Weekly Announcements April 7th, 2025
Actors Temple Information
Announcements Week of April 7, 2025 The Actors' Temple is a Safe Haven where all people are welcomed, accepted, respected, included, and appreciated. |
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SHABBAT: Friday, 4/11, 6:30 PM, Service, Meditation, and Oneg Shabbat, in Person and on Zoom SHABBAT AM: Saturday, 4/12 10:30 AM, Service and Discussion on Zoom COMMUNITY 2ND NIGHT PASSOVER SEDER: Sunday, April 13, 6 PM, in Person and on Zoom PASSOVER MORNING SERVICE: Sunday, April 13, 10:30 AM, Service with Hallel, a Zoom-Only Service WEDNESDAY NIGHT TORAH STUDY: Class Meets Wednesday, 4/9, 7:30 PM on Zoom NOTEWORTHY EVENTS |
THIS WEEK SHABBAT HAGADOL: Friday, April 11, 6:30 PM. Service, Meditation, and Oneg Shabbat. We commemorate the Yahrzeits of: Kenneth Diamond (4/14), Ira Allen Goldberg (14), Ephraim Friedman (16), Mollie Feinstein Cohen (17), Norman Bandler (4/19), Pablo Ramirez (18), 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 HAGADOL AM: Saturday, April 12, 10:30 AM, Service and Discussion of Parashat Tzav 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 COMMUNITY 2ND NIGHT PASSOVER SEDER: Sunday, April 13, 6 PM. We Invite You to a Spiritual Evening of Fellowship, Questions, Learning, and Song: a full Seder and Delicious Fish/Dairy dinner, catered by Alchmy Catering. Rabbi Jill leads the seder with Rabbi Tobi Innerfield, assisting; Steven Silverstein will be at the piano. In Person and on Zoom. Members: $125, Non-Members $145, Students $50, Zoom Link for virtual attendance: $54. Please email Rabbi Jill for a PDF Haggadah and Zoom Link or to request a Voucher. To view the delicious dairy/fish/vegetable dinner menu and to make reservations via our Seder Form: email: in...@theactorstemple.org or call: 212-245-6975, or use the Registration LINK for INFORMATION and see our MENU: https://www.theactorstemple.org/events/passover-2025; LINK for PAYMENT on our online store. https://theactorstemple.ecwid.com/#!/Other-Holidays/c/164159030. All are welcome to celebrate with us! PASSOVER VOLUNTEERS: We need people to help set up and clean up our Passover Seder. Please contact us to volunteer. PASSOVER SERVICES: Sunday, April 13, 10:30 AM, Service with Hallel, on Zoom only; PASSOVER 7TH DAY: Saturday, April 19, 10 :30 AM: Service with Hallel and Yizkor. On Zoom only. Hallel and Yizkor service additions can be emailed to you as PDF's. LOOKING AHEAD YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION: Friday, April 25, 6:30 PM. Author Talk by Roslyn Bernstein on her historical novel, The Girl Who Counted Numbers. https://getbook.at/GirlWcN Oneg Shabbat sponsored by Phyllis Malamud in Loving Memory of her Mother, Hannah Unterman Malamud's Yahrzeit. 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, April 9, 7:30 - 9 PM. We are reading the Book of Deuteronomy. By phone: 646 876 9923, Meeting ID: 828 5047 5649, Passcode: 552089. $10 per class donation requested. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82850475649?pwd=TzN1d1A1R3NjaFdZN282L3JHa1R6QT09 THANK YOU, MAZEL TOV, AND DONATIONS THANK YOU TO Carol Ostrow, The Actors’ Temple Board of Trustees, and everyone who made our 108th Anniversary Gala, “Shylock V. Antonio,” such a big success: Peter Filichia, Playwright; Director Lonny Price, Actors: Julie Benko, Michael McCormick, Aria Shahghasemi, Ben Sumrall, Chip Zien; Musician Andrew Beall and his colleagues; Creative Consultant, Douglas Cohen, Casting Director Michael Cassara, Digital & Print Media producer Dan Miller; Photographer Jhoneed Preece-Doswell; Public Relations, Photography, Ads: Barbara Bova, Amy Gallet, Karen Hofstein-Heyman, Volunteers Barbara Bova, Bob Greenberg, Karen Hofstein-Heyman, Stan Kravitz; Lighting/Sound Nilton Emilio; Rabbi Jill, Ex. Director Ben Sumrall, Superintendent Angel Villoda; Producers: Caro Ostrow, Carol Kochman, Barbara Bova, Dr. Judy Kuriansky; Jenny Libien, Matthew Libien, Jhn Manocherian, Dan