Weekly Announcements

'25-'26 LC Calendar

Parashat: Vayishlach

Erev Shabbat, December 5

Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm

Light Candles 4:10 pm

Shabbat, December 6

Morning Service 9:30 am

Havdalah 5:12 pm

This week’s Kiddush is sponsored by Maurice and Michael Owen-Michaane in celebration of Caleb's Bar Mitzvah.

Mazel Tov Caleb!! מזל טוב

Kiddush sponsorships are a wonderful way to honor a Yahrzeit or commemorate a Simcha. Please contact Kathy in the office for more information.

IN THIS ISSUE

>Coming Events

>Poet Harriet Shenkman at PJC

>The PJC Hanukkah Party

>This Month in Jewish History

>Yahrzeits

>Odds and Ends

COMING EVENTS

December 2 PJC Jewish Writers Series Poet Harriet Shenkman speaks at 7:00 pm.
December 9 Weekly ADULT EDUCATION class resumes with Rabbi Resnick, "Joseph and His Brothers." Time: 7:30 pm.
December 14 Jewish Writers Series (continued) Author Iddo Geffen speaks at 7:00 pm.

December 18 Hanukkah Party. See below!

DON'T THROW OUT THAT OLD COAT!

The PJC is participating in the 2025 Winter Coat Drive for Westchester and New York City. Coats of any size from infants to adults are welcome. Drop them off in the PJC collection box in the hallway near the kitchen.

Meet Poet Harriet Shenkman

Harriet Shenkman, the latest writer in our Fall Jewish Writers Series, is the Poet-in-Residence at Broadview Senior Living and the JCC of Mid-Westchester. Her poetry awards include the Women’s National Book Association Annual Contest and the Women Who Write International Poetry Contest.

Her newest collection, Re-Coupling, is available for purchase at the PJC. Her previous poetry collection, Wonder Wheel, was published in 2023.

Raised in Brooklyn, New York, she is a first-generation American.

She will speak at the PJC Tuesday, December 2, at 7:00 pm.

Celebrate Hanukkah at the PJC!

Come to the PJC's Hanukkah party on Thursday, December 18, the fifth night of Hanukkah!

Starting at 4:00 pm

You will find:

A Dreidel Spinning Competition
Latkes and Suganiyot
Suncatcher Craft with Paints & other craft activities
Student-led "Jewpardy" Trivia

AND MUCH MORE!!!!

Family candlelighting at 5:00 pm

(Adults welcome too!!!)

This Month in Jewish History

On December 6, 1987, 250,000 American Jews and non-Jews gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.in a rally to free Soviet Jewry. The event, called, Freedom Sunday, was the largest rally of American Jews to ever take place in the nation’s capital. Coretta Scott King compared it to the Civil Rights March on Washington in 1963.

Yahrzeits

Sunday, November 30

Samuel Hochberg, Father of Mark Hochberg

Pearl Martin, Mother of Steven Martin

Tuesday, December 2

Celia Castiel, Mother of Dr. Mercedes Castiel

Wednesday, December 3

Henry Herman, Grandfather of Darren Lee

Aaron Rossman, Son of Robert Rossman, Brother of Naomi Rossman and Talia Rossman

Friday, December 5

Christopher Penrose, Brother of Diane Cohen

Sunday, December 7

Mort Epstein, Grandfather of Brenna Calles

Charles Saunders, Father of Barbara Saunders-Adams

Tuesday, December 9

Guy Payne, Brother-in-law of Ginny Herron-Lanoil

Goldie Smith, Mother-In-Law of Doris-Patt Smith

Wednesday, December 10

Malke Steinberg, Grandmother of Florence Grossman

Thursday, December 11

Irving Geller, Father of Edward Geller

Friday, December 12

Dina Ehrenreich, Mother of Zachary Ehrenreich

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

Odds and Ends

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 monthly 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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