| | | Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat Bulletin 301 Strawberry Hill Avenue, Stamford, CT (203) 358-2200 www.cas-stamford.org Mikvah 203-964-1928 / Eruv 203-324-3955 |
| October 12, 2013
| Lech Lecha
| 8 Cheshvan 5774 |
| | | Friday | Candles | 6:01pm | | Mincha | 6:06pm |
| Chapel | 8:00am | | Coffee & Commentary
| 8:45am | | Sanctuary
| 9:00am | | Shiur
| 10:30am | Tot Shabbat/Mini Minyan/ Jr. Cong/BMC/Jr. Teen Chat
| 10:30am | | Code of Jewish Law | 5:05pm
| | Daf Yomi
| 5:05pm
| | Mincha
| 5:55pm | | Maariv | 6:56pm | | Shabbat Ends | 7:01pm |
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Are Your Children in Israel This Year? Rabbi Cohen would love to keep in touch. Please send your child's phone number and email to |
| We are now booking B'nai Mitzvot for 2016/17. Please call the office to reserve your date. |
| Veterans and Parents of Veterans! Please join us on Sat. November 9, for Veterans' Recognition Shabbat! If you are a veteran, the parent of a veteran, or know of a member of our shul who is either, please contact us by email or at (203) 358-2200. |
| SISTERHOOD PRESENTS Simcha dancing with Nurit Wexler Learn and practice popular dances! Sunday, October 20 10:30 am-12:30 pm |
| Wednesday, October 30 Join CAS at the Jewish Arts and Film Festival as we co-sponsor the showings of The State Cinema, 7 pm |
| | | | | Avraham and Sara represent the most universal Jewish figures in the Torah. They understood fundamentally the mission of the Jewish people to be blessings to the world. Through their kindness and spirit they seized opportunities to elevate the Divine image in mankind. The parsha of Lech Lecha serves as a reminder that our Torah observance is a means to sensitize us to our role of being ambassadors for G-d in the world. In whatever profession and with whatever talents we possess, each of us is called to bring more light into the world. This mission extends beyond the Jewish people and to all humanity. In that spirit, a week from this Friday will be Cindy Flynn's last day serving as office administrator at Agudath Sholom. She will be assuming a new position which will afford her more time with her family. We will miss her. Her professionalism and warmth, can-do attitude and attention to detail enhanced our shul greatly. To her credit, she intuitively sensed that her job was an extension of our holy mission to build a caring community. We wish her well in her new journey and many blessings for her and her family. Please stop by the office this week or send her an email at cflynn@cas-stamford.org.
Wishing you and your families a Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Daniel Cohen rabbicohen@cas-stamford.org | 203-252-8252 | Rabbi Cohen's podcasts |
| WELCOME TO OUR SYNAGOGUE PROGRAM As you know, every Shabbat we station ushers at the doors in the sanctuary to welcome people, assist them and enhance the dignity of the service. In an effort to create an even warmer environment, we are expanding the usher roles to include a greeter in the lobby from 9-10:30 am.
Please join the usher team. We need you and your smile. To find out more and sign up, contact Mitchell Bell at wizdrbel@yahoo.com Thanks, Rabbi Cohen |
Agudath Young Couples Night Out Dessert and Movie
This Saturday night, 8 pm. Meet at 16 Handles , 219 Bedford Street, then walk to a nearby showing of Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks and multiple Somali pirates. |
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Men's Club Fall Breakfast Meeting This Sunday, 9:30-10:30 am to discuss
- First Responders' Thanksgiving Lunch
- Dec. 21 Roast & Toast of Rabbi Walk
- Dec. 25 Pacific House Meal
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CAS Fifth Annual Women's Scholar Program begins Wednesday! A five-part series with Professor Smadar Rosensweig, The Personalities in Sefer Shmuel Wednesdays, October 16, 23, 30, November 6 and 13, 7:30 pm For women and men! Smadar Rosensweig is a professor of Bible at Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University, as well as a professor of biblical studies at Allegra Franco Sephardic Women's Teachers College. Professor Rosensweig received masters' degrees in philosophy and arts from Columbia University. This expanded series is made possible through the generosity of Barbara & Ron Ashkenas. |
| This Sunday, October 13, 2:30 pm, 100 Prospect Street We urge the community to join in solidarity. Cynthia Ohana deserves the right to remarry. |
| CHESED COMMITTEE NEW INITIATIVE!! An important part of the Chesed committee is outreach to the Shul's elderly and homebound, who are often isolated and lack a lifeline to our synagogue.We are asking for volunteers from our congregation willing to reach out to these members to offer an ear, identify areas of need, make a visit, or offer a ride to a doctor's appointment. Even small gestures mean a great deal and do not take much time. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Vivian Weiss at 203-323-0909 or vivianweiss@gmail.com. If you are aware of any elderly or homebound shul members in need of outreach, please notify Rabbi Cohen. |
| SENIORS LUNCHEON - OCTOBER 30 Join us on Wednesday, October 30 at CAS from 12-2 pm for lunch with good friends and entertainment.
