Zoya's Delicious Latkes: Do Try This At Home

Every year, we at The New Shul wait for our Pot Mazel/Luck Shavuot event because we know longtime member Zoya Romm will bring her homemade latkes. Zoya gave us her recipes last night at the event when only three laktes remained.

• 2 apples grated
• 1/4 pound cottage cheese through a net colander
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons (or two) flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Fry on a skillet with oil. Use fork to flatten. Flip after a few minutes.

As Zoya, pictured above says, "No, that's it." So go cook - try it, you'll like it!

Donate a Book or Two this Saturday

From teen member: Nia Judelson

Hi Everyone -

Part of the tradition at The New Shul, when becoming a Bat/Bar Mitzvah, is to give back to the community by doing a community service project. I searched and found a project that really suits my passion- a love of reading. For my project, I am doing a book drive in connection with Project Cicero. Project Cicero is a non-profit annual book drive designed to create or supplement school and classroom libraries for children in under-resourced New York City public schools. Since its inception in 2001, Project Cicero has distributed 1.3 million new and gently used books to 7,500 New York City classrooms and libraries, reaching 300,000 students.

For more information: http://www.projectcicero.org/

Please help me by bringing in a new or gently used book for children or young adults (Project Cicero believes and I agree that every child should have the joy of reading an almost new book). I will have a collection bin at The New Shul services this Saturday, May 30th from 10:30-noon, at the service where I will become a Bat Mitzvah.

After I collect the books - which I hope is a lot! - I will deliver them to Project Cicero. In March when they have their annual large book drive, I have committed to spending the weekend there to help sort books and deliver them to those in need.

I hope that you find my project as compelling as I do and I hope that you will help me make it a huge success.

See you Saturday!
Nia

Editor's note: If you are unable to donate a book this weekend and are interested in participating, please give us a call or email us at the office.

Bang on a Can Marathon this Sunday

Member David Lang, who recently won a Pulitzer, is back in NYC with his Bang on a Can Marathon. The event kicks off this year's River to River fest in a pretty monumental way: for 12 straight hours, 150 avant-garde musicians and experimental composers fill the World Financial Center's Winter Garden with everything from post-rock to drone, pipa, piano, and electronic tunes.

Flavorpill recommends you catch Tortoise, plus a world-premiere piece by the Bang on a Can All-Stars, piano virtuoso Ryuichi Sakamoto, and legendary jazz bassist Henry Grimes.

When: Sunday May 31 (noon–midnight)
Where: World Financial Center Winter Garden (220 Vesey St)
Price: FREE

Shavuot - Chicago Style Cheese Cake

Why do we eat dairy on Shavuot?
One explanation is that the Israelites had not yet received the Torah, with its Jewish dietary laws, Kashrut. As the food they had prepared beforehand was not in accordance with these laws, they opted to eat simple dairy meals to honor the holiday. Some say it harks back to King Solomon's portrayal of the Torah as "honey and milk are under your tongue"

Either way - we love this cheese cake, brought to you by one of our favorite mother-daughter teams:

Chicago Style Cheese Cake
-Melanie & Anne Sylvan

Cheese Cake Fulling
2 well-beaten eggs
2 (8-oz) pkgs. soft cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. almond extract
3 cups sour cream
1 recipe graham nut crust (see next part)
1 can cherry, blueberry or strawberry pie filling

Combine eggs, cream cheese, sugar, salt and extracts. Beat until smooth. Blend in sour cream. Spoon into crust (see next part).

Graham Nut Crust
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup chopped nuts
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 stick butter, melted

Mix all ingredients together in mixing bowl. Press mixture on bottom and 2 1/2 inches up the sides of a 9 inch spring form pan. Spoon cheese mixture into uncooked crust, covering the bottom and sides of the spring form pan. DO NOT BAKE CRUST BEFORE ADDING CHEESE FILLING. IT ALL BAKES TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME! Bake for 35 minutes in 375 degree oven. Leave cake in oven one hour after turning the oven off. Remove cake from oven after the extra hour and let cool at room temperature. After cake has cooled off, spoon one can of fruit pie filling over the top of the cake. Chill in refrigerator until cold. Serves 12-16 people.

Have a great dairy recipe? Share it in our comment section, or better yet, bring it with you for us to try on Thursday at our Shavuot event.

Raffle Time

We're turning 10 and we're celebrating with a gala on Wednesday, June 3rd at 7pm. In addition to an evening of theater and an after party with a video tribute, special cocktails, food and dancing, we're holding a raffle! The prizes are great:

1. Kindle 2

2. Second Stage subscription for two for the 09/10 season

3. South Pacific at Lincoln Center

You can purchase 6 tickets for only $25 - and for a good cause - by mailing in a check this week or paying directly on PayPal "Make a Gift" button here (write raffle on the subject line). We'll fill out the raffle tickets for you and will announce the winners on our blog on June 4th.

GOOD LUCK!

The Rebbe's Table - June 7

Dedicated to the belief that there should be more to Sunday Brunch than Bagels and Lox.

Pull up a chair at the most spirited table in town - The Rebbe's Table at City Winery's Klezmer Brunch.

Join Rabbi Dan Ain as he holds court with an eclectic group of artists and thinkers, tackling the hard questions in an easy-going setting. Ideas fly, controversy erupts, laughter prevails.

Add an amazing roster of Klezmer musicians to the mix, not to mention one of the best brunches around, and you've got a Sunday morning that's worth getting out of bed for!

For reservations or more information call 212-284-6773

When
Sunday, June 7 at 10am

Where
City Winery
155 Varick Street at Vandam

Tickets
New Shul Members $12
Non-Members $15
(includes a seat at The Rebbe's Table, music cover charge, coffee/tea and juice; brunch is a la carte)

N?tworking Breakfast - June 1st

Funny how there's only a one letter difference between Networking and Not Working. . .

