10/19/11 For Immediate Release - Israeli Advocacy Workshop To Be Held In Greenwich

For Immediate Release

Contact: Laura Blum (203) 552-1818 laurablum@JCCGreenwich.com

JCC GREENWICH IN COOPERATION WITH

THE COMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA

TO PRESENT ISRAEL ADVOCACY WORKSHOP

Greenwich, CT, October 18, 2011 -- To improve how Israel is portrayed in the media, JCC Greenwich in cooperation with CAMERA will offer a special advocacy workshop on Monday, November 14, 10am. Participants will learn how to effectively challenge, counter and correct biased coverage of the Jewish State through such tools as letter-writing and op-eds. The workshop will focus on three main areas, including: advanced writing techniques; how to craft an effective message; and strategies for ensuring publication in local, regional and national media outlets. No prior experience or writing credentials are required to attend.

Titled Israel Advocacy on the Editorial Pages: Letter Writing as Activism, the workshop will be taught by Josh Hasten, public relations expert and CAMERA's 2009 Letter Writer of the Year. Mr. Hasten is president of the Jerusalem-based Bar-Am Public Relations firm. For more than a decade he has defended Israel's right to exist, via letters to the editor, op-eds and television and radio commentary. The founder of LettersforIsrael.com and a freelance journalist who regularly writes for The Jerusalem Post, Israel National News and The Algemeiner News website, Hasten hosts several talk-radio shows, including Israel Hasbara Hour, on www.israelnationalradio.com.

The workshop will take place at Temple Sholom, 300 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Admission is free, though registration is required, at JCCGreenwich.org or by calling (203) 552 1818.

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About JCC Greenwich
A 21st-century community resource, JCC Greenwich seeks to enrich the cultural, spiritual and social life of Greenwich with programs of excellence while connecting each of us via technology and ideas. Our JCC is without walls, generating high caliber online content and offline events that bring together the community based on shared interest, in venues all over town. JCC Greenwich welcomes all individuals without regard to race, religion or ability.

About CAMERA

Founded in 1982, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America is a media-monitoring, research and membership organization devoted to promoting accurate and balanced coverage of Israel and the Middle East. CAMERA fosters rigorous reporting, while educating news consumers about Middle East issues and the role of the media. Because public opinion ultimately shapes public policy, distorted news coverage that misleads the public can be detrimental to sound policymaking. A non-partisan organization, CAMERA takes no position with regard to American or Israeli political issues or with regard to ultimate solutions to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Josh Hasten

www.jccgreenwich.org

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10/19/11 Greenwich Rabbi Mitch's Weekly Teaching