Cover: $5. Call the shul office at 203-358-2200 to sign up. Sponsored by the CAS Chesed Committee |
| Mazal Tov to: | - Howard & Claudia Rimerman, grandparents Norma Kraut & Ron Schacht, and Aunt & Uncle Elissa & Phillip Klapper on EJ's Bar Mitzvah
- Brenna Stein, daughter of Louise Stein and Richard Stein, of blessed memory, on her engagement to Charles Schnur of Philadelphia
- Louise Stein on the birth of a baby girl, Harper Rachel, to Greg & Kim Stein
- Toby Schaffer and Hyman Schaffer on the birth of a grandson, born to Tova & Daniel Schaffer. Mazal Tov also to great-grandfather Joseph Macy!
- Jim Benjamin on harvesting over 184 pounds of produce from the Harvest Now Garden for the hungry
- Linda Spilka and Ed Spilka on the engagement of their daughter Raquel to Eytan Smith, son of Barbara Smith & Ilan Burstein
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| Welcome to: | - Rabbi Joe & Sandy Ehrenkranz who are spending Shabbat in Stamford
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| Condolences to: | - Roz Mangot, on the death of her beloved mother-in-law, Anna Mangot
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| Shabbat Topics and Participants |
Ba'al Tefillah
| Chazzan Raphael Bokow
| | Usher | Rosalyn Sherman
| | Torah Readers | EJ Rimerman, Daniel Sichel, Bob Abrams, John Dab, Paul Dab, Harry Frischer,
Ethan Green, Philip Klapper,Herbie Rimerman, Howard Rimerman, Jack Soll | Sermon
| Managing Risks Rabbi Daniel Cohen | | Shiur | The Path to Faith Rabbi David Walk
| | Code of Jewish Law | Ari Lieberman
| | Daf Yomi | David Bessaleli
| | Seudah Shlishit | That Stinks! Rabbi David Walk
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| Thanks to this Week's Sponsors...
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| Shabbat Shalom Hospital Packages | the Linda Beson Nursing Educational Fund | Chapel Kiddush
| Richard & Amy Breslow in honor of Rabbi Ehrenkranz, Rabbi Cohen, Rabbi Walk and Tzvi Bernstein with grateful thanks for Torah shared and kindness extended | Sanctuary Kiddush
| Claudia & Howard Rimerman in honor of EJ's Bar Mitzvah | | Seudah Shlishit
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| Daf Yomi | Sunday 7:45 am, Monday-Friday 7:00 am | | Shacharit | Sunday 7:15/8:30 am, Monday-Friday 6:30/7:30 am | | Weekday Mincha | Sunday-Thursday 6:05 pm, Friday 5:55 pm
| | Candles Next Friday | 5:50 pm
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3rd Annual Lecture in Memory of Dr. Louis and Edith Scheinberg Sunday evening, October 20 at 8:00 pm featuring Kenneth Prager, MD Professor of Medicine and Director of Medical Ethics at Columbia University Medical Center, specializing in pulmonology "'Doctor, Don't Tell My Mother She Has Cancer': Does Every Patient Have the Right to Know the Truth? Who Should Decide?" Click here for more information | CAS Annual Thanksgiving Feast for Stamford First Responders In special appreciation for their efforts during the aftermath of
Hurricane Sandy. Men's Club is hard at work organizing CAS's yearly show of appreciation to our local first responders. A full Thanksgiving feast served to them at their station houses! Volunteers are needed to help on Thursday, November 28: - Thursday Morning, 9:00 - 11:00 am: Prepare the Empire turkeys and trimmings in CAS's kitchen.
