Shavout Learning Schedule
May 7, 2013
Celebrating Shavuot, 5773
Tuesday Night, May 14
TIKUN LEIL SHAVUOT @ GNS
*11:30 pm - 12:20 am - Ballroom
Rabbi Dale Polakoff
The Kedusha of the Kotel and Women of the Wall
*12:20 am - 1:10 am - Ballroom
Rabbi Yaacov Lerner
“So What was the real reason why Hashem
staged MaamadHar Sinai - the awesome Revelation at Sinai?”
*1:10 am- 1:30 am -Gym
Break and Refreshments
*1:30 am - 3:00 am
Rabbis Acobas, Ismach, Jensen, Lichter,
Slomnicki and Dr. Atlas - Ballroom
The Modern Orthodox Chinuch Roundtable
This exciting panel will deal with many of the
controversial issues relating to educating both
children and adults and this year will focus on:
Modern Orthodoxy From the Eyes of Our Children
A part of the session will be dedicated to
questions from the audience.
*3:15 am-4:05 am - Ballroom
Rabbi Ian Lichter
“Karaoke and Kedusha - Secular Music in the Synagogue”
*4:10 am-5:00 am - Ballroom
Rabbi Shmuel Ismach
“The Halacha and History of Drafting Yeshiva Students”
Chevruta learning throughout the night in
the Beit Midrash
*5:05 am- Shacharit
*5:37 am- Netz (Sunrise)
Thursday Afternoon, May 16
3rd Annual SHAVUOT BARBECUE & LEARNING @ GNS
This event and learning is sponsored by
Rita Gordonson on the 3rd yahrzeit
of her husband Lewis Gordonson,z”l.
*6:00 - 6:45 pm
Barbecue Dinner in the Gym
*6:45 - 7:45 pm
Child care and special programming for children in Braun Youth Center
*6:45 - 7:45 pm
Panel Presentation and Discussion with Rabbis Polakoff and Lichter
Beit Midrash
Shalom Bayit - the Seven Jewish Habits of Successful Families
A part of the session will be dedicated to questions
from the audience.
*7:45 pm
Mincha
*8:10 - 8:50pm
NEILAT HACHAG
Learning with Rabbi Bronstein
Gym (Mender Auditorium)
“Gatsby and Gratitude: Celebrating God’s Bounty on Shavuot”
*8:50 pm
Maariv
*8:57 pm
Conclusion of Yom Tov
25th Anniversary for Rabbi Polakoff
April 24, 2013
THANK YOU
Thank you all for your time, effort and participation to make Rabbi Polakoff’s 25th Shabbat Celebration a success! From Kabbalat Shabbat, the Tish, Shabbat Davening, the Youth Participation, Siyum Mishnayot, Luncheon, Seudat Shilshit and Havdalah it was an incredible Shabbat for everyone.
We thank all of our Chairs, Committee members, Sponsors, Gabbayim, Hosts and all who attended to make this a GNS Shabbat to remember. It was our pleasure to chair this wonderful event in honor of Rabbi Polakoff’s 25th Anniversary. We couldn’t have done it without all of you who helped to spread the word, remind people to sign up, write tributes, send photos, give dvrei torah, and sponsor to make this special Shabbat happen.
It was our pleasure to chair this wonderful event in honor of Rabbi Polakoff. We hope that the warmth and unity felt on this Shabbat will continue to inspire everyone to participate and strengthen our shul for the future.
Special Thanks to Mark Twersky, Ellen Polakoff, Rabbi Lichter, Rabbi Jensen, Dr. Mike and Zehava Atlas, Chazan Kron, Rabbi Bronstein, Scott Danoff, and the entire GNS staff for all of their help to make this 25th Anniversary Shabbat a success!
