Parshat Vayigash is about the twelve brothers coming together and leaving their contentious past behind. It's about the unity that's necessary for the Jewish people. One of the hardest aspects of unity is that no matter how we feel about one another, the antisemites hate us all one and the same. There's no disparity in their eyes. Ayelet wrote this poem a few weeks back and would like to share it with the community.
They don’t know my face They don’t know my name They don’t know my favorite game to play But they want me dead
They don’t know I hate peanut butter They don’t know I love theater They don’t know I used to be a picky eater But they want me dead
They don’t know that I have a baby sister They don’t know I love to read They don’t know I pick my cuticles until they bleed But they want me dead
All they know is that I keep kosher That I wear a necklace with a star That on Shabbat I don’t drive a car So they want me dead
I’m just a kid Just trying to make it through school I’m not even very cool So why, why, do they want me dead?
Thank you to Stella DeLeon for sponsoring Kiddush this week for her husband Jack's Meldado.
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BIRTHDAYS
Shabbat Maya Gross
Sunday Isaac Glasser Cohen
Monday Asher Benator Cynthia Morgan Danny Tourial Joel Nerenbaum Steven Bush
Wednesday Adela Salame-Alfie Isabelle Maslia Jason Benator Mark Benjamin
Thursday Pearline Franco Yuriy Akbashev
Friday Meredith Galanti Scott Tenenbaum Zane Grosswald
ANNIVERSARIES Sunday Joel and Beth Arogeti
Wednesday Arnold and Esther Zipperman Nathan and Rachelle Parker
Shabbat Together Shabbat, Apr 12th 10:30a to 11:30a Join us for our new Kavanagh Minyan & Children's Services the second Saturday each month. Following these services, we'll join the group in the Sanctuary for Rabbi Hearshen's sermon followed by Kiddush lunch.
It’s as easy as:
Inviting your friends and family for Shabbat Dinner, Taking a few photos, Sharing the photos with OVS & One Table And... Receiving a stipend for each person at your dinner.
Passover Picnic & a Walk in the Park Tuesday, Apr 15th 11:30a to 1:00p Bring your own picnic lunch and catch up your OVS friends. Join us for a walk along the boardwalk after we eat.
Exact location will be emailed prior to the picnic. Free of charge.
Sephardic Dinner to Go Thursday, May 8th 2:00p to 4:00p Dinner To Go includes 1 dozen burekas (potato, spinach or rice, while supplies last), 1 quart Avas (tomato based white bean soup), 1 quart rice, tossed garden salad and 6 biscochos. Pre-orders only by Monday, May 5.
Building Blocks Sunday School 2025-2026 Sunday, Aug 17th 9:00a to 12:00p Building Blocks Sunday School at Congregation Or VeShalom is for children ages 2 - 12. Areas of focus include prayer, Jewish holidays, Jewish values, modern Hebrew, Hebrew reading, Israel, and Sephardic Jewish culture.
