddaughter to their children Aryeh and Kayla. Mazel tov to great grandparents, Evelyn & Marlin Graber. BEREVEAMENT We regret to inform you of the passing of Amiram Shapiro, father of Jewish Center member Ron Shapiro. Ron will observe Shivah in Israel through Friday at: 14 Hanof St, Savyon, Israel. Phone: Shivah will continue Sunday through Monday morning at Ron's home, 209 West 97th Street #6A. Shacharit: Sunday 9:00am, Monday 7:30am. Minchah: Sunday 7:45pm THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS Thank you to our ushers Gilda Chodosh and Mindy Horowitz 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. AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE 2017 SUNDAY MARCH 26-28, 2017 IN WASHINGTON, DC Registration for the conference costs $599, but if you purchase a ticket through The Jewish Center, you will pay $399, a $200 discount. Contact Eliane at eliane@jewishcenter.org for more information and to purchase your ticket. NORPAC MISSION TO WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 FROM 6AM -10PM Join this day of advocacy to strengthen US-Israel relations. Meet directly with Members of Congress and their staff to make a true impact. Rates: $175 for adults, $125 for students. Please direct questions to our shul liaison, Susan Canter. For more information visit norpac.net or call

4 One of the central rituals of Yom Kippur detailed in our Parsha is the sacrifice of the two goats. Two nearly identical animals are brought to the Mikdash on the holiest of days; by virtue of lots one is offered as a sacrifice on the Temple s altar, the other sent off to the desert. In the spirit of Yom Kippur s emphasis on repentance, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch suggests that each of us is meant to imagine ourselves in this ceremony. Much like the identical animals, there are two futures that lay before us, yet to be determined. Just as the animals are sent in opposite directions, our choices in life can lead us to the highest of heights, or the lowest of depths. The only difference between our true lives and this sacrificial demonstration is that the animals futures are determined at random; on Yom Kippur our future is very much up to us. MARTHA SONNENSCHEIN MEMORIAL LECTURE BY LAYALIZA SOLOVEICHIK JUNE 4 FOLLOWING 9:00AM SERVICES Layaliza Soloveichik graduated from Yeshiva University as valedictorian in both Jewish Studies and General Studies. She then earned a J.D. from Yale Law School and clerked on the Supreme Court of Israel. She also clerked on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and became a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton and Garrison, LLP. Currently, she is an Assistant United States Attorney at the U.S. Attorney s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Along the way she also obtained an M.S. in Jewish Education, and has given lectures in many Jewish communities around the United States. She is a sci-fi junkie and a chocloholic and regularly gets beaten at chess by her children. A Vision of Past and Future Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, Assistant Rabbi This year, we read the Yom Kippur service on the Shabbat that falls between Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron/Yom HaAtzmaut. In thinking about the imagery of the two goats, contrasting visuals of ourselves and our futures, one can t help this time of year in the same vein. The dark past of our people, the unspeakable suffering of the generation that came before us, is contrasted with the founding of the State of Israel, the resurrection of a nation on its holy soil, the start-up nation, emitting the bright lights of a better tomorrow. Without an image of the future, we may not have the strength to openly face the disappointments of our past. In the same way that Yom Kippur chooses to inspire us with an image of future success rather than the daunting threat of failed repentance, this week allows us to think not only of our weakest moments and our most traumatic, but of the sparks of a bright future and the already remarkable resurgence of a people of destiny. Each year, at the communal Reading of the Names, on behalf of our community I read the names of our relatives who perished at the hands of the Nazis. But on this very next Shabbat we sing HaTikvah together, celebrating Israel as a community. We recite a Yizkor prayer for the martyrs of the previous generation on Yom HaShoah, followed just a few days later by images of their children and grandchildren donning the uniform of our people and our State on Yom HaAtzmaut. The ebbs and flows of Jewish History are reflected over the course of just a few short days this season. Each of them is in one sense independent of the other, yet the holistic view argues they are inseparable. May the success of our present fortify our ability to engage the horrors of our past and may the present reassure us all, that the best is yet to come. Chag Atzmaut Sameach! Clergy & Staff Yosie Levine Rabbi Dovid Zirkind Assistant Rabbi Chaim David Berson Cantor Daniel Fridman Resident Scholar Ari Lamm Resident Scholar Erica Brown Community Scholar Noach Goldstein William Fischman Rabbinic Intern Aaron Strum Executive Director Eliane Dreyfuss Glassman Director of Programming and Communications Jenn & Gaby Minsky Youth Directors OFFICERS Avi Schwartz President Andrew Borodach First Vice President Andrew Kaplan Vice President Mark Segall Vice President Rose Lynn Sherr Vice President Michael Jacobs Assistant Vice President Yaron Kinar Treasurer Len Berman Assistant Treasurer Miri Lipsky Secretary Phone Numbers Yoetzet Halacha Ilana Gadish nycyoetzet@gmail.com Jewish Center Chevra Kadisha x555 UWS Mikvah Hatzalah Eruv Status x4

