Weekly Announcements March 9th, 2026
Actors Temple Information
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Announcements Week of March 9, 2026 The Actors' Temple is a Safe Haven where all people are welcomed, accepted, respected, included, and appreciated. |
339 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036 • 212-245-6975 Mailing Address: PO Box 2620, NY, NY 10108 READ SERMONS ON THE RABBI'S BLOG To be added to our Weekly Announcements list, or for any other inquiries, please email us at in...@theactorstemple.org. LIKE US, FOLLOW US, and WRITE A REVIEW ON FACEBOOK FOLLOW US on INSTAGRAM @theactorstemple |
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SHABBAT ACROSS AMERICA: Friday 3/13, Dinner 5:30; Learning Service, 6:30 PM, in Person & Zoom SHABBAT AM: Saturday 3/14, 10:30 AM, Service and Torah Discussion on Zoom WEDNESDAY NIGHT TORAH STUDY: Class meets this Wednesday 3/11, 7:30 PM on Zoom NOTEWORTHY EVENTS: Video of our Purim Spiel is on Facebook. Link Below. |
THIS WEEK SHABBAT ACROSS AMERICA & POTLUCK SHABBAT DINNER: Friday, March 13, 5:30 PM. Join us to celebrate Shabbat with Jews across America and Canada for its 30th Year: to eat, sing, learn, and celebrate! Learning Service and Oneg Shabbat. In conjunction with NJOP, National Jewish Outreach Program. Please bring a vegetable/fish/dairy dish to share. Dinner at 5:30, Service at 6:30 PM. We commemorate the Yahrzeits of: Sherry Burns (3/13), Frederic Fastow (3/16), Beatrice Friedman (3/18), David Rosenberg (3/18), Ronnie Buitenkant Eulau (24), Stanley Goldstein (25),Toby Hofstein (3/15) Sydney Gersten (27); 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, March 14, 10:30 AM. Service and Torah Discussion, Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei, 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 LOOKING AHEAD: PASSOVER PACKAGE DELIVERY WITH DOROT: Sunday, March 22, Volunteers warm the hearts of older adults and deliver a package of Passover treats and enjoy a friendly in-person or phone visit, 171 W. 85 St., Please register at: https://www.dorotusa.org/volunteer/passover-package-delivery/ COMMUNITY 2ND NIGHT PASSOVER SEDER: Thursday, April 2, 6 PM. We Invite You to a Spiritual Evening of Fellowship, Questions, Learning, and Song: a full Seder and Delicious Fish/Dairy/Vegetarian dinner, catered by Indulge Catering. Rabbi Jill leads the seder with Rabbi Tobi Innerfield and Cantor Aron Bederson assisting; Rachel Kaufman 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 at haus...@aol.com for a PDF Haggadah and Zoom Link or to request a UJA Federation Voucher for a reduced price meal. 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. https://www.theactorstemple.org/events/passover-2026 All are welcome to celebrate with us! Online store link: https://theactorstemple.ecwid.com/#!/Community-2nd-Night-Passover-Seder-for-2026/p/817248774 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 this week on March 11. 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 THANK YOU TO BOB GREENBERG, for a wonderful Purim Spiel: for writing, casting, acting in, and directing it; to Rabbi Jill for song parodies, to all the wonderful actors: Sarah Baumgarten, Aron Bederson, Bob Greenberg, Rabbi Jill, Tamas Racz, and Pianist Rachel Kaufman; Barbara Bova, Denise Jackrel, Eva Heineman, Dorit Konig, Vicki Mizel, Suki Rae, Bonnie Rosenstock, Carlos Ramirez, and Helaine Witt. Thank you to Karen Hofstein-Heyman for providing and sponsoring the Hamantaschen; and Thank You to Phil Reissman, who sponsored the Oneg Shabbat on Friday in loving memory of his brother, David Jesse Reissman's Yahrzeit. and to all who sang this weekend: Assistant Cantor Aron Bederson, Rabbi Tobi Innerfield, Lily Rosenberg, and to Barbara Bova who does so much. Thank you to Ben Sumrall for all his organization and help! THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS: Nolan L. Rothkopf, in Honor of Karen Hofstein-Heyman and her ongoing commitment to Israel, Judaism, and the Actors' Temple; Ed Rusgo, for a Donation for Healing for his Dear Wife, Leslie Rusgo; Elizabeth Guastaferro, for the Passover Seder. 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, 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. YAHRZEITS AND KADDISH WE COMMEMORATE THE YAHRZEITS OF: (Date in Parentheses is the actual Heb. or Eng. Date of Passing–Month of – Adar-Nisan; Bold is the commemoration date at a Shabbat Service: Sherry Burns (3/13), Frederic Fastow (3/16), Beatrice Friedman (3/18), David Rosenberg (3/18), Ronnie Buitenkant Eulau (24), Stanley Goldstein (25), 3/29. Toby Hofstein (3/15) Sydney Gersten (27), 3/13; Hannah Cohen (1 Nisan), Paul Kravitz (2), Shirley Marlowe (2), Ruth Rosenbaum (4/1), Stephen Gersten (6), Jeanette Lieberman (8), 3/20; Frank Kravitz (3/28), Eva Greenspan (3/28), Menachen Leib Tilchen (3/29), Jeffrey David Walerstein (9), Eva Greenspan (10), 3/27; Lubie Wax (4/6), Suzanne Reissman (4/8), Ephraim Friedman (16), Mollie Feinstein Cohen (17), Norman Bandler (4/19), Mina Weisenberg (4/21), Pablo Ramirez (18), 4/3; Kenneth Diamond (4/14), Ira Allen Goldberg (14), Ida Plotinsky (4/23), Frederic Fenig (22), Hannah Unterman Malamud (25), William (Wolf) Greenspan (26), Naum Galperin (27), Bernard Sheldon (28), Edna Hersh (29), 4/10; Marty Weiss 4/19, Leonore Silver (4/25), Lewis Friedland (30), 4/17; Marilyn Stern (4/27), Leonard Grodin (4/28), 4/24. WE RECALL RECENT PASSINGS: Peter Madoff, Judy Kunitz, Ferne Jones, Ellen Moses Freed, 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. NOTEWORTHY EVENTS PURIM SPIEL ON FACEBOOK: See the video of Bob Greenberg's hilarious Purim Spiel: 47th Street, on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/reel/1713160536778551 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. 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 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, 3/21 at 7 PM; 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; 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! |
