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Shabbat Services

Shabbat Evening Services Outdoors

Friday, July 1 at 6:15 pm (in-person outdoors or live streamed) 

Join us at our outdoor tent for services, where everyone is expected to be vaccinated and boosted if eligible.

If there is a forecast of rain, we will move services to the main sanctuary. (Unvaccinated children under 12 years old, and people over 12 years old without a booster, may attend if they tested negative on an antigen test earlier that day.) Masks will then be required and distanced seating is available in our spacious Sanctuary.

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.

Torah Study 

Saturday, July 2 at 9:00 am (in-person 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.  

Programs and Special Events

Summer Stage Concert

Tuesday, August 9 at 7:30 pm

Pull up a chair and bring a picnic dinner as we gather for our annual Summer Stage concert, this year hosted by WRT! Join talented congregants and clergy from both WRT and Kol Ami for an evening of popular music and songs of love in honor of Tu B’Av, the Jewish holiday of love

WRT is excited to announce a music series for the 2022-2023 calendar year.

We know that music has immense power to connect us, lift us up, and inspire us, and what better way to be in community than to experience the beauty of music with fellow congregants and leading Jewish artists, cantors, and composers!

To discover the rest of our wonderful artists in this series, please visit the website, 

https://bit.ly/3MSTYfV

Rabbi Jonathan E. Blake at Greater Centennial AME Zion Church

Sunday, July 31 at 9:30 am

Please join Rev. Stephen W. Pogue, the congregation of Greater Centennial AME Zion Church, and Rabbi Blake on July 31 at 9:30 am when Rabbi Blake will deliver the sermon at Sunday morning worship. His sermon will be entitled, “You’ve Stayed Too Long on the Mountain.” The soaring voices of the gospel choir and warmth of this sister community will lift our spirits! All are welcome.

Tikkun Olam (Repair of the World)

Ukrainian Refugee Families Clothing Drive

July 5 – July 15

Please help support Ukrainian Refugee families living in Westchester County by donating new and gently used clothing. The drive will support three families (three women and four children) who have relocated here from Ukraine. Requested items and sizes: women’s clothing (sizes small, medium, and large); girls’ clothing for an 8 year old and 16 year old; boy’s clothing for an 11 year old; boys baby clothing (smallest size 3-6 months); and diapers size 3. Please drop off your donations in the bin located at the front of WRT starting on July 5. In addition, consider purchasing new underwear, socks, hygiene products, diapers, and wipes from this amazon wish list.  

Second Life Medical Supplies Drive

July 5 – August 5

Afya Foundation is collecting medical supplies to be shipped overseas to support Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees. You can drop off any of the pre-approved items listed in the bin located at the front of WRT starting on July 5. The items requested are: pill organizers, thermometers (no mercury), stethoscopes, nebulizers, bed pans (new), wheelchairs (non-electric), canes, walkers, crutches, magnifier glasses, and reading glasses. For more information, please contact Sharon Stiefel.  

Cooking4HOPE: Sandwich Making

July 16, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, under the WRT Tent

Cooking4HOPE is back in person! Volunteer to be a shopper, baker, sandwich bag maker, and/or driver. Our goal is to make 500 sandwich bags that will be provided to participants of HOPE Community Services in New Rochelle throughout the week. Please sign up here or email Sharon Stiefel for more information.  

Cooking4HOPE: Hot Meal

Cooking4HOPE is back in the WRT kitchen making Monday night hot dinners and sandwich bags for the participants of HOPE Community Services in New Rochelle. Participants that attend the dinner also receive a sandwich bag for the next day. Volunteer to be a shopper, baker, cook, sandwich bag maker, and/or driver. No previous cooking skills required. Please sign up here or email Sharon Stiefel for more information.

Supplies for Success

Sunday, July 31, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, at Westchester Reform Temple

WRT, in partnership with UJA and Supplies for Success, is hosting a backpack drive and packing event to ensure that every child, regardless of background or family income, gets a fresh start at the new school year. For more information click here. A donation of $27 will fill one backpack. Please register for the packing event and/or purchase as many backpacks as you can. All ages welcome! Register here.   

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.  

Donation sites for Ukraine

Please join WRT in sending support, through our partners listed below:

UJA-NY (our local Jewish Federation

JDC (Joint Distribution Committee)

Jewish Agency for Israel (North American)

World Union for Progressive Judaism Ukraine Crisis Fund 

Visit the Jewish Learning Lab (JLL)

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.