Weekly Announcements March 23rd, 2026

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Announcements  

Week of March 23, 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

www.theactorstemple.org

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SHABBAT: Friday 3/27, 6:30 PM, Service, Meditation, Talk-Discussion & Oneg, in Person & Zoom

SHABBAT AM: Saturday 3/28, 10:30 AM, Service and Torah Discussion on Zoom 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT TORAH STUDY:  Class meets on 3/25, 7:30 PM on Zoom

NOTEWORTHY EVENTS: Video of our Purim Spiel is on Facebook. Link Below.

THIS WEEK 

SHABBAT: Friday, March 27, 6:30 PM. Service, Talk-Discussion & Oneg. We commemorate the Yahrzeits of: Frank Kravitz (3/28), Eva Greenspan (3/28), Menachen Leib Tilchen (3/29), Jeffrey David Walerstein (9); 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 28, 10:30 AM. Service and Torah Discussion, Parashat Tzav, 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

PASSOVER VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: to Set Up and Clean Up our 2nd Night Passover Seder. Please contact Rabbi Jill to volunteer.

LOOKING AHEAD:


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  

PASSOVER MORNING SERVICES: Passover 1st Day, Thursday, April 2, 10:30 AM, A Zoom-only Service; Passover 7th Day, Wednesday, April 8, 10:30 AM, Yizkor will be said, A Zoom-only Service.

YOM HASHOAH, HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE SERVICE, Friday, April 10, 6:30 PM. A Service of Prose, Poetry, and Song. Marjorie Conn reads from Sophie Vigilio's Poignant Memoir.

YOM HAATZMAUT, ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE SERVICE, Friday, April 17, 6:30 PM. Yaniel joins us at the Piano to celebrate Israel's 78th Year!

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 

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 on March 25th. 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 Ronnie Gersten who sponsored the Oneg Shabbat in Loving Memory of her Brother Stephen Gersten z"l's Yahrzeit; to Barbara Bova who delivered a package and visited with a Senior through Dorot's Passover Package Delivery on Sunday; to all who sang this weekend: Assistant Cantor Aron Bederson, Janela, Rabbi Tobi Innerfield, Kama Linden, Lily Rosenberg, and to Barbara Bova who does so much. 

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS: Helene and Martin Feldman, for a Donation; Barbara Bova and Morgen, in Memory of Neva's dog Ella; Barbara Bova for the Passover Seder and a Donation; Carol Brodsky, Steven Morley Greenberg, for the Passover Seder; Heather Fialkoff, for the Schanzer Holocaust Survival Presentation. 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 ARE SADDENED TO HEAR OF THE PASSING of Sheila Rabinowitz, longtime friend of Dorothy Silvernagel, and send Dorothy our condolences. 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: 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: 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, Sheila Rabinowitz.

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 

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 

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!

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