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Celebrating and Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy

Friday, January 14 @6:15 pm
MLK Shabbat & Shabbat Shira with special guest Allen Zerkin, Adjunct Professor of Public Administration at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service

Monday, January 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Day of Service

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Welcome the Stranger:
Resettling an Afghan Refugee Family

Welcoming the stranger is a foundational tenet of Jewish life.

Thanks to the outpouring of support
we have received from our Shaaray Tefila community,we will be able to move forward and sponsor an Afghan refugee family.

Stay tuned for more updates…

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For a curated look at the latest community news, events, and opportunities,

  1. Tue 18

    How to Answer Those Tough Questions Your Kids Might Ask You! (from a Jewish perspective)

    For parents of children ages 5-18. 
    Jan 18 @ 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  2. Tue 18

    Intro to Jewish Genealogy for Seniors

      In this six-month program, led
    Jan 18 @ 7:00pm - 8:15pm
  3. Fri 21

    Shabbat Services

    Please join us in person and
    Jan 21 @ 6:15pm - 7:30pm
  4. Sat 22

    Saturday Morning Minyan

    Join us in person and online
    Jan 22 @ 10:15am - 11:45am
  5. Sat 22

    Shabbat Torah Study

    Join us in person and online
    Jan 22 @ 11:45am - 12:45pm
  6. Mon 24

    Shaaray Tefila January Book Club

    January Book: Florence Adler Swims Forever
    Jan 24 @ 7:30pm - 8:30pm
  7. Wed 26

    Torah Talk

    A verse-by-verse journey through the Hebrew
    Jan 26 @ 12:30pm - 1:30pm
  8. Fri 28

    Reproductive Health and Rights Shabbat

    Join our Reproductive Justice and Women’s
    Jan 28 @ 6:15pm - 7:30pm
  9. Sat 29

    Saturday Morning Minyan

    Join us in person and online
    Jan 29 @ 10:15am - 11:45am
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Jewish History
wannsee mansion berlin World War II
Eighty years ago on January 20, 1942, the infamous Wannsee Conference took place in a large lakeside three-story mansion in suburban Berlin. Fifteen Nazi German leaders attended the meeting that coordinated plans to "orderly execute" ---murder--- millions of Jews during World War II.

“Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children”

“Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children” jemerman January 11, 2022

Tu BiShvat
The upcoming holiday of Tu BiShvat -- the birthday of the trees - brings back a memory of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In the museum is an enormous cross-section of a giant sequoia tree. Standing before it is a sublime experience. The cross-section overwhelms you with its sheer size, inspiring questions about the size of the tree it was cut from.