Weekly Teaching By Rabbi Mitchell M. Hurvitz rabbimitch@templesholom.com
Chag Sameach! Join us for Simchat Torah! Bring the family for a Young Children's Family Service (YCFS) celebration with guest artist Sheldon Low on Thursday, October 20th, at 5:30pm. Then stay for our congregational celebration in honor of Simchat Torah at 6:30pm. Join us for a night of festivity, bimah trivia, snacks, music and dancing, and joyous celebration for one and all! All are welcome!
Rabbi's Weekly Teaching Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 On Rosh Hashanah, just a few short weeks ago, we talked about what it means to "love our neighbor." While these words are familiar, and true for every faith tradition, sometimes what we don't realize is that loving our neighbor is something that requires action. It is not just a matter of looking out at the world through a positive lens; it is instead letting ourselves be aware that there are people in our communities that need our help - and then taking action to make sure that we give help where it is needed. Sometimes we aren't sure where to begin, so in this new year, Temple Sholom is beginning our Chesed initiative, to enable our congregational community to engage in at least one act of loving-kindness per person. The following words I am sharing are an extract from my Chesed initiative sermon - you can link to the full text at the end of this teaching. There is a scene in the movie The Bear, where a little bear cub is about to be attacked by a mountain lion. The little cub stands on its hind legs in an attempt to look intimidating. When the mountain lion turns and runs away, the little cub is very impressed with himself. What the little cub doesn't see is his 10-foot tall, 1200-pound parent standing upright behind him. Like the bear cub, there are times when we need the strength and attentiveness of others... and we may not even know it or know how to ask for it. Like the parent bear, it's natural to love our children and to be there when they need us. But is loving our immediate family enough? As Jews, we're commanded to extend love beyond our close family. We're not only commanded to "love our neighbor" -- but also to go even beyond those in our community, as we are commanded to "love the stranger." In Hebrew, the same construction for the prayer, "You shall love Adonai your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your being," - v'ahavta et Adonai Elohecha - is the same construction as the commandment to love the stranger: v'ahavta et ha ger kamocha - "you shall love the stranger as yourself." This linguistic clue tells us something very important about the Divine imperative to love - that loving God is equal to loving the "other." Conversely, it can also indicate to us that sometimes God can seem as far away to us as any stranger. Thus, closeness to God - drawing near to the Divine - can then be achieved by performing acts of loving-kindness. These "good deeds," or mitzvahs, can help us to seek God's presence by reaching out to those in need of our help, and those most in need of Divine - and human - grace. Reb Yitzhak Meir Alter, the Gerer Rebbe, asked one of his students after the Morning Prayer service "How is your colleague, Moshe Ya'akov doing?" "I...I'm not sure. Is there something I should know?" replied the student. "What?" shouted the Rebbe. "You pray under the same roof? You serve the same God? You study the same Torah? Yet you dare to tell me you don't know how Moshe Yaakov is? You don't know if he needs help, or advice, or comfort? How can that be?" The story of the Gerer Rebbe reminds us that the very essence of community life is to share in each other's lives. We're not meant to leave one another alone, in fear, in sorrow, or in joy. Early in our daily prayer book, there's a liturgical phrase: Behold I'm ready to accept upon myself the commandment of the Creator that "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." This mitzvah from the Torah is the source of the so-called Golden Rule, and according to Rabbi Akiva, "it's the most important mitzvah principle of our Torah, greater than, and including all others." Accepting upon ourselves the commandment to love others doesn't simply mean being more loving, or looking out at the world from the self and merely thinking well of others. It means taking action. It means, in the words of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, "praying with one's feet." This year, Temple Sholom is introducing our new Chesed initiative. This will enable our congregants to be matched with acts of loving-kindness that need to be done in our Temple community and beyond. Whether it is driving an elderly person to a class or to services, volunteering to serve meals at a soup kitchen, collecting food for the hungry or donating blood, our new initiative asks our Temple family to reach out beyond the day to day business of the self to engage in at least one act of loving-kindness in this new Jewish year. I have enclosed my remarks on our Chesed initiative from Rosh Hashanah, and a downloadable version of our Chesed initiative sign up form. You can fill out this form and return it to Rav David Saiger at the Temple. Or, you can check out our list of opportunities online, on our Temple Sholom website, and email Rav David directly using the email link on our website or at ravdavid@templesholom.com. Or if there is another project you'd like to support, we hope you will get in touch and tell us about it, so that we can match others to your opportunity. In the days to come, may we all find the act of loving-kindness that speaks most deeply to our hearts, and may these good deeds bring us closer to the One who is the source of love and good within us all. Chag Sameach, Rabbi Mitch
Temple Sholom 300 E. Putnam Avenue Greenwich, CT 06830 203-869-7191

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10/19/11 Greenwich Topix News Message Board - (25 stories) - FIRST STORY: Support for Tesei's Re-Election

