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Lunch and Learn: Pre-Sukkot Brunch 🙋
Pizza in the Hut 🙋 (For Religious School Families)
Erev Sukkot Service 🙋
Sukkot Morning Service 🙋
Tot Sukkot
Sukkah on the Streets! 🙋
Erev Simchat Torah Service and Dancing in the Street 🙋
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
Simchat Torah Morning Service with Yizkor 🙋
Tot Simchat Torah 🙋
Get Out the Vote: Phonebanking 🙋
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
Dreidels and Donuts 🍩
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
Discipline and Limit Setting Workshop
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
New Parent Reception
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
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Alternative Minyan 🙋
Alternative Minyan 🙋
Share the Shabbat morning service in a meditative style with friends and fellow congregants. Our clergy will lead this service, which includes music and readings in both Hebrew and English.
Havdalah and Melaveh Malkah 🖥
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.
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ECC Extended Day First Semester Begins (3s)
Torn: The American Jewish Experience of October 7
Torn: The American Jewish Experience of October 7
On October 7, join us for a breakfast, sponsored by the Women's Organization of SWFS, where Susan Lerner, the artist of the Torn exhibit in our lobby, will speak about the inspiration behind her art and how it represents the Jewish communal experience post-October 7. We will also hold prayers to express our collective pain […]
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In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch: Bernard-Henri Levy
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch: Bernard-Henri Levy
Israel is finding itself increasingly alone as it fights for the future of the free world. French Jewish philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy accuses the West of cowardice in the face of a powerful coalition of Islamist forces and the promulgation of infectious and illiberal ideas at home. LISTEN + SUBSCRIBE Every other week, Rabbi Ammi Hirsch […]
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ECC Closed for Erev Yom Kippur
Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre)
Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre)
Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 5:15 p.m. Family-Friendly Erev Yom Kippur Service 6:00 p.m. Early Kol Nidre Service | Livestreaming 8:30 p.m. Later Kol Nidre Service | Livestreaming Doors open 30 minutes before posted service times. Links to register for all of our High Holy Days services or programs are being […]
Family-Friendly Erev Yom Kippur Service 🙋
Family-Friendly Erev Yom Kippur Service 🙋
Join us for a short, family-friendly Erev Yom Kippur service led by Rabbis Ammiel Hirsch, Rena Rifkin, Samantha Natov, Dalia Samansky, and Cantor Dan Singer. Children must be accompanied by adults. Doors open 30 minutes before the service begins. Links to register for all of our High Holy Days services or programs are being sent […]
Early Kol Nidre Service 🙋🖥
Early Kol Nidre Service 🙋🖥
On Erev Yom Kippur, along to a hauntingly beautiful melody, we recite Kol Nidre, declaring all of our vows to be null and void. Join us for this early Erev Yom Kippur service! The Kol Nidre prayer begins promptly at 6 p.m. Doors open 30 minutes before the service begins. Links to register for all […]
Later Kol Nidre Service 🙋🖥
Later Kol Nidre Service 🙋🖥
On Erev Yom Kippur, along to a hauntingly beautiful melody, we recite Kol Nidre, declaring all of our vows to be null and void. Join us for this later Erev Yom Kippur service! The Kol Nidre prayer begins promptly at 8:30 p.m. Doors open 30 minutes before the service begins. Links to register for all […]
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Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 9:00 a.m. Early Yom Kippur Morning Service | Livestreaming 12:00 p.m. Later Yom Kippur Morning Service | Livestreaming 10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m. Adult Study I with Rabbi Dalia Samansky: Forgiveness When The Relationship Still Hurts 11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Adult Study II with Rabbi Rena Rifkin: God’s Mercy vs. Judgement in […]
Yom Kippur (Early) Morning Service 🙋🖥
Yom Kippur (Early) Morning Service 🙋🖥
Join us for our (early) Yom Kippur morning service. Doors open 30 minutes before the service begins. Links to register for all of our High Holy Days services or programs are being sent by email to all members in good standing. Need help? Or need to renew your membership? Call our office at (212) 877-4050, […]
Adult Study with Rabbi Dalia Samansky: Forgiveness When The Relationship Still Hurts
Adult Study with Rabbi Dalia Samansky: Forgiveness When The Relationship Still Hurts
How do you forgive someone when the relationship hasn’t been — or shouldn’t be — repaired? Join Rabbi Dalia Samansky as she explores how forgiveness can help you move on without excusing someone's harmful behavior. Links to register for all of our High Holy Days services or programs are being sent by email to all […]
Adult Study with Rabbi Rena Rifkin: God’s Mercy vs. Judgement in Jonah
Adult Study with Rabbi Rena Rifkin: God’s Mercy vs. Judgement in Jonah
Join Rabbi Rena Rifkin as she examines The Book of Jonah and its insights into the dichotomy of justice and mercy. Together, we'll discuss when God chooses one over the other and what that means for our lives. Links to register for all of our High Holy Days services or programs are being sent by […]
Yom Kippur (Later) Morning Service 🙋🖥
Yom Kippur (Later) Morning Service 🙋🖥
Join us for our (later) Yom Kippur morning service. Doors open 30 minutes before the service begins. Links to register for all of our High Holy Days services or programs are being sent by email to all members in good standing. Need help? Or need to renew your membership? Call our office at (212) 877-4050, […]
Adult Study with David Richter: Isaiah — Who Were They?
