Upcoming Events
The Week Ahead
Friday, Nov. 14, to Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008
16 to 22 Heshvan 5768
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SERVICES
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** Shabbat Services **
Parashat Vayera (Genesis 18:1 - 22:24) For more information on
the week's Torah portion, see
www.jtsa.edu/Conservative_Judaism/JTS_Torah_Commentary.xml
www.uscj.org/Torah_Sparks__Weekly5467.html
Friday, Nov. 14
Shabbat candlelighting by 4:20 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 8:00 p.m. (Note later time.)
Saturday, Nov. 15
Shabbat Morning Service, 9:15 a.m.
Bat Mitzvah of Ashley Tekiel,
daughter of Roxanne and Leo Tekiel
Vav PACES, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Junior Congregation, 10:30 a.m.
Tot Shabbat, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Mincha-Maariv, 4:15 p.m.
** Regular Weekday Services **
Friday - 7:00 a.m.
Sunday - 9:00 a.m., 8:00 p.m.
Monday - 6:45 a.m., 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday - 7:00 a.m., 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday - 7:00 a.m., 8:00 p.m.
Thursday - 6:45 a.m., 8:00 p,m.
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EVENTS
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USY Fall Kinnus
Friday to Sunday, Nov. 14 to 16
High school students from Suffolk County and eastern Nassau
will join at the DHJC for a weekend of learning, song, and
fun. For information or to provide home hospitality, please
contact Youth Director Jason Goldberg (JG99@optonline.net)
or one of our Youth Group Co-Chairs -- Barbara Burstein
(BashBurs@aol.com) and Shari Slepian,
(SSlepian@optonline.net).
Cookbook Pickup
Sunday, Nov. 16, 9:30 to 11:00 a.m., outer lobby
Our DHJC cookbooks -- "40 Years of Essing and Fressing" --
are now available. Over 200 books were picked up on Nov. 9;
we appreiciate your support. Pre-sold cookbooks will again
be distributed on Nov. 16 and additional books will be
available for purchase ($18 each). Come see us when you drop
off your rummage or contact Wendy (wendisme@aol.com) to make
other arrangements.
Sisterhood Rummage Sale
Sunday and Monday, Nov. 16 and 17 - Drop Off (to 8:00 p.m.)
Tuesday, Nov. 18 - Sale (9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday, Nov. 19 - Sale (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon)
Time to clean out your closets! We need clothes, handbags,
shoes, housewares, and small toys. To help at the sale,
please call Leah Serlin or Amy Schier.
Sisterhood-Hadassah Luncheon and Book Discussion
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the DHJC Sisterhood and the Commack Hills Tova
Chapter of Hadassah in honor of Jewish Book Month. Ann Heller
will discuss A. B. Yehoshua's "A Woman in Jerusalem." $18 per
person. Reservations required; "walk ins" can't be accommodated.
Please call Wendy Frank, Andrea Goldman,
or Ellen Zuckerman.
Game Night
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Bring your own game; we supply the tables. Contact
David Weiss at the shul office for a table reservation.
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LEARNING
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Monday, Nov. 17
Talmud Studies (Rabbi Buechler), 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Leviticus Seminar (Rabbi Buechler), 8:15 to 9:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 18
Hebrew Literacy (Hazzan Bear), 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Intro to Trope (Hazzan Bear), 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 19
Jewish History (Rabbi Buechler), 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Thursday, Nov. 20
Shabbat Singing and More (Hazzan Bear), 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Kabbalah -- Beyond Madonna (Rabbi Buechler), 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Advanced Davenology (Hazzan Bear), 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
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MEETINGS
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Executive Committee
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 7:00 p.m.
Education Committee
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m.
Board of Trustees
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 8:30 p.m.
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Lucky Bucks Calendar
Order your 2009 DHJC Lucky Buck$ Calendars now for December
delivery -- just in time for holiday giving. $25 gets you
(and your kids, your nail lady, and others on your gift list)
over 1800 chances to win cash prizes, every day of the year!
See the lime green flyer in your mail for details. You've got
to be in it to win it!
Toys to Jerusalem
Rabbi Buechler and Ricky Tadmor will travel to Israel in
December and will distribute specially purchased LEGO sets to
children in Jerusalem hospitals and schools. Please consider
donating $10 for each LEGO set you'd like to sponsor. Send
your check, payable to DHJC, to the synagogue office.
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COMING UP
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Men's Club Bowling Night
Monday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m.
Men's Club's regular monthly meeting will be quickly
followed by bowling at a local bowling alley. If you'd like
to attend, call the DHJC office or email Men's Club president
Steve Seener, SSeener@aol.com .
Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
Friday, Dec. 5, and Saturday, Dec. 6
Our guest scholar will be Dr. Robert Goldenberg, professor
of history at SUNY-Stony Brook and author of "The Origins
of Judaism." A Shabbat dinner will precede Friday's services.
$21 per adult, $10 per child five to 10; children under five
free. RSVP to the DHJC office by noon, Tuesday, Dec. 2.
