Hebrew Insti tute of Riverdale ~ ה י ב ר ו א י נ ס ט י ט ו ת ד ׳ ר י ב ר ד ל

THE BAYIT BULLETIN May 25, 2012 5 Sivan, 5772

Hebrew Institute of Riverdale 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway Bronx, NY 10463 www.thebayit.org E-mail: office@thebayit.org Phone: 718-796-4730 Fax: 718-884-3206 Rav Avi Weiss: ravavi@thebayit.org Rabba Sara Hurwitz: rabbasara@thebayit.org Rav Steven Exler: ravsteven@thebayit.org Rav Ari Hart: ravari@thebayit.org

This Week Shabbat Parshat Bamidbar &

Erev Shavuot • Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm

• Candle Lighting: 7:58pm

• Tefillat Shalom Bayit: 6:50am (LL BM)

• Shacharit - Main Tefillah: 8:30am

• Sephardic Tefillah: 8:30am (2nd FL BM)

• Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:11am

• Teen Tefillah: 9:30am (Room 3-1)

• Mincha: 7:55pm

• Candle Lighting After: 9:02pm

• Maariv: 9:05pm

Next Week Shabbat Parshat Naso

• Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm

• Candle Lighting: 8:04pm

• Shacharit - Main Tefillah: 8:30am

• Mincha: 7:50pm

• Shabbat Ends/Maariv: 9:07pm

Kiddush There will be no Kiddush this Shabbat.

To sponsor a Kiddush, please contact Arielle Berger - hirkiddush@gmail.com.

Weekday Times • Shacharit

Sun: 8:30am (Shavuot Day 1) Mon: 8:30am (Shavuot Day 2 & Memorial Day) Tue/Wed/Fri: 6:45, 8:00am Thurs: 6:40, 8:00am • Mincha/Maariv Tues-Thurs: 8:05pm

Please see our full Shavuot Schedule on pages 2-3.

Bayit community members who were included in the Jewish Week’s 36 Under 36 Young Jewish Leaders: Deborah Fishman, Elie Lowenfeld, and Erin Lieb Smokler.

Niva & Mark Marmer on the birth of a son. To big siblings Matan and Michal. The brit will take place after the 8:30am tefillah this Sunday.

Gillian Steinberg on being awarded Professor of the Year at Yeshiva College.

Wishing Mazal Tov to:

This Shabbat @ The Bayit SPECIAL ISRAEL SHIUR WITH RAV AVI - Shabbat, May 26: “Yearning for Israel: The Diaspora Relationship to the Chosen People’s Chosen Land.” We’ll go straight through tefillah without a drasha, and Rav Avi will teach this shiur at the conclusion of tefillah.

BETWEEN MINCHA AND MAARIV - Shiur with Rav Steven “Receiving the Torah Again: Preparations for Shavuot.”

ISRAEL DEBATE @ The Bayit Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and Peter Beinart

Tuesday, June 5 at 8:00pm (Please note: Mincha will be at 7:45pm, and Maariv after the debate) A powerful night of engagement and discussion over the future of Medinat Yisrael. Feel free to submit

questions in advance to ravsteven@thebayit.org.

RUBY & STANLEY LANGER

Bayit Lifetime Service Award

JEAN & PHIL SCHNEIDER Community

Service Award ANN & JAMES LAPIN

Young Leadership Award

Please join us at our 38th Annual Journal Dinner - Sun., June 10, 2012 at 5:00pm

Sharon Kaplowitz on the passing of her father Hersh Fluss. Shiva will be observed through Fri. afternoon, May 25 at 3:00pm.

Mark Levie on the passing of his father Paul Levie. To Mark’s wife Dena Weiss Levie and mechutanim Rabbi Avi & Toby Weiss. Shiva observed following burial until 5:30pm today, Friday, 545 Grenville Ave., Teaneck, NJ. 201-928-0899. (Due to Shabbat and Shavuot, Friday is the only day of shiva.) Friday Mincha 5:15pm.