Adult Study with David Richter: Isaiah — Who Were They?
Join David Richter in exploring the haftarah on Yom Kippur morning, chapter 58 of Isaiah, which elevates righteous social action over ritual fasting and prayer. But who was this prophet, and how does he relate to the Isaiah who foresaw the day when all the nations would come to worship the LORD in Jerusalem? Links […]
Adult Study with Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz: Forgiveness in the Aftermath of October 7
Adult Study with Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz: Forgiveness in the Aftermath of October 7
After the tragic killing of Israeli hostages misidentified by the IDF, family members publicly expressed both their forgiveness and their inability to forgive. Join Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz as we explore what guides these reactions and their significance on personal and national levels. We’ll also examine statements of American community leaders from this past year. Do […]
For Children + Parents: Yom Kippur Torah Service + Activities 🙋
For Children + Parents: Yom Kippur Torah Service + Activities 🙋
Families are invited to a short, musical prayer service for appropriate for all ages followed by fun children’s activities on the street in front of Stephen Wise. The street will […]
Yom Kippur Afternoon Service with Yizkor, Neilah and New Child Blessing
Yom Kippur Afternoon Service with Yizkor, Neilah and New Child Blessing
Join us for our one-of-a-kind Yom Kippur afternoon service! Featuring a choir and our talented congregants, this musical revue traces the history of the Jewish people from Genesis to diaspora and Holocaust to independence. This service includes Yizkor, Neilah, new baby/child blessings and is immediately followed by Havdalah and break-fast. Doors open 30 minutes before […]
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ECC Closed for Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day
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Lunch and Learn: Pre-Sukkot Brunch 🙋
Lunch and Learn: Pre-Sukkot Brunch 🙋
Join Rabbi Dalia Samansky for a pre-Sukkot brunch as we explore the customs and rituals of this joyous festival. Bring your questions, curiosity and appetite as we prepare to welcome Sukkot together! RSVP
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Pizza in the Hut 🙋 (For Religious School Families)
Pizza in the Hut 🙋 (For Religious School Families)
Join our Religious School community on our rooftop sukkah for pizza and snacks at 5:15 p.m., followed by Erev Sukkot services in our sanctuary at 6 p.m. If your 6th or 7th grader has class on Wednesday and signs up, we'll send them to join us at 5:30 p.m. after class. This is a great […]
Erev Sukkot Service 🙋
Erev Sukkot Service 🙋
Welcome and celebrate Sukkot at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue with an intimate erev service.
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ECC Closed for Sukkot
Tot Sukkot
Tot Sukkot
Join us for a fun and interactive morning Sukkot service with holiday-themed crafts, music, and snacks! This program is designed for children four and under and their grown-ups.
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Family Shabbat Experience: Grades K–2 🙋
Family Shabbat Experience: Grades K–2 🙋
Welcome and celebrate Shabbat and Sukkot with Rabbi Dalia Samansky and your whole family! Together, we’ll shake the lulav and etrog and partake in some fun Sukkot-themed activities. This service […]
Shabbat Schmooze: Grades 6–7 🙋
Shabbat Schmooze: Grades 6–7 🙋
Sixth and seventh graders are invited to join Rabbi Rena Rifkin for Kabbalat Shabbat services followed by a special oneg just for them featuring light bites and refreshments. This event […]
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 on our […]
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Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study 🖥
Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study 🖥
Read and discuss the Torah, Tanakh and Talmud. No Hebrew knowledge or prior study is necessary. For any questions, contact David Richter at dhenryrichter@gmail.com. RSVP Zoom meeting information will be […]
In-Person Shabbat Morning Services
In-Person Shabbat Morning Services
Join us every Shabbat morning for warm, welcoming services and joyous b'nai mitzvah celebrations!
Stephen Wise Book Group 🙋
Stephen Wise Book Group 🙋
Explore classic and contemporary Jewish literature at this monthly group meeting. This month, we're reading "Kantika" by Elizabeth Graver.
Havdalah and Melaveh Malkah 🖥
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.
