first hebrew congregation of peekskill bulletin - march 2009

1www.FirstHebrew.Org 1March 09

Shabbat Service -- UptownFriday Evenings……………7:00 pmSaturday Mornings………...9:30 am

Daily Minyan -- DowntownMonday thru Friday……. 8:00 amSunday………………….. 9:00 am

First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill

Candle lightingAdar - Nisan 5769 / March 2009

Meetings and EventsSisterhood Breakfast................Sunday, March 1 @9:15amBoard of Trustees………………Tuesday, March 3 @8:00pmHadassah Meeting……………..Monday, March 16 @1:00pmBasketball Fundraiser………… Sunday, March 22 @1:00pmMen’s Basketball……………….Sunday, March 29 @7:30pm

Daf Yomi Class………………. Thursdays @10:30am

Hebrew & Nursery School EventsSnow Flake Dance……………. Sunday, March 8Purim Carnival…………………. Sunday, March 8Vav Parent Participation…….... Sunday, March 22Dalet/Gimmel Service………… Friday, March 27 @7:00pmCoffee W/ Principal……………. Sunday, March 29Model Seder…………………… Tuesday, March 31

B'nai Mitzvah…………..Mazel TovKayla Smith ………....Sat., March 14 @9:30 am

March 6..... 5:33pm March 13…. 6:41pmMarch 20 …. 6:48pmMarch 27….. 6:56pm

Purim: Megillah Reading

Monday, March 9 @ 7:00 pm********************************

Shabbat Across America

Friday, March 20 @6:30pm********************************

Shabbat For Everyone

Saturday, March 28th @9:30am *******************************

Jazz Night

Saturday, March 28th @9:00pm

Daylight saving starts

Sunday, March 7

Tag Sale:

Sun., March 1

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Blood Drive:

Sun., March 8


First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill

Uptown Synagogue 1821 East Main Street Telephone:..............(914) 739-0500 (914) 788-4657 Fax: ........................(914) 739-0684 Nursery School Telephone:..............(914) 739-0504 Downtown Synagogue 813 Main Street Telephone:..............(914) 737-8155 Emails Congregation: ....... [email protected] Rabbi Paskind: .. [email protected] Lisa Segal:[email protected] Website:................www.firsthebrew.org Rabbi’s Office Hours Please contact office. Synagogue Office Hours Monday–Thursday: .7 am–12 noon & 1 pm–4 pm Friday:.....................7 am–2 pm _____________________________

First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill is affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, and Young Judaea

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Please send additions, comments, suggestions, corrections, .... to:

Directory Rabbi ................................ Lee Paskind Educational Director ......... Jeffrey Wrightman.................. [email protected] Administrator..................... Lisa Segal ........ 845-857-9157Nursery School Director.... Barbara Kaufman President........................... Jeremy Krantz......... 736-64551st Vice President............. Mark Stern .............. 739-49812nd Vice President............ Alice Krochmal . 845-528-16843rd Vice President ............ David Kasdan.......... 737-8248Financial Secretary ........... Carol Gold Recording Secretary ......... Ilene Zanchelli......... 734-8107 Committee Chairpersons Bar/Bat Mitzvah ................ Debby Bleiweis ....... 734-7623 Linda Treinish ......... 788-9798Beautification/Hospitality... Daniela Rosen ........ 734-7282Bikkur Holim...................... Daniela Rosen ........ 734-7282Bingo................................. David Shea…………734-8231 Mark Stern .............. 739-4981Board of Education ........... Hebrew School ........... Laurie Baskin .......... 736-1227Buildings & Grounds ......... Mark Stern .............. 739-4981Bulletin .............................. Masoud Radparvar . 962-6702

............................. [email protected] Capital Improvements....... Mark Stern .............. 739-4981 Bruce Lindenbaum.. 739-7159Cemetery .......................... Richard Zorn ........... 671-7546Fund Raising..................... Steven Cohen ......... 734-2149 Andy Polay.............. 736-2055Gift Shop Arlene Kaufman ...... 232-5999 Alice Yasuna........... 737-7687Library Committee ............ Fran Olmsted ... 845-424-4077Membership ...................... Frances Weiner....... 734-9602Men’s Club Co-Presidents

Steven Cohen ......... 734-2149 Paul Schaffer .......... 739-5714Programs .......................... (to be announced) Publicity ............................ Lili Kasdan .............. 737-8248Ritual................................. Donald Feldman...... 736-3417Social Action ..................... (to be announced) Sisterhood President......... (to be announced) United Synagogue ............ David Kasdan.......... 737-8248Youth Director................... (to be announced) [email protected]


MAZEL TOV

to Carol & Harold Schlacter on the birth of a grandson - Jace Andrew Schlacter. Proud parents are Jodi & EanSchlacter of Rhode Island.

Rabbi’s Message

Get WellFirst Hebrew wishes a speedy recovery to:Morton Bensky Selda Bloome Luz CoronaFran Feldman Murray Halperin Esther Katz Glady Kessler Joan Pinkerton

Friday Night Family Shabbat Service Schedule

Friday, March 20; Shabbat Across America

Friday, April 17 @6:30pm

Friday, May 22 @6:30pm

For more information, please callFrances Weiner @914-734-9602, orSharon Memis @914-302-7767

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Students

Please send your biography to [email protected] at least 5 weeks prior to the first day of your Bar/Bat Mitzvah month to be placed in the Bulletin.

-“More than Israel has kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept Israel.” Ahad Ha’am

There is great truth in the observation that the Sabbath – Shabbat – has had a preservative force for the Jewish people throughout our history. It is one of the major institutions that has given us strength and hope during our often difficult experience as a people. Wherein lies the secret, then, of this secret source of strength?

Abraham Joshua Heschel, in his beautiful small volume The Sabbath provides the key: while most of our lives are involved in space – where we live, where we work, moving to a better place – Shabbat is anchored in time. Heschel calls it “an island in time.” Since we can’t see time, we often forget it exists as a separate dimension.

And all too often, we become prisoners of time. Never more than today, our lives are controlled by to-do lists, our ‘free time’ shrinks before the portable office. Translation: our home is not even sacred space. There is no ‘down’ time. We must be ‘on’ everywhere – because we can remotely connect to our offices, so we cannot disconnect. We can only and always be at work, or on call for work.