Wishing Condolences to:

Next Shabbat @ The Bayit SHABBAT MORNING TRIP TO PELHAM PARKWAY JUNE 2: Join us as we bring the joy of Shabbat to Russian Jews in Pelham Parkway. We leave from the Bayit at 8:00am, and will have tefillah at Congregation Sons of Israel. Kiddush followed by lunch with the Pelham Parkway Jewish community. On our way back we will stop by the Botanical Gardens. Please RSVP to ravsteven@thebayit.org.

BETWEEN MINCHA AND MAARIV - Shiur with Hezi Margalit “Establishing (Halachic) Maternity in In Vitro Fertilization Cases” Learn from Dr. Margalit in his area of expertise. Dr. Margalit has been in Riverdale with his family this year as a Fellow at NYU’s Tikvah Center for Law & Jewish Civilization. His Ph.D. in Law is from Bar Ilan University and he lectures at Ono Academic College.

KAVVANAH TEFILLAH: Slower tefillah with Rav Steven including meditation and song. Light breakfast follows. Meets requirements of Shacharit. Room 3-1. Sun., Jun. 3, 9:00am.

THE BAYIT’S CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI POETRY GROUP - Wed., June 6, 7:00pm: With Atara Fobar. Poems read in Hebrew with English translation and discussion. 3rd FL, Room 3-3.

Register for the dinner or place an ad online at

www.thebayit.org or call the shul office with your

reservation.

We look forward to seeing you at the

dinner!

Shabbat, May 26 Erev & Leil Shavuot

8:30am - Shacharit - Main Tefillah After Tefillah - Shiur with Rav Avi - “Yearning for Israel: The

Diaspora Relationship to the Chosen People’s Chosen Land”

6:00pm - 7:30pm - Family Torah Trivia with Menachem and Rav Steven - nourishing snacks provided (2nd Floor BM)

7:00pm - Daf Yomi Siyum and Shiur (Room 3-4) 7:55pm - Mincha 8:30pm - 9:00pm - Shiur with Rav Steven - “Receiving the

Torah Again: Preparations for Shavuot” 8:30pm - Daf Yomi Part II 9:02pm - Candle Lighting After 9:05pm - Maariv 9:30pm - Dine and Discuss - Communal Dinner & Learning

- Discussion with Rav Steven - “The Primordial Torah: What Does it Mean?” 9:30pm - Teen Dinner (Right Side of Social Hall) 11:00pm - 1:00am - Teen Learning and Program (3rd Floor) 11:30pm - 1:00am - Beth Aharon Tikkun Leil Shavuot (2nd

Floor BM) OVERNIGHT LEARNING IN LOWER LEVEL BEIT MIDRASH.

TABLES IN LOWER LEVEL FOR INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP LEARNING. 11:30pm - 12:30am - Shiur with Rabbi Dov Linzer -

“Science and Halakhah: Sympathies and Strategies”

12:45am - 1:30am - Shiur with Shira Billet - “Between Sufficiency and Excess: A Complex Balance in Human

and Divine Relationships” 1:45am - 2:30am - Shiur with Rabbinic Intern Ruth Balinsky

Friedman - “Poverty and Economics in the Book of Ruth”

2:45am - 3:30am - Shiur with Rabbinic Intern Josh Strosberg - “Ten Commandments, Two Sets of Trope”

3:45am - 4:30am - Shiur with Rav Ari Hart - “Exploring Achdus”

4:35am - 4:45am - Shiur with Rav Steven - “Songs of the Morning”

4:55am - Shacharit

Sunday, May 27 Shavuot Day 1

8:30am - Shacharit After Tefillah - Shiur with Rabbi Dov Linzer - “Brain

Death and the Challenge of New Medical Realities” 6:50pm - Shiur with Rav Avi - “Rambam and the Nature of

Halacha” 6:30pm - Daf Yomi 7:30pm - Mincha 7:50pm - Shiur with Rabbi Dov Linzer - “‘Your Nation is My Nation and Your God is My God’:

Peoplehood, Faith, and Religious Observance as the Components of Conversion”

