Shabbat Vaera

Saturday, January 17, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

in the VESTRY

Join us in celebrating

Tu B'shvat

the Jewish New Year for the Trees

Shabbat, January 31 in our Vestry

with a Tu B'shvat Seder

as part of a special Kiddush following services

Services will be shortened to accommodate the brief Seder featuring special fruits and nuts to celebrate.

Everyone is welcome including children

Israel Trip November 1-11, 2026

Join us in the Holy Land in 5787!

Note Change of Date

Due to Israeli hotels being booked through October,

we've moved the dates by one week

Sunday, November 1st thru

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Cost will probably be the same as the

new Jewish year

we'll be traveling in:

$5787 for double occupancy

We can help pair you with a roommate!

Single Supplement cost: TBD

Includes bus to and from Newark,

EL AL Airfare, 8 nights in Premier Hotels,

Breakfast and Dinner every day,

8 days of touring all over Israel

Almost EVERYTHING except souvenirs!

TENTATIVE ITINERARY SUBJECT TO CHANGE

• Sun, Nov 1 Bus from Kingston to El AL Flight from Newark
• Mon, Nov 2 Arrive TEL AVIV. Hour drive north to Mediterranean resort in Hadera
• Tue, Nov 3 Visit ancient Caesarea, Mystical Tzfat (Safed), Tiberius
• Wed, Nov 4 Golan Heights: Syrian border, Boat ride on the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) DeKarina Chocolate factory, dinner on the Sea, down the Jordan Valley to Jerusalem
• Thu, Nov 5 Jerusalem Jaffa Gate, Old City Roof Tops, Cardo, Western Wall Tunnels, Kotel, Southern Steps (pictured above), Newly unearthed steps down to the Pool of Siloam
• Fri, Nov 6 Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, Israel Museum, Mt. Hertzl IDF cemetery, Machaneh Yehudah open air market, Shabbat Dinner
• Shabbat, Nov. 7 Services (optional) Great Synagogue, Tour of Christian section of Old City and Via Delarosa (optional)
• Sun, Nov 8 Masada, Dead Sea mud bath and Swim (float) 
• Mon, Nov 9 Tree Planting, Elah Valley, Gaza Memorial, Beit Guvrin dig.
• Tue, Nov 10 Machal Monument, 1948 Underground Bullet Factory, Jaffa. Final Dinner, FLY BACK 1 AM
• Wed, Nov 11 Return Back in the U.S. Bus back to Kingston
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Something you want to see or do that's not on the itinerary? Let us know!

Please let us know as soon as possible

of your interest even if undecided

so we can tentatively reserve flights and hotels.

Respond to this email

or contact Sally at the office: (570)-824-8927

Space is limited so sign up ASAP

(not as an official reservation, just a show of interest)

Look for more details coming soon

~Limited scholarships may be available~

Torah Study

with

Rabbi Larry Kaplan

and Dr. Jeff Lubin

Wednesdays

at 2:00 pm at the JCC

Donation Acknowledgement Lists

NOVEMBER 2025 DECEMBER 2025

This week's Yahrzeits

(Light candle the evening before)

Friday, January 16, 2026----27 Tevet 5786

Gloria Abramowitz, Nathan Friedman, Bertha Ginsberg

Nathaniel Landau, Ann Rosenthal

Saturday, January 17, 2026----28 Tevet 5786

Eva Cohen, William Gourvitz, Wesley Harris, Hilda H. Rifkin

Hilda Rothschild, Julia Lieberman Smith

Sunday, January 18, 2026----29 Tevet 5786

John Eckert, Ivan Falk, Eugene Gray

Allen Miller, Samuel Rosenfeld

Monday, January 19 , 2026---- 1 Shevat 5786

Martin Brown, Eric Feldman, Moishe Gitelson, Gussie Kestenbaum

Hyman Levinson, Mollie Mittelman, Anna Moskowitz

Sol Nudelman, Joseph Zachar

Tuesday, January 20, 2026----2 Shevat 5786

Florence Grossman, Nancy Hinerfeld, Raymond Morris, Ethel Weiss

Wednesday, January 21, 2026----3 Shevat 5786

Isadore Berley, Pauline Gelb, Raymond Kaufer, Estelle Meyer

Melvin Robbins, David Yelen

Thursday, January 22, 2026----4 Shevat 5786

Isaac Brown, Josiah Clachko, Fanny Cohen, Abe Dattner

Aron Jacob, Sarah Kurland, Anna Levinson

Joseph Shaffer, Beatrice Wrona

Friday, January 23, 2026---5 Shevat 5786

Susan Coleman, Beverly Goldwein, Leona Kafrissen

David Lubin, Deborah Mermelstein

~May their memory be for a blessing~