Enter Shabbat. We set this day apart with symbols: candles, wine, hallah. We spend time together sharing song, and words of Torah. And on

this one day a week we change modes. If the other six days we follow God’s model as Creator, shaper of all that is – on this one day each week we are part of that creation. On this day we celebrate not that which separates us from every other creatures in the world, but that which we have in common, that which unites us.

On Shabbat we are part of the web of all created beings. It is this which explains the importance of what we do not do: actions which shape or change part of the created world. We leave behind for one day our role of maker, shaper, builder. We focus on our role as one of God’s creatures. On Shabbat we leave the office behind. On this day we focus on our souls, our higher self.

Shabbat Across America is an opportunity for us to share time together on this wonderful island. We will pray together, sing together, and eat together. One of the greatest joys of Shabbat is joining together in community for our shared celebration. I hope you will join us on Shabbat evening, March 20 for a very special Shabbat experience. May you truly enjoy the peace of that Shabbat and every Shabbat. Shabbat shalom.

Lee S. Paskind

Happy Purim


President’s Message FHC’S MISSION With a new President, administration with new

ideas, coupled with spring approaching, I am hopeful that the current economic and world conditions will somehow start to correct themselves. Maybe it is a desire to be optimistic at a time when, for a lot of people, optimism is in short supply. On the other hand, maybe it is a confirmation that after every storm, the sun must shine again, bringing light and hope to those who weathered the storm. And once the storm has passed, we, as a people, take stock of the damage and rebuild.

It has always been my hope that we also take stock of what we have going for us, and from that starting point the future can hold great promise for a better tomorrow.

While I am aware that positive rhetoric can only go so far, and actions speak louder than words, I am also aware that feelings of pessimism and negativity also are, in a way, rhetoric. When we give our negative feelings too much weight, they tend to become a self-serving prophecy that must be overcome.

Therefore, in an effort to: a) advance positive and forward thinking, and b) fight the doomsayers of the world, I believe the time has come for FHC to advance and promote, in words, our mission.

I am hopeful that we can truly embrace our mission which is, in my opinion, to “Embrace, Support and Strengthen Judaism in Northern Westchester”.

As a Jewish people we have always used words to advance our prayers, study, and beliefs. In my humble opinion, what could be better than embracing Judaism as our religion, supporting Judaism and its tenets and finally, strengthening Judaism’s presence in our community.

Let us all think of how we, as individuals and FHC as an organization can EMBRACE, SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN JUDAISM IN NORTHERN WESTCHESTER. Shalom,

Jeremy Krantz, President

First Hebrew Congregation will call the following to the Torah as B’Nei Mitzvah at our regular Saturday morning-uptown services, 9:30 a.m. We welcome all members of our community to join in these simchas. The families welcome all those attending to join with them at the Kiddush following services in honor of the Bar/Bat Mitzvahs.

Shabbat, March 14th – Kayla Smith – daughter of Holly & Douglas Smith

March B'nai Mitzvah………..Mazel Tov

HELP *** Shabbat Across America *** HELPWe need volunteers to help run Shabbat Across America on Friday,

March 20th. If you are interested please contact

Alice Krochmal (845-528-1684) or call the office.

Volunteers will get certificate for community Service.


Message from the Hebrew School Principal,Dear Parents, Students, and Congregants,

Last year in my March letter I spoke of the connection between Purim and the concept of heroism. As we look around us today and reflect on our daily lives, our community, our nation, and the world one cannot help but wonder at times where the heroes are. Heroes may serve as role models or leaders they may inspire or comfort us, they may be all or either, but in uncertain times they provide hope and a sense of purpose that transcends the self and embraces something higher, something larger.

In exploring our biblical heroes in Judaism we find something, which on the surface, can be somewhat disconcerting. Abraham casts Hagar and Ishmael off into the desert to die. Isaac while favoring Esau is fooled by a conspiracy on the part of Jacob to steal the birthright. Moses begins his life as our leader after running away from murdering an Egyptian and hiding the body. King David has one of his most loyal soldiers put at the front of a battle where he dies in order to steal his wife. Even Queen Esther is in some ways a pawn in Mordechai’s plan to save the Jews who ultimately exact a terrible revenge for nothing more than a plot.

One may rightfully point out that these are but a few flaws in what were ultimately great leaders who accomplished profoundly important things for our people. I would agree and further assert that is in their flaws that we find the essence of heroism. It is far less difficult to maintain one’s values and beliefs in times of bounty and prosperity than in the face of drought and poverty. Bravery comes easier when one is surrounded by safety and security than when one is alone and the odds overwhelming.

We are a people who do not worship perfection yet continue to strive for it knowing it is beyond our reach. We accept the flawed nature of our ancestors with the knowledge that they were in the end human, doing the best they could with what they had. We look up to their bravery, their dedication, their willingness to stand up for what they believed and seek a better life for their people. For while flawed true heroes are called to and answer a higher purpose.

This year some of our students are studying about Clara Lemlich, who in 1903 at the age of 17 immigrated with her family to the United States from the Ukraine after a Pogrom. While a devoted Communist this young Jewish woman who toiled in a sweatshop inspired tens of thousands to work for better working and living conditions and was a lifelong consumer advocate. Her words and more have echoed through the ages: "I have listened to all the speakers, and I have no further patience for talk. I

am a working girl, one of those striking against intolerable conditions. I am tired of listening to speakers who talk in generalities. What we are herefor is to decide whether or not to strike. I offer a resolution that a general strike be declared"

The lesson to our children is simple but deep. While our heroes are human, and by nature flawed, they have much to teach us. We understand our own flaws and accept them, while we do our best to improve and overcome them. We seek the best in all whom we know and accept their shortcomings as we do our own. The essence of heroism resides inside each and every one of us. With the help of a nurturing community, good role models, and a sense of our heritage our task is to find that hero within.

