Weekly Announcements

'25-'26 LC Calendar

Parashat: Toldot

Erev Shabbat, November 21

Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm

Light Candles 4:14 pm

Shabbat, November 22

Morning Service 9:30 am

Havdalah 5:16 pm

This week’s Kiddush is sponsored by Mercedes Castiel and Glyn Morgan in honor of the yahrzeit of Mercedes' parents, Judah and Celia Castiel.

May Their Memory Be a Blessing. ז״ל

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

The PJC office will be closed Tuesday November 27 for Thanksgiving.

LOST ANYTHING?

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

IN THIS ISSUE

>Coming Events

>Author Elisa Albert at PJC

>Winter Coat Drive

>Thanksgiving in a Box

>This Month in Jewish History

>Yahrzeits

>Odds and Ends

Rosh Chodesh Kislev

Rosh Chodesh Kislev רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ כִּסְלֵו for Hebrew Year 5786 begins at sundown on Thursday, 20 November 2025 and ends at nightfall on Friday, 21 November 2025.

COMING EVENTS

November 17 Book Group Zoom meeting @ 8:00 pm. Discussion of Iddo Gefen's novel, Mrs. Lilienblum's Cloud Factory. (Iddo will speak at the PJC on Chanukkah, Sunday, December 14th). For Zoom link please contact Barbara.

November 18 Weekly ADULT EDUCATION class with Rabbi Resnick, "Joseph and His Brothers." Time: 7:30 pm.

November 24 This year's Pelham Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will be held at Huguenot Church on Monday November 24, at 7:00 pm. (The PJC has also hosted in past years.)

AUTHOR ELISA ALBERT SPEAKS NOV 22

Elisa Albert, author of Human Blues, will speak at the PJC in the next installment of our Fall Speaker Series, Textline: Jewish Authors on Jewish Writing, after Kiddush on Saturday Nov. 22.

Rabbi Resnick will lead a discussion of her book, which is about infertility and fertility. Albert, a Pushcart Prize nominee, finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize and Paterson Fiction Prize, winner of the Moment Magazine debut fiction prize, and Literary Death Match champion, has served as Writer-in-Residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in Holland, and at the Hanse-Wissenschaftkolleg in Germany. You can read more about her here

Winter Coat Drive

The PJC is delighted to participate 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 collection box in the hallway near the kitchen.

2025 Thanksgiving in a Box

This Thanksgiving promises to be especially hard on many Westchester families. Pelham Jewish Center is partnering with other local houses of worship to assemble and deliver boxes of food.

EACH box will be stocked with supplies for a family of six to eight people, and should be brought to Huguenot Memorial Church (901 Pelhamdale Avenue) between November 22-25. Hours: 9:00 am-5:00 pm.

GET BOXES AT THE PJC

There are empty boxes under the hallway table at the PJC, and anyone can just take one to fill with food for bringing to the church. Please contact Kathy at the PJC office to see what can be included.

OR DONATE

Through a donation, you can allow Manor Market to fulfill your box orders. Just call 914-636-2208 and place an order. They will put a box together for you and get it to the church. Cost: $79. (Manor Market 4775-77 Boston Post Road).

PLEASE NOTIFY US

If you have donated, please call the office (914) 738-6008) so we can keep track of how many boxes are going out.

Thanks for your generosity!

P.S. volunteers to help receive and deliver boxes are welcome. If you’d like to help out, please email PelhamTIAB@gmail.com

This Month in Jewish History

On November 20, 1977 Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat delivered an historic address to the Israeli Knesset. Admitting he didn’t blame anyone who was cynical or “gripped by violent surprise” over his appearance, he declared, "I come to you….to shape a new life, to establish peace.”

It was the first time an Arab leader came to Israel. He was assassinated four years later, in 1981.

Yahrzeits

Sunday, November 16

Ludwig Ehrenreich, Father of Zachary Ehrenreich

Tuesday, November 18

Cecile Lehmann, Aunt of Peter Rothberg

Wednesday, November 19

George Agris, Father of Cheryl Agris

Sunday, November 23

Samuel Krulak, Father of Roger Krulak

Morton Weissman, Father of Michael Weissman

Monday, November 24

Sidney Mailick, Father of Dan Mailick

Aaron Klebanow, Father of Jack Klebanow

Tuesday, November 25

Emma Evan, Mother of Frederica Sigel

Benjamin Lee, Father, of Darren Lee

Maxine Fleischman, Mother 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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