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Second-Night Community Seder 🙋
Adult B’nai Mitzvah Ceremony and Shabbat Morning Services 🙋🖥
UWS Yom HaShoah Observance: Reading of the Names 🙋🖥
SWFS Spring Benefit: Celebrating 20 Years of Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch
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Lunch and Learn: Judaism and Abortion After Roe v. Wade 🙋
Lunch and Learn: Judaism and Abortion After Roe v. Wade 🙋
In the wake of the Supreme Court's overturning Roe v. Wade, our personal and religious liberties face new challenges. In this two-part class, Rabbi Neal Borovitz will examine Jewish texts on abortion from the Bible through contemporary responsa before analyzing the ways abortion bans might infringe on Americans' religious liberties. RSVP
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“Golda’s Balcony” Lunchtime Screening and Talk Back with Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz 🙋
“Golda’s Balcony” Lunchtime Screening and Talk Back with Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz 🙋
Join the Women's Organization of Stephen Wise as we watch "Golda's Balcony" and enjoy lunch together! In a one-woman show with archival films in the background, an almost unrecognizable Valerie Harper plays a dozen characters who cross paths with former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. The focus is on the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and […]
Bob Dylan: Crossroads from the North Country 🙋
Bob Dylan: Crossroads from the North Country 🙋
Cantor Singer is a native of Superior, Wisconsin, where he grew up immersed in the local folk music scene and where his father was a local researcher for "Just Like Bob Zimmerman’s Blues," the first biography of Bob Dylan’s Jewish upbringing in northern Minnesota. Join Cantor Singer for this two-part course exploring Dylan's family, life, […]
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Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study đź–Ą
Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study đź–Ą
Read and discuss the Torah, Tanakh and Talmud. No Hebrew knowledge or prior study is necessary. For any questions, contact David Richter at dhenryrichter@gmail.com. RSVP Zoom meeting information will be automatically provided upon RSVP.
Alternative Minyan 🙋🖥
Alternative Minyan 🙋🖥
Share the Shabbat morning service in person or on Zoom in a meditative style with friends and fellow congregants. Rabbi Dalia Samansky will lead this service, which includes music and responsive readings in both Hebrew and English. RSVP TO JOIN VIRTUALLY
See ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ with SWFS 🙋
See ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ with SWFS 🙋
"Fiddler on the Roof" is back for a limited run — and we've managed to procure a limited number of excellent orchestra seat tickets at a DISCOUNTED PRICE for our members! Join the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Membership Committee for a night to remember as we enjoy "Fiddler on the Roof" in Yiddish with English supertitles. GET TICKETS
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Israel’s Human Rights Work: Breakfast With Israeli UN Delegates and Rabbi Hirsch 🙋
Israel’s Human Rights Work: Breakfast With Israeli UN Delegates and Rabbi Hirsch 🙋
While it has long complained of systemic anti-Israeli bias at the United Nations, Israel plays an important role in advancing human rights around the world as a member of the U.N.'s Third Committee. Join our Rabbi Ammi Hirsch in conversation with Israel’s Counselor for Human Rights to the U.N. Avital Mimran-Rosenberg and Israel’s Advisor to […]
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Lunch and Learn: Judaism and Abortion After Roe v. Wade 🙋
Lunch and Learn: Judaism and Abortion After Roe v. Wade 🙋
In the wake of the Supreme Court's overturning Roe v. Wade, our personal and religious liberties face new challenges. In this two-part class, Rabbi Neal Borovitz will examine Jewish texts on abortion from the Bible through contemporary responsa before analyzing the ways abortion bans might infringe on Americans' religious liberties. RSVP
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Bob Dylan: Crossroads from the North Country 🙋
Bob Dylan: Crossroads from the North Country 🙋
Cantor Singer is a native of Superior, Wisconsin, where he grew up immersed in the local folk music scene and where his father was a local researcher for "Just Like Bob Zimmerman’s Blues," the first biography of Bob Dylan’s Jewish upbringing in northern Minnesota. Join Cantor Singer for this two-part course exploring Dylan's family, life, […]
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Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study đź–Ą
Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study đź–Ą
Read and discuss the Torah, Tanakh and Talmud. No Hebrew knowledge or prior study is necessary. For any questions, contact David Richter at dhenryrichter@gmail.com. RSVP Zoom meeting information will be automatically provided upon RSVP.
