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CSAIR is
a dynamic
Conservative
egalitarian Jewish
Community
founded upon the three traditional pillars of
Judaism (Torah, Avodah, and Gemilut
Chasadim). We provide a wide range of opportunities for Jewish learning and growth, prayer
and observance, acts of social responsibility, and
deeds of kindness and caring.
CSAIR OFFICE HOURS
Sun: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
Mon-Thurs: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
Fri: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
Shabbat & Holidays—CLOSED
JUDAICA SHOP HOURS
Sun: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
CONTACTS
RABBI BARRY DOV KATZ
[email protected]
CANTOR ELIZABETH STEVENS
[email protected]
RABBI EMERITUS
DR. SHLOMO BALTER
SYNAGOGUE PRESIDENT
CLIFF NERWEN, MD
[email protected]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ERIC NUSSBAUM
[email protected]
DIRECTOR, EDUCATION AND JEWISH
FAMILY LIFE
MASON VOIT
[email protected]
RABBINIC INTERN
RONI TABICK
[email protected]
BOOKKEEPER
NANCI BRICKMAN
[email protected]
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
ZAHAVA (GAYLE) OZER
[email protected]
OFFICERS
ABBY PITKOWSKY, EXECUTIVE VP
[email protected]
MITCHELL POSILKIN, VP, BUILDING/
GROUNDS
[email protected]
STEVE MATTHEWS, VP, OPERATIONS
[email protected]
EPHRAIM EDELMAN, TREASURER
[email protected]
UPCOMING EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS (Cont.)
A New Way to Celebrate Birthdays in Shul! Mark your own
birthday, or that of a child, parent, or spouse/partner by making a special
Birthday Donation to CSAIR’s Kiddush fund. Birthdays for which a
donation of $18 or more is made will be listed in the Shabbat bulletin. It’s a
great way to celebrate with the community while helping to support
CSAIR’s Kiddush. To make a donation call the shul office or go to
www.csair.org/donate. It’s fast, easy, and secure. (Be sure to provide the
name and birthday of the person whose birthday is being noted.)
Enlightening the mind through study. Nourishing the soul through prayer. Creating a caring community.
B’SHALLAH - SHABBAT SHIRAH 5775
COMMUNITY
Financial Aid Available for Summer Camp Programs: Families who
are interested in sending their children to Jewish camp but may have shied
away because of financial obstacles, should contact BunkConnect.org.
What eligible family wouldn't want 40-60% off their first (and sometimes
second) summer at one of over 75 of the best overnight camps!
Jewish Spousal Loss Group: Share the journey of loss while gaining
strength from others and drawing solace from Jewish spiritual texts. The
group will meet for eight sessions at the Beatman Center from 5:006:30PM starting Monday February 23. For information contact Anna
Kirshblum LCSW at 718-601-9714 or [email protected]. Registration
required. All services are free of charge.
USY Summer Experiences: United Synagogue Youth offers trips to
Poland (July 6-14), and Budapest and Prague (July 13-20). Contact: Jules
Gutin, [email protected] or www.usy.org/escape/europe/adults.
Honeymoon Israel provides highly subsidized, 9-day trips to Israel for
groups of couples from the same city. Couples must have at least one
Jewish partner, be ages 25-40 and be within the first 5 years of their
committed relationship. It is an inclusive program – for Jewish-Jewish,
interfaith and LGBTQ couples. The total cost for participating couples is
$1,500 including all flights and ground costs. Applications for the trip
leaving from New York City in February, 2016 will be accepted starting in
August, 2015. For more information, go to: www.honeymoonisrael.org.
Reading Partners, a program that provides one-on-one tutoring, needs
tutors. You can make a difference in the life of a child in just one hour a
week. Call: 646-481-3002, or contact: [email protected]
Do You Know the Code? The CSAIR Thursday Experience is looking
for a dynamic instructor to teaching coding/app design to 2nd – 5th
graders on Thursday afternoons starting in late February. Contact Mason
or more information at [email protected]
Make A Minyan, Make A Difference!
Minyan Times-Mornings: M-F 7:00 AM,
Sundays 9:00 AM Legal Holidays 9:00 AM (New Year’s Day, Presidents Day,
Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and December 25),
Evenings: Sun.-Thurs. 7:30 PM
Kiddush sponsored by CSAIR Sisterhood
in honor of Sisterhood Shabbat.
SHABBAT
Friday, January 30, 2015 (11 Shevet)
Ruach Shabbat, 6:00 PM
A streamlined, family evening service followed by a
catered Shabbat dinner. Pre-paid reservations
required for dinner.
Taub Room-Downstairs
Saturday, January 31, 2015 (11 Shevet)
Shaharit, 9:00 AM
Sisterhood Shabbat
Morning service. Join us as members of CSAIR’s
Sisterhood lead various parts of the Shabbat morning
service. D’var Torah will be given by Bernice Balter.
