May 7, 2020 • Volume 16 No. 45
Dear Chevrei (Friends),

Despite the coronavirus, social distancing environment we are all enduring right now, there are a few silver linings. While my family and I were additionally saddened at not being able to gather with friends and family for a proper shiva after my mother’s passing, we were able to connect for a Zoom funeral and shiva. We missed being physically together, but the virtual connections we are now so used to actually enabled many more friends and family members to join us, share thoughts and feelings, and offer us support. While we can’t just get together with those who might live near us, we may actually feel closer to those who live far away.

This Saturday evening we have a chance to make the world a bit smaller and connect with those near and far. Several weeks ago, our wonderful pianist, Miho Sasaki, moved back to Japan to be with her family. We miss her presence and her beautiful music at our services and programs. But this Saturday evening we have a wonderful opportunity. Join us from Japan and New Rochelle as we make havdalah and present an evening of music with Miho. Join us on FaceBook Live on Saturday, 8:00 pm! Click here!

Shabbat shalom,
Cantor Randall Schloss
Reminder. A note about regular Shabbat Services

All Friday night Shabbat Evening Services will be at 6:00 pm on Facebook LiveStream. (Our website - Worship/Streamed Services - will take you to Facebook Live)

Please note that Facebook Live/LiveStream goes LIVE at the scheduled time of the broadcast, not before. 
For security reasons, In ALL Zoom meetings, please identify yourself by your first and last name so that the coordinator can securely invite you in from the "waiting room."
Friday, May 8

9:00 am  Talmud Class via Zoom. Ask  Rabbi Weiner   for details.

10:30 am  Kehillah Shabbat with Cantor Schloss via  Zoom

3:00 pm  Daily Clergy Check-In with  Rabbi Weiner  or find us on  Facebook

6:00 pm  Shabbat Evening Services via  LiveStream

For all of these prayer moments, you can use an online version of our siddur (download not available)  Click here
Saturday, May 9

9:00 am Torah Study with Rabbi Weiner, via Zoom

10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service/Bat Mitzvah Annabelle Rosenbluth via LiveStream  
See Annabelle's bio below.

8:00 pm Chavurah Havdallah and an Evening of Music with Cantor Schloss (from New Rochelle) and Miho Sasaki (from Japan) LIVE via LiveStream

For all of these prayer moments, you can use an online version of our siddur (download not available)  Click here
"My name is Annabelle Rosenbluth , and I will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on May 9, 2020 . I will be chanting from Parashat Emor in the Book of Leviticus. I belong to Temple Israel with my parents, Julie & David Rosenbluth and my sister, Ellie. I am in the 7th grade at Albert Leonard Middle School. Outside of school, I enjoy playing soccer, singing and acting and hanging out with friends. For my Mitzvah Project, I helped organize a hot chocolate stand fundraiser for the Red Dog Parking Foundation which helps offset the cost of hospital parking fees for parents with a sick child. This project is important to me because parents shouldn’t have to worry about extra costs and should be able to spend their time with their child. I look forward to connecting with you at my Bat Mitzvah service when I am called to the Torah."
Sunday, May 10

Chavaya

9:15 am

10:00 am

11:00 am


3:00 pm Daily Clergy Check-In with  Rabbi Nichols  or find us on  Facebook
Monday, May 11

9:30 am Story time with Rebecca for children up to 5 years via Zoom

3:00 pm Daily Clergy Check-In with  Cantor Schloss  or find us on  Facebook
Tuesday, May 12

3:00 pm Daily Clergy Check-In with  Rabbi Weiner  or find us on  Facebook


Chavaya

3:30 pm

4:30 pm

Chavaya

7:00 pm
7th Grade with Rebecca via Zoom
8th Grade with Rabbi Nichols via Zoom
9th Grade with Rabbi Jesse via Zoom (p/w embedded)
10th Grade with Cantor Schloss via Zoom
11th Grade with Debbie via Zoom
12th Grade with Rabbi Weiner via Zoom

7:40 pm
Tuesday Night High School Closing Gathering on Zoom
Wednesday, May 13

3:00 pm Daily Clergy Check-In with  Rabbi Nichols  or find us on  Facebook

8:00 pm Chavurah "Post-College Cocktail Hour" for those in their 20's with Rabbi Nichols via Zoom
Thursday, May 14

10:30 am Kehillah Shirah with Cantor Schloss, via Zoom

3:00 pm Daily Clergy Check-In with  Cantor Schloss  or find us on  Facebook


Chavaya

4:30 pm
A Message From Social Action:

Do you have a CHROMEBOOK to DONATE or LEND to fellow Temple Israel congregants? We have some congregants who have no way of connecting with the congregation...Can you help? Please contact Mia Egelberg or Amy Ecker at socialactiontinr@gmail.com

Thank you!
"Temple Israel Shops"

"Temple Israel Shops" has expanded to include congregants 65+ and older . Let Temple Israel dedicated "shoppers" shop for groceries for you. Click here to find out how!
Virtual Library

Check out the Virtual Library in the SpotLight section of the Temple Website!

Big Summer , by Jennifer Weiner
Westchester Jewish Community Services

WJCS Center for Jewish Programs supports more than 40 local synagogues, Jewish community centers, day schools, and geriatric centers, as well as individuals in the community. Click to find out more.
To reach Temple Israel clergy or staff , click here .

Visit our website for more information.
We are a community that adds meaning and purpose to modern lives through an inclusive approach to Judaism. We live our Jewish values in our worship, celebration, lifelong learning and Tikkun Olam–the repair of the world.