WRT Weekly Update - May 25, 2017                                                          This week's Torah portion 

Shabbat Services 

Shabbat Early Services
Friday, May 26 at 6:15 pm

Torah Study
Saturday, May 27 at 9:00 am 
Upcoming at WRT

WRJ Book Group
Thursday, May 25 at 9:45 am
WRJ will discuss The Bridal Chair by Gloria Goldreich.

Scarsdale-Hartsdale Interfaith Council Luncheon at WRT
"Rural and Migrant Ministry: Hope, Justice and Empowerment"
Speaker Rev. Richard Witt, Exec. Director of the Rural and Migrant Ministry
Thursday, May 25 
11:30 am Sanctuary Talk with Rabbi David Levy
12:00 noon  Luncheon/Program
Tickets $20. Please contact  Judy Grosz at  judymlgrosz@gmail.com


Memorial Day
Monday, May 29 - Office and Building closed

Tikkun Leil Shavuot 5777
(offsite) Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El
Tuesday, May 30 at 7:45 pm
Join clergy and congregants from four area Reform congregations in a night of learning and celebraion for the night of Shavuot. (Click here to read more...)
Confirmation Class of 5776
Confirmation Service and Shavuot Yizkor Service
Wednesday, May 31 at 10:00 am (offices will be closed)
Congratulations to the Confirmation Class of 5777! 

First Friday Shabbat Service - The Tracy Kreisberg Prize awarded
Friday, June 2 at 6:15 pm
This year's Kreisberg Prize recipient is Ross Forman, a WRT Confirmand who possesses many of Tracy Kreisberg's qualities such as: sense of spirituality, creativity, intelligence, leadership, sensitivity, sense of humor and peer respect.
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Bereavement Support Group
Wednesday, June 7, from 5:30-6:30 pm
Join Cantor Abramson and Jane Slevin, LMFT to find comfort in community, and process feelings of loss in a Jewish sacred context.


Evening Book Group
Wednesday, June 7 at 7:30 pm
Our guest facilitator, Rabbi Jonathan Blake, will discussing The Best Place On Earth by Eyelet Tsabari. All are invited. Please RSVP to Lenore Rosenbaum at  papoobeads@optonline.net.

ECC Summer Play Place Camp
Camp runs from June 26  th  through August 11 th . Camp orientation will be held Thursday, June 1 at 7 pm.  Please contact  ellen.rosenberg@wrtemple.org  for more information.

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.

Westchester Reform Temple is committed to the value of inclusion, and strives to make worship and programming fully accessible. Our building and bima are wheelchair accessible, and the sanctuary is equipped with assistive listening devices and large-print prayer books. ASL interpretation is available for any worship service upon request, and remote viewing of most services is available via webcasting from our website. If you need any additional accommodations to participate in a temple program, please contact Cantor Amanda Kleinman.

WJCS [Westchester Jewish Community Services] : Through the Partners in Caring Program , WRT is able to offer the support of an onsite Social Worker from WJCS, as well as offer social services to congregants in need.
UJA-Federation of NY: We are grateful for a special grant to enable and empower WRT to be the most inclusive congregation we can be. UJA-Federation also facilitates our partnership with the Jewish Deaf Resource Center,  to provide ASL interpretation on demand at services and WRT programs.
URJ [Union for Reform Judaism]: Our Reform Movement's synagogue arm; WRT is a proud member of the URJ and celebrates the leadership of URJ President, WRT Rabbi Emeritus Rick Jacobs.
HUC-JIR [Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion]: WRT supports the HUC-JIR, the official training ground for Reform Jewish professionals, and celebrates the leadership of its President, our congregant, Rabbi Aaron D. Panken.
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