THIS SHABBAT AT ROMEMU
at 165 West 105th Street
Friday, 10/12
5:00 PM - Sha'Baby
6:30 PM - Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Saturday, 10/13
9:00 AM - Open Book Torah Study
9:30 AM - Seekers Shabbaton
10:00 AM - Shabbat Services
11:00 AM - Children's Blessing
11:15 AM - Sha'Boker Tov
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Can't make it to our services in person? Join us online! All our services are available live on both
Facebook
and
Livestream
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"The Holiness Project" - Rabbi David's Sermon
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Rabbi David began this sermon by asking what “holy,” means in the context of the Jewish tradition. In a world where we all aim to be universal, why be Jewish?
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2018 Romemu Scholar in Residence:
"Awakening to the Presence of the Divine" with Melila Hellner-Eshed, Ph.D.
Thursday, October 25 - Sunday, October 28
The Romemu community will come together for a weekend of study and discovery to ask and answer the questions that drive the mystical journey: What does it mean to be fully awake? What are the blessings and burdens of an awakened heart?
Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed is a world-renowned Kabbalah scholar and a pioneering woman in the field of mystical studies.
Thursday Night: Sparks Dialogue & Reception
October 25 @ 7 PM - A Thursday evening Sparks dialogue between Rabbi David Ingber and Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed. Dessert reception and book signing to follow discussion.
Friday Night: Nosh and Learn
October 26 @ 8:15 PM (Following Services) - A Friday night light community dinner and conversation with Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed on the role of the Mystic in the Zohar.
Saturday Morning: The Open Book with Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed as a Guest Teacher
October 27 @ 9 AM - A Saturday morning Torah study session with Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed before Shabbat services.
Saturday Night: Shiur, Seudah Shlishet, and Musical Havdala
October 27 @ 5 PM - A Saturday evening teaching, followed by seudah shlisheet dinner, during which Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed will discuss the topic: “As Above, So Below: Exploring the Path of Awakening."
Sunday Afternoon: Teaching and Community Brunch
October 28 @ 11 AM - A teaching from Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed on the parable of the beloved in the castle, to be followed by brunch.
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Beit Midrash: "The Complexity of Truth"
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Tues. 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18 @ 7:45 PM
Solomon Schechter - 805 Columbus Ave.
Romemu’s Beit Midrash (literally translated as “house of seeking”) is a weekly communal teaching and conversation over sacred texts. Here, we tackle the big existential issues through a Jewish lens: truth and falsehood, meaning and meaninglessness, life and death, and more.
This fall, we will take a deep dive into the theme, “The Complexity of Truth," with an amazing panel of teachers from the Romemu community and beyond.
October 23
"Burning, Bruising, Cutting, and Coloring: The Hidden History of Jewish Tattooing"
-- with Rabbi Bronwen Mullen
October 30
"Preferring Sages to Prophets: Interpretation as Revelation"
-- with Laynie Solomon
November 6
"False Witness: Truth-Telling in the Age of Alternative Facts"
-- with Ana Levy-Lyons
November 13
"Trusting the One Who Knows: Eating on Yom Kippur and the Testimony of
Serach Bat Asher
"
-- with Shoshana Jedwab
November 20
"Set Each Thing on Its Absence: Spirit and Matter in
Sefer Yetzirah
"
-- with Rabbi Jill Hammer
November 27
"Sealing the Wholeness of Truth in Your Heart: Love and Fear of God"
-- with Rabbi Shoshana Metrani Knapp
December 4
"When the Truth is Unclear, How Do We Respond?"
-- with Marc Schiller
December 11
"Waiting in the Dark: December as a Time of Expectancy"
-- with Rev. Elenor Harrison Bregman
December 18
"The Book of Hagar: Slave, Surrogate, Strategist, Sojourner!"
-- with Renee L. Hill, Ph.D.
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Return to the Well: Life Long Learning at Romemu
2018 adult education classes are starting!
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Announcing the Next Home Hosting Project Shabbat Meal
Sat. 11/3, Following Shabbat Morning Services
Meals take place in individuals' homes - locations shared upon registration
This program allows Romemu members to host and be hosted for Shabbat meals in other members' homes following services.