Bi’Shalom

Jeffrey Wrightman

Rebecca KisselShalom, my name is Rebecca Kissel. My Bat Mitzvah is on April 4, 2009. I am doing several Bat Mitzvah projects. I will be donating 3% of the gifts that I receive to Mazon, an organization that is helping to fight world hunger. I participated in Spark, a program in which we visit the Jewish patients at the VA. I also plan on donating some of my hair to Locks for Love. I go to Copper Beech Middle School and I live with my Dad, Ken, my mom, Lisa, my sister, Alison, and my little brother, Seth (man, a full house!). I enjoy music and singing; I am in my school’s chorus. I write sci-fi (or “sf” if you prefer) in my spare time and plan on one day getting published and maybe even on the best-selling list. Some of you may have noticed a poem of mine, Siddur in one of the bulletins. I am also really into science. I plan on joining NASA when I’m old enough and heading off into space, or at least working in Mission Control and I do some research of my own when I get a chance. (Hey, I’ll be the first writer in space! :p) I am practicing hard for my Bat Mitzvah and I hope I will see you all there.

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New Programs for Youngsters, Teens and Families Serve Area’s

Growing Jewish Population

“Good Morning, Good Night,” a recent free program for young families developed in part by FHC, showing parents how to use Jewish traditions to make mornings and bedtime easier and more meaningful, was one of many programs that have been cropping up in Northern Westchester to serve the area’s growing Jewish population.

According to the Jewish Community Study of New York undertaken by UJA-Federation of New York, the number of Jewish households in Northern Westchester grew from 9.200 in 1991 to 17,400 in 2002. People in Jewish households grew from 11% of the area’s population to 22%. The study showed an increase in Jewish households for all of Westchester County, rising to 54,600 from 39,000. Jewish agencies in the area agree that the trend is continuing.

Since the study revealed that one-third of Northern Westchester’s 56,300 residents in Jewish households were under the age of 17, family outreach has become the focus of many new programs offered by Jewish groups, including First Hebrew Congregation. They range from early childhood Jewish parenting to events that bring Jewish teens together in community service.

Building Our Jewish Home is a new initiative by the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s New York Metropolitan Region (METNY) to welcome young families into the Jewish community. Funded by a UJA grant, METNY is working with First Hebrew as well as with Congregation Sons of Israel in Briarcliff Manor and Yorktown Jewish Center to offer unique programs that will help Jewish and interfaith families feel more connected to Jewish life and Conservative shuls.

“We want to help parents feel more comfortable playing an active role in their children’s Jewish education,” said METNY’s Rabbi Cara Weinstein Rosenthal who, together with Rabbi Paskind, hosted “Good Morning, Good Night.”

“We held the workshop at Barnes & Noble,” said Rabbi Paskind, “because we wanted to encourage families to attend who might not currently be ready to come to synagogue. As they grow comfortable with Jewish traditions, it is our hope, of course, that they would come to synagogue.”

Building Our Jewish Home will pilot programs that differ in scope with each collaborating group. For example, Congregation Sons of Israel hosted an event entitled “December Dilemmas” that dealt with the Chanukah/Christmas issue as well as the role of materialism in celebrating Chanukah. Ultimately, METNY hopes to involve more synagogues in their family outreach programming.

At the Yorktown branch of the Rosenthal Jewish Community Center, programs for young families continue to increase. In addition to classes for youngsters, they also offer parenting workshops and Family Shabbat

Dinners. First Hebrew Congregation has also increased its

family programming. We now offer a monthly Friday night Family Shabbat Service designed for children 8 and younger, with special books, activities and kiddish. All ages are welcome to these services. Upcoming dates include April 17th and May 22nd.

In a unique collaboration, First Hebrew is working with three other Conservative synagogues to launch a youth group next fall under the auspices of United Synagogue Youth, a national organization associated with METNY, providing extensive programming and leadership development. Croton Jewish Center, Temple Beth Shalomof Mahopac, Yorktown Jewish Center and First Hebrew are hammering out the details that would create a professionally run youth group for Middle School and High School teens.

“While the area’s Jewish population is growing, our Jewish families are spread out over different neighborhoods, towns and schools,” Rabbi Paskind explained. “The youth group will provide a fun way for Jewish teens to meet, mingle and perform community service which is in keeping with the Jewish concept of ‘mitzvot,’ or doing good deeds. We want to keep our teens involved in Jewish life and encourage them to do so in the future. The youth group will help strengthen their Jewish identity,” he added.

Jewish teens can now also email [email protected] to join other teens as these young people organize and runcommunity service projects. J-Teen, a UJA program, was launched by two Northern Westchester High School teens as a response to Hurricane Katrina.

Among J-Teens recent projects, they sorted food for the Westchester Food Bank in Millwood, and they hosted aparty for children living at the Pleasantville Cottage School.Over the February school break, J-Teen organized a Westchester delegation to join teens from around the country in Washington, D.C. for a leadership and advocacyseminar. These teens also went to Capitol Hill to lobby for issues such as human rights, Israel and the environment.

April 26th is National Day of Jewish Youth Service and J-Teen is looking for volunteers for their Teen Planning Committee to organize a project for Westchester. Any teen wishing to participate in a J-Teen activity can do so on a project basis. Teens do not have to join a group or commit to every activity.

For thousands of families Shabbat Across America, organized by the National Jewish Outreach Program, provides a festive opportunity to join Jewish families all across the country as they celebrate Shabbat in their communities. At First Hebrew, for example, a special service will be followed by dinner and dancing in the aisles. This year’s national annual event takes place March 20th. Call the FHC office to RSVP at 739-0500.


