Featured Events
Book Swap and Rooftop Shabbat 🙋
In-Person Shabbat Morning Services
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueJoin us every Shabbat morning for warm, welcoming services and joyous b'ani mitzvah celebrations!
Alternative Minyan 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueShare the Shabbat morning service in a meditative style with friends and fellow congregants. Rabbi Dalia Samansky will lead this service, which includes music and responsive readings in both Hebrew and English.
Havdalah and Melaveh Malkah 🖥
Join Cantor Dan Singer to bid farewell to Shabbat with a musical Havdalah service and Melaveh Malkah. Watch live here on our website or on Facebook or YouTube.
Adult Hebrew Class (Level A) 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueThe language of the ancient Israelites, Hebrew ceased to be spoken between 200–400 CE, in the aftermath of the Third Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire — but its use continued in Jewish literature and liturgy for centuries. Much like the miracle of the modern state of Israel, Hebrew is one of the only true […]
Lunch and Learn: Hanukkah Story – Miracles or Zionism? 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueThe songs of Hanukkah are more than celebratory tunes...they also reveal the changing role the holiday has played in Israel's national identity. Join Upper West Side Shlicha Gali Rabin Choresh, as she shares her experience celebrating Hanukkah growing up in a kibbutz, alongside a historical analysis of the ways Hanukkah songs symbolize a shifting national […]
An Evening With Israel’s Special Combat Search and Rescue Unit 669 🙋🇮🇱
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueWhen Israel's soldiers are injured, it's up to the elite helicopter-borne combat search and rescue Unit 669 to extract the wounded and provide medical treatment — often under fire and […]