Weekly Announcements February 17th, 2025
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Announcements Week of February 17, 2025 |
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DIVINE TUNE-ING SHABBAT: Friday, 2/21, 6:30 PM, Service and Program with Suki Rae & Friends, Zoom and in Person SHABBAT AM: Saturday, 2/22 10:30 AM, Service and Discussion on Zoom Only WEDNESDAY NIGHT TORAH STUDY: Class meets Wednesday, 2/19 at 7:30 PM on Zoom HAVDALAH WITH RABBI TOBI INNERFIELD: Saturday, 2/22 at 7 PM, on Zoom NOTEWORTHY EVENTS |
THIS WEEK DIVINE TUNE-ING SHABBAT: Friday February 21, 6:30 PM, Features Suki Rae in a Special Program on the Release of Her Memoir, with music by Suki, and Steve Bloom on Guitar; also featuring Zygy Susser's Comic Schtick and Two short plays by Marjorie Conn with Marjorie and Callie J. Cox; Program at 8 PM. Meet and Greet the Performers. Potluck Reception to Follow; Please bring whatever and whomever you'd like. Oneg sponsored by Ronnie Gersten in Loving Memory of her Sister, Michelle Gersten. Suki will sign Books and recordings, available for sale. PLEASE RSVP to suki...@aol.com Donations to Synagogue Appreciated. We commemorate the Yahrzeits of: Albert Rothstein (25), Michelle Gersten (25), Barbara Graver (27), Sidney Glass (28), Barry Linden (29), Irving Lerner (29), Frances Friedman (29), Alexander Rosenblatt (2/21), Miriam Hanan (2/26), A Security guard is present for all in-person Friday night services. On Zoom; by Phone: 646-876-9923, Meeting ID: 955 755 5342, Password 497495; or use the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9557555342?pwd=NXd5ZmUrdWY0YVdWeW1WUGtqdEtXdz09 SHABBAT AM: Saturday, February 22, 10:30 AM, Service and Discussion of Parashat Mishpatim on Zoom only. By Phone: 646-876-9923, Meeting ID: 955 755 5342, Password 497495; or use the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9557555342?pwd=NXd5ZmUrdWY0YVdWeW1WUGtqdEtXdz09 HAVDALAH WITH RABBI TOBI INNERFIELD: A warm, spiritual, musical 15-minute Zoom Havdalah to celebrate at the end of Shabbat: 2/22 at 7 PM. Zoom Link: http://bit.ly/3XWsL2I or: 1-646-931-3860, Meeting ID: 719 5073 7639, Passcode: 0veXyi. ACTORS FOR PURIM SPIEL: Anyone who would like to be in the Purim Spiel on Thursday March 13 please contact Rabbi Jill before February 21. LOOKING AHEAD RABBI JILL WILL BE OUT OF TOWN at a Writer's Colony from Sunday, 2/23-3/2. Assistant Cantor Aron Bederson will officiate Shabbat Services on 2/28 in person & Zoom and on 3/1 on Zoom only. All the links will be the same as usual. COLLABORATIVE READING OF THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, Tuesday, March 4th, 7 PM. In preparation for our Gala, this will be a free, participatory reading of the original play by Shakespeare. Everyone who wants to take a turn reading and playing a part is invited, on Zoom. Please feel free to eat dinner as we sit and read the play. It will be very informal. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9557555342?pwd=NXd5ZmUrdWY0YVdWeW1WUGtqdEtXdz09 By Phone: 646-876-9923, Meeting ID: 955 755 5342, Password 497495. Here is the link to the text of the play: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/the-merchant-of-venice/read/ SPECIAL SPEAKER FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, SHABBAT ACROSS AMERICA, & POTLUCK DINNER: Lillian Wald: America’s Social and Healthcare Reformer, Friday March 7, 6:30 PM. Speaker & Author Paul Kaplan returns to honor Women's History Month in a fascinating Talk and Book Signing. His short biography profiles the life of Lillian Wald, who some historians call “one of the most influential but least known people of the early 20th century,” part of New York history and Jewish history. Please bring a vegetarian or dairy dish to share; Sponsored