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Contents
From the Bima……..2
Words from Our
President………...….3
Vol. of the Month…..4
New Member column
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Purim festivities...7 - 10
Gala………………...9
Religious School.…..11
Passover Flower Sale
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Sisterhood
News….....................19
Men’s Club………...22
Golden Cards……....33
Calendar..…………..35
1 March 2015
SHOMREI TORAH GALA
Honoring
BETH AND ED JULIE
Sat. evening, March 7th, 7 pm
Original Purim Shpiel written by Beth Julie and Stuart Skolnick
ESTHER’S VERY SPECIAL
PURIM PARTY
FROM THE BIMA
You might wonder why it is that for the third month in a
row I’m writing about Israel. There is no question that
Israel is important, but it is far from the only important
Jewish subject. However, it remains timely and significant.
I’m no longer promoting an Israel trip at this time, we had
to give up on that for now, although I still hope that at
some point we will be able to muster a large enough group
to go together. But Israel remains in the news because of
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s controversial visit to Congress,
the Israeli elections taking place this month and most
significantly to us, the ongoing World Zionist Congress elections. If you have not
yet voted, I implore to invest the 10 minutes and the $10 it costs to register to vote
and then visit votemercaz.org. Mercaz is the Zionist arm of the Conservative
movement. It seeks to help insure funding for an Israel that is inclusive, pluralistic,
committed to social justice, egalitarian, democratic, pursuing peace and
environmentally conscious. Anyone over 18 can vote.
If you vote, that is a huge step and incredibly important! But if you want to do more,
you can visit the mercazusa.org website and become or renew your membership in
Mercaz. There are amounts from a $36 Individual Membership to a $500
Benefactor.
Finally, our Federation provides money for first time campers to go to a Jewish
overnight camp and for Birthright, but not for high school teens going to Israel.
While I think Birthright is great, it is a 10 day trip vs a four week experience. So I’m
looking for additional funding for our own Ben Pittel Scholarship Fund to help send
Shomrei Torah teens to Israel. If you want to help invest in this endeavor, donations
of any size can be made to the fund and will be greatly appreciated since this fund is
running low and needs to be replenished.
Finally, March is our Federation’s Israel Film Festival month. You can see the
schedule at www.JFNNJ.org/filmfestival. I can tell you that the Wayne showing is 7
pm Tues. 3/10 at the Y, showing Super Women. You can read all about them at the
website.
I hope to see you all at Megillah reading – we have two – 6 pm Wed. 3/4 and 7 am
Thurs. 3/5!
Rabbi Randy Mark
If you know of a Shomrei Torah member who is ill, hospitalized
or homebound, please contact
Rabbi Mark
to let him know.
Shomrei Torah members are our source of information!
2 March 2015
Executive Board
Cindy Merker
President
Roberta Ort
Executive Vice President/
President Elect
Beth Julie
Vice President of
Education, Ritual & Youth
Karen Weiss & Sheryl Sarin
Co-Vice Presidents of
Membership, Program &
Social Action
Mark Kass
Vice President of
Finance & Fundraising
Howard Hook
Treasurer
Tova Friede
Financial Secretary
Carla Rudow
Communications Secretary
Gary Lesser
Recording Secretary
Karen Weiss
Immediate Past President
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Clergy
Randall Mark
Rabbi
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Staff
Melody Sandor
Synagogue Administrator
Judy Jaffe
Director of Congregational
Learning
Donna Davis
Synagogue Secretary
Suzanne Zofi
Administrative Assistant
Gloria Millan
Shabbat Staff
Manny Vargas
Custodian
Words from Our President...
So here is the list of participants….Jodi Kashmann,
Rabbi Mark, Howard Fertig, Bernie Kashmann, Stuart
Skolnick, Linda Gutman, Beth Julie, Roberta Ort,
Henry Ramer, Jackie Helfand, Ben Julie, Jean Jaffe,
Carol Ramer, Anita Skolnick, Rick Krieger, Sarah
Blecherman, Carol Pomeranc, Bella Mendel, Linda
Dumoff, Annette Baron Lieb, Ed Julie, Sue Mirsky,
Karen Weiss, Bruce Seidman, Lena Kamo, Carla
Rudow, Maurice Kamo, Sheri Taback, Barry
Blecherman, Len Blaifeder, Steve Gastwirth, Josh
Kashmann, Max Merker, Eric Rudow, Andy Lieb, Art
Greenberg, and Carol Fertig. Quite impressive!
