The Westchester Jewish Council's
Community Connection
Your almost weekly e-newsletter
July 9, 2020 17 Tamuz 5780
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Hello!
We hope this newsletter finds you enjoying your summer, even if it is a bit different this year. As always is the case in July, events have slowed down a bit. That said, we do have a few to share including our special cooking event with our community Shaliach/emissary Nadav Shachmon on July 28th. Details can be found below.
Please continue to check the
Council calendar
for events which we update on a daily basis (and if you are an organization, please feel free to post your events that are open and appropriate for our community). And don't forget to check out the "On a Personal Note" section.
Have a happy and healthy weekend.
Shabbat Shalom.
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Sincerely,
Lisa Roberts, President
Lori Kurlander, Communications Manager
Elliot Forchheimer, CEO
WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL
"HERE WHEN YOU NEED US
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW"
(The Council is financially supported by donations from individuals,
dues from 136 member organizations and generous grant support from UJA-Federation)
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Please support the work of the Westchester Jewish Council. Your donation makes a difference each and every day. Click
here
to donate
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WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL UPCOMING EVENTS
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Register in advance for this meeting:
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WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL LOOKS BACK
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American Friends of Magen David Adom
(Council member) co-hosted with the Council a webinar titled "Innovation in the Time of COVID". The well-versed panel provided attendees with fascinating information about COVID and how the situation is being handled in Israel.
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PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS YOU CAN ENJOY FROM HOME
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Join YINR (Council member)
for an important community-wide discussion with
ARNOLD ROTH from Jerusalem.
Thursday, July 9 (17 Tammuz) at 7:00pm
BRINGING MY CHILD'S KILLER TO JUSTICE
Malki Roth
1985-2001
Murdered in the Hamas attack on a Jerusalem pizzeria (Sbarro), masterminded by Jordanian Ahlam Tamimi, a fugitive from US justice.
Since 2011, Arnold Roth, together with his wife Frimet, has been pursuing the Hamas terrorist who spearheaded the bombing of the Sbarro pizzeria in downtown Jerusalem.
Click
here
for additional information.
Program co-sponsors are:
Young Israel of Scarsdale ● Hebrew Institute White Plains ● Anshe Shalom
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We are delighted to announce an exciting new fundraising initiative…
the
Beth El
(Council member)
Summer Meal Series
!
Each week, we will highlight and support a different kosher restaurant that will offer our members a special selection of Summer Family Meal Packages. For every meal package you order, partial proceeds will go to Beth El to help support all of our year-long programming and 100% of your added gratuity will directly go to Beth El!
Our pick-up time will be
Tuesdays at 5:30pm
, beginning next Tuesday, July 14th! Meals will be ready for curbside pick-up in our Beth El parking lot.
All orders must be in by Sunday, July 12th.
This week, we have some amazing Korean BBQ from
Garnerville Kosher Grill
!
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Hadar's
(Council member) Summer Programming Schedule has been issued. The full list of offerings can be found
here
and includes kids and teen programming.
- Executive Seminar: A virtual 4 day learning intensive from July 12-16, the Executive Seminar is an opportunity to immerse yourself in Torah study that is rigorous, nuanced and sensitive to the full range of human experience and emotion. Open up the world of Jewish wisdom through substantive text-based learning and conversation. This year's theme is The Torah of Covid-19: Ancient Questions in a New Reality.
- Grief and Mourning in a Time of Tragedy: This 3-part lecture series with Rabbi Tali Adler will be taking place July 13, 20, and 27. Experiences of tragedy have one thing in common: They force us to grapple with questions of loss, grief, and how to live in a world that contains so much of both. Grieving under normal circumstances can be crushing, and all the more so when that grief can only take place in isolation. Join us as we study Jewish texts and aim to recapture some of what has been lost in that forced private grieving.
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JCC midWestchester
(Council member) is proud to be offering children's programming starting July 7.
Programming is Tuesdays - Thursdays, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; Small group settings, following health and safety recommendations, for ages 3 and up.
You can register for only one week at a time or for all 7 weeks until August 20. Go to
jccmw.org
and register.
Recognizing the financial hardships that many families are facing, there are generous scholarships available! Thanks to our donors, we have scholarships available for those in need - if you have lost your job or know someone who is having trouble making ends meet during this difficult time, please reach out to Susan Groner GronerS@jccmw.org to apply for scholarships.
JCCMW is also participating in a virtual camp -
https://www.summerinthecloud.org
- a collaboration of 20 New York area JCCs -for children entering Kindergarten through 6th grade.
