SISTERHOOD FALL CALENDER
July 27, 2010
SISTERHOOD FALL CALENDER- SAVE THE DATE
Tuesday, October 26th - Annual Sisterhood Dinner at Chatanooga with guest speaker Slovie Jungreiss Wolff, daughter of Rebbetzin Esther Jungreiss and author of ” Raising a Child With Soul.” Thank you to co-chairs Judy Lillien and Anne Sandler for organizing this event.
Saturday evening, November 20th-Sisterhood Dinner-Go-Round organized by Susan Mayer. Details to follow.
November Chanukah Boutique organized by Lisa Kagan. Details to follow.
Talmud Torah - 2010-2011
June 25, 2010
The GNS Talmud Torah (www.gnstt.org) serves member families and students from grades one through 8 through a varied Jewish curriculum delivered by experienced Jewish educators.
Our after school program is dedicated to excellence in an engaging and respectful learning environment in which our children can become proud, caring, responsible, and dedicated members of the Jewish people and American society. Our goal is to create lifelong learners who can identify with their heritage and for whom Judaism is a central part of their lives.
Click Here to register for 2010-2011 semester.
Summer Learning Program: 2010 & Sponsors
June 22, 2010
Sally & Seymour Olshin Adult Education Program
Great Neck Synagogue Summer Learning Program
Roshei Yeshiva Lecture Series
On Various Topics of Jewish Learning
Jewish Professional Lecture Series
Focusing on the interface of Halacha with Science, and Economy.
July 6, 2010 at 8:25 pm
(following Mincha at 8:15 pm)
Rabbi Shmuel Maybruch
“Dating ourselves: Issues in Using the Secular Calender”
Rabbi Maybruch is a rebbi and a sgan mashgiach at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan in New York. His shiurim on Gemara, Halacha, Tanach, and Machshava have been enjoyed by the bnei haYeshiva as well as many communities in the United States and Canada. During the past six years, he has devotedly taught a weekly interactive halacha shiur for women in New York City.Torah and Halacha to enable them to observe the mitzvos properly and appreciate the beauty of a Torah life.
July 13, 2010 at 8:35 pm
(following Mincha at 8:10 pm)
Rabbi Dovid Hirsch
“What Can I Say & When Can I Say It:
When Lashon Harah Is Permissable”
Rabbi Hirsch is a 1990 graduate of Yeshiva College, where he majored in computer science. Upon graduation from YC, Rabbi Hirsch received the Rothman Award for Excellence in Talmud. He earned his M.S. degree in Jewish Education from Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration in 1993. That same year, he was ordained at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). After Rabbi Hirsch was granted semikhah (rabbinic ordination) from RIETS, he was named a fellow of the Gruss Kollel Elyon. Rabbi Hirsch has taught Talmud and halakhah (Jewish law) and Jewish Thought in the Stone Beit Midrash Program at YU and was appointed Rosh Yeshiva on June 7,2000. A native of Peoria, Illinois, he is married to Miriam Hirsch. The couple has three children, Esther, Rochel, and Rivka.
July 27, 2010 at 8:35 pm
(following Mincha at 8:00 pm)
Rabbi Baruch Simon
“Can’t We Just Eat: Laws of Blessing on Foods”
Rabbi Simon, the Colonel Jehiel R. Elyachar Professor of Talmud at the Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies, received his semikha (rabbinic ordination) from Yeshiva University’s affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) in 1988. A graduate of Yeshiva University’s High School, Rabbi Simon earned his B.A., magna cum laude, in Judaic Studies from Yeshiva College Rabbi Simon was a fellow of the prestigious Caroline and Joseph Gruss Kollel Elyon and a fellow of the Katz Kollel. Before teaching in the Yeshiva Program, Rabbi Simon was a member of the Halakha faculty at the Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies at Yeshiva University.
