March 1, 2014 PARSHAT PEKUDEI/YOUTH SHABBAT/SHEKALIM 29 Adar I 5774

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1 The Jewish Center S H A B B A T B U L L E T I N March 1, 2014 PARSHAT PEKUDEI/YOUTH SHABBAT/SHEKALIM 29 Adar I 5774 Erev Shabbat 5:27PM Candle lighting 5:30PM Minchah Youth Shabbat Speakers: Tova Kleiner and Noa Kalfus 8:30PM Young Couples & Families Dessert Oneg (372 Central Park West) Shabbat Morning 7:45AM Hashkama Minyan 8:30AM Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class 9:00AM Shacharit Youth Dvar Torah: Adina Horowitz 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Daniel Fridman, Shekalim 9:19AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema 9:30AM Young Leadership Minyan (5th floor) 10:00AM Youth Groups: 2-year-olds: lower level; 3-5-year-olds: lower level; 1st-6th grade: 7th floor Shabbat Mevarchim Kiddush (5th floor) 12:00PM Family Program with Divrei Torah by Deni Schwartz, Sarah Wagman and Hannah Vorchheimer 12:45PM Youth Shabbat Lunch (1st floor) With Thanks to Our Shabbat Mevarchim Kiddush Sponsors: Hashkama Kiddush, Esther Nussbaum in memory of Dr. Moses Nussbaum Mevarchim Kiddush, Susan Kensky Goldman & Samuel Goldman in memory of Sam s mother, Sara Goldman Mevarchim Kiddush, Esther & Steve Graber in commemoration of the 10th yahrzeit of Esther's father, Rev. Abraham Jacobowitz Mevarchim Kiddush, Virginia Bayer Hirt & Rabbi Robert Hirt in memory of Virginia's parents, Molly and Merwin Bayer Mevarchim Kiddush, Veronica & Erwin Muth in memory of Veronica's mother, Elizabeth Ungar Mevarchim Kiddush, Robin & Steve Nicoll in honor of the first yahrzeit of Steve's mother, Gloria Nicoll Mevarchim Kiddush, Sylvia & Raphael Zeevi in memory of Sylvia's mother, Lea Zauderer Shabbat Afternoon 12:40PM Early Minchah 3:30PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home to Mt. Sinai Hospital and home visits. Meet at the Westmont at 730 Columbus Avenue 4:35PM Israel Friedman Daf Yomi 4:35PM 39 Melachot: Theory and Practice with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, Cooking on Shabbat Part IV 5:20PM Minchah, afternoon youth groups Youth Shabbat Speaker: Jessie Berkowitz Seudah Shlishit Speaker: Dr. Jacob Wright, Ezra-Nehemiah and the Origins of Jewish Communal Life With Thanks to Our Seudah Shlishit Sponsors: Rachel Wolf & Andrew Borodach in honor of the marriage of Rabbi Daniel & Chaya Fridman The Tokayer family in memory of Ilan Tokayer z"l 6:28PM Shabbat concludes Musical Havdalah featuring Cantor Chaim David Berson 6:48PM Parent-Child Learning with Rabbi Daniel Fridman, Birchot Keriat Shema (Grades 1-4) With Thanks to our Parent-Child Learning Sponsors: Rachel Wolf & Andrew Borodach in honor of the marriage of Rabbi Daniel & Chaya Fridman PRE-PURIM COMMUNITY DINNER & COMEDY COMPETITION MARCH 14, FOLLOWING SERVICES Join us as representatives from each our of our Minyanim compete to see who is funniest. For more information, please see page 3 Early Bird Special (until March 7): $50 for members, $55 for non-members, $20 for children under 12 Sponsorship opportunities available Event Committee: Marly & Jeff Bogursky, Michelle Chrein, Becca & David Herman, Rona & Ira Kellman, Robin & Steven Nicoll and Elli Strauss SHABBAT MORNING PUBLIC LECTURE BY RABBI DANIEL FRIDMAN, WOMEN, TEFILLIN AND RESPONDING TO THE 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. This event is free and open to the public. Please visit our website to register. Sun., March 2 Rosh Chodesh Shach 8:30AM Minchah 5:35PM EGALITARIAN CRITIQUE Shabbat, March 8 CHIEF RABBI DAVID LAU SHABBAT, MARCH 22 Please join us for a Shiur B Ivrit at 6:00PM, followed by an address at Seudah Shlishit, The Chief Rabbinate Today Mon., March 3 Rosh Chodesh Shach 6:45AM/8AM Minchah 5:35PM DAILY SERVICES Tues., March 4 - Thurs., March 6 Shach 7/8AM Minchah 5:35PM Women's Tehillim - Monday, March 10 at 7:15PM. Contact Joyce Weitz for more information at Fri., March 7 Shach 7/8AM Candle Lighting 5:35PM Minchah 5:40PM The Jewish Center The Modern Orthodox Center for Jewish Life and Learning

