January 26 - 10 Open
January 27 - 10 Open
Rosh HaShanah Day 1
January 30 - 10 Open
Rosh HaShanah Day 2
Kol Nidre
January 26 - 10 Open
Yom Kippur
January 27 - 10 Open
January 30 - 10 Open
Lewis Family Sanctuary - Open
Shulman Auditorium - Open
Family Outdoor Service (CBS Parking Lot) - Open
Outdoor Service at Christ Episcopal Church - Open
Livestream - Open
Set up for Dinner 3-5 pm - Fully Booked
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Set up for Dinner 3-5pm - 5 of 20 Left
Set Up For Lunch 10-11:45am - 14 of 20 Left
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Lewis Family Sanctuary (clergy-led)
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11/23 Wednesday Evening, 8:00pm*SHIVA MINYAN*
at the home of Eva Liebmann
478 Sagamore Ave, Teaneck
I do not plan to attend this session
I do not plan to attend this session
I likely will not attend this session
January 26 - 1 of 10 Left
Set up for Dinner 5:30-6:45 pm - 3 of 10 Left
Shulman Auditorium
Set Up For Lunch 10:30-11:45am - 2 of 10 Left
Cocktail Hour
I likely will not attend this session
1. Forman-Jacobi home - 1 of 30 Left
I likely will not attend this session
Set up for Dinner 3-5 pm - 1 of 15 Left
Set Up For Lunch 10-11:45 am - Fully Booked
Set Up For Lunch 10-11:45 am - 1 of 12 Left
Shul Parking Lot - 9 of 40 Left
12:00-12:15pm - Fully Booked
1:00-1:25pm - Fully Booked
I likely will not attend this session
I likely will not attend this session
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Set up for Dinner 3-5 pm - 2 of 15 Left
Set Up For Lunch 10-11:45 am - 8 of 15 Left
Forman-Jacobi home - 13 of 28 Left
I do not plan to attend this session
I do not plan to attend this session
11:30-11:55am - Fully Booked
Lewis Family Sanctuary - 500 Open
3/6 Monday Evening, 8:00pm*SHIVA MINYAN*
at the home of Adam Backenroth
465 Maitland Ave, Teaneck
3/7 Tuesday Evening, 8:00pm*SHIVA MINYAN*
at the home of Adam Backenroth
465 Maitland Ave, Teaneck
Serve Dinner 6-6:30 pm - Fully Booked
Childcare
A. Rabbi Michael Chernick
Clean Up Dinner 6:45-7pm - 7 of 20 Left
Clean Up Lunch 1:20-1:45pm - 11 of 20 Left
Childcare (1 yr and up)
Childcare (1 yr and up)
Shulman Auditorium (lay-led)
Childcare (1 yr and up)
Childcare (1 yr and up)
Childcare (ages 1year and up)
Andrew Silow-Carroll
Childcare (1 yr and up)
Rabbi J.J. Schachter
11/24 Thursday Morning, 8:10am
Y. In a Time of Disunity: Can a Commitment to Social Justice Hold the Jewish Community Together ~ A Panel Discussion-Rabbis Andelman, Paskind and Pitkowsky, Elaine Cohen and Dennis Cohen, Moderated by Sandee Brawarsky
January 27 - 1 of 10 Left
Clean Up Dinner 6:30-7:15pm - 7 of 10 Left
CBS Parking Lot Canopy
Clean Up Lunch 1:15-1:45pm - 13 of 20 Left
Shabbat Kiddush
Childcare
Childcare
Childcare (ages 0-3)
2. CBS Parking Lot - Fully Booked
Childcare (ages 0-3)
Serve Dinner 6-6:30 pm - 3 of 15 Left
Serve Lunch 12:30-1 pm - 6 of 15 Left
Serve Lunch 12:30-1 pm - 2 of 14 Left
12:15-12:30pm - Fully Booked
1:25-1:50pm - Fully Booked
Childcare
Childcare
Am Yisrael Why?: How Mitzvot Became Meaningful, and Jews Became Optional ~ PROFESSOR STEVEN M. COHEN
Serve Dinner 6-6:30 pm - 5 of 15 Left
Serve Lunch 12:30-1 pm - 9 of 15 Left
CBS Parking Lot - Fully Booked
Childcare
Childcare (18 mth - 4 yrs)
