Weekly Announcements April 13th, 2026
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Announcements Week of April 13, 2026 The Actors' Temple is a Safe Haven where all people are welcomed, accepted, respected, included, and appreciated. |
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YOM HAATZMAUT, ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE SERVICE, Friday 4/17, 6:30 PM, Sponsored Oneg, in Person & on Zoom SHABBAT AM: Saturday 4/18, 10:30 AM, Service and Torah Discussion on Zoom HAVDALAH WITH RABBI TOBI INNERFIELD: Saturday, April 18, 8:30 PM, on Zoom WEDNESDAY NIGHT TORAH STUDY: Class meets on 4/15, 7:30 PM on Zoom NOTEWORTHY EVENTS |
THIS WEEK YOM HAATZMAUT, ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE SERVICE, Friday, April 17, 6:30 PM. Yaniel joins us at the Piano to celebrate Israel's 78th Year! Phyllis Malamud sponsors the Oneg Shabbat in Loving Memory of her Mother, Hannah Unterman Malamud. We commemorate the Yahrzeits of: Hannah Unterman Malamud (25), Marty Weiss 4/19, Leonore Silver (4/25), Edna Hersh (29), Lewis Friedland (30), Philip Silvernagel (2 Iyar), Jeffrey Swiskay (4), David Belsky (5). A Security guard is present for all in-person Friday night services. In Person and 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, April 18, 10:30 AM. Service and Discussion of Parashiot Tazria & Metzora, a Zoom-only service. 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: Saturday, April 18, 8:30 PM, A warm, musical 15-minute Zoom Havdalah for the end of Shabbat, Link: http://bit.ly/3XWsL2I or by phone: 1-646-931-3860, Meeting ID: 719 5073 7639, Passcode: 0veXyi. LOOKING AHEAD: MEANINGFUL MONDAY SERIES: SURVIVAL OF THE HOLOCAUST: Monday, April 27, 6:30 PM, A Wine and Cheese Reception and Talk by Henry and Bernie Schanzer, 91 years old, about their amazing story of Bravery and Survival, A Celebration of their Lives, Carol Ostrow and the Board of Trustees dedicate the evening to Rabbi Jill, who will be honored for 20 years at The Actors' Temple. Tickets, $36. More info: 212-245-6975 or in...@theactorstemple.org. Please purchase tickets at: https://theactorstemple.ecwid.com/#!/ISSUES@AT-Twin-Holocaust-survivors-Henry-and-Bernie-Schanzer-Mon-April-27th-2026/p/824030863 SHABBAT: Friday, April 24 & 25, 6:30 PM. Aron Bederson officiates while Rabbi Jill is away for a few days. No service on Shabbat Morning of Saturday, April 25. SHABBAT: Friday, May 1, 6:30 PM. Service and Oneg Shabbat, sponsored by Phyllis Malamud in Honor of the Yahrzeit of her beloved Father, Cantor Louis Malamud, who served at The Actors' Temple for nearly 40 years. SHABBAT: Friday, May 8, 6:30 PM. Paul Kaplan returns for a wonderful presentation on his book, Jewish South Florida. Sharon Snyder sponsors the Oneg Shabbat in Loving Memory of her Mother, Florence Snyder. 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 April 15th. Please join us on Wednesday nights on Zoom, 7:30 - 9 PM. We are reading the book of Genesis. 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 MAZEL TOV TO Aron Bederson, whose niece Lucia had a baby, named Isabella. She is a blessing! THANK YOU TO Thank you to Marjorie Conn, who read from Sophie Vigilio's Poignant Holocaust Memoir, A Goat in the Attic at Friday's Yom HaShoah service, and to Phil Reissman, who sponsored the Oneg in Loving Memory of his Mother Suzanne Reissman's Yahrzeit, and to all who sang last weekend: Rabbi Tobi Innerfield, Janela, Lily Rosenberg, and to Barbara Bova who does so much. THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS: Marjorie Conn, Bob Greenberg, Joseph Lerner, Sally Moses, Barbara Nathan, Philip Reissman, Linda Skwer, Melissa Sobol for the Passover Seder; Ed Rusgo for Yizkor Dedications; Doris Bachmann, Valerie David, Leslye Davidson for the Schanzer Mondays Event. We are so grateful to our Donors! 