Featured Events
UWS Yom HaShoah Observance: Reading of the Names 🙋🖥
Tot Shabbat Together 🙋
SWFS Spring Benefit: Celebrating 20 Years of Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch
Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism
Tu B’Shevat Seder 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueJoin Cantor Dan and Rabbis Sam and Dalia for our joyous Tu B'Shevat Seder! Together we'll delight in fruit and snacks straight from Israel and enjoy songs, teachings, stories and conversation as we honor God's presence in the natural world and our relationship with the earth. 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
Class of 2023 SWFS Reunion 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueReconnect with your Stephen Wise family! Join other SWFS high school senior and schmooze over a pizza dinner while Rabbis Ammi Hirsch and Rena Rifkin welcome you and lead a discussion about your experiences in high school and planning for Jewish life beyond the Upper West Side. RSVP
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 […]