11:55am-12:20pm - Fully Booked
Family Service - CBS Parking Lot - 500 Open
Clean Up Dinner 7-7:30 pm - 3 of 12 Left
B. Prof. Dennis Klein
Q. Cantor Estelle Epstein
A. Rabbi Eliezer Diamond - Twice-Told Tale: Journeying through Mourning for my Mother and Father
Dessert Prep 7:45-8pm - 18 of 20 Left
Dessert Prep 2:10-2:30pm - 17 of 20 Left
H. Rabbi Michael Chernick - You Don't Look Jewish: The Changing Face of World Jewry
O. Dr. Elaine Shizgal Cohen and Rochel David -Poetry, Empathy, and Aging Wisely
A. Prof. Benjamin Sommer
A. Professor Eric Goldman -Spielberg’s “The Fablemans”- a Second Look for Today!
YP. Parent-Child Learning (ages 5 and up)
C. Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky
H. Noam Gilboord, Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, and Professor Michal Raucher - The War Over There and its Effects at Home
E. Rabbi David Bockman
I. Rabbi Ned Soltz- Happy Yom Nicanor - A Hasmonean Festival Calendar
YU. USY (9-12th grades) with Yoni Shear
H. Rabbi Iscah Waldman
P. Dr. Elaine Shizgal Cohen - The Legacy of Two Israeli Women of Valor (deceased in October 2023) -
11/24 Thursday Evening, 8:00pm*SHIVA MINYAN*
at the home of Eva Liebmann
478 Sagamore Ave, Teaneck
I. TBA
TBA
January 30 - Fully Booked
Dessert Prep 8:15 - 9:15 pm - 3 of 5 Left
Entertainment
Dessert Prep 3:00-3:45pm - 18 of 20 Left
Grades 6-8 - Middot-opoly ~ led by Rabbi Lori Forman-Jacobi
Pre-K & K - Stories, Songs, and a Special Take-Home Craft ~ Lymor Wasserman
3. Picker Home - Fully Booked
Pre-K & K - Interactive Learning Activities-Penina Grossberg
Clean Up Dinner 7-7:30 pm - Fully Booked
Clean Up Lunch 1:20-1:45 pm - Fully Booked
Clean Up Lunch 1:20-1:45 pm - Fully Booked
12:30-12:45pm - Fully Booked
1:50-2:15pm - Fully Booked
Kadima (Middle School) - Building Community, like for real! ~ Andy Markowitz
Pre-K to K -A Tree Grows in Teaneck- led by Naomi Goldrich
Clean Up Dinner 7-7:30 pm - 2 of 15 Left
Clean Up Lunch 1:20-1:45 pm - 1 of 15 Left
Kadima - Grades 6-8
Goodman Home - Fully Booked
12:20-12:45pm - 1 of 3 Left
Pre-K to 1st grade
Schulman Auditorium - 500 Open
Dessert Prep 8:30-8:45 - 11 of 12 Left
R. Rabbi Iscah Waldman
C. Marc Melzer
B. Cantor Estelle Epstein - Hug Ivri
Clean Up 9-9:30 pm - 18 of 20 Left
Clean Up 5-5:20pm - 17 of 20 Left
I. Dr. Mona Fishbane - Beyn Adam L'Chaveiro: Relational Ethics and Jewish Values
P. Rabbi Cathy Felix - Becoming
B. Prof. Michal Raucher
B. Professor Benjamin Sommer - What is the Torah?
YK. Kadima (Grades 6-8) with Yoni Shear
D. Prof.Dennis Klein
F. Rabbi Ned Soltz
J.Rabbi Aryeh Meir - Israel/Palestine: The Day After?
