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Woodstock Jewish Congregation

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Email Update

December 19, 2018

Thursday, December 20
• Parshat Hashavua with Rabbi Jonathan:
The Shadow Side of Torah 12pm
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• Conversational Hebrew Class with Miriam Brenowitz 2:15pm
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• Sustainability Task Force 7pm
• Board of Directors Meeting 7pm

Friday, December 21
• Kabbalat Shabbat Services 6pm

Saturday, December 22
• Shabbat Services 10am

Sunday, December 23

• Israel Trip Reunion Brunch 11am
The Week Ahead
Tuesday, December 25
• Holiday Office Closed
• Hike to The Falling Waters Preserve 9:45am

Meet at WJC parking lot 9:45am. Rich Feldman will be leading a lovely rolling hike open to all. We will carpool 8 miles to The Falling Waters Preserve which is near the bottom of Glasco Turnpike. Any questions please contact Rich directly 845-663-4599 richard.feldman@marist.edu

Wednesday, December 26
• Chane's Yiddish Vinkl With Noami Halpern 10am

Thursday, December 27
• Parshat Hashavua with Rabbi Jonathan:
The Shadow Side of Torah 12pm
click for more information
• Conversational Hebrew Class with Miriam Brenowitz 2:15pm
click for more information

Friday, December 28
• Kabbalat Shabbat Services 6pm

Saturday, December 29
• Shabbat Services 10am
Coming Up on the Calendar
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
• Holiday, Office Closed

Wednesday, January 2
• Chane's Yiddish Vinkl With Noami Halpern 10am

Thursday, January 3
• Parshat Hashavua with Rabbi Jonathan:
The Shadow Side of Torah 12pm
click for more information
• Conversational Hebrew Class with Miriam Brenowitz 2:15pm
click for more information

Friday,January 4
• First Friday 
Tot Shabbat & Potluck Shabbat Dinner:
Join Rabbi Jonathan for a Tot Shabbat starting at 5pm for all little ones and their families, followed by our monthly First Friday Shabbat Dairy/ Vegetarian Potluck Dinner from 6–7:30pm. Join in for this family-friendly Kiddush, candle-lighting and meal. Shabbat candles will be lit shortly after 6pm, followed by singing and blessings. We will conclude with Birkat Hamazon (grace after meals). Bring a dairy or vegetarian dish to share. Everyone is welcome!

Saturday, January 5
• Shabbat Services 10am

Sunday, January 6

• Women's Rosh Hodesh Group 10am
Come celebrate the beginning of Shevat, a month of growth and renewal. We will sing, and learn, and be together to mark the move out of dark winter and towards spring. 
Coming Up on the Calendar
Contact the office 845-679-2218 about any of these:

Purchase a Bookplate: A wonderful opportunity to celebrate an occasion, commemorate an event, or remember a loved one.  Bookplates will be placed in our Shabbat Prayer books. There is a sample on the lobby table. They are available for a $54 donation. 

Visit Our Gift Shop: Check out the glass display case in the lobby to see the beautiful Judaica and other items that we have for sale to benefit the synagogue.

Cemetery: Plots are available for members, including intermarried couples, in the WJC section of Montrepose Cemetery in Kingston for $900 each.

Amazon Smile: Amazon will donate a percentage of the value of your online purchases back to WJC—it's easy! Visit smile.amazon.com to learn how.

Please note new winter hours: Monday to Friday 11am-4pm
If You Would Like
To Host
Student Rabbi Lily, 

Contact Dee: 
familyschool@wjcshul.org
(845) 684-4242

Volunteer Opportunity:
Please consider becoming a Shabbat Host

We need your support to welcome our community each week at services. A seasoned host will start with you. It’s easy, fun, a mitzvah!
Contact Dee to sign up.  
familyschool@wjcshul.org
(845) 684-4242

Shabbat Hosts:
George Swain,
Joe Toochin,
Jonah Triebwasser

• Roger Green and 
Greg Safris for volunteering at the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen.

 The Men’s Group members: Dave Eisenstadt, Evan Holland, Geoff Miller, Joe Toochin, Jonah Triebwasser for planning, sponsoring and hosting the well attended All of Us Lunch ‘n Learn.

• Ted Haendel for baking tasty treats for Yiddish Vinkl and Shabbat.

• Noami Halpern for leading Chane's Yiddish Vinkl.

All our committees and committee members for all their work and support. 
• Bread Alone Bakery for donating challahs every week.

We do our best to make sure that our Thank You lists are complete, and we apologize to anyone that we have inadvertently left out. Please let us know!
Please note that donations require time to process and may be acknowledged up to three weeks after we receive them.
– WJC Staff

We're Podcasting!

Did you know that many of Rabbi Jonathan's classes are available as free podcasts?
Check them out on iTunes and SoundCloud.

LIBRARY NEWS
Due to the overwhelming generosity of book donors,
our library is not accepting donations at this time.

WJC's Board of Directors meets on the third Thursday of every month at 7pm in the library. All members in good standing are welcome to attend.

Any member in good standing who wishes to address the board may request time on the agenda from the president no later than one week prior to the board meeting. The president's email is president@wjcshul.org.

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tel: (845) 679-2218
fax: (845) 679-6904

email: info@wjcshul.org
web: wjcshul.org

Services

Service times vary seasonally.
For this week's service times,
please see the top of this email
or our website calendar.

Friday: 6pm
Saturday: 10am

Office Hours

Mon–Fri: 11am–4pm
 

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