Midrashei Chayim http://fvjcmc.org Life long learning Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:29:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 January Happenings http://fvjcmc.org/january-happenings http://fvjcmc.org/january-happenings#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:11:14 +0000 admin http://fvjcmc.org/?p=336 Continue reading →]]> This January is a big one for the MC Teens.

The 8th and 9th graders are going to suprise the congregation withtheir deep personal insights on 1/6′s Shabbat Service.

1/15 is the time for 8th graders to share their experiences with upcoming B’Nai Mitzvah. Contact Marlena if you are interested.

1/22 is the 8th grade field trip to the Weinstein Mortuary. The Cantor will be along for the ride!

See you soon.

]]> http://fvjcmc.org/january-happenings/feed 0 Hannukah Party http://fvjcmc.org/hannukah-party http://fvjcmc.org/hannukah-party#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:27:42 +0000 admin http://fvjcmc.org/?p=327 Continue reading →]]> We had a great Hannukah party. It was extra fun to have FASTY with us. They were seriously tough judges. The 8th graders won the overall prize for a great rap and making an extremely artistic hannukiah.

Here is the video of the eighth grade rap

8th Graders

The ninth graders wrote a really good rap, pointing out the seasonal annoyance of being wished “Merry Hannukah.” Check out the percussion!

9th graders

My appologies to the tenth graders, who not only made a wonderful hannukiah, but also did a great rap. My phone was so amazed by their brilliance, it malfunctioned.

]]> http://fvjcmc.org/hannukah-party/feed 0 December Happenings http://fvjcmc.org/december-happenings http://fvjcmc.org/december-happenings#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:51:35 +0000 admin http://fvjcmc.org/?p=316 Continue reading →]]> On 12/18 we are going to have a fabulous Chanukah party for all grades. FASTY is joining us so it will be super fun. See you in the teen room 12/18 at 12:15-2:00. Come hungry!

The eighth and ninth graders will stay until 2:30 to work on their upcoming Shabbat service.

Also, the Cantor says the Avon Police Department Animal Shelter is looking for leashes and collars. Please bring some by (ask for Beverly).

Please RSVP to let us know you are coming to the Chanukah party.

]]> http://fvjcmc.org/december-happenings/feed 0 December Raffle http://fvjcmc.org/291 http://fvjcmc.org/291#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:16:53 +0000 admin http://fvjcmc.org/?p=291 Continue reading →]]> RAFFLE FUNDRAISER
Please help support our Men’s Club congregation wide raffle effort benefiting the entire FVJC student population and Men’s Club. Please get involved in either buying or selling raffle tickets in the next few weeks. Ticket envelopes can be picked up / ticket stubs dropped off or additional books obtained in the office with Marlena DeRosa.

There are 12 prizes that will be drawn in order from 1st to 12th prize by Rabbi Herman on Wednesday December 21st 5:45pm at the FVJC. Top prizes are a 500.00 Best Buy gift certificate and a 500.00 Apple Ipad2. Only the top 8 prizes are listed on the ticket but we have 12 prizes to be awarded and are listed on the MC Teens website.

All ticket stubs, proceeds or unsold tickets are due back by Sunday December 18th. The following people are authorized to handle ticket distribution are Marlena DeRosa, Larry Rubin, Mark Lescher, Alan Rockland and Liddy Doyle. Anyone can mail a check in 5.00 increments payable to ‘ FVJC’ and mailed to Mark Lescher at the FVJC and we’ll send your tickets back to you by mail. The address is 55 Bushy Hill Rd, Simsbury, CT 06070. Email questions to Mark Lescher at lescher1 at aol dot com.