Sharon Goldwyn and Cindy Liebmann
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR WORK ON THE RABBI’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY
Sharon Goldwyn and Cindy Liebmann, Co‐ Chairs
Tisch Committee: Jonathan Reiss, Joshua Shatzkes, Co‐chairs
Tribute Committee: Viviane Breitbart, Carol Kaufman, Co‐ chairs
Photo Committee: Diane & David Rein, Debbie Hollander, Chairs
Siyum Committee : Rabbi Ian Lichter, Jason Mayer, Co‐ chairs
Seudah Shlishit Committee: Natan Hamerman, Chair
Calling Committee: Brenda Parver, Trish Moslin, Co‐chairs
Committee members
Asher Abehsera, Raylene Adler, Danny Aharon, Sheila Bachman, Emma Baum, Judy Blatter, Hal Chadow, Laura & Scott Danoff, Sara Feldschreiber, Norman Fisher, Sylvia Fisher, Susan & James Frisch, Farla Frumkin, Isaac Greszes, Sarita Greszes, Dina Hamerman, Erica & Eliot Heisler, Cindy Hodkin, Dan Horowitz, Lauren & Joseph Hyman, Lisa Kagan, Hedva Kessler, Renee Kreiger, Vivian & Nikolas Kron, Celia Lemonik, Katie Lichter, Nechama Liss‐Levinson, Richard Lillian, Goldie Lorber, Michal Malen, Addy Markowitz, Susan Mayer, Annie Mendelson, Hilly Milun, Myles Mittleman,Rachel Mosesson, Liz Ort, Ed Parver, Ellen Polakoff, Jolanta Rosenstein, Anida Rosman, Dov Sassoon, Ferry Sedaghatpour, Pia Shlomo, Susan Shore, Ellen & Mitchell Siegel, Orly & Alan Steinberg, Roz Wagner, Nate Weisel, Ellie Werber, Howard Wolf, Magda Yehaskel.
WE THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR BEING SPONSORS OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SHABBAT FOR RABBI POLAKOFF. YOUR SUPPORT HELPED MAKE THIS WEEKEND A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
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Mark & Adina Abraham
In memory of Allan Bachman
Frank & Eva Bachrach
Mitchell & Ada Benerofe
Jeff & Lisa Benjamin
Hal & Anita Beretz
Anthony & Elena Berkowitz
Allan & Bernadette Beyda
Arnold & Viviane Breitbart
Carol Buckmann
Mark & Linda Bunim
Jack & Sherry Cohen
Seymour & Harriet Cooper
Scott & Laura Danoff
Harold & Lorraine Domnitch
Lev & Alyna Dynkin
Mitchell & Janet Feldman
Dennis & Lori Ferster
Serge Fischler
Norman & Sylvia Fisher
Arnie & Kathy Flatow
Murray & Sadie Frank
Jeff & Marilyn Freedman
Mark & Meryl Friedman
Jim & Susan Frisch
Tom & Debbie Furst
Matt & Olga Gartenhaus
Pearl Ginsburg
David & Carol Goddard
Sol & Talia Goldwyn
Marc & Beth Gottlieb
Natan & Dina Hamerman
Joseph & Donna Hecht
William & Helaine Helmreich
Ari & Nettie Herman
Jeff & Audrey Hiller
Michael & Alisa Hoenig
David & Holly Hoenig
Robert & Debbie Hollander
In memory of Barbara
Horowitz
Jackie Hott
Joseph & Lauren Hyman
David & Trudy Justin
Leslie & Irene Kahn
Leonard & Louise Kahn
Henry & Joan Katz
Hyman & Giselle Katz
Jeff & Carol Kaufman
Ed & Hedva Kessler
Robert & Sydelle Knepper
Nik & Vivian Kron
Mark & Alla Landa
Al & Lil Leiderman
Irwin & Susan Lieberman
Jeff & Cindy Liebmann
Ron & Michal Malen
Paul & Irene Marcus
Susan Mayer
Ed & Sharon Mazur
Mallie Meisel
Robert & Annie Mendelson
Myles & Rona Mittleman
Avery & Ellen Modlin
Gladys Moslin
Miriam Oshry
Ori & Stephanie Pagovich
Polakoff Children
Fred & Janet Pomerantz
Alan & Louisa Prawer
Murray & Marci Rabinowitz
David & Diane Rein
Ira & Lori Rosenfeld
Frank & Jolanta Rosenstein
Marvin& Marsha Rotman
Dov & Aliza Sassoon
Perry & Charlotte Schneider
Hilda Schulman
Henry & Pari Schwartz
David & Susan Sedgh
Morris Seidman
Rafi & Arlette Shaya
Osnass Shein
Michael & Pia Shomo
Jonathan & Susan Shore
Mitchell & Ellen Siegel
Michael & Rachel Singer
Israel & Sydelle Slochowsky
Irvin & Florence Spira
Alan & Orly Steinberg
Jack & Hadassah Wachstock
Jeff & Celia Weber
Paul & Phyllis Weinberg
Nate & Rebecca Weisel
Murray Weiss
Edward & Sonia Weiss
David & Ellie Werber
Millie Werber
Dennis Wolf
Bill & Karen Wolff
Women’s Tefila
Ed & Karen Wydra
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Chometz after Pesach
April 3, 2013
The issue of where chometz can be purchased after Pesach has become more complicated as a result of the varied supply procedures of different supermarket chains, as well as our practical inability to identify which chometz products belonged to whom and when.
It is for that reason that I encourage our members to purchase chometz from the local stores in our community that are under hashgacha. Doing so will avoid any possible questions concerning chometz that was owned by a Jew over Pesach.
