Mazel Tov to the Federbush/Lebowitz family on the occasion of Julia 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 JUNE 10, 2017 PARSHAT BEHA ALOTECHA 16 SIVAN 5777 Mazel Tov to the Federbush/Lebowitz family on the occasion of Julia s Bar Mitzvah EREV SHABBAT 7:00/8:00PM Minchah 8:08PM Candle lighting SHABBAT 7:45AM Hashkama Minyan (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash) 8:30AM Kids Kiddush club with Rabbi Yosie Levine (1st Floor) 9:00AM Shacharit (3rd floor) 9:10AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur, Rabbi Zev Bar Eitan: Connecting the Parshiyot (Naso to Ba'alotchecha) - Drush, Pshat, and a Twist... 9:30AM Young Leadership Minyan (1st floor) 10:00AM Youth Groups: Under age 3 (drop off optional, babies must be able to independently sit upright), 3-6-year-olds: Geller Youth Center, 2nd-6th graders: 7th floor 10:45AM Special Sermon by Rabbi Ari Berman Hot Kiddush (1st floor) WITH THANKS TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Community Kiddush, Sherry & Mark Fessel in honor of the birth of a grandson to their children Aliza & Mikey Davis Community Kiddush, Dora & Emanuel Federbush in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter, Julia Lebowitz Community Kiddush, Hedda Rudoff in memory of her daughter Shaindy Rudoff Community Kiddush, all those who sponsored in honor of Rabbi Ari Berman (see page 3 for complete list of sponsors) 4:00PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home (meet at 730 Columbus Ave.) 6:45PM Yifa Segal, BDS and Freedom of Speech: The International Legal Battle on Campuses Around the World 7:00PM Daf Yomi 7:45PM Minchah Seudah Shlishit Speaker: Yifa Segal, Terror Organizations, Shell Corporations and Their Subsidiaries: Fighting Terrorism In the Courtroom WITH THANKS TO OUR SEUDAH SHLISHIT SPONSORS: Rabbi Yosie & Rachel Levine in memory of Judith S. Levine Carrie Stieglitz, Joseph and Ariel Grun in memory of Moshe Grun and Joseph Stieglitz 9:08PM Shabbat Concludes Sunday June 11 Daf Yomi 7:45AM Shacharit 8:30AM Minchah 8:15PM DAILY SERVICES Mon. June 12 - Thur. June 15 Shacharit 7 & 8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 8:15PM Friday, June 16 Shacharit 7/8 AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 7/8PM Candle Lighting 8:11PM Shabbat Morning, June 10 Special Sermon by Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman President, Yeshiva University Shabbbat, June 10 Guest Speaker, Yifa Segal Director of The International Legal Forum: 6:45PM BDS and Freedom of Speech: The International Legal Battle on Campuses Around the World 8:15PM Seudah Shlishit: Terror Organizations, Shell Corporations and Their Subsidiaries: Fighting Terrorism In the Courtroom Attorney Yifa Segal is the Director of the International Legal Forum (ILF),a global legal coalition initiating and centralizing efforts to battle antidemocratic, anti-semitic and anti-israeli operations around the world. Attorney Segal has many years of experience in both law and media, acting to promote Israel s interests in the international arena from an offensive rather than defensive position. Guests of Honor Barbara & Guy Reiss THE JC ANNUAL DINNER Monday, June 12, 2017 at Museum of Jewish Heritage HONORING Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung Memorial Award Deena Blanchard & Akiva Novetsky GRADUATION KIDDUSH SHABBAT JUNE 17 WOMEN S TEHILLIM GROUP Monday, June 19 at 7:15PM Contact Joyce Weitz for more info. at The Jewish Center - The Modern Orthodox Center for Jewish Life and Learning 131 W. 86 th Street, New York, NY Community Service Award Ben Cooper Join us as we celebrate the academic achievements of our community graduates. From preschool to PhD, if you, a family member or a friend flipped a tassel this spring, please let us know by completing the form on our website or ing astrum@jewishcenter.org. If you would like to sponsor the Graduation Kiddush, please contact Aaron Strum at astrum@jewishcenter.org or Jenn & Gaby at jennandgaby@jewishcenter.org.

