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Tot Shabbat
Friday, January 9 from 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm (in-person at WRT)
Join WRT clergy and ECC families to celebrate Shabbat. Pizza, pasta, salad and dessert will be served as well as a fun craft for the children. Please register below so we have an accurate count for food.
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Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Friday, January 9 at 6:15 pm (at WRT)
Join us for a special Kabbalat Shabbat in anticipation of International Holocaust Remembrance Day featuring music of memory. Our Scholar-in-Residence offers the D’var Torah.
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Torah Study
Saturday, January 10 at 9:00 am (in-person at WRT or Zoom)
Join us every Saturday morning as we gather for a brief service, nosh, and lively discussion of our weekly Torah portion. Our service is clergy led and features moments of gratitude, healing and remembrance. Following some snacking and schmoozing, we come back together for engaging Torah study. All are welcome and no experience is necessary.
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We are so Excited to Announce an Intergenerational Trip to Israel in December 2026!
Our trip will have a family track (those traveling with children) and an adult track (for those traveling without children).
Trip registration is now open! Click HERE! Please contact the Customer Care team at J2 Adventures with any individual requests or questions:
More information on the adult track coming soon.
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What’s God Got to Do with It? Developing a Personal Theology with Rabbi Jan D. Katzew, Ph.D.
Four Thursdays in January: January 8, January 15, January 22, January 29 from 10:15 - 11:45 am (on Zoom)
Join master teacher (Rabbi Blake’s mentor and friend) Rabbi Jan D. Katzew, PhD., for four probing sessions about God, Jewish belief, and developing a personal theology: our own understanding of the Divine. This interactive zoom class will introduce concepts from ancient and modern Jewish thought prompting interrogation our own beliefs and misconceptions.
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Chair Yoga Series at WRT
Thursday, January 8 at 2:00 pm (at WRT)
RSVP via email to receptionist@wrtemple.org or call the temple office at 914-723-7727.
WRT’s Caring Community sponsors this chair yoga series.
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Marjorie and Morgan Miller, z”l, Miller Scholar in Residence, Jeremy Eichler
Thursday, January 8 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (at WRT)
Join the Cantors for a presentation and conversation with acclaimed music critic and cultural historian Jeremy Eichler, author of Time’s Echo, winner of three National Jewish Book Awards including 2023 Book of the Year. Mr. Eichler, our Marjorie and Morgan, z”l, Miller Scholar-in-Residence for 2026, will present on how cultural memory is preserved and transmitted through music, with a focus on the masterpieces produced in the wake of the Holocaust. Please RSVP Below.
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MRJ Blood Drive - The blood supply in our area is critically low!
Help us kick off WRT Mitzvah Week 2026 - Donate Blood and save up to 3 lives!
Sunday, January 11 from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (at WRT)
The NY Blood Center has declared a blood emergency. The supply in our area is at critically low levels due to the combination of the holidays, bad weather, and respiratory virus (flu) infections. Donations at our blood drive this Sunday is a real Mitzvah.
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WRT WINTER FILM SERIES WITH RABBI BLAKE
Join Rabbi Blake as we continue our winter tradition of screening films of Jewish interest, followed by probing conversation. This winter, we will explore the character of the Jewish mother in cinema, unpacking both the stereotypes and the subversive messages depicted on screen. The next film is:
Sunday, January 11 at 2:00 pm (at WRT): Image of Victory (2021): During the 1948 War of Independence, young radio operator Mira Ben-Ari (Joy Rieger) heroically defends her kibbutz, leaving behind a toddler son. This Israeli film offers a rare heroic depiction of a Jewish mother as warrior and patriot, subverting stereotypes.
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January 25, 2pm (at WRT): A Tale of Love and Darkness (2021): Directed by, and starring Natalie Portman, and based on the epic memoir by celebrated Israeli author Amos Oz, A Tale of Love and Darkness grapples with a mother's (Gilat Bennett) quiet despair at the time of Israel's birth as a nation.
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Divorce Group Meeting
Wednesday, January 14, from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm (at WRT)
Whether you are in the process of considering separation/divorce or have been divorced for years, please join our monthly support group. All are welcome, including non-WRT members. Please RSVP to Allison Weinberg at aweinberg@mba2002.hbs.edu or if you have any questions.
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Adult B’nei Mitzvah Beginning in 2026
Our first class is coming up on January 15th at 7:00 pm so make sure to register now! Never celebrated becoming a Bat or Bar Mitzvah? Want your opportunity to stand before the Torah and take ownership of your place in the chain of our tradition? This winter, WRT will begin an Adult B’nei Mitzvah class and we cannot wait to celebrate with you. If this piques your interest, please contact Rabbi Alissa Platcow at rabbi.platcow@wrtemple.org
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This month we have two Special Pre-Negs at WRT
Join us for Shabbat at 5:30 pm with a special “Pre-Neg”, as we share food and drink and connect with each other before Services. All are welcome.
Friday, January 16 at 5:30 pm (at WRT)
Join us for a family-friendly pre-neg celebrating Mitzvah Week. Visit the Bake Back America kindness table and make cards for pediatric patients at White Plains Hospital.
Friday, January 30 at 5:30 pm (at WRT)
Sponsored by our WRJ, we will enjoy homemade Challahs followed by a musical Shabbat with Rabbi-Cantor Ben Or and Boaz Dorot.
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Rosh Chodesh 5786 Led by Cantor Amanda Kleinman
Tuesday, January 20 at 11:30 am (in-person)
Join Cantor Kleinman as we mark each new month on the Hebrew calendar. We will come together as a community to celebrate happy occasions, and to hold space for one another in times of challenge or healing. We are studying Heart of a Stranger by Rabbi Angela Buchdahl.
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Challah Bake
Wednesday, January 28 at 7:30 pm (at WRT)
WRJ presents a night of baking, music, wine and snacks with the Challah Back Girls!
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Shabbat Shirah (the Shabbat of Song) featuring Rabbi-Cantor Shani Ben Or and Boaz Dorot.
Friday, January 30 at 5:30 pm: Special Pre-neg followed by a Musical Kabbalat Shabbat services (at WRT)
Saturday, January 31 at 9:00 am: Community Shabbat morning services followed by music and learning session (at WRT)
We are thrilled to welcome back our beloved friends, who visited WRT in 2024 for a remarkable weekend. Rabbi-Cantor Ben Or and Boaz are leading composers, prayer-leaders, and teachers within the Israeli Reform movement, though their music is sung across denominations--including here at WRT!
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