Fair Lawn Jewish Center

Congregation B'nai Israel

Enriching Lives through Prayer, Celebration, Education and Social Action for over 70 Years!

Thursday, May 25 (5 Sivan) 7:00 pm

Mincha/Ma'arv in the Chapel and on Livestream

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Thursday, May 25 8:00

Tikkun Leil Shavuot (Online Only)

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Friday, May 26, (6 Sivan) 9:00am

Morning Service in the Sanctuary and on Livestream

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Reading: Exodus 19:1-20:23; Numbers 28:26-31

Reading: Ezekiel 1:1-28, 3:12

Friday, May 26, (6 Sivan) 6:30pm

Mincha/Ma'ariv in the Chapel and on Livestream

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Candle Lighting at 7:59 pm

Click for Kabbalat Shabbat New Siddur Lev Shalem

Click for Kabbalat Shabbat Siddur Sim Shalom 

Saturday, May 27 (7 Sivan) 9:00am

Bar Mitzvah of Mark Tratner

Morning Service with Yizkor in the Sanctuary and on Livestream

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Reading: Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17; Numbers: 28:26-31

Reading: Habakkuk 3:1-19

Thank you to our Torah readers Cantor Yoni Stokar, Joshua Bach, Jessica Tratner, Aaron Bach, Kevin Bach, Brooke Tratner and Mark Tratner; Mark Tratner for chanting the Haftorah and providing the D'var Torah.



We will be announcing page numbers only for the Shabbat and Festival Siddur Sim Shalom and Siddur Lev Shalem. The corresponding page numbers in these books and the full (1985) Siddur Sim Shalom are provided here for your reference.

Shabbat Ends May 27, (7 Sivan) at 9:08pm

Maariv and Havdalah via Zoom

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Join the Zoom Maariv and Havdalah Services

or go to Zoom.US or dial +1 929 436 2866

Meeting ID: 940 7714 6714 Password 215407

Sunday, May 28 (8 Sivan) 9:00am

Chapel and Zoom

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ID: 991 2258 1312, Password: 731712

Evening Service - Sunday through Thursday 7:30pm

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Or go to Zoom.US or dial +1 929 205 6099

ID 992 9922 2789 Password: 609729

Click Here for Yahrzeit List from:

 Friday, May 26 - Saturday June 3 (6 Sivan - 14 Sivan)

Email [email protected] with Yahrzeit announcements for the upcoming Shabbat

Nosh and Knowledge Classes with Rabbi Roth 

Tuesday, May 30 on Zoom

Topic: Jewish Ethics and Two Current Concerns:

Social Media and Artificial Intelligence

11:30am Class - Click Here for Zoom Link

8:00pm Class - Click Here for Zoom Link



Coffee & Commentary with Rabbi Salston

Wednesday, May 31 at 11:00am in the Sanctuary

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or dial +1 929 205 6099

ID 943 0394 9434 Password: 226478

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For the Week of Friday, May 26 - Thursday, June 1, (6 Sivan - 11 Sivan)



Happy Birthday to:

Benjamin Aminoff, Nancy Bach, Jane Cabasso, Alvin Cohen, Eugene Frank, Gwendolyn Goldenberg, Gerry Kessel, David Lauchheimer, Michael Siegel,

Kenneth Spokony

Happy Anniversary to:

Robin and Michael Baer; Robin and Gerald Hanik; Shirley and Evan Leibowitz; Pauline and Lyle Novick; Debbie and Jesse Rosenzweig

Mazel tov to David and Jessica Tratner on the Bar Mitzvah

of their son Mark Tratner

This Shabbat's Kiddush is sponsored by David and Jessica Tratner in honor of Mark Tratner's Bar Mitzvah

Refuah Shlemah to: 

Carol Aig (Tova Raiza bat Malka Esther v'Yitzhak)

Binyamin ben Yehudah v'Rina

Sally Baker (Sarah bat Chana)

Chaya Reuvat bat Esther Faigel

Howard Charish (Yosef David ben Raizel)

Alan Gasmer (Avraham ben Chaya Sarah v'Yisrael)

Laili Golda bat Reuvat v'David

David Hayim ben Batya u'Refu'el

Liat bat Chava 

Irene Gasmer, Chaya Sarah bat Esther V’David 

Shimon Ma'aravi ben Edna u'Mordechai

Irene Mandel (Itka bat Yente v'Chaim)

Larry Mandel (Leibel ben Chaya)

Tsvi Marder- Tsvi ben Esther ve Yehoshua

Judi Margolis (Zisa Ita bat Rachel v'David)

Ricki Marks (Rahel Rivkah bat Hana v'Hirsh)

Naomi Michaelson (Nechama bat Miriam VChaim)

Etta Mont (Yacha bat Rachel)

Irv Pollack (Yehezkel ben Sarah v’Yaakov)

Raisal Bat Aviva

Debbie Rosenzweig (Devorah Surah bat Tzirl v'Eliyahu Meyer)

Jesse Rosenzweig (Yehuda Laib ben Rachel) 

Liz Salston (Eli-sheva Shoshanah bat Rahel Rivkah)

Stanley Sanders (Sender ben Ettie v'David haLevi)

Mozelle Sansone (Mozelle bat Mesuda v’Sassoon)

Carolyn Shenberg

Kenny Schmier (Kalman Ben Rivka)

Yehudit Chasida bat Perel

Philip Steinberg Pinchas Yaakov ben Bentzion v'Chana Hitzel

Tovah Pearl bat Shandel v'Shlomo

Arthur Wartenberg (Avraham ben David v'Shaindel)

David Wertheim (Binyamin ben Eta Shifra)

Ilene Wolosin (Chaya Rossa bat Celia u'Max)

Yonatan Menashe ben Dina Rivka v'Dov

Roni Zerowin (Rachel Chana bat Tamar)

If you would prefer not to publicize your birthday or anniversary, please send a note to the office at [email protected] or call us at 201-796-5040.