2 THANK YOU TO OUR YOUTH SHABBAT LUNCH SPONSORS: Eleanor Merczynski & David Hait Becca & David Herman Amanda & Daniel Laifer Beth & Joshua Schwartz Adina & Philip Wagman JC DELEGATION TO AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE Emily Belfer, Michael Bender, Harriet & George Blank, Jonathan Blank, Jeffrey Bogursky, Lisa & Jacob Buksbaum, Jonathan Buksbaum, Joshua Buksbaum, Susan Canter, Marcie Cappell, Cheryl Chomali, Michelle Chrein, Leonard & Lorraine Dauber, Susan & Arthur Degen, Alan Dorfman, Dora & Manny Federbush, Tammy Fried, Hindy Poupko & Seth Galena, Lauren & Martin Geller, Tracy & Sander Gerber, Estie Gerber, Talia Gerber, David Hait, Rebecca Hanus, Steven Hirsch, Sarah Kaminetsky Jonas & Isaac Jonas, Daniel Kahn, Lily Kaplan, Rona & Ira Kellman, Fran & Jonah Kupietzky, Jeffrey Lang, Jared Lang, Michelle Lebowits, Yosie Levine, Darrin Litsky, Susan Lobel, Joshua Lookstein, Lisa & Nathan Low, Chantel Low, Gabe Low, Michael Low and Anna Low, Maurizio Molinari, Rachel & David Meyer, Alexandra Moller, Edward Morgan, Joel Mowbray, Leyla & Daniel Posner, Zachary Rosenberg, Karen Rosenthal, Rochelle Rotenberg, Estelle Schutzman, Joshua Schwartz, Steven Schwell, Menashe Shapiro, Jack Shlomo, Rachel Ringler & Yossi Siegel, Sam Siegel, Grant Silverstein, Joey Zimet and Bernard Zweig. COMMUNITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THANK YOU TO OUR YOUNG COUPLES & FAMILES DESSERT ONEG SPONSORS: Yael & Tony Pinto Miri Lipsky & Josh Schainker Hannah & Scott Topiel We congratulate Rabbi Benjamin Blech who recently served as Scholar-in-Residence for the community of Memphis, Tennessee. Rabbi Blech addressed the membership of both the Young Israel of Memphis as well as Baron Hirsch Synagogue. We congratulate Melanie Notkin on the release of her second book, OTHERHOOD: Modern Women Finding a New Kind of Happiness. We congratulate Avi Solomons who placed as a winner in the Yeshiva City Wide Spelling Bee. As a result, he will be representing the Yeshiva League on March 20 th in the Daily News New York Citywide Spelling Bee Final Competition. YL PURIM SHPIEL VIDEO SUBMISSIONS Do you have exactly six seconds' worth of creativity? If so, "vining" may be just for you. This year, The JC Young Leadership Purim Shpiel will feature six second "vine" video submissions from the community. Six seconds may not be long, but it's enough for one good joke. The video can be about anything you want: a bad surprise on the subway, a modern-day Purim reference, or something altogether absurd. All videos should be submitted to yl@jewishcenter.org by Monday, March 10. Preparing for Purim Matanot L evyonim Please remember to send Matanot L'evyonim, gifts to the poor, before Purim. The amount given should be sufficient to assist at least two different people with their Purim meal. Checks made out to the Rabbi Leo Jung Memorial Fund earmarked "Matanot L'evyonim" that are received before Purim (March 14) will be distributed to the poor on Purim day to fulfill your obligation. Megillah Reading We would like to provide everyone with the opportunity to hear the Megillah on Purim. If someone you know will not be able to leave home on Purim, or if you would like to volunteer to read Megillah for the homebound, please contact Rabbi Zirkind at or dzirkind@jewishcenter.org. Oneg Shabbat Make the holiday a festive time for the needy or homebound in our community. Help provide mishloach manot packages in addition to their regular Shabbat meals. Colorful Purim cards are also available. Please send your donation to Oneg