Those wishing to buy chometz items from the various supermarket chains will have to rely on the principle of safek derabanan lekula, namely that we are lenient when it comes to resolving doubts concerning rabbinic prohibitions. The doubt is perhaps the chometz I am now buying was owned by a Jewish distributor during Pesach even though the store itself is owned and managed by non-Jews.
The following stores have appeared on various Kashrut organizations lists as acceptable after Pesach:
7-Eleven
BJ’s
CVS
Costco
Duane Reade
K-Mart
Petco
Petsmart
Rite-Aid
Sams Discount Warehouse
Trader Joe’s
Walgreens
Walmart
(end of list)
Regarding supermarkets, A & P, Associated, D’Agastino, Food City, Food Emporium, Gristedes, Key Food, Pathmark, Waldbaums and Whole Foods are owned by non-Jews, however many of them are supplied by the Jewish owned C & S Distributors. Fairway is Jewish owned and presents its own complications. Please speak to Rabbi Polakoff concerning Fairway or any other store not on this list. He can be reached at rabbi@gns.org, or at 516-487-6100.
Rabbi Polakoff Siyum
February 25, 2013
On Shabbat, April 20, we will celebrate 25 years of Rabbi Polakoff’s dedicated leadership of our synagogue and community.
As part of our celebration, we will be completing all of Mishna, making a siyum on that Shabbat as a tribute to Rabbi Polakoff.
Click here to sign up to learn Mishnayot in honor of Rabbi Polakoff.
Visiting Students in Israel
February 4, 2013
RABBI’S VISIT TO STUDENTS STUDYING IN ISRAEL
Rabbi and Ellen Polakoff will be visiting students in Israel the week of Sunday, February 10th. Please forward to the Rabbi the contact information for your son or daughter, preferable both his/her email address and Israeli cell number. Rabbi Polakoff’s email address is rabbi@gns.org. Thank you.
Sponsors for Lord Rabbi Sacks
December 4, 2012
GREAT NECK SYNAGOGUE
Shabbat Dinner & Guest Speakers Series
CHIEF RABBI LORD
JONATHAN SACKS
United Hebrew Congregations
of the British Commonwealth
We thank the following for their support!
Shabbat Sponsors
Debbie & Hal Chadow
Sharon Goldwyn
Erica & Eliot Heisler
Alisa & Michael Hoenig
Diane & David Rein
Raine & Stanley Silverstein
Rebecca & Nathaniel Weisel
Dinner Sponsors
Ada & Dov Berkowitz
Robyn & Steven Blumner
Lillian & Gary Chubak
Lorraine & Harold Domnitch
Marilyn & Jeff Freedman
Debbie & Tom Furst
Talia & Sol Goldwyn
Kahn & Berman Families
Mindy & Michael Leventhal
Adeline & Avraham Markowitz
Brenda & Ed Parver
Ellen & Rabbi Dale Polakoff
Sherry & David Rogelberg
Orly & Alan Steinberg
Michele & Howard Wolf
Kristallnacht Commemoration, Shabbat, November 10
November 1, 2012
On Saturday afternoon, November 10, Dr. Oliver Schnakenberg, Deputy Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York will mark Kristallnacht at Seudah Shlishit. Dr. Schnakenberg will update the congregation on the German Jewish community, and discuss current efforts to counter the rise of Anti-Semitism and racial bigotry across Europe.
Dr. Oliver Schnakenberg assumed his post in New York in 2010. After studying law in Mainz and Frankfurt and receiving his Ph.D., he joined the German Foreign Service in 1991. He has held posts in India, Ukraine, Vietnam and, most recently, Iraq.
Shabbat Shuva Drasha
September 19, 2012
Shabbat Shuva Drasha
Shabbat afternoon
September 22,
6:30 pm
Kol Nidre:
Time to Hug A Sinner
GNS Talmud Torah
August 27, 2012
GNS TALMUD TORAH
The Great Neck Synagogue Talmud Torah is a full Jewish after school program dedicated to excellence in an engaging and respectful learning environment in which Jewish children can become proud, caring, responsible, and dedicated members of the Jewish people and American society. The Talmud Torah meets weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Please contact the Synagogue office to register by September 1st.
As part of the expanded Talmud Torah program, we offer a special MATAN program for Bat-Mitzvah aged girls. The class is taught by Morah Netta Jansenson, an outstanding faculty member of North Shore Hebrew Academy, who is known for her creativity and warmth. The program will meet on Monday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 pm and will begin after the Sukkot holiday in mid October for 12 classes to be completed by the end of January. Please contact the Synagogue office to register your child.
Summer Learning Program: August 21, 2012
August 6, 2012
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