Jewish Professional Lecture Series
August 10, 2010 at 8:15 pm
(following Mincha at 7:45 pm)
Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman
“If Maimonides was alive today:
Contemporay Medical Ethics Trough the Eyes of the Rambam”
Edward Reichman is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor of Philosophy and History of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) of Yeshiva University, where he teaches Jewish medical ethics. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University and writes and lectures widely in the field of Jewish medical ethics. He is the recipient of a Kornfeld Foundation Fellowship and the Rubinstein Prize in Medical Ethics. He is a past member of the advisory board of the Institute for Genetics and Public Policy. His research is devoted to the interface of medical history and Jewish law.
August 17, 2010 at 8:00 pm
(following Mincha at 7:35 pm)
Rabbi Dr. Aaron Levine
“Love your neighbor as yourself and The market Place”
Aaron Levine is the Samson and Halina Bitensky Professor of Economics at Yeshiva University. A Phi Beta Kappa at Brooklyn College, he earned his Ph.D. at New York University. He was ordained in Jewish civil and ritual law at the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School and is the spiritual leader of Brooklyn’s Young Israel of Ave. J. A noted authority on Jewish commercial law, Professor Levine’s research specialty is the interface between economics and Halakhah, especially as it relates to public policy and modern business practices. He has published widely on these issues, including five books and numerous monographs. His books include Free Enterprise and Jewish Law (1980); Economics and Jewish Law (1987); Economic Public Policy and Jewish Law (1993); Case Studies in Jewish Business Ethics (2000); and Moral Issues of the Marketplace in Jewish Law (2005). An Associate editor of Tradition, Rabbi Levine also serves on an ad hoc basis on the Bet Din (rabbinical court) of the Rabbinical Council of America for disputes in monetary matters. Dr. Levine is a member of the World Jewish Academy of Science and the recipient of the Irving M. Bunim Prize for Jewish Scholarship. In 1982, he was respondent to Milton Friedman in the Liberty Fund symposium on Morality of the Market.
SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM
Dear Friends,
Each year our Summer Learning Program is run through the generosity of sponsors. It is to the credit of our sponsors that the voice of Torah is strengthened each summer.
Sponsorship is one hundred dollars. Please call the office to be included in this noble effort.
We will once again be including a sponsor’s list in the Shabbat Announcements. If you would like to sponsor a “Day of Learning” at an additional cost, in honor or in memory of someone, please call Mark Twersky and let him know.
Thank you for helping support Torah.
Very cordially yours,
Rabbi Dale Polakoff
Rabbi Shalom Axelrod
Philip Machnikoff, Chair
SPONSOR LIST (IN FORMATION)
Gilbert Aronowitz
Carol Buckmann in memory of Mayer Siegel, z”l
Debbie & Hal Chadow
Debbie Wang Etzion & Gloria Wang Miller for Fay Saltzman
Lorraine & Harold Domnitch
Marc Epstein
Tina & Philip Machnikoff in memory of Rabbi Michol Scholar
Alisa & Michael Hoenig
Barbara & Gedale Horowitz
Joan & Henry Katz
Ruth & Milt Mitzner
Carol & Jeff Kaufman
Gloria & Harvey Kaylie in memory of Lorraine White
Sam Levitt in memory of his brother Milton Levitt
Cindy & Glenn Ludwig
Sydelle & Robert Knepper
Sonia & Sam Movsas
Jolanta & Frank Rosenstein in memory of and honor of our parents
Karen & Robert Spitalnick in memory of Jonas Steigman
Gisela Steigman in memory of Jonas Steigman
Melissa & Sam Toledano in memory of his father
Hadassah & Jacob Wachstock
Kiddush Sponsors June 19 Congregational Kiddush
June 21, 2010
Kiddush Sponsors
Robin Abada in honor of the graduation of Jordan from 8th Grade.
The Aryeh Family in honor of the graduations of Ariella Aryeh and Justin Aryeh and the Bar Mitzvahs of Yoel & Marc Aryeh.
Anita & Hal Beretz in honor of the graduation of Arielle Kestenbaum from NSHA HS.
Howard Berger in honor of the graduation of Julian Berger from Ramaz HS as a Nat’l. Merit winner and acceptance to Univ. of Chicago.
