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High Holiday Appeal

The PJC is here to serve the congregation throughout the year, and it takes donations from the community to keep it going. This High Holiday season, please consider giving Tzedakah by donating to support the PJC.

To donate, please click here: High Holiday Appeal. Donations can be made by non-members as well as members, and confidentiality can be selected if desired.

Congregant's Corner is your chance to share a Simcha or other news with the PJC community! If you are interested in contributing to our monthly HaKol newsletter, please contact Barbara Saunders-Adams.

We are looking for a Kiddush sponsor for this

and upcoming Shabbatot. If interested, please reach out to Kathy at office@thepjc.org.

Absent sponsorship, light fare for

lunch will be served.

The PJC Women's Group will be meeting after Shabbat services.

PJC Book Group

The next PJC Book Group will be held Monday, October 28th at 8:00 pm with Rabbi Resnick joining to discuss his recent novel, Next Stop.

For readers of Leave the World Behind and Exit West, an astonishingly resonant novel that explores the precariousness of Jewish American life through one family after a black hole consumes the State of Israel and similar strange events occur in major cities around the world, ushering in a time of chaos as well as miracles.

here PJC Book Group is also pleased to announce that November and December meeting will also be joined by the authors. We appreciate your efforts to participate:

• Jonathan Dunsky will join us to discuss his novel, In That Sleep of Death on November 17
• Joan Leegant will discuss her book of short stories, Displaced Persons, on December 16

Family Friday Dinner

This month's Family Friday Dinner will be on November 1, 2024. Food for children will be available beginning at 5:30pm sharp as candle lighting has to happen before 5:33pm. Shabbat services begin at 6:00pm and dinner will be served immediately following services at approximately 7:00pm.

Click here to RSVP by Monday, October 28th for discounted pricing. 

• Adult: $15
• Child (Ages 3 to 12): $7
• Toddler: Free

Reach out to Emily Pauley at holidays@thepjc.org with any questions or concerns. Please consider sponsoring the Family Friday dinner to offset the cost. If this cost is a hardship, please reach out to Mitchell Cepler at treasurer@thepjc.org. No one should feel they can not attend due to cost. 

Adult Education: Exploring Jewish Science Fiction

This fall, join Rabbi Resnick to explore Jewish Science Fiction. Fresh off the publication of his first book, he looks forward to sharing his thoughts on the genre and discuss the nature of Jewish storytelling. Sessions will be Tuesdays from 7:30 – 9:00 pm starting November 5.

Please contact the office to register.

Suggested donation $75.

Monday, October 28

Sarah Smith, Grandmother of Leah Leonard

Friday, November 1

Helene Weissman, Mother of Michael Weissman

Saturday, November 2

Helena Ratinetz, Aunt of Ariel (Neco) Turkienicz

Sunday, November 3

Bernard Koblenz, Grandfather of Eleanor Dreyfus

Israel Taich, Grandfather of Jonathan Herzog

Tuesday, November 5

Ellen Charney, Mother of Sam Charney

Friday, November 8

Barbara Block Adams, Mother of Sam Adams

Caleb Freedman, Uncle of Rebeca Lodhi

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

Please consider being a Kiddush sponsor, there are dates available. Please contact the office for more information.

Do you 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 HaKol.

Have you attended or participated in a virtual PJC event you would like to write about for HaKol? Please let Barbara know!

For any other related communications matters, please contact Adam Ilkowitz.

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