A big thank you to the Gala and Ad Journal
Committees which include Karen Weiss, Jodi
Kashmann, Roberta Ort, Carla Rudow, Carol Ramer
and Arlene and Michael Marks.
As I sit here writing my March article and trying to
stay warm, I can’t help thinking about the many
I hope to see you all at our Purim festivities. You will
events and happenings Shomrei Torah has going on at not be disappointed!
any given time. We are always trying to engage you,
our congregation in something that will interest you,
bring you to the synagogue and allow you to be part
Cindy
of our warm and caring community.
I am anxiously looking forward to our multidimensional Purim celebration this year. It will start
with our annual Purim Carnival on March 1 at 11:30
am and a Family Friendly Megillah Reading at 6:00
pm on March 4, our regular Megillah Reading at 7am
on March 5 and distribution of Purim Baskets by
Sisterhood.
The big event will certainly be our Gala/Purim Spiel
which takes place on March 7 at 7pm. We are
honoring at our Gala a truly deserving couple, Beth
and Ed Julie. As a testament to them, we are
scheduled to have one of our largest crowds ever in
attendance. The evening of the Gala will consist of
dinner, drinks and dancing, but it will also include a
showing of the Purim Spiel written by Beth Julie and
Stuart Skolnick. I hear it is even bigger and better
than last year’s, which is quite a feat!
If you cannot attend the Gala, there is a second
showing of the Purim Spiel on March 8 at 1 pm. Try
not to miss it. You will witness not only a fine
production, but see how rewarding it has been for
members of the cast and crew to participate with their
fellow congregants in a fun but meaningful activity.
3 March 2015
PURIM is HAPPENING at
SHOMREI TORAH!
Sunday, March 1—11:30 pm
Purim Carnival
Wednesday, March 4—6:00 pm
Family Friendly
Megillah Reading
Thursday, March 5—7:00 am
Purim Minyan with
Full Megillah Reading
Sunday, March 8—1:00 pm
Purim Schpiel
“Esther’s Very Special Purim Party”
Todah Rabah to…
Henry
Ramer
Shomrei Torah’s
March
Volunteer of the
Month!
Being involved has always been part of Henry
Ramer’s make-up.
litical activist. She was involved in Vietnam protests and marches, and very active in Temple
Emanuel Paterson and Zionist causes.”She set
the activist example for me. I ran for N.J. State
Assembly in the 1970's. Nowadays I look back
and wonder what I thought I was doing, getting
involved in politics.”
Being active in Shomrei Torah is a family affair
(his wife, Carol has held various positions in Sisterhood and is currently serving on the Board of
Trustees). With Carol setting the example for activism, Henry, along with Harold WIllner, is a cochair of the Adult Ed program committee. He is
also on the Ritual Committee and admires Stuart
Skolnick's and the other committee members'
deep knowledge of Jewish ritual and practice. He
attends services regularly and is known as
the “Friday morning minyan bagel guy.” Henry’s
legal skills have also been recruited by Shomrei
Torah president, Cindy Merker, and he adds, “I
am only too happy to help Cindy; she does a
hard job really well.” Henry works with Diane
Seltzer and Family Promise of Passaic County
and volunteers his time when Shomrei Torah is
hosting: “Since nobody seems to want to do it, I
end up doing the sleepovers and I can say without fear of contradiction I have slept with some of
ST's finest women.”
Henry holds a BA from Rutgers in American Civilization and received his law degree from Columbia University. Though retired from law practice
since 2012, “retirement” is a relative term for him.
He expects to receive a Master’s of Science from
the Division of Global Affairs at Rutgers in May
2015. His course work at Rutgers keeps him
busy with lots of reading material but his curiosity
never stops. He is an avid reader and his tastes
run wide and varied: fiction, non-fiction, newspapers, and magazines. “I’m like an addict...I'm
learning all the time,” Henry adds. If his studies
weren’t enough to keep him busy, he continues
the trend with learning Hebrew and Italian (the
Italian is pretty similar to Portuguese, which I still
remember from my Peace Corps days, believe it Who knew Henry could SING? This talent,
or not.)”.