Torah reading begins on page 399 in the Etz Hayim.
Sanctuary-Upstairs
CSAIR Kids
Innovative and exciting Shabbat experience for
children ages 0-7 and their families.
Supervised Play, 10:00-10:45 AM
Taub Room-Downstairs
Tot Tefilah (ages 0-5), 10:45-11:45 AM
Taub Room-Downstairs
Tefillat Yeladim (grades K-2), 10:45-11:45AM
Board Room-Downstairs
Teen-Led Shabbat (age 6-10), 10:45 AM
Short Torah service for ages 8-10, followed by
“chugim” such as game shows, drama, and more.
Beit Midrash-Downstairs
Minha/Maariv, 4:52 PM
Afternoon/Evening Services.
Chazzan’s Tisch
Singing zemirot is a beautiful form of oneg (delight), a
way to celebrate and to take pleasure in the world on
Shabbat. In that spirit, we introduce the ‘Chazzan’s
Tisch.’ Once a month after Kiddush and once a month
on Shabbat afternoon between Minha and Maariv, we
will gather to sing some old favorites and some lesser
known melodies. After Kiddush: February 7,
March 14, April 25, May 16, June 6. At Minha/Maariv:
January 31, February 21, March 28, April 18, May 9,
June 13.
Beit Midrash-Downstairs
AFTER SHABBAT
th
The 8 Annual Men's Club Rock and Roll Party,
7:30 PM
Join us for the good-time rock and folk music of The
Traveling Jewburys, featuring CSAIR members: Arthur
Levy, Bill Yaggy, Craig Robins, David Whyne, Dave
LaDue, Ron Minkoff, and Kerry Elgarten. Plus special
guest performers: CSAIR’S own Deborah Lupkin
Gross and Cantor Elizabeth Stevens! $15 is all you
need to enjoy the show! See you there!
Social Hall-Upstairs
475 West 250 Street, Bronx, NY 10471
Web: www.csair.org Email: [email protected]
Tel: 718-543-8400 Fax: 718-543-3110
Daveners: January 30-31: Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv-Ruach Shabbat. Psukei D’zimra-Margaret Danishefsky.
Shaharit–Barbara Haimowitz. Haftarah-Amy Leveen. Ashrei-TBD. Musaf-Rabbi Dahlia Kronish.
Torah Readers: Cantor Stevens, Sharon Kern-Taub, Barbara Haimowitz, Stephanie Ives, Razel
Kessler, Deborah Hersch. Minha Torah Reader: Cantor Stevens.
THIS WEEK
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Zemirot-Songs for the Shabbat Table, 9:45 AM
Cantor Elizabeth Stevens teaches songs traditionally
sung around the Shabbat table. All texts provided in
Hebrew and transliteration. No previous Hebrew
reading necessary.
Sukkah Room-Upstairs
NEXT SHABBAT
Friday, February 6, 2015
Lechu Neranena, 5:45 PM
An intimate spirited Kabbalat Shabbat service. Come
ready to sing and welcome Shabbat, then stay for a
catered Shabbat dinner and Tu B’Shevat dinner. Prepaid reservations required for dinner—go to:
www.csair.org. Note: This will be the only service this
evening.
Sanctuary-Upstairs
Monday, February 2, 2015
Parsha Mondays, Following 7:30 PM Minyan
Speaker: TBD. Listen to a thoughtful 5-10 minute teach- Saturday, February 7, 2015
Shaharit, 9:00 AM
ing about the Torah reading for the coming weekend.
Morning service.
Organized by Charlie Pripas.
Sanctuary-Upstairs
Tevye the Dairyman, 7:45 PM
Havurah, 9:15 AM
Wendy Zierler of Hebrew Union College/Jewish
Institute of Religion will look at Sholem Aleichem’s clas- Lay-led minyan committed to spirited prayer in an
intimate atmosphere.
sic novel, Tevye the Dairyman (that inspired the BroadTaub Room-Downstairs
way’s Fiddler on the Roof). We will explore its signature
style and how it encapsulated so many of the major
changes in Jewish life in Russia and America at the turn CSAIR Kids
Innovative and exciting Shabbat experience for
of the century. Free and open to all.
children ages 0-7 and their families.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Supervised Play, 10:00-10:45 AM
70 Faces of Torah, 10:30 AM
Hebrew School Wing-Upstairs
Each week we will look at the Torah reading for the
Shabbat Shelanu (ages 0-5), 10:45-11:45 AM
coming weekend. Free to CSAIR members. Nominal fee
Hebrew
School Wing-Upstairs
for others. Sponsored by Sisterhood. This week’s guest
speaker: Dr. Walter Herzberg.
