Shabbat Shalom Thursday, January 14, 2021/1 Shevat 5781
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Mishloach Manot Purim Fundraiser The Sisterhood of Congregation Habonim is pleased to launch its annual Mishloach Manot Purim Fundraiser. When you participate, you fulfill the Purim mitzvah of matanot l'evyonim -- giving gifts to the poor and supporting Congregation Habonim.
This year Purim starts on February 25. Due to Covid-19, Sisterhood will not be making mishloach manot packages this year. Please click here to donate . For more information, click on the Purim illustration above.
Torah on Tuesday will not meet on January 19 but will resume on January 26
Gift of Life Marrow Registry
From Rabbi Gelber: Saving a life is an important mitzvah/responsibility and commandment in Judaism. We have been called on to step forward in this way by Congregation Ansche Chesed here on the UWS as they work to find a bone marrow donor for someone in their shul community with rapidly advancing blood cancer. If you have not yet participated in the Gift of Life Marrow Registry, I encourage you to Get Swabbed by registering here . Click on GIft of Life logo for more information.
The Bender Fund
Habonim recently used Bender Fund assets to donate the money necessary to provide 30 Hanukkah food packages to elderly Holocaust survivors who are clients of Self Help Community Services. Click on the Selfhelp logo at left to learn more about the Bender Fund's 50 year history of mitzvahs.
For a FULL listing of events and services at Habonim this week and beyond, please follow the links in the buttons below.
Please click on the picture to see this week's Yahrzeit observances. May all the mourners be comforted.
Advance Screening from the National Yiddish Theatre
Sunday, January 17, 6 pm They brought you the runaway hit Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. Now, on the evening before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (and UJA) present Soul to Soul. This electrifying theatrical performance brings African American, Jewish, and Yiddish musical traditions to life at a time in our history when unity and purpose is more important than ever. Register here for Zoom link.
Community Challah Making and Wine Sipping
Thursday, January 21, 7:45 pm It's DOUGH time! WINE not? Join us for a community evening of challah making and shaping, paired with a wine of your choice.
Everyone is welcome - no baking or drinking necessary - you can just join us to be together with our community. Our very own Rina Cohen Schwarz will teach us to shape and braid our challahs and Beth Bornstein, from West Side Grapes, will teach us about wine to complement our challahs as we shape and top them for baking. Bring your own dough - recipe can be provided or you can buy store-made dough. Bring your own beverage - suggested wines will be provided. RSVP to membership@habonim.net for Zoom link, dough recipe, and wine recommendations. *Please RSVP as soon as possible to leave time to purchase ingredients and wine.
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Remember and Do Not Forget
Rabbi Gelber is honored to have her words included in the rapid-response book Remember and Do Not Forget, Rabbinic Testimonies of January 6, 2021: A Horrific Day in American History, edited by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and Rabbi Jessie Olitzky, with Foreword by Ruth Messinger.
Book Club
Next Book Club meeting: Wednesday, February 3
We're reading The Third Daughter: A Novel by Talia Carner (2019), about a late 19th century Jewish-run syndicate kidnapping Eastern European young women and selling them as prostitutes in Buenos Aires. https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-third-daughter
Purchasing the book through Amazon Smile helps support Congregation Habonim
When We Turned Within
When We Turned Within, Volume 2 features writing by 107 contributors from around the world - Rabbi Lisa Gelber and Malkie Grozalsky among them. Proceeds support UJA-Federation of New York’s COVID-19 relief work.
Congregation Habonim supports core Jewish values, including racial justice and dignity for all.
Congregation Habonim - Building Jewish Community Together RABBI LISA B. GELBER CANTOR BRUCE HALEV MALKIE GROZALSKY, Director of Administration RINA COHEN SCHWARZ, Education Director TINA LOBEL, Nursery School Director RICHARD VERNER, President www.habonim.net
