Congregation Beth Aaron, Teaneck, NJ

This information is current as of 9/5/2010 8:30 A.M.

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HaMakom yenachem et'chem b'toch shar avay'lay Tzion ve'Yerushalayim.

May the Omnipresent comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

It is with tremendous excitement that we welcome our new rabbinic intern, *Rabbi Nosson Rich*. Rabbi Rich and his wife Dena moved to Teaneck this week, and they will be residing at 51 Grayson Place. Rabbi Nosson Rich was born and raised in West Orange. After attending elementary school at the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy and high school at The Frisch School, he spent two years learning in *Eretz Yisrael* at Yeshivat Sha’alvim. He completed his B.A. in Mathematics at Yeshiva College, studied at the Ner Yisroel Yeshiva in Baltimore for a year, then returned to YU and received *semicha* from RIETS. While studying for *semicha*, he had the privilege of spending Fridays with Rav Herschel Schachter at the Orthodox Union as a *halachik *consultant, assisting in answering * kashrut* questions. He is currently a Kupietzky Fellow at RIETS. Dena (Weinberg) Rich grew up in West Hartford, CT. After graduating from the Hebrew High School of New England in 1999, she spent a year studying at Midreshet Moriah in Jerusalem and then continued her studies at Stern College, where she earned a B.A. in psychology. She subsequently earned two Masters degrees -- in general education and special education -- from Touro College. For two years, Dena taught first and fourth grades at the SAR Academy in Riverdale. Currently, she is a reading and math specialist at the Ramaz School in Manhattan, where she teaches third and fourth grade students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities, focusing on phonetic awareness, reading comprehension and reading fluency. Rabbi Nosson and Dena Rich are the proud parents of nine-month-old twins, Nachi and Sarah. LR

www.bethaaron.org/kiddush

YOUR SHUL NEEDS YOU!

SPONSORS ARE NEEDED FOR THE ANNUAL

BETH AARON

SIMCHAT TORAH KIDDSUSH

PRESENTED BY THE MEN'S CLUB

Kiddush King $200 and up

Kiddush Maven $150-$199

Benefactor $100-$149

Patron $50-$99

Donor $36-$49

Contributor $18 and a sealed bottle of scotch or bourbon or $25

A list of donors will be posted in the lobby

Please complete this form by September 26, 2010. Checks, made payable to "Cong. Beth Aaron Mens's Club," should be delivered to the Shul office (marked Simchat Torah Kiddush) or Ari Gononsky, 522 Sagamore Ave. Payment and dedications can also be made online at www.bethaaron.org/kiddush. All donations received after this date will be reflected in a complete list of donors to be included in the November Kol Beth Aaron. Sealed bottles of scotch or bourbon should be delivered to Bryan Stern, 245 Pine St (off Queen Anne Rd.). Bottles may be left in a box marked "kiddush" by the front door if no one is home.

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Volunteers are needed to assist with preparing the high school for the chagim. If you're available to move things - or if you have a van to help transport - please come help us. The schedule for setup and breakdown follows: 1) Erev Rosh Hashana, 2:30pm: Meet at the shul to help load vans, then unload at the high school around 3pm. 2) Motzei Shabbat (9/11) 8:30/8:45pm: Meet at the high school to breakdown the room. 3) Erev Yom Kippur, 3pm: Meet at the high school to set up the room. 4) Motzei Yom Kippur 8:30/8:45pm: Meet at the high school (with vans) to breakdown the room and return everything to the shul.

This Sunday, August 29th, at 8:00 P.M., at the shul, Rabbi Josh Kohl will present the annual Eitan Shapiro Memorial Lecture, entitled: "Happy New Year! An Honest Look at Practical Steps for a Very Different Next Year." Rabbi Josh Kohl is Director of Educational Development for The Afikim Foundation, a world renowned Jewish Programming incubator, and Founder and Director of J-Family, the Jewish Family Enrichment Project. He has touched the lives of Jews, from young to old, in cities around the world; from Budapest, Hungary, to Lowell, Massachusetts; from Dallas, Texas, to Los Angeles, California; with many stops in between. “Rabbi Josh” is a certified educator with the PAIRS Institute for Marriage Education as well as the National Director of To Kindle a Soul Parenting Seminars. He served as a curriculum consultant for parent education in the JCCA's award winning "An Ethical Start" early childhood education program, and was a Senior Lecturer for Aish HaTorah's Discovery Program in Jerusalem, Israel. He created and ran the Valley Jewish Learning Center, a whole-family education center in Los Angeles, California, and was Director of Educational Programming for the Gateways Organization. Rabbi Kohl shares his experiences exploring Judaism in his early adulthood, and brings the passion of discovery and a unique blend of mystical philosophy with practical personal growth to all of his presentations.