Weekly Announcements

'25-'26 LC Calendar

Parashat: Miketz

Erev Shabbat, December 19

Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm

Light Candles 4:11 pm

Shabbat, December 20

Morning Service 9:30 am

Havdalah 5:16 pm

This week’s Kiddush is sponsored by Bob Kahn and Andrea DeRose Kahn in honor of Bob’s Bar Mitzvah.

Mazal Tov, Bob! מַזָּל טוֹב

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

>Winter Coat Reminder

>The PJC Hanukkah Party

>Shrek CASTING call

>This Month in Jewish History

>Yahrzeits

>Odds and Ends

COMING EVENTS

December 14 NOTE: previously scheduled talk with author Iddo Geffen in the Jewish Writers Series has been cancelled until further notice.

December 18 Hanukkah Party at the PJC 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. See below! Parents invited at 5:00 pm.

December 19 The Learning Center closes for vacation. Classes resume January 6.

December 22 PJC Book Group will discuss "My Michael" by Amoz Oz.

December 25 and January 1 PJC office closed.

HAPPY HANUKKAH !!

Chag Urim Sameach!!

חג אורים שמח

"Happy Festival of Lights"

(& join us at the PJC Party Dec. 18 See Below)

HDONATE 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.

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 at 5:00 pm!!)

LOST ANYTHING?

We have jackets, water bottles, umbrellas, and more in back hall closet.

Casting Call

Sunday rehearsals begin January 4

1:30 PMs

Show opens Sunday, March 15

*Most roles do not rehearse every week*

Contact Sari Schulman

act4sari@gmail.com

or just show up at our first rehearsal!

This Month in Jewish History

In the month of Kislev (December 164 B.C.E.) Judah Maccabee and his fighters celebrated the Jewish victory over the Seleucid Empire, the regaining of religious freedoms, and the rise of a new independent state in Judea—the Hasmonean kingdom—with a rededication of the Temple.

According to tradition, the lamps in the Temple burned for eight days with just one day's worth of oil. We celebrate the "miracle" in the Festival of Hanukkah. Picture Credit: Magnes Collection of Jewish Art, UC Berkeley.

Yahrzeits

Sunday, December 14

Irene Silver, Mother of Patricia Levinson

Elias Knee, Grandfather of Danielle Gretz

Monday, December 15

Joseph Glanzberg, Grandfather of Maurice Owen-Michaane

Abraham S. Haft, Father of Dr. David Haft

Tuesday, December 16

Barbara Bresnick, Mother of Anne Bresnick

Wednesday, December 17

Mark Brilliant, Father of Maria Lief

Friday, December 19

Oscar Brimmer, Father of Melanie Samuels

Sunday, December 21

Elvia Rojas, Mother of Patricia Cabin

Grigory Dynov, Father of Irina Dynov

Monday, December 22

Esther Backer, Mother of Jon Backer

Tuesday, December 23

Jonathan Metsky, Brother-In-Law of Suzanne Wies

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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