Weekly Announcements April 15th, 2024
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Announcements Week of April 15, 2024 |
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SHABBAT: Friday, 4/19, 6:30 PM, Service, Meditation, Talk-Discussion, & Sponsored Oneg, in Person and on Zoom SHABBAT AM: Saturday 4/20, 10:30 AM. Service and Discussion on Zoom WEDNESDAY NIGHT TORAH STUDY: Class Meets Wednesday 4/17, 7:30 PM on Zoom NOTEWORTHY EVENTS: Donate for Israel and other events |
THIS WEEK SHABBAT: Friday, April 19, 6:30 PM. Service, Meditation, Talk-Discussion, & Oneg sponsored by Stan Kravitz in Loving Memory of the first Yahrzeit of his beloved brother Paul Kravitz. Knishes guaranteed! We commemorate the Yahrzeits of: Paul Kravitz (2), Ira Allen Goldberg (14), Ephraim Friedman (16), Mollie Feinstein Cohen (17), Norman Bandler (4/19), Mina Weisenberg (4/21), Ida Plotinsky (4/23), A Security guard is present for all 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, April 20, 10:30 AM, Service and Discussion, Parashat Metzora, Shabbat HaGadol, 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 COMMUNITY 2ND NIGHT PASSOVER SEDER: Tuesday, April 23rd, 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 Food In Motion. Aron Bederson will sing and Steven Silverstein will play piano. Lilly Galperin plays piano during dinner (Classic Jazz Piano from Many Lands of Jewish Composers and Lyricists). 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-2024; LINK for PAYMENT on our online store: https://theactorstemple.ecwid.com/#!/Community-2nd-Night-Passover-Seder-for-2024/p/630229716/category=164159030. Deadline for registration is April 14th. All are welcome to celebrate with us. LOOKING AHEAD SHABBAT, DANCE, POETRY, MUSIC, & PRAYER: Friday, April 26, 6:30 PM. Service, Performances, and Oneg Shabbat. Dafna Rosenblum, Dancer and Suki Rae, Songwriter and Musician, join us for a Dance Performance, Poetry, and more. Dafna is a Merce Cunningham and Alvin Ailey trained dancer, Oneg sponsored by Phyllis Malamud in Loving Memory of her Mother, Hannah Unterman Malamud. Please join us for this lovely program. A VERY SPECIAL MUSICAL PRESENTATION: THE GRIP OF EVIL/THE ENDURANCE OF HOPE, a Cantata by the contemporary composer Leslie Steinweiss, Friday, May 3, 6:30 PM, in commemoration of Yom Hashoah, with a chamber ensemble of violin, clarinet/flute, cello, and piano, and singers Aron Bederson and Rabbi Jill Hausman, conducted by the composer; Service at 6:30, Cantata at 8 PM. Program is Co-Sponsored by The Actors' Temple and the Jewish Theatre Circle. Don't miss this unique and moving musical event. In Person and on Zoom. YOM HAATZMAUT CELEBRATION AND YOM HAZIKARON REMEMBRANCE: Friday, May 10, 6:30 PM. Service, Talk-Discussion, Israeli Music, and Oneg Shabbat. Judy Buchman joins Aron Bederson, Rabbi Jill, and Pianist Yaniel for an appreciation of and discussion about our responsibility to the land. 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, 4/17, 7:30 - 9 PM. We are studying the Book of Numbers. 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: Ronnie Gersten, who sponsored the Oneg in Loving Memory of her Brother, Stephen Gersten; and Thank you to all who sang at Shabbat services this weekend Aron Bederson, Rabbi Tobi Innerfield, Milton Platt, Lily Rosenberg; to Marvin Blaustein for lovely poems, and to Barbara Bova who does so much. THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS: Merrill Bergenfeld, Sharon Greene, Helene & Marty Feldman, Amy Gallet, Sheila Gartner, Jo-Ann Goldfarb, Karen Hofstein-Heyman, Paul Kaplan, Pearl Kipnis, Stan Kravitz, David Lutzer, Roberta Nadel, Carol Ostrow, Milton Platt, Philip Reissman for the Passover Seder; Barbara Marlowe for the Yahrzeit of her Mother Shirley Marlow and her Father Hal Marlowe's Birthday. We are so grateful to you! 