Men's Club
Men’s Club activities combine exciting sports events and casino visits with fundraising.
Its members assist the Sisterhood with any needs and together they provide the environment for the melding of men and women members into one Jewish family.
Events & Activities
Judea Breakfast Club
Post-coronavirus, Breakfast Club will resume on the first Wednesday of each month. 10 AM – Bendat Social Hall. Ladies & Guests always welcome! Breakfast donation: $5.00
Rabbi Dennis was privileged to study with Rabbi Tamar Elad- Appelbaum at Schechter in Jerusalem. Tamar’s rabbinic voice is inspirational and her love of the state of Israel is palpable. Born in Israel, Tamar founded Tzion: An Israeli Community in 2013. The congregation brings together Jews from all backgrounds and affiliations to pray, study and repair the world together. Tzion meets in the Jerusalem neighborhood known as Baka. But the congregation also does programs at the Old Train Station on Bethlehem Road in Jerusalem. The Tachanah has become a cultural gathering place as well as a food and shopping destination. The motto of the congregation is very similar to ours. Come As You Are.
Tamar is committed to welcoming people from all avenues of life and enabling them to participate in Jewish life. Tamar recognizes that there are so many different ways to live Jewishly. She encourages her community to Come As You Are. The Tzion community is a community of Israeli Jews of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs and practices, gathering together to re-dream Jerusalem as a meeting point for all. Tzion provides the opportunity for many to pray and celebrate Judaism in a way that feels authentic and relevant to them, oftentimes for the first time in their lives, within a community deeply rooted in tradition and Jewish heritage. Men and women, Orthodox and secular, Reform and Conservative, Sephardi and Ashkenazi are all welcome to participate and lead in an egalitarian Eretz-Yisraeli community. Several years ago, Tamar led Jerusalem’s first interfaith menorah lighting at the train station, where she says hundreds of people had the opportunity to see “what Jerusalem could and should be.” Within a few years Tzion became a unique inspirational community for Jews and non-Jews in Israel and around the world, paving the way through prayer, social justice, and study to a Jerusalem of shared faith and hope.
Come As You Are invites growth in the realm of prayer, study, and social justice while being surrounded by others who are doing the same. Their tikun olam projects focus on lending support to the vulnerable in Israeli society. For example, Tzion supports the Lone Soldiers and African Asylum Seekers. When times are difficult, Tzion supports families who have members in the military reserves. All of these values are learned and developed in Tzion’s comprehensive community education program rooted in their core values of building a pluralistic Jerusalem based on mutual respect.
Tzion is advancing the roles of women and girls in the public sphere of their community. Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum is remarkably inspiring. She is eloquent, poised, well-read and inspiring. When Tamar teaches Torah, she draws on many different sources, ancient and modern to explain how Jewish texts can be relevant and meaningful. She sees the good in Israeli society and inspires those around here to make Israel a homeland we can all be proud of.
Tzion meets people of all faiths through tikkun olam, prayer, and study. Their programming is supported through strategic partnerships with local communities in Jerusalem. Children and parents learn Arabic through song and they hold a monthly study session with the Catholic community in the Old City. The congregations strives to foster strong relationships through study and volunteer programs. In addition, Tzion organizes a series of pluralistic multi-faith worship services in the public sphere of Jerusalem. These events have attracted thousands of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Jerusalemites spanning generational and religious spectrums.
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Great Jewish Quotes
by Rabbi Reuven Kimelman
GREAT JEWISH QUOTES
“You marry your homework.” – Adrienne Gold
I love this line and quote it often. It reframes the challenges of marriage as God’s opportunities for you to grow. It means that this person was sent to you from Heaven to help you realize your potential. I follow up and say, “You thought you were a good person before you got married. Then you got married & your spouse told you, ‘You could be better.’ ” – Lori Palatnik
“There are two ways to live. You can live as if nothing is a miracle. You can live as if everything is a miracle.”