Zelda & Sol Berger in honor of the graduations of Nathaniel Abittan from DRS HS as Salutatorian and Raizy Abittan from YCQ as Salutatorian
Carol & Chuck Berlin in honor of the graduation of Elana from NSHA HS.
Pam & Jeff Bilfeld in honor of the graduation of Jeremy from NSHA HS
Robyn & Steve Blumner in honor of the graduation of Tara from NSHA HS and acceptance to Pratt Inst.
The Braunstein Family in honor of the graduation of Ben Braunstein from NSHA Middle School.
Deborah & Hal Chadow in honor of the graduation of Alex Rabizadeh and his acceptance to NYU after a year at Netiv in Israel.
Gary & Lillian Chubak in honor of the graduations of Lauren Busani-Halevi from YUHS for Girls and Keren Chubak from Parsons School of Design with a Masters in Architecture.
Stanley & Joyce Dacher in honor of the graduations of Joshua Roth from NSHA Middle School and Leah Dacher from Elementary School.
Scott & Laura Danoff in honor of the graduation of Jonathan Danoff from Penn State Medical School and acceptance to an Orthopedic residency at Columbia Univ. Medical Center.
Roslyn & Zachary Dicker in honor of the graduation of Daniel Mosesson from NSHA HS, and Adam Dicker becoming Chair of Radiation and Oncology at Jefferson Hospital in Phila.
Harold & Lorraine Domnitch in honor of the graduations of Shayna Domnitch from Univ. of Wisconsin and acceptance to Columbia Teachers College and Jordan Domnitch from GN North Middle School.
Marcelle Fischler & Serge Fischler in honor of the graduations of Danny from Cornell Law School and Jeremy from Emory College.
Murray & Sadie Frank in honor the graduation of Melissa Mandelbaum from the “Write on for Israel” program.
Jeffrey & David Freedman in honor of Marilyn getting a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Touro College.
Ian & Shulamit Gavronsky in honor of the graduation of Yael Gavronsky from Univ. of Albany, Magna Cum Laude.
Chaya & Yehoshua Gilad in honor of the graduation of Shmuel from Touro Law School.
The Greszes family in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Bailey Greszes and the Bat Mitzvah of Emma Greszes.
Farla & Bill Frumkin in honor of the graduation of Geena from RAMAZ HS and acceptance to Johns Hopkins.
Joseph & Donna Hecht in honor of the graduation of Ariela Hecht from NSHA Middle School.
Robert & Sharon Herman in honor of the graduation of Michael Herman from Univ. of Penn.
Lauren & Joseph Hyman in honor of the graduations of Abigail Hyman as valedictorian from YUHS for Girls, Elizabeth Hyman Polakoff from Stern College Women Honors program and Yehudah Polakoff from Yeshiva University.
Harvey & Helen Ishofsky in honor of their 40th wedding anniversary.
Stewart & Idida Kaplan in honor of the graduations of Adam Kaplan from Rochester Univ. Summa Cum Laude, Daniel Kaplan from University of Rochester, Summa Cum laude and Michelle Kaplan from Fordham Law School.
Sydelle & Rob Knepper in honor of the graduation of James from Brandeis University.
Hon. Gary & Ilene Knobel in honor of the graduation of Lily from Pre K.
Robert & Ruth Kraft in honor of the graduation of David Kraft from Univ. of Rochester.
Michael & Michelle Landsman in honor of the graduations of Perry Landsman from GN North HS and Jeremy Landsman from Elementary School.
Jeff & Cindy Liebmann in honor of the graduation of Samuel Liebmann from Ramaz HS and going to study for a year in Israel.
Richard & Judy Lillien in honor of the graduations of Andrew Lillien from Binghamton Univ., Meryl Lillien from YUHS for Girls and to Melissa Lillien on her birthday.
Barry & Vicki Maher in honor of the graduation of Harlan Pittell from GN North HS and early admission to Cornell.
Burt & Lynda Mandelbaum in honor of the graduations of Philip Merkin from Ramaz HS and Adam Ossip from NSHA HS.
