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OCTOBER 16-17, 2015 • SHABBAT NOACH• 4 CHESHVAN 5776

SHABBAT, OCTOBER 16 5:57PM Candle lighting 6:05PM Minchah

SHABBAT, OCTOBER 17 7:45AM Hashkama Minyan (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash) 9:00AM Shacharit 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Ari Lamm, How Do We Know Where the Temples Stood? A Reply to the New York Times 9:30AM Young Leadership Minyan (5th floor) 9:55AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema 10:00AM Youth Groups, 2-year-olds, 3-4-year-olds and 5-6-year-olds: Geller Youth Center; 2nd-3rd graders, 4th-6th graders: 7th floor Community Hot Kiddush (5th floor)

WITH THANKS TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Amy & Jed Latkin Ruth & Larry Kobrin in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter, Avital Kobrin

3:30PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home (meet at 730 Columbus Avenue) Parent Child Learning will resume next week 4:00PM Youth Department Shabbat Afternoon Park Meet-Up (Mariners playground on Central Park West and 85) 4:45PM Israel Friedman Daf Yomi 5:30PM Minchah (3rd floor) Shabbat afternoon groups (5th floor) Gala Seudah Shlishit in Honor of our Chattanim: Chattan Torah: Rabbi Jonathan Helfand Chattan Bereishit: Jeff Bogursky Chattan Maftir: Moshe Fruchter

WITH THANKS TO OUR SEUDAH SHLISHIT SPONSORS: Nancy Miller & Mark Elzweig in memory of Jules Miller Lily Kaplan in memory of her husband, Joseph Solte Kaplan's 7th yahrzeit Anne Friedman & Saul Finkelstein & Family in commemora-tion of the yahrzeit of Herman Friedman Veronica & Erwin Muth in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Erwin's father, George Muth

6:57PM Shabbat concludes

WOMEN'S TEHILLIM GROUP • Monday, October 26 at 7:15PM. Contact Joyce Weitz for more information at 212-877-1176.

Sunday, Oct. 18 Daf Yomi 7:45AM Shach 8:30AM Minchah 5:55PM

Monday, Oct. 19 - Thursday, Oct. 22 Shacharit 7/8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 5:55PM

Friday, Oct. 23 Shacharit 7/8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Candle lighting 5:47PM Minchah 5:55PM

DAILY SERVICES

Dana Weiss is the new moderator of 'Meet the Press,' Israel’s Channel 2's prestigious current events program. A veteran legal affairs correspondent, Weiss is convinced that jour-nalists adopt the official version of events and identify with the powers that be, thus betraying their mission as defender of the citizen. Generously sponsored by Israel Bonds. Visit our website to register.

A CONVERSATION WITH ISRAELI JOURNALIST AND TV PERSONALITY DANA WEISS

PATRIOTISM V. JOURNALISM: COVERING THE CONFLICT FROM

ISRAEL, AS AN ISRAELI Moderated by JJ Goldberg

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 AT 8:00PM

Please join us for a Special Kiddush Celebrating the Birth of

יהודית שינדל יקירה JUDITH KIRA LEVINE

Daughter of Rabbi Yosie & Rachel Levine SHABBAT, NOVEMBER 7

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COMMUNITY SHABBAT DINNER Please join us for a community Shabbat dinner with our Scholar in Residence. The meal costs $60 for members and $65 for non-members, $25 for children (ages 3-8). Sponsorship opportunities available: $250 includes dinner for two and a mention in our Shabbat Bulletin. Please visit www.jewishcenter.org to register.

For a complete list of speaking engagements, and to read his bio, please see the insert.

THE HONORABLE IRWIN COTLER A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE JEWISH

CONDITION TODAY: CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES SHABBAT, OCTOBER 30-31

Join us on Shabbat as author, Israeli historian, and professor, Benny Morris, discusses The Temple Mount: Har Habayit Past and Present.