8:30pm - Maariv 9:03pm - Candle Lighting After This Time

Monday, May 28 Shavuot Day 2

8:30am - Shacharit with Megillat Ruth (Male Readers) 10:30am (approx.) - Yizkor After Musaf - Megillat Ruth (Male & Female Readers) 7:00pm - Shiur with Rabbi Dov Linzer - “Inclusivity

and the Ger” 7:55pm - Mincha 8:15pm - Graduation/Siyum Program 8:15pm - Daf Yomi 9:08pm - Maariv/Yom Tov Ends

Hebrew Institute of Riverdale - The Bayit 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463

Ph: 718-796-4730; Fax: 718-884-3206 Website: www.thebayit.org; E-mail: office@thebayit.org

Shavuot Groups Schedule Groups follow their regular Shabbat schedule on Shabbat and Monday (2nd Day of Shavuot). Groups will not meet on Sunday (1st Day of Shavuot).

Enjoy our terrific Youth Programming (advertised in the Bulletin Youth Page) over the holiday!

We’re honored to learn with Rabbi Dov Linzer this year on “Contemporary Issues: Science and Halachah, Brain Death, and Conversion”. Please join us for his 4 talks over

the course of Shavuot, for serious text study and discussion on critical practical communal issues. We have lots of other special programming for adults and children.

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Shabbat 8:10am - Parshat Hashavua with Rav Avi (Main Sanctuary) After Mincha - Parshat Hashavua with Beth Aharon (2nd Fl. Beit Midrash) After Mincha - Shiur with Rav Steven (Main Sanctuary)

Sunday-Monday (Shavuot Day 1 & 2) For our shiurim on Shavuot see schedule on page 2.

Tuesday 10:00am - Book of Genesis with Rav Avi (Lobby)

Wednesday 7:30pm - Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan (Lobby)*

Thursday 10:00am - Book of Shoftim with Rav Steven (Lower Level Beit Midrash) 7:30pm - Biblical Hebrew and Siddur Study with Sara Kinberg (Lobby)*

Friday 7:20am - Tractate Moed Katan with Rav Steven (Lower Level Lobby)

This Week’s Classes @ the Bayit

* All Hebrew classes are taught by our experienced teacher Sara Kinberg. For more info. on the Hebrew program and for guidance about placement, please contact Sara at 718-548-2461. Payment made directly to the teacher.

Daf Yomi with Rabbi Dov Linzer meets in Room 3-4. 7:30am Sun.-Fri., and Shabbat after Mincha.

ABRAHAM & SARAH’S TENT: Join us for Abraham & Sarah’s Tent this Friday night. To sponsor future tents contact James Lapin at TheBayit-Tent@yahoo.com.

JUNE BIRTHDAY KIDDUSH: The June birthday kiddush will take place on Shabbat, June 16. If you would like to make a donation to the kiddush fund in honor of a June birthday, please fill out the form at http://tinyurl.com/HIRbirthday. If you do not have access to internet please send a check to the shul and attach a note with your birthday Kiddush announcement.

SHABBAT MIDRESHET EIN HANATZIV - JUNE 23: Enjoy learning opportunities over Shabbat with leaders of Midreshet Ein Hanatziv Rachel Keren, Rav Yitzchak Ben-David, and Smadar Ben-David. Schedule details to follow.

SHIUR WITH ALON SHALEV: Continue learning with Israeli scholars from our community on Shabbat afternoon, June 30, between Mincha and Maariv, with a shiur with Alon Shalev on teaching of Rav Yitzchak Hutner, title, “Torah: Dire Necessity or Unparalleled Luxury?”

RECEIVE RAV AVI’S FORSHPEIS VIA E-MAIL: Interested in receiving Rav Avi’s forshpeis weekly by email? Email Shuli@thebayit.org to be added to the list!

WELCOMING TO OUR BAYIT: If you would like friends or family welcomed on Shabbat morning, you can now enter their names in this link: http://tinyurl.com/bayit-shabbat-welcome. Please continue to make our Bayit welcoming by introducing yourself to at least one new person every Shabbat and by inviting new families to join you for a Shabbat meal. Not every "new" face is new to Riverdale, but if they are new to you, that’s what counts.