Looking for work? Interested in taking a fresh look at what you have to offer?

At this provocative, hands-on breakfast event, New Shul member and innovation expert Sylvia Stein will show you how to build a "sell sheet" that markets your value to a prospective employer in a much more dynamic (and "feel-good") way than a traditional resumé can. In this session, we will break into groups to brainstorm ideas for each participant, whether trying to market your self or your business. Please bring your completed homework - the Sell Sheet, which we will mail to you after you register - with you to the session.

We'll provide coffee, oj and bagels to help get your creative juices flowing. Please be prompt as time is limited.

To reserve a spot or for more information, please call 212-284-6773.

Where
505 8th Avenue · Suite 1212

When
Monday, June 1 · 7:45-9am

Mark your Calendar for the next N?tworking Breakfast:
July 13th - How to make a living doing what you love

Will this technology chance the face of religion?

We think it might.

Come discuss at our next Shabbat on Tap: How Technology is Reshaping Religious Experience.

This Friday at 7pm @ Dublin6 (in the back room), 575 Hudson Street (between W 11th and Bank)

With four unique perspectives:

·Mixed Blessing: The impact of technology on our ritual practice and interpersonal relationships with Rabbi Niles Goldstein

·Technology, Economy, and 50,000 Tweets: Social media and its economic impact with ESPN's Frank Golding, a 2009 Sports Emmy Award winner for technical achievement and innovation

·Faith, Technology and the Afterlife: The Jewish belief in the afterlife and the echnological singularity with Rabbi Dan Ain

·Spotting Trends: Technologies on the Horizon and what We Can Expect: the next big ideas and what they might mean for us, with Fred Wilson, VC and Managing Partner of Flatiron Partners and Union Square Ventures

Want to do some "optional" reading to prepare?

Click here to download Rabbi Dan Ain's article - "Faith, Technology and the Afterlife"

Moses Didn't Have Technology to Communicate

The actual laws relating to Passover, Sukkot and Shavuot as they're written in the Torah might surprise you - there aren't too many of them. Check out http://www.mechon-mamre.org/ to find out what customs for each holiday come straight from the Torah , and which are implied by the Torah, and which are new traditions of our own.

Did you get your fill of Matzah this year?

The Shabbat Project continues this Friday with a celebration of Pesach Sheni or "Second Passover."

Friday at 6:30pm at VCS (272 West 10th St. between Washington and Greenwich Streets)

Pesach Sheni is the biblical holiday which provided for a second chance at the Passover sacrifice for those who were unable to participate the first time around.

Join us for a Kabbalat Shabbat service and a conversation about the significance of second chances.

Matzah Oneg! (Rest assured - Non-Passover food will also be provided.)

Shabbat on Tap: How Technology is Reshaping Religious Experience

Put down your Blackberry and join The New Shul for Shabbat on Tap, our series that offers what The Jewish Week calls "Brain Candy" along with Pizza and Beer.

When: May 15 at 7pm

Where: Dublin6 (in the back room)

575 Hudson Street (between W 11th and Bank)

What: Discussion of technology and its effects on our experiences of religion

·Mixed Blessing: The impact of technology on our ritual practice and interpersonal relationships with Rabbi Niles

·Technology, Economy, and 50,000 Tweets: Social media and its economic impact with ESPN's Frank Golding, a 2009 Sports Emmy Award winner for technical achievement and innovation

·Faith, Technology and the Afterlife: The Jewish belief in the afterlife and the echnological singularity with Rabbi Dan

·Spotting Trends: Technologies on the Horizon and what We Can Expect: the next big ideas and what they might mean for us, with Fred Wilson, VC and Managing Partner of Flatiron Partners and Union Square Ventures

The Shabbat Project is The New Shul's year-long quest to discover and reclaim Judaism's stress-free zone.

Club Shabbateeny this Friday, May 8

Looking for something cool and fun to do with your child/ren, niece, nephew, neighbor's little one? Bring them to our final Club Shabbateeny of the year!

The youngest members of The New Shul community (birth to ten) get down with Shabbat at Club Shabbateeny beginning at 6pm. We gather under the tallit for a blessing and secret message from Rabbi Dan, light the holiday candles, drink sweet grape juice and eat challah. Yum! Then it's time to boogie, sing and drum with musician Josh Beraha, and maybe hear a story or two! All are welcome (no velvet rope) so please bring your friends! For more info call 212-284-6773 or email the office.

Josh will be leaving at the end of the year to go to Rabbinical School in Israel. Come celebrate with him before he begins his next journey.

Club Shabbateenty meets at 272 West 10th Street (between Greenwich & Washington Streets)

Community Happening: Yehudi Wyner 80th Birthday Choral Tribute

Presented by: The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor
Guest Artists: Cantors Joshua Breitzer and Daniel Singer

Join The New York Virtuoso Singers for a tribute to Pulitzer Prize winning composer, pianist, conductor and educator Yehudi Wyner.

June 7th at 2:00pm
At the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
(30 West 68th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West)

Features a FREE Pre-Concert talk with the honoree, Yehudi Wyner, at 1:15pm.

Purchase Tickets:
$20 per ticket General Admission
$10 per Ticket for Students and senior citizens 65+
$8 per ticket for groups of 10 or more

For group rate tickets prices call 914 763 3453

To pick up and purchase tickets in person:
Ticket Central Box Office
416 West 42nd Street
Open Daily 12-8pm

To purchase online:
Visit www.NYVIRTUOSO.org/schedule
click the BUY TICKETS link (under 80th Birthday Concert Tribute to Yehudi Wyner)