Featured Events
Tot Shabbat Together 🙋
Dream. Fracture: A K’far Aza Photography Exhibit 🙋
Women’s Organization New Year’s Meet and Greet 🙋
Erev Selichot 🙋
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah Day One
Tashlich in Central Park 🙋
Rosh Hashanah Day Two
Torn: The American Jewish Experience of October 7
Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre)
Yom Kippur
Erev Sukkot Service 🙋
Sukkot Morning Service 🙋
Erev Simchat Torah Service and Dancing in the Street 🙋
Simchat Torah Morning Service with Yizkor 🙋
Tot Simchat Torah 🙋
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Bring Your Own Lunch to The Sukkah! 🙋
Bring Your Own Lunch to The Sukkah! 🙋
Members are invited to bring their own vegetarian, nut-free meals to enjoy in our rooftop sukkah. Advanced registration is required. All children must be supervised by a parent or guardian.
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Bring Your Own Dinner to The Sukkah! 🙋
Bring Your Own Dinner to The Sukkah! 🙋
Members are invited to bring their own vegetarian, nut-free meals to enjoy in our rooftop sukkah. Advanced registration is required. All children must be supervised by a parent or guardian.
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Lunch and Learn: Welcome Back Brunch in Sukkah! 🙋
Lunch and Learn: Welcome Back Brunch in Sukkah! 🙋
Join your SWFS friends for a full brunch in our rooftop Sukkah! We will spend time reconnecting with old friends and making new ones. And don't miss a chance to […]
Bring Your Own Dinner to The Sukkah! 🙋
Bring Your Own Dinner to The Sukkah! 🙋
Members are invited to bring their own vegetarian, nut-free meals to enjoy in our rooftop sukkah. Advanced registration is required. All children must be supervised by a parent or guardian.
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Community Mahjong 🙋
Community Mahjong 🙋
Spend the afternoon playing maj with friends old and new! All levels welcome — whether you're a pro, need to sharpen your skills, or are just learning to play, there's […]
1 event,
Bring Your Own Dinner to The Sukkah! 🙋
Bring Your Own Dinner to The Sukkah! 🙋
Members are invited to bring their own vegetarian, nut-free meals to enjoy in our rooftop sukkah. Advanced registration is required. All children must be supervised by a parent or guardian.
1 event,
Bring Your Own Dinner to The Sukkah! 🙋
Bring Your Own Dinner to The Sukkah! 🙋
Members are invited to bring their own vegetarian, nut-free meals to enjoy in our rooftop sukkah. Advanced registration is required. All children must be supervised by a parent or guardian.
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Simchat Torah Morning Service with Yizkor
Simchat Torah Morning Service with Yizkor
Our spirited celebration of Simchat Torah continues with a morning service and a commemoration of Yizkor. (Administrative Office Closed)
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 […]
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Community-Wide Vigil/Rally for Israel 🙋🇮🇱
Community-Wide Vigil/Rally for Israel 🙋🇮🇱
UJA-Federation and the Jewish Community Relations Council are hosting a community-wide vigil/rally for Israel at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza. The event will include remarks by community leaders and moments for prayer and solidarity. For security reasons, backpacks are prohibited.
Lunch and Learn: Bikur Cholim – Why and How We Visit the Sick 🙋
Lunch and Learn: Bikur Cholim – Why and How We Visit the Sick 🙋
Judaism believes that when we visit the sick our presence also helps to provide relief and healing. Come learn with Rabbi Samantha Natov about how we can be of comfort […]
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Community Solidarity Gathering with Israel 🙋🇮🇱
Community Solidarity Gathering with Israel 🙋🇮🇱
On Shabbat and Simchat Torah, Hamas launched an inhuman, brutal attack on Israeli civilians. According to the latest reports, many hundreds of Israeli civilians, soldiers and police were killed, thousands were wounded, and an estimated 100 have been taken hostage and kidnapped to Gaza. The fighting in Israel is ongoing, and the weeks and months […]
Community Mahjong 🙋
Community Mahjong 🙋
Spend the afternoon playing maj with friends old and new! All levels welcome — whether you're a pro, need to sharpen your skills, or are just learning to play, there's […]
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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.
