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Weekly Announcements

June 3, 2024

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Kiddush this week is sponsored by

Doris-Patt Smith in memory of

the Yahrzeit of her husband, Ted Smith

Shavuot at the PJC

The PJC will be observing Shavuot beginning Tuesday, June 11 at 7:30 pm with a night of learning, dinner, and cheesecake.

Yom Tov services will be held at 9:30 am on Wed, June 12 and Thu, June 13. Yizkor is part of the Thursday service.

Please see the flier for complete details.

PJC Book Group

The next meeting will be held on Monday, June 24 at 8:00 pm to discuss Kantika by Elizabeth Graver.

A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries, Kantika—“song” in Ladino—follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are forced to move to Barcelona and start anew, Rebecca fashions a life and self from what comes her way—a failed marriage, the need to earn a living, but also passion, pleasure and motherhood. Moving from Spain to Cuba to New York for an arranged second marriage, she faces her greatest challenge—her disabled stepdaughter, Luna, whose feistiness equals her own and whose challenges pit new family against old.

Exploring identity, place and exile, Kantika also reveals how the female body—in work, art and love—serves as a site of both suffering and joy. A haunting, inspiring meditation on the tenacity of women, this lush, lyrical novel from Elizabeth Graver celebrates the insistence on seizing beauty and grabbing hold of one’s one and only life.

Bubby's Kitchen at the Learning Center

Honoring our mothers and bubbies (and also dads and zeides!) in the next academic year, the LC is starting a new and exciting adventure: "From your Bubby's Kitchen to ours."

Come teach our students about your Bubby's (or your own) best recipe, and why do you love it so much!

Pick a date and we will take care of ingredients and any utensils you need in order to make this the best learning experience for you and our kids!

Classes take place on Thursdays at 4:00-5:30 PM. You will be helped in the kitchen by our very experienced madrich who's been doing this for a while with our past Bubby's Kitchen instructors. You will meet 3 groups of up to 8 children for 30 minutes each.

Thank you so much for agreeing to come to share your Bubby's recipe with us - and don't forget to mark your own calendar!

Click here to enroll: LINK

PJC Goes to Israel

The PJC is still planning to go to Israel! Our group is hoping to make the journey over the December 2024 school break (its two weeks long!).  This link provides a summary of the itinerary [ignore the July dates] and pricing. Please note - the prices listed don't include airfare, tips and some meals. It also does not factor in a $500 per person JNF grant we expect to receive.

If you are interested is joining the group, please reach out to Adam Gerber. For more details, please check our website.

Adult Education Program

Weekly Lunch and Learns via Zoom on Wednesday at 12 pm, with topics varying based on the interests of the group. The last session will be Wed, June 19th.

For more info, please see our website. Zoom links will be sent separately.

Monday, June 3

Bernard Goldenberg, Grandfather of Barry Goldenberg

Ronald Lenney, Husband of Leah Lenney

Wednesday, June 5

Charlotte Kahn, Mother of Robert Kahn

Morris Trachten, Father of Gary Trachten

Thursday, June 6

Sam Cooper, Uncle of Robert Kahn

Anna Seaver, Grandmother of Mitchell Cepler

Friday, June 7

Menke Forer, Grandfather of Jill Goldenberg

Joseph Terens, Grandfather of Daniel Cabin

Saturday, June 8

Samuel Horowitz, Father of Sheldon Horowitz

Sunday, June 9

Oscar Kumble, Father of Susan Perrotti

Tuesday, June 11

Enid Serebransky, Mother of Joel Serebransky

Thursday, June 13

Theodore Smith, Husband of Doris-Patt Smith

Yahrzeit candles should be lit the evening before the date specified.

Please consider being a Kiddush sponsor, there are dates available. Please contact the office for more information.

Do you have an upcoming simcha you would like acknowledged in our PJC community? Please reach out to Barbara Saunders-Adams so she can share via the HaKol.

Have you attended or participated in a virtual PJC event you would like to write about for HaKol? Please let Barbara know!

For any other related communications matters, please contact Adam Ilkowitz.

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