Each year the UVJC honors a current member who has served the UVJC community (and the larger general community) by the Mishpachah Award. This year the award will be presented at the UVJC Annual Dinner on Sunday, May 7. Please email your nomination(s) to office@uvjc.org by Wednesday, March 1.
The following UVJC members are past recipients
of the Mishpacha Award:
Nancie Severs ~ Mort Wise ~ Sy Conark ~ Bruce Pacht
Bob and Sharon Racusin ~ Susan Israel ~ Rebecca Gottesman ~ Gary Schwartz ~ Pam Hausler
Soup Group
Need some Jewish penicillin?
The Soup Group has kosher chicken matzo ball soup; no prescription necessary!
To get soup you may contact one of the following people:
Soup is available to anyone in the Jewish community, member or not.
TAX LETTERS:
If you need a letter enumerating your UVJC contributions for 2016, please contact the UVJC office at 603-646-0460 or uvjc@valley.net.
Join us in supporting Syrian refugees
The social action committee is forming a subcommittee to support Syrian refugees. One aspect of this work will be to support the non-governmental Israeli group IsraAid and the Berlin Jewish community in their work with Syrian refugees in Germany. To join the subcommittee or for more information, please contact either Jeff Bell (jbellvt@gmail.com or 802 436 2801) or the social action committee at UVJCSocAction@gmail.com.
Caring Community Volunteers available
The Social Action Committee has a volunteer database of over 50 people waiting to provide a helping hand to UVJC community members in need. Volunteers are able to help in many ways such as delivering a meal, grocery shopping, light house repairs, or visiting someone who is housebound.
To request help for yourself or someone you care about, or to volunteer, contact us at UVJCSocAction@gmail.com.
Literature Lovers
Sunday, February 26
Jews in America: Four Centuries of an Uneasy Encounter: A History by Arthur Hertzberg.
A controversial examination of the Jewish ''success story" in American that questions notions of identity, assimilation, and ethnicity.
Sunday, March 26, 2017
The Two-Family House
by Lynda Cohen Loigman
This novel is about relationships in an extended family. Two brothers and their families live in the same duplex. The reviews talk about family secrets. Although the main secret is obvious to the reader, the character development, events, reactions are captivating. The story mostly takes place in Brooklyn and Long Island starting a few years after WWII. It is very interesting and easy to read.
This book is available through Inter-library loan from more than 25 libraries in NH.
Sunday, April 30, 2017 Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart
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The book is a humorous memoir of what it was like to be uprooted as a child from the monochromatic world of USSR and plunked down in 1979 in the perplexing and gloriously Technicolor world of the U. S. of A. (NY Times).
Literature Lovers usually meets at 7:00 pm the last Sunday of the month, unless otherwise noted. For location or more information, please contact Susan Cohen at (603) 643-3611, or sncohen037@gmail.com.
UVJC Calendar of Services and Events
Thursday, February 23 - Wednesday, March 8
Friday, February 24
6:00 pm Hillel Shabbat Service and Dinner - All are welcome
Saturday, February 25
10:00 am Shabbat Service
Kiddush: Sharon and Bob Racusin
Sunday, February 26
NO HEBREW SCHOOL CLASSES
Tuesday, February 28
12:00 pm Torah Study with Rabbi Boraz
1:30 pm Torah Study II
4:00 pm Hebrew School - Grades 3-7
Wednesday, March 1
7:00 pm Board of Trustees Meeting
Thursday, March 2
12:00 pm Guide for the Perplexed
Friday, March 3
6:00 pm Hillel Shabbat Service and Dinner - All are welcome
Saturday, March 4
10:00 am Shabbat Service
Kiddush: Kathy and Jeff Parsonnet
BIRTHDAY SHABBAT
Sunday, March 5
10:00 am Hebrew School - All Grades
Tuesday, March 7 12:00 pm Torah Study with Rabbi Boraz
1:30 pm Torah Study II
4:00 pm Hebrew School - Grades 3-7
Please send your 50–100-word submission to office@uvjc.org including links and graphics when appropriate. For example: a logo, a book cover, a head shot of a speaker, etc.
The suggested format:
Event Name
Date, time, place
2–3 sentences and a link for more info.
Soup Group
