18-25 Saddle River Road    Fair Lawn, New Jersey 07410     201-797-0502

www.ahavatachim.org

Uri Goldstein, Rabbi

Arnie Spier, President

 

	Shabbat Kedoshim					May 3, 2008
		Friday 5/2	Shabbat 5/3		Friday 5/9
Shacharit		6:25 AM	8:45 AM		6:25 AM
Shiur			6:30 PM
Mincha		7:00 PM	7:30 PM		7:00 PM
Candles		7:37 PM			7:43 PM
Ma’Ariv/Havdalah			8:41 PM

 

Please Do Not Speak During The Davening

 

Please be respectful. Do not enter or leave

the shul sanctuary during the d’var torah.

 

Things To Know This Shabbat

 

v      Mazel Tov to Richard and Eita Latkin on the birth of twin grandchildren (one boy and one girl) and to the proud parents Jed and Amy.

 

v      Refuah Shelemah to Mitch Kempin who had surgery this week.

 

v      The entire congregation is invited to attend the Dedication of the Bodoff Jewish Fiction Collection at the Frisch School Library on Sunday May 4^th at 3pm.  Rabbi Goldstein will be the guest speaker, and refreshments will be served.  Adults, as well as High School and College age students are invited.  Please RSVP to the Bodoff’s.

 

v      Sunday afternoon we celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut and Israel's 60th birthday with our annual BBQ.  There will be a guest speaker at 5 PM followed by our BBQ, rain or shine.  If you have not made a reservation please see Andy Solomon if he can still squeeze you in.  Thanks to Andy and Michelle for coordinating.  Help is needed Sunday morning and afternoon to set up and cook, please volunteer.

 

v      Sisterhood Book Club will meet this Shabbat afternoon at 4 PM at the Winchester home.  Further details are on page 4.

 

v      Join the entire community Wednesday May 7^th, as Ahavat Achim co-sponsors a community wide Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration at the Fair Lawn Recreation Center.  Further details are on page 4.

 

v      This year marks the 5^th anniversary of the yahrzeit of Cheryl Wigod.  On the Shabbat of July 18th – 19th.  Andrew Wigod will dedicate the Cheryl Wigod a”h Scholar in Residence weekend when we will once again welcome Rav Binny Friedman.  Please watch for further details to follow.

 

v      Do you enjoy reading this weekly bulletin?  Please volunteer 30 minutes a week to be our new editor.  Please see Arnie.

 

v      We have a family looking to move here with 3 children ages 1, 5 and 9.  They are seeking to purchase preferably a Colonial with 4 or 5 bedrooms.  If you know of a house on or going on the market please see Arnie.  The family wishes to spend Shabbat of May 16^th - 17^th with us, if you could house or host the family for a meal please see Jonathan Schachter.

 

v      Please keep Yosef Goldgur’s safety in the Israeli army in mind when you light your Shabbat candles.

 

v      Please daven for the soldiers: Gilad (ben Aviva) Shalit, Ehud (ben Malka) Goldwasser and Eldad (ben Tova) Regev.

 

v      The shul has Siddurim & Machzorim ($36) and Chumashim ($54) available to be donated.  Please contact Eli Greenbaum for details

 

v      If you know anyone who could use a visit or assistance from the Bikkur Cholim/Chesed Committee, please contact the Rabbi or Heidi Oster.

 

Kiddush/Seuda Shlishit

 

v      Please remember that no food or drinks are permitted in the classrooms, Beit Midrash or youth lounge.

 

v      An anonymous sponsor has stepped forward and has offered to sponsor one Kiddush a month provided the other 3 Kiddushim in the month are sponsored.  Please don’t let us lose this generous opportunity. Thank you to our anonymous sponsor.

 

v      If you would like to sponsor a Kiddush, contact Gail Plotnick. If you would like to sponsor a Seuda Shlishit, please speak to David Garfunkel.

 

v      Kiddush setup this week are the following families: Kor, Kwestel and Lang

 

v      Next week’s Kiddush setup are the following families: Latkin, K. Levine and Lewis

 

v      Kiddush cleanup for the month of May are the following families: Brenenson, Brown, Buchman, Chass, Delle Chaiaie, Dubin, Dworkis, Eis, Farbstein, Feigenbaum, Fineman and Freund.

 

Weekday Davening Schedule

PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND MINYANIM.

 

	Monday Rosh Chodesh	Tuesday Rosh Chodesh	Wednesday	Thursday
Shacharit	6:00 am	6:00 am	6:25 am	6:15 am
Mincha/Ma’ariv	7:40 pm	7:40 pm	7:40 pm	7:40 pm

 

Adult Education at Ahavat Achim

PIRKEI AVOT Join Rabbi Goldstein on Monday mornings at 9:15 am for a class on Pirkei Avot.