An Evening of

Jazz with the

Andy Polay TrioPlaying the cool sounds of Duke Ellington,

Miles Davis, John Coltrane and other jazz greats

At First Hebrew Saturday, March 28, 9pm

Enjoy free hors d’oeuvres, desserts and a cash bar $18/person by 3/16 $22 at the door

Call Lili Kasdan, Fundraising Committee, 914-737-8248

or First Hebrew, 739-0500 Cut out and return: Mail check payable to First Hebrew Congregation 1821 E Main S Peekskill NY 10566 Please print name ______________________________________________________________________________________ Phone number: Number of tickets/total enclosed @ $18/ person by 3/16:


Sisterhood Book Club

Thursday, March 5, at 7:30 pm

Barnes and Noble in the Cortlandt Town Center

We will be Reading "Broken for you" by Stephanie Kallos---A blurb about it from Amazon is below:

"The dead, Margaret thought. They can be so loud." So muses the protagonist of this dreamy, powerful tale of familial warring, secrets and redemption. When elderly Margaret Hughes discovers that she has a malignant brain tumor, she refuses treatment and decides to take a nice young tenant into her huge, lonely Seattle mansion for company. What she gets is Wanda Schultz, a tough-as-nails stage manager who is secretly seeking the man who left her and prone to inexplicable weeping breakdowns. Wanda, ignorant of Margaret's illness, is intrigued by the museum-like house and its eccentric owner—so when Margaret unexpectedly invites her to a drink-champagne-and-break-the-priceless-antique-china party for two, she's delighted. But a dark history lurks; the houseful of gorgeous antique porcelain comes from Margaret's father's WWII pilfering of European Jewish homes. Meanwhile, Wanda's father, who deserted her years ago, is on the road trying to heal, and Margaret's mother's ghost is haunting the Seattle mansion, lounging about in expensive peignoirs and criticizing her only daughter. Wrestling to keep the dead and the ghosts of their pasts at bay, the two women slowly build an extraordinary friendship, and when Wanda discovers a talent for mosaics, the past begins to quiet. Though it takes a while to get started, this haunting and memorable debut is reminiscent of early Atwood, peopled by lovably imperfect and eccentric characters.

Wine Sale

Sisterhood's Annual Passover Wine Sale!

@ the Purim carnival and at the Megillah reading

Watch your mail for

further information and order forms!

Save the date: Sunday, April 19 @10:00amBarbara Gordon, the executive director of the NACOEJ

(North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry)will speak about

Plight of Ethiopian Jewry


On March 20, 2009 tens of thousands of Jews across America will come together to eat, drink, relax, dance, enjoy, debate and celebrate at the 13th Annual ...

On Friday night, March 20, 2009 hundreds of synagogues across the continent will take part in an historic national Jewish event to celebrate what unifies

all Jews -- Shabbat! Everyone is invited... singles, couples, families -- all ages.

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What is Shabbat Across America

Shabbat Across America/Canada is an unparalleled display of unity and Ahavat Yisrael, created in the hope of making certain that every North American Jew will have the opportunity to celebrate Shabbat!

Imagine an entire Friday evening dinner devoted to people who want to know more about Judaism! Its an interactive prayer service, joyous Shabbat dinner complete with song, ritual and lively discussion. Itis fun-filled evening of camaraderie that unifies Jews everywhere as one people. Tens of thousands of Jews at hundreds of locations across North America will celebrate Shabbat together on March 20, 2009many for the first time!

Please refer to the next page for reservation form


Shabbat across America @ First Hebrew Congregation

One Evening One History

Friday March 20, 2009 @ 6:30 PM

Unite with thousands of Jews across America to celebrate a traditional Friday evening Shabbat service and dinner. Bring your family and friends and celebrate together. For more information call Alice Krochmal (845-528-1684). Complete and mail the form below by March 6, 2009.

Adults .... ....... $18 Children 10 & under ....... ..... $9 (Under 4……free) Family ... ....... $75 After deadline .... .......….$20 (A), $10 (C), $80 (F)

Names of Adults........................................................... # of Vegetarian ..........Names of Children ....................................................... # of Vegetarian ..........Address......................................................................... Phone #…..................Please make checks payable to First Hebrew Congregation and mail to: Alice Krochmal, First Hebrew Congregation, 1821 East Main Street, Peekskill, New York 10566.


FHC Babysitting Clearing House

Who of us with young children isn’t looking for a few good babysitters? FHC will continue to list the names of our teenagers (and others) who would like to baby-sit for other families in the congregation. Of course, you will need to pay these sitters! FHC will provide this service purely as a convenience to its members and will take no responsibility for the individuals who offer their services here for pay.

Email your names and telephone numbers to: [email protected]

Babysitters now available:

Marli Kasdan.........Jessie Meadvin.....Ariel Rosen............Jamie Spock……...

Remember Sisterhood’s Judaica Shop

for gifts, talitot, teffilin, yarmulkes, books, videos, and song cassettes

Call to make an appointment—

Arlene Kaufman 232-5999Alice Yasuna 737-7687

Message from Men’s Club

On Sunday March 8th we will be having our annual blood drive between 9AM-1:30PM. Please give the gift of life and fulfill the mitzvah of Tikkun Olam by donating a pint of blood. They currently have a shortage of blood in our area, so if you're healthy and up to it; please give. We will also be helping out with the Purim Carnival. Thank you

Yours Truly, Paul Schaffer

Sisterhood e-mail List

If you would like to be included on Sisterhood’s e-mail list, please send your e-mail address to Fran

Olmsted at [email protected]

"Sisterhood...Women Enjoying Jewish Life"

"Ma nishtanah...Why is this night different from all other nights?" We all know these words. We repeat (or hear them repeated) every year. The Seder contains the answer to this question. Some of us will conduct our Seders using old Haggadahs and some with very contemporary ones. Some will conduct their Seders using a great deal of Hebrew and some will use almost all English. Some will celebrate in large groups and some in smaller gatherings. Still, this is our story and the time to tell it is nearly here.

In fact, as I write this, the weekly Torah portions are being read from Exodus so we are telling this story right now. By the time you read this, you will be planning to read and tell this story again on Pesach. This is the time to clean and shop for the holiday. This is the time to plan the menu and invite your guests. As the holiday approaches, Sisterhood will be doing its annual wine sale. We will be available to assist you with this part of your Passover planning and preparation at the Purim carnival and the Megillah reading. Please contact Alice Yasuna if you have any questions.

Please join us on March 2, 2009 for our next monthly meeting. We will be having a chocolate Seder, conducted by Alice Krochmal. This promises to be fun, informative, and delicious! We look forward to seeing you there. "Next year in Jerusalem.“Shalom,Mindy Steinholz SpockSisterhood Executive Board

Sisterhood Needs Your Help!Sisterhood's January Meeting was cancelled due to inclement weather. Please join us for our May Meeting; we will be putting together our donations for Victims of Domestic Violence.