- Midday : 11:25 am - Meet at CAS to pack up & transport all of the food to the first responders stations
- Afternoon : 12:00 pm - Help serve a full Thanksgiving feast to our city's first responders.
Everyone is encouraged to come out & take part in this genuine expression of appreciation to our local first responders! For more info, contact Mitchell Bell: wizdrbel@yahoo.com
- This Saturday, October 12: Agudath Young Couples Night Out Dessert and Movie, 8 pm
- This Sunday, October 13: Men's Club Fall Breakfast Meeting, 9:30-10:30 am
- This Wednesday, October 16: Smadar Rosensweig Lecture Series Begins, 7:30-9:30 pm
- Next Sunday, October 20: Sisterhood Simcha Dancing Event, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
- Next Sunday, October 20: Scheinberg Lecture, 8 pm
- Wednesday, October 30: Jewish Arts & Film Festival,
Betrayed & Gilad Shalit: The Interview 7 pm - Wednesday, 10/30: Senior Luncheon, 12-2 pm
- 11/3-13: CAS Trip to Israel with Rabbi Daniel & Diane Cohen
- Shabbat, 11/9: Veterans' Recognition Shabbat
- Thanksgiving: Men's Club Feast for Emergency Personnel
- Sunday, 12/8: Tefillin Field Trip to Tiferes Stam and lunch in Brooklyn, 9 am-2 pm
- Saturday, 12/21: Roast & Toast of Rabbi Walk
- Sunday, 1/5: Matan begins; 1/19: Man Up begins
- Save the date! The CAS Annual Dinner will take place on Sunday, March 23, 2014
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| *New Classes* Sundays Bible from the Beginning. 9:15 am-Rabbi David Walk. In this ongoing survey of the Torah, we discuss issues in the Bible, verse by verse. Soon beginning Numbers, we will continue our leisurely journey through the Chumash during the year. Mondays Dvar Yom B'Yomo. 12:20 pm (BCDS)-Rabbi David Walk. Take an in-depth look at one topical issue each week, either from the weekly Torah portion or an upcoming Jewish holiday. *Beginning Hebrew* 7:30 pm- Ben-Zion Soifer. Sponsored by the National Jewish Outreach Program Mishna Brura-Laws of Tefilah. Mondays, 7:30 pm-Rabbi David Walk. Tuesdays Power of the Prophets. 8:15 am-Rabbi Daniel Cohen. Take a closer look at Jewish history you thought you knew. Explore the divided kingdom of Israel through an in-depth study of Kings 1. Plumb the nuances and themes of the text and gain modern messages. *The Depth of Genesis* 9:00 am- Rabbi Daniel Cohen. Join for an in depth study of the Book of Bereishit. Explore the roots of Creation, G-d's Plan for the Universe and the Mystery of the Garden of Eden. This text- based class is open to all backgrounds and will delve into the mutiples layers of meaning in the Torah. Parsha Perspectives and Paradigms. 12:00 pm-Rabbi Daniel Cohen. Glean relevant life messages from the weekly Torah portion in this engaging and upbeat class. Get a spiritual and physical midday boost! *Prayer Primer* 7:30 pm-Rabbi David Walk. The history, development and philosophy of the laws of Tefillah. Thursdays Talmud Bavli - Masechet Megilla. 7:30 pm-Rabbi David Walk.This class focuses on the tractate that discusses the laws of Purim and of reading and writing Torah scrolls. *Back to Basics-The Joys of Kosher Living* October 31, November 14, November 28 and December 12, 7:30 pm - Rabbi Daniel Cohen. Explore fundamentals of Judaism in an open and warm environment. Whatever your background, you will gain a deeper understanding of the timeless idea and practices within our faith. Topics will Include: Mindful Eating; The Kosher Kitchen; Blessings; Oreos, Gatorade and Keeping Kosher in 2013. Fridays Taste of Torah. 8:15 am-Rabbi Daniel Cohen. |
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| CAS Free Mezuzah Campaign in Fairfield County, CT Bringing Blessings to Jewish Homes | Do you know a neighbor or a friend who lacks a mezuzah? Share this video link: www.congregationagudathsholom.org/mezuzah.html CAS is offering a free mezuzah and home visit to post this sacred scroll at the entrance to all Jewish homes in the area.