 

GEMARAH SHIUR Join Rabbi Goldstein every Shabbat afternoon approximately one hour before Mincha.

 

PARSHA CLASS A weekly Parsha class with the Rabbi takes place every Tuesday evening at 8:30 pm.

 

CHUMASH CLASS Jerry Halpern gives a shiur every Shabbat morning from 8:00 – 8:45 am.  Men and women are invited to attend. We are studying Toldos.

 

HISTORY CLUB History Club will meet on Sunday June 1 at 8pm at the Kustanowitz home.  We will see a film on the Shanghai Ghetto and discuss Farewell Shanghai by Angel Wagenstein, a novel about the experience. There are a few interesting memoirs about the period - the most fact-filled is by Ernst Heppner, the most entertaining is by Ursula Bacon.  Many alumni of that experience went on to significant success in the US.

 

A Glimpse Into Our Future

Shabbat, May 3             Sisterhood Book Club Meeting, 3pm at the Winchester home

Sunday May 4               Yom Ha'atzmaut BBQ at the Shul at 5 PM.

Wednesday, May 7        Fair Lawn Families Celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut 6:00 pm at the Fair Lawn Recreation Center

Monday, May 12            Shul Board Meeting at the Shul, following Ma’Ariv

Sunday, June 1              Salute to Israel Parade

Monday, June 2             Shul Board meeting at the Shul, following Maariv

Monday, June 16           Sisterhood Annual Spring Dinner, honoring Gail Plotnick. Details to follow

Monday, June 23           Shul General Membership Meeting, following Maariv

July 18th – 19th             Cheryl Wigod a”h Scholar in Residence weekend with Rav Binny Friedman.

 

Gita Cooperwasser Youth Program

The Gita Cooperwasser Youth Program appreciates your ideas and suggestions.  The committee is focuses on creating a meaningful Shabbos in the Shul for our kids.  Please contact someone on the committee: Ilana Schwitzer at ilanatree@aol.com, Renee Freund, Eli Greenbaum, Sara Bernstein, Arnie Spier and/or the Rabbi. 

PRE-K MINYAN Julie Goldstein leads our Junior Congregation for those children in pre-K through 2^nd grade.  Younger children are welcome when accompanied by a parent.

JUNIOR CONGREGATION The Junior Congregation for boys in grades 3-6 takes place in the Beit Midrash at 10:15am led by this week’s group leaders, while the girls meet in the classroom.

 

Tzeitchem L’Shalom/Boachem B’Shalom

Please email rjsafier@optonline.net the name(s) of those members either going to, or returning from, Israel so they can be included in the weekly bulletin.

 

Tehillim List

Please say Tehillim for the following people: Ariel Ben Vera (Ariel Sharon), Menachem Manis ben Sarah Raizel, Yehudah Shlomo ben Yehudis Shosha, Taibi Yehudit bat Tama Gossya and Frumit Bat Yakira.

 

If you would like to add/delete a name from this list, please contact rjsafier@optonline.net

 

Sisterhood and Men’s Club

BOOK CLUB The next book club meeting will take place on May 3 at 4:00 PM at the home of Shelley Winchester 19-18 Angelo Terrace. Shelley will be reviewing the book The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman. From Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. "Ackerman (A Natural History of the Senses) tells the remarkable WWII story of Jan Zabinski, the director of the Warsaw Zoo, and his wife, Antonina, who, with courage and coolheaded ingenuity, sheltered 300 Jews as well as Polish resisters in their villa and in animal cages and sheds. Using Antonina's diaries, other contemporary sources and her own research in Poland, Ackerman takes us into the Warsaw ghetto and the 1943 Jewish uprising and also describes the Poles' revolt against the Nazi occupiers in 1944. She introduces us to such varied figures as Lutz Heck, the duplicitous head of the Berlin zoo; Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, spiritual head of the ghetto; and the leaders of Zegota, the Polish organization that rescued Jews. Ackerman reveals other rescuers, like Dr. Mada Walter, who helped many Jews pass, giving lessons on how to appear Aryan and not attract notice.  This suspenseful beautifully crafted story deserves a wide readership." All are welcome!! For further information contact DonnaJGree@aol.com

 

SPRING DINNER Save the Date! The sisterhood annual Spring Dinner honoring Gail Plotnick will take place on Monday, June 16^th. 

 

Please contact Steve Winchester at swinchman@aol.com to join the Men’s Club.  To join Sisterhood, please contact Gail Plotnick or Andrea Riskin at ajriskin@aol.com.

 

Ahavat Achim Misc.

