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November/December 2019 Cheshvan/Kislev/Tevet 5780

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Rabbi Alysa Mendelson Graf

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Rabbi Alysa Mendelson Graf

On Hanukkah, we celebrate the miracle of light that burned longer than anyone ever imagined it would. This year, at Port Jewish Center, we are celebrating the light of our congregation, which has burned brightly for fifty years. Ours is the little synagogue that could. And why? Because of our founders and builders. Our founders believed in creating a com-munity whose doors were open to one and all and without delay. Our builders, individuals and families who joined our sacred community in the years after it began, have strengthened and added to our foundation.

In the years since I first arrived, I have had the chance to go through our archives and to speak to many of you. In doing so, I have not only learned about the history of our congregation, I have also learned about what it takes to build a sacred community. This year, as part of our Jubilee celebration, we are doing an Oral History Project with our students at Port Jewish Center. Specifically, we are hoping that our students will be able to learn from our founders and the builders who came before them what it took to

begin Port Jewish Center and to sustain it. We want PJC’s children to learn from you about your favorite experiences at Port Jewish Center, the efforts that you have made to sustain it, and how being part of PJC has impacted your own Jew-ish identity. Soon, you will be receiving a letter from the Project’s co-chairs, Helen Albertson and Fredda Meltzer with infor-mation about how you can get involved. Lauren Chizner, the Director of our Religious School, will be working with our students and their families to help them prepare for their interviews with many of you (we hope you will say yes to our request!).

Of course, over the years, our build-ers and founders have had the benefit of some wonderful rabbinic partners in doing the holy work that has helped us grow and thrive. This year, we are excited that the three rabbis who were with us for significant periods of time will be coming back for Shabbat visits. Our first visit will be from Rabbi Sheila Goloboy on Friday, December 6. On that Shabbat, Rabbi Goloboy will reflect on the journey of her rabbinate, what she learned from

her experi- ence at Port Jewish Center, and on the work she is doing today. This will also be the general focus of our Rabbi Lecture Series and we look forward to hearing what Rabbi Donna Berman (April 3) and Rabbi Beth Davidson (May 1) will have to say when they come visit.

On Hanukkah, when we light the menorah, we add a candle to the meno-rah on every night of the holiday. And so, every night we add a little more light. At PJC, that’s what we’ve been doing for the last fifty years, we have been add-ing a little more light each year. Every light we have added has helped us create something brilliant. May our light keep shining for generations to come.


Shabbat Services

Friday, November 1, 8:00 pm – Shabbat Service with Jeremy SipeFriday, November 8, 8:00 pm - Shabbat ServiceFriday, November 15, 8:00 pm – Shabbat Service with Chris MasonSaturday, November 16, 10:30 am – Ryan & Alexandra Abend’s B’nei MitzvahFriday, November 22, 6:30 pm – Family Shabbat with Chris MasonFriday, November 29, 8:00 pm – Shabbat ServiceFriday, December 6, 8:00 pm – Shabbat Service with Rabbi Goloboy, Pre-neg at 7:30Friday, December 13, 8:00 pm – Shabbat Service with Chris MasonFriday, December 20, 8:00 pm – Shabbat ServiceFriday, December 27, 8:00 pm – Shabbat Service

Weekly Torah Portions

November 1 Noach 4 Heshvan Genesis 6:9-11:32 November 8 Lech Lecha 11 Heshvan Genesis 12:1-17:27 November 15 Vayera 18 Heshvan Genesis 18:1-22:24 November 22 Chay El Sarah 25 Heshvan Genesis 23:1-25:18 November 29 Toldot 2 Kislev Genesis 25:19-28:9 December 6 Vayetze 9 Kislev Genesis 28:10-32:2 December 13 Vayishlach 16 Kislev Genesis 32:3-36:43 December 20 VayEeshev 23 Kislev Genesis 37:1-40:23 December 27 Miketz 30 Kislev Genesis 41:1-44:17