When you sign up to participate in the Home Hosting Project as either a host or a guest, you will be paired up with other Romemu members to celebrate Shabbat, enjoy delicious food, and have an opportunity to make new friends around the Shabbat table. This is a wonderful opportunity to deepen your Romemu experience of Shabbat. If you've only come on Friday nights to Romemu and promised to deepen your prayer life for the new year, this is your time to step up and jump in!
Registration closes on October 19th and guest/ host pairing will be complete by October 23.
Artwork: Shabbat Table by Ilunia Felczer
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Dream with Us: The Romemu Campus
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Join Romemu leadership for a virtual town hall meeting to discuss the future of the Romemu Campus on the Upper West Side! The meeting will take place online on October 24 from 12-1 PM EST.
Click here
to sign up to be notified when more details become available.
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Upcoming Multi-Faith Programming
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Issues in Interfaith Marriage and Parenting
An Interactive Discussion with Leaders from Three Institutions
Thurs. 11/1 @ 7 PM
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
225 West 99th Street
Interfaith families face a wide range of issues surrounding family life, life cycle rituals, and education of children. Join us for an interactive discussion led by leaders of three institutions that are partnering to support interfaith families.
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G?D TALK Shabbat Dinner with Sacred Sounds Partners
Fri. 11/2 @ 8 PM
165 West 105th Street
Join our
Sacred Sounds
partners for a panel discussion and facilitated conversation on this year’s theme: The Divine Feminine. Come to eat, learn, and connect!
Romemu, West End Presbyterian Church, the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Community, Rivers of Living Water, and the Pamsula Zen Center will all be represented.
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Interfaith Couples’ Workshop: A Five-Part Series Led by Rev. Eleanor Harrison Bregman and Peter Bregman
Four Mondays and One Wednesday: Nov 5 – Nov 26, Dec 5 @ 7 PM
Location given upon registration
Are you part of an interfaith couple wondering how you will get married, raise children, and celebrate holidays? In this five-part series for couples we will explore, celebrate, and wrestle with the blessings and complexity of interfaith family life – from navigating holidays, life-cycle events, and services to in-laws, communication, parenting, and other issues YOU bring to the table.
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Get to Know Seekers Holistic Hebrew School
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Registration is open!
Seekers is dedicated to providing a holistic, hands-on approach for meaningful engagement and inspired connection with Jewish life for students and their families. At Seekers, we aim to instill a deep love for Jewish tradition in our students through experiential learning, including theater, music, and outdoor education.
If you have questions or would like to talk more specifically about your children's needs, please contact Director of Youth and Family Education, Rabbi Shoshana Leis, at
shoshana@romemu.org
or (212) 580-4294 x822.
For more information and/ or to enroll your child(ren) in Seekers, please
click here
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Romemu Shabbat in Brooklyn and Westchester
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Romemu in Brooklyn
Upcoming Dates:
Fri. 10/19 @ 6:30 PM - Register for Shabbat dinner
here!
We are happy to invite you to Romemu Brooklyn, an emergent community that is open to all who are interested in exploring and creating elevated Jewish experiences. We are thrilled to expand upon our first year’s monthly Kabbalat Shabbat services and potluck dinners to now also come together once a month for Shabbat morning services.
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Monthly Livestreamed Romemu Services in Westchester
Upcoming Dates:
Fri. 10/26 @ 6:30 PM
The Aligned Center
1 Bridge Street, Irvington, NY
All are welcome to join us as we come together for Kabbalat Shabbat services, livestreamed from Romemu in Manhattan. Following services, attendees will gather to schmooze, discuss, and nosh.
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Chesed Committee
Find yourself in need of help? The Chesed Committee is here for you.
Romemu's Chesed Comittee serves and supports members' well-being through acts of loving kindness.
For more information, to volunteer as a member of the committee, or to reach out for assistance, please contact
Eitan Agai
or
Valerie Kanofsky
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What Matters: Caring Conversations About the End of Life
A new program at Romemu about advance care planning as a Jewish process
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What Matters is an important new program that seeks to help people engage in conversations about advance care planning for future healthcare crises and end-of-life decisions. With the help of trained facilitators from the Romemu community, individuals explore their own values and goals when it comes to making decisions about selecting a health care agent, and about the kind of medical and spiritual care you would want in the event of a medical crisis.
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Support Romemu's future by making a donation. Please
click here
to make your gift today.
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, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to Romemu.
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Romemu | (212) 580-4294 | romemu.org
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