AIPAC at GNS: Sat. March 16, Luncheon

COMMUNITY SHABBAT LUNCHEON
Saturday, March 16
26 Old Mill Road, Great Neck, NY 11023 | 516.487.6100 | www.gns.org

Featuring

AIPAC President

MICHAEL KASSEN

And
ELIAV BENJAMIN

Counselor for Political Affairs, Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C.

Reservations Required ~ Limited Seating
$30/adult | $20/teen | $10/child | $100 family maximum
RSVP: 516.487.6100 or mtwersky@gns.org
Reservations Deadline: Wednesday, March 13

Obama’s visit to Israel? Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel? Iranian nuclear threat?
Don’t miss this important discussion of the critical issues facing
the U.S.-Israel Alliance and what we must do to keep it strong!

SUPPORT OUR SHABBAT SPEAKERS SERIES
and Stand With Israel in Great Neck and the U.S. Capitol
Become A Solidarity Sponsor ~ $1,000
includes family luncheon reservation, two seats at the Speakers’ Table,
and one place on the GNS delegation to the 2014 AIPAC Policy Conference
in Washington, D.C. ($600 value)
For more sponsorship options, please contact the synagogue office.
All sponsors receive a copy of “Power, Faith & Fantasy: America in the Middle East”
by Michael Oren, Ambassador of Israel to the United States”

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach - Shabbat Dinner & Guest Speaker, October 19-20

Shabbat Dinner & Guest Speakers Series

Friday Evening, October 19

Shabbat Dinner
Guest Speaker:
RABBI SHMULEY BOTEACH
“Kosher Lust, Kosher Hate”

• Families: Special Children’s Program
• Singles: Walking Escorts Available Upon Request

$30/adult | $20/teen | $10/child | $100 family max
Reservations Required | Limited Seating
RSVP: 516.487.6100 or mtwersky@gns.org

Shabbat, October 20

Keynote Address
following services in the Goldwyn Sanctuary
“The Tryanny of Perfection and the Blessing of Struggle”

Seudah Shlishit
“The Fed-Up Man of Faith: Challenging God in the Face of Tragedy and Suffering”

Shabbat Guest Speaker Rabbi Joseph Telushkin

Shabbat, May 12

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Internationally acclaimed author and lecturer

Shabbat Morning Address
following services in the Goldwyn Sanctuary
“Hillel: Seven Lessons From a Two Thousand Year Old Rabbi”  (Part I)

Shabbat Afternoon Shiur
one hour before Mincha
“Pirkei Avot: Eternal Ethics For Contemporary Times”

Seudah Shlishit Presentation
following Mincha
“Hillel: Seven Lessons From a Two Thousand Year Old Rabbi”  (Part II)

To purchase personalized copies of Rabbi Telushkin’s Hillel: If Not Now, When?, please contact the synagogue office: 516.487.6100

Women’s Tefila Story Quilt

WOMEN’S TEFILA STORY QUILT:

In honor of the upcoming 30th Anniversary Year of the Women’s Tefila Group in Great Neck, we are asking people to submit a vignette of their experiences as participants in Women’s Tefila.  Whether you are a regular member or came just once, a Bat Mitzvah alum, mother of a Bat Mitzvah, bride, grandmother, mother of a newborn, woman who observed a yahrzeit with us, or father of a bat mitzvah girl, PLEASE write a couple of sentences to a couple of paragraphs about your experience at Women’s Tefila.  EMAIL your reflections to:  Harriet Schimel at  hschimel@aol.com

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.

Great Neck Synagogue

Annual Family Luncheon

In Memory of Sharon Sokol Heisler z”l

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Guest Speaker:

Mort Klein

President of the Zionist Organization of America

Topic:

Lessons of the Holocaust

Applied to Today’s Arab War Against Israel

Beautiful Catered Buffet Lunch by Prestige Caterers

$55 per person

$20 per child*(10 years and under)

(No charge for children under 4)

For reservations please call or e-mail

Mark Twersky

(516) 487-6100

Email : mtwersky@gns.org

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For more information please call:

Debbie Hollander  (516) 829-2013

* We are planning a special luncheon for children  to take place at the same time in the Youth Center.

Women’s Tefila: December 19

Women’s Tefila will be holding Mincha services on Saturday, December 19, to celebrate the Bat Mitzvah of Ava Adler, daughter of Lisa & Alan Adler. The Adlers will sponsor the Womens Seudah Shlishit. For further information and sponsorships please contact Nechama Liss-Levinson.