Week of January 24, 2020 / 27 Tevet 5780 Shabbat Mevarchim / Parashat Vaera
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Rabbinic Candidate Rabbi Levi Welton, Rebbetzin Chavi Welton, and their son Dovid will be joining us for Shabbat! All are invited and encouraged to come and meet them.
Erev Shabbat, January 24 (Tevet 27) 4:46p Candle Lighting 5:15p Kabbalat Shabbat / Ma'ariv 6:00p Community Dinner (registration required). Thank you to sponsors Barry Feldman, Alvin Goldstein, Jeff Katz, Paul & Phyllis Ruffer, Marc Schwartzberg & Jill Slater. 7:15p D'var Torah byRabbi Levi Welton (free, all are welcome)
Shabbat, January 25: Shabbat Mevarchim, Vaera (Tevet 28) 9:30a Shacharit with Drasha byRabbi Levi Welton: "A Kabalistic perspective: What were HaShem and Moshe really talking about?" 10:30a StantonKIDS with Morah Leslie 12:00p Kiddush is sponsored by Barry Feldman in honor of Rabbi and Rebbetzin Welton 12:30p Shiur with Rabbi Welton: "What does Hashem ask of us?" 4:30p Mincha 4:45p Seudah Shelishit and Community Q&A with Rabbi Welton 5:41p Havdalah / Ma'ariv
Upcoming Events & Programs 2/1 - Bar Mitzvah of Jeremiah Wolf, son of Felix & Pascal Wolf 2/5 thru 2/19 (Wednesdays) - New Class! From Scrolls to Print: The Jewish Book As Cultural Artifact w/Dr. Rachel Zohn Mincer 2/8 - Women's Tefillah - Parashat Beshalach 2/15 & 2/29 - StantonKids Shabbat
Mazal tov to Rabbi Aviad and Lindsey Bodner on the birth of a baby boy! Mazal tov also to big brothers Jonah and Natan. Stay tuned for info about the brit...
NEWS
Shabbat with Rabbinic Candidate Rabbi Levi Welton January 24-25, 2020
The Rabbinic Search Committee is delighted to welcome a new rabbinic candidate, Rabbi Levi Welton, to our community for Shabbat. Please make an effort to attend services and other opportunities to meet Rabbi Welton, Rebbetzin Chavi Welton, and their son Dovid.
Rabbi Welton is an educator-turned-writer, passionate about sharing the values of Torah with a global audience. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, he was raised in a Chabad household, taught English & Gemorah in Chassidic Yeshivot in Brooklyn, and worked on a documentary film, "Crime after Crime," that won the Sundance Film Festival award. He was the spiritual leader of The Hampton Synagogue and the first Assistant Rabbi to be promoted to Senior Rabbi in that synagogue's history. Currently, he works as the spiritual leader of Lincoln Park Jewish Center and a Physician Assistant visiting low-income patients in the Bronx. Additionally, he serves as a Chaplain in the United States Air Force. When he isn't working, you'll find Rabbi Welton promoting pro-Israel activism, cultivating cultural relationships for the Charadei community, and interviewing extraordinary people for his monthly newsletter.
FROM SCROLLS TO PRINT: THE JEWISH BOOK AS A CULTURAL ARTIFACT
Three-week course will be Taught by Dr. Rachel Zohn Mincer, Wednesday Nights Feb 5th to 19th
The physical characteristics of Jewish books – not only their contents – are invaluable sources of information about Jewish history and culture. Explore the cultural connections of Jews to the societies in which they lived by examining illustrations, scripts and page layouts in Jewish books. Learn how changes in book format – from ancient scrolls to medieval manuscripts to printed books – affected the transmission of Jewish tradition and the nature of reading audiences.
Through this visual encounter with Jewish books from different periods, gain a better understanding of the communities that produced them.
Dr. Rachel Zohn Mincer is a Jewish history scholar whose main field of interest is history of the Jewish book, particularly for the late medieval and early modern periods. Her research has focused on minhagim books and other types of ritual guides produced in Ashkenazic society. Since getting her Ph.D. in Jewish history from JTS, Rachel has taught in a variety of institutions, including NYU, the Academy for Jewish Religion, Queens College and Adelphi University. Jewish history is a second career for Rachel, who used to be a college mathematics instructor.
Kiddushes are a joyous way to celebrate Shabbat and bring together our members and friends-- with good food and drink. Celebrate a birthday, anniversary or other event, commemorate a yahrzeit, or show appreciation for the extraordinary work being done in this Shul. We would love to share your special occasions.
Koolulam: One Song, One Voice, One Community. Thursday, May 21, 2020 • 7:00 pm
The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, 10 East 66th Street, New York City
Join UJA-Federation and CommUnity partners for an evening to remember. We'll raise our voices together in harmony and foster unity among our greater community as we participate in this international musical phenomenon. (Check out this video from last year's event in Boston!)
No experience - or perfect pitch - required! Register Here
Charge: $36* $31 of your contribution per person -- the value of the event -- is not tax-deductible. Have questions? Contact Becca Newman at newmanb@ujafedny.org or 212.836.1267.
Restoration of the Stanton Mazalot Continues
Season by season, we have been completing a comprehensive renovation of our 107-year-old Shul. This week, two of the Mazalot wall murals were restored by our talented resident artists, David Wander, Dory Bergman and Billy Bergman. The love birds in the Chodesh Sivan Mazal were restored to their colorful brilliance, and the handful of wheat has been masterfully restored in the Chodesh Elul Mazal.
We have an abundance of gratitude for David, Dory and Billy who have donated their time and talent to the restoration of the Stanton Street Shul. Thank you to Margie Segal for sponsoring the Chodesh Sivan Mazal and to Malka Percal for sponsoring the Chodesh Elul Mazal.
Three Mazalot remain available for your sponsorship. To sponsor a Mazal, please contact Jeff Katz.
COMMITTEE CORNER
A Note from the Ritual Committee: Can We Count on You for Minyanim?
At its core, the Stanton Street Shul is a place for prayer. Please help ensure a minyan by attending services on Friday night at 5:15 pm and Shabbat morning at 9:30 am, so that our community members saying kaddish can say kaddish with the kehillah. While being a small, intimate community is our strength, it is also our challenge when it comes to things like making a minyan. You matter and we need you, so please come daven and bring friends!
Security Committee Chair(s) Needed!
Responding to the insecure environment we live in, the rise in anti-Semitic incidents, and the concerns of our congregants, the Board recently undertook the installation of a security system including security cameras and monitors. We need a committee chair(s) to oversee monitoring the cameras, developing an evacuation plan, and planning a fire drill. You will have the full support of the Board. Please speak with Jeff Katz or any Board member or email board@stantonstshul.com
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