Weekly Announcements May 25th, 2026
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Announcements Week of May 25, 2026 BUY TICKETS TO OUR COMEDY BENEFIT 6/3 The Actors' Temple is a Safe Haven where all people are welcomed, accepted, respected, included, and appreciated. |
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SHABBAT: Friday 5/29, 6:30 PM, Service, Meditation, Talk-Discussion, & Oneg, in Person & on Zoom SHABBAT SHAVUOT MORNING: Saturday, 5/30, 10:30 AM. Service and Discussion on Zoom WELCOME NEW MEMBER: Brenda Lewis WEDNESDAY NIGHT TORAH STUDY: Class meets on 5/27, 7:30 PM on Zoom NOTEWORTHY EVENTS |
THIS WEEK SHABBAT: Friday, May 29, 6:30 PM. Service, Meditation, Talk-Discussion & Oneg Shabbat. We commemorate the Yahrzeits of: Sol Simon (16), Matilda Ann Friedman Cohen (19) George E. Saltz (6/1), Adele Schwartzman (6/2), Charles Wexton (5/30); 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 SHAVUOT MORNING: Saturday, May 30, 10:30 AM. Service and Discussion of Parashat Nasso; 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: 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. JUNETEENTH AND PRIDE CELEBRATION SHABBAT: Friday, June 19th, 6:30 PM. Service and sponsored Oneg. Marjorie Conn and Kara Allen will help us celebrate and commemorate these two occasions. PLEASE SAVE THE DATE AS RABBI JILL CELEBRATES 20 YEARS AT THE ACTORS' TEMPLE, Friday, June 26th, 5:30 PM for a Light Dinne/Cocktail Party and Service with Music and Song. We hope to unveil our beautiful new TREE OF LIFE in the Sanctuary, donated by Rabbi Jill and Barbara Bova (Please see below). The Party and Service are Free. Catered Party and Music sponsored by Barbara Bova, including violin, flute, and Rachel Kaufman and others at the piano. Please RSVP your intention to be there to Executive Director Ben Sumrall at in...@theactorstemple.org (for a count for the caterer) or at 212-245-6975. Many congregants will perform. Let's all celebrate the LIFE of our precious synagogue and our 20 years together!  DONATIONS FOR AN INSCRIBED LEAF ON OUR NEW TREE OF LIFE which will be located in the sanctuary, can be made before and after the Anniversary Celebration. Leaves will be in denominations of Chai: Bronze - $180, Silver - $360, Gold - $540. To Donate please go to: https://theactorstemple.ecwid.com/#!/A-Leaf-on-our-Tree-of-Life-Plaque/p/14030489 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 27. 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 WELCOME NEW MEMBER: We welcome Brenda Lewis into our synagogue family. Brenda and her daughter attended our Passover Seder this year. Thank you so much for joining us! THANK YOU, MAZEL TOV, AND DONATIONS THANK YOU TO: Sharon Snyder who sponsored the Oneg Shabbat in Loving Memory of her Father, David Snyder this past Friday; and to all who sang last weekend: Assistant Cantor Aron Bederson, Jacob Goldbas, Rabbi Tobi Innerfield, Lily Nass Rosenberg, and to Barbara Bova who does so much and provides all the nuts and crackers for the Oneg. Thank you to Rabbi Tob Innerfield for her monthly Zoom Havdalah last Saturday night. THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS: Mark Pickard, for the Comedy Benefit, in Memory of Al Kelly and in Honor of Bob Greenberg; Art Feinglass, Joan Greenberg for the Comedy Benefit; Joe & Nancy Benincasa, In Honor of Carol Auerbach and Al Berger; Brenda Lewis for Membership; Dr. Tracy Akner, Carol Ostrow, in Honor of the Memory of Barbara's Dog Morgen, a very special dog; Barbara Bova, for Kaddish for Morgen Bova. 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 CONDOLENCES TO Barbara Bova, whose beloved companion of 15 year, her dog Morgan, passed away recently. WE COMMEMORATE THE YAHRZEITS OF: (Date in Parentheses is the actual Heb. or Eng. Date of Passing–Month of – Sivan; Bold is the commemoration date at a Shabbat Service: 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 A Night of Chekhov at Actors' Temple Theater: Three short comic plays, 7 PM on Tues, Wed., Thurs., Sat., Sun., and 3 PM Saturdays. Six week run began last weekend. Tickets: tickets.duseproductions.com Marjorie Conn performs in ‘Pigs And Poor Players’ part of Out/Play’s Short Play Festival’s ‘Program B’: 6/12 & 14, 7 PM, 6/13, 3PM, Chain Theater, 312 W. 36 St., 4th flr. Discount Code for Tickets is PLAYERS5. Tickets: https://us.listmanage.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's Something Hidden & Living In The Grey, Latsky's documentary short, 6/4 & 6/5, 7 PM, Arts On Site NYC, 12 St Marks Place, Studio 3R, Tickets https://www.artsonsite.org/events-1/something-hidden Dancers who have had life changing events, not visible but deeply felt. RSVP for Heidi’s Weekly online events & classes 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, New Dates TBA, 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 run on 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! |