Happenings @ the Bayit

MAY BIRTHDAY KIDDUSH: Last week’s May Birthday Kiddush was also sponsored by Goldie Guttman in honor of Joe Guttman’s birthday and by Lynn & Bob Cohen in honor of Bob’s birthday.

Join us on the second day of Shavuot, May 28 at 8:15pm in the Social Hall, as we celebrate your milestone accomplishments. Snacks and Q&A with our graduates. Friends and family of graduates and all are welcome! This year’s graduates include:

Name Graduating From Grade/Degree Eli Mernit Schechter Westchester High School 12th Shira Schleiefer SAR Middle School 8th Joseph Polsky Cornell University BS Avishai Don Harvard University BA Benjamin Stock SAR Middle School 8th

RESERVE THE BAYIT FOR YOUR SIMCHA: HIR has begun using a written contract for the rental of its facilities. If you would like to rent space in the shul, or if you believe that you have reserved the Bayit for your simcha but have not been contacted regarding the new contract, please contact Richard at richard@thebayit.org. Only reservations that accompany a signed contract and the required deposit will be maintained. Thank you to all our terrific Shabbat Unity lecturers: Dr. Chaya

Gorsetman, Rav Murray Schaum, Brian Spira, Dr. Debra Kaplan. Thank you as well to Daniel Feit and the Achdut Committee for helping plan this great Shabbat!

If you would like to donate your time, talent or expertise to the Bayit please contact our Rabbinic staff: Rabbi Steven Exler at ravsteven@thebayit.org.

Thank You for Giving Back to the Bayit

If you’d like to receive this bulletin via e-mail please send your name and

e-mail address to office@thebayit.org.

If you’d like to access your personal account on our website and or sign up for our annual

journal dinner please use your preferred e-mail address to send a message to richard@thebayit.org and we will set

you up with a password.

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Please note there are groups on Shabbat & Monday

9:30am-11:30am

• Room 3-4: NURSERY • Room 3-5: PRE-K • 3-6: KINDERGARTEN • Room 3-3: GRADES 1 & 2 • Room 3-7: GRADES 3 & 4 • Room 3-2: GRADES 5 & 6 • Lower Level: Right Hand Social Hall: TOT SHABBAT* *10:30am-11:30am

[non-supervised open play space 9:30am-10:30am — parent must stay with child(ren)]

Calling all Riverdale kids! The Bayit is the place to be! Be a part of it! Registration required - now open.

Please use the following link to register: http://tinyurl.com/3gzfgu9

For Assistance, Please Contact: Menachem Menchel, Youth Director

Office - 718-796-4730 ext. 119 Cell - 516-233-8285 menachem@thebayit.org

This week’s snacks as well as all of our special Shavuot programming are still

in need of sponsorship. For more information about sponsoring Shabbat morning snacks and birthday Kiddush parties,

please contact Gillian Steinberg at gsteinbe@yu.edu or Menachem

Pirkei Avot & Chulent chug will

not meet this week. Looking

forward to continuing again

next week!

Have YOU Joined the PJ Library Yet?

The PJ Library at HIR provides free Jewish children’s books and music to families in the Riverdale area.

It’s easy to enroll! Go to www.pjlibrary.org/ny/HIR Sign up and share news of this program with your friends and neighbors with young children!

For more info contact Shuli in the HIR office at 718-796-4730 x102.

Teen Tefillah WILL be meeting this Shabbat. Join us as we celebrate the bar mitzvah parasha of Joe Kanner. Kiddush is sponsored by MJ & Barry Kanner in honor of the 2nd anniversary of Joe Kanner's Bar Mitzvah. Happy Birthday, Joe!

Thank you for your generosity! Special Guest Rav Steven!

