Sponsorships: July 10, 2010

June 30, 2010

Kiddush is sponsored by Great Neck Synagogue

Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Michelle & Norman Rutta in memory of his father Abraham Rutta, z”l and by Beth & Marc Gottlieb in memory of his mother Rachel Gottlieb, z”l

Sunday Breakfast is  sponsored by Rose & peter Weiss in memory of her mother, Sabina Fajg, z”l

Scope deadline

June 30, 2010

ROSH HASHANAH SCOPE DEADLINE

Rosh Hashanah is very early this year! The deadline for all articles, advertisments and New Year Greetings for the Rosh Hashanah issue of Scope magazine is Monday, July 26th. Please e-mail all material to drein@verizon.net.

Sponsorships: July 3, 2010

June 30, 2010

Kiddush is  sponsored by Great Neck Synagogue

Hashkama Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by Judy & Richard Lillien in memory of his father Llewllyn Lillien, z”l

Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Robyn & Steven Blumner in memory of his mother Lillian Blumner, z”l.

Sunday Breakfast is sponsored by Sonia & Sam Movsas in memory of his mother Gita  bat Shimshon, z”l

Within Our Family: July 3, 2010

June 30, 2010

Mazal Tov to Sheila Bachman on the Bar Mitzvah of her grandson Reid, son of Jacqui & Ira Bachman.

Mazal Tov to Annie & Robert Mendelson on the Bat Mitzvah on their daughter Bonnie Mendelson. Also Mazal Tov to grandmother Mali Meisel.

Mazel tov to Linda & Bob Glaser on the birth of their  granddaughter born  to their children Debra & Mickey Oralevich.

Mazel tov to Aviva & Bob Zausmer on the birth of a grandson born to their children Abigail and Seth Weiss.

Mazal Tov to Steven & Susan Mayer on the birth of a   granddaughter, born to their children Richard & Aliza Mayer.

Mazal Tov to  Evelyn & Michael Weiss on a birth of a son. Also Mazal Tov to grandparents Rose & Peter Weiss.

Mazal Tov to Phyllis & Albert Safdieh on the birth of a granddaughter, born to thier children Gabriella & Saul Safdieh.

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

Rita Gordonson in memory of her husband Lewis Gordonson

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

Ellie & david werber in memory of her parents Rosa & Michael Preis

Within Our Family: June 26, 2010

June 21, 2010

Mazal Tov to Mojdeh & George Bonheur on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Jacob Bonheur.

Mazal Tov to Dana & Ian Lustbader on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Jacob.

Mazal Tov to Annie & Robert Mendelson on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Bonnie.  Mazal Tov also to grandmother Mali Meisel.

Mazal Tov to Lisa & Michael Aryeh on the engagement of their son Joseph to Aliza Hobb. Mazal Tov to Grandmother Mahin Aryeh on her grandson’s engagement.

Mazal Tov to Zehavit & Israel Rosenzweig on the birth of a grandson, born to their children, Michal & Steven Rosenzweig.

Sponsorships: June 26, 2010

June 21, 2010

KIDDUSH & BIMA FLOWERS ARE

SPONSORED BY MOJDEH & GEORGE BONHEUR

IN HONOR OF THE BAR MITZVAH

OF THEIR SON JACOB BONHEUR

___________________________________

SEUDAH SHLISHIT & BIMA FLOWERS IN THE BEIT MIDRASH

ARE SPONSORED BY ANNIE & ROBERT MENDELSON,

MALI MEISEL AND PHYLLIS & WALTER MENDELSON

IN HONOR OF THE BAT MITZVAH

OF THEIR DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER

BONNIE MENDELSON

Thanks to the Ushers

June 21, 2010

We would like to thank all the ushers who helped make the holidays so meaningful.

Mark Freidman

Martin Hoffman

Morris Hodkin

William Frumkin

Stewart Kaplan

Steven Mayer

Carl Mosesson

Fred Pomerantz

Norman Rutta

George Schumann

Stuart Schwartz

Brian Smith

Alan Steinberg

Ed Wydra

A big  yasher koach

Richard Lillien

Head Usher

Death Notice

June 21, 2010

We regret to inform you of the passing of Julius Zidonis, beloved father of Jolanta Rosenstein.

Burial is taking place in Lithuania. Notes of condolence may be sent to 6-8 Wooleys Lane, Apartment B-17, Great Neck, NY 11023.

May the family be comforted amongst those who mourn for Zion and Jerusalem.

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