Welcome to West End Synagogue!
Welcome to West End Synagogue, a Reconstructionist congregation on New York's Upper West Side dedicated to building an intellectually challenging, spiritually vibrant, diverse, and mutually supportive Jewish community.
We hope that you enjoy our website, and that you will drop by soon to visit us in the real world! Please let us know if you have any questions, or would like additional information about any aspect of our community.
Cançiones Judías: the Music of the Jews of South America
Join Hazzan Ayelet Piatigorsky, Hazzan Ramón Tasat and friends on January 29th, 2012 at 6PM for an unforgettable evening of a Jewish South American experience at West End Synagogue. You will delight in Tango in Yiddish, Hebrew and Ladino, and taste empanadas and South American wine at the light reception following. Tickets are $10/members, $15/non-members, children under 12 are free. Advance registration is now CLOSED, but tickets wil be available at the door.
Adult Education and Lifelong Learning
The Yad Mordecai Adult Education Project
The Yad Mordecai Project was established to express and embody our congregational commitment to universal adult study of Jewish sources, history and cultural expression in its many forms. Through Yad Mordecai, we pursue our vision of a congregation as literate and well-educated in Jewish terms as it is in secular terms. The project has been funded by a grant from West End Synagogue founding members Dorothy and Sidney Becker.
Children and Families: Our Philosophy
Grades K through 7
We seek to instill in the children of West End Synagogue a love of Judaism and Jewish culture through our philosophy of whole family learning. Our Jewish Family Life and Learning Program (JFLL) updates the Hebrew School model by integrating classroom learning for the children, along with extended family learning, Tikkun Olam activities and the celebration of Shabbat and Festivals.
