Prepare for a meaningful and spiritually uplifting High Holy Day season – join your clergy and community for a variety of opportunities to enhance your New Year!
Friday, September 20 | 6pm – Shabbat: Healing Through Art and the Art of Healing – Session 1
Explore the transformative role of Israel art in the aftermath of October 7. Participants will analyze how Israeli artists use creativity for healing and resilience. By studying these artistic responses, students will gain insights into trauma, memory, and recovery within Israeli society. Join for one or all three!
Monday, September 23 | 7pm – All About Herzl: The Israeli Opera @ Streicker Center
A film screening of a dialogue between Theodor Herzl as a student in Vienna and Herzl during his time as a journalist in Paris is depicted in the new Israeli opera. Register here.
Tuesday, September 24 | 7:30pm – Call Me Back Live with Dan Senor & Amir Tibon @ Streicker Center
A special live taping of the Call Me Back podcast, with host Dan Senor in conversation with Amir Tibon on the launch of his new book, The Gates of Gaza. Register here.
Friday, September 27 | 6pm – Shabbat with Guest Speakers David Harris & Loay Alshareef, Peace Activist
Israel & the Middle East In A Post-October 7 World: A View from the UAE
Saturday, September 28 – Selichot
7pm – Private Museum Tour with a Jewish Twist @ The Met
With Rabbi Gelfand & Cantor Altshul
8:30pm – Service of Reflection & Forgiveness @ Private Home, UES
With Rabbi Gelfand & Cantor Altshul. Refreshments served prior to service.
Register here.
Friday, October 4 | 6pm – Shabbat: Entering High Holy Days Thru Story & Song
With Rabbi Young & Cantor Altshul
Sunday, October 6 | 10am – All About Herzl: I Am Herzl, A Children’s Day @ Temple Emanu-El
A day of special activities for children, including age-appropriate tours of the museum exhibition, storytelling and an interactive children’s play. Free program for TI Religious School students and their families. Register here.
Monday, October 7 | 6pm – City-Wide October 7 Memorial @ Central Park
Gather to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the October 7th terrorist attacks in Israel, including mourning the lives lost and calling to save any remaining hostages. Additional details coming soon.
Friday, October 18 | 6pm – Shabbat with Guest Speaker David Harris
On The Front Lines: A Lifetime of Global Jewish Advocacy
Tuesday, October 22 | 6:30pm – WLC/Sisterhood Sushi in the Sukkah – Healing Through Art and the Art of Healing – Session 2
Celebrate Sukkot with the WLC/Sisterhood as we continue to explore the transformative role of Israel art in the aftermath of October 7.
Thursday, October 24 | 6:30pm – Men’s Sukkot
Celebrate Sukkot with Rabbi Young and the men of Temple Israel.
Wednesday, October 28 – Wednesday, December 9 | 6:30pm – Joyful Places & Holy Spaces
Open the door to the wonder of Jewish Living. Join Rabbi Hayley Siegel for this 7 week course as we journey from room to room. Open to all adults interested in Judaism and those who have completed the Intro to Judaism course. Registration coming soon.
Friday, November 1 – Tikveh: Generation of Hope – Discover the Compelling Story of Young Israelis since October 7
Join us to hear from Adam Levi and Nathan Brown, who directed educational frameworks for displaced kibbutzim in Haifa and Eilat, about the courage, resilience, and commitment of Israeli youth and young adults during a national crisis.
Thursday, November 7 – Healing Through Art and the Art of Healing – Session 3
Our final session on analyzing how Israeli artists use creativity for healing and resilience in the aftermath of October 7.
Friday, November 8 | 6pm – Shabbat with Guest Speaker Arthur Magida
Two Wheels to Freedom: The Story of a Young Jew, Wartime Resistance, and a Daring Escape