SHABBAT BESHALLACH

Tu B'Shvat Seder at Kiddush

Saturday, January 31, 2025

in the vestry.

PLEASE RSVP (Just respond to this email

or call Sally at 570-824-8927)

Join us in celebrating

Tu B'shvat

the Jewish New Year for the Trees

Shabbat, January 31 in our Vestry

with a Tu B'shvat Seder

as part of a special Kiddush following services

Services will be shortened to accommodate the brief Seder featuring special fruits and nuts to celebrate.

Everyone is welcome including children!

Please RSVP NOW by responding to this email

or call Sally at 570-824-8927

Fulfill the mitzvot of Purim!

Send Shelach Manot to your friends and family.

Proceeds benefit our Midrasha Hebrew School

 2026 Shelach Manot Purim Bag Fundraiser

You should have received an email from Temple Israel on January 23rd to place your order. If you did not receive an email, please be sure to check your SPAM or JUNK folder or contact Sally at the office.

Orders will be accepted until Friday, Feb 13, 2026 

Unfortunately, No extensions will be granted, so order soon!

Delivery will be made to the following areas:

• Wilkes-Barre, Plains, Kingston, Luzerne, Edwardsville, Forty-Fort, Shavertown, Trucksville, Laflin, Swoyersville, W. Pittston, Pittston, Nanticoke, Hanover & Dallas  

Recipients outside of the delivery area will receive a notice of your good wishes!

Each participating household will receive 1 bag along with a list of those sending good wishes.

How it works:

For $3.00 per recipient, you can send a Shelach Manot bag to anyone on the list. There is a minimum order of $18 so you will choose 6 names @ $3/each who will receive a Purim Bag from you.

You have the opportunity to reciprocate. 

Anyone sending you a Purim bag whom you did not originally choose on your list of recipients will be added as an addition to your original order. You will receive a second charge on your credit card of $3.00 per applicable reciprocal order after the deadline.  

Thank you for supporting Midrasha and participating in the mitzvah of Purim!! Chag Semeach!

Paper copies are available for pick up at the front desk of the JCC, or we can email a paper copy. Any further questions please reach out:

570-824-8927 or sallytemplewb@gmail.com

Israel Trip November 1-11, 2026

Join us in the Holy Land in 5787!

(Definitely won't be snowing!)

Note Change of Date

Due to Israeli hotels being booked through October,

we've moved the dates by one week

Sunday, November 1st thru

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Cost will probably be the same as the

new Jewish year

we'll be traveling in:

$5787 for double occupancy

We can help pair you with a roommate!

Single Supplement cost: TBD

Includes bus to and from Newark,

EL AL Airfare, 8 nights in Premier Hotels,

Breakfast and Dinner every day,

8 days of touring all over Israel

Almost EVERYTHING except souvenirs!

TENTATIVE ITINERARY SUBJECT TO CHANGE

• Sun, Nov 1 Bus from Kingston to El AL Flight from Newark
• Mon, Nov 2 Arrive TEL AVIV. Hour drive north to Mediterranean resort in Hadera
• Tue, Nov 3 Visit ancient Caesarea, Mystical Tzfat (Safed), Tiberius
• Wed, Nov 4 Golan Heights: Syrian border, Boat ride on the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) DeKarina Chocolate factory, dinner on the Sea, down the Jordan Valley to Jerusalem
• Thu, Nov 5 Jerusalem Jaffa Gate, Old City Roof Tops, Cardo, Western Wall Tunnels, Kotel, Southern Steps (pictured above), Newly unearthed steps down to the Pool of Siloam
• Fri, Nov 6 Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, Israel Museum, Mt. Hertzl IDF cemetery, Machaneh Yehudah open air market, Shabbat Dinner
• Shabbat, Nov. 7 Services (optional) Great Synagogue, Tour of Christian section of Old City and Via Delarosa (optional)
• Sun, Nov 8 Masada, Dead Sea mud bath and Swim (float) 
• Mon, Nov 9 Tree Planting, Elah Valley, Gaza Memorial, Beit Guvrin dig.
• Tue, Nov 10 Machal Monument, 1948 Underground Bullet Factory, Jaffa. Final Dinner, FLY BACK 1 AM
• Wed, Nov 11 Return Back in the U.S. Bus back to Kingston
• 
  

Something you want to see or do that's not on the itinerary? Let us know!

Please let us know as soon as possible

of your interest even if undecided

so we can tentatively reserve flights and hotels.

Respond to this email

or contact Sally at the office: (570)-824-8927

Space is limited so sign up ASAP

(not as an official reservation, just a show of interest)

Look for more details coming soon

~Limited scholarships may be available~

Starting again in March!

Torah Study

with

Rabbi Larry Kaplan

and Dr. Jeff Lubin

We are on hiatus during February and will return Wednesday, March 4th!

Wednesdays

at 2:00 pm at the JCC

Donation

Acknowledgement Lists

NOVEMBER 2025 DECEMBER 2025

JANUARY 2026

This week's Yahrzeits

(Light candle the evening before)

Friday, January 30, 2026---12 Shevat 5786

Sidney J. Berk, Doris Brown, Louis Eisenberg, Fanya Libman

Herman Linshes, Jack Mandell, Samuel Popky

Saturday, January 31, 2026----13 Shevat 5786

Joseph M Cohen, Isadore Ginsberg, Joseph Hacker

Alex Kranson, Max Tischler

Sunday, February 1, 2026----14 Shevat 5786

Arthur Abelson, Zoltan Engel, Elaine Herman, Maurice Herman

Minnie Lang, Nina Schwartz, Jeanette Serling

Frank Wolfe, Celia Zachar, Dr. Sidney Zinman

Monday, February 2 , 2026---- 15 Shevat 5786

Sharon Caminnici, Davida Fortinsky, Dan Gross, Jacob Hurwitz, Joanne Kluger, Julius Polinger, Carrie Solin, Ernest Weisberger

Tuesday, February 3, 2026----16 Shevat 5786

Abe Bravman, Sonya Elkin, Esther Falkowitz, Harriet Gray

Harold Hymen, Paul Kafrissen, Eleanor Popky

Wednesday, February 4, 2026----17 Shevat 5786

Rosalind Chafetz, Samuel Cohen, Sara Cutler, Belle Eisen

Rose Grossman, Doris Keiser, Philip Klein, Hannah L Kline

Esther Robzen

Thursday, February 5, 2026----18 Shevat 5786

Fred Berman, William Rabinowitz, Sarah Shaffer

Friday, February 6, 2026---19 Shevat 5786

Judy Bachman, Edward Berk, Jacob Coplan, Abe Feltz

Ida Frank, Selma Mitrani, Paul Rappaport, Agnes Scholnick

Beverly Sims, Harold D. Sugarman

~May their memory be for a blessing~