News

Shabbat Parshat Ki Tisa
February 22-23, 2019/18 Adar I, 5779

Schedule

Kiddush

This week's Kiddush is sponsored by Grand and Essex Market in honor of their sixth anniversary. 

Please assist clean up captains:  Rogovin & Rosenberg 

Upcoming Kiddush Clean Up Schedule:  

3/2 Rubenstein & Samad J/D
​​​​​​​3/9 Sandler & Samad M/E
3/16 Schindel & Schlosberg/Siegel

Parents: you are responsible for making sure your children respect the shul and clean up after themselves.

This Week @ Netivot

Mazel Tov to Mindy and Lewis Furman on the birth of a granddaughter, and to parents Danielle and Ben Furman and brother Noah.

Condolences to Susan Montag on the passing of her sister, Barbara Rubin.
May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

Welcome to all of the guests who are davening with us today to support the shul and the Rabbi.

Welcome to our New Members

Gail & Jack Bendheim
​​​​Zelda Stern & Stanley Rosenzweig
Vivi Septimus & Seth Greenfield, Gabe, Jack & Jillian
Ravital & Avi Korn, Adiv, Itai, and Raya 
Renee & Joe Septimus
Faye & David Landes
Sandra & Joseph Greenberg
Rabbi Gavriel Bellino and Family
Janet and Lior Hod
Shari & Nathan Lindenbaum

Thank you to Benjy Gottesman, Meg Rosenberg and Lauren Kelin for organizing the mini minyan.

Families with young children – please help us maintain order in the coatroom by hanging children’s coats on the same hanger with your coat. This will ensure that we have sufficient space in the coat room.
 
If you are in the building on a weekday, please make sure not to touch the bar on the front door unless you are authorized to do so. Also, please make sure all lights are turned off before you leave.

Come one, come all to a parsha chabura hosted by Noam and Nomi Schneck on February 22nd at 435 Claremont Avenue, beginning at 8:30pm.

The chabura will be a collective learning experience...and there will be snacks! Hope to see you there!

As a reminder, please join Rabbi Helfgot and the Board for a General Membership Meeting on Sunday, February 24th at 8:00pm. (Please note earlier time.)

This meeting will provide an opportunity for all of us as a community to learn about the RCBC and its recent bylaws change. In advance of the meeting, Rabbi Helfgot will be sharing several sources related to some of the discussion topics. The meeting will provide an opportunity for the Rabbi, the Board and the membership to listen to the various perspectives of the members of the community.

Please note that this meeting will be for Netivot Shalom members only (including associate members.)  We hope to see you there.

There will be a general board meeting and election of board members in June. Nominations are open for the following board positions: President, VP Operations,VP Programming and two general board positions. If you are interested in serving on the board or wish to nominate someone, please contact any member of the Nominations Committee by April 30: Pam Scheininger, Katie Katz and Barry Herzog.

Netivot Shalom Annual Dinner 
honoring our in-house heroes

​​​​​​​Lew Michelson and the CSS team
Sema Heller Memorial Award 
and 
Sarah and Jonathan Dauber
​​​​​​​Service Award

March 9th, 2019
8:00pm
Fair Lawn Jewish Center

To RSVP or donate, click  here  ​​​​​​​.

Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich will be joining Netivot Shalom as Scholar in Residence on Shabbat, March 16th. Among her accomplishments, Dr. Simkovich is the Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies and director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies program at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, as well as a Core Faculty member of Drisha Institute.

She will be speaking on the following topics: 

1. Pre-musaf Dvar Torah - The Emerging Interest of Orthodox Leadership in Jewish-Christian Dialogue
2.  Following kiddush - Messianism and the Apocalypse: What Did Jews Write About After The Babylonian Exile?
3.  Between mincha and maariv - Sectarian Judaism and Common Judaism: What Made You a Jew in Second Temple Times? 

The program is being sponsored by the Abraham and Sheila Schlussel Adult Education Institute.

You can now support Netivot Shalom when shopping on Amazon though the Amazon Smile charity donation program. 

When shopping on Amazon use  THIS LINK  and the shul will receive a percentage of your purchases from the AmazonSmile program at no cost to you!

Tova Warburg Sinensky, our Yoetzet Halacha, can be reached at 201-655-2180 or at  teaneckyoetzet@gmail.com.

You can "like" and follow the Teaneck Yoetzet initiative Facebook page at  www.facebook.com/TeaneckYoetzet for resources from Tova and information on events.  

CSS

Thank you to David Fass, Lew Michelson, Josie Altzman, Michael Akerman,  Matthew Rosenberg, and Naftali Goldsmith on the CSS team for providing security over Shabbat.  

Youth

Weltman Parent Child Learning Program

Parent Child Learning will take place next Motzei Shabbat, March 2nd at 7:15pm.

The Parent Child Learning program has been renamed the Weltman Parent Child Learning Program, in memory of Ilse Weltman, grandmother of David Eiselt. Thank you to Paula and David Eiselt for dedicating this important program.

Youth Kiddush

Sponsorships for a youth department Kiddush with special snacks are available for $36! Kiddush sponsorships are for children's birthday and special events (like a sports victory or school award) only. We continue to count on our adults to celebrate their accomplishments through sponsorship of shul-wide kiddush.  Click here to Sponsor . 

Thank You Youth Group Leaders

In Our Community  

AIPAC "South of Cedar" Event

L'Dor V'Dor Internship

Project Ometz Support Group

Time2Talk Substance Abuse Groups

We welcome any family member with a loved one suffering from addiction and substance abuse issues to our local support group, which meets every other Wednesday evening in Teaneck. The group is free of charge and is facilitated by clinicians specializing in addiction. For more information and the time/location of the meeting, please email:  Time2TalkAddiction@gmail.com . In addition, for information about vaping, marijuana, opioids, resources for treatment and education, and other important topics, please visit our website:  www.Time2TalkAddiction.org .  

Jerusalem Marathon for Shalva 

Please consider supporting our members as they run the Jerusalem Marathon!  
Reyna Perelis:  http://www.run4shalva.org/my/reynaruns2  
Shoshi Birn:  http://www.run4shalva.org/my/shoshibirn
Nemi Helfgot:  http://www.run4shalva.org/my/nhelfgot22
Please visit their personal pages for more information and to sponsor.

Community Events 

For more detailed information, click HERE