Please bring your donations of new, unopened toiletries, lotions, soaps, etc. to the collection box at the entrance to the Hebrew School in preparation for our May, 2009 meeting.

Thank you for your continuing generosity!


Babysitting

FREE Babysitting will be available once a month during the Saturday

Shabbat service.

We need babysitters!We are offering ten dollars an hour

from 9:30am-12:00ish.

For more information, please contact Alice Yasuna, [email protected]

Tag Sale: Sunday, March 1

Thank you

SPECIAL THANKS TO HOWELL SCHECHTER FOR SPENDING THE DAY AT FHC CLEANING OUR UPSTAIRS CARPETS.

TODAH RABAH HOWELL!!!

Join Sisterhood on

Sunday, March 1st @9:15am

For a Passover chocolate Seder


B i n g o

Why are we asking you to donate your time to helping out with Bingo? It generates approximately $20,000 in revenue per year to our operation of the synagogue. The time commitment is only about three hours on a Wednesday night. We now start Bingo at 6:30 pm so you and our customers can get home earlier. If you are opposed to fulfilling your obligation as a member, then pay the $400 Bingo assessment immediately and let Lisa know to take you off the Bingo list. As a member in good standing it is your obligation to participate in this fundraising activity. If the congregation chooses not to continue providing Bingo to the community and forfeiting the OPM (other people’s money), then the congregation will need to be assessed accordingly to raise the $20,000, or determine what services will be cut. Do your part of fundraising and show up for your assigned Bingo night. Bring a book or magazine to read (there is time when you are waiting). If you come late, it is still better than not coming at all. Or, if you choose, send the $400.

B I N G OImportant Note: Your 2008–2009 dues include a surcharge for Bingo. If a member family meets its two-bingo requirement during the year, the family will receive a credit. Similarly, if a single member meets his/her one-bingo requirement during the year, he/she will receive a credit.

URGENTMESSAGE — NEW POLICY: If you are unable to attend on your scheduled Bingo night, IT IS YOUR RESPONSBILITY TO GET A REPLACEMENT.

Thank you for your continued cooperation!!!! Workers should report to Bingo by 6:15 pm and are expected to stay until at least 10:00 pm

FHC WEDNESDAY NIGHT BINGO SCHEDULE APRIL 2009-JUNE 2009

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED COOPERATION!

APRIL 22nd – Richard Zorn ............. Susan Abrams .......... Avi Bendavid ............. Steve Brenner ........... Amy Burckhard ......... APRIL 29th - Jennifer Chervin........ Sharon Edelstein....... Steve Cohen ............. Robin Dolacky........... Jack Dolacky............. MAY 6th – Donald Feldman........ Steven Goldman ....... Elise Graham ............ Cliff Hames ............... Maxine Janowitz ....... MAY 13th – Mike Kaufman........... Shelley Kessler ......... Ken Kissel................. Nancy Kohel.............. Peter Korngold ..........

MAY 20th – Robin Krantz ............... Alice Krochmal ..... Carol Kuczinski............ Dawn Kuszel ............... Rochelle Madenberg ... MAY 27th –

Lori McDonad.............. Mike Meadvin .............. Meryl Novor................. Steven Memis ............. Jay Miller ..................... June 3rd - Ilene Moskowitz........... Roshi Newman............ Carol Newman............. Mark Pancirer.............. Linda Polay ................. JUNE 10th - Sandy Poritzky ............ Masoud Radparvar...... Fran Roby ................... Ted Ruback................. Bob Rubenfeld ............

JUNE 17th - Bill Rubin ........................ Leslie Rubin.................... Gary Ruff ........................ Ellie Schaffer .................. Wayne Schechter .... JUNE 24th - Arleen Schefflein............. Jay Schwartz .................. Beverly Schwartz ............ Steve Silber .................... Phyllis Ticker ..................

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The Red Cross’s Jewish Star

The American Red Cross is indelibly associated with its founder and first president, Clara Barton. Not as well known, but vital, was the role of Adolphus Simeon Solomons, an American Jew whom Barton called her “good vice president and kind counselor.” With Barton, Solomons laid the foundation of America’s leading humanitarian relief agency.

A member of a long-established Sephardic- American Jewish family, Adolphus Solomons was a prominent businessman in Washington, DC. In the 1870s, his firm, Philip and Solomons, held the contract for federal printing. In 1892, Solomons was one of the original founders of the American Jewish Historical Society. He was best known, however, for helping to establish hospitals, public health programs and poor relief agencies. His concern for the relief of suffering drew Solomons to work toward the creation of an American Red Cross.

The International Red Cross had been formed in Europe in the early 1860s. Inspired by the ministrations of English nurse Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War, a group of Europe’s leading humanitarians created a quasi-official agency whose activities were sanctioned by the Geneva Conventions. Most of the nations of Europe had signed the conventions, but an isolatonist United States Senate refused to ratify them.

Through the 1870s and early 1880s, a small group of Americans inspired by Clara Barton lobbied for Congressional approval of the Geneva Conventions. Their meetings were often held in Solomons’ home, where he helped draft a Senate resolution endorsing the conventions. Eager to be ready when and if their efforts were successful, Barton and Solomons drew up the constitution of the American Association of the Red Cross. At the first meetings of the organization in 1881, Barton was elected president and Solomons a vice president, a post he held for 11 years.

In March 1882, the Senate finally ratified the Geneva Conventions and President Chester A. Arthur signed them. Within days, Solomons and eight others issued the first American Red Cross appeal for funds, clothing and supplies to relieve the suffering caused by disastrous floods along the lower Mississippi River.

In 1884, President Arthur named Barton and Solomons to be the first American delegates to the International Congress of the Red Cross in Geneva. Delegates there, representing 37 nations, elected Solomons a vice president.

Through the 1880s, Barton and others worked in the field to help people whose homes and lives were endangered by a series of epidemics and natural disaster, such as the Johnstown Flood. Solomons labored diligently behind the scenes in Washington and New York, using his business, political and journalistic contacts to generate funds and publicity to heighten public awareness of the good works being done by the Red Cross. The extensive correspondence between Barton and Solomons in the archives of the American Jewish Historical Society documents their close work together.