For more info, contact Rabbi Cohen: rabbicohen@cas-stamford.org |
| Youth | *Please sign your child up for groups again even if you already have in past years. We will be following new safety protocols and as such we need you to sign up your children here. Shabbat Groups Tot Shabbat (Toddlers-Age 3)-Library 10:30 am Mini Minyan (Age 3- Grade 1)-Youth Classroom 10:30 am Jr. Congregation (Grades 2-4)-*Sukkah* 10:30 am B'nai Mitzvah Club (Grades 5-6)-Cantor's Office 10:30 am Jr. Teen Chat 10:30 am
- Oct 19-B'nai Mitzvah Club and Jr Cong Onegs - let us know if you would like to host.
- Oct 19-Teen Minyan. Check the CAS calendar for all the Teen Minyan dates
The next Teen Event is the CHOPPED ALL-STARS TEEN CHALLENGE - Sunday, November 3,1-4 pm. Do you have what it takes to create a three course meal using mandatory basket ingredients? LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE. SIGN UP NOW If you or your teens have not been receiving the special Teen emails, contact jsperber3@gmail.com - Nov 23 - Supermarket Sweep & Movie Night at CAS.
- Jan 4-BROOKLYN NETS Game - limited number of tickets on sale soon.
If you would like to celebrate your child's birthday or special accomplishment by sponsoring a special "kiddush" in their honor, contact rabbijeiger@hotmail.com. Shabbat Shalom! Rabbi Yehuda Jeiger |
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| TEEN ADVOCACY FELLOWSHIPS FOR ISRAEL A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY Be one of six teens to be selected for a free trip to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference, March 2-4, 2014 in Washington DC. The trip will include registration, travel and hotel and the winners will join the Agudath Sholom AIPAC delegation. To be one of the six selected, submit a 500 word essay: "WHY DOES AIPAC NEED YOU?" If you could lobby the members of Congress on Capitol Hill, what would you say? What case would you present about the issues affecting the United States and Israel? Essays will be evaluated by a local and national panel of AIPAC supporters. Submit to Rabbi Cohen by Sunday, December 1, 2014 at rabbicohen@cas-stamford.org Open to 10th-12th graders from CAS. We are grateful to Stephanie and Bob Sherman for sponsoring the fellowships in memory of Stephanie's mother, Rosalie Aberman. If you would like to enable more teens to attend AIPAC Policy Conference through a contribution to our AIPAC Teen Fund, please contact Rabbi Cohen. |
| Matan is a mother-daughter program for Bat Mitzvah-age girls focusing on female role models from the time of the Bible through modern Israel. Michal Smart has, once again, agreed to run the Matan program. This year, it will be run in conjunction with Bi-Cultural Day School. The first five sessions will be held at BCDS and the last five at Agudath Shalom. The sessions will be held on Sunday evenings from 5:30 - 7:00 pm on the following dates: January 5, 12, 19 & 26, February 2, 9 & 16, March 2, 9 & 30, (Makeup date: April 6.) There will be no charge for Agudath members or for BCDS students. For members of the community there will be a $200 charge. To sign up, please click here: Man Up: Rabbi Cohen will lead three sessions for father and sons centered on B'nai Mitzvah responsibilities to self, family, community and the world . Classes will be held at Agudath Shalom. There is no charge for members. The sessions will be held on Sunday mornings from 9:15 - 10:15 am on the following dates: January 19 & 26, February 2. To sign up, please click here: The Tefillin Field Trip to Tiferes Stam and lunch in Brooklyn will be on Sunday, December 8th from 9 am-2 pm. Please bring money for lunch. There will also be an opportunity to purchase tefillin or other Judaica. If you can drive, please contact Rabbi Cohen. |