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6 The Jewish Center FORMER MEMBER OF KNESSET RUTH CALDERON AND RABBI DR. ARI BERMAN IN CONVERSATION Challenges, Opportunities and Complexities of Jewish Life and Learning in Israel SUNDAY, MAY 15 AT 7:30PM The Jewish Center 131 W. 86 th Street RUTH CALDERON earned her MA and Ph.D. degrees in Talmud from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1989, she established the first Israeli secular, pluralistic, co-educational, and egalitarian Beth Midrash. In 1996 she founded ALMA, which seeks to acquaint secular Israelis with Hebrew culture. In 2012 she joined the new Yesh Atid party and was made a Knesset member, a position she held until She lives in Tel Aviv with her three children. RABBI DR. ARI BERMAN is the head ( Rosh ha-merkaz ) of Hechal Shlomo: The Center of Jewish Heritage in Jerusalem. He is also a Lecturer of Rabbinic Literature and a member of the Executive Leadership Council at Herzog College. The former Rabbi of The Jewish Center in Manhattan and Instructor of Talmud at Yeshiva University, Rabbi Berman received his BA in Philosophy, MA in Jewish Philosophy and Rabbinic Ordination from Yeshiva University, and earned his Phd. in Jewish Thought at Hebrew University. TICKETS $10 for Jewish Center members; No charge for One Gift participants $18 for community members VISIT JEWISHCENTER.ORG TO REGISTER Tov B Yachad is an initiative that strengthens the connection between the Orthodox community and UJA-Federation of New York.

7 The Jewish Center & OZ invite you to a Yom Ha atzmaut Family BBQ Thursday, May 12 4:30PM-6:30PM The Jewish Center Rooftop terrace, 11 th floor Price for members: Adults - $20 Child - $15 Price for non-members: Adults - $25 Child - $20 Please visit to register. Sponsorship opportunities available. Contact our Youth Directors at jennandgaby@jewishcenter.org for more details. The Jewish Center 131 W. 86 th Street, New York, NY

8 THE JEWISH CENTER YOUTH DEPARTMENT END-OF-YEAR SEUDAH SHLISHIT AND &THANK YOU TO MORAH JUDY SHABBAT, MAY 21ST AT 5:00PM 131 W. 86TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY Join us for a Israel themed Seudah Shlishit to celebrate the end of the year. Come honor Morah Judy s 13 years of commitment to our youth. Relax and enjoy with your friends while our youth are entertained. EARLY BIRD SPECIAL BEFORE MAY 9 Members: $16/child, $20/adult Non-Member: $18/child, $22/adult PRICE ON OR AFTER MAY 9 Member: Child $18/child, $22/adult Non-Member: $20/child, $24/adult CHILDREN 2 AND UNDER ARE FREE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE $180 includes two adults, two kids and a listing in the Shabbat Bulletin $360 includes two adults and three kids and a listing in the Shabbat Bulletin Committee Chairs: Sabrina Rosen Salomon & Amanda Nussbaum Laifer