Greenwich - News October 19, 2011 Support for Tesei's Re-Election (Patch) I have had the pleasure of knowing First Selectman Peter Tesei for more than a decade as former business colleagues, political contemporaries,A through the creation of the Plan of Conservation and Development and Town Properties Committee , and co-hosting Citizens and Police Partnership and Citizens Police Academy events. Theis' Re-Election as Selectman Supported (Patch) To the Editor: As a member of the Coastal Resources Advisory Committee of Greenwich, I have had the opportunity recently to work with Selectman Dave Theis and to appreciate his practical, hands-on approach to resolving important issues.A One of these issues concerned the complex and overlapping roles of federal and state regulators, as well as the ... (more) Standing In the Stamford Unemployment Line (Patch) With a state unemployed rate of 9%, public, private, and veteran employment programs are seeing a spike in both their client enrollment numbers and client success numbers. ... touts a 83% success rate with its clients in Stamford . "The RITE Program sees over 400 clients each year in both Greenwich and Stamford.A Each client is seeking something different.A Sometimes our clients are seeking administrative types of ... Greenwich Businesses Remain Hopeful in Economy (The Daily Greenwich) The recession is still hitting Fairfield County businesses hard, and nearly half don't expect to be profitable this year, according to a survey released Tuesday. Weicker's Senate papers now open to the public (Connecticut Post) Weicker's U.S. Senate papers are part of a new permanent library collection that opens Wednesday at the University of Virginia where the Republican-turned-independent founder of A Connecticut Party received his law degree.... ... founder of A Connecticut Party received his law degree. Not that Weicker, a former governor and first selectman of Greenwich, has an encyclopedic memory of everything that's in them. "At 80 years of age you can't remember three football fields of ... Blue Sky Studios To Hire 70 (CTNow) The computer animation company that produced 'Rio' is adding 70 jobs and expanding office space in Greenwich by 43,000 square feet, the Department of Economic and Community Development announced Tuesday. Bingo! Now this is a Halloween Party, Greenwich (The Daily Greenwich) GREENWICH, Conn. - Looking for a different kind of Halloween party? The Greenwich-based Red Ribbon Foundation will hold its first "Halloween Extravaganza," with a costume contest, dancing, brews and the highlight of the night - "Drag Queen Bingo." Guests will taste Halloween-themed beers and food, take part in an outlandish "original costume ... (more) Greenwich police blotter (Connecticut Post) Police said they conducted a motor vehicle stop and found that the vehicle registration was reported as stolen in 2008 and that Alvites did not have a valid Connecticut drivers license, Connecticut registration or insurance for the vehicle. Bring Your Dog To Howl and Prowl in Greenwich (The Daily Greenwich) Do you love dressing your pets up for Halloween? Show off their style at the fourth annual Howl & Prowl parade and costume contest in Greenwich on Oct. Central Middle School students staged walk-out (theoriginalgreenwichdiva) A group of about 100 students from Central Middle School in Greenwich, staged a walk-out early Tuesday morning to protest the suspension of the school's principal, Shelley Somers, who is being investigated for incidents that occurred 15 years ago involving her Granby, Connecticut, day care center Greenwich Food and Wine Festival supports breast cancer (Examiner) Food and wine lovers will gather with some of the region's finest chefs and sommeliers on October 22 and 23 as Serendipity plays host to its first annual Greenwich Food + Wine Festival to benefit The Breast Cancer Alliance of Greenwich . Greenwich Local Sports New Canaan Swimmer Honored at SportsNight (The Daily New Canaan) Six new members of the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame and Sports Persons of the Year from 15 county towns were honored Monday at the seventh annual SportsNight at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. Retired Masuk Girls Basketball Coach Among Hall of Fame Inductees (Patch) OLD GREENWICH - The point guard generally regarded as Fairfield University's greatest player and a woman who became one of the nation's outstanding distance runnersA at Greenwich High School were inducted into the Fairfield County Sports Commission Hall of Fame Monday night at the group's seventh annual dinner held at the Hyatt Regency. Staples Soccer Success Celebrated at SportsNight (The Daily Westport) Six new members of the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame and sports persons of the year from 15 county towns were honored Monday at the seventh annual SportsNight at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. Stratford Couple Honored at County Sports Dinner (Patch) Jeff and Donna Babineau were recognized for their generosity to the town of Stratford at a dinner Monday in which they were named Stratford's Sports People of the Year. New Hall of Famers Honored at SportsNight (The Daily Wilton) Six new members of the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame and sports persons of the year from 15 county towns were honored Monday at the seventh annual SportsNight at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. DeSantis, St. Geme Among Fairfield County Sports Inductees (Patch) OLD GREENWICH - The point guard generally regarded as Fairfield University's greatest player and a woman who became one of the nation's outstanding distance runnersA at Greenwich High School were inducted into the Fairfield County Sports Commission Hall of Fame Monday night at the group's seventh annual dinner held at the Hyatt Regency. Easton Tennis Player Honored at SportsNight (The Daily Easton) Six new members of the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame and sports persons of the year from 15 county towns were honored Monday at the seventh annual SportsNight at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. Greenwich Athletes Honored at County SportsNight (The Daily Greenwich) Six new members of the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame and sports persons of the year from 15 county towns were honored Monday at the seventh annual SportsNight at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. Greenwich Local Business Mary Ann Tighe Joins The Howard Hughes Corporation Board of... (News On Women) Leslie Green Speaking in Greenwich, CT. October 27, 2011 The Howard Hughes Corporation , headquartered in Texas, appointed Mary Ann Tighe to its Board of Directors. UPDATE 2-United Rentals profit up; raises 2011 outlook (Reuters) U.S. equipment rental company United Rentals Inc posted a higher quarterly profit as volumes and rates increased, and raised its 2011 outlook, sending the company's shares up as much as 13 percent. Blue Sky Studios expands; adds 70 jobs (The Hour Online) GREENWICH -- Blue Sky Studios on Tuesday announced it will expand its headquarters in Greenwich and create 70 jobs, a move that will allow the digital animation company to grow in the future. FlangeLock Contamination Control Tool Receives Patent (Construction Equipment Guide) FlangeLock LLC, founded and based in Greenwich, Conn., received a patent from the U.S. Patent Office within the past two months for its contamination control tool, the FlangeLock. UPDATE 1-United Rentals posts higher profit (Reuters) U.S. equipment rental company United Rentals Inc posted a higher quarterly profit as volumes and rates increased, sending its shares up more than 10 percent. Pillow Pets for pediatric cancer patients (New Canaan News-Review) On Wednesday, Oct. 5, members of the NFL Alumni Foundation and Circle of Care for Families of Children with Cancer, visited the Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford toting 48 Pillow Pets to give to their pediatric cancer patients. ... COC board member Jeanna Shepard from New Canaan, NFL Alumni player and president of CT chapter Steve Thurlow from Greenwich, alumni player Bill Cooke from Fairfield, and NFL Alumni Vice President of Sales and Marketing of CT Chapter Kelly McCoy ...