2 UPCOMING EVENTS Digital Lunch & Learn with Dr. Erica Brown Tuesday June 13th at 12:30PM. Topic: Into the Wilderness: Framing Sefer Bamidbar Powered by ZOOM, join our interactive learning session from the comfort of home or from the office. 30 minutes of inspiration and information in preparation for Shavuot. Registration and login information to follow. Graduation Kiddush Shabbat, June 17 Join us as we celebrate the academic achievements of our community graduates. From preschool to PhD, if you, a family member or a friend flipped a tassel this spring, please let us know by completing the form on our website or ing astrum@jewishcenter.org. If you would like to sponsor the Graduation Kiddush, please contact Aaron Strum at astrum@jewishcenter.org or Jenn & Gaby at jennandgaby@jewishcenter.org. CENTENNIAL PLANNING UPDATE Dear Members, As you know, planning for our Centennial Year is well underway. As we begin to fill in the calendar, we're looking to find exciting and dynamic speakers/personalities who will be especially fitting for this monumental year. If you or someone you know has access to any such people, please be in touch with us or with Rabbi Zirkind. Thank you. Andy Kaplan, Andrew Steinerman and Rachel Wolf Centennial Year Co-Chairs NOSH & DRASH Nosh and Drash's annual closing Spring Lunch featured words of Torah, lots of food and beautiful camaraderie. Thanks to all the women who come together every week to learn Torah, including those not pictured who were unable to attend today. Looking forward iyh to 5778! Annual Membership Meeting June 19 at 8:30PM Our Annual Meeting is a time to hold our annual election, learn more about the way we operate our Center, review our finances and honor our outgoing Board members. This meeting is an important part of synagogue governance and I hope you will be able to attend so you can listen to our reports, ask questions and grab a little nosh. Summer Outing with Rabbi Levine June 22, 11:00AM at the YU Museum A guided tour of 500 Years of Treasures from Oxford $10 members; $12 non-members Please Batsheva@jewishcenter.org if you would like to sign up. Young Leadership Lecture Series Wednesday, June 28th at 8:00PM Fertility & Halacha Featuring Dr. Bat-Sheva Lerner Maslow Special presentation by Maurizio Molinari Editor in Chief of La Stampa Shabbat morning, July 8 Europe: Between Terrorism and Populism YOUTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES Kids Kiddush Club with Rabbi Levine Shabbat Mornings in June from 8:30AM-9:00AM Join us for this special summer series featuring breakfast and learning with Rabbi Levine. 1st grade and up. Parents welcomed. NEW Girl s Suedah Shlishit for Middle Schoolers & High Schoolers at the home of Rachel Levine June 10 from 7 8:30PM 6th-8th graders June 17 from 7 8:30PM High school girls Please RSVP to rachel.levine1@gmail.com Teen Minyan June 17 If you would like to sponsor the Teen Minyan kiddush please Jenn and Gaby at jennandgaby@jewishcenter.org. To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact Aaron at astrum@jewishcenter.org

3 THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO SPONSORED KIDDUSH IN HONOR OF RABBI DR. ARI BERMAN Lori Zeltser & Leonard Berman* Marnie & Scott Black* Harriet & George Blank* Serena Weider & Jonathan Blank* Rachel Wolf & Andrew Borodach* Vivian & Daniel Chill* Sherry & Mark Fessel* Susan Kensky & Samuel Goldman* Ruby & Joseph Gottlieb* Janine Behrman & Alan Gover* Esther & Steve Graber* Sharon & Sinclair Haberman Eleanor Merczynski & David Hait* Alvin Hellerstein* Aliza Herzberg* Rabbi Robert & Virginia Bayer Hirt* Margie Kahn Miriam Gutwein & Alex Klein Fran & Jonah Kupietzky* Amanda Nussbaum & Daniel Laifer* Rachelle & Alan Laytner* Rabbi Yosie & Rachel Levine Joan Papier & Dr. Henry Lieberman Rachel Lurie* Tiki & Simcha Lyons* Barbara & David Messer* Hanno Mott* Sarah Finegold & Andrew Newton* Leyla Fortgang & Daniel Posner Ilana & David Prager Barbara & Guy Reiss Golda Reena & Henry Rothman Avi Schwartz* Chani & Mark Segall* Rachel Ringler & Yossi