Oneg. PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: Monday, March 31st, 7:30-9:30 PM, for our 108th Anniversary Celebration Gala:“Shylock V. Antonio,” A wonderful, surprising, unusual, and important take on Shakespeare's classic play, in which Shylock is finally a Hero, written by Playwright/Author/Critic Peter Filichia; directed by well-known Broadway director Lonny Price, our Honoree; Music by Andrew Beall, with a great cast. Wine/Dessert Reception follows the show. Tix: $200/500/1000 • Ads: $250/500/1000 (Ad deadline 3/25) Order tickets and ads online at: https://theactorstemple.ecwid.com/ or call our office at 212-245-6975, or send your check to: The Actors’ Temple, PO Box 2620, NY 10108. More information: AT 2025 Spring Gala and 108th Anniversary CHESED COMMITTEE: (Kindness) If you would like to be visited or for help with errands or appointments, please call or email: Barbara Bova, barb...@gmail.com, 917 528 1364; Karen Hofstein-Heyman, khof...@earthlink.net, 646-281-4852; Carlos Ramirez, rmrzc...@gmail.com, 347 290 2566. EDUCATION WEEKLY TORAH STUDY for Adults: Class meets Wednesday, February 19, 7:30 - 9 PM. We are reading the Book of Deuteronomy. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82850475649?pwd=TzN1d1A1R3NjaFdZN282L3JHa1R6QT09 Or by phone: 646 876 9923, Meeting ID: 828 5047 5649, Passcode: 552089. $10 per class donation requested. THANK YOU, MAZEL TOV, AND DONATIONS THANK YOU TO: All who performed and helped set up and clean up at the Tu B'Shevat Seder: Pianists Yaniel and Mitchell Kessler, Assistant Cantor Aron Bederson, Ira Nonkin, and Rabbi Jill; And volunteers: Kara Allen, Barbara Bova, Marjorie Conn, Lynn Doynow and her friend Caleb, Denise Jackrel, Carol Ostrow, David & Lily Rosenberg, Board Members Harry Cohen and Millicent Kaye and others; to all who brought food, sang and chanted this weekend: Barbara Bova, Rabbi Tobi Innerfield, Milton Platt; to Ben Sumrall for all his help and organization, and to Barbara Bova, who does so much. We are so grateful to you! THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS: Mario Sisneros, for a Donation; Carlos Ramirez, In Memory of Pablo Ramirez, Schneur Pesach; Barbara Bova, Malcolm Spector, for the Gala; Barbara Nathan for Co-Sponsoring the Tu B'Shevat Seder in Honor of her Birthday, her new apartment, and in Memory of Harry Crysostomas; And to Brenda Gardner who Co-Sponsored the Seder in Memory of her Father, Abraham Gardner; Timothy Buchman for the Memorial Plaque in Honor of the Buchman Family of Makeup Artists. We are so grateful! YAHRZEIT & KADDISH FOR A LOVED ONE: We remember many Yahrzeits each week. If you are able to make a donation to honor your relative, we would greatly appreciate it. Rabbi Jill Hausman will say Kaddish for 30 days (Shloshim) for a Loved One who has recently passed away. Please contact her to speak about Kaddish prayers. Suggested Shloshim donation $54. SPONSOR AN ONEG SHABBAT OR A MUSICAL SERVICE in honor of any Life Cycle event such as: Birthdays, Births, Anniversaries, Graduations, Aufruf, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Wedding, or any Simcha or event. A LEAF ON OUR TREE OF LIFE PLAQUE is only $220 and can be personalized and donated. Please also remember The Actors’ Temple in your will. WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR MEMORIAL SERVICES and we have Cemetery Plots in Paramus, NJ at Cedar Park/Beth El. HEALTH AND HEALING R'FUAH SH'LEMA to: Milton Platt, Carmen Richkin, Judith Tedeschi, Dalita Rubinstein, Phyllis Malamud, Matt Clark, Ron Cavallo, Roberta Nadel, Scott & Brenda Morrow, Kathleen Richardson, Cheryl Pink, Steven Hofstein, Karen Hofstein-Heyman, Denise Jackrel, Sara Jackrel, Vinny and Anthony, Barbara Nathan, Lily Rosenberg, David Rosenberg, Max Nass, Edwin Rusgo, Sue Marczak, Estelle Meister, Heidi