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10/19/11 Loving the Farming Life and more from Greenwich Patch

Today 62° 59° Tomorrow 68° 48° October 19, 2011 Your News October 19, 2011 Loving the Farming Life Leslie Yager | Oct 19, 2011 | 0 Comments Last Greenwich farmer buoyed by big-hearted friends. Theis' Re-Election as Selectman Supported | Oct 19, 2011 | 0 Comments By Clifford B. Storms Post It: Home-Related Goods & Services Barbara Heins | Oct 19, 2011 | 0 Comments Whether it's cleaning, yardwork or babysitting - Greenwich Patch probably has the answer for you! Support for Tesei's Re-Election | Oct 19, 2011 | 0 Comments By John M. Lucarelli Greenwich Scores and Standings: Oct 19 Bob Birge | Oct 19, 2011 | 0 Comments Your interactive, daily digest for all Greenwich scores, schedules and standings — and a place for you to add information and images for all youth sports See more News » Local Voices October 19, 2011 Snack Foods That Will Improve Your Mood Sigurd Ackerman, MD The right combination of snack foods can aid in mood stabilization, increase energy and fuel your day. But it's all in the pairing. Pieces of a Jigsaw Puzzle: My Diagnosis Helene Schonbrun Read about how a young wife and mother learned of her breast cancer diagnosis. Community Bulletin October 19, 2011 Volunteers Needed Volunteers Needed Jackie Grundei | Oct 18, 2011 Child Advocates of Connecticut is looking for volunteeers. Child Advocates supports children in Fairfield county who are victims of… Awareness Give Something That Means Something This Holiday Season Metro NY North Red Cross | Oct 18, 2011 American Red Cross launches holiday fundraising campaign to help those in need The holiday season is just around the corner and … Social Services Sixth Annual Walk in the Park for Abilis Joy Haenlein | Oct 18, 2011 Join us on Sunday, Oct. 23rd at Greenwich Point Park for Abilis' biggest community event of the year and support people with autism… See more Announcements » Things to Do October 19, 2011 12:00am Eating Greenwich & Port Chester The New England Culinary Group presents a week-long celebration of dining in the neighboring towns of Greenwich, Connecticut and … 5:00pm College Essay Boot Camp College-Bound Seniors: Whip your Personal Statement into Shape! Battling writer's block? Can't decide on a topic? Overwhelmed by the… 10:00am Farmers Market At Danbury Fair Mall Drawing inspiration from America's great Markets such as The San Francisco Ferry Building Market, and New York's Green Market, Elite… Wednesday, October 19, 2011 All Day Eating Greenwich & Port Chester All Day Samuel Owen Gallery Hosts Street Art Show All Day Rembrandts Featured in Bruce Museum Exhibit 9:00am Indoor Field Hockey Registration 9:30am Field Guide Training Course with Lisa Beebe, GEC Director of Horticulture (4 Sessions) 9:30am October Exhibit at the Geary Gallery in Darien, CT 10:00am Farmers Market At Danbury Fair Mall 10:00am Wednesday Painters 10:00am Malawian Children's Artwork Picturing Love at Westport Arts Center 10:00am Free Speech and Language Screenings 3:00pm Old Greenwich Farmer's Market 4:00pm GREENWICH & PORT CHESTER RESTAURANT WEEK 4:30pm Free Jazz Dance Class for 6-9 year olds 5:00pm College Essay Boot Camp 5:00pm UNION Restaurant supports National Breast Cancer Month 7:00pm Evening Lecture Series: Training the Canine Hero 7:00pm Round Hill - Selectmen / Tax Collector Debates 10:00pm The Art of Contemporary Illustration

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Greenwich Businesses Remain Hopeful in Economy
by Richard Weizel and Anna Helhoski | 10/19/11
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