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: Carmen Richkin, Janela, 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, Leslie Rusgo, Sue Marczak, Estelle Meister, Beatrice Jacob, Brenda Gardner, Dalita Rubinstein; Jana Kaplan, Raizel Dina bat Toba, Michael Conn, Priscilla Frydman, Alicia Lacher, Paul Platt, Suzanne Brandau, Doris Meyer, Ed Richard, Jeff Passero, Valerie David, Jane Goldman, Julie Waslyn, Marlena Brauer, Howard Schraub, Marcia Brecher. YAHRZEITS AND KADDISH WE COMMEMORATE THE YAHRZEITS OF: (Date in Parentheses is the actual Heb. or Eng. Date of Passing–Month of –Nisan; Bold is the commemoration date at a Shabbat Service: Hannah Unterman Malamud (25), Marty Weiss 4/19, Leonore Silver (4/25), Edna Hersh (29), Lewis Friedland (30), Philip Silvernagel (2 Iyar), Jeffrey Swiskay (4), David Belsky (5), 4/17; Marilyn Stern (4/27), Leonard Grodin (4/28), 4/24; Cantor Louis Malamud (9), Cheryl Weingarten (5/1), Sylvia Kapner (5/3), Cesar Ramirez (5/1), 5/1; Jack Kaplan (5/5), William Greenspan (5/5), Florence Snyder (5/13), Rose Shrenkel (18), Harold Kapner (5/9), Pauline Bova (5/12), Philip Gelber (5/12), Leonard Kravetz (5/13), Harry Buchman (23), Elizabeth Amsterdam (5/10), Paul Chaitovitz (5/12) Robert Kashangaki (5/15), Martin Schwartz (5/15), Benjamin Hartford (5/16), 5/8; Louis Gersten (24), Mary Cohen Diamond (5/19), David Baker (5/21), Joseph Stark (29), Arlene Fisher (5/17), 5/15; David Snyder (5/30), 5/22; Charles Wexton (5/30), 5/29. WE RECALL RECENT PASSINGS: Danette Adelstein, Milton Platt, Setemkia Falling Tree, Roy Friedenthal, Yaccov Benger, Jean Claude, Pauline Malamud Sholk, Grace Hechinger, Alan Wasser, Roslyn Wolf, Jim Pantazis, Maxine Dolson, Peggy Tobin, Sheila Rabinowitz. NOTEWORTHY EVENTS Women, Theatre and the Holocaust's Remember the Women Institute presents 4 short plays, talkback, & reception, 4/14, 7 PM, JCC, 334 Amsterdam Ave. at 77th St., 7th Flr. https://www.mmjccm.org/event/women-theater-holocaust, Discount Tkts $5 with code WTHJTC26. Neva Small is in Milk and Honey with the J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company, AMT Theater, 4/16-26; 354 W. 45 St., TKTS: https://www.onthestage.tickets/the-j2-spotlight-musical-theater-company/individual-tickets Ron Cavallo sings with the Canterbury Choral Society in works by Bernstein, Britten, and Poulenc, 4/26, 4 PM, Church of the Heavenly Rest, 5th Ave. at 90th Street. Tickets $30 online or at the door. Aron Bederson will perform a staged reading of his play, The Long Journey Home, A Musical Memoir, Bennington Theatre, Vermont, 6/28, 2 PM. https://tickets.benningtontheater.org/event/new-works-series-june-28-2026-ynwpq0 Heidi Latsky Dance: RSVP for Heidi’s Weekly online events & classes at https://heidilatskydance.org/events. 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, 4/18, and 5/23, at 8:30 PM Zoom Link: http://bit.ly/3XWsL2I or by phone: 1-646-931-3860, Meeting ID: 719 5073 7639, Passcode: 0veXyi. Shows at AT Theater: Please check for currently running shows; Calling All Toys; Pinkalicious, Wizard of Oz for kids runs on the weekends. 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, guitar teacher, and realtor: www.kamalinden dot com. She has upcoming shows in PA, NJ, and MD and new releases of You Can't ai Me Away, Ride, Everything in Good Time. |
HAVE A WONDERFUL AND BLESSED WEEK! |