As famine swept the Russian empire in 1892, a rift developed between Solomons and Barton. By 1891, Solomons had become the American agent of the Baron de Hirsch Fund in charge of aid programs for Jewish immigrants. The Baron de Hirsch Fund was an international philanthropy whose mission was, and remains, to assist Jews in need. Having experience with Russia’s treatment of its impoverished Jews, Solomons was reluctant to undertake American Red Cross efforts toward Russian relief because funds would be distributed by the Russian Red Cross, a creature of the imperial government. Solomons feared that the czarist regime would divert humanitarian aid from those who needed it, especially impoverished Jews. Barton insisted that aid pass through official channels, and Saloons questioned her judgment.

The disagreement soured their relationship, and at the subsequent election of American Red Cross officers, Barton and her supporters did not renominate Saloons for vice president. Thus ended Adolphus Solomons’ official ties with the institution he had done so much to establish.

I hope these wonderful articles from the American Jewish Historical Society continue to give pride and pleasure in the accomplishments of our people. They are designed to inform and build pride in our children and in ourselves.

Edith Nissenblatt

Sisterhood VP/Education


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Contact Helen London if you are interested in Spring or Summer bookings. Melitz scholars are experienced and charismatic educators who can bring dynamic interactive Israel and Jewish peoplehood programming to participants aged 8-80.

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Tel Aviv Turns 100! A series of programs by Melitz

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WJCS Jewish Spiritual Healing Center Offers Support Groups

The WJCS Jewish Spiritual Healing Center is offering several programs including Spiritual Support Groups, Spiritual Journeying Groups and Healing Services. For information go to www.wjcs.com and click on Jewish Connections or contact Rabbi Pamela Wax, WJCS Spiritual Care Coordinator, at [email protected] or 914-949-7699 x321.

Group Forming for Spouses of People with Mental Illness

A support group for spouses of people with mental illness will be meeting at New York Presbyterian Hospital in White Plains on the third Thursday of the month from 7:30 - 9:00 PM in Conference Room B. Group members will gain support and coping skills and work together to understand and problem solve to better relate to their loved ones. For information contact Jennifer at 914- 671-1173. The Westchester Self-Help Clearinghouse, a program of Westchester Jewish Community Services, sponsors the group.

Sisterhood Meetings 5769 (2008 – 2009) @ 9:15am

Sunday, March 1…………. General meetingSunday, April 19…………..Joint meeting with MCSunday, May 3…………….General meeting

Men’s Club Meetings 5769 (2008 – 2009) @ 9:15am

Sunday, March 8…………. Purim CarnivalSunday, April 19…………..Joint meeting with SisterhoodSunday, May 31………….. BBQ

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2009 Authors Forum"The Ethics of Health Care, Biotechnology, and the Practice of Medicine"

Have doctors lost their authority in American culture?

THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009, 7:30 P.M.

Speaker: Jonathan Imber,

Trusting Doctors: The Decline of Moral Authority in American MedicineProfessor of Ethics and Sociology, Wellesley College

Respondent: Dr. Nancy Berlinger, Hastings Center for Bioethics

Program will be held at

The Jewish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway (at 122nd Street), New York City.

Admission is free, but reservations are required:

Call (212) 280-6093 or email [email protected].

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BE PART OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JEWISH

COMMUNITY EVENT IN WESTCHESTER IN 2009Coming to Westchester for the First Time

The JCC Maccabi GamesJCC Maccabi Games®, August 16-21

Get Involved! Be a Host Family! Be a Volunteer! Be a Sponsor!

The Games will attract over 1,400 visiting athletes and their families from the US and abroad. They will join 300+ Westchester athletes for 5 days of thrilling sports competition, camaraderie, and community service, when all athletes will give back to local residents in need. Opening ceremonies will (you're invited), and athletic competitions will take place at over 50 different venues around the County. Everyone in the Westchester community is invited to join in this phenomenal event, whether or not they have a teen who will participate in the Games.

The organizing committee needs 700 host families to house the visiting athletes, 1,000 volunteers to help at events the week of the Games, professionals with skills in fundraising, public relations, graphic design, publishing, and marketing to help plan for the Games and of course financial support to underwrite the Games. Let us know how you will participate. Visit the Westchester 2009 JCC Maccabi Games website at www.westchestermaccabi.org, or contact Steve Weisbrot, JCCMaccabi Games Director, 472-3300, x362. Dianne Perlman is First Hebrew's liaison to the JCC for the Maccabi Games – feel free to contact her as well at (212) 931-6228 (work) or at [email protected]. We need every Jewish family to help – any amount of time, support or money will make a difference.

Networking GroupWJCS, through their Partners in Caring (PIC) program, in conjunction with Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester - Chappaqua, will be offering a monthly networking and discussion groupfor those concerned about the economy's impact on their personal finances, or are finding themselves out of work or concerned they will be out of work. The group will meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 8pm and is open to anyone in the Northern Westchester JewishCommunity.

The group will be facilitated by PIC social worker Jill Schreibman. Jill, an LCSW, is an experienced social worker who comes to us through Westchester Jewish Community Services. Jill and WJCS can provide referral resources for programs available in Westchester County to help individuals with needs such as credit counseling, housing, job search, bankruptcy, legal assistance, and marital and family concerns.

You may RSVP for the group by responding directly to Jill [email protected].

Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester-Chappaqua220 South Bedford Road Chappaqua, NY 10514

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Everyone has a story to tell. Most of us would love to tell about our mom and dad, our bubie and zadie, a loved tante and fetta, people who fill our memory no matter how far back.

Won’t you let us in on your past? Send your precious memories to:

Edith Nissenblatt

One Lakeview Drive, Penthouse SixPeekskill, New York 10566or if you are on the Internet, send email to: [email protected]

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If you are homebound and would like books from the First Hebrew Library, please contact Beth Shea at 734-8231 or the Bikkur Holim committee…

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All Nations Gate at Persepolis XerxesThese are some of the Xerxes statues at Persepolis Palace, which was built by Xerxes‘ father,

and was expanded by Xerxes.

