NOTICES

Freezer Needed
Does anyone have a small meat freezer they can donate to CBI?  We need a freezer so that at various times during the year, meals can be made, frozen, and be available for the Community of Caring to deliver to congregants in need.

Thanks for Bringing About Purim Cheer
The Sisterhood of CBI would like to thank all the fabulous volunteers for helping to create beautiful baskets and bring about Purim cheer!

Purim committee
Dr. Melinda Wagner-Rosen
Michal Bloom
Amy Keller
Iris Michelson
Nancy Postelnek
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Nancy Abel
Julia Alderson
Anna Balaban
Nona Balaban
Liana Balaban Kroll
Karen Becker
Daniel Bloom
Maya Bloom
Janet Brody
Eve Brownstein
Dr. Roberta Cohen
Jennifer Cohn
Bonnie Cooper
Dr. Linda Davies
Ann Farber
Marna Feldt
Allen Freedman
Bella Gordon
Jay Gonzales
Donna Greenberg
Susan Greenberg
Alina Keller
Josh Keller
Judy Kochis
Harold Komar
Gale Leiman
Karly Leiman
Zachary Leiman
Pat Mieth
Allison Newfeld
Charles Norman
Jeremy Postelnek
Sandy Rosenbloom
Seth Rosen
Amy Ross
David and Sybil Scheinhartz
Rita Sacher
Dr. Yona Shulman
Marni Silver
Lisa Waters
Nora Warshauer

Sunday Morning Basketball and Bagels
Men’s Basketball: Dropping off the kids on Sunday Mornings?  Come to the gym and play Men’s Basketball from 9 AM to 11 AM.
Questions: Contact Randy Mendelson

Sunday Morning Schmooze
When Religious School is in Session, from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Come to the lobby and enjoy fresh bagels and coffee.  Bring a newspaper or your laptop (we now have WiFi).  Stop by the library for best-selling books and films.  Stretch with the Sisterhood.  Play basketball with the Men’s Club.  This is your synagogue.  Come celebrate with us.

CHALLAH FUNDRAISER FOR THE GAN

You can now get delicious Challah for your Shabbat table through the Gan.  Part of the fee goes towards the support of the Gan.  This program is available from December 5, 2008, through May 22, 2009.  Click here for more information and a convenient sign-up form.

CBI’s COMMUNITY OF CARING COMMITTEE

The committee is here to help congregants  in times of need.

Please contact one of the people listed below, or Rabbi Bloom, if you or another congregant needs or would appreciate:

Visits or calls in the hospital or at home

A Shabbat dinner in a time of need

Rides to doctors’ appointments and/or CBI services and events

Want to help the committee?  Contact one of the people below and let her know if you’d like to visit, call, cook, and/or drive (ongoing or occasionally; both are welcomed).
It’s a mitzvah and being a community is what CBI is about!  Please let us know of your or another congregant’s needs, or volunteer to help, by contacting Rabbi Bloom or one of the following:
Mindy Hoffman
Loren Lewin
Sandy Rosenbloom

HOSPITAL VISITS BY THE RABBI AND CANTOR
Because of the HIPPA laws, Rabbi and Cantor are not informed by the hospital when a congregant has been hospitalized.  If you or someone you know from the congregation are in the hospital, please notify:

Rabbi Bloom, 732-842-1800 x203 or Cantor Barugel, 732-842-1800 x205.  Or email them.  Check here for an email link for the Rabbi or Pat Mieth, our clergy secretary.

LET US KNOW
If you have a simcha or good news to share, please let the office know so that we can wish you Mazel Tov in our bulletin.  Call Allison Newfeld, our Administrator, at: 732-842-1800 x202 or check here for an email link to Allison or Judy Kochis.

ADULT EDUCATION
Are you interested in Adult Education at B’nai Israel?  If you would like to be on the Adult Education Committee and have a say in speakers, classes, and activities offered, please contact Linda Davies or the synagogue office.

