Thursday, June 13th @ Lincoln Square Synagogue  (180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY)

Chinese Buffet 7:00PM I Show begins at 7:30 PM

Pre-registration $18 through June 6 I $25 After 6/6 and at the door

Register online or call (212)613-8300.

It has been said, there are only two ways you can go in life after making a mistake. Learn from it and move on or don’t learn from it and stay where you are. John DeBoer has chosen a third route–write a joke about it and share it with the masses. 

His nerve-hitting show flows from the devious side of childhood to the nerve-ending pressures of our time. 

The following listed synagogues are proud to bring this networking communal event to the singles community.

Congregation Ohav Sholom I West Side Institutional Synagogue I Congregation Ramath Orah I Kehilat Rayim Ahuvim I Manhattan Jewish Experience I Congregation Shearith Israel/Spanish Portuguese Synagogue I Young Israel of the West Side I Congregation Ohab Zedek I Lincoln Square Synagogue

Thursday, June 6th @ The Jewish Center  (131 W. 86th Street, New York, NY)

Chinese Buffet 7:00PM I Show begins at 7:30 PM

Pre-registration $18 through May 30 I $25 After 5/30 and at the Door

Register online or call (212)613-8300.

Stand-up comic Joel Chasnoff is not your grandfather’s Jewish comedian.

Chasnoff’ comedy is clever, sharp, insightful, biting-and never based on stereotypes. In other words, he’s a 180-degree turn from the Borscht Belt comics of old.

Eli Lebowicz won the Last Comic Standing contest at his Alma mater, Yeshiva University.

He has performed at many college campuses, as well as comedy clubs in NYC, including Caroline’s on Broadway, Standup New York, and Gotham Country Club.

The following listed synagogues are proud to bring this networking communal event to the singles community.

Congregation Ohav Sholom I West Side Institutional Synagogue I Congregation Ramath Orah I Kehilat Rayim Ahuvim I Manhattan Jewish Experience I Congregation Shearith Israel/Spanish Portugese Synagogue I Young Israel of the West Side I Congregation Ohab Zedek I Lincoln Square Synagogue

June 15-16th

RSVP by emailing shulbythejerseyshore@gmail.com or by calling the shul office at (732)222-6666.

*For Alumni of Previous Marriage Retreats & Friends*

A Weekend of Discovery…A Lifetime of Love

Friday July 5-Sunday, July 7th, 2013

This year’s retreat will be taking place at the Woodcliff Lake Hilton (200 Tices Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ)

$750 per couple, limited space available- Reserve yours today!

price includes room, meals, workshops, and tips for wait staff

This weekend is geared for happily married couples, who want to communicate and relate on an even deeper emotional level. The weekend, for adults only, is open to both marriage retreat alumni and friends and is free from daily distractions and routines, allowing couples to concentrate on one another and strengthen their marriage commitment.

Download the PDF Registration Form, register over the phone at (212)613-8300 or register online!

Preliminary Marriage Retreat Schedule- Coming Soon!

Presenter Bios to Date: 2013

Marriage Retreat Testimonials

Marriage Retreat pdf flyer with speakers- Coming Soon!

Click Here to view the Marriage Survey Results pdf slide presentation

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שבת פרשת במדבר

Friday, May 10th – Shabbos, May 11th

Come experience the beautiful Manalapan community!

Schedule

Friday Night

7:00pm Mincha
7:15pm Kaballas Shabbos

Shabbos May 11th

8:00am Daf Yomi
9:00am Shacharis
11:45am Seudas Shabbos
5:00pm Balancing private and communal needs
6:00pm Oneg Shabbos & Round table discussion
Bring your toughest questions! (Halacha or Hashkafa)
7:15pm Mincha
7:45pm Shalosh Seudos
9:03pm Maariv

RSVP by Wednesday, May 8th
Call 732-792-2276 or 908-770-3502
or email: rabbi@jewishlearningcenter.org

Download the PDF Flyer

Hospitality/babysitting available
www.jewishlearningcenter.org

MJHS, one of the largest and most respected not-for-profit hospice and palliative care programs under Jewish auspices, is honored to present you with the enclosed electronic guidebook: Caring for Holocaust Survivors with Sensitivity at End-of-Life.  We are grateful to the Orthodox Union for its interest in sharing this useful resource to its membership in the wide Jewish community.  The Orthodox Union has consistently partnered with MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care to bring vital educational programs to synagogues across the US, including the popular When Illness Strikes program, as well as the Sandwich Generation Program.  This guidebook will be an additional resource to all those caring for cherished Holocaust Survivors.

