News from Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation-Emek ShalomNews from Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation-Emek ShalomFVJC is forming an Israeli Dance Group. We will meet for our first practice on Sunday March 1 at Noon in the Social Hall. All are welcome! From there we will determine a practice schedule. Our group will participate in the Israeli Folk Festival on Sunday March 29 at the JCC. Please contact Marlena DeRosa if you have any questions.
Join us this Sunday, March 1 at 9:15 AM in the Social Hall to our kick off meeting of the Men’s Club. Your participation, especially in the next few months, is crucial to determine how the club can better serve the synagogue, its members and our families. We will have the opportunity to make new friends, see old ones, share professional interests and hobbies, invite guest speakers, organize day trips, foster a sense of community, and serve our Temple.
The Men’s Club will be successful only if it caters to the needs of its members. For this reason I ask you to please Carlos Fuentes, Men's Club Chairman, a line with suggestions on what you think can make the Men’s Club a vibrant addition to our synagogue.
All members are cordially invited to attend the Sisterhood Shabbat on Friday, March 6th at 7:30. This service will highlight the strength and contributions of Jewish women over the years through special readings and songs. All women of the congregation are welcome to participate in this special service. Please contact Judi Cohen by Thursday, February 26th if you would like to participate. (658-1820 or jcreads@hotmail.com)
On Friday, March 20th at 6:00 p.m., we will join congregations across America and Canada in celebrating Shabbat Across America. Following services, join us for buffet-style chicken dinner with wine and or juice in the Multi-Purpose Room. Please send your check to reserve your place to Daryl and Karen Worobow (checks made out to FVJC) 35 High Gate Drive, Avon, CT or by calling them at 404-0579. Adults: $19 Children: $9.50
Couldn't you use a good laugh? The FVJC-Emek Shalom Sisterhood has planned a fun Comedy Night on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 7:30 PM. Tickets are only $30 each, or purchase a table for only $200.
Click here to read more about the comics who are coming. Or click here to see our flyer and pass it along to a friend.
Join us on Sunday, April 19 from 4-6 p.m., for a fascinating talk from Alice Feiring, New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Battle for Love and Wine." The book documents her journey to discover biodynamic wines. Feiring makes an argument for wine authenticity through adherence to old techniques. She's against what she calls Big Wine—viticulture as business and technology—and blames the shrinking appreciation for hand-vinified, long-aged Old World wines on, among other things, the UC–Davis School of Enology and Viticulture and the wine writings of critic Robert M. Parker Jr.
Organic and biodynamic wines will be available for tasting. They will be accompanied by good food, including dessert from Mozzicato's.
Tickets are only $18 each before April 18, or $120 for a Table of 8. Click here for more details about the event or click here to see the flyer.