ENDOWMENT FUND
Our Endowment Fund is like an insurer of the future of Congregation B'nai Israel. It is also a vehicle for perpetuating your family name in the annals of our synagogue. Although Frank and Dora Siegfried, may their memory be for a blessing, contributed shares of Exxon stock back in 1984, we still think of and mention them today, 22 years later. There are many ways you can support the Fund. Please contact Joel Whitman or the synagogue office if you care to learn more about the Fund and how it has helped our shul over the past years.

CBI OFFICE HOURS
PLEASE NOTE: Main office hours during the winter are:
Monday-Thursday 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Friday – 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM

MI SHE-BERACH (PRAYER FOR THE SICK)
Anyone wishing a mi she-berach to be acknowledged should call the office and give the person’s Hebrew name whenever possible. Mi she-berachs will be acknowledged for 4 Shabbats. If you need the mi she-berach to be continued, please call the office to request an extension.

YAHRZEIT REMINDER
Check with the office if you are unsure whether we have a record of all the yarhrzeits you want the synagogue to acknowledge. We will need the deceased’s name, date, and time of death.

USCJ NEWS
Check out the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s website, www.uscj.org. It’s loaded with wonderful articles and information, a great resource site.

REMINDER TO ALL THOSE PLANNING MEETINGS OR EVENTS AT CBI
Please call Allison Newfeld, our Administrator, at: 732-842-1800 x202 to clear your date on the calendar.  Or email her.  Check here for an email link to Allison.

CBIONLINE – OPEN FORUM
CBIANNOUNCE – OPEN BUSINESS
To get the “latest info” online and/or as emails, please call the office to give us your email address or email Allison in the office so we can add you to these online groups.

YOUTH NEWS At CBI, we have activities for all students, from kindergarten through high school. Please register your children or high school students for one of our four youth groups:
Sunday Funday: Kindergarten – Grade 2
El Al: Grades 3 – 5
Kadima: Grades 6 – 8
USY: Grades 9 – 12

SISTERHOOD GIFT SHOP
Come visit our beautiful Sisterhood Gift Shop! We have a large variety of tallit (for men & women) mezuzot, and Shabbat & holiday items.

GIFT SHOP HOURS:
Wednesday 4:00 PM - 6:00PM
Sunday 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
(subject to change)

If you see something you like, want to make a purchase, want to know about anything in the shop, or want to know if it’s possible to order something special, contact Eve Brownstein, or leave a note in the Gift Shop mailbox in the Main Office.

SICHAT ANASHIM
Sichat Anashim is a self-taught women’s study group, sponsored by the Sisterhood, currently meeting weekly in the library.  Meetings are Tuesday mornings, 10:30PM.  This self-led group welcomes new voices.  No previous experience necessary; just bring a desire to learn.  Contact Susan Gonen with any questions.

NEW YOUTH ACTIVITIES FUND
We now have a fund that supports activities and special events for all the youth groups at CBI.  The groups are: Sunday Funday (Kindergarten-Grade 2); El Al (Grades 3-5); Kadima (Grades 6-8); and USY (Grades 9-12).

You can honor your child on a birthday or special occasion by making a contribution in his or her name to the Youth Activities Fund. Contributions may be sent to the CBI office by mail or you can come in during office hours to make your contribution in person.

PHONE TREE
Our CBI phone tree is up and running.  Please, contact the office if you want to be advised of deaths in the congregation via this communication method.  We will use the phone tree to the entire congregation to announce upcoming events, programs and services.

If you’d like to opt out of this notification method, just contact the office and ask to have your name removed from the list.

CEMETERY COMMITTEE
At the April 2006 Trustees Meeting the following motion was passed:
Cemetery fees will now be $1,000 per grave (where applicable), $1,000 maintenance fee, $700 monument deposit.  Details are available from the office or the Cemetery Committee.