News of the Congregation

Thank you to:1 Jon Helfat for coordinating our high holy day participants1 Rich Feldman for coordinating our high holy day ushers

Mazel tov to:1 Niloo & Richard Mayeri on Maximo becoming a Bar Mitzvah1 Michelle & Chai Karnsomtob on Ava becoming a Bat Mitzvah

open arms • open minds • open hearts November/December 2019

Co-President Nancy Kaplan

Nancy Kaplan

Shalom,This year, Port Jewish Center will be

hosting the annual Interfaith Thanks-giving Service on Sunday, November 24, 2019 at 4:30 pm. Members of the community and clergy of different faiths will gather to celebrate the holi-day. Thanksgiving falls at the end of the harvest season to give thanks to God. It is primarily an American holiday and not an inherently religious holiday.

There are strong historical connections between Judaism and Thanksgiving. Most of the Pilgrims who celebrated the first Thanksgiving were Puritans, a branch of the Protestant faith. The Puritans strongly identified with the historical traditions and customs of the Israelites in the Bible. In their quest for religious freedom the Puritans viewed their journey to America as analogous to the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt entering into a new covenant with God

in a new Promised Land. The first Thanksgiving was attended

by 90 Native Americans and 50 En-glish Pilgrim settlers in Plymouth, MA in 1621. Many people believe that the Pilgrims modeled Thanksgiving after the holiday of Sukkot, as they are both harvest festivals that take place in the fall. Sukkot is a time of rejoicing as our ancestors gave thanks for the conclusion of the harvest and the bounty of the land. Thanksgiving Day did not become a holiday until President George Wash-ington announced that November 26, 1789 would be a day of thanksgiving and prayer to mark the adoption of the U.S. Constitution and the establishment of a new government. Thanksgiving became an annual ritual starting in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national holiday for the last Thursday of each November as “a day of thanksgiving and praise of our beneficent Father.”

Most Amer-ican Jews have absorbed the holiday into their own traditions. The main theme of the holiday of Thanksgiving comes from the name itself, reminding us of the importance of giving thanks. Saying “thank you” is a primary Jewish value. We can celebrate Thanksgiving with pride. From the historical connec-tions of the Puritans to Sukkot and the Torah to the primary importance in Judaism of giving thanks to God for all our blessings, Thanksgiving is a holiday steeped in Jewish values.

World Renowned Jazz Pianist, Ted Rosenthal, coming to Port Washington with his newly created Jazz Opera “Dear Erich”November 6, 2019, Wednesday, 7:30 - 9:00 pm, Port Washington Public Library, Lapham Meeting Room

About Dear Erich: A Talkback with Ted Rosenthal on His Jazz OperaTed Rosenthal is one of the leading jazz pianists of his generation. He actively tours worldwide with his trio, as a soloist, and has performed with many jazz greats. Ted has written a Jazz Opera—Dear Erich, inspired by 200 newly discovered letters written in Germany between 1938 and 1941 by Herta Rosenthal to her son Erich, the composer’s father. Dear Erich tells a refugee story for our times. Join Ted as he discusses his Jazz Opera. Ted will be playing excerpts from his Jazz Opera on the library’s Steinway piano.Please see Ted's website www.dearerich.com for a complete synopsis and reviews for his Jazz/Opera. Also learn about Ted and his world renowned music background at www.tedrosenthal.com.


Lauren Chizner

Religious School Director

50 years is a really long time!! I used to feel that way. That’s what my children still say. But as I am approaching 50 (I still have a little time) and my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversa-ry, it doesn’t quite feel as long. Yes, 50 is a huge milestone for anyone and anything. I am excited that PJC is celebrating 50 years as a Reform congregation in Port Washington. It makes me proud to be part of the PJC story, at least for the past six years.