YG. Game Time for Everyone (all ages)
I. Rabbi Artyeh Meir
Q. Andrew Silow-Carroll - What changed after Oct. 7
11/25 Friday Morning, 8:15am
January 31 - Fully Booked
Clean Up 9:30 pm - 5 Open
Clean Up 3:45 -4:40pm - 18 of 20 Left
Grades 9-12 - Our Roots - led by USY
1st to 3rd Graders - What Does It Mean to Truly Love Your Neighbor as Yourself? ~ Rabbi Efrem Reis
4. Zizmor Home - 2 of 20 Left
1st to 3rd Graders - Loving Your Neighbor As Yourself ~Jamie Plitnic
Dessert Prep 8:30-8:45 - 7 of 12 Left
Dessert Set Up 2:30-2:45 pm - 4 of 12 Left
Dessert Set Up 2:30-2:45 - 7 of 12 Left
12:45-1:00pm - Fully Booked
2:15-2:40pm - Fully Booked
Grades 9-12 Beshalach: Escape from Egypt with Talia Levin, Orly Mann and Jonah Pitkowsky
USY (High School) - The ANTI Ice-Breaker ~ Dalia Rotman & Maya Wasserman
Grades 1-3 - Crossing the Red Sea with Avi Kravitz/Let's Move with Karen Grossman
Dessert Prep 8:30-8:45 - 11 of 12 Left
Dessert Set Up 2:30-2:45 pm - 6 of 12 Left
USY - Grades 9-12
12:45-1:10pm - 1 of 3 Left
Grades 2-4
Outdoor Service -Christ Episcopal Church - 500 Open
Clean Up Dessert 9:45-10:30 pm - 6 of 12 Left
S. Dr. Stephen Garfinkel
D. Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster
C. Eillene Leistner - The Poets Among Us
J. Kim Fuld - And I shall Reside Among Them": God's Immanence in the Tanakh
Q. Harman Grossman - Stoning Meets the Eighth Amendment: Comparing American and Jewish Law on Capital Punishment
C. Cantor Ronit Wolff Hanan - How ARE You?
G. Rabbi Joyce Newmark
A. Diamond From the Wilderness by Sami Michael ~ Ofra Backenroth & Ilana Sasson
N. Michael Popkin
G. Rabbi Eliezer Diamond
K. Kim Fuld - Biblical Infertility
R.Rabbi, Dr. David Bockman - Why are there anti-Jewish riots in Jakarta, Indonesia?
11/25 Shabbat Evening, 4:15pm
J. Frieda Huberman
A. The Spiritual Thought and Theology of R. Nahman of Bratzlav ~ Dr. Eitan Fishbane
4th & 5th Graders - V'Ahavta l'Re-acha Kamocha ~ Harman Grossman
4th & 5th Graders - Team-Building Games and Exercises ~ Michelle Markowitz
Clean Up Dessert 9:45-10:30 pm - 5 of 12 Left
Clean Up Dessert 3:30-4 pm - 5 of 12 Left
Clean Up Dessert 3:30-4 pm - 7 of 12 Left
Feigenbaum/Misler home - Fully Booked
1:00-1:15pm - Fully Booked
2:40-3:05pm - Fully Booked
Grade 4 - TBD with Rabbi Pitkowsky/Jews and Jedis - led by Rabbi Micah Liben
R. Just Over the Line—Pauline Christianity, Karaities, Sabbateans, and Messanic Jews ~ RABBI NED SOLTZ
Clean Up Dessert 9:45-10:30 pm - 8 of 12 Left
Clean Up Dessert 3:30-4 pm - 6 of 12 Left
A. Rabbi Lee Paskind
Moskatel-Sand Home - 2 of 8 Left
1:10-1:35pm - Fully Booked
Grade 5 - Lunch 'n Leyn - Cantor Ronit Wolf Hanan & Adina Avery-Grossman
Livestream - 500 Open
T. Eric Goldman
E. Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky
D. Rabbi Dan Liben -What's Jewish about Jewish Mindfulness Meditation?
K. Frieda Huberman, Dr. Elaine Kahn, and Ray Goldberg - Equity and Inclusion: From Midrash Rabbah to the Color of Law
D. Liora Pelavin -From My Perspective
H. Dr. Elaine Cohen
O. Max Janowski: Contextualizing Jewish Liturgical Music ~ Cantor Estelle Epstein & Dennis Klein
B. “You voted for whom?”: Election 2016 and the Fractures of American Jewry ~ Andy Silow-Carroll
O. Rabbi David Bockman
L.Dennis Klein and Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky - Are we at a crossroads as a community
