Congregation Shearith Israel

Annual Thanksgiving Packathon - Livestream

DEADLINE TOMORROW AT NOON! Sign up for Paint Night with professional artist Rena Maryles - Pickup of supply kits is next Thursday, January 14, with the Paint Night session over Zoom next Saturday night, January 16, so register now! https://shearithisrael.shulcloud.com//paint-night-rena-mar

Of interest to our community: this 10-part series begins tonight!

Register for Thursday's First Night of Hanukkah "Paved Paradise" Inauguration of our new outdoor space! Featuring Arbit, candle-lighting, and brief remarks from Rabbi Soloveichik, and our Parnas, Louis Solomon. You can sign up for the zoom livestream, or attend in person (very few spaces remaining). Zoom signup: https://shearithisrael.shulcloud.com//hanukkah-inauguration In-person signup: https://shearithisrael.shulcloud.com/form/services

Join Rabbi Soloveichik tomorrow evening, Thursday at 7:30 pm, for a special "Friday Night Lights... Now on Thursdays": "The Covenant of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks" Register here to receive the call-in details and source sheet: shearithisrael.org/fnl-thursdays

Friday Night Lights moves to Thursdays TONIGHT! Don't miss it tonight at 7:30 pm! Register here to receive the call-in details and source sheet: shearithisrael.org/fnl-thursdays

FACEBOOK LIVE BEGINNING AT 6:15 PM *(`Arbit will begin at 6:45 and will not be broadcast over the internet) -Candle Lighting 6:26 pm -Fast Begins 6:44 pm... -Fast Ends on Monday at 7:15 pm HATIMAH TOBAH & TIZKU LESHANIM RABOT

TONIGHT at 7:30 pm: Rabbi Soloveichik's Virtual Shabbat Teshuba Derasha! Dial-in instructions (conference call only): USA: (712) 770-5581 (this number also works for Canada) UK: +44 (0) 333 015 4181 ... Israel: +972 (0) 55-966-1137 Australia: +61 (0) 3 8672 0100 France: +33 (0) 7 56 75 00 49 Italy: +39 011 092 0915 Panama: +507 838-7820 Mexico: +52 899 274 8400 Participant code: 124005#

COMING UP ON THIS PAGE: This Sunday, Ereb Kippur, we will stream our Kal Nidre service at 6:15 pm. Check back on our page to join us!

After our livestreamed flashlight-lit evening services, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik delivered this year’s Tisha B’Ab lecture to a beyond capacity audience...although this year, the many hundreds of participants from near and far were listening from their homes. Join us again at 5:30 pm today for Rabbi Soloveichik's afternoon shiur on "Art, Mikdash, and Memory." (See comments for dial-in instructions.)

In these unprecedented times, we are partnering with the American Sephardi Federation for Tisha B'Ab - ASF will be livestreaming our evening services, Rabbi Soloveichik's lecture, and Kinot. To register and to view the in-depth schedule for the day, visit: https://shearithisrael.org/content/tisha-bab-services-5780

Call in today at 5:30 pm for Rabbi Soloveichik's pre-Shabbat Friday Night Lights talk on the late Rabbi Lamm: "Oratory of Genius: A Reverent Reflection on the Sermons of Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm." Dial-in instructions: USA: (712) 770-5581 Panama: +507 838-7820... Mexico: +52 899 274 8400 Participant code: 124005# See more

Please join us for our annual Memorial Day ceremony honoring the patriotic service rendered by members of our congregation and to decorate the graves of 19 veterans of the American Revolution. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic the ceremony at the cemetery will not be open to the public. It will, however, be broadcast live on Facebook right here. So tune in to Shearith Israel's Facebook page at 10:30 AM to watch this very special event.

Hazaq uBarukh to all the participating Hazzanim at today's virtual Azharot service. It was a truly special event bringing together the Western Sephardic world. Thanks as well to the Institute of Jewish Experience / American Sephardi Federation for hosting the webinar. You can watch a video of today's Azharot service here: https://www.facebook.com/InstituteofJewishExperience/videos/239308977513912/ Thank you to all the participants (in Alphabetical order): Dr. Daniele Bedar...ida (Livorno), Hazan Danny Benlolo (Montreal), Rabbi Jonathan Cohen (Netivot, Israel), Rev. Zachariah Edinger (NY), Haham Yehonatan Elazar de Mota (Dominican Republic), Rabbi Israel Elia (Lauderdale Rd.), Rabbi Amir Elituv (Manchester), Rabbi Albert Gabbai (Philadelphia), Hazan Daniel Halfon (Jerusalem), Rabbi Daniel Kada (Wembley), Mr. Adam Musikant (London), Rev. Dr. Peter Nahon (Paris / Bordeaux), Hazan Nachshon Rodrigues Pereira (Amsterdam), Rabbi Ira L. Rohde (NY), Hazan Danny Shapiro (Amsterdam), Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik (NY), Rabbin Emanuel Valency (Bayonne, France), and Rev.Salomon Vaz Dias (Florida/NY/Amsterdam). It was a very special event! See more

Please join us for our annual Memorial Day Service to honor the patriotic service rendered by the members of our congregation and to decorate the graves of 19 veterans of the American Revolution. Sadly, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the ceremony at the cemetery will not be open to the public, nor will it have the usual field music or color guard. However, Rev. Zachary Edinger, together with a few of our members and friends, will be conducting this beautiful and meaningful ceremony, honoring the patriotic service and sacrifice of our members, and it will be broadcast live right here - on Monday at 10:30 AM. Don't miss it!