Featured Events
Book Swap and Rooftop Shabbat 🙋
Religious Services and Holidays
- Events
- Religious Services and Holidays
Kabbalat Shabbat Evening Service
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueWelcome 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.
In-Person Shabbat Morning Services
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueJoin us every Shabbat morning for warm, welcoming services and joyous b'ani mitzvah celebrations!
Lighting The Hanukkah Candles with Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch 🖥
Join Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch as he shows us how to light the Hanukkah candles and wishes us all a happy Hanukkah! Watch at swfs.org/live or on Facebook or YouTube!
Shine a Light on Antisemitism
Times Square (at 44th St.) 1501 Broadway, New York, NYThis Hanukkah, let’s send a powerful message of standing up and standing together for our community! The Antisemitism Task Force invites you to join UJA-Federation of New York and thousands of New Yorkers to be part of a national effort to raise awareness about antisemitism through education, community partnerships, workplace engagement, and advocacy among Jewish […]
Hanukkah: A Struggle For Identity with Rabbi Shira Gluck 🖥
The Maccabees famously rebelled against the Seleucid Empire Empire after King Antiochus forbade Jewish religious practice. But their Hasmonean dynasty later waged a civil war against Hellenized Jews. Join Rabbi Shira Gluck on Zoom as she examines Hanukkah as a struggle for identity and its resonance for Reform Jews in the modern world. This session […]
The Miraculous Hanukkah Cook-Off 🖥
Tradition tells us the Maccabees found only enough oil for one day — but that it miraculously burned for eight. But Rabbis Rena Rifkin and Sam Natov think the real Hanukkah miracle is how delicious their olive oil cake and gelt cookies came out. Join our resident rabbi-chefs as they go head-to-head for another holiday […]