Weekly Announcements

'24-'25 LC Calendar

Shabbat: Parashat Vaetchanan

Erev Shabbat, Aug. 8

Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm

Light Candles 7:48 pm

Shabbat, Aug. 9

Morning Service 9:30 am

Havdalah 8:46 pm

Kiddush sponsorship slots are still available for August! It's a wonderful way to honor a Yahrzeit or commemorate a Simcha. Please contact Kathy in the office for more information.

Family Friday BOOK NOW

The first Family Friday Dinner of 5786 will be on September 5, 2025.Tot Shabbat will start at 4:45 pm. Candle lighting and Tot Oneg will begin at 5:30 pm.

Dinner will be served immediately following services, at approximately 7:00 pm. Shabbat services begin at 6:00 pm. Please RSVP by Monday, September 1 to ensure there is enough food!

While tickets are complimentary, registration is required. Please reach out to Emily Pauley or phone her at (704) 915-1841 with any questions. Also consider sponsoring a Family Friday dinner to offset the cost.

It Takes a Village!

If you’re not travelling, why not join us for Shabbat services at the PJC and help us make a minyan? Your participation ensures that we can continue to hold meaningful services together during the summer months when many people are away.

Questions? Please contact the PJC office (attention Jeremy Schulman).

Welcome to New Members

Please join us in welcoming our newest PJC family!

Eva Dietz and David Berry live in Pelham and have two children in the Learning Center: Alice in Bet and James in Gimmel. This is their second year in the Learning Center.

Yahrzeits

Monday Aug 4

Frank Cepler, Grandfather of Mitchell Cepler

Tuesday Aug 5

Phyllis Handelman, Mother of Stephen Handelman

Jane G Cecil, Mother of Alec Cecil

Wednesday, Aug 6

Leonardo Folberg, Father of Ana Turkienicz

Thursday Aug 7

Lena Goldberg, Grandmother of Eleanor Dreyfus

Friday Aug 8

Sam Merkin, Father of Meryl Glass-Druckerman

Craig Braginsky, Brother of Claudia Lee

Saturday, August 9

Shirley Trachten, Mother of Gary Trachten

Donald Kushnick, Father of Daniel Kushnick

Sunday, August 10

Paul Schoomer, Father of Elanor Schoomer

Tuesday, August 12

Steven Kumble, Brother of Susan Perrotti

Friday, August 15

Judy Stevenson, Grandmother of Emily Pauley

Ellen Samuels, Mother of David Samuels

Hy Cohen, Father of Jason Cohen

Yahrzeit candles should be lit the evening before the date specified.

This Month in Jewish History

On Aug 29, 1897, the First Zionist Congress convened in Basel, Switzerland. The three-day conference, attended by 208 delegates from 17 countries, declared its goal of establishing “a home in Palestine for the Jewish people, under public law.”

Odds and Ends

Please consider being a Kiddush sponsor. Dates in August are still available. Please contact the office for more information.

The PJC’s weekly newsletter and mid-week update are now under new management! Please write Steve Handelman at PJC communications with questions, suggestions etc.

Have an upcoming simcha you would like acknowledged in our PJC community? Please reach out to Barbara Saunders-Adams so she can share via the HaKol.

Have you attended or participated in a virtual PJC event you would like to write about for HaKol? Again, please let Barbara know!

PJC Library News

The Library is open.

New books can be found on the mantle. To check out a book, write your name and the date on the card in the back of the book and leave the card in the office upstairs.

Return all borrowed books to the blue bin on the window ledge in the library. Please don't shelve returned books!

Treasurer's Message

Billing statements are emailed monthly.

Credit card instructions are on your billing statement and on ShulCloud. Checks made out to the Pelham Jewish Center can be mailed to P.O. Box 418, Montvale, NJ 07645.

It is the policy of the Pelham Jewish Center to make every effort to assist members experiencing financial challenges. Financial challenges should never be a barrier to being an active member of the PJC community. You can reach out to Preside nt Lisa Neubardt, Treasurer Mitchell Cepler or Rabbi Benjamin Resnick to speak confidentially concerning your ability to pay.

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