June 3, 2021 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Join the American Jewish Committee in an urgent community discussion: Antisemitism on the rise: Where’s the outrage? featuring David Harris Chief Executive Officer American Jewish Committee In the past weeks, we have witnessed an appalling spike in violent antisemitic incidents in New York and across the United States: Jewish diners have been beaten, synagogue goers […]
June 4, 2021 @ 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Jammin’ Pride Shabbat Fri, June 4 at 5:00 pm ON THE TEMPLE LAWN! Put on your jammies, gather ’round the screen, and join us for our usual antics and love, this month celebrating the full rainbow of life! If you prefer, enjoy on Facebook.
June 4, 2021 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center-Memory Keepers GenerationsForward Lecture: Helen Rubel To Speak Please join the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center from the safety and comfort of your home on June 4 at 5 p.m. to hear Memory Keepers GenerationsForward Speaker Helen Rubel. Helen Rubel is the daughter and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. Helen […]
June 4, 2021 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Calling all seekers in their 20s and 30s to welcome in the spirit of Shabbat together with a new service that blends traditional Jewish liturgy with voices in modern Jewish culture, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Leonard Cohen. We’ll explore what Judaism’s classic language and visions can mean in our lives. Come experience anew the […]
June 4, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Join us on June 4th for a celebration of PRIDE Shabbat As we welcome Rabbi Sandra Lawson Rabbi Sandra Lawson (she/her) is one of the first African American, queer, female rabbis who has consciously sought to […]
June 4, 2021 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – PRIDE: Promoting a Brighter Future Woodlands Community Temple in White Plains, its LGBTQ+ Task Force, its Youth & Family Engagement Committee, and WoodSY, its Senior Youth Group invite you to join us as we livestream our 5th annual Pride Shabbat service at 8:00 pm ET on Friday, June 4, 2021 (facebook.com/wctemple). This warm, welcoming service […]
June 5, 2021 @ 9:30 am – We will celebrate Pride Shabbat on June 5, 2021. Please join us at CSI (or view our livestream) as we welcome Nadav Shachmon as our speaker. Nadav, the Westchester Israeli Shaliach (emissary), was born and raised in Jerusalem and now lives in White Plains with his husband and their daughter. Nadav will share his personal story […]
June 6, 2021 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am – June 6th “Conversation Across Communities” from Hod Hasharon, Israel and Scarsdale Village featuring a talk with an Israeli Holocaust survivor More information to follow.
June 6, 2021 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm – Does God have a gender? Most translations of the Torah refer to God with he/him pronouns. Yet there is also a long history in Jewish tradition of a feminine aspect of divinity, from Asherah to Shechinah to contemporary feminist re-imaginings of Hebrew blessings. We will learn about these different views of God’s gender, and consider […]
June 6, 2021 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Dinner will be held on zoom. Link to follow.