(unbeknownst to everyone, including Henry himself), was revealed with his participation in the
This curiosity about the world runs deep. Spend- Purim Shpiel. Henry declares that he loves working a few months after college working on Kibing with the group and is grateful for Beth Julie's
butz Ramat Yohanan, Henry continued this volinspired leadership.
unteerism after law school by joining the Peace
Corps and living in Brazil for two years. He has In discussing Shomrei Torah, Henry has a defireturned to Israel several times with Carol, on an nite idea on the path and responsibility of its
early Shomrei Torah mission, on Federation mis- members. “I think the synagogue leadership
sions and his whole family. (When applying to
should take a greater part in its religious activigrad school at Rutgers, he tallied the number of ties, like coming to synagogue on holidays and
foreign countries visited, now over 50!) Henry
Sabbath, but I don't see that changing too fast.
states that travel has given him “an outlook of ap- Haranguing them would be counter-productive.”
preciating diversity, valuing the US and life we
He goes on to state how much he likes being part
have here.”
of Shomrei Torah, not only for the people, but also that it “gives me an opportunity to learn, to
His interest in activism was nurtured by his moth- participate and to help. I think Rabbi Mark is uner, whom he credits as being most influential on derappreciated. Whenever I've wanted to learn
his life. Henry elaborates “My mother was a typi- more about some aspect of the religion, or to try
cal 1950's type housewife, except she was a po- leading part of a Sabbath service, he has been
4 March 2015
helpful and encouraging. He is part of why I feel
close to the synagogue.”
Responsibility and being Jewish goes hand-inhand for Henry. He views being Jewish as an
opportunity to connect to a tradition, way of life,
body of learning and thought.
“When my mother died, I felt grief that I couldn't
articulate or express, but I didn't have to reinvent
the wheel. The forms of Judaism fit very well. It
is a guide, devised by many smart people over
the centuries. Thanks to a recommendation from
Rabbi Mark, to whom I am grateful, I now am a
World Justice Fellow at the American Jewish
World Service, kind of a Jewish Peace Corps.
The idea is try to apply Jewish ideas and resources to issues of development in the global
south.”
This responsibility along with a sense of protectiveness extends to the state of Israel. A contributor to AIPAC and Federation, he is concerned
about the political climate.
“I couldn’t say exactly what I'd do differently if I
were the Prime Minister.” The country is in a
tough neighborhood. It’s hard for us Americans
to appreciate their problems. Not living there, I'm
reluctant to believe I can tell them what to do. I
understand the idea of an existential threat from
Iran. Over and over, the country has to pick
among the least bad choices.”
Closer to home, Henry was born and raised in
Paterson and moved to Wayne in 1981, with his
wife Carol and two young daughters (both of
whom were bat mitzvah at Shomrei Torah). His
delight and joy is time spent with his growing
family. His daughter Paula is a lawyer and counsel to the Manhattan law firm of Kaye Scholer.
Paula is married to Jordan Brenner and the
mother of Eli (4) and Alexandra (4 months). Sarah Ramer is an intern/resident at Hackensack
Hospital and University Hospital in Newark is
soon to be a nephrologist. Henry and Carol relishes the two days a week spent with their grandchildren and succulently expresses that they
“love it, love it.”
5 March 2015
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
MARCH 2ND, 7 PM
A REPLACEMENT LIFE
By
Boris Fishman
(former Wayne
resident and
Wayne Hills HS
graduate)
Contact Sue Feldman
(telemom28@aol.com)
for information.
JEWISH FEDERATION OF
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
ISRAEL FILM FESTIVAL
MARCH 7-22
Go to www.jfnnj.org
for more information
SHOMREI
TORAH
NEW
MEMBER
COLUMN
Meet Michelle, Justin and
Roman Elon Esgar:
Michelle and Justin grew up on Long Island, but met
while living and working in Manhattan. In 2011, they
fell in love with a house in Wayne, and upon researching the town and school district decided it
would be a prime place for them to live.
Prior to Roman’s birth, the Esgars traveled frequently,
including trips to Italy, France, Mexico and most recently, a 2-week stint in Japan (which they highly recommend!).
When asked about their influences, Michelle notes a
large list of friends, family and colleagues, while Justin acknowledges his grandfather Ralph, who “taught
me about business, people and money.” Roman is
lovingly named for Ralph due to Justin’s long-time
admiration of his grandfather.
