7:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat Service and discussion Service leader: Miriam Winder Kelly Parashat Mishpatim This week's parasha contains many laws and commandments given to the people of Israel in addition to the Ten Commandments in last week's parasha. How relevant is the Torah's system of checks and balances today? Can we govern ourselves so we […]
10:00 AM Shabbat Service followed by Kiddush and discussion led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz The Purim - Yom Kippur Connection The upcoming raucous, carnivalesque festival of Purim is said to be similar to Yom Kippur, the most somber holiday of the Jewish year. So says an ancient but persistent thread of Jewish commentary. Why are […]
7:30 PM National Refugee Shabbat Service -- POSTPONED
10:00 AM Shabbat Service followed by Kiddush and a discussion led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz -- CANCELLED
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A FUTURE DATE. Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Program Our speaker is Uta Allers, who is a trainer, translator, and workshop leader in Germany and the U.S. She is a German gentile born during the Nazi era and the bombing raids during World War II. She describes her […]
7:00 PM The Jewish Stories of I.L. Peretz & A Related Folktale We’ll discuss three very short stories of I.L. Peretz, and, if time permits, a related folktale. The stories are charming and a bit profound. We’ll explore what thoughts and feelings these Yiddish stories evoke. We’ll send out the stories, background information, and a few […]
7:00 PM It’s Unorthodox Did you view the four-episode Netflix series Unorthodox? Briefly, it centers on a young Satmar Hasidic woman in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who escapes the strict confines of her community and arranged marriage to find herself in Berlin. We’ll discuss our reactions to the series and explore how some others in the Jewish community have […]
7:30 PM Shavuot Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz Shavuot - Guidance through the Wilderness At Shavuot, we celebrate receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai. Our ancestors arrived at Mt. Sinai during their desert wandering, far from their familiar settings back in Egypt. As they journeyed through the unknown wilderness, Torah gave them a welcome new […]
7:00 PM What Am I, Chopped Liver?: Jewish Food Folkways These days, most of us are doing a lot of cooking at home. Are you cooking comfort food? Are you reaching back to the food of your ancestors? Using the free YIVO class: A Seat at the Table: A Journey Into Jewish Food as our starting point, we’ll […]
7:30 PM Juneteenth Shabbat Service with Maria Markham Thompson We're Still Here: Let's Eat! Passover. August Monday. Juneteenth. How is emancipation remembered after the end of enslavement, even if the descendants are not "full-free"? Maria Markham Thompson will share her experiences celebrating emancipation in communities of Jews, West Indians, and African-Americans. Join us for a […]
