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April 5, 2010

 
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 April 5, 2010
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  On Monday, April 12th, the Jewish community is again partnering with Dutchess Community College to commemorate Yom HaShoah. The program will start a 6:15 pm at James & Betty Hall Theater (Dutchess Hall). Following the traditional ceremony, Holocaust world renowned scholar and Holocaust survivor Gerhard L Weinberg will speak abot "Kristalnacht 1938: as experienced then and understood now". In coming weeks we will add information on other related events.
  Exciting new things are happening in Northern Dutchess: the steering committee, calling itself "Jewish Alliance of Northern Dutchess" is made up of residents of Northern Dutchess who are members of the Jewish Federation of Dutchess County, Temple Emmanuel in Kingston, Woodstock Jewish Congregation, Temple Beth-El and Vassar Temple. Join us for an Ice Cream Social at the temporary home of the Northern Dutchess Community Hebrew School at the Parish Hall of Church of the Messiah Episcopal, 6436 Montgomery Street in Rhinebeck Village. Get together with old friends and meet new ones. For more information, email the Jewish Federation at director@jewishdutchess.org

MITZVAH DAY - MAY 16TH

The Mitzvah Day Commitee is in full swing organizing the event for Sunday, May 16th. If you wish to volunteer in organizing the event, or if you wish to lead one of the crews on that day, contact Linda Tafapolsky by e-mail or by calling 845-471-9817
 
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Please donate unopened small sized shaving creams, deodorant (especially spray deodorant), toothbrushes  & toothpaste, shampoo, feminine hygiene products, and the like.  Items will be used to make Welcome Bags for residents of Hillcrest House, the overnight shelter run by Hudson River Housing.  Donations are needed by Mitzvah Day, May 16, 2010.  
 
 
An envoy from the Guinness Book of World Records is due in Israel any day now to formalize 115-year-old David Pur's title of Oldest Man in the World.

Three of Pur's nine children are still alive, along with 18 grandchildren and 56 great-grandchildren, according to a report from Israel National News (INN).

Born in 1895 in what was then Persia and today is Iran, Pur became an adviser to the Shah, who admired his mastery of languages, including Persian, Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic and French. He later added Tagalog, while learning to care for Filipinos. He and his family came to Israel in 1948.

Pur still listens to the news of the day on radio and television, and discusses current events with his grandson, Israel Defense Forces Gen. Yoav Mordechai.

The old man is known for his smiles and for laughing and joking with the various members of his large family, who visit him daily. "The main thing is not to lose your optimism," he says

Today, the man who smoked for nearly 110 years and has a glass of brandy and some nuts for breakfast seems to know instinctively what recent Israeli research has proved - that increasing vegetables and cutting out trans fats and processed foods can reverse hardening of the arteries. "I avoid meat and fried foods, and eat as many fruits and vegetables as possible," he says.

 
E-Ring Meetings

"E-Ring" (Employment Related Information and Networking Group) provides information, opportunities for networking, and emotional
support to those engaged in the job-seeking process.   It is open to
all, free of charge, and provides speakers from local organization on
topics related to job-seeking and training.  The next meeting will take
place on Friday, February 19 at 1 p.m. at the JCCDC.  The meeting for
March will take place on Friday, March 19, and the April meeting will
take place on Friday, April 16 at 1.p.m.  For further information,
please contact Linda Tafapolsky, Psy.D., Director of Jewish Family
Services at 845-471-9817 or jfs@jewishdutchess.org.

E-Ring is a program of Jewish Family Services, a division of the Jewish Federation of Dutchess County

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Monday, April 5th - Passover Services at Schomre Israel

Monday, April 5th - JFS Bereavement Group

Tuesday, April 6th - Passover Services at Schomre Israel

Tuesday, April 6th - Meditation Group at Vassar Temple

Tuesday, April 6th - Judaism 101 Series at Vassar Temple

Tuesday, April 6th - Rennaisance of Jewish life in Germany lecture at New Paltz

Wednesday, April 7th - JFS/JCCDC Lunch and Learn. 11:30 am at the JCCDC

Wednesday, April 7th - JFS Senior Answer Center. Call 471-9817 or contact jfs@jewishdutchess.org for more information.