Hanukkah Extravaganza/Holiday Boutique
Sunday, Dec. 7, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A family Hanukkah celebration and great shopping (dozens of
vendors!) at Sisterhood's Holiday Boutique. Plus the DHJC
Social Action Committee will collect gift cards and new,
unwrapped toys, games, books, CDs, and DVDs to distribute to
children and teens in M'Yad L'Yad client families.
Blood Drive
Thursday, Dec. 11, 3:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Please make the commitment to give! Call Lisa Mintz,
David Shandel, Debbie Biederman
or the DHJC office (499-6644).
Our 40th Anniversary Celebration Continues... in Florida
Sunday, Dec. 14, noon to 4:00 p.m.
Woodfield Country Club, Boca Raton
$90 per person. Mail checks (payable to DHJC) to Judy and
Allan Glaser, 7397 Sarimento Pl., Delray Beach FL 33446.
STARS - Synagogue Talent and Review Show
Sunday, Jan. 11
Volunteers are needed to help plan and prepare for our
second annual STARS talent show. Please contact the Hazzan
in the DHJC office or Robin Davidson
(songbird13291@aol.com).
Shalom Italy
June 15 to 26, 2009
Led by Rabbi Buechler. Visits to sights of general and Jewish
interest in Milan, Venice, Rome, Siena, Pisa, and Florence.
Please call the DHJC office for a color brochure.
Informational meeting: Thursday, Nov. 13, 8:15 p.m.
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NOVEMBER LIBRARY HOURS
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Sunday, Nov. 16, 9:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 17, 9:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 20, 9:00 to 1:00 p.m.
... or by appointment during business hours. (Contact the
DHJC office.)
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IN OUR COMMUNITY
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What Does God Think About Google, Yahoo, and MySpace?
Rabbi David Hoffman, scholar-in-residence at The Jewish
Theological Seminary, will discuss "What Does God Think About
Google: Yahoo, MySpace and the Shulchan Aruch" at 7:45 p.m. on
Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the East Northport Jewish Center, 328
Elwood Road. The program is the first in a three-part series of
Hereld Institute of Western Suffolk lectures sponsored by the
JTS Long Island Regional Office. Open to the community at no
charge but reservations are required. Please contact Bonnie
Epstein or Gwynne Wicks at 516-496-9525. Read more at
http://www.jtsa.edu/x10952.xml .
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Evening of Giving - Walt Whitman Mall, Sunday, Nov. 23
Get your ticket from Sisterhood ($10) to participate in an
exclusive night of shopping, discount, entertainment, and prizes.
Proceeds go to Sisterhood and the Simon Youth Foundation. For
information and tickets, contact Nicki Kroin.
nkroin@hotmail.com.
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"Adopt a family" for Hanukkah
This Hanukkah, the DHJC Social Action Committee will partner
with M'Yad L'Yad (www.myadlyad.org) to enhance the lives of the
needy in our community. Please help! Review the listing of
families on our website http://www.dhjc.org/families.pdf, which
includes ages and special requests. Then choose a family to
support. Create a package of new or gently used items and/or
gift cards. Indicate on the package the recipient number and
bring your package to our Hanukkah Extravaganza, Sunday morning,
Dec. 7,or to Third Night Out, Tuesday evening, Dec. 23.
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Social Action Clothing Collections
Please contribute your unneeded clothing to the Social Action
bins in the foyer of the DHJC lobby. We deliver these clothes
weekly to the Wyandanch Outreach Center. The Center has suffered
severe cuts in funding and is desperate for your donations to
help its clients. With the weather turning cooler, warm coats
are especially needed. Your generosity is so appreciated!
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"On the Same Page" - A L.I. Jewish Community "Read"
Join in the community-wide reading of Daniel Gordis's "Coming
Together, Coming Apart: A Memoir of Heartbreak and Promise in
Israel." Read the book, then participate in conversations on
its themes -- family life, culture, and politics in Israel
today. Discussions, presentations, workshops, and films are
planned through December at synagogues and other sites in Nassau
and Suffolk -- including a book review by Rabbi Buechler at
our Shabbat kiddush, Dec. 20. For more information about the
project, the book, and related events, see OTSP.org. Discounted
copies of "Coming Together, Coming Apart" are available for $15
from SAJES (462-8200) or from Len and Ellen Zuckerman
(len@eda-design.com).
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Please check our mailings, newsletter, and website (www.dhjc.org)
for more information on synagogue happenings. Can't find your
DHJC newsletter? You can see it on our website. (Click "Monthly
Bulletin.")
Dix Hills Jewish Center
555 Vanderbilt Parkway
Dix Hills NY 11746
631-499-6644
www.dhjc.org
For questions about your DHJC "e-list" mailings, write
elist@dhjc.org or call Renee.
Men's Club Meeting
Sisterhood Chanukahh Boutique
Sunday, December 7 - 10:00-3:00 PM
Paperback books in good condition
Early reading books K-12 and dictionaries
Social Action