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Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat Bulletin 301 Strawberry Hill Avenue, Stamford, CT  www.cas-stamford.org (203) 358-2200  May 28, 2011 Bamidbar  24 Iyar 5771 39th Day of Omer  Shabbat Schedule Friday night Candle lighting 7:58pm Mincha 7:00/8:03pm Saturday Coffee & Commentary 8:45am Hashkama   Main Sanctuary  8:00am 9:00am Latest Shema 9:08am Latest Amidah 10:22am BabySitting/ Tot Shabbat (Library) 10:30am Mini-minyan (Youth) Jr. Cong (Chapel) 10:30am Daf Yomi  7:00pm Mincha 7:40pm Seudat Shlishit 7:40pm Maariv 8:53pm Shabbat Ends 8:58pm Quick Links to CAS Events Sponsor a kiddush Phila Trip - 7/13 Follow us on facebook! Shabbat Shalom  It is with great sadness that we suffered the sudden loss this week of   our good friend and devoted colleague, Joanna Bell.    Her warm and radiant personality made her part of the CAS family, and we will greatly miss her.   CALLING ALL 4th - 7th GRADE GIRLS AND BOYS   FOR THE SHABBAT PIRKEI  AVOT CLUBS BOYS CLUB WITH RABBI NARROW-TILONSKY  at the shul 6:45 p.m. Join the CAS 2011 Graduation Celebration!  If you have graduates (preschool, elementary school, middle school, high school, college or graduate school),   we want to acknowledge their achievement! Celebrate with a festive kiddush on the second day of Shavuot in honor of the graduates!    Help co-sponsor the kiddush for $50 per family sponsorship  $180 for family cum laude sponsorship  Just go to www.cas-stamford.org to register your graduate names & sign up to sponsor!     Read the OU's Response to the Circumcision Ban Click here  The CAS Executive Committee is grateful to   Claudette Apple   and all the volunteers who are stepping up to help out and fill in.  Welcome to Cindy Flynn, our new Office Administrator.   Service Note: Starting this week, we hold two Friday Mincha minyans - 7pm and 5 minutes after candlelighting.  Shabbat Topics & Participants Torah Reader     Jay Jubas Musaf Sandy Shapiro Rabbi Avi Narrow-Tilonsky   "Finding Spiritual Permanence in the Desert, and Today" Usher   Mitchell Bell  Thanks to this week's sponsors... Shabbat Shalom Hospital Packages Alan Benjamin in memory of his mother,   Betty Benjamin. and the Linda Beson Nursing Educational Fund Chapel Kiddush by  Friends In honor of the Tucker family for all they have contributed to our commmunity life    Shabbat Bulletin by Judy & Bob Raymond   in memory of Yehudith Wollheim and   in memory of our always cheery friend Joanna Bell   Mazal Tov to... Judith Cahn who was certified in Jewish School Leadership by the YU Azrieli Graduate School of Education Angelika & Jeff Schlanger on the birth of a baby girl Rachel & Jay Jubas on being honorees at the upcoming Gush Etzion Dinner Dina & Paul Berger, Rabbi Yehuda Tucker, Morah Yonat Tucker, and Rabbi David Walk on being honorees at the upcoming Bi-Cultural Day School Dinner Carmel Academy board, faculty, and staff on being accredited by the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools Condolences to... Family and friends of Joanna Bell Cantor Arik Wollheim on the passing of his mother Yehudit Wollheim Keith and Claudia Silver on the passing of their mother May Zimmerman Silver  Weekday Schedule Daf Yomi Sunday/Monday 7:45 am Tues-Fri 7:00 am Shacharit Sunday Monday  7:15/8:30 am 7:00/8:30 am Tues-Fri 6:30/7:30 am Mincha Sun-Thursday  Tuesday  8:10 pm 6:45/8:10 pm Friday Candles next Friday 7:00 pm 8:03 pm Please note:  Cantor Wollheim will return on June 7th  Upcoming events SHAVUOS 5771 @ CAS Tuesday-Wednesday, June 7-9   SHAVUOTASTIC All Night Learning SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE     Professor Dr. Lawrence Shiffman   Vice Provost-Undergraduate Education at Yeshiva University Former Professor, Hebrew and Judaic Studies at NYU and Chair, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies CAS Classes    See the Full Description of all our classes - just Click here!   