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. HEALTH AND HEALING R'FUAH SH'LEMA to: Carmen Richkin, Judith Tedeschi, Dalita Rubinstein, Phyllis Malamud, Matt Clark, Ron Cavallo, Roberta Nadel, Scott & Brenda Morrow, Elinor & Joe Rosenthal, Kathleen Richardson, Joan Brighty, Toby Gittlel bat Deborah v’ Leib Nissanel, Harold Hofstein, Steven Hofstein, Robert Shapiro, Steven Schwartz, Jay Blaustein, Sara Jackrel, Vinny and Anthony, Barbara Nathan, Lily Rosenberg, David Rosenberg, Max Nass, Edwin Rusgo, Sue Marczak, Estelle Meister, Doris Bachman, Heidi Latsky, Beatrice Jacob, Rod Gill. YAHRZEITS AND KADDISH WE RECALL THE YAHRZEITS OF: (Heb. or Eng. Date of Passing – Nisan) Ira Allen Goldberg (14), Ephraim Friedman (16), Mollie Feinstein Cohen (17), Norman Bandler (4/19), Mina Weisenberg (4/21), Ida Plotinsky (4/23), 4/19; Pablo Ramirez (18), Frederic Fenig (22), Leonore Silver (4/25), Lewis Friedland (30), Marilyn Stern (4/27), Leonard Grodin (4/28), 4/26; Hannah Unterman Malamud (25), William Greenspan (26), Naum Galperin (27), Bernard Sheldon (28), Edna Hersh (29), 5/3. WE RECALL RECENT PASSINGS: Phyllis Schwartz, Sylvia Kapner, Zhanna Berina, Necha bat Chaim v'Tzeitel, George Saltz, Phyllis Clark (sister of Vanessa Clark), Sheldon Harnick, Abraham Weiss, Lois Libien, Stuart Paul, Florence Rosenberg, Leonard Feinstein, Rae Guttman Gelfand, Robert Gersten, Betty Bederson, Dr. Greg Birch, Deha Rozanes, Peter Terrace, Michael Klein, Marcia Neu, Norman Schnall, Stephen Druth, Toby Hofstein, Fran Pantazis, Stephen Druth, Eric Fleitman. NOTEWORTHY EVENTS DONATION SUGGESTIONS FOR SUPPORTING ISRAEL: Here are six 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; Friends of the Israel Defense Forces https://Fidf.org; American Friends of Magen David Adom, matched by Former Mayor Mike Bloomberg (Red Star of David, like the Red Cross) https://afmda.org; For lifesaving ceramic helmets and vests: JGive Asor Fund https://www.jgive.com/new/en/usd/donation-targets/110068. Bob Greenberg, Linda Marcus Smith, Michelle Balan and other Comics are doing Stand-Up: Pangea, 178 Second Ave. Thursday April 18, 9 PM, Tickets: https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/82648 Suki Rae sings in the Glass Menagerie Chorus' The Road Home, 4/28, 4 PM, Church of the Holy Apostles 296 9th Ave. (28 St) SUGGESTED DONATION $25 ($15 students) online or at the door. Works by Verdi, Vaughn Williams and contemporary composers Mark Patterson, Susan Brumfield, Abbie Bettinis, Rosephanye Dunn Powell, and “Border” by NY composer Rich Campbell. Go to: eventbrite.com/e/the-glass-menagerie-chorus-presents-the-road-home. Marjorie Conn in The Attic @ The Tank, 4/18-5/18, 312 W. 36th St. A multi-room immersive experience for just 30 audience members: travel through a collection of memories in belonging to the organization’s members. The Archivists uncover their life stories, shaping one another’s narratives through experimental group exercises exploring memory, intimacy, identity, and the promise of a life of purpose. Vaccination for Covid-19 required. Friends & Family discount code: 30FriendsofVicky. “Voices From the Holy and Not So Holy Land” in its New York premiere, United Solo Festival at Theatre Row, 410 W 42 St, 4/25, 8:30 PM. Written and performed by Steve Greenstein. “Voices” startles its audience into a behind the headlines look at the Israeli Palestinian conflict. https://festival.unitedsolo.org/show/1711379223533x427971693445120000 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: 5/18 at 8:30 PM. Zoom Link: http://bit.ly/3XWsL2I or by phone: 1-646-931-3860, Meeting ID: 719 5073 7639, Passcode: 0veXyi. Film – Irena's Vow: Discover the incredible true story of Irena Gut Opdyke, a young Polish nurse who heroically saved Jewish lives during WWII. Premiering in 42nd St. theaters 4/15 &16. Tickets https://www.fathomevents.com/events/irenas-vow/ Sara Kapner is in Washington DC doing a fabulous new play called Hester Street. Please tell all your Jewish friends and family there. It got great reviews. https://www.edcjcc.org/theater-j/show/hester-street/ Dorot's Generations Helping Generations Program: Check-in and Chat with the Volunteer Services Team, Thursdays, 12-12:45 p.m. https://dorotusa-org.zoom.us/j/85359256348#success Heidi Latsky Dance: ON DISPLAY at NYPL Riverside Library, 4/20, 12-1 PM & 2-3 PM. A panel discussion featuring Heidi Latsky will take place in between the Sculpture Courts, from 1-2 PM. To join the panel discussion in person or online, Please register for a free ticket. https://www.showclix.com/event/performingartslanguage Heidi’s Weekly online events & classes; https://heidilatskydance.org/events Shows at AT Theater: Please check for currently running shows. The "October 7" play opens 5/13; Cowboy, 5/25-7/27; Pinkalicious for kids runs on Sundays; 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! |