Shabbat, 650 West End Ave., NY NY or visit Send Mishloach Manot to IDF Soldiers Send baskets filled with Israeli products and bakery goods to IDF Soldiers in Israel through the Connection Israel organization. Packages will bear a card noting your name with a Purim greeting. Please place your order by Friday, March 7th. The cost is $10 per package, $300 for a unit. Make your check payable to The Jewish Center and earmark it "Mishloach Manot to IDF" or donate online at Megillat Esther with Rabbi Daniel Fridman on Wednesday evenings at 8:00PM Mitzvot of Purim with Rabbi Daniel Fridman on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 7:45AM Ta'anit Esther or Nicanor's Day? The History of the 13th of Adar with Rabbi Ari Lamm on Monday, March 3 Power Politics: Religious Leaders in Goverment, from Shushan to Today with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind on Thursday, March 6 at 8PM Youth Department: Mishloach Manot Packing on Sunday, March 9 at 10:00AM My Heart is in the East, but I'm at a Persian Drinking Party: The Megillah's Religious Zionist Agenda with Rabbi Yosie Levine on Tuesday, March 10 at 7:30PM Purim at The JC Toddler Purim Party Friday, March 14 from 12:00-1:30PM Pre-Purim Community Dinner & Comedy Competition Friday, March 14, after services Community Megillah Reading, Family Megillah Reading/Ice Cream Party Saturday, March 15 at 8:00PM Late Megillah Reading Saturday, March 15 at 9:30PM Young Leadership Purim Shpiel Saturday night, March 15 at 9:45PM Mini Kiddie Carnival Sunday, March 16 from 10:30PM -12:30PM DAILY Israel Friedman Daf Yomi, 7:45AM (Except Shabbat) MONDAY Ancient Jewish History: Judaism & the Origins of Christianity with Rabbi Ari Lamm, William Fischman Rabbinic Intern, 8:15PM TUESDAY Advanced Talmud with Rabbi Daniel Fridman, 7:45AM Women s Nosh and Drash with Dr. Adena Berkowitz, 10:15AM The Works and Wonders of Elisha: The Sadye and Henry Bayer Tanach Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 7:00PM JEWISH CENTER UNIVERSITY WINTER 2014 WEDNESDAY Advanced Talmud with Rabbi Daniel Fridman, 7:45AM Women of the Bible with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 11:00AM The Book of Esther with Rabbi Daniel Fridman, 8:00PM The Next Level with Rabbi Mark Wildes, 8:00PM THURSDAY The Sixth Sense with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, 8:00PM SHABBAT Mishnayot Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 8:30AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Daniel Fridman, 9:15AM Israel Friedman Daf Yomi 39 Melachot: Theory and Practice with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind Parent & Child Learning with Rabbi Daniel Fridman To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact us at aaron@jewishcenter.org

3 UPCOMING EVENTS COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS JC CONNECTIONS* SHABBAT DINNER Friday, March 7, following services Join us for a fun dinner with a twist! We ll rotate tables after each course, so you get to meet the most people over the course of the evening. Please visit our website to register your interest for this event. For more information, please contact jcconnectionsinfo@jewishcenter.org. *JC Connections facilitates the meeting of singles in their 30s and 40s. SHABBAT MORNING PUBLIC LECTURE WITH RABBI DANIEL FRIDMAN, WOMEN, TEFILLIN AND RESPONDING TO THE EGALITARIAN CRITIQUE Shabbat, March 8 JC & MJE SEUDAH SHLISHIT, SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS FROM MJE PARTICIPANTS Shabbat, March 8 Special Seudah Shlishit meal with Manhattan Jewish Experience featuring Justin Kaufman and Heather Conn. PACK IT UP FOR PURIM Sunday, March 9th, from 11:00AM - 12:30PM Join UJA-Federation of New York's Tov B'Yachad to assemble healthy food packages with festive Purim cards to be delivered