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The Jewish Center 

S H A B B A T B U L L E T I N 

July 21, Sunday July 22, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM 

Erev Shabbat 

7:00 and 8:00PM Minchah 

8:04PM Candle lighting 

Kiddush Sponsor 

Darrin Litsky in Honor of the forthcoming marriage of Darrin 

Litsky & Gail Wisner. 

Shabbat Morning 

7:45AM Hashkama 

9:00AM Shacharit 

9:11AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema 

9:15AM Minchat Chinuch 

9:30AM Young Leadership 

9:30AM Beginners’ Service 

10:00AM Youth Groups 

Shabbat Afternoon 

4:00PM Bikkur Cholim visit to Mt. Sinai Hospital. Meet in 

front of the Westmont, 730 Columbus Ave. 

7:05PM Daf Yomi 

7:50PM Minchah 

Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Robert and Judith Grauman 

in commemoration of the Yahrtzeit of Robert's mother, 

Ida Grauman. 

Seudah Shlishit Speaker 

Rabbi Daniel Fridman 

ומקדשי תיראו 

Shabbat concludes 9:04PM 

Sunday, July 22 

Daf Yomi 7:45AM 

Shach 8:30AM 

Minchah 8:05PM 

— DAILY SERVICES — 

Mon, July 23- Thurs., 

July 26 

Shach 7/8:00AM 



Women's Tehillim - Monday, July 30 at 7:15PM. 

Contact Joyce Weitz for more info, 212-877-1176. 

Friday, July 27 

Shach 7/8:AM 


Candle lighting 

7:57PM 

Minchah 7/8 PM 

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS 

Mazel Tov 

To Virginia Bayer Hirt and Rabbi Robert Hirt on the 

birth of boy/girl twins to their children David and 

Michele Slifka. 

To Tobi & Meira Tugendhaft on the birth of a granddaughter, 

born to their children Chantal and David 

Ulmer 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

Sunday July 22, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM 

Young Leadership Rooftop Yoga 

Join YL for yoga on the JC roof followed by breakfast! Men and 

women welcome. Please bring your own mat or towel. Cost: $15 

- member, $20 - NON member. 

Sunday, July 28 

Tisha B’Av– please see page 2 for complete schedule. 

Tuesday, July 31st , 7 PM 

Upper West Side Siyyum 

Join the members of The Jewish Center daf yomi as well as partnering 

Upper West Side synagogues as they celebrate the completion 

of Shas. Minchat at 7pm followd by dinner and program. 

Featuring keynote speaker, Rabbi Yona Reiss. Hosted by Congregation 

Ohab Zedek $18 suggested donation. For sposorship 

information, contact Ilene Curtach at icurtach@ozny.org 

August 4 - September 15 

Summer Shabbat Afternoon Shiur Series: Seven Weeks of Torah. 

Join us Shabbat afternoons August 4 - September 15 one hour 

before Minchah for inspired talks by inspiring presenters. 

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The Three Weeks and 

Tisha B’Av at The JC 

Erev Tisha B’Av 

Shabbat July 28, 2012 


Seudah Shlishit at home 

Fast begins 8:15 PM 

Shabbat concludes 8:58PM 

Maariv and Eichah 9:15PM 

Tisha B’Av 

Sunday, July 29, 2012 

Shacharit 9:00AM 

Special shiur by Rabbi Yosie Levine 

The House of Mourning and its Mourners: 

A Practical Guide to Comforting the 

Bereaved 

Followed by explanatory kinnot 

Chatzot 1:02 P.M. 

Early Minchah 1:40PM 

Tisha B’Av films 2:45 PM 

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and The 

Long Way Home. 

Rabbi Mark Wildes, 6:45PM 

Agreeing to Disagree: The Bar Kamtza 

Story and its Modern Day Implications 

for Conflict 

Minchah 7:45 PM 

Fast ends 8:48 PM 

Havdalah in Two Acts 

This year, since Tisha B'Av is observed on Sunday, Havdalah is postponed 

until Sunday evening after the conclusion of the fast. However, 

on Saturday evening following Maariv prior to the reading of Eicha we 

recite the blessing of Boreh Me’orei Ha’esh over a candle. At the conclusion 

of the fast, one recites Havdalah over a beverage such as beer 

and recites only the blessing over the beverage and the blessing of Ha- 

Mavdil bein Kodesh le-Chol. 

Tisha B’Av Films 

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2009) 

Set during World War II, a story 

seen through the innocent eyes 

of Bruno, the eight-year-old son 

of the commandant at a concentration 

camp, whose forbidden 

friendship with a Jewish boy on 

the other side of the camp fence 

has startling and unexpected consequences. 

The Long Way Home (1997) 

The Long Way Home begins its story at the liberation of 

the camps. The long awaited day had come, when the survivors 

of the Nazi terror could now go home. But to 

where? This film tells of the tribulations that awaited the 

survivors. Real film footage and 

narration opens the long forgotten 

period of 1945 to 1948. From the 

promise of Eretz Israel to the horrors 

of the Displaced Persons camps 

to the excitement of finally having a 

homeland - this film hearkens to 

many emotions. The struggle of one 

people against the forces of world 

politics culminates in the creation 

of the long-awaited Jewish State. 

If you cannot make it to The Jewish Center on Tisha B'Av, 

join Rabbi Dr. Rabbi Dr. Jacob J Schacter for a live Tisha 

B'av webcast: 9:15am Opening shiur: Exile or Redemption? 

