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JOURNAL TRIBUTE ADS AND RESERVATIONS 2021

JOURNAL TRIBUTE ADS AND RESERVATIONS 2021

VCJC will be holding our ANNUAL CELEBRATION TRIBUTE, on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 10:30 AM at the VCJC to celebrate this year’s honoree, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz. Our Celebration Tribute is a resumption of our annual Gala, modified for participants’ safety in light of the COVID pandemic. The Celebration Tribute will be held at VCJC and will have limited attendance. Reservations will be needed and COVID safety precautions will be observed. Unlike previous events, availability and distribution of reservations will…

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Yizkor Appeal – Passover 2020

Yizkor Appeal – Passover 2020

4/13/20 All of us at the VCJC hope that you are doing well and staying safe and healthy during these unusual and upsetting times.    As you probably know, the Jewish calendar has four Yizkors scheduled during which prayers are said for departed relatives and others.  In addition to the Yizkor at Yom Kippur and the one shortly after that during Shemini Atzeris, there is a Yizkor service at the end of Passover (now), and another coming up during Shavous…

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Guidelines for Passover

Guidelines for Passover

Information from Rabbi Lowenthal – Selling Chametz Information from Congregation Kol Israel’s Rabbi Reinstein The following has been extracted from email to the Congregation Kol Israel.  As Pesach comes near, we are all grappling with how this year will be different than all other years. This year, our main concern should be safety of ourselves and those around us – instead of Pesach prep. At the bottom of this letter, I have shared a joint statement of guidelines from a…

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