Jacob Berman Community Center

מרכז קהילתי ע"ש יעקב ברמן    

Weekly Bulletin: ‫Parashat Shoftim 5771 

פרשת שופטים‬ תשע"א‬‬

• Kiddush this week is sponsored by the Gaba and Marder families in honour of their respective newlyweds:
  

  Mazal tov to Naomi & Jonathan on the marriage of their daughter Ruth to Shai Carmi of Givat Shmuel. Mazal tov and welcome to the groom's parents, Batya & Menachem Weinberger, and to all the Weinberger family.	מזל טוב לנעמי ויונתן מרדר על הנישואין של בתם רות לשי כרמי מגבעת שמואל. מזל טוב וברוכים הבאים להורי החתן, בתיה ומנחם וינברגר, ולכל משפחת  וינברגר.
  Mazal tov to Judy and Victor Gaba on the marriage of their son Aaron to Moran Edry of Rishon LeZion. Mazal tov and welcome to the bride's parents, Sima & Yizhak Edry, and to all the relatives.	מזל טוב  לג'ודי וויקטור גאבה על  הנישואין של בנם  אהרון למורן אדר מראשון לציון. מזל טוב וברוכים הבאים להורי הכלה, סימה ויצחק אדרי, ולכל קרובי המשפח.
• Mazal tov to Honey and Yehuda Berenson on the batmitzvah of their granddaughter Advah, daughter of Orianna and Daniel Berenson of Rechovot.
   
• Mazal tov to Geraldine & David Leifer on their new grandson, Noam, a son to Natan & Sivan Leifer and brother to Adiel. The Brit was last Shabbat.
   
• The next board meeting is on Wednesday 7th September at 20:30. The agenda is posted at http://bermanshul.org/content/view/155/58/ (member login required). Please communicate comments to president@bermanshul.org  or to any other board member.
   
• If there is anyone who is interested in giving divrei torah either on shabbat morning or during the holidays or during the winter Friday nights, please contact Rav Motti Goldreich at motigold@neto.net.il. Also, if there is anyone who is willing to give halacha shiurim on shabbat between Mincha and Maariv (Rav Shain's memorial shiur) please contact Rav Motti as well. Thanks.
   
• Τhe main mikva on Rechov Hashoftim (near the shuk) is closed for renovations for at least three months. Please be aware, especially those needing a mikva Friday night.
   
• High Holidays 5772  ימים נוראים תשע"ב 
  The time has come to renew annual membership and arrange seating for the yamim nora’im. The letter and form have placed on the shul website as a single  PDF document (PDF link here). The form is also available as an Excel document (XLS link here) Links to both of these files appear on the Bermanshul website until Rosh Hashana. As last year, the printed documents will not be mailed out and you are requested to please print out your own copy. Please consider printing an extra copy for somebody you know who may not be able to print their own.
   
• Berman's End of Summer Barbeque Bash - "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" 8th September, 18:00-21:00
  We are working hard on preparing a great evening of good friends, good food and doing good (recycling!)
  Please RSVP to avivaspotts@gmail.com and specify how many adults and children will be attending.
  • The BBQ dinner costs 10 NIS/person maximum 40 NIS/family. Please RSVP by Sept 4th or pay at the door 15 NIS/person 60 NIS/family.
  • Recycle old books, toys, clothing in good condition for the Berman Yard Sale. Proceeds go to the shul tzedakah fund. Unsold items will be donated to charitable causes. Items can be dropped off Sun, Sept. 4th from 8-9:30 pm in the shul library or Wed, Sept 7th from 8-10 pm in the library.
  • Recycle electronic equipment (such as old computers, printed circuit boards, controllers, switchboards, communication equipment and so forth). A wonderful organization "EcoCommunity" will be recycling these items while employing individuals with special needs. http://www.ecommunity.org.il/apage/93081.php. Please contact them directly if you'd like to know about donating a specific item.
  •  Special interactive & fun program for children to learn all about recycling!
  • Bring bats, balls, frisbees and other outdoor games for an evening of fun :)
  • Please RSVP to Aviva Spotts avivaspotts@gmail.com 08-945-1363 ASAP
  • WE NEED YOU!! To volunteer, please contact Aviva Spotts avivaspotts@gmail.com 8-945-1363 (volunteer positions include: set up, clean up, supervising (not running!) childrens' event, assisting with yard sale, assisting with electronic donations, registration)
  Looking forward to seeing you there!!

• On Sep 16-17 we will be hosting another group of converts. This time we are concentrating on couples (married & not yet married), and this shabbat will also be a sheva brachot- shabbat chatan for one of the couples. We are looking for families to host a couple for lunch, if you can do this please contact me at: stevenf@netvision.net.il or 057-5706592 ASAP. Thank you! Ilana Friedlander

• Please send in names (3 maximum) to gabbai@bermanshul.org, (preferably by Thursday) or write them out and to give to the Gabbaim before kria. Names must be resubmitted anew every week. 
• If you are convalescing at home and would like visitors, please write in to bermanshul@gmail.com.

