Archive: March 2021

WJCS-A Legacy of Values: Writing Your Ethical Will

Posted on March 4, 2021

March 4, 2021 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am – Pass on your essential truths, values, and life lessons. Learn the history of ethical wills, read some classic and contemporary examples, and begin to write your own.   3 Thursdays, March 4, 18, April 8, 9:30-11:00 AM. Suggested fee, $72

Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center Memory Keepers Generations Forward Speaker-Sandy Speier Klein

Posted on March 4, 2021

March 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center Memory Keepers GenerationsForward Speaker-Sandy Speier Klein Please join the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center in the safety and comfort of your own home to listen to Memory Keepers GenerationsForward speaker-Sandy Speier Klein on Thursday, March 4 at 7 p.m. Sandy Speier Klein spent her adult life in the […]

UJA: Westchester Joshua Society Briefing with Westchester District Attorney Mimi Rocah

Posted on March 4, 2021

March 4, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm –

Westchester Jewish Center: Virtual Song Circle

Posted on March 4, 2021

March 4, 2021 @ 8:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Westchester Jewish Center Virtual Song Circle https://www.wjcenter.org/events/virtual-song-circle-2-2021-03-04/ March 4, 2021, 8:30 pm – 9:00 pm Add to iCal | Add to Google Calendar Join Cantors Ethan and Shoshi Levin Goldberg and members of WJC and Temple Israel Center for a song-filled half hour. We’ll sing old favorites, learn new melodies and prepare our souls and voices for […]

First Fridays: A Modern, Artistic Kabbalat Shabbat for 20’s and 30’s – Congregation Kol Ami

Posted on March 5, 2021

March 5, 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 […]

Scarsdale Synagogue – Jews & Blacks in the Civil Rights Era – A Discussion

Posted on March 5, 2021

March 5, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Following the 7:30 p.m. Shir Shabbat service via Zoom, join Scarsdale Synagogue’s Brotherhood and Billy Planer to explore the reality of the relationship between the Jewish & Black communities during the Civil Rights era. Billy Planer founded Etgar 36 in 2003 as a political and social justice summer program for Jewish teens and continues to lead students […]

Mishkan Ha’am Friday Night Shabbat Service – National Refugee Shabbat with Guest Speaker

Posted on March 5, 2021

March 5, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm – We will join HIAS, the Jewish refugee organization, and synagogues around the country by recognizing National Refugee Shabbat. We will be joined by a guest speaker from the Westchester branch of the immigrant rights organization Make the Road. Please join us for an important conversation about this cause right here in our local community.  The service will also include […]

Bet Am Shalom Craft Show – “The Passover Table, The Centerpiece: Seder Plate”

Posted on March 7, 2021

March 7, 2021 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am – The Passover Table, The Centerpiece: Seder Plate Watch a lively zoom discussion among Rabbis Harry Pell (The Leffell School), Chaim Marder (Hebrew Institute of White Plains), and Les Bronstein (Bet Am Shalom), as they explore the meaning of the Passover table’s centerpiece, the seder plate, our special connection to it, and the way we elevate […]

Mishkan Ha’am Adult Ed: The Beginnings of Midrash and Rabbinic Interpretation

Posted on March 7, 2021

March 7, 2021 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm – At our January Adult Ed program, we looked at the origins of the Torah and questions about its authorship. In this session, we will shift our focus to the early Rabbis, who lived at the beginning of the common era, to see how they interpreted the Torah. We’ll learn the origins of Midrash, including the rules and […]

Horizons Summer Program Open House

Posted on March 7, 2021

March 7, 2021 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm – Join a new summer program of learning and discovery this July. 2021 sees the launch of Horizons – an exciting month-long summer program at the beautiful Givat Haviva campus, located 40 minutes north of Tel Aviv.   Horizons has been designed for curious, motivated and passionate teens, aged 14 to 16, wanting to make the most […]