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Ethan Hersch is a senior at Scarsdale High School -- and serves as WRT's Senior Options Intern. We are pleased to share with you his reflections on this week's Torah Portion.
Last month, I visited the college campus that will be my home for the next four years. With my quarter-zip zipped up to the brim, I watched students study, run, or stress on a Saturday afternoon. I also began to consider which of these students I’ll become in college.
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Shabbat Evening Services Outdoors - Tribute to Rabbi Levy and Rabbi Reiser, and special prayers for the Buffalo victims.
Friday, May 20 at 6:15 pm (in-person outdoors or live streamed)
Please join the entire WRT community as we honor and bless Rabbi Levy and Rabbi Reiser at services followed by a festive oneg. We will also observe in prayers of memorial and sympathy for the victims of the Buffalo, NY shooting.
Join us at our outdoor tent for services, where everyone is expected to be vaccinated and boosted if eligible.
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Rav Todot!
There is still time to submit a Tribute for Rabbi Levy and/or Rabbi Reiser.
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A new opportunity to celebrate a special moment.
Celebrate an upcoming simcha or honor someone you love by sponsoring a Shabbat or Holiday Oneg at WRT.
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Torah Study
Saturday, May 14 at 9:00 am (in-person or live streamed)
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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Sharing Shabbat - Tribute to Rabbi Levy and Rabbi Reiser
Saturday, May 21 at 9:30 am
Our engaging, musical Shabbat service for children in Grades K-6 and their families is open to the congregation and community. This weekly service is led by our clergy and followed by engaging learning and conversation organized by cohort – a special JLL curricular experience for the children, and time for the adults to concurrently study, share stories, and ask questions together with a member of the clergy team. All are welcome!
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WRJ Spring Luncheon
with guest speaker Rabbi Jonathan Blake
Thursday, May 19 at 12:00 noon
The WRJ Spring Luncheon with guest speaker Rabbi Blake and the installation of new WRJ Officers. Signup for the luncheon is now closed.
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Annual Congregational Meeting
Tuesday, May 24 at 7:30 pm (held outside under the tent)
Please join us at our annual meeting to elect WRT's new Officers and Trustees, and to approve our budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Weekly and Monthly Programs | |
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Mishna: The Building Blocks of Jewish Life
Led by Rabbi Jonathan Blake
Thursday, May 19 at 10:15 am (Zoom)
Rabbi Blake resumes taking us into a detailed analysis of the most important and influential book of Rabbinic Literature, the Mishna (“Teaching”), which itself becomes the cornerstone of the Talmud. The Mishna was compiled in the early-mid 3rd Century (CE) and reflects generations of Rabbinic teaching.
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Racial Justice Working Group: Becoming Co-Conspirators for Liberation
Monday, May 23, 7:30 – 9:00 pm (Zoom)
Through storytelling, engaging discussion, and reflection, Aden Van Nopp and Julia Rhodes Davis will facilitate a conversation that brings in themes of repair, tikkun olam, and moving between the inner and outer work of racial justice. Speaking from their own personal experiences doing this work separately and together, they will challenge us to wrestle with new ways of thinking about the role of white people in the work of liberation and support us in taking aligned action.
Recommended Pre Read/Watch Living Agreements, Ally vs Co-conspirators with Dr., Bettina Love, Mobius 1.0 → 2.0 , Acts of Reparation. Click here to learn about the speakers.
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Bereavement Support Group
Wednesday, May 25 at 11:30 am
The Bereavement Support Group will meet for five consecutive weeks to create a community for those in mourning over a loss. Led by Jane Slevin, LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist from Westchester Jewish Community Services), and Cantor Laura Stein, LMSW, a social worker who specializes in spiritual care. Please RSVP to Suzanne.Saperstein@wrtemple.org.
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Connections Shabbat
Friday, June 3 at 5:30 pm
Experience the joy of Shabbat with children, parents, grandparents, siblings and friends. Designed for families with children ages eight and younger, Connections Shabbat starts with songs and stories led by our clergy, followed by an arts and crafts activity, social action project and family-friendly dinner. (These activities may be adjusted depending on public health conditions.) Children must be accompanied by an adult for this evening (no drop-offs). RSVP to Ellen.Rosenberg@wrtemple.org.
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Tikkun Olam (Repair of the World) | |
WRT is committed to pursuing tikkun olam (repairing the world) and tzedek (social justice) for impact locally, statewide, nationally, and globally through direct service, tzedakah, advocacy, and community organizing. | |
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For more information about Inclusion at WRT, click here.
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