Archive: December 2012

Sisterhood News – January 2013

Posted on December 27, 2012

Happy New Year to one and all! Sisterhood is going strong in 2013 and January is a busy month. We’ll start the year with Sushi & Sake with Men’s Club on January 12 and celebrate another Sisterhood Shabbat on January 26. Both promise to be spectacular! Have you seen the Trudy Barsky Gift Shop lately? Continue Reading »

Salute to Israel Concert – A Night to Remember

Posted on December 27, 2012

It’s just around the corner!This year’s “SALUTE TO ISRAEL CONCERT” will beA NIGHT TO REMEMBER….A spectacular evening filled with Elegance & Sophistication. This will be an event you will never forget!  SAVE THE DATE…SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 at 7:00 pm at the LEFRAK CONCERT HALL at QUEENS COLLEGE. You will hear so many different flavors Continue Reading »

Shabbat Vayehi 5773

Posted on December 27, 2012

One of the featured motifs of Sefer Bereshit, the Book of Genesis, is sibling discord. It began with fratricide when Cain killed Abel, and continued in each generation of the patriarchal/matriarchal narrative. Yitzhak and Yishma’el couldn’t coexist; the twins Ya’akov and Esav had to separate for 20 years before they could see each other again; and Continue Reading »

Simchas, Shiva Info – Look to Member News

Posted on December 26, 2012

Look to our Celebrating menu to navigate to Simcha announcements – births, graduations, engagements, marriages, and other honor received by our membership. Simcha Announcements Also Shiva Information is provided in our Loss page located in our Caring Section

Shabbat Vayigash 5773

Posted on December 20, 2012

Of all the heroes in the Bible, only one character earns the title Tzaddik, righteous, from the Rabbis. That character is Yosef, the man who rises from obnoxious teenager to Egypt’s chief economic adviser, from slave to master of his family’s destiny. And perhaps most significantly, Yosef is the one to break the cycle of sibling Continue Reading »

Shabbat Miketz/Hanukkah 5773

Posted on December 13, 2012

Nothing tells the story of Hanukkah quite like its repertoire of songs. Each song emphasizes a different angle to the holiday–the fun of spinning the dreidel (Sevivon), God’s role in the miracle (Ma’oz Tzur), the power of the Maccabees (Mi Yemalel). But to me, there’s one song that is really what Hanukkah should mean in the 21st Continue Reading »

Shabbat Vayeshev 5773

Posted on December 6, 2012

As the eldest of 12 brothers, Reuven should have immense authority. And in a moment of crisis, he steps forward. Hearing his brothers’ murderous designs on Yosef, he makes an attempt to save his obnoxious younger sibling’s life: “He said, ‘Let us not take his life.’ And Reuben went on, ‘Shed no blood! Cast him Continue Reading »

Passing of Eleanor Brafman z’l

Posted on December 6, 2012

We are saddened by the passing of our long-time member Eleanor Brafman. The funeral will be on Thursday, December 6 at 9:00 AM, at Sinai Chapels on Horace Harding Expressway. Burial at Riverside Cemetery in Saddle Brook, NJ. Shiva will be observed at the Brafman home, 85-23 214th St. in Hollis Hills. The phone number Continue Reading »

Mazal Tov to Sally & Harvey Goldstein

Posted on December 4, 2012

Mazal Tov to Sally and Harvey Goldstein on the engagement of their three grandchildren in Israel.

Mazal Tov to Linda & Arthur Liederman

Posted on December 4, 2012

Mazal Tov to Linda and Arthur Liederman on the engagement of their son Joshua and Leah Ring.