This year in the Religious School we will be doing a number of things to celebrate 50 years of Port Jewish Center. Part of celebrating will include under-standing who we are and where we have come from. In November, each family will receive a sheet to complete with their “PJC Story.” We want our students to learn about our community—how it began, who the rabbis and educators were, and what makes PJC so special for the past 50 years. But we want more than that. We want parents to share with their children how and why they chose PJC as their Jewish spiritual home. We want our children to share with their parents what they love about PJC and what makes PJC special to them.

As an extension of this, we will be asking our Religious School families to help us undertake an Oral History pro-gram. We will pair each Religious School family (who chooses to participate) with a long time PJC member or family. Our

hope is that each group will gather to-gether for coffee or a meal to get to know one another in an initial informal get together. The second meeting will be an interview by the Religious School family with the long-time member. Interview questions will be provided to be asked by both parents and students. Each interview will be recorded so that we can create an oral history for our congrega-tion—something that will be preserved for generations to come. We hope our families will be as excited about this project as we are.

The third component of our celebra-tion in the school is that our 3rd-6th graders are learning about the impor-tance and key concepts of community with Morah Shahla. Using stories, inter-views, and activities, they will discover the importance of a Jewish community and our PJC community. They will come to understand how community brings us together, can provide a connection to our heritage, culture and values throughout their lifetimes. Our students will have the opportunity to look at some of the ar-tifacts we have from the beginning days of our congregation. Our 6th graders will be taking it one step further and will be working with a curriculum called “Trea-suring Communities” from December to February. Treasuring Communities is based on a program developed by The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot in Tel Aviv in cooperation with

the Israeli Ministry of Education. Students will learn about different ways of telling their community story utilizing various creative mediums such as video, photo-graphs, personal interviews and sound bites. Our students will research, discov-er, and document their findings about PJC. They will complete a document, and their findings may be uploaded to the renewed Beit Hatfutsot databases and become part of the online Museum of the Jewish People. In addition, our 6th graders will interview two long-time PJC members and will add their videos to our PJC Oral History Project.

This is a very exciting year in the life of our congregation, as well as our Reli-gious School. In the coming weeks our families will receive their “PJC Story” worksheet and have the opportunity to participate in the Oral History project. I hope each of our families says "yes" and helps to document our collective PJC story! Help us celebrate our 50th year by creating a memory for the next 50 years!


B'nei Mitzvah — Alexandra & Ryan Abend — November 16

Ryan Abend is a 7th grader at Weber Middle School. He grew up in New York City and moved to Port Washington in the 3rd grade. Ryan loves to be active and play sports, his favorites are basketball and football and he currently plays on the Weber Football team and two different basketball teams. He also enjoys spending time with his friends and family. Ryan and his family will be making their first trip to Israel in the spring and he’s excited to explore Israel. Ryan is looking forward to celebrating this special day with his family and close friends, and sharing his Bar Mitzvah with his sister Alexandra and parents Dina and Rich.

Alexandra Abend is an 8th grader at Weber Middle School. She grew up in New York City and moved to Port Washington in the 4th grade. Alex loves to travel and wants to go around the world one day, but right now she is looking forward to exploring Israel in the spring. Alex enjoys drawing and excels in art. She plays for the Weber Softball team as well. Alex and Ryan’s Mitzvah project is called Birthday Wishes. It is a charity on Long Island that collects and donates items to children who live in shelters and aren’t able to have birthday parties. Alex is a very compas-sionate person who is great with children. She is looking forward to celebrating this special day with her family and close friends and sharing her Bat Mitzvah day with her brother Ryan and parents Dina and Rich.


Lunch and LearnTuesday, November 12 & 26, December 10 & 17 at 12 pm.

