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Dear RTFH Family,
We rightfully dedicate a great deal of energy to celebrating with our 13-year-olds and their families. While a B’nai Mitzvah marks a beautiful beginning, 10th-grade Confirmation offers something different: the opportunity to explore the complexities, challenges, and joys of Jewish life with the sophistication that comes with the path toward adulthood.
Meeting weekly with these students is a highlight of my year. I hope they find our sessions as meaningful as I do; their energy, wit, and wisdom teach me something new every time we gather.
On Thursday, May 21 at 7:00pm, we will hold our Confirmation Service as part of our Shavuot Evening services. I invite you to join us to hear from these teen leaders as they share their perspectives and to celebrate this milestone with them and their
families.
Mazel tov to this year’s class: Nava Birnbaum, Winter Krosney, Ruby Macklin, Zeke Siff, Noa Spevack, Maya Waskow, and Hannah Wolman.
L’shalom,
Rabbi Mark
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Shabbat Evening Service
Friday, May 15 at 7:00pm
Shabbat services will be led by our Women's Connection. Our incoming WoCo board will also be installed.
Find strength, spirituality, and community at Shabbat Services.
Services are live-streamed at rtfh.org/live and on our Youtube Channel
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Join Us for Temple Tots This Saturday!
Temple Tots Shavuot: May 16 at 10:00am
We will celebrate Shavuot, the Festival of the Giving of the Torah, with songs, movement, story, craft and a dairy treat!
Please note: NEW June date: Saturday, June 20 at 9:00am
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Shavuot Evening Services and Confirmation
Thursday, May 21 at 7:00pm
Celebrate the giving of the 10 Commandments and celebrate with our Confirmands and their families. Oneg to follow.
Shavuot Morning and Yizkor Service
Friday, May 22 at 10:30am
Climb for the mountaintops on this essential, but overlooked, Jewish holiday. We’ll visit Mount Sinai, the gathering place of every Jewish person, and reflect on the Ten Commandments and
our Jewish journey during this morning festival service, which includes Yizkor. In-person and online.
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Forest Hills Chamber Music Series
Piano Quartets
Sunday, May 31 at 2:00pm
Concluding Concert in the 2025-2026 Series
| The Reform Temple of Forest Hills (RTFH) welcomes back Ari Evan and the Forest Hills Chamber Music Series! Enjoy world-class musicians and music of the highest caliber in our sanctuary with its fine acoustics. The mission of the series is to highlight pieces written by a Jewish composer paired with works of the same instrumentation. We are proud to share live, top-quality chamber music with the Queens community. | | | May 15, 7:00pm | Shabbat Evening Services - WoCo Service | | May 16, 10:00am | Temple Tots | | May 17, 9:00am | Last Day of Religious School | | May 21, 7:00pm | Confirmation/Shavuot Services
| | May 22, 10:30am | Shavuot Morning Services & Yizkor
| | May 26, 7:00pm | Congregational Meeting | | May 27, 6:00pm | Last Day of ToFHY | | May 29, 7:00pm | Shabbat Evening Services - ToFHY Service | | May 30, 10:30am | Hannah Stein Bat Mitzvah | | May 31, 11:30am | Israel Day Parade | | May 31, 2:00pm | Chamber Music Concert | | June 5, 7:00pm | Shabbat Evening Services - Pride | | June 7 | Queens Pride March | | |
We had so much fun when Elana Arian came to RTFH!
We learned new songs and teachings, and young and old sang together with joy.
This was our last big fundraiser of the year, and we are still just a bit shy of our $14,000 goal. If you weren’t there, but you’d like to experience the ruach (spirit), or you’d just like to help keep our Temple strong, consider contributing $18 (or more), and register for the concert as a livestream participant.
Within 24 hours, we will send you a link to the concert (available through May 31). We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
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Israel Day Parade
Sunday, May 31 at 11:30am - 4:00pm
Manhattan
This year, RTFH marches with ARZA, The Association of Reform Zionists of America. If you’d like to go, email cantorpincus@rtfh.org and REGISTER – there will be ice cream at the finish line, but registration and t-shirts are required!
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ToFHY Trip
Saturday, June 13 - Sunday, June 14
Our ToFHY Spring trip will be to the Crayola Experience and Hershey Park! This trip is open to all 7th-12th grade RTFH students. The cost of attendance for this event is $100.
Which includes: tickets to both experiences; travel via charter bus; dinner on Saturday night; breakfast on Sunday morning; stay at a hotel (Ramada by Wyndham Harrisburg/Hershey Area); and a plethora of (allergy-friendly) snacks for the bus.
Spaces for this event are limited, so please sign up your teen before spots run out.
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Thank you for supporting RTFH
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