Weekly Announcements May 11th, 2026
Actors Temple Information
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Announcements Week of May 11, 2026 The Actors' Temple is a Safe Haven where all people are welcomed, accepted, respected, included, and appreciated. |
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YOM YERUSHALYIM SHABBAT: Friday 5/15, 6:30 PM, Musical Service & Oneg Shabbat, in Person & on Zoom SHABBAT AM: Saturday, 5/16, 10:30 AM. Service and Discussion on Zoom WEDNESDAY NIGHT TORAH STUDY: Class meets on 5/13, 7:30 PM on Zoom NOTEWORTHY EVENTS |
THIS WEEK YOM YERUSHALYIM SHABBAT: Friday, May 15, 6:30 PM. Musical Service and Oneg Shabbat. Judy Buchman joins us for a Service commemorating and appreciating the Unification of Jerusalem, and for songs from Israel. We commemorate the Yahrzeits of: Louis Gersten (24), Mary Cohen Diamond (5/19), David Baker (5/21), Joseph Stark (29), Arlene Fisher (5/17); 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, May 16, 10:30 AM. Service and Discussion of Parashat Bemidbar, 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: EREV SHAVUOT & POTLUCK DINNER: Friday, May 22, 5:30 PM. We will celebrate Erev Shavuot on the 2nd night of the holiday, on Shabbat. Dinner at 5:30; Service at 6:30 with a Study Session. Please bring a dairy/vegetarian dish to share. Dairy Oneg sponsored by Sharon Snyder in Loving Memory of her Father, David Snyder. Come for Blintzes & Cheesecake! SHABBAT SHAVUOT MORNING: Saturday, May 23, 10:30 AM. Holiday & Shabbat Service with Yizkor; On Zoom Only. COMEDY BENEFIT: Wednesday, June 3, 7 PM. Back by Popular Demand, Starring Stand-Up Comics as seen on TV: Bob Greenberg, Emcee, Scott Blakeman, Mike Fine, Rhonda Hansome, Moody McCarthy, Ellen Orchid, Max Ryvkin, Linda Marcus Smith, Helaine Witt, and Pianist Rachel Kaufman. Don't Miss It! Tickets: Friend, $40, Mensch $50, Angel $100 on our website, https://theactorstemple.ecwid.com/#!/The-2026-Return-of-The-Actors-Temple-Comedy-Benefit/p/833161743, by phone 212-245-6975, by check to Actors' Temple, PO Box 2620, NY, NY 10108, or pay at the door. 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 May 13. 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: Author Paul Kaplan for a wonderful Presentation, JEWISH SOUTH FLORIDA: A History and Guide to Neighborhoods, Synagogues, and Eateries, this past Friday; To Sharon Snyder who sponsored the Oneg Shabbat in Loving Memory of her Mother, Florence Snyder; and to all who sang last weekend: Assistant Cantor Aron Bederson Rabbi Tobi Innerfield, Lily Nass Rosenberg, and to Barbara Bova who does so much and provides all the nuts and crackers for the Oneg. MAZEL TOV TO RABBI TOBI INNERFIELD, who received an Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College for her 25 years in Jewish Education. Rabbi Tobi received a Masters Degree from HUC 25 years ago. THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS: Evan Salton for Membership; Dorothy Silvernagel for the Passover Seder, to Sponsor an Oneg for her Husband Phil's 19th Yahrzeit, and for the Rabbi's Discrectionary Fund, and a Prayer Donation for the Passing of her friend, Sheila Rabinowitz; Judith Buchman, In Memory of her Father Harry Buchman on his Yartzeit; Philip Rosenbaum for Kaddish for his beloved Mother, Esther Rosenbaum - Thank you so much Rabbi Jill and the Actors Temple!; Barbara Bova, Joan Greenberg, Pamela Krieger, Jenny Libien, Helaine Witt, for the Comedy Benefit; Joseph Benincasa, Emet Williams, for their kind Donations. We are so very 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: 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; Razel Dina bat Toba, Jana Kaplan, Raizel Dina bat Toba, 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, Chris Kolonkowski, Charlotte Pfahl, Charles Brandau. YAHRZEITS AND KADDISH WE SEND OUR DEEP SYMPATHY TO PHILIP ROSENBAUM AND HIS FAMILY, WHOSE MOTHER ESTHER ROSENBAUM PASSED AWAY RECENTLY. WE COMMEMORATE THE YAHRZEITS OF: (Date in Parentheses is the actual Heb. or Eng. Date of Passing–Month of – Iyar - Sivan; Bold is the commemoration date at a Shabbat Service: Louis Gersten (24), Mary Cohen Diamond (5/19), David Baker (5/21), Joseph Stark (29), Arlene Fisher (5/17), 5/15; Sam Miller (5 Sivan), Ruth Karlin (6), David Snyder (5/30), 5/22; Sol Simon (16), Matilda Ann Friedman Cohen (19) George E. Saltz (6/1), Adele Schwartzman (6/2), Charles Wexton (5/30), 5/29; Miriam Walerstein (21), Vivian Miller (25), Devora Kravitz (6/4), Martin Silver (6/4), Ben Wax (6/5), Rachel Danan (6/5), Karen Rosenblatt (6/8), Eva Swee (6/10), Joshua Hochfelder (6/10), 6/5; Fred Feingold (26), Norman Alschuler (29), Seymour Lask (6/13), Philip Hanan (6/16), Joel Riff (6/16), Joan Amsterdam (6/17), 6/12; Mildred Pepper (6/22), Lillian Krutman Rosner (6/24), Mike Libien (6/19), 6/19; Lorraine Rubenstein (6/26) Maurice A. Hausman (6/27), Morris Loiterstein (6/30) 6/26. 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, Esther Rosenbaum, Michael Conn. NOTEWORTHY EVENTS Hell's Kitchen & Beyond, NY Chronicles, a Prompt Based Writing Workshop led by Cindy Cooper. Thursday, May 14, Prime Produce, 424 West 54 St, 5 - 8:30 PM, Workshop begins at 6:30. Free with RSVP. Share your NY Story! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hells-kitchen-beyond-new-york-chronicles-tickets-1984681823761 Marjorie Conn is in Out/Play’s Short Play Festival, 6/12 & 14 at 7 PM, 6/13 at 3 PM. Chain Theater, 312 W. 36 St, 4th flr. Discount code: PLAYERS5; Tks at https://us.list manage.com/16g_72QqmpR?e=7a4a8234c8&c2id=76846379c54c909c0635949fb5788c64 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, 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! |