FAIR LAWN FAMILIES CELEBRATE YOM HA’ATZMAUT Co-Sponsored by Congregation Shomrei Torah, Ahavat Achim, Fair Lawn Jewish Community Council, Congregation Darchei Noam, Young Israel of Fair Lawn, and UJA Federation of Northern NJ.  Wednesday, May 7 at the Fair Lawn Recreation Center  - 10-10 20^th Street.  The schedule is as follows: 6:00 pm – View and discuss a short film about a modern day hero – Roi Klein; 7:00 pm – Mincha; 8:00 pm – Dinner and celebration – live band and dancing! Cost for dinner: (in advance) $4 per child, $18 per adult, $75 per family; (at door) $6 per child, $20 per adult.  For more information contact: Pinchas Shatz at pinchasschatz@ahoo.com or Ethan Katz at ethankatz@njncsy.com.  Send reservations to: Israel is 60 – 23 Chittenden Road, Fair Lawn NJ and make checks payable to NCSY.  For individual sponsorship opportunities contact drora@arussy.com.

 

RABBI GOLDSTEIN’S OFFICE HOURS Although Rabbi Goldstein is always available to the membership; he will be maintaining office hours in the shul every Wednesday evening from after maariv to approximately 10:00 pm. Those wishing to make an appointment to speak to him during this time may contact him in advance either via e-mail rabbi@ahavatachim.org or by phone 201-794-3927.  Please note that the Rabbi's e-mails are forwarded to his home PC and to his blackberry.

 

BECOME A MEMBER OF AHAVAT ACHIM If you are not yet a member of Congregation Ahavat Achim; please speak with Eli Greenbaum (796-7081) or email eligreenbaum@yahoo.com for details on membership.

 

NOTICE TO THOSE RECEIVING ALIYOT At the conclusion of your Aliyah, you are asked whether you would like to make an optional Mishebayrach for your family.  As part of that additional Mishebayrach, you pledge to give Tzedakah in any amount of your choosing in behalf of those for whom you have asked Hashem's blessing.  Contributions to the shul can be made on-line via Paypal to treasurer@ahavatachim.org, or via MasterCard, Visa or check by sending the information to Aryeh Brenenson and indicating on the note or check "Aliyah Donation."  Thank you for your generosity and continued support of Ahavat Achim.

 

BAR/BAT MITZVAH The Fair Lawn Jewish Community Council gives a book as a present to all Bat and Bar Mitzvah children in each Shul.  If your child is going to be a Bar or Bat Mitzvah (or if they were recently a Bar or Bat Mitzvah), please contact Shirley Vann to receive the book. 

 

BOOK THE DAVID SCHWITZER SOCIAL HALL FOR A SHUL OR PERSONAL EVENT All bookings must be cleared through our calendar person, Steve Winchester. Please contact him at 796-1766 or swinchman@aol.com.

 

Easy Ways To Support Your Shul

SCRIP is available from Sisterhood for Food Showcase.  To purchase, please speak with Shelly Winchester at 796-1766.  Scrip is also available from the Men’s Club for Pathmark and Shop Rite.  To purchase, please speak with David Garfunkel at 791-1205.  You can pay for Scrip via Paypal to Treasurer@ahavatachim.org or MasterCard or Visa, by giving that information to Aryeh Brenenson. 

 

YAHRZEIT PLAQUES Memorialize a loved one and receive written notice of your upcoming yahrzeit every year. In addition, your loved one’s name will be mentioned during the public yizkor we recite on Yom Kippur.  Plaques are $250 for members and $350 for non-members.  Please note that as of July 1, 2008 the price will increase to $300 for members and $350 for non-members. For more information, contact Sophie Infield at 791-5518.

 

MITZVAH CARDS

Contact Eita Latkin at 791-8940 or via email at parentsof3@aol.com.   Mitzvah cards sent through Eita cost $3 and those sent to shul members will be acknowledged in the shul bulletin.   Mitzvah cards can also be ordered in bulk.  Ten cards will be sent to your home for $25.  These cards (which you send out yourself) cannot be acknowledged in the bulletin.

 

And We Remember…  During Nissan

 

Name	Hebrew Date	Shul Member	Relationship
Herbert Sturm	2	Robyn Safier	Father
Joseph Bickel	2	Jack Bickel	Father
Limor Adler	4	Ayala & Gideon Adler	Daughter
Rachel (Risha) Adler	6	Gideon Adler	Mother
Estelle Smedresman	9	Steve Smedresman	Mother
Daniel Mittelpunkt	13	Eita Latkin	Cousin
William Horwitz	14	Hanna Lewinson	Father
Yetta Mittelpunkt	14	Eita Latkin	Grandmother
Aaron Moskovitz	25	Charlotte Moskovitz	Husband
Leah Schwartz	29	Naomi Levine	Mother
Leah Schwartz	29	Kenny Levine	Grandmother
Adolph Stanger	30