Current Reality and Mourning for the Churban - The 

Halachic Status of Tisha B'Av Nidcheh 11:00am - 5:00pm 

Kinnot and Discussion. Visit http://www.yutorah.org/ 

tishabav/ for more information. 

131 W. 86 St. New York, NY 10024 www.jewishcenter.org 212-724-2700

The Jewish Center Welcomes 

Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, Assistant Rabbi 

Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, attended Yeshivat 

Kerem B’Yavneh for two years. From there he continued to Yeshiva 

University where he received his undergraduate degree in Psychology, 

graduating from the Yeshiva Program with honors. Rabbi 

Zirkind then attended the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. 

Most recently, Rabbi Zirkind served as Kollel Fellow at the Yeshiva 

University Beit Midrash in Toronto and served as the Rabbinic 

Assistant at Shaarei Shomayim Congregation. He and his wife Ariella, 

are the proud parents of their 15-month-old daughter, Amira. 

Eliane Dreyfuss, Director of Programming and Communications 

Eliane hails from Brookline, Massachusetts. She earned her Bachelor’s 

Degree in Sociology and Social Anthropology and Religious 

Studies in 2007 from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. 

As part of her degree she was privileged to study abroad at both Tel 

Aviv University and the University of Haifa. She has worked for the 

Jewish Community Relations Council’s Israel Action Center in Boston, 

Hebrew University’s Hillel in Jerusalem and the World Zionist 

Organization in Boston. Eliane is thrilled about moving to New York 

and planning her wedding with her fiancé, Elliot Glassman. 

Special thanks to the members of our search committee: Dana Federbush, 

Jeannie Fisher, Aliza Herzberg Brodie and Rona Steinerman. 

Thanks to their dedication and hard work, we have a talented 

and uniquely qualified professional as our director of programming 

and communications. 

We are pleased to share with you that our beautiful 

new mechitzah is now in place in our 4th floor 

Beit Midrash. After soliciting input from our daily 

minyan-goers, our very own Dr. Robert Richter 

designed and built the mechitzah pictured 

here. We are very thankful to our anonymous 

sponsor of the project and to Dr. Richter for all of 

his excellent work. We invite you to see it firsthand. 

For the best view, please join us for one of 

our daily minyanim. 

New Mechitzah Graces Beit Midrash

Parshat Matot Masei 5772: Of Land and Legacy 

Rabbi Dovid Zirkind 

Leaders often go to great lengths in pursuit of a lasting legacy that will memorialize 

their life’s work for centuries to follow. At times the motivation for those efforts is selfserving, 

driven by the fear of an inevitable departure from greatness. However, the desire to 

create a sustainable legacy for ones family specifically or the world more generally can be 

the noblest of causes. In one of the lesser studied sections of our Parsha, the Torah presents 

two distinct models of legacy, one misguided and one a paradigmatic gesture of altruism. 

The tribes of Reuven and Gad successfully petition for the right to remain outside 

the land of Israel and fulfill the conditions required of them in that agreement. Parshat Matot 

concludes with the conquer and development of the regions these two tribes planned to occupy. 

While the Torah does tell us that all of the newly occupied cities were renamed, it only 

provides the specific names for two areas, developed by Yair ben Menashe and Novach. Yair 

names his region “The Towns of Yair” and Novach simply refers to his area as “Novach.” 

Rashi applauds Yair for his efforts and explains that Yair chose to have his name 

remembered through that region because he was not privileged to father children. However, 

for Novach no such comment is made. What is more, the Torah states “Vayikra luh Novach 

bishmo,” – He called it Novach, in his name. The Midrash notes that a dageish is absent from 

the word luh; written with a weaker grammatical connotation. This hints to the fact that Novach’s 

effort to carve out a legacy by naming the city after himself failed and the city returned 

to its previous name. We should wonder why Chazal saw Yair and Novach in such 

different lights, when on the surface their proclamations were so similar. 

Rabbi Shimon Schwabb posits that the difference between Chazal’s treatment of these 

two men and their efforts is imbedded in the slight difference with which they named their 

respective cities. Yair referred to them as “the cities of Yair” while Novach becomes synonymous 

with his acquisitions. Yair saw himself as privileged to provide; to facilitate the establishment 

of the Israelite community on the far side of the Jordan. He hoped that he would be 

remembered for that effort. In contrast, Novach became obsessed with his stature and success 

and felt it was only fitting for that wealth to be acknowledged. His short-sightedness 

was matched overtime as the name he hoped would honor him in the future faded and his 

efforts proved futile. 

Our desire to remain relevant is a natural one. It speaks to our innate aspiration for 

success and our commitment to the world around us. When misguided it may lead us to egotistical 

choices, but when harnessed for the good it will fuel our success. 

Clergy & Staff 

Yosie Levine 

Rabbi 

Dovid Zirkind 

Assistant Rabbi 

Chaim David Berson 

Cantor 

Daniel Fridman 

Resident Scholar 

Yael Leibowitz 

Resident Scholar 

Aaron Strum 

Executive Director 

Hod Klein 

Youth Director 

OFFICERS 

Virginia Bayer Hirt 

President 

Avi Schwartz 

First Vice President 

Andrew Kaplan 

Vice President 

Rachel Ringler 


Mark Segall 


Len Berman 

Assistant Vice President 

Adina Spiro Wagman 

Treasurer 

Yaron Kinar 

Assistant Treasurer 

Andrew Borodach 

Secretary 

Phone Numbers 

Chevra Kadisha 

212-724-2700 

UWS Mikvah 


Hatzalah 


Eruv Status 


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