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Sukkah on the Streets! 🙋
Sukkah on the Streets! 🙋
Join us on Columbus Ave for our first-ever Sukkah on the Streets! All day on Sunday, October 20, on Columbus and 72nd Street, we’ll have family activities, music, and celebration […]
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Sukkah Breakfast/Lunch – 3 and 4 Year-Olds
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RAFI Info Session for Clergy 🖥
RAFI Info Session for Clergy 🖥
Learn more about Reform Movement Alumni for Israel (RAFI), a leadership program for American Reform Jews ages 22 to 35 to strengthen their commitments to Zionism and Jewish peoplehood through […]
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Erev Simchat Torah Service and Dancing in the Street 🙋
Erev Simchat Torah Service and Dancing in the Street 🙋
Join us outside as we sing and dance through seven traditional hakafot (processions) on 68th Street, which we close off for this festivity. Don’t miss Stephen Wise’s Torah reading and street party, which […]
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ECC Closed for Simchat Torah
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
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 lines, Ammi and his distinguished guests discuss everything from foreign affairs and antisemitism to politics and pop culture. This show is recorded from New York’s Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, […]
Tot Simchat Torah 🙋
Tot Simchat Torah 🙋
Hop, jump, dance and sing at our Tot Simchat Torah celebration!! This morning service will have holiday-themed crafts, music, and snacks! This program is designed for children four and under […]
Simchat Torah Morning Service with Yizkor 🙋
Simchat Torah Morning Service with Yizkor 🙋
Our spirited celebration of Simchat Torah continues with a morning service and a commemoration of Yizkor.
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Family Shabbat Experience: Grades 3–5 🙋
Family Shabbat Experience: Grades 3–5 🙋
Welcome and celebrate Shabbat — and the start of a new cycle of Torah reading — with Rabbi Dalia Samansky and your whole family! This service and program is designed for children in grades three through five and their grown-ups. RSVP
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 on our […]
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Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study 🖥
Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study 🖥
Read and discuss the Torah, Tanakh and Talmud. No Hebrew knowledge or prior study is necessary. For any questions, contact David Richter at dhenryrichter@gmail.com. RSVP Zoom meeting information will be automatically provided upon RSVP.
In-Person Shabbat Morning Services
In-Person Shabbat Morning Services
Join us every Shabbat morning for warm, welcoming services and joyous b'nai mitzvah celebrations!
Havdalah and Melaveh Malkah 🖥
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.
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RAFI Info Session for Clergy 🖥
RAFI Info Session for Clergy 🖥
Learn more about Reform Movement Alumni for Israel (RAFI), a leadership program for American Reform Jews ages 22 to 35 to strengthen their commitments to Zionism and Jewish peoplehood through travel, learning and friendship. Rabbis in up to nine locations will be selected to facilitate conversation around Zionism, answer questions, and help participants build their […]
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Lunch and Learn: Grief and Resilience — October 7th and the War through Israeli Art
Lunch and Learn: Grief and Resilience — October 7th and the War through Israeli Art
Join Upper West Side Shlicha (Israel Emissary) Gali Rabin Choresh as we delve into how Israelis have processed collective grief, honored victims, and conveyed the nation's resilience after October 7th […]
Get Out the Vote: Phonebanking 🙋
Get Out the Vote: Phonebanking 🙋
Join Stephen Wise's Social Action Committee and the Pennsylvania Religious Action Center (RAC-PA) for a phonebanking event, where we'll call underrepresented Pennsylvania voters who are overlooked by major political parties, with encouragement and a reminder to vote. No prior experience is necessary and all are welcome! The session will begin with a brief training before […]
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Community Mahjong 🙋
Community Mahjong 🙋
Spend 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 […]
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Virtual Short Story Group 🖥
Virtual Short Story Group 🖥
Join our monthly Short Story Group on Zoom, where we discuss Jewish-themed material. Sponsored by Community Connections. This month we're reading “How to Pray to a God You Don’t Believe […]
RAFI Info Session for Lay Leaders 🖥
RAFI Info Session for Lay Leaders 🖥
Learn more about Reform Movement Alumni for Israel (RAFI), a leadership program for American Reform Jews ages 22 to 35 to strengthen their commitments to Zionism and Jewish peoplehood through travel, learning and friendship. Lay leaders are needed to help bring this important new program to up to nine cities, where we'll strengthen local networks […]
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Family Shabbat Experience: Grades K–2 🙋
Family Shabbat Experience: Grades K–2 🙋
Welcome and celebrate Shabbat with Rabbi Dalia Samansky and your whole family! This service and program is designed for children in kindergarten through second grade and their grown-ups. RSVP
Family Shabbat Experience: Grades K–2 🙋
Family Shabbat Experience: Grades K–2 🙋
Welcome and celebrate Shabbat with Rabbi Dalia Samansky and your whole family! This service and program is designed for children in kindergarten through second grade and their grown-ups. RSVP
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 on our website, Facebook or Youtube.
3 events,
Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study 🖥
Virtual Lay-Led Torah Study 🖥
Read and discuss the Torah, Tanakh and Talmud. No Hebrew knowledge or prior study is necessary. For any questions, contact David Richter at dhenryrichter@gmail.com. RSVP Zoom meeting information will be automatically provided upon RSVP.
In-Person Shabbat Morning Services
In-Person Shabbat Morning Services
Join us every Shabbat morning for warm, welcoming services and joyous b'nai mitzvah celebrations!
Havdalah and Melaveh Malkah 🖥
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.
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Lunch and Learn: Pre-Sukkot Brunch 🙋
Sukkah on the Streets! 🙋
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