8th GRADE LEAVES FOR ISRAEL
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PURIM
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PESACH IS COMING
Project Noah - No One Abandoned Here
The Hagaddah says,"... All who are hungry-come and eat. All who are needy come and join the Passover celebration." Help JFS collect and distribute Pesach food to families and seniors in our community.

The barrel in front of the office is for your contribution(s) and will be available from March 2nd through March 30th. Contributions of the following items labeled "Kosher for Passover" would be greatly appreciated: gefilte fish, horseradish, jam, candies, honey, latke mix, potato starch, grape juice, matzoh ball soup in a jar, matzoh, macaroons, cookies, matzoh meal, cake meal, and tea.

CHAI HOUSE VISIT
Mrs. Felsen's first grade class visited Chai House, last Friday, to deliver Mishloach Manot and sing for the residents.  The students dressed up in costumes, sang songs and told the story of Purim.  The residents were thrilled with the students' program and they asked them to come back again!  The first grade was very proud of their big Mitzvah!. 


SUMMER CAMP AT SPHDS
With summer fast approaching it’s time to start thinking about what to do with your preschooler during the long summer break. South Peninsula Hebrew Day School is pleased to offer you, once again, the perfect answer — Gan Aviv Summer Camp. A camp geared specifically for children who will be 3 by December 1st, 2009 and children who will be entering Kindergarten in September 2009.

Activities will be organized around a weekly theme. Children can look forward to Beach Bonanza, Fun with Food, and activities planned for indoors as well as outdoors. Of course, water will be included in this year's activities, especially on hot days. Specialized enrichment classes are a part of this great summer package. Registration forms are available in the office. You may call Tanya at (408) 738 3060 or email her at sphdstanya@yahoo.com with any questions you may have.

Foothill Century 2009
REGISTER: Foothill Century Sunday, May 17, 2009!

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The weather is heating up, the days are getting longer and the Foothill Century is only a couple of months away. You have 65 days to get in shape and get ready for a wonderful ride to enjoy with friends and the entire family.

Register today to reserve your spot for the Foothill Century, The Only Kosher Ride in the West! sponsored by the South Peninsula Hebrew Day School in Sunnyvale. This moderate metric is a fun and exhilarating ride with beautiful scenery through the foothills right here in the South Bay. It is also an eco-friendly way to spend your Sunday. Come and enjoy a beautiful day and wonderful food including Babka in the morning, lots of healthy munchies including Bumble Bars at the rest stops. At the finish line enjoy hamburgers and chicken at the celebratory BBQ.

Choose the ride that's right for you from our 100K, 50K or 10K Family Fun routes. Then relax and enjoy the afternoon back at school at our celebratory BBQ while we provide activities for your preschoolers and young children . There is something for everyone! The registration fee is $45 per person (or $45 per family for the Family Fun Ride).

Register now, Early Bird Registration end MAY 1!

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SPHDS’ 36th ANNIVERSARY GALA DINNER
The founders of South Peninsula Hebrew Day School not only had the vision of starting a day school, it became a reality, and now 36 years later it has become a learning center that has educated thousands of students from around the world e.g., Sweden, Australia, England, Russia, Japan, Israel, Mexico, Iraq and also from throughout the United States. Many of our graduates made aliyah and are now leading very productive lives in Israel. We are humbled by the successes of our students.

So…it is now time to celebrate SPHDS' double "chai" anniversary with our school community and the San Francisco bay area community. Join us on Wednesday evening, May 20th as we honor our founders: Dr. Martin and Naomi Klughaupt, Pat and David Bergman, Judith and Israel Krongold, Stan and Stephanie (z"l) Sussman and Judith and Marshall Wallach. We will also honor Barbara Spielman for her 30 years of service to SPHDS. The event will be held in the spectacular setting of the Rotunda in San Jose's City Hall.

Invitations will be arriving shortly with detailed information about this milestone event. Save the date…circle your calendar.

GRADE SEDER SCHEDULE
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Friendship Circle
The Friendship Circle of the Peninsula/South Bay will be hosting an Open House for Jewish families who have a child with special needs. Parents will have the opportunity to come and observe a Sunday Circle program in action, meet the staff and therapists, speak to current Friendship Circle parents, and observe how the trained teen volunteers interact with the children.

The Open House will be held on Sunday, March 15th from 11:45 a.m. – 12:25 p.m., at Congregation Kol Emeth, 4175 Manuela Ave., Palo Alto.

To RSVP, have any questions and/or need more information, please call 650.858.6990

JEWISH STUDY NETWORK PROGRAM
For the next lecture in the series of Hot Topics, Rabbi Joey Felsen of the Jewish Study Network will speak on "The Jewish Claim to the Land of Israel," this Sunday evening, March 15th, at 7:00 p.m., at 3626 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. This series is offered monthly by different JSN faculty members. A light buffet will be served prior to the talk. Please RSVP to: info@jsn.info. The cost is $10.

STEPHANIE SUSSMAN MEMORIAL PROGRAM
SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 7:45 PM, CONGREGATION KOL EMETH
Professor Deborah Lipstadt will be the featured speaker at the second annual Stephanie Sussman Memorial Program..

The topic of the Professor Lipsdat's talk is: "In Every Generation They Wish to Destroy Us": Holocaust Denial, Antisemetism and anti-Israelism as factors in Jewish Identity.

Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt is Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta. Her book HISTORY ON TRIAL: MY DAY IN COURT WITH A HOLOCAUST DENIER (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2005) is the story of her libel trial in London against David Irving. The judge found David Irving to be a Holocaust denier, a falsifier of history, a racist, an anti-Semite, and a liar. Her legal battle with Irving lasted approximately five years.

She has received numerous teaching awards for her courses on modern Jewish and Holocaust studies, and has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Ohio Wesleyan, Yeshiva University, Bar Ilan University, and Hebrew Union College.

The Stephanie Sussman Memorial Fund was established at Congregation Emek Beracha by Steffi's family and friends to honor her legacy of passionate community involvement and her commitment to enriching Jewish life in the Bay Area. This talk is the second of a series of annual educational and cultural events open to the entire community to further perpetuate and honor her memory.