Book Club Wednesdays at 8:00 pm

November 20, Eternal Life, by Dara HornRachel is a woman with a problem: she can’t die. Her recent troubles, widowhood, a failing business, an unemployed middle-aged son, are only the latest in a litany spanning dozens of countries, scores of marriages, and hundreds of children. In the 2,000 years since she made a spiritual bargain to save the life of her first son back in Roman-occupied Jerusalem, she’s tried everything to free herself, and only one other person in the world understands: a man she once loved passionately, who has been stalking her through the centuries, convinced they belong together forever. But as the twenty-first century begins and her children and grandchildren, consumed with immortality in their own ways, from the frontiers of digital currency to genetic engineering, develop new technologies that could change her fate and theirs, Rachel knows she must find a way out. Gripping, hilarious, and profoundly moving, Eternal Life celebrates the bonds between generations, the power of faith, the purpose of death, and the reasons for being alive. 256p. 2018.

December 18, Cooking Gene, by Michael TwittyFrom the tobacco and rice farms of colonial times to plantation kitchens and backbreaking cotton fields, Twitty tells his family story through the foods that enabled his ancestors’ survival across three centuries. He sifts through stories, recipes, genetic tests, and historical documents, and travels from Civil War battlefields in Virginia to synagogues in Alabama to Black-owned organic farms in Georgia. As he takes us through his ancestral culinary history, Twitty suggests that healing may come from embracing the discomfort of the Southern past. Along the way, he reveals a truth that is more than skin deep—the power that food has to bring the kin of the enslaved and their former slaveholders to the table, where they can discover the real America together. 464p. 2017. January 15, Lilac Girls, by Martha Hall KellyNew York socialite Caroline Ferriday’s world is forever changed when Hitler’s army invades Poland in September 1939—and then sets its sights on France. Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. The ambitious young German doctor, Herta Oberheuser, finds herself trapped in a male-dominated realm of Nazi secrets and power. The lives of these three women are set on a collision course when the unthinkable happens and Kasia is sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp Their stories cross continents—from New York to Paris, Germany, and Poland—as Caroline and Kasia strive to bring justice to those whom history has forgotten. 496p. 2017.

February 12, If All the Seas Were Ink, by Ilana KurshanIlana Kurshan’s memoir is impressive for many reasons. On its face the story is about a woman, the author, and how she recovered from her divorce through daf yomi, the daily practice of studying the Talmud, which took over seven years to complete. But Kurshan’s divorce is neither the focus of her book nor the main story of her life. Rather, the book’s topics range widely, from Kurshan’s childhood to her aliyah to Israel, to parenthood. Organized in a loosely chronological fashion, it is arranged by Talmud tractates. The power of this memoir arises from the expert connections Kurshan draws between her personal story and the talmudic anecdotes. 320p. 2017.

Adult Education


March 18, Judas, by Amos OzJerusalem, 1959. Shmuel Ash, a biblical scholar, is adrift in his young life when he finds work as a caregiver for a brilliant but cantankerous old man named Gershom Wald. There is, however, a third, mysterious presence in his new home. Atalia Abarbanel, the daughter of a deceased Zionist leader, a beautiful woman in her forties, entrances young Shmuel even as she keeps him at a distance. Piece by piece, the old Jerusalem stone house, haunted by tragic history and now home to the three misfits and their intricate relationship, reveals its secrets. At once an exquisite love story and coming-of-age novel, an allegory for the state of Israel and for the biblical tale from which it draws its title, Judas is Amos Oz's most powerful novel in decades. 325p. 2016.

April 29, Spies of no Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel, by Matti FriedmanThe four agents at the center of this story were part of a ragtag unit known as the Arab Section, conceived during World War II by British spies and Jewish militia leaders in Palestine. Intended to gather intelligence and carry out sabotage operations, the unit consisted of Jews who were native to the Arab world and could thus easily assume Arab identities. In 1948, with Israel’s existence hanging in the balance, these men went undercover in Beirut, where they spent the next two years operating out of a newsstand, collecting intelligence and sending messages back to Israel via a radio whose antenna was disguised as a clothesline. They would emerge as the nucleus of the Mossad, Israel’s vaunted intelligence agency. Spies of No Country is about the slippery identities of these young spies, but it’s also about the complicated identity of Israel, a country that presents itself as Western, but in fact has more citizens with Middle Eastern roots and traditions, like the spies of this narrative. 272p. 2019.