As far as who they themselves influence, Michelle
describes “As a creative manager, I always try to lead
by example; hard work, defying expectations and
thinking outside the box (and of course, making
things pretty).” Justin references his book, Appitalize
on Your Idea and various speaking engagements
across the country, in which he drives home the message that anyone can bring their ideas into fruition.
As new members of our Shul, the couple is excited to
meet other congregants, particularly those in their
Justin earned his business degree from the University
age group, and become more involved. They graof Rhode Island and currently owns an Apple consultciously offer their professional skills wherever needing firm in NYC, aswell as a software development
ed.
company called Autriv. His company has developed
popular apps including SignMyPad, NYCTruckFood
When questioned as to what makes one a good Jew,
and Goodnight.
they believe that what makes them good Jews mimics
what makes them good people. Michelle, coming
Michelle graduated with a BS from Cornell University
from a family of Holocaust survivors, feels that it is
and is currently the Creative Director for Panasonic
important to continue to pass on Jewish traditions to
Consumer Electronics in Newark.
their children. They both feel a strong responsibility to
society and the world—Justin is a passionate environMichelle and Justin differ in their Jewish education—
mentalist, continually striving to bring more technoloMichelle attended Hebrew School and Hebrew High
gy into his home and business, while Michelle beSchool, and credits a large part of her knowledge to
lieves strongly in giving without expecting anything in
attending Orthodox sleepaway camp for 4 years. Jusreturn…”even the smallest day-to-day gestures totin attended Hebrew School until his Bar Mitzvah, and
ward others make a difference.”
while religion has never played an important role in
his life, through his relationship with Michelle he has
The Esgars are excited to have joined Shomrei Tobecome more receptive to expanding his Jewish edurah. They have gotten to know Rabbi Mark and love
cation.
the way he develops relationships with his members
and encourages Judaism at any level.
In her free time, Michelle enjoys decorating, word
games and online sample sale browsing. She loves
We warmly welcome Michelle and Justin into our Shul
Jane Austen and her favorite book is Joseph Heller’s
“family” and are anxious to see the direction their inCatch 22, with People StyleWatch magazine as a
volvement takes them. We also look forward to obguilty pleasure. Justin enjoys British television, cookserving the growth and development of Roman Elon,
ing and browsing Imgur (especially for puppy phoespecially once he enters our religious school.
tos!). He reads mostly business books and Iron Man
comics, but his favorite book is The Alchemist by Paul
Coelho. They have a newborn son, Roman Elon, and
count 2 doodles, Rusty and Basher, as part of the
family.
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10 March 2015
I very recently chatted with our 6th and 7th graders
about ritual and we discussed Shabbat. A few responded, “There is NO time to do Shabbat anymore.”
Too busy? Too connected? Getting texts every minute? Emails at a volume you cannot possibly read?
Voice messages too numerous to return? Yet, simultaneously we feel overwhelmed, unfulfilled, unconnected and unaware?
So, in direct response, a group of Jewish reimaginators, with a deep feeling that life had been taken over
by technology, developed ‘The Sabbath Manifesto,’
and probably not a Shabbat too soon. They envisioned
people taking a time - out every week to slow down,
reclaim ‘time,’ and reconnect with friends, family,
their communities and themselves. The Shabbat Manifesto proposes ten principles that can serve as an antidote to our increasingly fast-paced way of living.
They are:
1. Avoid Technology
2. Connect With Loved Ones
3. Nurture Your Health
4. Get Outside
5. Avoid Commerce
6. Light Candles
7. Drink Wine
8. Eat Bread
9. Find Silence
10. Give Back
Last Shabbat I re read “Shabbat,” which continues to
be the treatise, as it relates to humanity and Shabbat,
which Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote approximately 60 years ago. According to Heschel, the world
of material ‘things’ enslaves humanity to something
lifeless.
I can sign on to this. Can you? In honor of this coming
‘National Day of Unplugging’, to be held March 6th –
I was privileged to hear author Judith Shulevitz last
7th , let’s discuss getting together in real time. ConsidFebruary at the Jewish Theological Seminary. The
er putting down your smart phone, stop the status upauthor of “The Sabbath World” discussed both the
ritual of the Sabbath and the ‘social morality of time’ dates on Facebook, shut down Twitter, sign out of e– perhaps in both direct conflict and agreement – with mail and spend time with family and friends in real
Heschel.
time. Hugs may be an added incentive.