Sunday 9:00 a.m.  Hebrew School 9:15 a.m.  Bible from the Beginning Thursday 8:30 p.m.   Talmud Bavli - Makot Monday 10:15 p.m. Dvar Yom B'Yomo at BCDS 8:00 p.m.   Inyana D'Yoma   Friday 8:15 a.m.   Pre Shabbos Taste of Torah Tuesday 8:15 a.m.   Power of the Prophets 12:00 pm   Parsha Perspectives 4:00 p.m.   Homework Happy Hour 7:30 p.m.  History of the Mussar                                Movement  Shabbat 8:45 a.m.   Coffee and Commentary 10:00 a.m. Basics with Bob-                   Customs & traditions 10:30 a.m. Lomdus and Learning    CAS Announcements YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! On the heels on the largest gathering in AIPAC history, we encourage you to sign up now for  next year's policy conference at a reduced rate of $299 per person (fully refundable rate good until May 31st). The synagogues are the "sleeping giants" of the American Israel relationship. Your leadership at this important time in history gives AIPAC the critical resources needed to help ensure a strong and secure U.S.-Israel relationship for many years to come. Visit  www.aipac.org/PC2011 to learn more!  For any questions, contact Yudi Gross, AIPAC Northeast Synagogue Initiative Director  at  ygross@aipac.org or 212-750-4110 CELEBRATE YOUR JERUSALEM AT CAS!  Tuesday evening, May 31st at 715 PM.  Co - Sponsored by CAS Beth El, Fellowship for Jewish Learning, Greenwich Reform, Temple Shalom, Temple Sinai and Young Israel.  Join the community rabbis for a stimulating program in solidarity with Jerusalem.  Featuring Reflections on "My Jerusalem" from local Rabbis, Video Presentations on the Six Day War, Songs and Prayers.  Following the program, the community is invited to a dessert Reception.  Please note:  early Mincha at 645 PM and Celebratory Maariv at 815 PM. MIKVAH COMMITTEE MEETING-June 4th after Shabbat Those interested in volunteering to work on projects supporting various mikvah initiatives are invited to join this meeting.  To RSVP or for more info please email stamfordmikvah@gmail.com WOMEN'S TEFILLAH-June 11th 10:30 a.m. We invite all girls and women to join.  If you would like to learn to read Torah or to lead prayers, we will happily assist you!  Please contact Sandy Weiner click here or Ronnie Sichel click herefor more information or to volunteer to lead a part of the service. YOUTH AWARDS WEEKEND-June 11th Join us at our Youth Awards Seudat Shlishit following Mincha where we honor members of our Jr. Congregation as well as our Jr. & Sr. Teen leaders. NEW DATE!  STAMFORD OBSERVATORY VISIT-Sun, July 10th  at 8:15 p.m. Sanctify the New Moon of Tammuz and come to a spectacular viewing just one day before the first quarter moon. Saturn should be well placed too.  See a PowerPoint presentation called "The Creator's Creation"   FREE!   FUN IN PHILLY- Wed, July 13  Trip to the "BRAND NEW" National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, PA.  Guided tours of the museum and the Mikveh Israel Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue. Snacks &  lunch at Mikveh Israel and dinner at Max & David's Restaurant. Comfortable coach transportation.  $75 Sign up by clicking here or contact Shelley Senker at shelleys38@aol.com SAVE THE DATE: THE NEXT CAS ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, JUNE 28TH.  IT WILL START AT 6:30 P.M. WITH AN INFORMAL SESSION FOR MEMBERS TO MINGLE, MEET OTHERS AND LEARN ABOUT VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE SHUL. THE FORMAL MEETING WILL START AT 7:00pm   THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION ON CLAUDETTE APPLE'S RETIREMENT Join in a festive Seudat Shlishit to honor Rabbi Yehuda and Yonat Tucker Shabbat, June 18 at 7:30 p.m. We would like to invite the entire community to participate in a festive Seudat Shlishit in honor of Rabbi Yehuda and Yonat Tucker, who have devoted the past ten years to education our children, preparing them for Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, leading Junior Congregation, developing special Shul programming and enriching our community.  