We wish the following people a Refuah Sheleima. Please have them in your prayers: If you would like to add a name for this month, click here Aviva bat Etta, Moshe Adam ben Rachel, Maryashe bat Maryashe, Penina Esther bat Devorah, Avraham ben Chana, Mila bat Frida, Perel bat Chaya, Pinchas ben Leeba, Zahava bat Chaya Sara, Boruch ben Polina, Natalie Chana Chaya bat Aviva, Rivka bat Rose, Chaim Yisroel ben Gittel Malka, Yocheved Chana bat Leah Osne, Zechariya Eliyahu ben Ayelet Naomi, Meyer Leib ben Shayna Reisel, Shemuel Simcah ben Channah, Zev Mordechai ben Chaya Gittel, Refael Ephraim ben Sima, Michal Fraida Chava bat Yita Shandel: Please recite psalm 47 for Marlene Gatz, a BCDS mother battling cancer. The text is here. |
AGUNAH LECTURE-Saturday, October 12, Young Israel. Rabbi Jeremy Stern, Executive Director of the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA) will deliver a shiur entitled: a Roadmap to Resolving the Plight of Agunot during 5:45 seudah shlishit, following 5:15 mincha. Rabbi Stern will address the painful issue of recalcitrance, the need to give a get of one's free will, and historical attempts to prevent igun, preventing one's spouse from remarrying. He will also address the specific circumstances surrounding the Ohana case, as well as the due-diligence and investigations that ORA undertakes before accepting a case. FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE MITZVAH DAY-Sunday October 13, 10 am-1 pm, 770 High Ridge Rd, Stamford. More info: (203) 329-0015. JHS BOOK TALK: FDR AND THE JEWS BY RICHARD BREITMAN AND ALLAN J. LICHTMAN-Wednesday, October 16, 10 am. JHS Library at the JCC. Was FDR an anti-Semite or an astute politician in a tumultuous era in history? Presenter: Marilyn Schwartz. For more info, call Marcie Schoenfeld at 203-359-9148 or email Elissa Kaplan at elissa@de-kaplan.com CARMEL ACADEMY OPEN HOUSE-Sunday, October 20, 10 am - 12 pm , 270 Lake Avenue, Greenwich. Children's activities provided by PJ Library. Come and meet our Head of School, kindergarten and 1st grade teachers. For more information and to RSVP, please contact our Director of Admissions, Daneet Brill at daneet.brill@carmelacademy.com or 203-983-3503. Check out our website at www.carmelacademy.com. PRESCRIBING FOR A NATION; EXAMINING THE INTERPLAY OF ISRAELI HEALTH CARE & JEWISH LAW-Sunday, October 20, 9 am-3 pm. Medical Ethics Society Conference 2013. Wilf Campus. Go to http://yumedicalethics.com ADL AWARD RECEPTION-Sunday, October 20. The Anti-Defamation League will hold its annual Daniel R. Ginsberg Humanitarian Award Reception in Greenwich. Judith Altmann will be honored at this event. For more information, please contact Janet Magid, Associate Development Director at (203) 288-6500 x313 or jmagid@adl.org 2013 LOUIS J. KURIANSKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE-Tuesday, October 22, 7-9:00 pm. Scholar-in-Residence The Most Reverend Monsignor David M. Jaeger, Prelate Auditor of the Roman Rota and long-time liaison between the Vatican and Israel. Msgr. Jaeger's keynote, My Twenty Years Negotiating Between the Vatican and Israel: Lessons for Peace in the Land, will be followed by an interfaith discussion with local religious leaders (including Rabbi Hammerman from Temple Beth El) entitled, The Role of Religion in a Secular Society. There will be a preconference community reception and supper (Kosher) at 6:00 pm. $5 lecture/$20 lecture & supper. Free for local students, educators, and non-profit professionals, but advance registration required. More info: (203) 251-9525/0184 or stamfordjudaicstudies@uconn.ed YESHIVA UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS (MTA) OPEN HOUSE-Sunday, October 27th, at 9:30 am (doors open at 9 am,) 2540 Amsterdam Ave on YU's Wilf Campus. More information, as well as the option to pre-register, can be found at www.yuhsb.org. BI-CULTURAL DAY SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE-Sunday, October 27, 10am-12pm. Children's activities during program sponsored by PJ Library and supervised by kindergarten teachers. