Weekly Brief

RINAT ANNUAL DINNER, JANUARY 7, 2017, 8:00pm
Please join us for our Annual Dinner on Motzei Shabbat, January 7, 2017, honoring 
Amy and Chanan Vogel, our Young Leadership Awardees, Nissan Clark and Eli Davidovics, representing our Rinat CSS volunteers, as Sruli Guttman Service Awardees, and Paula and Howard Friedman, our Keter Shem Tov Awardees. Please be generous, as the dinner is one of our most significant fundraising events, critical to maintaining our extensive operations and activities.  Please register at https://www.rinat.org/dinner.
Please sign up to learn Tanach for the siyum at the dinner. (Learning sign up is at the bottom of the dinner registration page.)
In lieu of a journal, we will be giving the honorees personalized Books of Tribute. The Book of Tribute, which will be given to each honoree after the dinner, is a perfect opportunity for you to express your feelings of appreciation and thoughts about the honorees.There are dedicated volunteers assembling the Book of Tribute for each honoree. Please don't delay. Write your messages today and submit them as follows:
 
For Amy and Chanan Vogel, send your tribute to Cindy Forgash at ctforgash@yahoo.com.
For Eli Davidovics, send your tribute to Amy Birman at amybirman@hotmail.com.
For Nissan Clark, send your tribute to Adrian Gulich at gulich@gmail.com.
For Paula and Howie Friedman, send your tribute to Shaindy Brothman at shaindybrothman@gmail.com.

Rinat Chanukah Tisch  
Our annual Chanukah tisch will take place Friday night, December 30 at 8:00pm. The tisch will be led by Rabbi Mandelstam and Jonathan Rimberg, joined by other members of our Rinat choir, and will feature divrei Torah from our teens and others, along with poppers, yabchik and other Rinat refreshments. Please join us in a ruach-filled and inspiring evening!  To co-sponsor, please email kiddush@rinat.org.

Rav Glickman shiur: Tuesday, December 20 8:00pm

BLOOD DRIVE AT RINAT THIS WEEK! 
Thursday, December 22, 3:00-9:00pm in the Classroom level at Rinat
Walk-ins welcome or make an appointment by clicking the link below: www.Tinyurl.com/RinatyisraelbloodDrive
Please remember to eat, drink and bring ID! For information about eligibility: 1-800– 933-2566 or go to www.nybloodcenter.org.

Parsha shiur: Thursday, December 22, 8:30pm, Rabbi Mark Gottlieb will speak on: Parshat Vayeshev: Yosef in Mitzrayim: Ethics & Piety in the Metropolis.
This week's Parsha shiur is sponsored by Rella Feldman and Family in loving memory of Dr. Charles H. Feldman ז״ל on his 5th Yahrzeit.

Chanukah Ice Skating Extravaganza
THIS Sunday, December 25, 9:45-11:45am at Fritz Dietl Ice Rink in Westwood
$10 per person before 12/22; $12 at the door (skate rental included). 
Sign up at http://www.rinat.org/iceskating.
All ages welcome!! Children under the age of 4th grade must be accompanied by an adult.