PROFESSOR BENNY MORRIS SHABBAT MORNING, NOVEMBER 21 AT 11:00AM

To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact Aaron at astrum@jewishcenter.org

DAILY (except Shabbat) Israel Friedman Daf Yomi with ro-tating JCU Faculty, 7:45AM MONDAY Timing is Everything: Studies in Mesechet Kedushin (Begins October 19) with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, 8:00PM TUESDAY Nosh and Drash with Dr. Adena Berkowitz, 10:15-11:30AM Jewish History: Judaism in a Chris-tian Empire (Begins October 27) with Rabbi Ari Lamm, 7:15PM

David, King of Israel (Begins October 27) Sadye and Henry Bayer Chumash Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 8:00PM WEDNESDAY Women of the Bible with Rabbi Yo-sie Levine, 11:00AM Parshah/Haftarah Round Table with Rabbi Daniel Fridman, 7:15-8:00PM Advanced Talmud Chabura with Rabbi Daniel Fridman, 8:00PM The Next Level with Rabbi Mark Wildes, 8:00PM

SHABBAT Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 8:30AM Hashkama Shiur with rotating JCU Faculty, 9:15AM Parent-Child Learning with rotating JCU Faculty, check the bulletin for dates and times Israel Friedman Daf Yomi with ro-tating JCU Faculty, 1 hour before Minchah 39 Melachot with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind

JEWISH CENTER UNIVERSITY FALL • SEMESTER RUNS THROUGH DECEMBER 18

For more information visit our website or contact Rabbi Dovid Zirkind at dzirkind@jewishcenter.org

As our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Israel at this most difficult time, much has been written and debated on the source of these tensions and their history. Following a thoroughly misleading historiography of the Temple Mount by the New York Times, our Resident Scholar, Rabbi Ari Lamm was featured in re-sponse in Tablet Magazine. His essay, Scholars Debunk ‘Times’ Arti-cle on Temple Mount can be found at tabletmag.com

To help analyze the current situation in its ever-complicated con-text, we are honored to announce a special Scholar-in-Residence weekend with renowned Israeli historian, Benny Morris on Shabbat, November 21st. On Shabbat morning, Professor Morris will deliver a public lecture entitled Har HaBayit: The Temple Mount Past and Present.

Thank you to all those who have so gener-ously contributed to our special fund to sup-port victims of terror and their families in Israel. If you have not yet contributed, I en-courage you do so before we close this ap-peal on October 23rd. Contributions may be submitted online through our website. Checks may be made out to the Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung Memorial Fund and earmarked with the words, "victims of terror."

The JC's new Volunteer Improvement Pro-gram will be kicking off its first season with a delectable KIDDUSH ON OCTOBER 24, hon-oring our current volunteers and inspiring new ones for a wide range of JC activities. A draft list of current volunteers can be found on the insert inside and published more formally next week. If we have overlooked your name as a current volun-teer, email vip@jewishcenter.org and if you are not yet a regular volunteer, we encourage each of you to attend on the 24th and add your name to the list by next season!

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SUPPORTING ISRAEL

Thank you to all who joined us for ISRAELI CHIEF RABBI DAVID BARUCH LAU

IN CONVERSATION WITH RABBI SHMUEL GOLDIN. CONVERSION TO JUDAISM: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

IN ISRAEL AND AMERICA TODAY

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YOUNG COUPLES AND FAMILIES ROUND ROBIN SHABBAT LUNCH SHABBAT, OCTOBER 23 AT 1:00PM YCF welcomes all those who are interested to join for a round robin Shabbat lunch! Please let us know if you would like to host guests or be hosted. To register, please visit our website.

KIDDUSH - LAUNCHING THE JC’S VOLUNTEER IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SHABBAT, OCTOBER 24 The Volunteer Improvement Program (VIP) is a new initiative to get more people in-volved in The JC in meaningful ways and to improve the experience of our volunteers. This Kiddush will recognize our current volunteers and provide information about volunteering opportunities which require varying levels of time. For more information email vip@jewishcenter.org.

SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE - THE HONORABLE IRWIN COTLER SHABBAT, OCTOBER 30-31 Irwin Cotler is the Member of Parliament for Mount Royal and the Liberal Party of Canada’s Critic for Rights and Freedoms and International Justice. For his bio, a complete list of speaking engagements and information on the Community Shabbat dinner, please see the insert.

BOOK CLUB MEETING: ALLY: MY JOURNEY ACROSS THE AMERICAN-ISRAELI DIVIDE BY MICHAEL OREN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT 7:30PM AT THE HOME OF DINAH & ANDY MENDES, 262 CENTRAL PARK WEST This meeting will be led by Professor Jerome Chanes. All are welcome to join the book club. If you have any questions, please email Dinah at bookclub@jewishcenter.org.

A CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION COURSE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BETH DIN OF AMERICA Thursday, November 5; Wednesday, November 18; Wednesday, December 2; Thursday, December 17 For session topics and teachers, please visit our website. Each class is worth 1.5 ethics credits and will take place from 8:00-9:30PM. Each session costs $75. Sign up for all 4 and receive the fourth lecture free of charge. Visit our website to register.

ANNUAL CLOTHING DRIVE Sunday, November 15 from 10:30AM-1:30PM Even if you have worn them already, or don’t want to, your clothes can still perform good deeds by being donated to our clothing drive. For more information and to get involved as a volunteer, please email eliane@jewishcenter.org.

UPCOMING EVENTS

MAZAL TOV Hedda Rudoff on the Bar Mitzvah of her grandson, Yamin

Aliza Charlap & Dov Segal on the birth of Talya Chaya

BEREAVEMENT We regret to inform you of the passing of Felice Blank, sister of Jewish Center member Marilyn Lefkowitz. Marilyn will sit Shi-vah at her home, 333 West 86th Street, apt. 1004 from 7:30PM-10:00PM on Thursday. On Fri-day she will sit Shivah in New Jersey. Shivah will resume at her home on Saturday evening, Oc-tober 17 from 8:00-10:00PM.

THANK YOU TO CSS We would like to once again thank CSS and our dedicated CSS members for providing the security for our synagogue this week and the holidays.

THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS Thank you to our ushers Stephen Rutenberg and Rachel Wolf.

COMMUNITY WIDE PRAYER SERVICE FOR ISRAEL Sunday, October 18 at 7:30PM at Congregation Ohab Zedek (118 W 95th Street) MJE ANNUAL BLOOD DRIVE & MITZVAH FAIR Sunday, October 18 from 11:00AM – 1:00PM Participate in this day of chesed! There will be a Mitzvah fair, blood drive, mezuzah and Tefillin checking, shatnez testing, a chesed project with DOROT and Tal’s Smile and a special IDF packing mitzvah project. For more information and to register, visit www.jewishexperience.org. NISHMAT’S YOATZOT HALA-CHA COMMENCEMENT AND CERTIFICATION CEREMONY Sunday, October 25 at 1:00PM at Congregation Kehilath Jeshu-run. To RSVP or for more infor-mation, visit www.afnishmat.org/yhusgraduation.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

PARENT CHILD LEARNING WILL BEGIN NEXT SHABBAT, OCTOBER 24

SUMMER AND FALL BIRTHDAY KIDDUSH SHABBAT, OCTOBER 24 Celebrate your children's birthday by sponsoring Kiddush. Visit our website for more information.

ZUMBA AND KRAV MAGA NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 24 FROM 7:30PM-9:30PM Children, tweens and teens are invited to

get their hearts racing during a high-energy Zumba class or an action-packed Krav Maga session. $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Pizza and ice cream will be served after the classes. For more information, to sponsor or register, please visit our website.