Eddie & Sharon Mazur in honor of the graduation of Jaclyn Mazur receiving her Master of Science in Education for Special Ed in High School.
Carl & Rachel Mosesson in honor of the graduation of Daniel Mosesson from NSHA HS.
Joe & Gail Notovitz in honor of the graduation of Steven Notovitz and acceptance to Cornell Univ.
Josh & Helene Peyser in honor of the graduation of Cal Peyser from NSHA HS and acceptance to Princeton Univ.
Randa, Jeff, Blake and Polina Pittell in honor of the graduation of Harlan and his admission to Cornell University.
Fred & Janet Pomerantz in honor of the graduation of Gabriel Pomerantz from University of Michigan.
Stephen Rabinowitz in honor of the graduation of David Rabinowitz from Yale Law School.
Nathan & Debbie Rosenblatt in honor of the graduation of Hailey Rosenblatt from NSHA HS and acceptance to Univ. of Miami.
Hilda Schulman in honor of the graduations of Dr. Danielle Schulman Jaffe who received a certification in Endodontics from NYU, Craig Weitzman (husband of Ariella Schulman) who received Dr. of Dentistry from Stony Brook, Malya Schulma who graduated from Barnard College and Clifford Schulman who graduated from Columbia College.
Jonathan & Susan Shore in honor of the graduations of Rebecca in three years from Barnard College and Matthew Shore from GN North HS and acceptance to Columbia Univ.
Mitchell & Ellen Siegel in honor of the graduation of Ben Siegel from Yeshiva University.
Esther Sloyer in honor of the graduations of Zimrat Sloyer from Bi-Cultural Day School in Stamford, Ct and Rebecca Sloyer for completing her year in Israel at Midreshet Amit.
The Steinberg-Ginsburg-Shalmon family in honor of the graduation of Tara Steinberg from YUHS for Girls with Honors and for Orly Steinberg on her birthday.
Ron & Jill Swartz in honor of the graduation of Zachary Swartz from C.W. Post with a B.S. in Nutrition.
Steven & Jill Swartz in honor of the graduation of Solomon Swartz from NSHA HS and acceptance to Brown Univ. eight year Medical program.
Kamyar & Farnaz Tavakoli in honor of the graduations of Daniel from Rochester Univ. and Sammy from NSHA Middle School.
Dennis & Carolyn Wolf in honor of the graduation of Julia from GN North Middle School.
In memory of Reuven Cohen Ambalu, z”l father of Jacob Cohen Ambalu and Joseph Cohen Ambalo.
In memory of Lotte & Ludwig Bachrach, z”l by Frank and Eva Bachrach.
In memory of Rabbi Dr. Shamai and Helen Davidovics, z”l by Bernie & Roz Davidovics.
In memory of Yacob Gad, z”l by Rafael Gad.
In memory of Gladys Etra, z”l by Dr. Leona Laskin.
In memory of Naomi Rutta, z”l and Harry Loewenstein, z”l by Pauline Loewenstein.
In memory of Lila Rothman, z”l by Vicki and Barry Maher.
In memory of Walter Muller, z”l, Julia Muller, z”l and Henry Rosenberg, z”l by Carl & Rivka Rosenberg.
In memory of Dovid Steigman, z”l & Jonas Steigman, z”l by Gisela Steigman.
In memory of Vita & Odette Dayan, z”l and David & Victoria Shaya, z”l by Rafi & Arlette Shaya.
In memory of Sol Gelfond, z”l by Arnold & Joyce Swartz.
In memory of Ignat Weiss, z”l and Hannah & Zeev Krendel z”l by Alex & Lily Weiss.
In memory of Jack Wydra , z”l by Ed & Karen Wydra.
RABBI AXELROD AND RABBI MOSKOWITZ FAREWELL KIDDUSH SPONSORS
The Monday Night Talmidim
Daniel & Marcy Aharon and Family
Gil Aronowitz: Thanks for the many wonderful years.
