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End-of-Year Siyyum Ceremony 🙋
SWFS Spring Benefit: Celebrating 20 Years of Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch
Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism
Upper West Side Religious School Fair 🙋
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Shabbat with the Israel National Defense College 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueShow your support for the brave soldiers who defend the Jewish homeland. Join Stephen Wise Free Synagogue for a special Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat with the future leaders of Israel's military and police! In partnership with the consul general of Israel in New York, 50 of the highest-ranking officers from the Israel National Defense College […]
Shofar Blowing Crash Course 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueTekiah! Help us fill our sanctuary with the sound of the shofar! Cantor Dan Singer will be teaching a crash course on shofar blowing for members of all ages or experience levels — all you need is a shofar! RSVP Already know how to blow the shofar? RSVP here to sound off on the bimah […]
Talk Saves Lives + It’s Real: Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueBeing a kid has always been hard — and the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated troubling trends and introduced a host of new threats to young people's mental health. But the research is clear: talking about mental health and suicide prevention helps save lives. That's why Stephen Wise Free Synagogue's Religious School and the American Foundation for […]
Helping Children and Teens respond to the War in Israel 🖥🇮🇱
Join Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath, a nationally recognized expert on Israel, antisemitism and social media, for a virtual discussion on how to handle news and social media coverage of war in Israel with children and teens. Samantha will be joined by rabbis and senior educators from congregations across New York City. Topics will include how to respond […]
Why Israel? A Foundations Class for Teens (Grades 10–12) and Their Parents 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueIsrael is a hot-button issue. About as big as New Jersey, the country is covered in the media, at the U.N., and in public discourse to an extent far exceeding its size or population. With limitless information available about Israel from sources that range the political and ideological spectrum, it can be hard to break […]
Why Israel? A Foundations Class for Teens (Grades 10–12) and Their Parents 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueIsrael is a hot-button issue. About as big as New Jersey, the country is covered in the media, at the U.N., and in public discourse to an extent far exceeding its size or population. With limitless information available about Israel from sources that range the political and ideological spectrum, it can be hard to break […]