as matanot l evyonim to needy members of our community. Event Chairs: Faye Koschitzky and Rachel Vorchheimer. If you can't join us for the event, you can donate non-perishable food in our lobby from February 23rd - March 9th. There is no cost to attend this event, but we request that you visit our website to register. PRE-PURIM COMMUNITY SHABBAT DINNER & COMEDY COMPETITION Friday, March 14, following services Join us as representatives from each our of our Minyanim compete to see who is funniest. Interested in participating? Please contact Rabbi Zirkind at dzikind@jewishcenter.org. Sponsorship Opportunities Available: $250 includes dinner for two and a listing in our Shabbat Bulletin. The dinner costs $50 for members, $55 for non-members, $20 for children under 12 until Friday, March 7. After March 7th the prices will be $55 members, $60 non-members and $20 for children under 12. Please visit to register. SHABBAT ACROSS THE JC Shabbat, March 29 In just a few weeks The Jewish Center will host its annual Hospitality Shabbat, the perfect way to meet new people, network with like-minded professionals, and experience the warmth of a Jewish Center Shabbat. Consider participating for Shabbat Lunch, by hosting or being hosted with someone new. Registration will open soon. If you would like to join the planning committee, please Eliane at eliane@jewishcenter.org. MISHLOACH MANOT PACKING Sunday, March 9 at 10:00AM Join the JC Youth Department as we pack Mishloach Manot for home-bound Jewish Center members. Light brunch will be served. Partake in the mitzvah by sponsoring a Mishloach Manot package for $36. For more information, please contact batsheva@jewishcenter.org. TODDLER PURIM PARTY Friday, March 14 at 12:00PM Join us for delicious snacks, Professional YOUTH DEPARTMENT EVENTS Kids Entertainment, and a special Purim book reading by Rabbi Fridman! Please visit our website to register. MINI KIDDIE CARNIVAL March 16 from 10:30AM - 12:30 PM This carnival will include face painting, arts & crafts, balloon art, music, Megillah storytelling, fill-a-hamentash and more! Sponsorship opportunities available: $180-Purim sponsor, $360-Al Hanisim Sponsor. Please visit our website to register or to sponsor. THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS Thank you to Robert Graumn, Naomi Goldman, Jay Worenklein and Rona Kellman who are our ushers this Shabbat. THANK YOU 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 LEADERS WANT TO MEET YOU! This week come meet Robert Grauman 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. AGUNAH AWARENESS DAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 2 We invite you to attend the following events which are taking place in honor of Agunah Awareness Day. AGUNAH AWARENESS & POST-NUPTUAL SIGNING Sunday, March 2 at Congregation Ramath Orah at 10:15AM The event will include light refreshments, a screening of Women Unchained and a lecture by Rabbi Jeremy Stern, Executive Director of Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA) on The Halachik Prenup: A Solution to Solving the Flight of the Agunot. Opportunity to sign the RCA Post- Nuptial Agreement available throughout the event, with notaries on site. For further information, to sponsor or volunteer for this event, please contact CRO at or info@ramathorah.org. AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY HOST RABBI DANIEL SPERBER Tuesday, March 4 at 8:00PM hosted at The JC. For more information and to register please visit JC Online - Become a fan for the latest news and events. Facebook.com/TheJewishCenter and