Thanks to the generous support of Targum Shlishi Foundation and MJHS Foundation, we are able to share this timely and practical educational resource with you – professional caregivers and community leaders serving survivors and their children. This guidebook was a natural extension of work done by MJHS through generous funding from UJA Federation of NY.  We were privileged to develop a Holocaust Museum program aimed at clinicians, and conducted at the Jewish Heritage Museum in Battery Park. Like MJHS, each section is rooted in the core Jewish values of compassion, dignity and respect.

MJHS has been committed to delivering compassionate, expert care since 1907, when we were founded by four courageous Brooklyn Ladies. As a charitable not-for-profit, our focus is on easing suffering, upholding dignity, affirming values and improving quality of life for patients and their families.

Like you, we share a moral and professional obligation to care for Holocaust Survivors through life’s final journey in a way that honors their lives, manages their pain and suffering and brings comfort to their families. Caring for this special community is a tremendous privilege and allows us to bare witness to a generation of precious souls whose pain and survival is a legacy from which we must learn.

For more information about MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care as well as our other meaningful programs and services, please call 1-800-HOSPICE or visit www.mjhs.org.

Sincerely,
Toby Weiss
Director, Cultural Diversity and Jewish Programming
Metropolitan Jewish Hospice and Palliative Care (MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care)

(212) 649-5585

Download the PDF Guidebook Here

Rabbi Adir Posy

Assistant Director, Orthodox Union, West Coast Region

Shabbat Parshat Bamidbar

May 10-11, 2013

Friday Night

Between Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv

“What Does it Mean to ‘Belong’ to a Shul”

Shabbat Day

Halacha Shiur before Schacharit, 8:30 AM

“The Halachic Background of the Los Angeles Kosher Meat Scandal”

Drasha before Mussaf

“Tennyson, Rav Chaim of Brisk & Groucho Marx”

Post-Kiddush Chumash Shiur

“What Really Happened at Matan Torah”

Pre-Mincha Shiur, 6:35 PM

“Kabbalat HaTorah–The Connection between Chumra & Frumkeit”

Seudah Shlishit

“Birchat HaTorah”–The Blessing of Torah & Torah Blessing”

For more information, please call (212)613-8300 or email synagogue@ou.org

Download the PDF Flyer

Birchot Hashachar Cont.

In his classic work, Chovos Halevovos, Rabbi Bahya ibn Paquda of Saragossa, Spain, describes the human phenomenon whereby people do not appreciate how good their lives really are. He explains the matter with the following metaphor: “If a baby is rescued from a wild jungle and nurtured, raised, protected and educated in a traditional home, the child will eventually expect the good life he has become accustomed to. However, if an adult hostage would be rescued from captivity and then be advanced even a fraction of the amenities the child receives each day, the freed prisoner will feel thankful and indebted to his liberators forever.” Everyone should ask himself if he more like the child who takes it all for granted or like the thankful freed hostage who saw no future and was miraculously saved.
Until one, G-d forbid, faces stressful challenges that threaten his quality of life, he may take his daily blessings for granted. This is specifically why our sages have instructed us to recite blessings on the seemingly usual aspects of life. “פוקח עורים – G-d opens our eyes (in the morning)” and “מלביש ערמים – He clothes the naked (as we get dressed)” are the next two ברכות in our morning prayers.
On a basic level these ברכות enable us to acknowledge the divine gift of sight that we use at every waking moment and the clothing with which we dress ourselves. Of course there are deeper implications of the blessings as well. The Radak in Tehillim remarks that “Pokayach Ivrim” means much more than vision and sight. It is also understood as relief from the darkness of anguish. We thank Hashem every day for allowing us to discover insight(s) that enable and empower us to function and deal with our everyday challenges. He is the ” פוקח עורים -He gives us sight as well as the capacity for insights that help us build and rebuild our lives.
Rav Shimon Schwab zt”l remarks in his book on Prayer that in addition to thanking G-d for our clothing, saying ” מלביש ערמים ” alludes to our superiority over animals. Every human being contains an animalistic nature, which is called the “Nefesh Habahami”. One of our tasks in life is to rise above this nature and behave with the human dignity that the Torah prescribes. When we do achieve a higher level, in essence we are clothing our animalistic nakedness i.e. our spiritual nakedness.
Take Home Tip: Although the deeper implications of these two blessings are fascinating and stimulating, the simple meanings must not be overlooked. Gratitude engenders feelings of joy; and we have so much to be grateful for. Reciting blessings allows us to express that gratitude every day.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Ephraim Epstein, Congregation Sons of Israel, Cherry Hill, New Jersey for Tefillah Tips
Orthodox Union Department of Community Services
Frank Buchweitz, National Director
Hannah Farkas, Program Associate
Adina Tabak, Administrative Assistant
Archived Tefillah Tips and videos may be found at: www.oucommunity.org under The Tefillah Initiative banner.