PARENT CHILD COOKING CLASS WITH JACKIE TOPEL SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 FROM 11:00AM-1:00PM

YOUTH DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS & UPDATES

Yosie Levine

Rabbi

Dovid Zirkind Assistant Rabbi

Chaim David Berson Cantor

Daniel Fridman Resident Scholar

Ari Lamm Resident Scholar

Erica Brown Community Scholar

Noach Goldstein William Fischman Rabbinic Intern

Aaron Strum Executive Director

Eliane Dreyfuss Glassman Director of

Programming and Communications

Jenn & Gaby Minsky Youth Directors

OFFICERS Avi Schwartz President

Andrew Borodach First Vice President

Andrew Kaplan Vice President

Mark Segall Vice President

Rose Lynn Sherr Vice President

Michael Jacobs Assistant

Vice President

Yaron Kinar Treasurer

Len Berman Assistant Treasurer

Miri Lipsky Secretary

Ilana Gadish

Yoetzet Halacha 646-598-1080

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When the Land was Corrupted Rabbi Daniel Fridman, Resident Scholar

March 20-22 in Washington, DC Over three jam-packed days, Policy Conference participants choose from hundreds of informative sessions and participate in the pro-Israel communi-ty's largest and most important advocacy sessions. If you have questions or are interested in joining the delegation, please contact Eliane at eliane@jewishcenter.org or call 212-724-2700 x110.

JC DELEGATION AT THE AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE

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In an era when military experts concern them-selves with cyber attacks of geometrically increasing sophistication, and pinpoint drone strikes launched from a distance of literally thousands of miles, Jewish men, women, and children are being knifed to death on the streets of Jerusalem. It’s easy to forget just how fragile, and visceral, life really is. Never did it seem more appropriate to read the first few verses of this week’s sedra, and the Lord saw the land and behold, it was cor-rupted, for man had destroyed the path of God on this earth...the land had been filled with violence, ותמלא הארץ חמס. Worse still, since, in my view, it is no longer reasonable to hope that explaining the situation for the ump-teenth time will lead to anything approaching a factual portrayal in the media, we are left in a surreal twilight zone in which the cold blooded murder of Jews in their ancestral homeland is reported to us as an unfortunate development in a conflict that has no clear right or wrong. This, too, is a measure of the corruption in the land. It’s understandable why some people feel nothing other than iso-lation and despair. Yet, perhaps in reading this parshah of destruction, there is a measure of hope for us.

Based on a careful reading of the text, the Sages determined that the defining sin of the generation of the Flood was gezel, or force-fully taking that which belongs to another per-son. In large measure, Avraham, who emerg-es at the end of this week’s portion, rectifies the sin of the generation of the flood by intro-ducing the significance of chessed into the world, generously giving one’s own to others. Avraham reverses gezel into chessed. It seems to me that this is where our attention and efforts must be focused right now. If we can do very little to control the world’s apathy to the plight of the Jews in Israel, we can, and should, do a great deal to assist our brethren ourselves. My aunt in Jerusalem sent my fa-ther an e-mail in which she detailed heroic acts, combining gevurah and chessed, in which bystanders have rushed to aid of those under attack, saving lives, and preventing much greater damage by thwarting terrorists. It’s enough to remind us of the way that Avraham sprang into action when his family members needed it. May the chessed of Avraham sus-tain his children in our time of need.

2015 LAY VOLUNTEERS AT THE JEWISH CENTER (If we have overlooked your name as a current volunteer, email vip@jewishcenter.org)