4 Joseph A. Solomon, 9th Grader at Torah Academy of Bergen County Writing in Honor of Youth Shabbat In the first pasuk in Parshat Pekudei, the parsha opens up with a pasuk that at first glance is difficult to understand. The pasuk says א ה פ ק ד י ה ן מ ן ה ע ד ת, א ר ד ע ל- י מ ה: ע ב ד ת, ה ל ו ם, י ד א ית מ ר, ן ה ר ן ה ה ן. Why does the Torah use a double reference to Mishkan? Also, why is there a double reference to pakad as if there are two mishkans being referred to and two different accountings or reckonings? And, as a last question, the Torah says that the work of building was done by the Leviim rather than by the Kohanim. Wouldn t it have made more sense if the Torah had said that the work was done by the Kohanim? Rashi says that the repetition of the word Mishkan is to hint to us of the destruction of the Batei Mikdashim many centuries later. But even Rashi s explanation doesn t explain why there are multiple references to pakad or why the Torah mentions Leviim and not Kohanim. Perhaps we can explain this with the Medrash on the pasuk three pesukim later. The pasuk, in talking about the gold used in the Mishkan, gives the precise amount of gold used: 29 Kikar, 730 shekels of gold. (Rashi says that the kikar is the same type of measure used to measure the gold in the Beit hamikdash.) It is on this pasuk that the Medrash says that the reason that the Torah gives the exact amount is to tell us that the people of Israel suspected Moshe of stealing their gold. It is with that stunning Medrash that we can answer the questions on the first pasuk. In that first pasuk, if one breaks or pauses between the two words, Hamishkan and Mishkan, as the ta amim indicate, the pasuk can be read to mean the following: This is the reckoning of what will happen in HAmishkan, which means the Beit Hamikdash according to Rashi. And what will happen there is based on the reckoning of what happened in the original mishkan itself. There are two references to forms of pakad because there are two reckonings, one that explains what happened in the mishkan and one that explains what will happen in the Beit Hamikdash. And the reference to the Leviim then becomes clear, too -- the Leviim did not take part in the building of the Egel Hazahav, so for that, they are mentioned in the building of the mishkan rather than the Kohanim. The parsha s first pasuk is reminding us that it was the misuse of gold that got the Jews in trouble by the Egel, which led to the Leviim building the mishkan. And the Torah (through the Medrash) is saying that it is that same mistrust of gold that is being referred to when the Torah recites the precise amount of gold mentioned in our parsha. In the desert, the Jews showed sinat chinam towards Moshe in mistrusting him. And in making that reckoning, the Torah is telling us that it will be that same sin that will ultimately cause the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash. This is a paid advertisement JC In the News! Gary Rosenblatt wrote a article in The Jewish Week about Senator Lieberman s speaking engagement at The JC: Lieberman Calls On Orthodox To Broaden Their Involvement. Click here to read the article - INTERESTED IN ADVERTISING IN OUR PRE- PESACH NEWSLETTER? The JC will publish its next newsletter mid-march. We invite you to place an ad in this publication. For more information, eliane@jewishcenter.org Clergy & Staff Yosie Levine Rabbi Dovid Zirkind Assistant Rabbi Chaim David Berson Cantor Daniel Fridman Resident Scholar/ Youth Rabbi Ari Lamm William Fischman Rabbinic Intern Aaron Strum Executive Director Eliane Glassman Director of Programming and Communications 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 Youth Shabbat 5774 Dvar Torah-Friday Night Noa Kalfus, daughter of Elisheva & Ira Kalfus, SAR, 6th grade Tova Kleiner, daughter of Sharon Herzfeld & Dov Kleiner, Heschel, 6th grade Brachot AJ Raiken, son of Leah Pluchenik, Ramaz, 7th grade Psukei D'Zimra Jonah Berman, son of Lori Zeltser & Len Berman, Heschel, 7th grade Petichah Joshua Milstein, son