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Parashat Behar-Bechukotai

Erev Shabbat, May 8

Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm

Light Candles 7:41 pm

Shabbat May 9

Morning Service 9:30 am

Havdalah 8:46 pm

Kiddush sponsorship is a meaningful way to honor a Yahrzeit or commemorate a Simcha. Please contact the PJC office.

IN THIS ISSUE

>Coming Events

> Come to the Bonfire!

> Book Club 'Reach for the Sky'

> PJC Annual Gala

>This Month in Jewish History

>Yahrzeits

>Odds and Ends

COMING EVENTS

May 5 Learning Center celebrates Lag BaOmer. See below.
May 9 PJC Women's Group, meets after Kiddush.
May 11 City of New Rochelle Jewish-American Heritage celebration @ City Hall. 5:30 pm -7:00 pm
May 14 Learning Center students End-of-Year Assembly.
May 21 Teach for Tikkun. See below.
June 7 SAVE THE DATE, PJC Annual Gala.

Join our Lag BaOmer Bonfire!

Join our LC students on May 5 for a bonfire marking Lag BaOmer ל״ג בעומר It's the 33rd day of the Omer count (falling on 18 Iyar), a joyous Jewish holiday that breaks a 49-day, semi-mourning period between Passover and Shavuot. But it's also "bonfire night." Expect Marshmallows!

'Reach for the Sky' with the PJC Book Club

The PJC Book Club reads Matti Friedman's enthralling book, "Out of the Sky" about one of WW2's strangest episodes. In 1944, a team of young women and men who had escaped the Holocaust parachuted back into Nazi-occupied Europe under the cover of a British military operation.

The May Book Group discussion is scheduled May 18 at 8:00 pm.

To register and receive the Zoom link, please contact Barbara.

Have You Reserved Your Gala Seats?

There's still time to reserve seats at this year's Gala Brunch on Sunday June 7.

Time: 10:30 am

Honorees: Sari & Jeremy Schulman

Emily Pauley

The Gala is the PJC'S principal fundraising event of the year---and also a not-to-be-missed celebration. Come join your friends & neighbors! And invest in the future of the PJC. Register here

This Month in Jewish History

On Friday May 14, 1948 the British Mandate over Palestine expired, and the Jewish People’s Council headed by David Ben Gurion (Left) declared the establishment of the State of Israel "based on our historical and natural right." The declaration itself took several drafts and some fierce arguments until the final 664-word version prepared by a Tel Aviv lawyer, Mordechai Beham, and an American rabbi named Harry Solomon Davidovitz was ready.

But there was one more change: when Ben-Gurion’s wife Paula overheard him practicing the declaration guaranteeing equality irrespective of religion or race, she added, “And sex. ” The text was altered accordingly. The new state was recognized that night by the U.S. and three days later by the USSR. Four hours after the independence ceremony, Egypt bombed Tel Aviv.

Yahrzeits

Sunday, May 3

Jerry Lanoil, Husband of Ginny Herron-Lanoil; Father of

Kimberly Pauley, Jessica Lanoil and Evan Lanoil

Emanuel Kahn, Uncle of Robert Kahn

Monday, May 4

Rhoda Levine, Mother of Mark Levine

Max Goldberg, Grandfather of Eleanor Dreyfus

Thursday, May 7

Isidore Zipser, Father of Eleanor Einzig

Friday, May 8

Irwin Staple, Husband of Gloria Staple

Terri Penrose, Sister-in-Law of Diane Cohen

Monday, May 11

Jacob Salzman, Uncle of Sybil Rosenberg

Tuesday, May 12

Joseph C Dreyfus Jr., Father-In-Law of Eleanor Dreyfus

Michael Hersh, Father of Amy Hersh

Wednesday, May 13

Bernard Goldenberg, Grandfather of Barry Goldenberg

Ronald Lenney, Husband of Leah Lenney

Friday, May 15

Morris Trachten, Father of Gary Trachten

Charlotte Kahn, Mother of Robert Kahn

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 (March) issue here.

If you missed getting a copy of the Rabbinical Assembly "Passover Guide" please contact Laura at the PJC office for a copy.

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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