Featured Events
Book Swap and Rooftop Shabbat 🙋
Adults
- Events
- Adults
Community Mahjong 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueSpend 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 a table waiting for you! Co-sponsored by Community Connections and the Women's Organization of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. PLEASE REGISTER HERE
The Human Right to Assisted End of Life: Intersection of Spiritual and Ethical Issues 🖥
Explore the spiritual and ethical aspects of compassionate and assisted dying. Led by Dr. Karen Hopenwasser and Irit Felsen, Ph.D., and featuring Rabbi Rachel Timoner, senior rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and Toby Weiss, assistant vice president of cultural diversity and hospice and palliative care for Metropolitan Jewish Health System.
‘I’ll Have What She’s Having’: The Jewish Deli 🙋
New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West, New York, United StatesJoin the Women's Organization of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue on an outing to New-York Historical Society for a self-guided tour. The special exhibition "'I’ll Have What She’s Having': The Jewish Deli" examines how Jewish immigrants, mostly from Central and Eastern Europe, imported and adapted traditions to create a uniquely American restaurant and reveals how Jewish […]
Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study 🖥
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 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueJoin 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
Lunch and Learn: Reform Judaism’s Zionism with Rabbi Neal Borovitz 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueJoin our member Rabbi Neal Borovitz as we explore Reform Judaism’s fraught history with Zionism. Using the movement's generational platforms, we'll examine the changing nature of our relationship with and connection to Israel. RSVP