S. Rabbi Michael Chernick -Is Anti-Zionism Always Anti-Semitism? Maybe Not.
11/26 Saturday Evening, 5:12pm
B. Elu 'velu divrei elohim chayim hen, These and these are both the words of the living God: Empathy and Perspective Taking at the Center of Jewish Identity Formation for the 21st Century ~ Ben Mann
Goldberg home - 6 of 28 Left
1:15-1:30pm - 1 of 4 Left
3:05-3:30pm - Fully Booked
S. The Seven Key Verses of the Book of Jonah That You Should Know ~ RABBI ELLIOT SALO SCHOENBERG
Kadima. Whose Torah Is it Anyway ~ Andy Markowitz
Grade 5 - Lunch 'n Leyn - Cantor Ronit Wolf Hanan & Adina Avery-Grossman
June 19
B. Rabbi David Bockman
1:35-2:00pm - Fully Booked
Kadima - Grades 6-8
U. Dennis & Libby Klein & Bruce Prince
F. Rabbi Ned Soltz
E. Rabbi Aryeh Meir - The Israel we grew up with has changed. Can we do anything about it?
L. Susan Marcus - Oldilocks Makes Aliyah
S. Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky - Communal and Personal Responsibility in 'Masechet Ta'anit'
E. Rabbi Noam Marans - Christian Reactions to October 7 and Its Aftermath: The Good,the Bad, and the Ugly
I. Dr. Mona Fishbane
C. The Relationship Between Jews and the Wider Community: Leslie Aaron Fiedler, Controversial Jewish 20th-Century American Literary Critic ~ Michael Popkin
P. Judah Skoff
M. Harman Grossman - Redeeming Captives, Then and Now
T. Rabbis Louis Polisson and Daniel Liben - The What, Why, and Practice of Jewish Mindfulness
C. On the Boundaries: Mental Health in the Jewish Community ~ Dr. Michelle Lupkin and Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky
Q. Toward the Other - Reading Talmud With Emmanuel Levinas ~ Rabbi Ned Soltz
Family Minyan
1:30-1:45pm - 3 of 4 Left
7. Goodman Home - Fully Booked
3:30-3:55pm - Fully Booked
Grades 6-8 - Breaking Walls/Creating Bridges - led by Penina Grossberg
T. From Temple to Synagogue—What's Next? ~ STU KAPLAN
USY. Parasha Players ~ Sarah Sommer & Jonah Pitkowsky
C. Rabbi Ned Soltz
Perten Home (Family Minyan) - 13 of 30 Left
2:00-2:25pm - Fully Booked
USY - Grades 9-12
V. Professor Benjamin Sommer (Hebrew)
F. Liav Shapiro - How many “Shalom Aleichem’s” do you know?
M. Liora Seltzer - Home Organizing & Shalom Bayit
T. Dr. Ben Sommer - How Do You Become a Prophet? The Prophetic Commissioning Scene in the Bible and What It Tells Us about Prophecy