– Albert Einstein
All of life is a miracle – and we are not truly alive unless we grasp the miracle of our being. Three times a day Jews give thanks in our prayers for “Your miracles which are with us every day.” Recognizing God’s involvement in every aspect of our lives and acknowledging His benevolence in His blessings to us adds enormous meaning to life. It took me a long time to grasp that the word miracle does not simply refer to the splitting of the sea or the sun standing still; it has far greater meaning as the measuring tool of our lives and the awesomeness of every part of our existence which we far too much take for granted. That’s why I don’t merely believe in miracles – I live them every moment of my life.
– Rabbi Benjamin Blech
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor Frankl
In every situation in life, we can choose how to respond to our circumstances and through that choice, moment by moment, we grow and transform ourselves. – Sara Debbie Gutfreund
“It is not incumbent on you to finish the task, but neither are you free to absolve yourself from it.” – Ethics of the Sages God doesn’t ask us to make things happen; He only expects us to put in our maximum effort and try our best, then He promises to take us the rest of the way. – Danielle Haas
“Life is like riding a bicycle: to keep your balance you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
Even if one doesn’t see success, don’t be disheartened and stop moving forward. Keeping peddling and you will get there. – David Rabinowitz
“Pain is a reality, suffering is a choice.” – Rabbi Asher Resnick
Pain, whether it’s physical or emotional, hurts but it is our choices that shape how it will affect our lives. – Tuvia Levin
“Who is the wise person? The one who foresees the consequences.” – Talmud, Tamid, 32a
So many of the actions we or our leaders take seem good in the moment but have many unforeseen and disastrous long- term or unintended consequences. Leadership demands that we try to examine the future consequences of the behaviors we prescribe before taking action. – Emuna Braverman
“It’s not how much or how little you have that makes you great or small, but how much or how little you accomplish with what you have.” – Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
We’re all given different sets of life circumstances and one basic choice: Will we take those circumstances and build with them or not? Some people have tremendous wealth yet don’t seem fulfilled. And we’ve met people who don’t have much yet feel they are achieving their dreams. It is not how much or how little we have, but how we utilize our resources that determines our life experiences. – Rabbi Yaakov Cohen
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Giggles
1) Apparently, it’s only appropriate to say: “Look at you! You got so big!” to children. Adults tend to get offended.
2) If I was Snow White, you’d never be able to kill me with an apple… you’d have to poison an éclair or something from Krispy Kreme.
3) If you get a LOAN at a bank, you’ll be paying it back for 30 years. If you ROB a bank, you’ll be out in 10 years. Follow me for more financial advice.
4) People write “Congrats” because they can’t spell “Congrajlashins”
5) Sign at garage sale: “Dead people’s things for sale.”
6) I hate it when people use big words just to make themselves perspicacious.
7). This is my step ladder. I never knew my real ladder.
8) It’s been a bit of a strange day. First, I found a hat full of money. Then I was chased by an angry man with a guitar.
9) Maybe most people won’t get this… “What happens if a Chasid marries a Yekke?” “The Moshiach comes on time.”
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CLIFFHANGER – sent in by Maggie Blackwell
A climber fell off a cliff, and as he tumbled down, he caught hold of a small branch.
“HELP! IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?” he shouted.
A majestic voice boomed thru the gorge: “I will help you,
but first you must have faith in me.”
“Yes, yes, I trust you!” cried the man.
“Let go of the branch,” boomed the voice.
There was a long pause, and the man shouted again,
“IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THERE I COULD TALK TO?
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Our Daily Minyan
Perhaps the one activity at Temple Judea that never takes a vacation is the Minyan. Twice a week, the faithful gather in Smotrich Chapel to maintain the century-old tradition of public worship. More often than not, the core group is joined by those who, in grief, come to praise the Almighty by means of the Mourners Kaddish. Please consider joining us for morning services. Monday and Thursday at 8:30am.
Donate Your Old Car
As most of you know, the sale of cars donated to Temple Judea has been the source of much needed income to our Temple. I put out a request for help in this project and lo an behold, a member of our Men’s Club, Norman Kingston has volunteered to aid me in this endeavor. Thank you Norman! Norman can be reached either through the Temple office or at his home number 679-2216.
Gold for Temple Judea
Men’s Club will cash in your gold for the Temple and we’ll save you the effort to do so. Call Jack Berger 949.829.8270 to arrange it. A little or a lot – broken or not, it sure will help. Please look around in drawers or closets and cash it in for Temple Judea.