Tefillat Yeladim (grades K-2), 10:45-11:45AM
Board Room-Downstairs
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Teen-Led Shabbat (age 6-10), 10:45 AM
Tu B’Shevat
Discover the meaning of the prayers, join in a
Thursday, February 5, 2015
skit or chant from the Torah.
Children with Special Needs and the Jewish
Beit Midrash-Downstairs
Community, 7:45 PM
Chazzan’s Tisch, 12:30 PM
This forum will examine current trends in how Jewish
communities engage and integrate families with children Sing zemirot and nosh with Cantor Stevens.
who have special needs into synagogue life, Jewish
Minha/Maariv, 5:00 PM
education, Jewish summer camp, and more. With
Afternoon/Evening Services.
Howard Blas, Tikvah Program, Camp Ramah in the
Beit Midrash-Downstairs
Berkshires, Dr. Yoni Schwab, The Shefa School, and
Tamar Gordon, Ph.D. Free and open to all. Sponsored
by the CSAIR Men’s Club.
UPCOMING EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Visioning Social: What made you walk through CSAIR’s door for the first time? What keeps you coming back?
What is your vision of how CSAIR should look in the future? A committee of congregants has been working on
revising CSAIR’s mission statement and wants your input. Join us on Sunday, February 8, 9:30 AM to discuss the
shul’s mission and future and how they can best reflect the diverse perspectives of our congregants. Two additional
sessions: Saturday, February 28, following Kiddush, and Friday, March 13, at a Lechu Neranena dinner.
Israeli Issues Through Israeli Lenses: Second of a 3-part course, Sunday, February 8, 2:00 PM. “The Holocaust
Survivor and the New Jews.” A look, through the study of Israeli cinema, at some of the critical social issues that
have formed the shape of Israeli society. Free and open to all. Next session: Sunday, March 15.
Class: Bread and Chocoloate. Bread—We will do a full meal including multigrain rustic flaxseed rolls, spinach
and feta gozleme (stuffed Turkish flatbreads), and yeast pumpkin bread. Chocolate—Chocolate babka with Russian
filling, mini molten chocolate cakes with raspberry filling and chocolate and cocoa biscotti with almonds and dried
cherries. Wednesdays, February 11 and 25. Taught by Judy Matthews. $80 per person for materials for both
classes. Limited to 12 people. Pre-registration required. Call the CSAIR office.
Lawyers’ Kiddush: Oyez, oyez! CSAIR’s attorneys are invited to help sponsor the annual “Lawyers’ Kiddush” on
Saturday, February 14, Parashat Mishpatim. For more information, contact Executive Director Eric Nussbaum or
make your contribution online at www.wizevents.com/register/3233
Hava Nagila (The Movie): Featuring interviews with Harry Belafonte, Connie Francis, Glen Campbell, Leonard
Nimoy, Regina Spektor and more, Hava Nagila (The Movie) follows the song from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to
the kibbutzim of Palestine to suburban America. Sunday, February 15, 2:00 PM. Sponsored by CSAIR Sisterhood.
Set, Focus, Action – Israel: Arab, Jew; Pioneer, Holocaust Survivor; Soldier; beach bum; Rabbi, Atheist…the
kaleidoscope that is Israel. Through clips (including some rare footage) from Israeli films and TV that cover the
years 1897 to the present, teens will try to determine what issues have been central to the development of Israel’s
identity, and how Israel’s attitudes have changed and evolved over time. This perspective will open up the
discussion as to how these issues play out in Israel today. Taught by CSAIR member Danny Mond as part of our
participation in the Westchester Jewish Teen Learning Initiative. Four sessions, Wednesday, February 25Wednesday, March 25, 6:30-8:30 PM. Cost $125 for all 4 sessions. Register online at www.csair.org.
Purim is Coming! Watch your mail for your Mishloach Manot ordering information. Or email [email protected] to get your HappyPurim Login Code or a paper order form. Then, place your order A.S.A.P.
Upcoming Friday night service times and programs
Date
Service Time
Events
Feb. 13
5:09 PM
Minha followed by Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv.
Feb. 20
5:17 PM
Minha followed by Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv.
Refuah Shelayma: Madeline Huemann, Ethel Kahn, Nathan Kane, Lillian Kormes, Millie Magaliff, Harriet Milgrim,
Joan Spett, Martin Spett, Eleanor Squadron, Naomi Stein, Yetta Weitsman, and all those in need of healing.
We want to reach out! If a member of the congregation is sick or in need of a call or visit, please call Norma
Finkelstein, Bikur Holim Chair (718-543-8618 or [email protected]) or the shul. If you would like to
volunteer to make pre-Shabbat calls or visits to our homebound members call Norma.