Hot Kiddush following Tefillah! 9:30am in room 3-1

YOUTH & TEEN SHAVUOT @ HIR! Shabbat, May 26th

Special Parent-Child Trivia With Rav Steven & Menachem • 200 Questions along with

sources for every level of Torah knowledge!

• Cheese/crackers, veggies, spreads, fruits, pastries & candy

• All Ages! • 6:00-7:30pm - 2nd Floor BM

Shavuot Night, May 26th 9:30pm-1:00am

• TEENS-ONLY Dinner, with sushi, ziti, eggplant parmesan, caesar salad, garlic knots and more!

• Ice Cream Bar Dessert with contemporary issues debates (teens-only)

facilitated by Dr. Marc Kramer • Closed-door Open-Forum

with Rav Steven! • FREE!

Shavuot Day 2, May 28th YOUTH

• Cheesecake baking and PJ Library book-reading at groups!

• Beginning at 10am we will be taking groups down-stairs to make cheese-cake with Tamar Genger and Brian Spira!

• 5:00-6:30pm we return to the Social Hall to eat our cheesecake and play gaga with an educational story

Shavuot Day 2, Monday — May 28th

TEENS BBQ! • Join friends for a

BBQ on the • terrace, following

davening (11:30am) • Teen Lounge open

for free play with pool, foosball, couches, cards and board games

• FREE!

Shabbat — June 9th: Youth Shabbat: • Come to the main sanctuary to watch your child partake

in leading tefillah! Sunday — June 17th 11:00am-2:00pm

Youth Department Closing Program In Celebration of 2011-2012!

• Join friends for a musical party to celebrate a wonderful year together! Every child receives an award!

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HELP FIND A DONOR FOR A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT: Dr. Howie Marton (father of Naomi Marton) has recently been diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) a form of blood cancer. A bone marrow transplant is essential for his survival. There are 13,000 previously collected potential donor samples that are waiting at the lab to be tested but due to lack of funding have not been tested yet. Each test costs $54. Please consider sponsoring one or more tests, or even part of a test. To contribute go to bit.ly/Help_Howard.

READ WITH JOE: Joe Pissarevsky, a vision impaired member of our community, is looking for a volunteer to read to him one hour a week. If you can help, please call him at 718-549-7823.

Chesed Opportunities Beyond the Bayit

Do you know someone who needs any of the following? Would you like to volunteer for any of these committees? Shiva: We are looking for fill-in volunteers. Please contact ravsteven@thebayit.org

Home or Nursing Home Visits or Telephone Calls: Rivka Haut: 718-543-1072, rivkahaut@yahoo.com Ruth Licht: 718-796-3491, ruth.licht@verizon.net

Meals for New Mothers: Aimee Baron: 718-432-0777, baronaj1@yahoo.com

Hospitality and Welcome: hirwelcome@gmail.com

Young HIR: hirsocial@gmail.com

HIR Gift Card Program: Plan for your shopping using gift cards!

Cards available for Fairway, Skyview, Corner Cafe, Glatt Shop, Riverdale Kosher Market and many more. Email order to hirgiftcards@gmail.com. To see listings, log on to www.shopwithscrip.com, create an

account, use the HIR non-profit code 58L43DE621333, and shop! Buy it for the Bayit!! For questions call

Shira Gordon - 718-549-4280. The HIR Scrip committee is looking for volunteers to sell gift cards at shul events. If you would like

to volunteer, please contact Shira. We now have a dedicated HIR Scrip Paypal link which will enable you to pay for your gift cards

online with the credit card of your choice. You can now purchase our most popular gift cards right from our website www.thebayit.org. The gift

cards tab is on the left side menu bar. Thank you for your support.