An initiative of the Orthodox Union Department of Community Services

(212)613-8300, www.oucommunity.org

Over the past several years, societal pressures with regard to body image have contributed to a dramatic increase in eating disorders in the Jewish community. “Hungry to be Heard” is an absorbing documentary that focuses on the rising rates of anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders in our community. It is aimed at providing education regarding awareness, prevention, and treatment of eating disorders.

The documentary has an impressive roster of health professionals and rabbinic authorities who address the various medical, psychological, and halachic issues involved. They include world renowned eating disorder researchers and clinicians such as Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair of Harvard University, Dr.Yael Latzer of Haifa University, Dr. Judith Ruskay Rabinor of the American Eating Disorders Center of Long Island, Dr. Esther Altmann, a prominent psychologist in the Orthodox community, and many others.  Esteemed rabbis include, Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb of the OU, and Rabbi Steven Burg of NCSY. Their interviews are intermingled with accounts from brave young women and men, both single and married, in the Orthodox community that share the stories of their battles with eating disorders.

Rabbi Weinreb, executive vice-president of the OU and a clinical psychologist, explained, “Eating disorders are, unfortunately, a prevalent problem in the Orthodox Jewish community, affecting mostly teenage women. It is one of the few psychiatric disorders affecting adolescents that carries a threat to life. As such, it is extremely important that our community address the problem at its roots and learn how to prevent and treat it. I viewed the film at the OU National Convention, and was impressed by its professionalism, poignancy, and power. Hopefully, it will take our community one step further to confronting and solving the issue head-on.”

The 40-minute film is suggested for presentation to parents in schools, synagogues and organizations, with Q & A and discussion led by a mental health professional who can address various questions that are sure to arise. In the New York metropolitan area, the film’s creator and executive producer, Ms. Elisheva Diamond, and Associate Producer, Dr. Sarah Weinberger-Litman are available to accompany the film for a panel discussion and meet with staff members prior to showing the film in your organization.

“Hungry to be Heard”, developed by the Young Leadership Cabinet of the Orthodox Union, is a production of Better World Productions Inc., and is available FREE OF CHARGE for distribution as a continuation of the Safe Homes, Safe Schools, Safe Shuls initiative of the Orthodox Union Department of Community Services, which addresses issues impacting upon our community.

Please contact Hannah Farkas, at 212.613.8351 or hannahf@ou.org, for a copy of the DVD as well as having a possible speaker.

May 24-26th

• Youth Programming throughout Shabbat
• Shabbos Afternoon Walking Tour of the Neighborhood
• Tours of Local Schools
• Meet Philadelphia Area Professionals
• Home Hospitality
• Just 2 hours from New York City!

No cost!

For more information and reservations contact Sarah Rosner

(610)642-4656 or email s8rosner@gmail.com

Congregation Beth Hamedrosh

200 Haverford Road

Wynnewood, PA 19096

(610)642-6444

bethhamedrosh.org