At Shomrei Torah, we teach Shabbat and its sanctity
in our the Religious School, and we hope that our students and families appreciate, remember and keep it
as a symbol of the special connection between God
and Our People. Shulevitz explained that she feels that
Shabbat cannot be taught or explained, it must be embedded. (She also admits that she does not do either!)
For many around us, Shabbat may mean a Shabbat
evening or morning service at shul or a sit down family dinner. But many still need a way to connect to the
ritual of the day of rest and restoration. Let’s try it one
step at a time!
There is no Religious School from March 29th through
April 7th. Classes resume on April 12th. Kindly return
My question remains: can I unplug? Is it harder to dis- your Passover flower forms before March 24th.
connect now with all our modern conveniences?
- Judy
http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com/ challenged
Check out our exhibit with the Museum of Jewish
me to watch a seaside photograph and listen to the
heritage:
sound of waves crashing against the shore. When I
http://www.living-museum.org/show/
touched my mouse before the two minutes counted
exhibition/31506
down, I got a failed message. Ugh.
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12 March 2015
Shomrei Torah
never tasted as
good as this
Shomrei Torah
Map and Cake
Event!
1/25/15
Shomrei Torah fifth graders participated in a
Mock Wedding on February 8th. They made
the chuppah (the wedding canopy), ketuba
(marriage contract), wrote a rap ceremony and
performed the wedding ceremony for guests
consisting of their biological parents and the
Religious School.
Shomrei Torah Wayne Religious School students
celebrate Jewish Arbor Day, Tu B’Shevat, connecting our rich legacy with the Land of Israel. Our
students ate the 7 fruits discussed in the Torah, the
Bible, and discussed where they grow in the
land of Israel.
13 March 2015
Shomrei Torah Religious School students decorated challah covers for the Sabbath ceremonial
bread and donated the challah covers to Emeritus at Wayne and Service to Armed Forces and
International Services Manager
American Red Cross.
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I understand March is Women’s History Month. And, this month, the amount of women I need to
thank is historic.
First of all, thank you to Melody Sandor for sending me a reminder email questioning whether or not
I sent in an article for March. (Spoiler alert: the answer was, “no.”)
Secondly, thanks again to Melody for always reminding me to write an article and then reminding me
again that I forgot to write in the appropriate scrip sales dates.
Here’s a monumental thank you to Judy Krantz for chairing Purim boxes for her first time. Already,
she has taken the reins and has been recruiting donors and volunteers in a superb fashion. Thanks
to Judy and all her volunteers for your time and financial contributions to keep our mitzvah of giving
mishloach manot going.
Thanks, too, to Sarah Blecherman, Phyllis Staloff, Elyce Berenzweig for chocolate in lieu of a shank
bone for our Chocolate Seder with the Women of Chai from Temple Beth Tikvah. I would guess at
this reading, you still have time to participate. Please contact the temple office or Phyllis at
973.628.9496 or P.Staloff@gmail.com in order to sign up for this Tuesday, March 24, event at 7pm
at Temple Beth Tikvah. For $25/per person, you can treat yourself to a special evening of treats.
Thanks to you or anyone who can suggest a new charity with whom Sisterhood can partner. We are
open to suggestions for charities and chairs. If you see a Sisterhood member, just grab her and suggest a non-profit or take the lead for your own event. In the past, we’ve walked for the American
Cancer Society and are looking to do something involving community outreach.
And, finally, thank you, thank you, thank you, Renee Lesser, for the incredible job you do for Sisterhood with scrip.
IT IS DEFINITELY THE EASIEST FUNDRAISER WE HAVE!!!!! YOU PAY NOTHING MORE than
the price of a gift card than you would already pay. You buy gift cards at their face value and, for the
same price you’d pay anywhere, Shomrei Torah benefits with a percentage of each purchase.
Check out our vendor list, including Fairway, ShopRite, Stop and Shop, Bloomingdales, Starbucks,
Dunkin’ Donuts, Macy’s and a host of others to see how and where you can shop and support
Shomrei. Please look for Renee Lesser in the synagogue lobby on Sundays, March 1 and 15. Or
contact the temple office for your purchase.
-Carol
*** SAVE THE DATE: SISTERHOOD’S RECIPE DINNER,
TUES., MAY 5TH, 7 PM ***
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Men’s club news
MARCH 2015
Tu b’Shevat, the New Year of the Trees has passed. Now that the month of Adar is here, the icy grip of winter is starting to abate and Men’s Club can look forward to its annual cycle of spring activities.
