Dear RTFH Family,

In a blink of an eye, they go from Kindergarten to 12th Grade Graduates.

Join us this Friday night at Shabbat services as we celebrate with some of our 12th graders and their families.

Mazel Tov to Nova Brent, Emily Fisher, Ella Gometz, Matthew Greenberg, Noah Groner, Sofia Grossberg, Andrew Horowitz, Akiva Joseph, Abigail Kaufman, Jackson O'Brien, Ella Rosenblatt, Asher Shereff, Zoie Sisolak, Samuel Wenger, and Craig Zuckerman.

We’ll also recognize the outgoing ToFHY Board and our newest ToFHY Board Members.

Outgoing Board:

President - Jackson O’Brien

Programming VP - Alyssa Lazarus

Religious and Cultural VP - Nathaniel Pincus

Membership and Engagement VP - CJ Cabonargi

Social Action VP - Asher Shereff

Incoming Board:

President - CJ Cabonargi 

Programming VP - Nathaniel Pincus

Membership and Communications VP - Liv Kingsley

Religious and Cultural VP - Hannah Wolman

Social Action VP - Ziv Goldenberg

We all need a little more rest, more community, and more celebration. See you for Shabbat.

L’shalom,

Rabbi Mark

(Photos from 2013 1st Grade and 2022 Confirmation/10th Grade)

Friday 5/31/24 Shabbat Evening Services-12th Grade Graduation/ToFHY Board Installation

Sunday 6/2/24 Israel Day on 5th

Sunday 6/2/24 Queens Pride Parade

Thursday 6/6/24 Women's Connection Reception in Honor of Faye Gilman

Thursday 6/6/24 Men's Study

Friday 6/7/24 Shabbat Reshon-All Grades

Saturday 6/8/24 Temple Tots Shavuot

Saturday 6/8/24-Sunday 6/9/24-ToFHY End of Year Trip

Sunday 6/9/24 Forest Hills Festival (Austin Street Fair)

Tuesday 6/11/24 Shavuot Evening & Confirmation Service

Wednesday 6/12/24 Shavuot Morning & Yizkor Service

Friday 6/14/24 Shabbat Evening Services-Pride Shabbat

Saturday 6/15/24 Forest Hills Chamber Music Series Concert

Friday 6/21/24 Shabbat Evening Services-Juneteenth & Board Installation

Friday 6/28/24 Shabbat Evening Services-Farewell to Joe Davidian

Friday 7/5/24 Shabbat Evening Services

Friday 7/12/24 Shabbat Evening Services

Shabbat Evening Services

Friday, May 31 at 7:00pm

12th Grade Graduation/ToFHY Board Installation

The RTFH congregation is invited to join Friday evening services in-person or via livestream at www.rtfh.org/live

Services will also be streaming live at:

youtube.com/reformtempleofforesthills

Show Your Pride!

March with RTFH in the Queens Pride Parade on Sunday, June 2 at noon in Jackson Heights, Queens - 37th Avenue from 89th Street to 75th Street.

Wear your best pride and rainbow clothes as we show the world that LGBTQ+ people and issues matter! A great event for adults, teens, kids, families, friends, allies, and everyone.

Register here today!

Israel Day on 5th

Sunday, June 2, 2024

11:30am-4pm

It has been such a hard road since October 7th!

This year, I (Cantor Emily) am going to express my support for Israel by marching with the Hostages Families Forum in the Israel Day on 5th parade. If you’d like to come with me, please do two things: 

1. Fill out this form https://bit.ly/BTH_ISRAELPARADE for registration 

2. Email me at cantorpincus@rtfh.org, so I know you’re coming and can communicate details as they become known.

The parade is from 11:30am-4:00pm, but the time we are there will be shorter, depending on our allotted march time. 

Am Yisrael Chai, BRING THEM HOME!

Men’s Study Chat with Rabbi Kaiserman

Thursday, June 6 at 7:30pm

Take time to expand your social, cerebral, and soulful nature at Men’s Study. Join us at 7:30pm on June 6. Over Pizza, we’ll explore current events and the challenging world.

Men’s Study meets on the first Thursday of each month and is open to the congregational community.

ToFHY End-of-the-Year Trip for All RTFH Teens

Saturday, June 8-Sunday, June 9

ToFHY is going on the road!



Trip includes transportation by Coach Bus, Black Light Mini Golf and the Mirror Maze at American Dream Mall, joint shul-in (sleepover) with the youth group at Temple Shalom in Aberdeen, NJ and Six Flags Great Adventure.

Open to all 7th-12th Grade RTFH members

Price: $81 which covers everything except lunch on Sunday

Sign up your teen today!

Look for RTFH's booth at the Forest Hills Festival (Austin Street Fair) on Sunday, June 9 from 11am-6pm on Austin Street right near Banana Republic . Stop by say hello!