of Sarah & Stuart Milstein, Eagle Hill School 6th grade Kriot HaTorah Harlan Reiss, son of Barbara & Guy Reiss, Heschel, 9th grade Ezra Elzweig, son of Mark & Nancy Elzweig, Westchester Hebrew High School, 9th grade Sam Berman, son of Lori & Len Berman, Ramaz, 9th grade Noah Lang, son of Leslie & Jeffrey Lang, SAR, 9th grade Hagbah Zev Schwartz, son of Beth & Joshua Schwartz, SAR, 12th grade Gabe Roth, Son of Phyllis Roth Katz, Ramaz, 11th grade Haftarah Joshua Buksbaum, son of Lisa & Jacob Buksbaum, Ramaz, 11th grade Mussaf Avichai Solomons, son of Rachel & Daniel Solomons, MDS, 8th grade Shoshana Horowitz Sarah Wagman Gabbaim Jacob Greenwald, son of Judy Federbush & Rodney Greenwald, SAR, 6th grade Idan Gutkind, son of Limor & Doron Gutkind, Heschel, 6th grade David Karstaedt, son of Eve & Marc Karstaedt, Ramaz, 6th grade Jack Meyer, son of Paulette & David Meyer, Ramaz, 6th grade Eddie Shasha, son of Ety & Murad Shasha, Ramaz, 6th grade Assistant Gabbaim Zachary Jonas, son Rochelle Tarlowe & Seth Jonas, Forum School, 7th grade Isaac Lebowitz, son of Yael & Robert Lebowitz, SAR, 1st Grade Jonathan Symonds Ein K Elokeinu Daniel Wagman, son of Adina & Philp Wagman, Heschel, 1st grade Jonah Herman, son of Becca & David Herman, MDS, 1st grade Akiva Levine, son of Rachel & Rabbi Yosie Levine, MDS, 1st grade Idan Gutkind Jacob Greenwald Avi Herman Charlie Laifer Daniel Wagman Adon Olam Jonathan 'Johno' Symonds, son of Esther & Garth Symonds, Ramaz, Kindergarten Matthew Milstein, son of Sarah & Stuart Milstein, SAR, Kindergarten Ushers Shoshana Horowitz, daughter of Mindy & Ami Horowitz, MDS, 4th grade Emma Jonas, son Rochelle Tarlowe & Seth Jonas, Heschel, 3rd grade Avi Herman, son of Becca & David Herman, MDS, 4th grade Charlie Laifer, son of Amanda & Daniel Laifer, MDS, 5th grade Temimah Schwartz, son of Beth & Joshua Schwartz, SAR, 6th grade Gabriella Steinerman, daughter of Rona & Andrew Steinerman, MDS, 7th grade Rebecca Klein, daughter of Jessica Gross & Lawrence Klein, Ramaz, 6th grade Daniella Symonds, daughter of Esther & Garth Symonds, Ramaz, 6th grade Aurielle Gutkind Dvar Torah in the Main Sanctuary Shabbat Morning Adina Horowitz, daughter of Mindy & Ami Horowitz, MDS, 7th grade Adina Horowitz David Karstaedt Eddy Shasha Dvar Torah at Family Program Sarah Wagman, son of Adina & Philp Wagman, Heschel, 3rd grade Deni Schwartz, son of Beth & Joshua Schwartz, SAR, 3rd grade Hannah Vorchhiemer, daughter of Rachel & David, Ramaz, 7th grade Zachary Jonas Harlan Reiss Dvar Torah- Seudah Shlishit Jessica Brenner, daughter of Adena Berkowitz & Zev Brenner, SAR, 5th grade Thank you to all those who created beautiful Art with Tobi Kahn Akiva Levine Emma Jonas Isaac Lebowitz Tova Kleiner Ariel Greenwald, Jacob Greenwald, Tova Kleiner, Maya Lebowitz, Julia Lebowitz, Sarah Wagman, Daniel Wagman, Hannah Vorchheimer, Emma Vorchheimer, Ethan Vorchheimer, Joshua Vorchheimer, Emma Jonas, Aurielle Gutkind, Miriam Goldberger, Lia Goldberger, Denni Schwartz Jonah Herman Jessica Brenner

6 The Jewish Center invites you to a PRE-PURIM COMMUNITY DINNER & COMEDY COMPETITION Join us as representatives from each our of our Minyanim compete to see who is funniest. Last Minyan Standing: Come Laugh Your Tallit Off Friday, March 14 Disclaimer: Microphone for promotional use only and will not be used at the actual event. Event Committee: Marly & Jeff Bogursky, Michelle Chrein, Becca & David Herman, Rona & Ira Kellman, Robin & Steven Nicoll and Elli Strauss Sponsorship Opportunities Available: $250 includes dinner for two and a listing in our Shabbat Bulletin. Cost: $50 members, $55 non-members until Friday, March 7 $55 members, $60 non-members after Friday, March 7 $20 for children under 12 Registration: Please visit to register The Jewish Center 131 West 86th Street, New York, NY