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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Rabbi Polakoff’s shabbos drasha through 5781 MAZAL TOVS & COMMUNITY NEWS
is dedicated in memory of DOVID BEN NISSAN v’LEAH
Mazal Tov to Lillian & Gary Chubak on the birth of a
For other such opportunities please contact
Howard Wolf 516-643-3344 granddaughter born to their children Jenny & Etan
IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO IS MOVING INTO THE Slomovic.
GREAT NECK AREA PLEASE LET THE OFFICE KNOW.
Mazal Tov to Stephanie & Ruvane Vilinsky on the
GNS BIKUR CHOLIM AND GNS CONNECTIONS– marriage of their daughter Alexandra to Joshua Kamali.
SPONSOR SHAVUOT FLOWERS/VOLUNTEER TO MAKE
DELIVERIES HUNGER INITIATIVE
For Shavuot, the GNS Bikur Cholim and GNS Connections During these difficult times, we are providing food for
Committees are planning to distribute beautiful orchids numerous families in our community and nearby areas. If
(purchased to support Meorot Programming) to members you cook in excess during the week, please freeze your
of our shul that could benefit from our outreach. If you extras, neatly wrap them and drop them off in the cooler on
would like to volunteer to make deliveries (could be used the porch at 91 Baker Hill road on Friday from 7am-1 pm.
for high school chesed hours) or sponsor orchids ($18/ PLEASE DO NOT DROP PERISHABLE FOOD OFF DURING THE
person and there are about 50 recipients), please contact WEEK. Canned goods, cereal, any grocery items, fruit and
Diane Rein at drein@verizon.net or Rachel Brecher vegetables are also appreciated. If you would like to
at rachelbrecher@icloud.com. Thank you very much! volunteer to make a deliveries and help collect food for
these families, Please contact Cindy Hodkin at 516.317.9632
SISTERHOOD NEWS or at koshercookinggn@gmail.com.
The Sisterhood is working on a new cookbook which we
intend to gift to newly engaged couples, new members, Robert Katz & Family would like to thank Rabbi Polakoff,
and will also be for sale. We welcome all contributions. If Rabbi Lichter and the entire community for their outpouring of
there is some history involved in the recipe, we would love support following the passing of his beloved mother, Magda
to have a small blurb or who the recipe came from Katz z”l.
included. For those of us that are visual cooks, if possible,
please send us a photo of the finished product. We are Renee Schwartz & Family would like to thank Rabbi Polakoff
planning on sections with specialty recipes, such as gluten and the entire community for their outpouring of support
free, sugar free, vegan, etc. Looking forward to all the following the passing of her beloved mother, Miriam Wieder z”l.
delicious recipes from our great cooks. For information or
submissions, contact Judy Lillien at syny@gmail.com or Tuesday, 29 Iyar
Cynthia Wiesenfeld at cwiesenfeld@verizon.net. Seymour Cooper for Isaac Cooper
Open to all Sisterhood Members, Canasta on Tuesday Ebrahim Gabbaizadeh for Tala bat Yoseph Gabbaizadeh
Michal Rosenzweig for Simcha Khazzam
nights at 7 pm. Masks & Vaccination required. For more Jack Lipsky for Rose Mayer
information, contact Cynthia at cwiesenfeld@verizon.net. Ellie Werber for Rosa Preis
Jerrald Weinstein for Mae Rubin
CHAVERIM CENTER Abraham Soleimani for Yasher Soleimani
Chaverim Center is restarting in person on Wednesday Y Moussa Soleimani for Yasher Soleimani
May 26th outside in the tent of the GNS parking lot from Wednesday, 1 Sivan
2:00-3:00 pm. A Regina Gil for Israel Keller
GNS GRADUATION & CONGREGATIONAL KIDDUSH H Ellen Allen for Eleanor Schaffer
Celebrate your simcha or honor the memory of a loved one Thursday, 2 Sivan
at Great Neck Synagogue’s Graduation and Congregational R Lauren Hyman for Joseph Hyman
Friday, 3 Sivan
Kiddush taking place on Shabbat, June 5th. Please click Adam Hutt for Frances Hutt
HERE to participate or email mtwersky@gns.org to provide Z Cindy Ludwig for Bertha Siegal
information. Cost is $100 per family. Saturday, 4 Sivan
KIDDUSH SPONSORSHIPS E Trudy Jettelson for Jules Jettelson
We encourage our members to continue thinking about Alan Levy for Cheryl Levy
sponsoring the safe and socially distant Kiddush at the I Karen Wydra for Henry Stein-Wallach
conclusion of davening or the Kiddush Bags to go. Kiddush Goldie Lorber for Nathan Winter
Sunday, 5 Sivan
may be sponsored in honor of in memory of a loved one. T Osnass Shein for Isaac Charchat
Please email mtwersky@gns.org for more details. S Marc Gottlieb for Bernhard Gottlieb
GNS CONNECTIONS Edward Mazur for Rose Mazur
GNS Connections is a new initiative to reach out to Robert Spitalnick for Oscar Spitalnick
members of our synagogue – many who usually attend David Werber for Millie Werber
services but are not able to during this COVID pandemic Martin Werber for Millie Werber
Monday, 6 Sivan
for health and safety reasons. If you are interested in Rita Gordonson for Lewis C. Gordonson
volunteering to make phone calls 1-2x month to keep in Carol Karbowitz for Leah Katzwer
touch with these members, please email the Chair of GNS Lynn Steinberg for Leah Katzwer
Connections, Rachel Brecher at rachelbrecher@icloud.com. Roselin Wagner for Fannie Tamofsky