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Lunch and Learn: Hanukkah Sing-Along with Cantor Singer 🙋
Lunch and Learn: Hanukkah Sing-Along with Cantor Singer 🙋
What are your favorite Hanukkah songs? Join Cantor Dan Singer for a Hanukkah sing-along, where he'll lead us through holiday staples, introduce us to new music and teach us a little something about these songs' meanings, history and cultural influence. Sufganiyot will be served! RSVP
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Virtual Short Story Group đź–Ą
Virtual Short Story Group đź–Ą
Join our monthly Short Story Group on Zoom, where we discuss Jewish-themed material. This month we're reading “Saving” by Sylvie Baumgartel, “Nectarines” by Joseph Eichner, “Just So” by Edith Pearlman and “An Interview with Maurice Sendak" by an Emma Brockes. Sponsored by Community Connections. For more information or copies of the stories, please contact Golde Richter at golde@nyc.rr.com. RSVP […]
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Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study đź–Ą
Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study đź–Ą
Read and discuss the Torah, Tanakh and Talmud. No Hebrew knowledge or prior study is necessary. For any questions, contact David Richter at dhenryrichter@gmail.com. RSVP Zoom meeting information will be automatically provided upon RSVP.
Deep Dive into the Shabbat Morning Service 🙋
Deep Dive into the Shabbat Morning Service 🙋
Join Rabbi Samantha Natov for an in-person deep dive into the Shabbat morning service. Investigate the meanings of prayers, where they fall in the morning service and how different musical settings affect the way we understand them. A great intro to Shabbat liturgy and enriching for more experienced worshippers! RSVP
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Lighting The Hanukkah Candles đź–Ą
Lighting The Hanukkah Candles đź–Ą
with Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch Join Rabbi Ammi Hirsch for a short teaching about the miracle of Hanukkah as he lights the festival's first candle! WATCH HERE
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Guided Tour of the Center for Jewish History 🙋
Guided Tour of the Center for Jewish History 🙋
with Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz Hanukkah celebrates the Maccabees' commitment to ensuring the future of Judaism and rich expressions of Jewish identity. Join Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz on a guided tour through the Center for Jewish History and explore the varied traditions and expressions of Judaism that we have proudly inherited.There is a $10 cost for this […]
The Miraculous Hanukkah Cook-Off đź–Ą
The Miraculous Hanukkah Cook-Off đź–Ą
with Rabbis Sam Natov and Rena Rifkin Tradition tells us the Maccabees found only enough oil for one day — but that it miraculously burned for eight. Rabbis Sam Natov and Rena Rifkin think the real Hanukkah miracle is sufganiyot (doughnuts). Join our resident rabbi-chefs as they go head-to-head for another holiday cook-off! WATCH HERE
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2022–23 Winter Mission to Israel
2022–23 Winter Mission to Israel
REGISTER BY JULY 8, 2022 Join Rabbis Ammiel Hirsch and Rena Rifkin and your fellow Stephen Wise members in December to experience the Jewish homeland in a whole new way! Our Israel missions are an amazing opportunity for travelers eight to 80 to experience the wonder, history and beauty of Israel from the Upper Galilee […]
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Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study đź–Ą
Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study đź–Ą
Read and discuss the Torah, Tanakh and Talmud. No Hebrew knowledge or prior study is necessary. For any questions, contact David Richter at dhenryrichter@gmail.com. RSVP Zoom meeting information will be automatically provided upon RSVP.
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2022–23 Winter Mission to Israel
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Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study đź–Ą
Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study đź–Ą
Read and discuss the Torah, Tanakh and Talmud. No Hebrew knowledge or prior study is necessary. For any questions, contact David Richter at dhenryrichter@gmail.com. RSVP Zoom meeting information will be automatically provided upon RSVP.
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