The JCP Chanukah Party will be on December 13 between 3 PM and 5:30 PM at 1912 Center in Moscow (412 E 3rd St, between Adams & Van Buren).  It will be a potluck. The JCP will provide beverages, paper products, utensils, and LATKES.  Please bring a dish to share with six other people.  Students do not have to bring food.  We have permission to light candles at the 1912 Center, so each family can bring a Chanukah menorah and candles.  It will be the third night of Chanukah.  WE NEED VOLUNTEERS NOW:  (a) for set-up & decoration (come at 2:30 PM); (b) for running children's activities; and (b) for clean-up (between 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM).  Contact Myron Schreck at schreck2020@msn.com to volunteer.  Alternatively, you can simply come early and/or plan to stay later

The JCP will be participating in the Moscow Interfaith Association Thanksgiving Event on Thursday, November 19, between 6 PM and 7 PM, at the 1912 Center (412 E 3rd St, Between Adams & Van Buren, Moscow, Idaho).  If you are interested in attending, the JCP would like help in bringing food to share at the event (cookies, fruit, veggies, etc.).  Please contact Myron Schreck.   The 1912 Center is located at 412 E 3rd St, between Adams & Van Buren, in Moscow, Idaho.  (View Map)

ROSH HASHANAH EVENING SERVICE:  Friday Night, Sept 18, 2009, at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Moscow, 420 E 2nd Street (behind the 1912 Building).  We will start at 6:45 PM and have a pot-luck reception to follow services.  Please bring a sweet finger snack to share.  The JCP will provide honey, challah, and beverages. 

ROSH HASHANAH DAY SERVICES:  Saturday, Sept 19, 2009, at the K-House in Pullman, 720 NE Thatuna Street, across from Davis residence hall on the WSU campus.  We will start at 10:00 AM and go until about 1:00 PM. 

YOM KIPPUR EVENING SERVICE:  Sunday Night, Sept 27, 2009, at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Moscow.  We will start at 6:45 PM.

YOM KIPPUR DAY SERVICES:  Monday, Sept 28, 2009, at the home of Pat Carter & Nancy Yorinks, 124 N. Polk Street in Moscow.  We will start at 10:00 AM and go until about 1:00 PM. 

YOM KIPPUR CONCLUDING SERVICE:  Monday afternoon, Sept 28, 2009, at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Moscow.  We will start around 5 PM with a YIZKOR service. The final shofar blast will be about 6:30, followed by a potluck "break fast."   Please bring a finger snack to share.  The JCP will provide beverages.

    Israel Independence Day, Yom Ha'atzma'ut, is on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 (which corresponds with the 5th of Iyyar, 5769). 

    YOM HASHOAH, Holocaust Remembrance Day, will be Tuesday, April 21, 2009 (which corresponds with the 27th of Nisan, 5769). 

    The United States Congress established the Days of Remembrance as the United States annual commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust.  This year, those days will be April 19 - April 26, 2009.  For more information, see http://www.ushmm.org/remembrance/dor/calendar. 

UNFORTUNATELY, due to illnesses, the JCP Purim Party must be CANCELLED.  It was planned for Sunday, March 8, from 3-5 pm, at the K-House. 

This year, Tu BiShevat falls on February 9, 2009.  This holiday is also known as "New Year of the Trees" or Jewish Arbor Day. The holiday is observed on the fifteenth (tu) day of the Jewish Month of Shevat. Scholars believe that Tu BiShevat was originally an agricultural festival, marking the emergence of spring. After the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.C.E. this holiday was a way for Jews to symbolically bind themselves to their former homeland by eating foods that could be found in Israel. In the sixteenth and seventeenth century Kabbalists created a ritual dining experience for Tu BiShevat similar to the Passover Seder. Today, Tu BiShevat has also become a tree planting festival in Israel, in which both Israelis and Jews around the world plant trees in honor or in memory of a loved one or friend.  See http://urj.org/holidays/tubishvat/index.cfm?   Also see http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/TuBishvat.htm.   Also, you can find a MULTIMEDIA TU B'SHVAT website at http://www.aish.com/tubshvat/tubshvatdefault/default.asp.

The JCP’s new Friday Night Prayer Books have become very popular, and several people have asked to purchase their own copies of the book.  So the JCP and Hillel will probably be placing another order for books.  If you wish to purchase a copy, you need to contact me (schreck2020@msn.com) by October 26^th.  

The JCP will have a Sukkot Party at the home of Bruce and Erica Austin, 2852 Banner Road, in Pullman on Sunday, October 19, between Noon and 2:00 PM.  This will be a potluck, so please bring a dish to share.  You can concentrate on bringing “fall harvest” fruits and vegetables to celebrate the season.  The JCP will provide paper products, utensils and juice. If you need directions, you can contact Bruce Austin at (509) 334-6704.

Wednesday Night, October 8, 2008 - 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM -- the JCP YOM KIPPUR EVE SERVICE (KOL NIDRE) will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Moscow, 420 East Second Street, at the NW corner of Second Street and Van Buren.  

And on Thursday, October 9 -- between 10 AM and 1 PM -- Yom Kippur Morning Service at the K-House in PULLMAN.  This will be followed by the Yom Kippur Concluding Service -- also at the K-House in PULLMAN -- between 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM.  There will be a potluck "break-fast" that will begin after the final Shofar Blast -- approximately at 6:30 PM.  Please bring only a light snack to share.  The JCP will provide beverages. 

Monday Night, Sept 29, 2008 - 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM --the JCP ROSH HASHANAH EVENING SERVICE will be at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Moscow, 420 East Second Street, at the NW corner of Second Street and Van Buren.   The JCP will have a potluck snack following the Rosh Hashanah Evening Service. Please bring "finger-food," like bread, cake, cookies and fruit.  Beverages will be provided. 

And on Tuesday, Sept 30 -- between 9 AM and 1 PM -- the JCP will hold a Rosh Hashanah Morning Service at the K-house in PULLMAN.