The Aryeh family
Jeffrey & Pam Bilfeld and Family
Chuck & Carol Berlin and Family
Steve & Robyn Blumner and Family
Arnold & Viviane Breitbart and Family
Hal & Debbie Chadow and Family
Scott & Laura Danoff and Family
Jeff, Marilyn & David Freedman
Mark & Meryl Friedman and Family
Sharon Goldwyn and Family
Joseph & Donna Hecht and Family
Larry Horn and Family
Adam & Didi Hutt and Family
Helen & Harvey Ishofsky and Family
Leslie Kahn and Family
Tami & Greg Kramer
Janet & Mitchell Lenchner and Family
Michael & Mindy Leventhal and Family
Margery & Barry Libin
Jeff & Cindy Liebmann family
Richard & Judy Lillien and Family
Arthur & Randi Luxenberg and Family
Edward & Sharon Mazur and Family
Zachary & Yifat Mittleman and Family
Avery & Ellen Modlin and Family
Jonathan & Daniella Muller and Family
Fred & Janet Pomerantz and Family
Ami Reines and Family
Mikey & Aviva Rosenberg and Family
Ed and Anida Rosman and Family
Nathan & Debbie Rosenblatt and Family
Norman & Michelle Rutta and Family
Jon & Dina Ohebshalom
Albert & Phyliss Safdieh
Dov & Aliza Sassoon and Family
Matthew Shore and Family
Martin & Judith Sokol & Family
Irvin & Florence Spira and Family
Charles Stein & Jeanne Walfish
The Steinberg-Ginsburg-Shalmon Family
Sandra and Michael Stern and Zoe and AB Stern
Ron & Jill Swartz and Family
Baruch & Pam Toledano and Family
Daniel & Jennifer Twersky
Elaine Wolf
Marc & Davida Yehaskel and Family
Adam & Karen Zalta and Family
Glenn & Heidi Zuckerman
Sisterhood News
June 2, 2010
HMART RECEIPTS BENEFIT SISTERHOOD
The members of Great Neck Synagogue are kindly requested to put all their HMart sales receipts in the box outside that supermarket labeled “Sisterhood of Great Neck Synagogue”. The sisterhood will receive a percentage of all these sales receipts. Thank you to Judy Lillian for making these arrangements for us.
Torah On Tuesdays Update
June 1, 2010
TORAH ON TUESDAYS
The Torah on Tuesdays class is taking a hiatus. Mazal Tov to our teacher Amit Yaghoubi on the birth of her daughter.
We will let you know when the program will restart.
Shavout Dessert
May 17, 2010
Weight watchers cheesecake recipe made and tried from Judy Lillien
servings | 12
estimated POINTS values per serving | 3
course | Desserts
| Ingredients |
16 oz. 1% cottage cheese
8 oz. Neufatchel cream cheese
8 oz. fat free sour cream
1 cup Splenda
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 eggs
1/2 cup flour
| Instructions |
Mix all ingredients in blender in order given starting with cottage cheese and ending with flour. Mix well. Grease a 10 inch deep dish pie plate with spray butter and pour in cheese mix. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 325 for 40 minutes. Cool and refrigerate. No crust but you wouldn’t know it.
Annual Meeting 2010
May 14, 2010
The Congregational Meeting took place on Thursday, May 13, 2010.
The congregation approved the selection of Rabbi Ian Lichter as our new Assistant Rabbi and approved the new slate of Officers and Directors.
The Jack Shaw Service Award was given to David Fischer and Morris Hodkin and special Hunger Initiative Awards were given to the following businesses for all their help with feeding the needy:
EVERFRESH, SHOP DELIGHT, GREAT NECK GLATT,
MAZUR’S and PRESTIGE CATERERS.
Yiddish Vort
May 13, 2010
Birobidjan-”How I Remember It”
A memoir from someone who lived through the Stalin years and beyond.
Dos Yiddish Vort on Wednesday, June 9 at 1:30pm
All are welcome. For more information please contact Roz Wagner at 487-9795
Youth News
May 13, 2010
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