• A PDF calendar of davening times and shiurim is available for download (http://bermanshul.org/calendar.pdf  now updated till end of October 2011).
• The "live" calendar below gives a full schedule of official Berman events and other happenings. You can avoid missing events by taking a minute to scroll through the listing. Click on any event to display the details.
  Colour codes: Berman Events  / Outreach-קהילה /  Other events* /  Localised Hebrew Calendar
  *The Berman Community is not responsible for the propriety of the "Other events". 

  Click on any event to display the details.

• A number of other Rehovot events are published at www.pirsuma.com 
• Chugim and activities for all ages at Havayot Schweitz: Including 50+ coffee evenings (Sundays), מועדון חצ"ב (Tuesdays a.m.), Bridge for beginners, Tiyulim, etc.. For details and schedules see the Havayot Website (http://havayot.org.il) .
• Members organizing private events (e.g. wedding, bar/bat mitzva celebrations etc.) are advised to use the shul calendar as follows:
  1. You can check for a date that does not clash with another event in the community.
  2. You may have your event listed as an anonymous "private event" so that others can avoid scheduling another event at the same time. Please let any board member know or send your request by e-mail to bermanshul@gmail.com.

PERSONAL & BASEMENT
Please note that the Berman Community is not responsible for the Halachic propriety or kashrut of items listed.

• We have received a call from a lady in London whose elderly mother-in-law, a Rehovot resident, is very lonely. This Holocaust survivor lives at 15 Hatzanchanim St., and would greatly benefit from a weekly visit from a friendly soul. Her name is Rivka Hoch, and her phone number is 08-9456113. If you call, please tell her that the request was from her son and daughter-in-law, Mordechai and Jane Hoch. I've been told that she's a very intelligent woman with all her faculties, but has become quite frail. She speaks English, Hebrew, Hungarian and Romanian. If you do the great mitzva of volunteering, it might be best to first be in contact with Mordechai or Jane, so that they can tell Rivka to expect a call from you. Their e-mail is mottyandjane@gmail.com.
   
• Last chance...don't miss out!!!
  Tickets for the fabulous Carlebach Chai Benefit Concert are now on sale. The Concert will take place at Wix Auditorium at 8 pm on Wed. night, Sept. 7th. The concert will be performed (in Hebrew) by the acclaimed Yiddishpeil Theater, directed by David Kribushi, with performers including Golan Azulai, Yisrael Rand, and Shlomi Goldberg. All proceeds from the concert will go to Yeshivat Amit Amichai, Rehovot.
  Tickets are being sold in 3 price categories (the higher the price, the better the seats, and the greater the much appreciated support for Yeshivat Amit Amichai).
  • Regular price: 150 NIS each
  • Better seats: 250 NIS each
  • Best seats in the house (VIP): 500 NIS each
  To reserve your seats, please contact sara.feigelson@weizmann.ac.il 
   
  
• Aviva and Shua Spotts are looking for a reliable, fuel efficient, used car in the 15,000-25,000 NIS range. Please contact Shua (joshua.spotts@gmail.com) if you or someone you know is looking to sell one. Thanks very much.
   
• Metapelet looking for P/T work experience, references, Vera 945-7861
   
• I have more bottles than I can use of Boston Advance cleaner (the small bottle with a red lid) for rigid gas permeable contact lenses. If you want some contact Sheila at 08-949-1091.
   
• to: Tachkemoni parents. from: susie dym
  It is not clear that the Tachkemoni swimming program will continue (it's usually in 5th grade). ALL parents (of all grades), please consider writing to the Iriya and to Tachkemoni itself, about this problem. Example email (if possible change it a little so it looks like this is your own personal initiative):
  שלום! רציתי לשאול האם תכנית השחייה שקיימת כבר הרבה שנים בבית ספר תחכמוני, תתקיים גם השנה. הצטערתי מאד כשהתוכנית בוטלה באופן חד-פעמי בשנה שעברה. הובטח לנו שהשנה ילדי תחכמוני ילמדו שחיה כרגיל! אנא להודיע לי האם הכל באמת בסדר? תודה
  (SIGN WITH YOUR FULL NAME AND ACADEMIC TITLE AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PASS THIS ON TO OTHER PARENTS. thank you!! Email addresses are y-tachke-rhv-M@kishurim.k12.il; yamar@rehovot.muni.il; sara_vaab@rehovot.muni.il; mirav@rehovot.muni.il; levana@rehovot.muni.il; merav@rehovot.muni.il;
   
• Is someone leaving their home for Rosh haShana who would be willing to rent out their home for those few days to an Orthodox Family from Cleveland. (They have a Father in Neveh Amit)
  Dr. Aryeh A. Frimer Chemistry Dept., Bar-Ilan University Ramat Gan 52900, ISRAEL
  E-mail (office): Aryeh.Frimer@biu.ac.il or FrimeA@biu.ac.il Tel: 03-5318610; Fax: 03-7384053
  Tel Home: 08-9473819/9470834 E-mail (home): FrimerA@zahav.net.il Cellphone: 054-7540761