May 27, Naamah, by Sarah BlakeAcclaimed writer Sarah Blake reclaims the story of Noah’s wife, Naamah, the matriarch who kept them alive. Here is the woman torn between faith and fury, lending her strength to her sons and their wives, caring for an unruly menagerie of restless creatures, silently mourning the lover she left behind. Here is the woman escaping into the unreceded waters, where a seductive angel tempts her to join a strange and haunted world. Here is the woman tormented by dreams and questions of her own - questions of service and self-determination, of history and memory, of the kindness or cruelty of fate. 304p. 2019.

June 17, I.M.: a Memoir, by Isaac MizrahiIn I.M., Isaac Mizrahi offers a poignant, candid, and touching look back on his life so far. Growing up gay in a sheltered Syrian Jewish Orthodox family, Isaac had unique talents that ultimately drew him into fashion and later into celebrity circles that read like a who’s who of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: Richard Avedon, Audrey Hepburn, Anna Wintour, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Meryl Streep, and Oprah Winfrey, to name only a few. In his elegant memoir, Isaac delves into his lifelong battles with weight, insomnia, and depression. He tells what it was like to be an out gay man in a homophobic age and to witness the ravaging effects of the AIDS epidemic. Brimming with intimate details and inimitable wit, Isaac's narrative reveals not just the glamour of his years, but the grit beneath the glitz. Rich with memorable stories from in and out of the spotlight, I.M. illumi-nates deep emotional truths. 384p. 2019.


Donations

General Fund

In honor of Mark Meltzer’s birthdayJoyce & Dan Romm

Observing the yahrzeit of Shirley Zarwan, mother of Roberta CoopermanRoberta & Michael Cooperman

In memory of Gloria Kamen CharneyObserving the yahrzeit of Rolf DreyfussObserving the yahrzeit of David CharneyJoan Charney

Observing the yahrzeit of Simon BermanLinda Berman

Observing the yahrzeit of Mark MendelsohnGreta & Evan Fox

Observing the yahrzeit of Felipa CastroAngie & Steve Klemes

Our October's kitchen brigade. Special thanks to Roberta Cooperman for our personalized “Kitchen Brigade” aprons.


PJC Sukkah Building Crew

To the building crew — Ilise Tow-Friedman, Steve Kaplan, Allison Roditi Josephs, Adam Lent-ner, Bob Klang, Daniel Kohs, and Rich Feldman -Thanks very much for your hard work!


Happy Birthday to Us — November/December Birthdays

11/1 Sam Bersin11/4 Jerry Federlein11/5 Merrill Moccio11/5 Jeremy Silberg11/5 Laury Kassell11/8 Bayla Lovens11/8 Sam Scharfstein11/8 Ashley Brodsky11/9 Solomon Graf11/9 Gideon Graf11/14 Mina Bobek11/14 Michael Miraglia11/16 Karen Levin11/17 Brett Klopp11/17 Rochelle Potak11/17 Noah Lenter11/19 Kristy Goldson11/19 Robert Alpert

11/19 Stuart Johnson11/19 James Lemonda11/22 Rebecca Orlick11/22 David Silverstein11/24 Karina Brodsky11/26 Rachel Bernstein11/27 Mia Kepke11/30 Connor Roditi 12/1 Barbara Stern12/2 Richard Mayeri12/3 Marsha Appel12/3 Deborah Lorber12/4 Andy Hyman12/07 Barbara Becker12/7 Payton Stevens12/7 Lynn Steinberg12/8 Joseph Mayer12/8 Yonatan Cohen

