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WRT AT A GLANCE
Scroll down for details about these events and our regular classes
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In Case You Missed it!
Bechukotai: Blessing the Confirmation Class of 5784
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Chai Society Shabbat Service
Friday, June 7 at 6:15 pm
Join us to honor members of long standing whose dedication and devotion to WRT has been so vital to its success.
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Torah Study
Saturday, June 8 at 9:00 am (in-person in the Sifriyah or Zoom)
Each Shabbat morning we gather informally to read and discuss the week’s Torah portion. The morning begins with a brief Shabbat service at which mourners who wish to say Kaddish are warmly welcomed. The group is led by volunteers, with clergy participation. No prior experience with Torah is necessary.
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Grad Bag: Donate College Sweatshirts
Now – July 15, 2024
As WRT continues its partnership with Grad Bag, we are starting a new College Sweatshirt Initiative. Donate new and gently used sweatshirts for first year students. Help support their transition to college by helping them show their college spirit and be a part of the community. Click here for a full list of colleges. Drop off these sweatshirts in the bin at the front of WRT.
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Spring Chair Yoga Series at WRT
Thursday, June 6 at 2:00 pm
RSVP via email to receptionist@wrtemple.org or call the temple office at 914-723-7727.
Upcoming dates: June 20 & 27
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Meditation with Rabbi Baken & Norm Goldstein
Friday, June 7 at 11:00 am (in the CJL Living Room)
Many of us are aware that mindfulness and meditation have become increasingly present in people’s lives as a set of tools to navigate stress, increase calmness and clarity, and to promote joy. We at WRT are excited to be continuing our Meditation Lab, which utilizes Judaism as a context for meditation and explores Jewish meditative techniques. While each of us continues to navigate our emotions and responses to the ongoing crisis in Israel and Gaza, we will also continue to use meditation as a way of creating more space in our hearts and minds.
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Tikkun Leil Shavuot & Yizkor Service
Tuesday, June 11 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (at Temple Israel of New Rochelle, 1000 Pinebrook Blvd, New Rochelle, NY)
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WRJ: An Evening with Rabbi Blake
Thursday, June 13 at 6:30 pm
Join The Women of Reform Judaism at WRT for dinner, installation of new Board Members and discussion with Rabbi Blake: What's happening on College Campuses: 10 Conversations We Need to be Having Now!
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Evening Book Group
Tuesday, June 18 at 7:30 pm (in-person)
Interested in joining the evening book group? This month we are reading and will be discussing, “The Daughters of Yalta” by Catherine Katz.
To RSVP, please contact Lenore Rosenbaum at papoobeads@optonline.net.
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Adult Learning: Talmud Shiur (Class)
Led by Rabbi Jonathan Blake
*2 bonus classes on Thursday, June 20 & 27 at 10:15 am (on Zoom)
Thursday mornings, eager learners from our WRT community gather with Rabbi Blake to learn Talmud together. This spring, Rabbi Blake will be teaching on subjects related to the spring holiday calendar: Purim, Pesach, and Shavuot.
Class meets for 90 minutes, over Zoom, each Thursday from 10:15 AM to 11:45 AM.
We also record every session, and you can view previous classes here: https://www.youtube.com/rabbiblake
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Calling All College (and College-bound) Students!
Saturday, June 22 at 11:15 am
Tell your friends and spread the word! Spend a little time catching up with college friends, Rabbi Blake, Cantor Kleinman, and Cantor Sonett-Assor over a bagel brunch and conversation about campus life since October 7th (and especially in the wake of this spring's protests).
*Parents - please make sure your college age kids know about this and RSVP.
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Cooking4HOPE, Hot Meals
Monday, June 24, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (Westchester Reform Temple Kitchen)
Sign up to join other members of the WRT community to cook a hot dinner, make sandwiches, and pack sandwich bags for HOPE Community Services. You can also sign up to bake desserts to be included in the sandwich bags, to shop for groceries, or to deliver the sandwiches to HOPE. Sign up here. Please consider volunteering for a leadership role in Cooking4Hope. Contact sharon.stiefel@wrtemple.org to volunteer or learn more. Cooking4HOPE is funded by WRT’s Food and Housing Insecurity Fund, so please continue to support these efforts by contributing to the Fund.
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Shabbat Summer Kickoff, Featuring Janis Siegel
Friday, June 28
Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
Jazz Concert & Festive Oneg 7:30 pm
Join us for an extraordinary musical kickoff to summer. Following our Shabbat service, we will welcome nine-time Grammy winning jazz artist, Janis Siegel. A member of the legendary vocal group, The Manhattan Transfer, for over fifty years, Janis is an American jazz icon. Janis, accompanied by the Pete Malinverni trio, will be highlighting the contributions of Jewish composers to the Great American Songbook.
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Looking for WRT Family to Host Israeli Social Worker September 15 to 25, 2024
As a way of thanking Israeli volunteers and social workers as well as building bonds between them and the American Jewish community, Westchester’s “Shalom Yisrael” has for over 20 years been bringing small groups who’ve never been to New York for short visits. This year’s group of 6 women is from Ashkelon not very far from Gaza; they work to help single moms and needy families.
We are looking for one or two WRT families who are willing to host a guest in September (HHDs are late this year!). Hosts bring guests to the WRT parking lot at about 8 AM and pick them up again late in the afternoon or evening.
Interested in hosting? To find out more information, please contact Yoel Magid.
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For WRT members: If you would like to receive notifications of birth announcements and deaths within the WRT community, please email receptionist@wrtemple.org with your full name and email address. Please specify if you would like to be added to one or both of these notification lists.
For more information about Inclusion at WRT, click here.
For more information about Our Jewish World, click here.
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