Miller & Aimee Beyda, Nancy Durling, Alan Kifferstein; Sponsors: Malcolm Spector, Jane Goldman, Karen Hofstein-Heyman, Bruce & Amy Kapner, Shari Shapiro, Phyllis Malamud, Jennifer Manocherian. We are so grateful to all of you!! THANK YOU TO Helaine Witt and Mitchell Saltz, for the Plaque and Dedication of the Plaque Ceremony for George Saltz; and to everyone who spoke about George and told jokes in his honor, including but not limited to: Helaine Witt, Mitchell Saltz, Bob Greenberg, Zygy Susser, Pamela Roth, Linda Marcus Smith, Tom Padovano, Jeanie & Tony Kim, Barbara Bova; to Barbara Marlowe for sponsoring the Oneg Shabbat in Loving Memory of her mother, Shirley Marlowe, and to honor her father's birthday, to Ronnie Gersten, for the Yarzheit of her Brother, Stephen Gersten last Friday; and to those who sang this weekend: Assistant Cantor Aron Bederson, Rabbi Tobi Innerfield, Milton Platt, Lily Rosenberg, and to Barbara Bova, who does so much. THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS: Barbara Bova, Dan & Norma Feld, Neva Small Fenig, Ann Lozman, Suzanne Stone, Jonathan Wachtel for the Gala; Stephen Flatow, Carol Ostrow, Howard Schwartz for the Passover Seder. 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, Michael Conn, Pam Frydman. YAHRZEITS AND KADDISH WE EXTEND OUR DEEP SYMPATHY to Sally Moses, whose sister Ellen Moses Freed passed away today. WE COMMEMORATE THE YAHRZEITS OF: (Heb. or Eng. Date of Passing–Month of Nisan-Iyar) Kenneth Diamond (4/14), Abraham Isaacs (4/14), Ira Allen Goldberg (14), Ephraim Friedman (16), Mollie Feinstein Cohen (17), Norman Bandler (4/19), Pablo Ramirez (18), 4/11; Mina Weisenberg (4/21), Ida Plotinsky (4/23), Frederic Fenig (22), Hannah Unterman Malamud (25), Marty Weiss (4/19) 4/18; Leonore Silver (4/25), Lewis Friedland (30), Leonard Grodin (4/28), William Greenspan (26), Edna Hersh (29), Philip Silvernagel (2 Iyar), Cesar Ramirez (5/1), Cheryl Weingarten (5/1), 4/25; Jeffrey Swiskay (4), David Belsky (5), Florence Snyder (5), Jack Kaplan (5/5), William Greenspan (5/5), Sylvia Kapner (5/3), 5/2; Cantor Louis Malamud (9), Harold Kapner (5/9), Elizabeth Amsterdam (5/10), Pauline Bova (5/12), Paul Chaitovitz (5/12), Philip Gelber (5/12), Leonard Kravetz (5/13), Robert Kashangaki (5/15), Martin Schwartz (5/15), 5/9; Arlene Fisher (5/17), Rose Shrenkel (18), Harry Buchman (23), Mary Cohen Diamond (5/19), David Baker (5/21), 5/16; Louis Gersten (24), Joseph Stark (29), 5/23; Charles Wexton, (5/30), David Snyder (5/30), 5/30. WE RECALL RECENT PASSINGS: 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, Estelle Danon, Ronit bat Leah, Peter Madoff, Judy Kunitz, Ellen Moses Freed. 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. Kama Linden has released a single, "You Can't AI Me Away," which she wrote, performed, produced, and mixed. https://music.apple.com/us/album/you-cant-ai-me-away-single/1800163515 and https://open.spotify.com/album/7JMtKoBsOfLyUi5HTn7UJf?si=7Ert4crdQR289Ra1SuPRRw Way to go and Mazel Tov! Marjorie Conn's Play P-Murt is in Feels Blind Literary, Issue 12. https://www.feelsblindliterary.com/issue12 She is also in The Sound of Music, St. Jean's Players, 14th St. Y, 344 E. 14th St. (betw.1st & 2nd Aves.), 4/4, 10, 11, at 7 PM; 4/5 & 12 at 2 PM, 4/6 & 13 at 3 PM, Sold Out. For the Waitlist: https://stjeansplayers.ludus.com/index.php Bonnie Rosenstock is in The Furies, A contemporary adaptation of The Oresteia, a Greek tragedy, 4/11 at 8 PM, 4/12 at 2 PM, 4/13 at 3 PM, Hudson Guild Theatre Company, 441 W. 26 St. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-furies-tickets-1272616673729?aff=oddtdtcreator 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: 4/19 at 8:30 PM. Zoom Link: http://bit.ly/3XWsL2I or by phone: 1-646-931-3860, Meeting ID: 719 5073 7639, Passcode: 0veXyi. Heidi Latsky Dance: Heidi’s Weekly online events & classes; https://heidilatskydance.org/events 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! |