Social Worker @ The Bayit

Questions about an aging loved one, financial pressures, concerns about children? Contact HIR social worker, Anna Kirshblum for guidance, information, referrals and a sympathetic ear. There is no fee and all conversations are strictly confidential. Meet with her at HIR or in her office at the Beatman Center on 239th street. Anna can be reached at 718-601-9714 or at akirshblum@jbfcs.org. (In partnership with UJA and JBFCS)

YIDDISH & ORGANIC FARMING: Learn Yiddish and work on a shomer shabbat organic farm at the same time this summer, in Goshen, NY. Registration is now open for the beginners Yiddish class which will take place from May 29 to July 1, and the advanced Yiddish class which will take place from July 1 to August 20. Each morning students will learn Yiddish grammar and participate in Yiddish drama, creative working and singing workshops, and in the afternoon, they will work the land. Learn more at www.yiddishfarm.org, or contact Naftali Ejdelman at naftali@yiddishfarm.org.

OU SINGLES EVENT @ MR. BROADWAY: Calling all singles age 35+. The OU will be holding a buffet with special guest speaker Rabbi Yaakov Spivak on Tues., May 29, 7:00pm at Mr. Broadway, 1372 Broadway (at 38th St.). Rabbi Spivak will speak about “Secrets of the Mystical Dimension”. To register call 212-613-8300.

HEARTBEATS - A NIGHT OF SONG, DANCE AND CONNECTION: All women are invited to a student-run performance on May 30, 7:30pm at Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School, located at 1650 Palisade Ave., Teaneck, NJ 07666. Proceeds raised at event will be donated to the Kol Kallah Fund, a branch of Yad Eliezer which provides Israel’s impoverished brides and grooms with their needs to begin a home. Proceeds raised in memory of Ayelet Galena z”l. For more info. call Etana Staiman at 201-414-2899 or e-mail heartbeats@maayanot.org.

TEHILLAH BIKE FEST: The 3rd Annual Tehillah Bike fest is here! Come ride the North County Railway. Ride for fun, for fitness, and to support the Arnie Kaufman Tehillah Hebrew School Scholarship Fund. Sun., Jun. 3, 10:00am - 3:00pm. meet at Gedney Park, rear parking lot, (161 Millwood Rd., Chappaqua, NY 10514). Registration includes lunch, unlimited water & snacks: $25/adults, $15/ages under 18. Register online at www.congregationtehillah.org or 718-884-4839.

SALUTE TO ISRAEL PARADE - Sun., Jun. 3: The Salute to Israel Parade is the largest event in the world celebrating the Anniversary of Israel’s Independence. Join the 100,000 participants, stepping off Fifth Avenue (between 57th St. and 74th St.), cheered on by an expected one million spectators. The parade will take place this year on Sunday, Jun. 3, from 11:00am - 4:00pm. For more information e-mail parade@salutetoisrael.com. Join with a group of skaters & bladers in memory of JJ Greenberg, z”l, son of Blu & Rabbi Yitz Greenberg. Adults and children are welcome -- preferably on wheels. Spread the word! Please RSVP to sariscribe@gmail.com with number of participants and T-shirt sizes.

RAV RAZ HARTMAN KUMSITZ AT THE KRANZLERS: Please join us for a very special program on Sun. night, Jun. 3, at 8:30pm at the home of Adinah & Elli Kranzler, 4640 Delafield Ave. Rabbi Raz Hartman, from Nachlaot, Jerusalem, will be performing his beautiful songs and teaching his unique, and spiritual Torah. He is an accomplished musician and composer, and an inspired and inspiring soul. $10 suggested donation being collected at the event.

MAYIM BIALIK @ RJC FOR YOETZET PROGRAM: You are cordially invited to an evening featuring Mayim Bialik: “Jewish Women’s Influence on Values: From Home to Hollywood”. Tue., Jun. 5, 8:00pm at RJC - 3700 Independence Ave. Registration begins 7:30pm. Light refreshments will be served. Men and women are welcome, $25 per person, sponsorship opportunities are available. To purchase tickets or sponsor this event, please visit: www.rjcdinner.org/mayimbialik.

DAVENING AND CHUMASH CLASSES WITH MARILYN SELBER: Learn the order and meaning of the prayers. Learn Chumash in Hebrew. Improve your Hebrew reading, writing and comprehension. This class gives you the tools you need. Everybody learns, regardless of their level. For more info., symph6th@aol.com.

