Women’s Tefila: Saturday, March 20, 2010

Women’s Tefila meets this Shabbos afternoon at 5:30 pm for mincha.  There will also be a discussion of the JOFA conference which took place this past week-end, led by Dassie Barth.  Lots of exciting new issues will be discussed. Refreshments are sponsored by the Gordonson family in honor of Rita’s and Lynne’s birthdays.

Sisterhood Upcoming Events

April 14th, Sisterhood meeting at GNS.

April 28, Sisterhood presents an evening with Magen David Adom at the home of Rita & Lewis Gordonson.

May 12th, Sisterhood Gold Buying Event.

Upcoming Men’s Club Events

Sunday, April 11, the Annual Rabbinic Dialogue between Rabbi Polakoff, Rabbi Stecker of Temple Israel and Rabbi Feldman of Bet El, will be held at Great Neck Synagogue.

Thursday, May 20, the Men’s Club presents an End of Life Symposium, with speakers from Sinai Chapel, an elder care Attorney and Rabbi Polakoff.

Sunday, June 6th, will be the semi annual Blood Drive.

June 9th and 10th a Defensive Driving Course will be held. Reservations are necessary. Price will be $12 for anyone over 50 and $15 for all others.

Kasher-In Sunday, March 21

ANNUAL KASHER-IN

Sunday, March 21st

10:30 am - 12:30 pm

in the Synagogue kitchen

REMEMBER…

1. Only certain items can be

koshered.

2. Items have to be thoroughly cleaned

(silver should be polished)

3. Items should not be used

for 24 hours

4. First come, first served

GNS Family Luncheon: April 17, Saturday

Great Neck Synagogue Family Luncheon in memory of Sharon Sokol Heisler,z’l

Save the date for the Annual GNS  Family Luncheon in memory of Sharon Sokol Heisler

Saturday, April 17th. Mort Klein, President of the ZOA will be the featured speaker.His topic will be “Lessons of the Holocaust Applied to Today’s Arab War Against Israel”

Details to follow.Morton A. Klein is National President of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the oldest pro-Israel group in the U.S., founded in 1897. He is a member of the Executive Committee of AIPAC. Mr. Klein is widely regarded as one of the leading Jewish activists in the United States.

Men’s Club: Sunday, March 21

GNS MEN’S CLUB

Sunday, March 21st, MK Tzippy Hotovely, Likud party, Israel’s youngest member of Knesset, head of Committee on the Status of Women is speaking at GNS on “The Need for Greater Zionist Education in Israel and the Diaspora” and giving an update on the current political situation in the Middle East with reference to President Obama’s policies. She will be accompanied by Ahron Pulver of the Israel Independence Fund.

Yom Hashoa:Saturday, April 10, 2010 9:15pm

SAVE THE DATE! SAVE THE DATE! SAVE THE DATE!

YOM HASHOAH  COMMEMORATION

Great Neck Synagogue Premier of

FOUR SEASONS LODGE

Award winning documentary that follows the lives of holocaust survivors each summer at their beloved bungalow colony as they celebrate their survival.

Two survivors featured in the movie will be on hand to answer questions after the screening.

Brief Synopsis

In an inspiring and startlingly funny documentary,

FOUR SEASONS LODGE follows a group of Holocaust

survivors during what might be their final summer

together at a bungalow colony in the Catskill Mountains.

Directed by New York Times journalist Andrew Jacobs,

with beautiful cinematography by a team of filmmakers

including Albert Maysles, the verite film explores the

power of friendship and the drive to find joy despite

painful memories. It is a counterintuitive Holocaust

documentary: a fusion of ribald humor, stories of

unimaginable loss, the last of the Borscht Belt crooners,

and a family made entirely of friends and lovers. The

characters dance, flirt, and fight as the fate of their

community hangs in the balance.

This program is sponsored by the generosity of the families of Ada & Mitch Benerofe, Susan & Michael Castle and Carol & Jeff Kaufman.

Thank You Purim Sponsors 2010

Great Neck Synagogue

Thanks the following for

sponsoring Purim 2010

Alan & Lisa Adler

Dan & Marcy Aharon

Nathaniel Aryeh

Bart & Emma Baum

Jeff & Pam Bilfeld

Hal & Debbie Chadow

Elie & Laura Cohen

Tom & Debbie Furst

Mark & Beth Goldman

Ben & Sarita Greszes

Isaac & Ina Greszes

Emanuel Haghighat

Joey & Donna Hecht

Eliot & Erica Heisler

Michael & Alisa Hoenig

Dan & Marcia Horowitz

Adam & Didi Hutt

Henry & Erein Justin

Ivan & Lisa Kaufman

Jeff & Carol Kaufman

Gregory & Tami Kramer

Jonathan & Ilana Kroll

Michael & Mindy Leventhal

Arthur & Randi Luxenberg

Myles & Rona Mittleman

Zachary & Yifat Mittleman

Avery & Ellen Modlin

Jonathan & Daniella Muller

Jon & Dina Ohebshalom

Jared & Liz Ort

Murray & Marci Rabinowitz

Nathan & Debbie Rosenblatt

Dov & Aliza Sassoon

Evan & Jessica Shusterman

Ron & Cheryl Silverman

Alan & Orly Steinberg

Baruch & Pam Toledano

Sam & Melissa Toledano

Nathaniel & Rebecca Weisel

Adam & Karen Zalta

Brett & Robin Zuckerman

Glenn & Heidi Zuckerman

Ross Zuckerman

Steven & Shellie Zuckerman

Special thanks to Lisa & Michael Aryeh for all of the candy and ice cream that was donated by them for our Purim Celebration.

Thanks also to all the readers of the Megillah:

Paul Brody, Ethan Heisler, Avi Goldberg, Richard Mayer, Craig Resmovits, Russel Mendelson and Eli Flatow.

Also thanks to our custodial staff for getting the building ready and then cleaned up for the next day.

Intermediate Minyan: April 10, 2010

INTERMEDIATE MINYAN

The monthly Intermediate Minyan will meet next on  April 10, May 8th and June 19th. The Minyan takes place starting at 9:00am on the second floor of the NSHA school wing. The Minyan includes explanation of the tefilot and the Torah reading through interactive discussion during the service, communal singing, with a class following the service. We look forward to having you join us.

For more information please contact: Amy Fox Griffel, David Werber or Ben Lunzer or email:intermediateminyan@gmail.com

Men’s Club & Sisterhood Event: Sunday,March 7

Dr. Melniker

Great Neck Synagogue

Men’s Club & Sisterhood

On Sunday morning, March 7th at 10:00am, the Sisterhood and Men’s Club presents Dr. Lawrence Melniker, Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine at New York Methodist Hospital, who will talk about “How to Handle Collapse and True Emergencies for the Lay Person.” Rabbi Polakoff will also speak about how to handle medical emergencies on Shabbat.  Thank you very much to Farla Frumkin for organizing this important event. Refreshments will be served.

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