Announcements for November 15, 2008   ·        Please join us for services this Shabbat.  Our Torah portion is Vayeira chapters/verses 19:1-20:11 ·        We extend our condolences to Roz Foote whose brother Nathan Fein passed away.  Funeral services and shiva minyan will take place in Florida. ·        Please join us next Shabbat for the Bar Mitzvah of Joshua Korn. ·        God, How Do We Ultimately Confront the Ultimate?   A theology course with Rabbi Lichtenfeld continues Thursday, Nov 20 at 7:30 p.m. Call the office to register.  ·        Winter service time changes--Starting November 15 there will be no Saturday evening 6 PM service.   Shabbat Minha (afternoon) services accompanied by a short study session will follow Shabbat morning services.  The approximate service times for Minha are 12:15 in November and 12:25 in December. ·        The next Women's Network meeting is scheduled for Monday, Nov 17th at 7:30 at the home of Laura Alperson.  Everyone is welcome to attend. ·        SALE:  November is Jewish Book Month. All books in Leora Judaica Gift Shop will be 20% off for the entire month.  ·         LOOKING FOR PHOTOS--We are looking for congregant photos to put on our synagogue website.  If you have any recent photographs that would help capture the spirit or events of our congregation, you can email them to Jack Mitzer at aguprinc@nycap.rr.com or drop by his office and he will scan them into the computer for us. ·         Religious School recycling fundraiser: Agudat Achim Religious School is conducting an on-going recycling fundraiser. There’s nothing to buy. We are simply asking you to protect the environment by donating your used cellular phone(s), ink jet cartridge(s), laptop / notebook computer(s), iPod(s), digital camera(s) and digital video camera(s). Your used item(s) may be tax deductible and will be recycled in accordance with EPA regulations or refurbished and sold. 100% of the proceeds will help fund the Religious School. You may drop off any of the above listed items to either the main office or the school office. We greatly appreciate your support! ·        PJ Library comes to the Capital District:      The PJ Library (PJ is short for pajamas) currently works with Jewish institutions in over 55 communities around the nation to distribute Jewish-themed children’s books and music to young families who have children through the age of 6. Thanks to the generosity of the Massry family, Robert J. Ludwig, and the United Jewish Federation, the PJ Library is free to the first 200 children who register and who live in the Capital District. If demand exceeds the number of available spots, we will begin a waiting list as we search for additional funding. We are committed to bringing The PJ Library to every family who wants to participate. The Capital Region PJ Library Kick-Off event will be on December 6, from 5:30 – 6:30 pm at the Albany Visitors Center in Quackenbush Square in Albany. Join us for a PJ Havdalah Program, PJ’s encouraged! To register for this event, visit www.jewishfedny.org or contact Marci Galinkin 518-783-7800 or email pjlibrary@jewishfedny.org. Jack Mintzer, Director of Education and Programming ·         Entertainment Books are for sale in the office for $30. ·         Women’s League Calendars: We have 3 copies available in the office for $8.  ·         Please join Women's Network on an outing to see Yours Anne, a musical based on Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and the play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.  The show is at NYSTI on Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 2:00.  Payment for tickets is due by December 5th.  Flier was in the November bulletin.  For more information, contact Linda Shapiro at Linda@Shapironet.com or 382-8106. ·         It's time to preorder your 2009 Mah Jongg card!  All orders benefit Women's Network.   Large cards are $8.00 and regular size cards are $7.00.  To order:  Send a check payable to Women's Network to Sara Gavens - 64 Victoria Court, Niskayuna, NY 12309.  Please indicate the quantity and size of your card as well as the address you would like to have the card(s) sent.  If you are ordering for more than yourself, please include that person's name and address.  Cards will be mailed directly to all addresses provided around the first week of April.  Orders will be accepted until February 1, 2009.   November 15-21 Yahrzeits Louis Bailin, Ann B. Feuer, Leonard Drooz, Bessie Krasnow, Dora Kronick, Francis Stark, Henry Levine, Solomon Levine, Nathan Nedboy, Ralph Weiskopf, Jennie Flax, Bessie Greenberg, Al Kashdin, Lee Lapin, Anna Cohen, Rae Grosberg, Chaim Naparstek, Judith Jacobs, Ida Sobell