Wednesday, April 7th - Adult Education Classes at Shir Chadash

Thursday, April 8th  - Yiddish Group at the JCCDC. Call 471-0430 for more information

Thursday, April 8th - Talmud study at Beth-El

Thursday, April 8th - The Art of Ancient Scribal Calligraphy at Vassar College

Sunday, April 11th - Jewish War Veterans Breakfast at the JCCDC. Call 471-0430 for more information

Monday, April 12th - JFS Bereavement Group

Tuesday, April 13th - Judaism 101 Series at Vassar Temple

Tuesday, April 13th - A Family History Journey through the history of Israel at Beth-El

Wednesday, April 14th - Interfaith Council Meeting

Wednesday, April 14th - JFS/JCCDC Lunch and Learn. 11:30 am at the JCCDC

Wednesday, April 14th - JFS Senior Answer Center. Call 471-9817 or contact jfs@jewishdutchess.org for more information.

Wednesday, April 14th - Adult Hebrew Classes at Shir Chadash

Thursday, April 15th - JCC Book Club

Thursday, April 15th - Talmud study at Beth-El

Friday, April 16th - E-Ring (Employment Related Information and Networking Group)

Saturday, April 17th - Movie "Desperate Hours" at Marist College

Sunday, April 18th - Torah Restoration Opening Ceremony at Vassar Temple       LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT

Sunday, April 18th - Jewish Health, Jewish Medicine at Beth-El

Monday, April 19th - JFS Bereavement Group

Tuesday, April 20th - Meditation Group at Vassar Temple

Tuesday, April 20th - Judaism 101 Series at Vassar Temple

Wednesday, April 21th - JFS/JCCDC Lunch and Learn. 11:30 am at the JCCDC

Wednesday, April 21th - JFS Senior Answer Center. Call 471-9817 or contact jfs@jewishdutchess.org for more information.

Wednesday, April 21th - Adult Hebrew Classes at Shir Chadash

Thursday, April 22nd - Talmud Study at Beth-El

Thursday, April 22nd - Book of Ruth Study at Schomre Israel

Saturday, April 24th - Northern Dutchess Jewish Alliance Ice Cream Social in Northern Dutchess

Sunday, April 25th - Second Community Campaign Phone-a-thon. Volunteers needed. Contact Daniel Chejfec

Monday, April 26th - JFS Bereavement group

Tuesday, April 27th - JFDC Board Meeting

Tuesday, April 27th - Judaism 101 Series at Vassar Temple

Wednesday, April 28th - JFS/JCCDC Lunch and Learn. 11:30 am at the JCCDC

Wednesday, April 28th - JFS Senior Answer Center. Call 471-9817 or contact jfs@jewishdutchess.org for more information.

Wednesday, April 28th - Adult Hebrew Classes at Shir Chadash

Wednesday, April 28th - Other Perspectives on Abraham at Shir Chadash

Thursday, April 29th - Talmud Study at Beth-El

Thursday, April 29th - Book of Ruth Study at Schomre Israel

Sunday, May 2nd - LAG B'OMER

Sunday, May 2nd - Jewish War Veterans Breakfast Meeting. Call 471-0430 for more information

Sunday, May 2nd - Lag B'Omer celebration at Schomre Israel

Sunday, May 2nd - Lag B'Omer celebration at Beth-El

Sunday, May 2nd - Film "Con you hear me?" (Israeli) at Vassar Temple

Monday, May 3rd - Hebrew Classes at Schomre Israel

Monday, May 3rd - JFS Bereavement Group

Tuesday, May 4th - Meditation Group at Vassar Temple

Wednesday, May 5th - JFS/JCCDC Lunch and Learn. 11:30 am at the JCCDC

Wednesday, May 5th - JFS Senior Answer Center. Call 471-9817 or contact jfs@jewishdutchess.org for more information.

Wednesday, May 5th - Adult Hebrew Classes at Shir Chadash

Wednesday, May 5th  - Other Perspectives on Abraham at Shir Chadash
 
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