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A Small Shul With A Big Impact In The Heart Of The Upper West Side
No Matter Your Background, You Belong Here
A Spiritual Home Where You Can Embrace Or Reconnect With Judaism
Pursuing Justice And Working To Repair The World
Flexible Membership So Everyone Can Join
Middah on Monday (ZOOM only) Mon, Jul 15 2024, 7:30 - 8:30pm Discussion and text study of West End’s Middah (ethical value/character trait) of the month.  Our Middah study group meets on the third Monday of each month, led by Susan Schorr.  All WES members…
Hand in Hand (ZOOM ONLY) Wed, Jul 17 2024, 7 - 9pm Alexandra Zaslav will talk about the Hand in Hand program which sponsors a network of integrated, bilingual and multicultural schools that integrate Arab and Jewish Israeli students. A network of six…
HaMatmid (ZOOM ONLY) Sat, Jul 20 2024, 2 - 3:30pm We study a broad range of topics, which have included the structure and prayers of services, the Jewish holiday cycle, and how a Torah scroll is created. We've held workshops to help people get more…

Jewish Family Life and Learning

Hebrew School, B Mitzvah, and Beyond

Join Us for Shabbat

Whoever you are and wherever you are, please join us for a Shabbat service. 

Shabbat Services are both In Person, and Online:
Friday evenings at 6:30pm
     (EXCEPT for the fifth Friday of the month)
Saturday mornings at 10:00am

Fifth Fridays (if any) are Online Only
The monthly Rosh Chodesh service and the fifth Friday HaMinyan Kabbalat Shabbat are online only.

To attend in person, simply come by during one of our regularly scheduled services.  Walk-in guests are always welcome (please check calendar first). We are located at 190 Amsterdam Avenue (at W. 69th Street).

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Thoughts from Our Clergy

By Rabbi Emily & Cantor Melissa on Jun 24 2022

Even as many of us knew this day was likely coming, it hurts. The right to abortion is an issue of religious liberty…

By Rabbi Emily & Cantor Melissa on Jun 09 2022

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By Rabbi Emily on May 25 2022

On a sunny April afternoon when I was in 6th grade, our English teacher called us back from free reading time, sat…

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Diversity and Inclusion

We are a progressive community where people from every background take active part in synagogue life.

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