To add a name to the Refuah Shlemah list, email the office at [email protected] or call us at 201-796-5040. Names will be left on the list for 2 weeks; contact us to continue listing a name.               

Community River Clean-Up Day

Sunday, June 11 from 10:0 AM to 12:00 Noon

The Social Action Committee, along with other local congregations, invites you to help clean up the river! Meet at Memorial Park Boat Ramp, in Fair Lawn. RSVP to [email protected]. Wear clothes that can get dirty.

Flyer available here.

Upcoming Programs

Wednesday, May 31 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM - History of Jews in New York City, Part II: Ellis Island and the Gateway to America. This is the second of four talks by Thorin Tritter about the history of Jews in NYC. This talk will focus on the immigration experience on Ellis Island for the largest wave of Jewish immigrants, in the period from 1890-1920. Flyer available here.

Friday, June 2 and Saturday, June 3 - Scholar-in-Residence. Rabbi Amy Levin, President of the Rabbinical Assembly of Israel, will speak after a dinner on Friday and after the service on Saturday about recent events in Israel and the impact on the Masorti (Conservative) Movement. $36/person for in-person attendance. RSVP required. Register HERE by Tuesday, May 30. Flyer available here.

Sunday, June 4 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM - FLJC/CBI Booth at the Fair Lawn Street Fair and Craft Show. If you are at the fair, stop by our booth and say hello!

Sunday, June 4 - Celebrate Israel Parade. Email [email protected] if you would like to join the FLJC/CBI at the parade on 5th Avenue. Flyer available here.

Sunday, June 11 at 2:00 PM - Bergen County Players Production of "From Screen to Stage." The FLJC/CBI is teaming up with the JCCNNJ to offer free tickets to the first 10 members who reach out for tickets. To reserve your seat contact Jennifer Sauer at 917-417-0675 or [email protected]. Flyer available here.

Sunday, June 11 from 11:00 Am to 3:00 PM - FLJC/CBI and Sisterhood Booth at the Fair Lawn Pride Block Party. Swing by the Fair Lawn Municipal Building @ Parmelee Avenue and say hello. Flyer available here.

Friday, June 16 at 6:30 PM - Sisterhood and MPC Board Installation & Scholarship Awards. Join us for a special Friday night service in honor of the installation of new board members of the Men's Progress Club and Sisterhood and for the presentation of MPC and Sisterhood Scholarships, including the Ellie Weiner Sisterhood Jewish Family Values Scholarship. Flyer available here.

Saturday, June 24 - Graduation Shabbat. Join us as we honor students graduating from high school and college this year. Let us know the name of any graduating students in your family by registering at THIS LINK by Monday, June 19. Flyer available here.

Monday, June 26 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM - "iEngage: Together and Apart" - Unit 6: The Moral Implications of Jewish Nationalism. This is the sixth and final multi-media learning sessions developed by the Hartman Institute and facilitated by Rabbi Salston that will include video presentation from faculty at the Shalom Hartman Institute along with leadings rabbis, public figures, and intellectuals. The class is offered in-person and virtually. Flyer available here. Register Here If You Did Not Register For the Last Class

Please take a look at our Electronic Memorial Wall,

which is viewable in the building and online.

Creating a digital plaque is a beautiful way to safeguard

the memory of family members and friends.

To order a digital plaque please call the Center Office at 201-796-5040.

MPC - June 1, 8:00 PM

Sisterhood - June 8, 8:00 PM

Social Action - June 12, 8:00 PM

Religious Affairs - June 14, 8:00 PM

Board - June 21, 8:00 PM

Have a birthday, anniversary, graduation, baby-naming or other happy event

to share with us? Sponsor an issue of the Insider for $36.

Email [email protected] to arrange!

Message to our Congregants:

In order to help the Center office, we are requesting that all events, publicity, date reservations (whether in-person or on Zoom) be mailed to [email protected] as soon as possible. Flyers should be on PowerPoint (if possible) and also sent in both jpeg and pdf versions.

For rental/in-house events: please fill out a Room Reservation Form at least two weeks before the scheduled date and email it to [email protected]. (In order to manage scheduling and arrange spaces, it is important that the office and custodial staff have a schedule of upcoming events with room requirements.) 

ShopRite Scrip Available in the Main Office

Do you know that if you purchase scrip it helps both you and the Center? You get 2 1/2 % of your purchase applied to your scrip dues obligation and the Center also makes 2 1/2 % of your purchase. Contact the office to make a purchase.

(Please note that we will be phasing out the Scrip sales at the end of June, so order what you need now!)

Synagogue Skills Learning Institute - Mentors Available!

Have you ever wanted to learn to read Torah or read Hebrew? To enrich your experience at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center, instruction is available for Torah Reading lessons; Haftarah chanting; How to daven various services. Free and open to our members. To register, email Ellen Wertheim. 

Security

Click Here for Secure Community Network brochure on "Security while Traveling Abroad."

COVID Policy

Face masks are OPTIONAL, but RECOMMENDED when in the Synagogue.

(FLJC/CBI COVID policy is subject to change.)

Click To Donate to FLJC/CBI Online!

If you would also like online access to your Center account to pay your

obligations online, please email [email protected]. 

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