As a token of our esteem and appreciation, several people have expressed an interest in participating in a parting gift as we wish them hatzlacha on their return to Israel.  If you are interested in participating in the gift, please contact Hecky Attar at 203 355-9257-Heckyattar@yahoo.com or Sharon Lewis at  203 921-1811- 4sharonlewis@gmail.com and you will be included on the group card.    Youth News AMAZING JUNE!!!! TEEN MINYAN June 4 at 9:30 AM In the Social Hall For 6-12th graders   Jr. TEEN ONEG June 4 afternoon.   TEEN MOVIE NIGHT June 4 at 9:30 PM - For 9-12 Grades, cost $5   Our Shavuot Extravaganza, June 7 for Jr and Sr Teens - stay up LATE... maybe even ALL NIGHT, and celebrate Shavuot with us - TORAH PARTY!!!  Stay tuned   TEEN MINYAN June 9 at 9:30 AM In the Social Hall For 6-12th graders   Sr. TEEN ONEG June 10 Friday Night.   TEEN MINYAN Jun 11 at 9:30 AM In the Social Hall For 6-12th graders   DON'T MISS OUR Jr/Sr TEEN AWARDS SEUDAT SHLISHIT -JUNE 11TH after mincha    NEW SUNDAY TEEN MINYAN! June 12th at 9:30 a.m followed by a Teen Breakfast    Community Announcements ETHICS PANEL CONTINUES:  Judith Cahn Young Israel Ethics In Education Panel this Shabbos at 6:15 pm. BOOST YOUR MEMORY AT ANY AGE Thursday, June 2, 11:00 AM - Noon.   A memory enhancement workshop for all ages presented by Jewish Family Service Family Life Education Coordinator, Dr. Mitchell Flaum, at Atria Senior Living, 77 Third Street, Stamford. For more information, contact Dr. Flaum (203) 921-4161, ext. 104. FINDING YOUR FOCUS Wednesday Afternoons JFS is offering a new program for children and adolescents who have been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD, and their families. Services will include psychiatric evaluation, review of previous evaluations, family assessment, on-going support, and mediation management. Treatment will be provided by Lee Combrinck-Graham, M.D. and qualify for insurance reimbursement. For more information, contact Eve Moskowitz, at 203-921-4161 or emoskowitz@ctjfs.org. BCDS 55TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL DAY-Mon, May 30 5pm at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. Guests of honor include Dina and Paul Berger, Morah Yonat and Rabbi Yehuda Tucker and Rabbi David Walk among others.  www.bcdscelebration.org THE HOPE IN MOTION WALK-Sun, June 5th 10:30 a.m. sponsored by the Bennett Cancer Center at Stamford Hospital beginning at Columbus Park.  Join Rosie's Roses in memory of Rosie Preston. Contact Jessica Morse at purimluver@gmail.com or register on-line at hopeinmotion.org HONOR ILANA DELANEY-Sun, June 5th 7:30 p.m. at the JCC with guest speaker, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin. Cost is $18/$25 at door SPEND SHAVUOS WITH THE YESHIVA-Tues, June 7th -June 9th Around the clock program of Torah learning and inspiration for men, women and children.  Call 212 568-7340 for more info 4TH ANNUAL BODY AND SOUL CYCLE CHALLENGE-Sun, June 12 Run in celebration of Israel's 63rd birthday. The challenge includes an easy 15 mile ride, a 30 mile ride and a 63 mile ride.  This event will benefit thousands of Jews all over the world who are helped by the Federation's programs.  Go to www.ujf.org ADULT JEWISH LEARNING-Every day of the week the United Jewish Federation offers an assortment of classes at the JCC .  Including Israel, History, Kabbalah, Torah and more.  Contact Ilana DeLaney at ilana@ujf.org or www.ujf.org/education for more info.   Congregation Agudath Sholom 301 Strawberry Hill Ave, Stamford, CT 06902 Phone:203-358-2200  Fax: 203 358-2323 website: www.cas-stamford.org

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