Julie & Andrew Ackerman Ami Aharon Steven Antosofsky Miriam Bassik Michael Bayer Gregory Bell Adena Berkowitz Lori Zeltser & Len Berman Scott and Marnie Black Harriet & George Blank Jonathan Blank Penina Blazer Elaine & Benjamin Blech Jeff Bogursky Moshe Borg Rachel Wolf & Andrew Borodach Leora Botnick Nava Silton & Ariel Brandwein Aliza Herzberg & Howard Brodie Jacob Buksbaum Lois & Michael Burak Dina Burcat Susan Canter Michael Chill Gilda Chodosh Michelle Chrein Ted Comet Benjamin Cooper Susan & Arthur Degen Craig Englander Sam Englander Allen Fagin Vivian & Bernard Falk Judith Falk Dora Federbush Sherry & Mark Fessel Jeanette & Scott Fisher Brauna & Marvin Fortgang Tova Friedman Evelyn & Moshe Fruchter Alisa & Benjamin Gadon Hindy Poupko Galena Shlomo Gewirtz Jonathan Glaser David Gliner Josh Goldberg Naomi Goldman Samuel Goldman Ariella Goldstein Bella Goldwater Susan & Moshe Golkin Benjamin Gottlieb Joseph Gottlieb Alan Gover Evelyn Graber Esther & Steve Graber Robert Grauman Irwin Gribetz Carrie Grun Limor Gutkind

Tehillah Blech Harris Rabbi Jonathan & Shelley Helfand Alvin Hellerstein Becca & David Herman Elli Himelstein Steven Hirsch Rabbi Robert & Virginia Bayer Hirt Esther Hollander Mindy & Ami Horowitz Adira Hulkower Avi Jacobowitz Esther & Michael Jacobs Seth Jonas Joan Kagan Shira Orenstein & Daniel Kahn Margie Kahn Tobi Kahn Elana Kaminetzky Chaviva & Andrew Kaplan Mark Kaufmann Rona & Ira Kellman Yaron Kinar Miriam Klein Larry Klein Jessica & Lawrence Klein Sharon Kleiner Amy Kohen Rebecca & Emilio Krausz Jonah Kupietzky Amanda & Daniel Laifer Amy Latkin Marion Lauber Zvi Lefkovitz Neil Leibowitz Darrin Litsky Eduard Lowenthal Rachel Lurie Simcha Lyons Sara Marko Gary Menachem Emily Menchel Dinah & Andrew Mendes Paulette & David Meyer Lisa Misher Edward Morgan Veronica & Erwin Muth Pamela Neikrug Sarah Newton Steven Nicoll Deena Blanchard & Akiva Novetsky Alan Nussbaum Joseph Nussbaum Hillel Olivestone Paulette & Samuel Papilsky Barbara Paris Kathy & Milton Parnass Yael & Antonio Pinto Abigail Posner Isaac Puder Michael Rand

Rachel & Jonah Raskas Ephraim Reinhard Barbara Reiss Lauren Hayman & David Reves Gladys & Robert Richter Linda Roberts Steven Rosenbaum Jordan Rosenberg Golda & Henry Rothman Marilyn Rothschild Hedda Rudoff David Rumschitzki Stephen Rutenberg Angela Sacks Guy Salomon Francine & Jesse Salsberg Miriam Lipsky & Joshua Schainker Elizabeth & Jonathan Schilowitz Avram Schreiber Avi Schwartz Beth Schwartz Ruth Schwarz Chani & Mark Segall Ron Shapiro Rose Lynn Sherr Rachel & Yossi Siegel Roberta Sigall Grant Silverstein Genna Singer Joseph Sklarin Suzanne Smith Jeffrey Smith Jennifer & Mark Smith Ruth Solmonoff Rachel & Daniel Solomons Rona & Andrew Steinerman Malka Strasberg Eleanore Strauss Jeff Sussman Lilly Tempelsman Ira Tokayer Hannah & Scott Topiel Atara & Zeesha Twersky David Vorchheimer Adina & Philip Wagman Deborah & Robert Weiss Joyce & Aaron Weitz Shira Silton & David Wildman Kenneth Wolf Jacob Worenklein Jessica & Noam Zeffren

The JC's new Volunteer Improvement Program will be kicking off its first season with a delectable KIDDUSH ON OCTOBER 24, honoring our current volunteers and inspiring new ones for a wide range of JC activities.

If you are not yet a regular volunteer, we encourage each of you to attend on the 24th and add your name to the list by next season!