12/9 Benjamin Scharfstein12/11 Gary Zeltzer12/11 Cheryl Littman12/14 Jon Helfat12/14 Luke McNaughton12/18 Janis Schachter12/21 Amber Fox12/21 Noa Schachter12/23 Lisa Alpert12/25 Laura Silver McGuire12/25 Steven Orlowski12/26 Joshua Gitman12/27 Daliah Bernstein12/30 Gianna Guzzo12/31 Jaclyn Kepke

Views From the Board

September 16

The Board of Trustees met on September 16. The Rabbi reported that the first day of Religious School went very well. The theme this year is “Science of a Mensch” and the special event was “Mad Science.” Details of the High Holy Days were discussed. The Jubilee Committee gave an update on events planned to celebrate the synagogue’s fiftieth year. The treasurer presented a financial report.

October 10

The Board of Trustees met on October 10. The treasurer gave a financial report. Several ideas to try to increase membership in PJC were presented. A recap of the High Holy Days noted that increased security is needed and will be arranged for at next year’s services. Estimates for repairing the parking lot have been received and will be acted upon.


Advertising Opportunity

Do you have a business or service you would like to advertise in this newsletter? Display your business card in the PJC newsletter for one year. Fees: $75 for members, $125 for non-members. Contact Cindy in the office at 944-7202.


Humor Column

A Russian Jew wanted to immigrate to Israel. The local commissar calls him in for questioning and asks: Q. Haven't we allowed you the right to worship in your Synagogue? A. Can't complain. Q. Haven't we let you live in peace with your fellow Jews? A. Can't complain. Q. Haven't we allowed you to travel freely within and beyond the village? A. Can't complain. Q. Haven't we allowed you to teach your children Torah? A. Can't complain. Q. Haven't we let you practice your profession? A. Can't complain. Q. Then why do you want to go to Israel? A. "There, I can complain!"


November Yahrtzeits

Zichronam livrachah.May their memories

be a blessing for us all.

To be read November 1 10/26 Jesse Mohel, father of Muriel Brodsky* 10/27 Bernard Marvin Curtis, father of Jeffrey Curtis 10/27 Hayley Fuchs, daughter of Tina Fuchs 10/28 Sidney Lindenbaum, father of Sandy Lindenbaum* 10/29 Hedy Garris, mother of Lisa Miller 10/29 Marion Hyland, mother of Brian Hyland 10/30 Fanny Zeltzer, grandmother of Gary Zeltzer 10/30 Susan Luria, mother of Amy Luria

To be read November 8 11/4 Esther F. Small, aunt of Mark Meltzer 11/8 Sarah Harrison, grandmother of Andrew Hyman

To be read November 15 11/9 Robert Seidner, husband of Barbara Lemyre, father of Stefanie Seidner 11/10 Angelina Miraglia, mother of Michael Miraglia 11/11 Lorraine Katz, mother of Ralph Katz* 11/11 Harold B. Frank, father of Kathy Bernhard* 11/12 Harold Natowsky, uncle of Lawrence Stern 11/14 Jack Lovens, father of Herb Lovens

To be read November 22 11/18 Alice Alpert, mother of Robert Alpert 11/18 Irving Zabelin, father of Deborah Miraglia* 11/22 David Makofsky, father of Marvin Makofsky 11/22 Beatrice Schulman, mother of Elyse Lemonda

To be read November 29 11/23 Gus Cooperman , father of Michael Cooperman* 11/23 Sanford Soll, uncle of Leslie Sucher 11/24 Mark Mendelsohn, father of Greta Fox 11/25 Cantor Herb Strauss, husband of Evelyn Strauss 11/26 Doris Sigman, grandmother of Daniel Kohs 11/28 Leonard O'Connell, father of Deborah Lorber 11/28 Sy Charney, husband of Joan Charney* 11/29 Sidney Garwin, father of Ellen Makofsky


December Yahrtzeits

Remember a Loved One

Our Memorial Board is a way of remembering loved ones and keeping them in our minds when we are in the sanctuary, particularly during the month in which a yahrzeit falls. A plaque on our memorial board is a beautiful tribute to a blessed memory.

