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Virtual High Holiday Services - Davening in the Time of Corona

“Why is this night different from all other nights?” is a question we associate with the Passover seder, but since March it could apply to every holiday, as rabbis, cantors, and congregants faced the challenges of conducting services in the midst of a pandemic.
In this article Dan Kimmel shares the experiences with virtuals High Holiday services of Bob Braitman, David Kaplan, Greg Gore, Marty Paley, David Singer, Steve Wolfe.

Virtual High Holiday Experiences

Good Yuntiff/Yom Tov or Play Ball!?!

Sitting on the third baseline (literally) for high holiday services.

High Holiday Services in the Ball Park

In Memory of Our Friend Aaron Kintu Moses z”l

On September 24, 2020, many of us in the FJMC lost a dear friend with the passing of our brother Aaron Kintu Moses of the Abayudaya community in Uganda.

Remembering Aaron

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Zacharias Frankel College Rabbinical Ordination

Join this live-streamed event at 6 PM CET on October 25th, 2020 on Facebook and Youtube.

Recent Donations

Thank you for your generous donations!

The following people placed online donations to FJMC in the month of September:

Linda Gore, Richard Kramer, Norman Katz, Bruce Tomar, Benny Sommerfeld, David Singer, Dennis Monasebian, Gershom Barnard, Susan Breitzer, Charles M Kurtzer, Leslie Agisim, Bernie & Phyllis Feinberg, Lester Shapiro, Martin Yanofsky

If you would like to make a one-time donation in Memory or in Honor of someone, please click here. This webpage now allows you to send either an email or paper letter to the deceased or the honoree.

The following people placed recurring Friends of FJMC donations in the month of September:

Moshe Adler, Andrew Alper, Stephen Baum, William Becker, Richard Berger, Barton Bookman, Robert Braitman, Perry Bridger, Alan Budman, Mitchell Daks, Morris Diamant, Stephen Dix, David Edwards, Bruce Fagan, Harold Geller, Mark Givarz, David Glass, Jonathan Goldman, Peter Gotlieb, Richard Gray, James Handler, Irwin Harris, David Julis, Allan Kahan, Norman Katz, Gary Katz, Joel Kling, Joel Kurtz, Norm Kurtz, Daniel Mandeau, Ken Matlick, Jonathan Medwin, Martin Melnick, Stuart Miller, Arnold Miller, Steven Moskowitz, Jonathan Norton, Sheldon Pike, Gregg Pollack, Alex Pomerantz, Harvey Redfern, Charles Richards, Karl Rubin, Evan Rumack, Jeffrey Schulman, Lester Shapiro, Jonathan Shoenholz, Myles Simpson, David Singer, Benny Sommerfeld, Jay Steinmetz, Stephe Sturman, Tom Sudow, Bruce Tomar, Kenneth Turkewitz, Robert Watts, Ronald Wolf, Eric Yegelwel

If you would like to be a regular monthly contributor to the Friends of FJMC, click here.

The following people placed Wine on the Vine donations through August 31, 2020:

Jerome Agrest, Aaron Altman, Charles Bernstein, Robert Braitman, Jerry Brodsky, Alan Budman, Marc Cohen, David Edwards, Bruce Fagan, Elliot Feldman, Daniel Goldfarb, Bruce Gordon, Gregory Gore, Allan Gottesman, Richard Gray, Stan Greenspan, Stuart Haimes, Irwin Harris, Allan Kahan, David Kaplan, Gary Katz, Alexander Kiderman, Richard Kramer, Norman Kurtz, Arthur Lashin, Bernard Levine, Danie Mandeau, Daniel Mandeau, Jacob Marine, Michael Mills, George Nadas, Lawrence Nathanson, Stephen Neustein, Meir Niad, Jonathan Norton, Alex Pomerantz, David Rosenbaum, Mitch Ross, Karl Rubin, Evan Rumack, Douglas Segerman, Myles Simpson, David Singer, Gary Smith, Benny Sommerfeld, Mikael Sommerfeld, Jay Steinmetz, Thomas Sudow, Tom Sudow, Bruce Tomar, Robert Watts, Eric Weis, Ron Wolf, Lawrence Wolin

If you would like to make a Wine on the Vine donation, go to http://fjmc.org/wine.

Note: Donations to the FJMC Foundation are acknowledges separately.

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