MOMMY AND ME AT GAN MIRIAM: Gan Miriam is pleased to announce open registration for their Mommy and Me program academic year 2012-13. Nurit Bacharach, Director of Gan Miriam ELC, will run Mommy and Me from 9:30am - 11:00am on Thursdays. The program will begin September 13th. Gan Miriam is a warm, nurturing environment which incorporates both Jewish and secular learning. Each week will include free play, clean up, circle/Torah time, snack and Shabbat party (lighting candles, kiddush and challah). Please contact ganrjc@gmail.com or 718-543-2553 for more information.

Hebrew Institute of Riverdale - The Bayit 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 Ph: 718-796-4730; Fax: 718-884-3206 Website: www.thebayit.org; E-mail: office@thebayit.org

We welcome Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and Peter Beinart

to the Bayit for a powerful night of engagement and discussion

over the future of Medinat Yisrael.

Moderated by Rabbi Avi Weiss

Please note: Mincha will be at 7:45pm, and Maariv will follow the debate.

Feel free to submit questions in advance to ravsteven@thebayit.org.

Tues., June 5 at 8:00pm

Rav Shlomo Riskin is Chief Rabbi of Efrat and Chancellor of Ohr Torah Stone. He was previously

the Rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue in NY.

Peter Beinart is a former editor of The New Republic and is the author

of three books. He is Associate Professor of Journalism and Political

Science at CUNY, senior political writer for The Daily Beast and the

editor of its blog "Open Zion".

HIR’s 38th Annual Journal Dinner - June 10, 2012 Yasher Koach to all the supporters of our 38th Annual Journal Dinner.

Sara Hurwitz & Josh Abraham Sharon Adams Apple Bank, Kirk Warner Lorna & Mark Baker Etty & Tzvi Bar-Shai Jayne & Harvey Beker Maya & Robert Berman Gaya & Lewis Bernstein Beth Aharon, Tsuri Gadasi Judy & Lanny Binstock Paula & Jonathan Blank Beth & David Braunstein Klara & Philip Brieff Eva & Hillel Broder Jacki Brooks Sanford Bruckner Lynn & Bob Cohen Nava & Adam Cohen Sharon & Matthew Cohen Lynn & Bob Cohen Gillian Steinberg & Mark Davis Judy & Jerry Dietz D.J. Drugs Karen Stahl-Don & Philip Don Debbie & Moshe Drelich Susan & Jonathan Dzik Moshe Edelman Alisa & Adam Eilenberg Ruth & Ted (Leonard) Einstein Sonia Erlich Shira Billet & Steven Exler Sarah & Noah Farkas Shani & Mendy Feder Rose Feigenbaum Wendy Zierler & Daniel Feit Beverly & Ted Fettman Aviva Braun Finkler & Gary Finker Harriet & Steven Fleissig Leopold Flatto Leora Gorsetman & Omri Flicker Robert Fox, Alan Party Rental Beth Pepper & Jeff Fox Laura & Aaron Frank Sally & Danny Frankel Anat Sharbat & Ariel Freidenberg Lila Frost Bonnie & Isaac Geld Marty Gelman Jeanne & Bernard Glass Hillary & Carey Glass

Sharon & Scott Glass Shirley Glickman Florence Glucksman Rochelle & Leo Goldberg Chaya & Fred Gorsetman Carolyn & Howard Graybow Jennifer & Brian Grosberg Pamela & Jeff Gurock Goldie & Joe Guttman David Haas Beth & Ari Hait Charles Hall Robin Hamlisch Lucy & Tony Hammond Kathy & George Harris Hebrew Free Burial Association Ira Herschaft Mitchel Herstic Lisa Licht Hirsch & Daniel Hirsch Annie & Ari Hoffnung Nancy & Milton Honig Roberta & Bernard Horowitz Sherry & Ezra House Madeline & Hillel Jaffe Debbie & Howard Jonas Jocelyn & Shmuel Jonas Vivian & Matt Kanig Wendy Levinson & Bob Kaplan Sharon & Michael Kaplowitz Neshama Carlebach & Steven Katchen Nancy & Shimon Katz Carol Kierman Kinneret Day School Michael Klapper & Benjamin Klapper James A. Kole (Kole & Kole) Amy Koplow Robert Krausz Stephanie Nussbaum & Michael Kress Jennifer & Jonathan Kroll Eileen & Dan Langer Fred Langer Lily & Richie Langer Ruby & Stanley Langer Fran & Gary Lapin Ann & James Lapin Jackie & Marty Laster Chani & Steven Laufer Morlie & Norm Levin David E Levine Roxanne & Eric Levine

