We hope that children will also participate in this Saturday 7 pm service: It's a shorter service, includes dancing and singing, and is an opportunity to bring things to the Zoom screen. Everyone is invited to bring to your Zoom screen an item or story connected to the following: Genesis: Creation (for example, something you built or planted) Exodus: Journey (for example, vacation photo, diploma or pair of shoes) Leviticus: Kosher food (for example, kashrut symbol or food item) Bamidbar: Something you count Deuteronomy: Blessing (favorite saying or words of blessing)
Tuesday, October 13 7:45 am Zoom Shaharit Torah on Tuesday will not meet on October 13
High Holiday Appeal
Please Donate to the High Holiday Appeal Read the Appeal message here. We are almost halfway to our goal. Your gift will help Habonim stay strong during these difficult times and plant the seeds for our future. Thank you for your contribution and to those who have already contributed.
For a FULL listing of events and services at Habonim this week and beyond, please follow the links in the buttons below.
Please click on the picture to see this week's Yahrzeit observances. May all the mourners be comforted.
Adult Education
EL CAMINO…THE JOURNEY TO JUDAISM Sunday, October 18, 4 pm (EST) Born in Bogota, Colombia as a Catholic, Rabbi Juan Mejia will discuss his own journey to Judaism as well as his current leadership for "Los Nuevos Judios”, (Re-) emerging Jewish communities in Latin America and elsewhere around the globe. Based in Oklahoma City, Rabbi Mejia was named one of America’s most inspiring rabbis by The Jewish Daily Forward.
Appropriate for ages 12 and over. Click here to register. Zoom information will be available closer to the date.
Families with Young Children
Save the Date: Friday, November 6 5:15 - 5:45 pm
More information will be available closer to the date.
Book Club
Next Book Club meeting: Tuesday, October 27, 7-9 pm We're reading A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir, by Lev Golinkin.
Everyone is welcome!
Community Events
The Schechter Institutes and Hadassah Brandeis Institute on-line launch event for NASHIM: Journal of Jewish Women’s Studies and Gender Issues, Issue 36 - Jewish Women Medical Practitioners in Europe Before, During and After the Holocaust. Click here to register. Tuesday, October 13, 12:30-2:00 pm
Living a Life of Meaning webinars Click here for more information and to register for this series of Jewish Theological Seminary webinars, Mondays through December 21, 1-2:30 pm
The deadline to register to vote in New York is TOMORROW Friday, October 9
Apply for an absentee ballot for the November election here .
Click here for information about early in-person voting.
Congregation Habonim supports core Jewish values, including racial justice and dignity for all.
Congregation Habonim - Building Jewish Community Together RABBI LISA B. GELBER CANTOR BRUCE HALEV MALKIE GROZALSKY, Director of Administration RINA COHEN SCHWARZ, Education Director TINA LOBEL, Nursery School Director RICHARD VERNER, President www.habonim.net