King Xerxes Statues at Persepolis, Persia

HappyPurim

Purim Carnival : Sunday, March 8


Don’t Use Cash! Shop With SCRIP

and stores will donate to FHC!

At the supermarket … at the movies … when eating out … buying clothes and gifts… Make your purchases with the store’s own giftcard purchased through the FHC Scrip Program. Stores donate a percentage of all gift cards bought through SCRIP to non-profits like FHC. Turn Purchasing Power into Fundraising at: iTunes Macy’s CVS Starbucks Dunkin Donuts Claire’s Staples Home Depot Build-A-Bear Gap Kohl’s Barnes & NobleA&P Stop & Shop ShopRite

Movies, restaurants, & more! Order by the end of the month for pick-up after the 10th

Visa & MasterCard accepted on orders over $500 For details call Susan Cohen 734-2149/Lili Kasdan 737-8248


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YahrzeitsThe following Yahrzeits will be observed during the months of Adar and Nisan as noted on the memorial plaque in our sanctuary:

Date Converter Shvat 30 ... Tue 24-Feb Adar 1 ... Wed 25-Feb Adar 2 ... Thu 26-Feb Adar 3 ... Fri 27-Feb Adar 4 ... Sat 28-Feb Adar 5 ... Sun 1-Mar Adar 6 ... Mon 2-Mar Adar 7 ... Tue 3-Mar Adar 8 ... Wed 4-Mar Adar 9 ... Thu 5-Mar Adar 10 ... Fri 6-Mar Adar 11 ... Sat 7-Mar Adar 12 ... Sun 8-Mar Adar 13 ... Mon 9-Mar

Adar 14 ..... Tue 10-Mar Adar 15 ..... Wed 11-Mar Adar 16 ..... Thu 12-Mar Adar 17 ..... Fri 13-Mar Adar 18 ..... Sat 14-Mar Adar 19 ..... Sun 15-Mar Adar 20 ..... Mon 16-Mar Adar 21 ..... Tue 17-Mar Adar 22 ..... Wed 18-Mar Adar 23 ..... Thu 19-Mar Adar 24 ..... Fri 20-Mar Adar 25 ..... Sat 21-Mar Adar 26 ..... Sun 22-Mar Adar 27 ..... Mon 23-Mar Adar 28 ..... Tue 24-Mar Adar 29 ..... Wed 25-Mar

Nisan 1 ..... Thu 26-Mar Nisan 2 ..... Fri 27-Mar Nisan 3 ..... Sat 28-Mar Nisan 4 ..... Sun 29-Mar Nisan 5 ..... Mon 30-Mar Nisan 6 ..... Tue 31-Mar Nisan 7 ..... Wed 1-Apr Nisan 8 ..... Thu 2-Apr Nisan 9 ..... Fri 3-Apr Nisan 10 ..... Sat 4-Apr Nisan 11 ..... Sun 5-Apr Nisan 12 ..... Mon 6-Apr Nisan 13 ..... Tue 7-Apr Nisan 14 ..... Wed 8-Apr Nisan 15 ..... Thu 9-Apr Nisan 16 ..... Fri 10-Apr

Nisan 17 ..... Sat 11-Apr Nisan 18 ..... Sun 12-Apr Nisan 19 ..... Mon 13-Apr Nisan 20 ..... Tue 14-Apr Nisan 21 ..... Wed 15-Apr Nisan 22 ..... Thu 16-Apr Nisan 23 ..... Fri 17-Apr Nisan 24 ..... Sat 18-Apr Nisan 25 ..... Sun 19-Apr Nisan 26 ..... Mon 20-Apr Nisan 27 ..... Tue 21-Apr Nisan 28 ..... Wed 22-Apr Nisan 29 ..... Thu 23-Apr Nisan 30 ..... Fri 24-Apr Iyyar 1 ..... Sat 25-Apr

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Condolences…

• To the family of Bookbinder on the loss of Lily Bookbinder.

“Hamakom Ienahem, May God comfort the mourners among all the mourners for Zion and Jerusalem”

Sylvia Seligson ......... Adar 1 Estelle Reif ............... Adar 2 Mary Skolsky............ Adar 2 Betty Rubenfeld........ Adar 3 Elias Schneps........... Adar 4 Israel Eisenberg ....... Adar 5 Dora Brown .............. Adar 6 Wilbur Krivins ........... Adar 7 Seymour Kaplan....... Adar 7 Benjamin Sandberg.. Adar 8 Herbert Cohen.......... Adar 10 Leah Levitz FishbaneAdar 11 Irving Langberg ........ Adar 11 Sondra Gold ............. Adar 12 Rebecca Wald .......... Adar 14 Samuel Kahn............ Adar 16 Wilbur Krivins ........... Adar 17 Martin Reiter............. Adar 17 Julia Rubenfeld......... Adar 17 Mollie Hurwitz ........... Adar 18 Norman Roskin......... Adar 18 Bertha Weissman..... Adar 19 Henrietta Cooper ...... Adar 20 Beatrice Roskin ........ Adar 20

Leonard Rubenfeld........Adar 20 Esther Shanhouse.........Adar 21 Irving Halperin ...............Adar 22 Marilyn Halperin ............Adar 22 Murray Charton .............Adar 23 Matthew Harris ..............Adar 24 Ruth Golden Pines ........Adar 24 Harold Grosberg............Adar 25 Miriam Domowitz...........Adar 27 Charles Newman...........Adar 27 Sarah Grifka ..................Adar 28 David Cooperman .........Adar 30 Bessie Jacobs ...............Nisan 1 Steven Grabowitz ..........Nisan 2 Abe Gaffen ....................Nisan 4 Morris Goldberg.............Nisan 7 Morris Hocherman.........Nisan 7 Eliezer Scharfstein ........Nisan 7 Betty Bensky .................Nisan 8 Eva Halperin..................Nisan 8 Bertha Goldberg............Nisan 9 Bernie Lowenstein.........Nisan 9 Sidney Zubrin ................Nisan 9 Alexander Baumohl.......Nisan 11