There are twelve prizes in all and the top prizes are:
$500.00 gift card to Best Best Buy
$500.00 Apple iPad 2
$200.00 Apple iTouch
$200.00 Kindle Fire eBook
$150.00 Sony Cybershot Camera
$100.00 gift card to Home Depot
$100.00 gift card to Abigale’s Restaurant
$100.00 gift card to Fitzgerald’s
$30.00 gift card to Starbucks
$30.00 gift card to Dunkin Donuts
$20.00 gift card to CVS Pharmacy
$20.00 gift card to Subway

]]> http://fvjcmc.org/291/feed 0 Simsbury Celebrates – November 26th http://fvjcmc.org/simsbury-celebrates-november-26th http://fvjcmc.org/simsbury-celebrates-november-26th#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:02:21 +0000 admin http://fvjcmc.org/?p=287 Continue reading →]]> Please join us at Simsbury Celebrates the Saturday after Thanksgiving November 26th from 2-9pm where we’ll sell Chile and Chicken soups & raffle tickets as a fundraiser. We invite parents to help in two hour shifts with their students. See Stephanie or Marlena for the sign up list.

]]> http://fvjcmc.org/simsbury-celebrates-november-26th/feed 0 TCBY fundraiser – November 25th http://fvjcmc.org/tcby-fundraiser-november-25th http://fvjcmc.org/tcby-fundraiser-november-25th#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:07:12 +0000 admin http://fvjcmc.org/?p=289 Continue reading →]]> Please join us at TCBY though-out the day Friday after Thanksgiving, November 25th from 12-8pm where we’ll sell raffle tickets as a fundraiser. A percentage of all TCBY sales that day go to the FVJC and in addition we have permission to sell raffle tickets. We invite parents to help in one hour shifts with their students. See Stephanie or Marlena for the sign up list.

]]> http://fvjcmc.org/tcby-fundraiser-november-25th/feed 0 Cookout – SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11th AT 12:15 http://fvjcmc.org/cookout-sunday-september-11th-at-1215 http://fvjcmc.org/cookout-sunday-september-11th-at-1215#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:44:24 +0000 admin http://fvjcmc.org/?p=276 Continue reading →]]> Welcome Back MC Teens and our 11th & 12th students too!

PLEASE JOIN US ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11 AT 12:15 FOR A BARBECUE AS WE WELCOME FASTY BACK TO THE FVJC.

(FASTY is part of a National Youth Group for grades nine through twelve and is open to all Jewish students in the community)

We urge all potential 8-12th graders to attend this cookout to hear what’s in store for our program this year. No obligation, just hear what programs we have planned and then decide what’s right for you.

]]> http://fvjcmc.org/cookout-sunday-september-11th-at-1215/feed 0 Confirmation – Congratulations 10th Grade! http://fvjcmc.org/confirmation-congratulations-10th-grade http://fvjcmc.org/confirmation-congratulations-10th-grade#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:43:03 +0000 admin http://fvjcmc.org/?p=252 On June 7th, 2011 twelve of our 10th graders were confirmed – the largest Confirmation class in the the FVJC’s 50 year history.

Mazel Tov to all our 10th grade Confirmands !!!

]]> http://fvjcmc.org/confirmation-congratulations-10th-grade/feed 0 Washington DC Trip http://fvjcmc.org/washington-dc-trip http://fvjcmc.org/washington-dc-trip#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 18:37:38 +0000 admin http://fvjcmc.org/?p=249 Continue reading →]]> Many thanks to all the students who attended the trip, their parents for lending them to us for the weekend and all our chaperones! It was packed with so much fun and learning, not one injury and a positive lifetime memory. Pictures are posted on the site.

]]> http://fvjcmc.org/washington-dc-trip/feed 0 Cookout & Yom Hoshoah reading http://fvjcmc.org/cookout-yom-hoshoah-reading http://fvjcmc.org/cookout-yom-hoshoah-reading#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 10:40:33 +0000 admin http://fvjcmc.org/?p=245 Continue reading →]]> Last Sunday we took our barbecue grill for a test drive in our all grade cookout on a beautiful sunny day. Thank you teens and parents for a great year that will be wrapped up with our weekend Washington DC trip in a few weeks.

We thank everyone who joined us to read names at Eno Hall during Yom Hashoah. Reading names and ages of entire families who perished in the holocaust gave many of us a different perspective in connecting and participating in the memory of the holocaust. See the pictures that we posted under “pics this year’.

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