The Purim Carnival, held on March 1st, was a great success. Under the able leadership of Rob Baron, a
corps of Men’s Club volunteers and youth group helpers made the Carnival fun for all. There were a lot of
happy faces playing the various games and even bigger smiles, when it came time to bring prize tickets to the
prize table and cash them in for toys and “chatchkes”.
The FJMC World Wipe Wrap XV was held on Sunday February 1st. Congregation Beth Shalom from Pompton Lakes was invited to attend, and over 40 men, women and youth turned out for this wonderful mitzvah.
Tefillin instructors worked with students and others who were rusty with wrapping. A group picture was taken
and posted on the Web, and then all gathered for a breakfast catered by Men’s Club. Rabbi Mark spoke on
the widely varying tefillin styles and practices, dating back to the time of Rashi.
Later the same day, there was a football game. Ken Tobin, Donna Davis and Bob Brazer won the Shomrei
Torah Super Bowl pool. Donna was a lucky double winner, since the halftime and third quarter scores had
the same point values. After the game, Boston celebrated their victory with seven feet of snow.
On March 21st, we will hold our annual Men’s Club Shabbat. We are looking for volunteers to help with various parts of the service. Please contact the Men’s Club to take a part – bimah role, English reading, or Hebrew reading. Services will be followed by a traditional Kiddush and light lunch.
Yom Hashoah Yellow Candles have arrived at Shomrei Torah. Volunteers are welcome to help package the
candles for mailing. Stu Millstein is once again chairing this important event. Peter Whitmore is this year’s
Honorary Chairman. This is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. This year, congregants will
receive two candles – one for Yom Hashoah and one for remembering a child who perished in the Shoah.
Men’s Club continues to support the Wednesday evening service. For those reciting Kaddish, it is important
that a minyan be present (and not just on Wednesday either). Don’t be a stranger. Come on down to shul
one night a week, and help your friends out. If it happens to be on Wednesday, we hope you will enjoy Men’s
Club “3M” approach.
We are busy at this time of the year and plan to be even busier. Contact us and see how you can get involved. It’s fun and we just keep doing a lot of good things, otherwise known as “mitzvot”.
Michael Greenblatt and Eric Weis
Men’s Club Co-Presidents
22 March 2015
YOU CAN VOTE FOR ISRAEL RIGHT NOW!
Israel. The hope of our ancestors for 2000 years. You hear a lot about Israel in the news, almost every day.
But did you know that you are entitled to vote for Israel, right now? And that this opportunity only comes
around once in a VERY blue moon?
What is this all about? Why should you pay attention? What difference does it make to someone sitting comfortably in Wayne, NJ, with a tranquil Jewish life? All that tsuris is halfway across the world. So what?
Here’s an answer.
If you are reading this, the chances are good that you are a Jew. That means that you have a homeland, which
has been created in our lifetimes, at the cost of thousands of lives of other Jews. Perhaps even hundreds of
thousands, or one could even say, Six Million, who died before the British finally made good on their 1912
promise.
That homeland was born in the Zionist dreams of the late nineteenth century, at a time when monarchies were
disappearing and western thought – and dreams – were spreading beyond Europe and America. One of those
dreams was the resurrection of an ancient idea – a state of the Jews.
In 1897, in the aftermath of the Dreyfus affair in France, Theodore Herzl convened the first Zionist Congress
in Basel, Switzerland. He had been a reporter at the Dreyfus trial, and wanted the Jews of Europe to come together. Germany and France refused to host the conference, and so neutral Switzerland was chosen. Herzl
and others imagined a return to the land of our ancestors. And with that Congress, a dream was born.
Since then, the Jewish people have convened in 36 successive Congresses of the World Zionist Organization,
the equivalent of an international Jewish Parliament. In October, 2015, the 37th Zionist Congress will take
place in Jerusalem.
It is up to YOU to determine the makeup of that Congress. You have the right to vote for one of eleven
“slates” of candidates. One of those slates – on Line#2 – is Mercaz USA – the Zionist Arm of the Conservative Movement. As a member of Shomrei Torah, it is our hope that you will vote Mercaz.
Voting can be done on-line or by paper ballot (see next page). To vote on-line, visit the Shomrei Torah website and look for a link to WZO Elections. There is a cost for registration –$5 for people between the ages of
18-30 and $10 per head for all others. If you cannot afford the $5 or $10, please contact the synagogue and
ask what can be done. To learn more, please visit http://www.myselfourisrael.com for information about the
Congress, the election and voting.
