News from Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation-Emek Shalom

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Celebrate Passover with FVJC

Women's Seder

Please mark your calendars for the Women's Seder on March 30th at 7:00 PM in the Social Hall. Cantor Levine will be conducting a special service just for women. If you have not attended before, this is a wonderful evening of prayers, readings and songs that will get you into the mood for Pesach. So, grab your mother, daughters, sisters or friends and join us for an evening of friendship and spirituality. RSVP to Cantor Levine by clicking here.

Soul Food: A program for mind and spirit

Our next Soul Food installment will be held Sunday March 29th. from 10:30 - 12. The program about Superstition will be presented by Rabbi Herman. All congregents and friends are invited to attend.

Men's Club

All male members of the Temple are welcome to participate in shaping the future of the Club with ideas and work in an environment of comradeship. Our next meeting is Sunday, April 5; we meet the first Sunday of every month from 9:15 AM until noon.

Tapping into the talent of the members of our congregation, the Men’s Club will sponsor "Preparing yourself for a job search in a down economy" delivered by four experts in the areas of Human Resources and Emotional Intelligence.  The approach will be practical, providing effective advice and tools that can be applied immediately. If you are interested in a particular topic and you would like it to be addressed during the presentation, feel free to email us ahead of time at L.rubin@comcast.net. For details contact Carlos Fuentes.

Shabbat Across America

Looking for Lay Leaders--Saturday Morning Services to be Added Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation-Emek Shalom is planning to institute Saturday Morning Worship Services in addition to our Saturday morning Bar/Bat Mitzvah services. The service will include the appropriate Prayer Service and perhaps a Torah reading or a D’Var Torah. The Religious Committee is looking for congregants who are interested in leading our Saturday morning services. There will be a special meeting with Rabbi Herman and Cantor Levine, on Tuesday, March 24, at 7:30 pm, for everyone who may be interested.

At the meeting, guidelines for the services and creative ideas will be discussed. To find out more, please contact Adrienne Cohen at 651-8730 or jaim4@aol.com. </ p <>

Seats Going Fast for Comedy Night!

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 .