Featured Events
Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service + Special LGBTQ+ Pride Reception
SWFS Spring Benefit
Shabbat with the Israel National Defense College 🙋
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Annual Meeting 🙋🖥
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Ernest Bloch’s ‘Avodath HaKodesh’ 🙋🖥
Ernest Bloch’s ‘Avodath HaKodesh’ 🙋🖥
Performed by the Manhattan School of Music Choral Ensemble and conducted by Elliot Roman Swiss-American Jewish composer Ernest Bloch's "Avodath HaKodesh" (sacred service) sets the bar for composers aspiring to elevate the language and flow of a synagogue service to the realm of the concert stage. The hourlong Hebrew oratorio — the first and virtually […]
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In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch: Eric Fingerhut
As the head of The Jewish Federations of North America, former U.S. Congressman Eric Fingerhut bears the responsibility of working with partners who often don't see eye to eye. He views that cooperation as key to the success of the Jewish community in America. LISTEN + SUBSCRIBE Every other week, Rabbi Ammi Hirsch hosts intellectually […]
Jewish Life in Poland: From Holocaust To Haven 🙋
Jewish Life in Poland: From Holocaust To Haven 🙋
One of Poland’s most visible signs of Jewish revival, the JCC Krakow is committed to taking care of Holocaust survivors and rebuilding the Polish Jewish community. And since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, JCC Krakow has taken on an additional mission of supporting Ukrainian refugees in Poland. Join JCC Krakow CEO Jonathan Ornstein and photographer […]
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Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service + Special Reception
Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service + Special Reception
Welcome and celebrate Shabbat at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue! Join us for services followed by a special reception featuring light bites, refreshments, great company and conversation! RSVP FOR RECEPTION We're also proud to livestream our services. Tune in on our website, Facebook or YouTube.
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Tot Shabbat Together (Moved Indoors To SWFS) 🙋
Tot Shabbat Together (Moved Indoors To SWFS) 🙋
Hop, jump, dance and sing at our rooftop Tot Shabbat! Join Rabbi Sam Natov for this fun and interactive Shabbat morning service designed for children four and under and their grown-ups! Tot Shabbat has been moved indoors due to inclement weather. RSVP
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(In-Person) Grades K–5 Religious School Open House and Info Session 🙋
(In-Person) Grades K–5 Religious School Open House and Info Session 🙋
Get a taste of our Religious School program! While children attend our Religious School program, parents will meet with our Director of Youth Education Rabbi Rifkin to hear about our Religious School programs and curriculum, and learn about how enriching it is to become part of our Religious School and the Stephen Wise community. REGISTER […]
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Second-Night Community Seder 🙋
Second-Night Community Seder 🙋
Join the Stephen Wise community as our clergy lead a musical and engaging second-night community Passover Seder. Come share this cherished night as we recall the Exodus of our ancestors and our own liberation — and enjoy good food and wine, engaging conversation and activities for children! GET TICKETS Registration closes March 17. We sell […]
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Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service
Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service
Welcome and celebrate Shabbat at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue! Our easy-to-follow services, accompanied by a full band, are inspiring and uplifting. We're also proud to livestream our services. Tune in on our website, Facebook or YouTube.
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In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch: Ken Burns
The best-known documentary filmmaker in the world, Ken Burns is a master storyteller — and a patriot in the truest sense. His 35 films on subjects such as baseball, jazz, Mark Twain, the Civil War, and now the U.S. and the Holocaust see our country not only for what it is, but what it could […]
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Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service
Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service
Welcome and celebrate Shabbat at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue! Our easy-to-follow services, accompanied by a full band, are inspiring and uplifting. We're also proud to livestream our services. Tune in on our website, Facebook or YouTube.
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UWS Yom HaShoah Observance: Reading of the Names 🙋🖥
For more than 20 years, Upper West Side synagogues and the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan have honored the victims of the Holocaust with an annual overnight Yom HaShoah Reading of the Names. The reading of names will begin at Anshe Chesed on Monday, April 17, at 10 p.m. and continue overnight until 7 a.m. on […]
‘Safer in Silence’ Screening + Talkback 🙋
‘Safer in Silence’ Screening + Talkback 🙋
In the new documentary "Safer in Silence," the daughter of a World War II refugee searches for the truth of her family’s Polish past. Uncovering her Jewish roots, she is pulled into a complex journey revealing startling revelations that force her to face the patterns of hiding and secrecy that have profoundly affected her life. […]
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Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service + Special Reception
Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service + Special Reception
Welcome and celebrate Shabbat at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue! Join us for services followed by a special reception featuring light bites, refreshments, great company and conversation! RSVP FOR RECEPTION We're also proud to livestream our services. Tune in on our website, Facebook or YouTube.
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Spring 2024 Israel Mission Info Session đź–Ą
Spring 2024 Israel Mission Info Session đź–Ą
Join Rabbis Ammiel Hirsch and Rena Rifkin and your fellow Stephen Wise members next spring to experience the Jewish homeland in a whole new way! Our Israel missions are an amazing opportunity for travelers ages eight to 80 to experience the wonder, history, and beauty of Israel from the Upper Galilee to the Dead Sea! […]
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In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch: Einat Wilf
Why is a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so elusive? Dr. Einat Wilf thinks the answer is simple, but that we've been unwilling to accept it. LISTEN + SUBSCRIBE Every other week, Rabbi Ammi Hirsch hosts intellectually honest conversations unpacking current events through the lens of Jewish wisdom. Unbound by politics and untethered by party […]
Yom Ha’atzmaut Comedy Night: Israel 75 Live with Joel Chasnoff and Benji Lovitt 🙋
Yom Ha’atzmaut Comedy Night: Israel 75 Live with Joel Chasnoff and Benji Lovitt 🙋
Why are there so many stray cats in Tel Aviv? Do citizens of the Jewish state go to the polls every Tuesday, or what? And how did Israelis get to be so darn Israeli? Join us for a night of comedy celebrating Israel's 75th birthday as Anglo-Israeli comedians Joel Chasnoff and Benji Lovitt answer these […]
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Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service
Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service
Welcome and celebrate Shabbat at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue! Our easy-to-follow services, accompanied by a full band, are inspiring and uplifting. We're also proud to livestream our services. Tune in on our website, Facebook or YouTube.
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Special Reception For Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai 🙋
Special Reception For Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai 🙋
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue invites you to help us give a warm New York welcome to Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai at a special reception! As hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been taking to the streets to protest proposed judicial overhauls, our Rabbi Ammi Hirsch will sit down with Huldai to discuss the latest developments in Israel and Huldai's tenure […]
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Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service
Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service
Welcome and celebrate Shabbat at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue! Our easy-to-follow services, accompanied by a full band, are inspiring and uplifting. We're also proud to livestream our services. Tune in on our website, Facebook or YouTube.
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Tot Shabbat Together in Central Park 🙋
Tot Shabbat Together in Central Park 🙋
Hop, jump, dance and sing at our outdoor Tot Shabbat! Join Rabbi Sam Natov at Mineral Springs in Central Park for this fun and interactive Shabbat morning service designed for children four and under and their grown-ups! Tot Shabbat may be moved indoors in the event of inclement weather. RSVP
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