Siegel* Jennifer & Mark Smith* Radine & William Spier* Marsi & Ira Tokayer Adina & Philip Wagman* Cindy & Jay Worenklein* * One Gifters COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS MAZAL TOV Sherry & Mark Fessel on the birth of a grandson to their children Aliza & Mikey Davis. Mazel Tov also to the great-grandparents Judy Fessel Golzman and Cecile & Irving Skydell and to all the aunts, uncles and cousins Rabbi Noach & Alexis Goldstein on the birth of a baby boy Yael & Rob Lebowitz on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Julia. Mazal Tov to grandparents Dora & Emanuel Federbush Malka Strasberg on her upcoming marriage to Zachariah Edinger, son of Dr. Henry and Rose Edinger THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS Emilio Krausz and Deborah de Winter 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. CONDOLENCES Alice Wildes on the passing of her father, Samuel Goldberg ABOUT THE JC Did you know? At the end of services, congregants remain in their seats until the conclusion of Adon Olam. As the rabbi and cantor process down the aisles, the congregation rises. The rabbi and cantor look forward to greeting you on the receiving line on your way to Kiddush. Thinking of running the New York City Marathon? Join The Jewish Center Centennial Team! Saul Finkelstein Linda Isaacson Rachel Levine Sabrina Rosen Space is limited. For more information, please batsheva@jewishcenter.org If you would like to support the Jewish Center Centennial Team please visit the JC website. JCU Summer Series Tuesday Evenings at 7PM June 6,13 and 20 with Rabbi Levine Biblical Heroes & Villains: The Book of Numbers Tuesday Mornings at 7:45AM June 6, 13, and 20 with Rabbi Goldstein The World of Korbanot To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact Aaron at astrum@jewishcenter.org

4 Without even telling us who they were, Parshat Be haalotcha recounts a story about members from the Israelite camp who were prevented from bringing the Korban Pesach due to ritual impurity. The Torah reports their petition to be included in the ritual and the compromise which ultimately gave birth to the concept of Pesach Sheini. This story teaches us a great deal about the significance of Korban Pesach, about the rules of tumah v taharah, but it also hints at a major theme of Sefer Bamidbar and contains a powerful lesson about effective communication. There were men who were ritually impure from [contact with] a dead body and could not perform the Pesach on that day. They approached Moshe and Aharon on that day. And those very men said to him. (Bamidbar 9:6-7) Rav Chaim Paltiel, (13th Century Tosafist) posits, while we know very little about their identity, from this one line, we know a great deal about their character. The emphasis in the text cited above highlights how these men handled their misfortune and why they succeeded in creating a lasting solution. They could have complained to their families and friends when they learned of their impure status; they could have spoken negatively about Moshe and his rigidity. But they did none of those things. The very same men who were told they could not participate in the Korban returned to Moshe to openly and directly find a solution together. Sefer Bamidbar: The Book of Conversations Dovid Zirkind, Associate Rabbi Sefer Bamidbar is full of characters who did the exact opposite of these men. Korach and his followers, the Spies and their families all garnered support and fueled the fires of vengefulness in the privacy of their own homes. They spoke about their leaders behind closed doors. By the time the conversations were out in the open, the damage was irreparable. Contrasting the discord of these tragic episodes, we also read about the daughters of Tzlofchad, of the men of Pesach Sheini, who chose to forge a different kind of relationship, an open line of communication with their leaders. They never shied away from expressing their pain, they never gave up hope that their leaders would have compassion for their plight and via the strategic