Please click
here
for more information.
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WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL MEMBER NEWS
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American Friends of Magen David Adom
(Council member) shared their latest involvement in Israel related to coronavirus -
"Calls to Magen David Adom jump four-fold in response to increase in coronavirus cases and fear of a “second wave” in Israel."
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WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL'S
SECURITY AND SAFETY UPDATE
"
By
failing
to
prepare
,
you
are
preparing to fail" B. Franklin
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CSI OVERVIEW
In the wake of the violent attacks against Jewish targets in Pittsburgh, Poway, Jersey City and Monsey, during 2018-2019, the UJA Federation of New York (UJA) and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY) created a new security initiative to better protect the Jewish communities in the greater NYC area. The Community Security Initiative is a multi-year program, which covers Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and the five counties of New York City. Its goal is to enhance security by: improving the physical security of institutions, providing staff training, providing threat intelligence, assisting with assessments and grant applications, enabling connectivity with law enforcement and supplying real-time communication. To read the full CSI overview, please click
here
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As always and per protocol, please report any security concerns immediately to your local Police Department and then to the Council for follow up.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT NEWS
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Lowey Announces More Than $2.5 Million in FEMA Preparedness Grants for Rockland and Westchester | Representative Nita Lowey
To read the full press release, click below.
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UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK IN WESTCHESTER
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UJA Volunteer Opportunities - Help from Home
We created a new way to connect with those in need in our local community through our
Help from Home
initiative. You can also serve our broader community through these
service opportunities
.
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UJA Community Webinars and Events
Join us for free
webinars
(including a warm, pre-Shabbat community gathering every Friday)
and
virtual events
, for both personal and professional use.
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WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL ROUNDTABLES (ConnecTables)
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Westchester Jewish Council
Upcoming C
ommunity Roundtables
(The Council thanks the hundreds of people that dedicate time to attend our Roundtables-
a signature initiative of the Council often sponsored with wonderful partners from among our member organizations)
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We will be hosting our roundtables via Zoom until further notice.
Some Upcoming Council Roundtables
:
Synagogue Executive Directors -
weekly
Synagogue Presidents+1
- Monday July 13
Greening Roundtable
- coming soon
Marketing Roundtable
- coming in the fall
Contact the Council office at (914) 328-7001 or info@wjcouncil.org for information on these and other Roundtables--a key offering of the Westchester Jewish Council.
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The Hadar Institute
(Council member) is honored to announce that the J.J. Greenberg Institute for the Advancement of Jewish Life (JJGI) will join with Hadar. In addition to serving as president of JJGI, Rabbi Irving (“Yitz”) Greenberg, one of the most important and influential Jewish thinkers and leaders of our time, will assume the role of Senior Scholar in Residence at Hadar.
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BEN'S Kosher Deli and Restaurant
in our backyard of Scarsdale has re-opened not only for take out and delivery but for dining with all the necessary requirements.
Rabbis Adam Baldachin, Steven Kane and Moshe Edelman continue to serve as kashrut supervisors/Mashgichim.
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As of August, the print edition of
The Jewish Week
will be on hiatus, but it will continue to publish digitally.
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Mazal Tov to:
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal
, currently Chief Executive of the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), on his new joint leadership role as Chief Executive Officer of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) and the RA.
Rabbi Cornelia Dalton,
the new Assistant Rabbi at Westchester Jewish Center.
Cantor Ethan and Rabbi/Cantor Shoshi Goldberg
on the birth of their son.
Rabbi Irving (“Yitz”) Greenberg
who will assume the role of Senior Scholar in Residence at Hadar.
Rabbi Deborah Hirsch
who will serve as interim rabbi to Temple Israel of New Rochelle for the next year.
Cantor Robin Joseph
on being elected President of Kol Hazzanim.
Rabbi David WIlfond
, the new Senior Rabbi at Temple Shaaray Tefila
Condolences to:
Joi
(Council Directory Manager)
and Peter Baum
on the loss of Joi's mother, Shelly Katz.
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Westchester Jewish Council Teen Organizations include:
Thank you to the Jewish Education Project for working so closely with our Teen professionals and volunteers!
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JBS can be seen live 24/7 on Cablevision (channel 138), Verizon FIOS (channel 798), ROKU and on
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Westchester Jewish Council
925 Westchester Avenue, Suite 200
White Plains, NY 10604
914-328-7001 |
info@wjcouncil.org |
www.wjcouncil.org
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The next Community Connection will be published on or about July 23, 2020
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