Please contact Cindy for more information.

To be read December 6 12/3 Edward Meltzer, father of Mark Meltzer 12/3 Isadore Mohel, grandfather of Muriel Brodsky* 12/5 Esther Cooperman, mother of Michael Cooperman* 12/5 Edmon Low, grandfather of Corbey Hyman 12/5 Murray Goldberger, father in law of Stuart Morgenstern*

To be read December 13 12/8 Sylvia Halm, mother of Jerry Halm 12/10 Harold Wharton, uncle of Rochelle Potak* 12/12 Hyman Makofsky, uncle of Marvin Makofsky 12/12 David Rosenberg, father of Leonard Rosenberg

To be read December 20 12/16 Daniel Fried, father of David Fried 12/16 Blanche Rosenhirsch, grandmother of Larry Wallick 12/17 Jack J. Tenen, husband of Lisa Miller 12/17 Morton Steinberg, father of Lynn Steinberg 12/17 Fannie Harrison, great aunt of Andrew Hyman

To be read December 27 12/25 Penny D'Antonio, friend of Mina Bobek

To be read January 3 12/28 Anna Sperber, grandmother of Elyse Lemonda 12/30 Beatrice Keller, mother of Judith Keller* 12/30 Jay Manas, cousin of Bert Brodsky* 12/31 Abraham Miller, father of Susan Rosenberg

*Asterisks indicate that a loved one has been permanently memorialized with a plaque in the temple sanctuary. If you are interested in acquiring a plaque for your loved one, please contact the PJC office.


Port Jewish Center Organization

PJC office hours:Monday 12:30-6:30 pm, Wednesday and Friday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Port Jewish Center newsletter submission deadline is the 10th of the month prior to publication. Newsletter Editor: Susan Rosenberg Please send all submissions to: [email protected] 20 Manorhaven Boulevard Port Washington, New York 11050, 516-944-7202 Clergy And Staff Rabbi Alysa Mendelson Graf | [email protected] Lauren Chizner, Religious School Director | [email protected] Cindy Ellner, Office Manager | [email protected] Laurie Ellis, Bookkeeper | [email protected] Marcelo Fernandez, Custodian PARTY (formerly PJCY) Advisor | [email protected] Officers Co-Presidents: Nancy Kaplan & Jay Beberman | [email protected] 1st Vice President/Recording Secretary : Cheryl Littman 2nd Vice President/Corresponding Secretary: Ilise Tow-Friedman Treasurer: Matt Kepke | [email protected] Immediate Past President: Gail Thrope Board Of Trustees Steven Bernhard Linda Feldman Sarah HogenauerAdam Lenter Amy Luria Allison Roditi JosephsDeborah Silberg

Donna Berman, Rabbi Emerita Extended Family Do you know of a PJC member who is ill? Going through a difficult time? A death in the family? Please let us know so we can reach out. Call one of the following: Rabbi Alysa Mendelson Graf 516-944-7202* or [email protected] *select option 8 and follow the instructions to page the rabbi Co-Presidents: Nancy Kaplan: [email protected] or Jay Beberman: [email protected] Or [email protected]

Port Jewish Center 20 Manorhaven, Blvd. Port Washington, NY 11050

Upcoming Events Veteran's Day-No Religious School Rosh Chodesh Progressive Dinner Monday, November 11 Thursday, November 21 Saturday, December 7 Lunch & Learn Family Shabbat Dinner & Service PJC at the Dolphin Tuesday, November 12 & 26 Friday, November 22 Sunday, December 8 B'nei Mitzvah Interfaith Community Thankgiving Svc. Lunch & Learn Saturday, November 16 Sunday, Novemer 24 Tuesday, December 10 &17 Book Club Turkey Trot Hanukkah Celebration Wednesday, November 20 Thursday, November 28 Sunday, December 15

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