Terri Simon & Eric Levine Sybil Levine Moshe Levison Barry Liben Ruth Licht Rena Friedman & David Lichtenstein Deborah Zlochower & Dov Linzer Alessandra & Rick Lipkin Yocheved & Donald Liss Danielle & Yaachov Liss Shirley Finkelman-Lowenstein Sonia & Samuel Marder Suzie & Chaim Marder Sharon & Jay Marson Sarah & Michael Marton Maze Laboratories Menachem Menchel Yonit & Dale Nordenberg Stuart Olsen Carole & Sy Oshinsky Joy Perla Valerie Altmann & Daniel Perla Andrea & Tal Plotkin Moses Podolski Judith Kaplan & Lawrence Polsky Linda & Stephen Pope Adele & Elliot Rabin Seryl Ritter & Buddy Skydell Riverdale Chapter of Holocaust Survivors Riverdale Pediatrics Sheryl Haut & David Rosenberg Ross Brothers Inc. Eva & Richard Rubel Roslyn & Israel Rubin Susan & Murray Rudnick Rolen Sabet Harriet & Joseph Sassoon Diana Schein Elan Schnieider Jean & Phil Schneider Florence Schneider & Iris Schneider Uri Schneider Micky & Eric Schon Hadassah Schultz Bat Sheva Marcus & Elliot Schwartz Shani & David Schwartz Shira Gordon & Phil Shaw Rebecca & Yehuda Shmidman Tehilla Siegel Sandra Molinas & Samuel Sigal

Did you know? 18 children and their parents enjoyed

Family Tefillah and Pre Rosh-Hashanah Arts & Crafts.

150 children participated in our “PURIM IN THE JUNGLE” carnival

with games, bouncy rides and a real live Exotic Animal Show.

350 people from the community attended our Yom Ha’atzmaut Festival with a

Shir Fun concert, face painting, and other fun activities.

HIR is a proud PJ Library partner, sending FREE Jewish children’s books and

music to over 280 families monthly.

Help support these And other ongoing

programs by attending our Annual Journal Dinner. To view this week’s banner go to

http://www.thebayit.org/weekly-bulletin.html

Sign up for the Annual Journal Dinner

on Sun., Jun. 10 at 5:00pm register online @

www.thebayit.org.

THE BAYIT The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale - The Bayit - is an open Orthodox Synagogue which serves the entire Jewish community. The Hebrew Institute is a synagogue that warmly embraces all Jews regardless of affiliation, commitment or background. It is affectionately known as the "Bayit", which is a home - a place of love and welcome. The HIR is known nationally for bringing spirituality into the synagogue, for activism, learning programs, and work on behalf of the elderly, the homebound, and the

mentally and physically challenged.

Ruthie & Joel Simon, Riverside Memorial Lois & Bert Spiegel Bobbie Gaims-Spiegel & Robert Spiegel Atara Gorsetman & Brian Spira Cliff Stanton Joan & Arnold Stark Goldie & Marvin Stiglitz Janet & Dan Stram Mierle & Jack Ukeles Audrey & Elliot Waldstreicher Susan & Dov Weinstock Michael Weiss Toby & Rabbi Avi Weiss Hanna & Michael Weissbrot, SJ International Diane & Michael Werner Edith & Ward Wolff Hannah Wolkun Elisheva & Conan Yuan Esther Zimet Alexandra & Jonathan Zizmor

We look forwarding to seeing you at the dinner!