Books & Bagels ~ Sunday, April 29
April 17, 2012
Books & Bagels
Sunday, April 29 ~ 9:30am
Braun Youth Center
Precious Objects: A Story of Diamonds, Family, & a Way of Life
Breakfast will be served
Babysitting will be provided
Book sale and signing will follow author presentation.
Complimentary Admission
No RSVP Required
Precious Objects ($15) is available for pre-order through the synagogue office
“I am unaware of a book that so intimately captures the strange and strangely beguiling place in which [diamonds] are bought and sold.”
- The Washington Post
- The Washington Post
“Her passion for her subject takes her to posh Manhattan auction houses and glitzy Las Vegas showrooms; she explores the industry’s future and its past; she mines the roots of the diamond trade among Jews in medieval Europe and elucidates the problem of finding matching stones for earrings…Ms. Oltuski has an ear for [dealers’] Shalom Aleichem patois.”
- The Wall Street Journal
Family Shabbat Luncheon & Guest Speaker Series
April 16, 2012
Please join us on Saturday, April 28 as we will be having Dr. Deborah Lipstadt as our featured speaker for our Family Shabbat Luncheon & Guest Speaker series.
Dr. Lipstadt will speak Shabbat morning following services:
“In Every Generation They Want to Destroy Us: Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israelism as Factors in Jewish Identity”
Shabbat Luncheon:Reservations required.
“The Eichman Trial”
Seudah Shlishit:
“History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving”
Women’s Tefila: Saturday, April 21, 2012
April 16, 2012
Women’s Tefila invites all women to join us for mincha Shabbat afternoon, April 21st at 6:00 pm. We will be celebrating the Simchat Kallah for Lauren Schneider, in honor of her upcoming marriage to Sam Flaks. An oneg will be sponsored by Lauren’s parents, Charlotte and Perry Schneider.
Schlissel Challah Baking: April 17, 2012
March 20, 2012
SISTERHOOD SCHLISSEL CHALLAH BAKING
Sisterhood presents a hands-on challah baking demonstration given by
Sharona Abraham to learn the significance of the Schlissel Challah - an
opportunity that comes just once a year! Join us on Tuesday, April 17th at
8:00pm in the Braun Youth Center.
Class is limited to 36 women and costs $18.
To make a reservation, please contact Farla Frumkin at
mailto:farlafrumkin@gmail.com farlafrumkin@gmail.com or
829-7938. Everyone goes home with a schlissel challah - please remember
to bring a spare house key. Two batches available for sponsorship at $72
each. Sponsors choose name and perform bracha for hafrashat challah.
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Upcoming Events at GNS
March 15, 2012
Jewish Film Series in cooperation with Great Neck Arts Center Monday, April 18, 7:30pm Clearview Squire Theater, 115 Middle Neck Road, noted filmmaker Joan Mickling Silver will present and discuss her classic film Hester Street, which pioneered a wave of films about the American Jewish experience, and screen selections from her latest film, currently in progress. For ticket reservations and more information, call Great Neck Arts Center: 516.829.2570 or online @ www.greatneckarts.org
Yom Hashoah Commemoration:April 18, 2012
March 15, 2012
SAVE THE DATE
The Great Neck Synagogue
Yom Hashoah Commemoration
will take place on
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
7:45 pm
Main Sanctuary
Leibel Zisman
will be the featured speaker
” A CHILD SURVIVOR’S STORY OF FAITH AGAINST THE ODDS”
and the
NORTH SHORE HEBREW ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR
will perform.
Men’s Club Upcoming Event
March 13, 2012
PREVENTION TREATMENT AND SURVIVAL OF PROSTATE CANCER
Do you know that PROSTATE CANCER is one of the
deadliest diseases for men? On Tuesday, April 24 ,
at 7:45 pm Dr. David B. Samadi , one of the leading
experts in the field, invites you to learn about the
“Prevention, Treatment and Survival” of Prostate Cancer.
GNS MEN’S CLUB UPCOMING EVENTS
Wed & Thur., June 6 & 7, 7.00 pm: The annual Defensive Driving
Course will be held at GNS. Participate to reduce any points on your
license and save on auto insurance.
Sun June 10, 8.00 am to 1.00 pm: Our semi-annual Blood Drive.
Donating blood is a mitzvah which helps save lives.
Sun July 1, 9.00 am: We are going Fishing again. The whole family
can join in this enjoyable morning at sea.
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin: March 24, 2012
March 13, 2012
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FAMILY SHABBAT DINNER & GUEST SPEAKER SERIES
RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN
Chief Rabbi, Efrat, Israel
Chancellor, Ohr Torah Stone Institutions
SATURDAY, MARCH 24
Sermon following services in the Goldwyn Sanctuary
Shabbat Luncheon
“Women in Halacha: How Far Can We Go?”
Seudah Shlishit Presentation
“Israel: The Enemy Without, The Enemy Within”
Reservations Required for Shabbat Luncheon | Limited Seating
$30/person | $20/teen | $10/child | $100 family max
RSVP: 516.487.6100 or mtwersky@gns.org
RESERVATIONS DEADLINE: Wednesday, March 21
RESERVATION FORM
Name__________________________________________
Phone_____________________
Email__________________________
Number of Reservations: ____Adult ____Teen ____Child_____
I would like to be a Luncheon Sponsor ____
I would like to be a Shabbat Sponsor____
I would like to order ___ signed copies of Rabbi Riskin’s “A Haggadah Happening” ($25/
I would like to order ___ signed copies of Rabbi Riskin’s “Listening to God” ($30/each)
SUPPORT OUR SHABBAT LUNCHEON
$180 - LUNCHEON SPONSOR
Includes a signed copy of Rabbi Riskin’s”A Haggadah Happening”
$360 - SHABBAT SPONSOR
Includes signed copties of “A Haggadah Happening” and Rabbi Riskin’s new
“Listening To God”
_
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Sisterhood News
March 6, 2012
SISTERHOOD MEETING & PESACH BAKING DEMONSTRATION
Please join us on Wednesday evening, March 14th at 7:00pm for a Sisterhood meeting in the Braun Youth Center to plan and organize upcoming events. Immediately following the meeting at 7:45pm, we are pleased to have Cindy Hodkin teach us how to make Passover truffles. She is dedicating her baking demonstration in memory of her father Bernard Korman on the occasion of his 36th yahrzeit. RSVP is required to attend the baking demonstration - please email Cindy Hodkin at koshercookinggn@gmail.com
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
The Sisterhood would like to thank everyone who generously donated to the Florence Shaffer Memorial Fund over the last few weeks. We are grateful to our anonymous donor who matched all these donations and helped Sisterhood raise a significant amount of money to be used for need-based scholarships for college women.
Purim 2012
February 28, 2012
Watch the Purim Video now available on our web site. Scroll down to
the bottom of the page and watch the two part video of PURIM 2012.
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