NEW OPPORTUNITY TO ORDER POSTCARDS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Every Voice, Every Vote 2024 Postcard Campaign

Join with members of our Social Action Team to participate in the Reform Movement's nonpartisan postcard campaign to encourage voting across the country.

When we last sent postcards, the URJ's Religious Action Center told us that voter registration increased in those states where we sent cards.

Get together with friends to make a real impact on voter turnout. Have a postcarding party!

The Reform Movement's Every Voice, Every Vote Postcard Kit Request Form

Each postcard kit contains instructions, a sample script, voter addresses, and 30 postcards. You will need to provide the stamps for your postcards.

Postcard kits ordered between 5/16 and 6/12 will be for voters in North Carolina and must be mailed by July 1.

Stay tuned in the coming weeks to order postcard kits for Arizona, Georgia, and Texas too.

Our democracy is stronger when every voice is heard and every vote is cast and counted.

Please contact Social Action Team member Rabbi Irwin Goldenberg at irwingoldenberg2@gmail.com to let him know how many postcards you have mailed and for any questions.

Torah Study on the Book of Judges -

Saturdays at 9am

Enrich your Jewish self with our Jewish story and text as we continue our fascinating, fun, and unpredictable study together online. Join any time. We are currently exploring the book of Judges. No previous reading or knowledge needed. Join any time.

For the Zoom link, please see your most recent eblast or contact our Office Administrator Sheryl Hausman at sheryl@rtfh.org.

Birthday Connection

Birthday Connection is a really wonderful and easy fundraiser sponsored by Women’s Connection. At the beginning of each month, a list of Temple members who are celebrating birthdays is posted on the Temple website member page 

RTFH Birthday Connection

All you need to do it fill out the online form (paper copies are available via email, or regular mail if requested) and indicate to whom you would like to send birthday greetings. Each greeting is $1 – the total is payable to Women’s Connection via credit card or check. Women's Connection will send that person a personalized Happy Birthday greeting listing everyone who donated in their honor.

Hard copies of birthday connection lists with instructions are available in plastic hanging bins in the lobby of the temple near the coat room. Please take one on your way home after services, a meeting, or Religious School. 

Send Birthday Wishes Today!

For our Temple member website page login and password, please contact our Office Administrator Sheryl Hausman at sheryl@rtfh.org.

Meditation Sit with Cantor Pincus

Fridays at 1:30pm

Get ready for Shabbat with some quiet relaxation time! This 30 minute Meditation Sit with Cantor Emily will incorporate Jewish text, music, and of course, silence.

For the Zoom link, please see your most recent eblast or contact our Office Administrator Sheryl Hausman at sheryl@rtfh.org.

In the aftermath of the October 7th massacre in Israel, RTFH formed the Israel Support & Action Committee (ISAAC) in order to explore ways our community can provide urgently needed assistance to devastated Israeli families and members of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). After contacting Israelis on the ground and searching for the best way to help, we are asking you to support the Shiloni Project.

The Shiloni Project was founded by Hila Shiloni, an Israeli photographer and activist. She and a group of Israeli moms formed this grassroots organization to meet the specific needs of displaced families and soldiers (food, clothing, medicine, eyeglasses, etc.). All items are personally delivered. The project strives to build personal connections with those they aid by humanizing the recipient with messages of care and dignity. Moreover, the project is supported by Rabbi Emeritus, Rabbi Mayer Perelmuter and Debby Perelmuter.

We are now collecting donations which our Temple will forward to the Shiloni Project. Please give generously by clicking here.

To learn more about the Shiloni Project and listen to personal accounts of their work, click here.

The Shiloni Project represents the start of ISAAC's efforts to raise awareness and support for Israel in these very difficult times. Stay tuned for additional outreach efforts by ISAAC. If you have any questions or interest in joining our efforts, please contact Andy or Cheryl Kimler at akimler@aol.com.

How You Can Help!

* Consider calling or writing your Congressional representatives or Senators to encourage their continued commitment to Ukraine

* Make a donation to:



RAZOM 

UNITED 24 

Launched by President Zelensky

You can select the direction of your donation to these critical areas: defense and demining, medical aid, rebuilding Ukraine.



Join British Actor Mark Strong (Sherlock Holmes) to raise funds to equip a school with a bomb shelter so that students can return to in-person learning.

Charities helping Jews of Ukraine

Music Together at RTFH!

We are so thrilled to return to our RTFH home with our beloved

Music Together®️program! for Babies through 8 yr olds

Enroll Today!

MusicTogetherwithMusicandMe.com

718-229-0033

Thank you for your support of 

The Reform Temple of Forest Hills

Learn more at www.rtfh.org and click “Donate" at the top of the page or go directly to rtfh.org/donate

·Choose to make a donation in honor or in memory of a friend or family member and the recipient will immediately receive a warm email notifying them of your donation.

·Yahrzeit Fund: send a donation in memory of loved ones and a private note is instantly sent to the recipient!

·Tax benefit letters will be provided by the Temple Office after the end-of-the-year fully detailing your donations.