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Week of March 8

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Parashat: Vayakhel-Pekudei

Erev Shabbat, March 13

Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm

Light Candles 6:41 pm

Shabbat, March 14

Morning Service 9:30 am

Havdalah 7:41 pm

This week’s Kiddush is sponsored by Janice Goldklang and Daniel Kushnick In honor of Michael and Donna Weissman, celebrating Donna’s birthday and marking the 7th anniversary of Daniel’s kidney transplant thanks to Michael’s extraordinary life-saving gift.

Mazel Tov and Yom Huledet Sameach יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת שָׂמֵחַ

Kiddush sponsorships are a wonderful way to honor a Yahrzeit or commemorate a Simcha. Please contact the PJC office

IN THIS ISSUE

>Coming Events

>Shrek: A First Look

>This Month in Jewish History

>Yahrzeits

>Odds and Ends

COMING EVENTS

March 6 Women's Group
March 10 Weekly Class with the Rabbi. Love & Death 7:30 pm
March 15 Save the date for the PJC's premiere of "Shrek."
March 30 Book Group, 8:00 pm via Zoom. Discussion of "Anatomy of Exile"

If you weren't able to make it to the special Times Square session of "People Jew Wanna Know" last month, when Rabbi Resnick joined other area Rabbis to discuss vital issues of contemporary Judaism, the podcast is now available to stream. Please click here. and scroll down the page to "2 year Anniversary Event" from Feb. 22.

Join Us at Shrek!

Fairy Tale Creatures from the PJC Players' production of

Shrek the Musical

SAVE THE DATE! March 15 at 2:00 pm

From left- Gabriel Resnick, Liz Tzetzo, David Ploski (The Three Bears), Gary Schwartz (Peter Pan), Yelena Spitzer (Wicked Witch), Vada Hawkins (Ugly Duckling), Gabrielle Schulman (Sugarplum Fairy), Gigi Glick, Abby Owen-Michaane (Little Pigs), Marshall Jaffe (Big Bad Wolf), Naomi Smyser (Mad Hatter), and Irina Dynov (White Rabbit). Not pictured Logan Spitzer (Pinnochio) and Ava Gerber (Little Pig).

Got a Hosting Idea?

Want to host a get-to-know-you gathering, or organize a themed event, for PJC families with kids? Bowling? Skating? A Ladies Night or Men's Night? We'd love to hear your suggestions---and we will be delighted to provide support.

Text Marjut (Membership) at 305-725-0374

or Larry (Events) at 914-261-0955.

This Month in Jewish History

On March 18, 1922, twelve-year old Judith Kaplan, daughter of Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, founder of Reconstrructionist Judaism, celebrated the first bat mitzvah conducted in the U.S. Judith (pictured here on the 70^th anniversary of her bat mitzvah in 1992) became a notable liturgical composer and authored the first American Jewish songbook for children. Judith Kaplan Eisenstein died in 1996. (Photo Courtesy of the Eisenstein Reconstructionist Archives)

Yahrzeits

Sunday, March 8

Birdie Forer, Grandmother of Jill Goldenberg

Ruth Patt Silverman, Mother of Doris-Patt Smith

Helene Kushnick, Mother of Daniel Kushnick

Monday, March 9

Ella Lenney, Mother-In-Law of Leah Lenney

Thursday, March 12

Morton Schwarz, Father of Matthew Schwarz

Friday, March 13

Samuel Cohen, Father of Larry Cohen

Saturday, March 14

Harold Levy, Father of Jerry Levy

Sunday, March 15

Aaron Perkis, Father of Daniel Perkis

Dina Kromberg, Grandmother of Meryl Glass-Druckerman

Tuesday, March 17

Isak Grushka, remembered by Lorie Grushka,

Rabbi Theodore Stampfer, Father of Morris Stampfer

Wednesday, March 18

Ines DiGioia, Mother of Andrea Rothberg

Thursday, March 19

Anne Turok, Sister of Leonard Cooper

Friday, March 20

Claire Hochberg, Mother of Mark Hochberg

Joan Koblenz, Cousin of Eleanor Dreyfus

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. You can read the latest (February) issue here.

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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