Latsky, Beatrice Jacob, Jana Kaplan, Raizel Dina bat Toba, Aron Bederson. YAHRZEITS AND KADDISH WE COMMEMORATE THE YAHRZEITS OF: (Heb. or Eng. Date of Passing–Month of Shevat) Albert Rothstein (25), Michelle Gersten (25), Barbara Graver (27), Sidney Glass (28), Barry Linden (29), Irving Lerner (29), Frances Friedman (29), Alexander Rosenblatt (2/21), Miriam Hanan (2/26), 2/21; Jenee Bandler (30), Sylvia Freeman (2/28), Jerry Ames, Michael DiRoma (3 Adar), Lillian Silvernagel (4 Adar II), Irving Howard (5), 2/28; Seymour Wolf (3/8), David Jesse Reissman (3/10), Fannie Klein (3/11), Frances S. Wasserman (3/11), Dan Yatkola (3/12), Sherry Burns (3/13), Harry Feld, Edward Fingerman, Ida Libien (8), Arthur Stricker (12), Esther Fingerman (12), Sally Gerity (12), Alan Stanley Bergman (13 Adar II), 3/7; Toby Hofstein (3/15), Frederic Fastow (3/16), Beatrice Friedman (3/18), David Rosenberg (3/18), Fran Pantazis (3/19), Elaine Zelman Gardner (14), Rabbi Noach Valley (14), William Goldstein (17), Rose Fein (18), Jack Spegal, Rose Greenberg (20), Monroe Zarne, (20), 3/14; Susan Jaslow (II Adar 21), Ronnie Buitenkant Eulau (24), Stanley Goldstein (25), 3/21; Menachen Leib Tilchen (3/29), 3/28. WE RECALL RECENT PASSINGS: Norman Schnall, Stephen Druth, Toby Hofstein, Fran Pantazis, Eric Fleitman, Marty Weiss, Marilyn Strauss, Jack Kaplan, Eileen Strauss, Harriet Martin, Martin Silver, Joshua Hochfelder, Joel Riff, Harold Hofstein, Alan Ferrara, Judith Steel, Lillian Galperin, Joan Brighty, Joseph Rosenthal, Sandi Durell, Ruth Spector, Marvin Blaustein, Carol Sagan, Betty Stiner, Mollie Klaff Passero, Isidore Epstein. NOTEWORTHY EVENTS DONATION SUGGESTIONS FOR SUPPORTING ISRAEL: Here are a few places to donate to help our Brothers and Sisters in their time of great need and hardship: Jewish Agency for Israel's Fund for Victims of Terror: https://www.jafina.org/, UJA Federation of NY https://www.ujafedny.org/israel-emergency-fund; Jewish Federations of North America https://form.jotform.com/232792945496978. Bob Greenberg is in a new Play by Gregg Greenberg (no relation), RICHARD BENJAMIN AND OTHER NONESUCH, an Absurdist Comedy, Part of The New York Theater Festival at Hudson Guild Theater: 2/24 & 2/26 at 9PM, 3/1 at 6:45PM. https://newyorktheaterfestival.com/richard-benjamin-and-other-nonesuch/ Suki Rae's Musical Memoir, DIVINE TUNE-ING, published 1/14, on Amazon.com, https://a.co/d/a2ddpZs is a rollicking trek on the yellow brick road of the music biz with original poetry, song lyrics and photos. Havdalah with Rabbi Tobi Innerfield: A warm, spiritual, musical 15-minute Zoom Havdalah held once a month on Saturday nights to celebrate at the end of Shabbat: 2/22, 3/22 at 7 PM. Zoom Link: http://bit.ly/3XWsL2I or by phone: 1-646-931-3860, Meeting ID: 719 5073 7639, Passcode: 0veXyi. Rabbi Jill's poem, Hidden is being included in the Esther Supplement that the Academy for Jewish Religion is publishing. Heidi Latsky Dance: Heidi’s Weekly online events & classes; https://heidilatskydance.org/events Met Council of UJA Federation's days of volunteer service, assembling care kits, 171 Lexington Ave. (31 St.) on Sundays for Passover 3/30, Contact Rabbi Caleb Fischer: cfis...@metcouncil.org Shows at AT Theater: Please check for currently running shows; Pinkalicious and Wizard of Oz for kids run on the weekend. Tickets at Telecharge. https://actorstempletheatre.com/ Veterinarian, Dr. Jeff Levy makes house calls for certified veterinary acupuncture services. (212) 465-1667 or https://housecallvetnyc.com or houseca...@gmail.com He is the best and was married at The Actors’ Temple! The Actors’ Temple is Handicapped Accessible. We have a chair lift and an accessible restroom. Kama Linden, is a personal trainer and realtor: www.kamalinden.com |
HAVE A WONDERFUL AND BLESSED WEEK! |