WE NEED YOUR VOTE
Our Judaism, Our Israel, Our Future
VOTE MERCAZ!
23 March 2015
24 March 2015
Shomrei Torah’s
2nd Annual
Iron Chef Cholent Cook-Off
From the kitchen of: Dassy Mark
Ingredients
2 onions
8 potatoes
3/4 - 1 bag of barley
1/2 bag of kidney beans soaked or 2 cans
1 lb. meat or chicken breast
5 turkey hotdogs
1 package turkey pastrami
Directions
Mix all ingredients and cook on low overnight.
From the kitchen of: Karen Weiss
Ingredients
1 beet, peeled and cut into chunks
1/2 butternut squash, peeled and cut into chunks
1 onion, sliced
3 cloves garlic
1 cup beans (mixed)
1/2 cup quinoa
1/2 cup wheatberries
1 potato, cut into chunks
1 Tablespoon soy sauce
3 Tablespoons vegetarian beef boullion or Onion soup mix
1 Tablespoon smoky paprika
1 package matzah ball mix, prepared per package directions
6 cups water
Directions
Spray slow cooker with cooking spray. Put all ingredients
except matzo balls in slow cooker.
Cover with water. Drop the matzo balls on top. Turn on high
for at least an hour before Shabbat and then bring to low.
Allow to cook overnight and serve for lunch.
25 March 2015
From the kitchen of:
Melody Sandor
Ingredients
2 1/2 lb. boneless chicken or
turkey thighs
1/2 C. barley
1 C. small white beans or navy beans, soaked overnight
4 ribs of celery, cut in 3” pcs.
3 carrots, cut in 3” pcs.
1/2 med. onion chopped
1 or 2 lg. potatoes, peeled
1 t. coarse salt
1 t. ground coriander
1 1/2 t. garlic powder
1/2 t. ground black pepper
9-10 C. water
Directions
In the crockpot, layer the
beans, barley, celery, carrots,
potatoes & lastly the chicken
or turkey. Add the spices,
then the water and set crockpot on low.
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SWEET TREATS: FPPC 1ST VOLUNTEER
APPRECIATION CELEBRATION
Event to be held at the following time, date, and location:
Sunday, March 22, 2015 from
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Allwood Community Church
100 Chelsea Road
Clifton, NJ 07012
Family Promise is hosting its 1st annual Volunteer Appreciation
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SHOMREI TORAH GRATEFULLY
ACKNOWLEDGES THE
FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR CARING.
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Chai Mitzvah
9 Nisan
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3 Nisan
Sisterhood’s Spa Night at
Nail Plus
16
2 Nisan
Religious School 9:30 am
Membership Committee
10:00 am
KADIMA Chocolate Seder
12:30
Chaverim Goes Bowling
1 pm
22
24 Adar
Religious School 9:30 am
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Ages at Passover 9:30 am
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10 am and 11 am
15
Purim Schpiel Matinee 1 pm
18 Adar
9
17 Adar
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11 Adar
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2
Mon
Purim Schpiel Full Dress
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11 Nisan
Religious School 4:00 pm
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Tikvah Women of Chai
Chocolate Seder 7 pm
24
Religious School 4:00 pm
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17
Religious School 4:00 pm
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10
Religious School 4:00 pm
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25
Parent Toddler 10:00am
18
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11
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26
Ritual Committee
19
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12
Purim Schpiel Full Dress
14 Adar
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15 Adar
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6:43
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7 Nisan
Oneg Shabbat 5:30 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:00 pm
6:58
27
Tot Shabbat 5:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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6:51
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Kabbalat Shabbat
8:00 pm
13
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6:00 pm
5:36
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Tzav
8 Nisan
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28
1 Nisan
Rosh Chodesh
Shabbat HaChodesh
Men’s Club Shabbat
Junior Congregation 10:30am
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Women's Rosh Chodesh
Gathering 7 pm Vayikra
21
Minha/Mariv/Havdalah
6:30 pm
Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar
Shabbat Parah
Junior Congregation 10:30 am
14
Purim Schpiel
/ Gala 7:00 pm
16 Adar
Junior Congregation 10:30am
Mini Minyan 11:15 am
7
Sat
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