Stephen Wise Book Group 🙋
Stephen Wise Book Group 🙋
Explore classic and contemporary Jewish literature at this monthly group meeting. This month, we're reading "City of Thieves" by David Benioff. RSVP
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Lunch and Learn: Stopping Domestic Violence 🙋
Lunch and Learn: Stopping Domestic Violence 🙋
Domestic violence is an invisible epidemic. Join the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Women's Organization in taking the first step in advocating for women's safety. Â Rachel Graber, Vice President of Government […]
King Saul: Power, Prophecy and Peril 🙋
King Saul: Power, Prophecy and Peril 🙋
Join Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz, Ph.D., for a complex character study of Israel's first king, Saul. Over two sessions, we'll explore God's reasons for anointing Saul and why the king fell […]
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Community Mahjong 🙋
Community Mahjong 🙋
Spend the afternoon playing maj with friends old and new! All levels welcome — whether you're a pro, need to sharpen your skills, or are just learning to play, there's […]
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Hostages and Missing Families Forum Community Briefing
Hostages and Missing Families Forum Community Briefing
The Jewish community is invited to a high-level update on the war in Israel and what you can do to bring the hostages home. Featuring: Yair Golan, a major general in the Israel Defense Forces reserves who immediately drove to the scene of the attack to save lives; Moshe Lavi, whose family is held hostage […]
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 […]
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See ‘Partnership’ With the Women’s Organization of SWFS 🙋
See ‘Partnership’ With the Women’s Organization of SWFS 🙋
Join the Women's Organization of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue to watch the Mint Theater's new production: "Partnership," a light comedy about the importance of work-life balance in a young, professional […]
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Lunch and Learn: Jewish Ghost Stories 🙋
Lunch and Learn: Jewish Ghost Stories 🙋
Explore the spooky side of Judaism with Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz. Come enjoy warm soup as we share ghost stories from our sacred texts and literature! 
Communal Meeting with the Families of the Hostages 🙋🖥🇮🇱
Communal Meeting with the Families of the Hostages 🙋🖥🇮🇱
The war in Israel is raging on, and more than 200 hostages are still being held in Gaza. Hear directly from Israeli family members of the hostages and eyewitness survivors […]
King Saul: Power, Prophecy and Peril 🙋
King Saul: Power, Prophecy and Peril 🙋
Join Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz, Ph.D., for a complex character study of Israel's first king, Saul. Over two sessions, we'll explore God's reasons for anointing Saul and why the king fell […]
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Community Mahjong 🙋
Community Mahjong 🙋
Spend the afternoon playing maj with friends old and new! All levels welcome — whether you're a pro, need to sharpen your skills, or are just learning to play, there's […]
Antisemitism Task Force Open Meeting🙋
Antisemitism Task Force Open Meeting🙋
Antisemitism is on the rise — and we need your help now more than ever! Please join us for an open Antisemitism Task Force Meeting, where we’ll discuss our plans […]
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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 “At Home at Last” and “Borrowed Time” by Ruth Fainlight, “The Beauty in […]
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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 […]
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Adult Hebrew Class (Level A) 🙋
Adult Hebrew Class (Level A) 🙋
The language of the ancient Israelites, Hebrew ceased to be spoken between 200–400 CE, in the aftermath of the Third Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire — but its use continued in Jewish literature and liturgy for centuries. Much like the miracle of the modern state of Israel, Hebrew is one of the only true […]
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Lunch and Learn: Jewish Ghost Stories 🙋
Lunch and Learn: Jewish Ghost Stories 🙋
Explore the spooky side of Judaism with Rabbi Dalia Samansky. Come enjoy some Halloween treats as we explore ghost stories from our sacred texts and literature!
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Community Mahjong 🙋
Community Mahjong 🙋
Spend the afternoon playing maj with friends old and new! All levels welcome — whether you're a pro, need to sharpen your skills, or are just learning to play, there's […]
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Docent-Led Tour of The Heller Museum 🙋
Docent-Led Tour of The Heller Museum 🙋
Join the Women’s Organization of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue for a docent-led tour of "Frank Stella: Had Gadya” the new exhibition at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s Dr. Bernard […]
Amplify Israel Book Club: Dinner and a Book 🙋
Amplify Israel Book Club: Dinner and a Book 🙋
Join us to read about the most pressing issues facing the Jewish people today. For this meeting, we will be reading "People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present" […]
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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 […]
Alternative Minyan 🙋
Alternative Minyan 🙋
Share the Shabbat morning service in a meditative style with friends and fellow congregants. Cantor Dan Singer will lead this service, which includes music and responsive readings in both Hebrew and English.
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