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Joanne Karow, Director of Admissions: jkarow@bcds.org or 203-329-2186. Please visit us at www.bcds.org LOAVES OF LOVE MEGA CHALLAH BAKE- Monday, October 28, 7 pm, Stamford Plaza, 2701 Summer Street. (Open to Women & Girls College Age and Above.) Whether you have baked challah before or this is a first, help us reach our goal of getting 360 women together - to bake challah for your family as well as for those in need of a little extra love! WESTCHESTER HEBREW HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE-Wednesday, October 30, 6:30 pm. 856 Orienta Ave, Mamaroneck. Info: Shari Levitan, Director of Admissions, (914) 698-0806 #308 or s.levitan@whhsny.org. THE RACE TO COLLEGE-Mondays, November 4. and December 2 at 5:30 pm. Pre-planning for college for 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th graders and their parents conducted by Claire Friedlander, Jewish Family Service College Consultant at Harry Bennett Branch of Ferguson Library, 115 Vine Road, Stamford. Free and open to the community. For more information, contact Claire Friedlander at clairef@ctjfs.org or call 203-921-4161. JHS & JCC KRYSTALLNACHT PROGRAM; HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: STAMFORD WOMAN REMEMBERS ELUDING THE NAZIS -Sunday, November 10, 1:30 pm. Stamford JCC. Was FDR an anti-Semite or an astute politician in a tumultuous era in history. Speaker: Sarah Lew Miller, in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht. For more info, call Marcie Schoenfeld at 203-359-9148 or email elissa@de-kaplan.com JHS BOOK TALK: ROAD TO VALOR: A TRUE STORY OF WWII ITALY, THE NAZIS, AND THE CYCLIST WHO INSPIRED A NATION BY AILI AND ANDRES MCCONNON -Wednesday, November 20, 10 am. Atria, 77 Third Street, Stamford. Presenter: Frank Melzer. For more info, call Marcie Schoenfeld at 203-359-9148 or email elissa@de-kaplan.com. LINKING GENERATIONS OF THE SHOAH-Our 2nd Generation Group began in July 2012. We are a group of approximately fifty members ranging in age from 40 and up and we come from all over CT and Westchester County. Our monthly meetings take place in Westport, CT (usually at the UJA offices) every second Tuesday of the month. Spouses of 2G members as well as 3rd Generation often attend our general meetings. In our first year of existence, we have made great strides. In addition to creating our mission statement, "To honor the spirit and courage of our parents and those who perished or survived and rebuilt their lives. And to remember them and dedicate in their honor good works and healing deeds to benefit and enlighten future generations so the horrors of the Shoah will never be revisited upon humanity" we are also exploring and sharing the unique experiences, awareness, bonds, burdens, and responsibilities that come with being Children of Holocaust survivors. As we journey into our second year together, we realize even more how much great community depends on great conversation and that we are witnesses in ourselves to something far greater than ourselves.Please come and join us. For further contact information call: Ann Cohn at 203-762-0058 (home) or 203-984-6667 (cell) LIFE TRANSITIONS-Wednesdays at 11:30 am. Ongoing support group for the unemployed at the Stamford JFS office, 733 Summer Street, 6th Floor. The focus of the group is to provide a forum to discuss and explore the concerns and issues related to job loss and to find alternative solutions for career satisfaction. The group is a collaborative effort between JFS Counseling and Employment & Training Departments. To register or for more information, please contact Rebekah Kanefsky at 203-921-4161 or email at rkanefsky@ctjfs.org |
| SYLVIA'S CAS Sisterhood Gift Shop Gift Shop Hours Next Week Sunday: 9-11 am, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday: 12-2 pm |
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