and disciplined pursuit of truth, they were able to craft a meaningful compromise with Moshe and Aharon. Thus, argues Rav Chaim Paltiel, with the little information we have about these anonymous men, the Torah constructs a paradigm not only for leadership but followership as well. When viewed as a series of communal conversations, the unit that is Sefer Bamidbar becomes as relevant as ever; serving as a blueprint for successful discourse in today s Jewish community as well. We have hopes and dreams for ourselves as individuals and for our community as a whole, but progress is only made where healthy conversation thrives. Patience is important, compromise is a must, and together we can follow Moshe Rabbeinu s lead and build a stronger community together. Yosie Levine Rabbi Dovid Zirkind Associate Rabbi Chaim David Berson Cantor Erica Brown Community Scholar Noach Goldstein Resident Scholar Avi Feder William Fischman Rabbinic Intern Aaron Strum Executive Director Jenn & Gaby Minsky Youth Directors OFFICERS Avi Schwartz President Andrew Borodach First Vice President Michael Jacobs Vice President Deena Blanchard Vice President Mark Segall Assistant Vice President Yaron Kinar Treasurer Len Berman Assistant Treasurer Andrew Kaplan Assistant Treasurer Miri Lipsky Secretary PHONE NUMBERS Yoetzet Halacha Ilana Gadish nycyoezet@gmail.com Jewish Center Chevra Kadisha x555 UWS Mikvah Hatzoloh Eruv Status x4

5 Mazal Tov to our 2017 Dinner Honorees Barbara & Guy Reiss, Guests of Honor Deena Blanchard & Akiva Novetsky, Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung Memorial Award Ben Cooper, Community Service Award Ben Cooper joined the Jewish Center in 2008 and has been a long-time regular of the Young Leadership minyan and new devotee of the as-yet unnamed JC 30's and 40's group. Ben has alternatingly served as an YL Gabbai Sheni, baal koreh, baal tefilah, host, and sponsor/attendee for JC & YL events. He is originally from Calabasas in the greater Los Angeles, California area, where he attended Emek Hebrew Academy and YULA High School, followed by a year at Yeshivat Sha'arei Mevaseret Zion in Israel. His parents, Jeff and Shelley Cooper, co-founded the Calabasas Shul where his father continues to serve as President Emeritus. Ben is proud to follow in their footsteps in demonstrating personal devotion to the importance of being both a proud member of the community and a dependable volunteer and leader. Ben s sister, Shayna Cooper, also lives on the Upper West Side and is a Jewish Center member. Ben graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006, where he also held various leadership positions at MIT Hillel. Ben is a Senior Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield in the Corporate Finance and Investment Banking practice group, where he works with corporations and institutions in maximizing real estate value through the execution of sale, debt & equity financing, and leasing transactions throughout the U.S. Ben also previously worked for Fosun Property Holdings on North American real estate acquisitions, focusing on office and multi-family properties in the top U.S. markets and asset management platforms. THE JC ANNUAL DINNER Monday, June 12, 2017 Museum of Jewish Heritage

6 The Jewish Center cordially invites you to its TÇÇâtÄ ZtÄt W ÇÇxÜ Barbara & Guy Reiss Guests of Honor Deena Blanchard & Akiva Novetsky Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung Memorial Award Ben Cooper Community Service Award Monday evening, June 12, 2017 Museum of Jewish Heritage Complimentary Museum Viewing 5:00-6:30PM Black Tie Optional Dinner: 6:30PM Couvert: $500 per person Program: 8:15PM Honorary Dinner Chairs Rabbi Robert & Virginia Bayer Hirt Lori Zeltser & Len Berman Dina & David Weinstein Cindy & Jay Worenklein Dinner Committee Shayna Cooper Hindy Dym Mindy & Ami Horowitz Judith Kaplan Dana & Neil Leibowitz Miriam Lipsky & Joshua Schainker Sarah & Drew Newton Amanda Nussbaum & Daniel Laifer Avi Schwartz Jennifer & Mark Smith Rachel Wolf & Andrew Borodach Tali Yarmush