Maurice Hurwitz ...................Nisan 11Ida Grossman ......................Nisan 13Seymour Goldenberg ..........Nisan 15Charles Cohen.....................Nisan 16Beila Kornbluth ....................Nisan 17Rose Brown .........................Nisan 19Alex Sisser...........................Nisan 19Irving I. Widaen....................Nisan 20Paul Lipion ...........................Nisan 21Anne Weinger Greenberg....Nisan 21Harold Zipperman................Nisan 21Michael Weissman...............Nisan 22Rabbi Evan C. Radler ..........Nisan 23Max Seldin ...........................Nisan 23Lillian Wertlieb .....................Nisan 24Max Golden .........................Nisan 25Lisa Jill Nachamie................Nisan 25Mae Olstein..........................Nisan 26Alex Weiss ...........................Nisan 27Lillian Katz ...........................Nisan 28Sophie Birns ........................Nisan 29George V. Kalman ...............Nisan 29Jacob Rubenfeld..................Nisan 29Muriel Rubenfeld..................Nisan 29


ONEGS

*********************************Donations:

Yahrzeit: Judge Leonard Rubenfeld, Rachel Schild, Carol Gold & Wayne Schechter

In Honor of: Fran Feldman– from Jeffrey & Sharon Feldman & family

In memory of:Adolph Herbst– Michael & Karen FishelsonFran Kaplan Bensky– George & Marilyn Berger

Downtown Shul: George & Marilyn Berger

Belated Onegs: • Susan & Philip Yoskowitz in honor of Eric Yoskowitz's birthday on February 11 • Susan Weiler in honor of her granddaughter Laini Sohn's birthday on February 17 and son-in-law Eric

Sohn's birthday on March 2 Friday, March 6 • Carol & Harold Schlacter in honor of their son Guy Robert’s birthday on March 9 • Carol & Chuck Newman in honor of their father Ben’s birthday on March 9 • Sue Weiler in honor of her sister Irene Reiss’ birthday on March 10 • The Bleiweis family in honor of Jonathan’s birthday on March 11 Friday March 13 • Fran & Larry Miller in honor of their wedding anniversary on March 15 • Sue Weiler in honor of Fran & Larry Miller’s wedding anniversary on March 15 • Fran & Larry Miller in honor of Eric’s birthday on March 15 • Deborah Post & Jeff Stern in honor of Rita Gordon’s birthday on March 15 • Carol & Chuck Newman in honor of their mother Roshi’s birthday on March 15 • Marsha Landsberg in honor of her grandson Shai Moshe Sokolow-Silverman’s birthday on March 16 • The Feuerman-Balow family in honor of Andrew’s 18th birthday on March 18 Friday, March 20 • Marilyn & Freemont Reif in honor of Steven’s birthday on March 22 Friday, March 27 • Selda Bloome in honor of Leslie & Andrea Bloome’s wedding anniversary on March 27 • The Krantz family in honor of Amanda’s birthday on March 30 • Chaim Bender in honor of Ella’s birthday on April 2

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First Hebrew Congregation“O p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r G i v i n g”

Chapel Seats(engraved brass plate on seat backs)First three rows...........................$1,500/plateSecond three rows……………....$1,000/plateLast row…………………………..$750/plate

MiscellaneousBricks (exterior near front entrance, for any life eventor message, engraved)…………………………….$150Classroom named for a family member................$25,000Library or lounge named for a family member….. $50,000Wall Plaques: please inquire

Other Donation IdeasGifts of highly appreciated stock or real estate—save onincome tax while avoiding capital gains taxes!Scholarships—for youth programs and camps and travelto Israel.===========================================Note: Recognition for all gifts will be provided in theBulletin (as well as on the particular item if warranted).

All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed bylaw. Please consult your tax advisor for specific advice ontax savings through charitable gifts.===========================================

Yahrzeit Plaques(memorial)In memory of a member……….............................$200In memory of a non-member………………………$300In memory of and purchased by a non-member...$500

Tree of Life(in honor of a birth, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, wedding, specialanniversaries, life events, in memoriam, etc.)Leaf…………….$100Rock……………$250Root……………$350Memorial Plate..$500

Books(plate on inside cover recognizes your gift and namesthose you wish to honor)Siddurim........... $35Mahzorim..........$25Chumashim...... $50

Library FundGeneral Fund Gifts (i.e., purchases at library discretion)Specific Purchase Gifts (i.e. book series or encyclopedia)

Bikkur Holim Committee

All those interested in joining our Bikkur Holim/Nihum Avelim committee and fulfilling the mitzvah of visiting the sick / comforting the bereaved, please contact Daniela Rosen @ 734-7282

Send TORAH FUND donation cards for all occasions

$3 per card w/envelope$25 per 10 cards w/envelopes

We have three additional new cards •Thank you •Thinking of you

• Sympathy

Call to have card sent — $3 per cardTorah Fund Chairperson —Shelley Kessler • 739-0781

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The synagogue bulletin is a place not only for news and information about FHC and its members, but also a forum for members to place information that may be of interest to their fellow congregants. We are happy to consider all articles submitted to Kehilataynu; however, we reserve the right to edit for style, and length. In addition, all articles submitted by FHC members are labeled as such and do not reflect the opinion of FHC or the Board of Trustees. Please keep the following in mind:Articles and announcements must be received in the FHC office by the last week of each month, five weeks before publication.

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Let Everyone Know How ProudWe are of Our Children!

The Board of Education would like to honor our wonderful Bar/Bat Mitzvah students in a special way!

We would like each student to submit a brief biography (5-7 sentences) to be placed in the synagogue bulletin. The biography could include information such as their Bar/BatMitzvah date, grade, school, outside interests, and should include a short description about his/her service project; you may also include a photograph if you like. The responsibility to write and submit this information belongs to the family of the child. Please do not cause unnecessary disappointment for your children when they don’t see their names in the bulletin with their classmates. The biography must be submitted to the editor FIVE WEEKS prior to the first day of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah month to ensure placement in a timely fashion. Any articles sent after that time will be placed in the next bulletin, which may be after the Bar/Bat Mitzvah date. Please submit the biography to the bulletin at bulletin@ FirstHebrew.org or you can mail or fax to the FHC office.

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