Congregation Or Zarua    
A Traditional, Egalitarian, and Participatory Conservative Synagogue           Founded 1989
127 East 82nd St, NYC 10028 • 212-452-2310  |  Dr. Harlan J. Wechsler, Rabbi • Michael Schwartz, President
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Judaism and Israel on the Internet

Ways to Help:
One Family Fund   Helping the Victims of Terror
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces   Assists the soldiers and their families
American Friends of Magen David Adom   Ensures ambulances are available when needed
UJA
The American Jewish Committee
The Jewish National Fund
The Joint Distribution Committee
The Jewish Agency for Israel

Conservative Movement Resources:
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
The Masorti Movement  The Conservative Movement in Israel
Mercaz USA - The Zionist Organization of the Conservative Movement
Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
Responsa of the Va'ad haHalakhah of the Masorti Movement   

Text Study on the Internet:
Torah.org
Information on the Rabin Mishnah Study Group (Conservative Mishnah Study)
Shamash Project Divrei Torah (With viewpoints from several movements)
Mishnah Yomit - United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Torat Chayim Internet Mailing List (Conservative Torah Study)

Keep Informed!  Israel, News, and Media Resources:
Daily Alert  Compendium of all the latest news, from the Council of Presidents
One Jerusalem
Middle East Media Research Institute   English translations of stories in the Arab media
HonestReporting.com   Middle East media coverage watchdog organization
CAMERA   Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America
IMRA   media watch
Palestinian Media Watch   monitors Palestinian media
Myths & Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Jewish Virtual Library   by the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jerusalem Report Online
Ha'aretz Online   Israeli newspaper
Jerusalem Post   Israeli newspaper
Ma'ariv   Israeli newspaper
Reshet B   Israeli Radio (Hebrew)
Mabat   Israeli TV News (Hebrew)

Israeli Government Sites:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Office of the Prime Minister   in Hebrew
Office of the Prime Minister   in English
Israel Defense Forces   in Hebrew
Israel Defense Forces   in English
Ministry of Defense   in Hebrew
Embassy of Israel in Washington
City of Jerusalem

Directories of Jewish Web Resources:
Virtual Jerusalem
The A-Z of Jewish/Israel Related Resources
Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture
The Shamash Project

Jewish Organizations with Global Concerns:
American Jewish World Service
        Founded in 1985, this organization supports almost 270 grassroots organizations
        throughout the world through grant making, technical assistance, emergency
        relief and advocacy.

Organizations in Israel:
Halakhic Organ Donor Society
Orr Shalom
        Founded in 1979, this organization provides small therapeutic family
        group homes for abused and neglected children in Israel.

Other Resources:
How to Lay Tefillin
Kosher Restaurant Database
Another Kosher Restaurant Database
Hebrew Calendar  including a candle lighting time database

Services
May 11 - May 17, 2008
Or Zarua Services are Lay Led
Morning Minyan:
Weekdays at 7:00 am
Sundays at 8:45 am
Check Calendar for changes
   to starting time, if any
  Our Morning Minyan is
  Open to the Community
SHABBAT:
Friday, May 16, 2008:
Candlelighting 7:48 pm
Minhah/Ma'ariv at 6:30 pm
Saturday, May 17, 2008:
Shaharit begins at 9:00 am
Children's Services 10:30 am
This week's Torah reading:
Parashat B'har
   Leviticus 25:1 - 26:2
This week's Haftarah:
Jeremiah 32:6 - 32:27
Shabbat Ends:
8:54 pm
Join Us:
Talmud Class
Wednesdays 8:00 - 9:30 pm
First Seder Meal Match
Saturday, Apr 19
Congregational Second Seder
Sunday, Apr 20
and much more...
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