Archive: May 2020

A Night of Jewish Learning: Tikkun Leil Shavuot 5780

Posted on May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020 – May 29, 2020 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 am – A Night of Joyful Jewish Learning with Rabbis from America to Israel Thursday, May 28, 5:00 pm (EDT) – Friday, May 29, 7:00 am (EDT) Log in: https://bit.ly/3bf5Q9e Join Reform Rabbis from the US and Israel in an ALL-NIGHT online experience of sacred Jewish study! Every hour, on the hour, you’ll be guided by our […]

Celebration of Torah

Posted on May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Jewish congregations of Putnam, Northern Westchester and Danbury join together to receive and celebrate Torah. During this pandemic, community support and the vision and wisdom of Torah are needed to strengthen and guide us. Our pluralistic group of rabbis will lead prayer, study sessions, a puppet show, lively music and fun games. Through the magic […]

Erev Shavuot

Posted on May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020 @ 8:00 pm –

Shavuot

Posted on May 29, 2020

May 29, 2020 – May 30, 2020 @ All Day –

USY Annual Scholarship Gala

Posted on June 2, 2020

June 2, 2020 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The annual USY Scholarship Gala, which raises funds to send teens on USY trips nationwide and to Israel, will be honoring the Hurvitz sisters, Matt Resnick, and Justin Rosen Smolen. A registration link will be available soon.  Please check back.  

Westchester Jewish Center: “Is God Listening?” Exploring Prayer today through the Prayers of the Bible Virtual Service

Posted on June 2, 2020

June 2, 2020 @ 7:45 pm – 8:45 pm – “Is God Listening?” Exploring Prayer today through the Prayers of the Bible Our partnership with the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem continues at a new time with teaching presented by another of the CY’s most popular teachers, Bex Stern Rosenblatt (check out her bio here). The destruction of the Temple and exile from Jerusalem in 586 […]

Join Rabbi Pamela Wax – WJCS for Lions and Tigers and Bears Zoom Series

Posted on June 3, 2020

June 3, 2020 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am – Lions and Tigers and Bears? This successful series is being repeated for those who missed it the first time around!  And it’s actually Equanimity, Resilience, Compassion, Patience, Gratitude, and Faith, all of which, when cultivated, will transform those wild beasts of our  imaginations into something that will serve self and other. In this unprecedented time of fear […]

Adapting: The Future of Jewish Education

Posted on June 3, 2020

June 3, 2020 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Dr. David Bryfman from The Jewish Education Project will converse each week with a different guest to explore the big questions, challenges, and successes that define Jewish education. In partnership with jewishLIVE a virtual festival for curated Jewish content and experiences. Go to this link to be placed on a list to be receive weekly […]

COVID-19 ZOOM Support Group-WJCS

Posted on June 3, 2020

June 3, 2020 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – COVID-19 ZOOM Support Group: If you have recovered (or are recovering) from COVID-19 and would like a safe place in which to process and share your experience with others, our virtual group will be meeting: 4 Wednesdays, May 20 and 27, June 3 and 10, facilitated by Rabbi Pamela Wax and Heidi Weiss, LMSW, MHA. […]

Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center Memory Keepers Online Cocktail Hour: GenerationsForward Speaker Series with Joan Poulin

Posted on June 4, 2020

June 4, 2020 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center Memory Keepers Online Cocktail Hour: GenerationsForward Speaker Series-Joan Poulin The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center’s Memory Keepers Online Cocktail Hour will feature GenerationsForward speaker Joan Poulin on June 4 at 5 p.m. Joan will discuss now she used 175 family letters from her father’s mother and brother to […]