F. Rabbi Amy Roth - Strong, Smart Women: Biblical Models of Unique Leaders
J. Rabbi Aryeh Meir
D. Dealing with Uncertain Political Times through Psychology, Spirituality, and Humor ~ Sam Menahem
Q. Sarah Monchar
I. Jewish Law vs. American Law: Rights vs. Responsibilities ~ Rabbi Joyce Newmark
N. Rabbi Eli Havivi - Would you murder and take possesion?
8. Kessler- Godin Home - Fully Booked
U. Avi Sommer - Can We Know the Reasons for the Commandments?
D. The Flash of Creation Within the Undifferentiated Infinite ~ Rabbi David Bockman
R. The Sugya about the Seven Noahide Laws in the Babylonian Talmud - Avraham Sommer
1:45-2:00pm - 3 of 4 Left
Grades 9-12 - Israel and Ourselves - led by USY
U. Maimonides on the Boundaries of Intra-communal Jewish Pluralism ~ RABBI MICHAEL CHERNICK
D. Andrew Silow-Carroll
Blom Home (Minyan Katan) - 26 of 30 Left
J. Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster
G. Andrew Silow-Carroll - The Crisis of the American Synagogue
N. Rabbi Iscah Waldman - Jealousy, Fear, Rivalry - Emotions from the Very Beginning
G. Rabbi Eliezer Diamond -Draft Exemptions in Biblical, Rabbinic, and Israeli Law
K. Rabbi Lee Paskind & Frieda Hershman Huberman
E. Righteous Among the Nations: Four Stories of Untold Bravery and Courage ~ Eillene Leistner
R. Professor Benjamin Sommer
J. Holiness is Here and Now: A Conversation with Art Green and Thich Nhat Hanh ~ Rabbi Aryeh Meir
O. Dr. Rebecca Perten - What is a Jewish Object?
9. Moskatel-Sand Home - Fully Booked
E. The Tanakh and Its Neighbors: Bridges and Fences ~ Dr. Stephen Garfinkel
S. The Community That Names Together Stays Together: The Remarkable Evolution of Minhagim for Newborns and Their Parents ~ Sharon Siegel
2:00-2:15pm - 2 of 4 Left
J. Honor Your Father and Mother: Connection and Boundaries in Intergenerational Relationships ~ DR. MONA FISHBANE
V. The Bystander ~ PROFESSOR DENNIS KLEIN
S&D Goodman Home - Fully Booked
E. Rabbi Eliezer Diamond
K. Rabbi Joyce Newmark
L. Cantor Estelle Epstein
F. Artzeinu Hak’tantonet: Israel’s Moral Compass As Expressed through her Music ~ Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky & Cantor Ronit Wolff-Hanan
S. Hillary Kessler-Godin
K Conscious Consumerism: How Choices We Make Can Shape the World ~ Rabbi Elliot Schoenberg
10.Zaretsky Home - 1 of 25 Left
F. Karaites and Rabbanites: A “Burning” Question ~ Rabbi Lee S. Paskind
T. Supporting Teaneck’s Older Adults by Creating a Livable Community: Teaneck’s Age-Friendly Community Initiative ~ Jackie Kates
2:15-2:30pm - 4 Open
K. I Asked for Wonder: The Early Poetry of Abraham Joshua Heschel ~ RABBI ARYEH MEIR
W. (in English) Does God Talk Back? Prayer and Prophecy in Sefer Tehillim ~ PROFESSOR BENJAMIN SOMMER
F. Dr. Ofra A. Backenroth (Hebrew)
L. Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky
M. Dr. Michael Popkin
M. Rabbis Elliot Schoenberg & Cathy Felix
G. LOVE: Connecting “Ve-Ahavta le-Re’acha Kamocha” and “Ve - Ahavta” (from the Shema) ~ Jay Greenspan
L. Responsible to a Fault: Learning from Rabbinic Legends on the Temple’s Destruction ~ Rabbi Iscah Waldman
G.Open the Gate—Pithu et Ha-shaar ~ Dr. Ofra Backenroth
U. The Shulchan (Table) and Lechem ha-Panim (Showbread): Who is responsible for whom? ~ Rabbi David Bockman
2:30-2:45pm - 3 of 4 Left
L. "Make a Fence Around the Torah" ~ RABBI ISCAH WALDMAN
Y. Jewish Power and Jewish Responsibility in the Age of Charlottesville ~ RABBI RACHEL KAHN-TROSTER
G. Dr. Eitan Fishbane
N. Rabbi Aryeh Meir
H. “The Lottery”: How do we really feel about our neighbors? ~ Beryl Steinbach
June 5 - 21 of 25 Left
M. Creating an Inclusive Community for Children with Developmental Disabilities and their Families - A Panel Discussion with Professionals & Parents
H. Look Who’s Showing Me the Dirty Pictures: How Anti- Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and BDS Are Shaping the Jewish Conversation ~ Andy Silow Carroll
V. Leonard Cohen ~ Elaine Shizgal Cohen & Susan G. Goldman
2:45-3:00pm - 1 of 4 Left
M. Balfour at 100: A Bridge to Independence? ~ DR. MARK S. SILK
H. Eric Segal & Cantor Ronit Wolff Hanan
O. Rabbi Julia Andelman
*June 12 - 13 of 20 Left
N. Jewish Power, Jewish Responsibility ~ Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster
W. What If Your Neighbor Doesn't Like to be Loved as You Love Yourself? ~ Dr. Alex Rashin
3:00-3:15pm - 1 of 4 Left
N. Havdalah: In Praise of Separation ~ RABBI JOYCE NEWMARK
P. Panel Discussion
June 19 - 40 of 45 Left
P. An Inclusive Framework to Care for an Aging Parent ~ Glenn Shepard
X. “Bless, Exalt, Magnify and Uplift the President and Vice President.” Or Not: On Prayers for Our Government-Barry Lichtenberg
O. Selfishness, Selflessness, Self-Awareness ~ HARMAN GROSSMAN
June 26 - 41 of 45 Left
P. (in Hebrew) Does God Talk Back? Prayer and Prophecy in Sefer Tehillim ~ PROFESSOR BENJAMIN SOMMER
Q. It’s Not About Jewish Identity ~ RABBI REBECCA SIRBU
