Important Notice About Services and Programming

Congregants, Visitors and Friends:

We are doing our part to help save lives by “flattening the curve” and slowing the spread of disease, by closing our doors physically at this time. At the same time, we are thriving and remain connected by holding Friday Night, Saturday morning, and Saturday night services on Zoom, as well as many other electronic activities and connections.
MEMBERS: For easy access to WES Zoom events, please log in to the Members Page.

For assistance or if you'd like to know more, please call 212-579-0777 x 220 to leave a message and we will get back to you!

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

WES MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH EVENTS - MAY 2021

SATURDAY, MAY 1, 10 AM: WES SHABBAT SERVICE
Focus will be on Mental Health Awareness, in connection with Thrive NY, which provides free mental health services to New Yorkers with serious mental illness.

SMASH THE STIGMA: A Jewish Communal Conversation on Suicide and Depression (A Panel Discussion)
Sunday, May 2, 2021
7 PM – 8:30 PM on Zoom (please register for special link)
Hosted annually by Congregation Shearith Israel; WES is a one of the co-sponsors this year.
Pre-registration is required. For further details and required pre-registration for link: https://shearithisrael.org/smash-the-stigma2021

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS FILM & DISCUSSION:
Bipolar Illness and Dating
Saturday, May 15, 2021
8-9 PM on WES Zoom link
Havdalah to follow

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"First Friday at 6:30" Kabbalat Shabbat Service

May 7, 2021 - 6:30pm

First Friday at WES

Kabbalat Shabbat Service and Potluck Dinner

Our Friday intergenerational service for children from 0 to 100 and beyond, and musical Kabbalat Shabbat/ Erev Shabbat service for all ages!

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Kabbalat Shabbat

May 14, 2021 - 6:30pm to 8:45pm

Kabbalat Shabbat Services are led by Rabbi Emily and Cantor Melissa. They are grounded in music, guided by clergy, and celebratory of lay leadership. Zoom services are approximately an hour long and include a mix of Hebrew (with transliteration provided), with both traditional egalitarian and interpretive translations. If you would like to join us for services, please email admin [at] westendsynagogue.org (Joan)admin [at] westendsynagogue.org () for Zoom access..

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Ha Minyan - Lay led Service

Fifth Friday at 6:30pm - Ha Minyan

Ha Minyan - West End’s lay-led, often experimental … and always interesting Kabbalat Shabbat service - on the fifth Friday, in months when a 5th Friday occurs.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

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Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue...

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The Journals of Mordecai Kaplan (Vol. III) Edited by Mel Scult (recorded talk)

WES member Mel Scult, historian of Reconstructionism and the leading biographer of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, introduced his newest book: "The Journals of Mordecai Kaplan, Vol 3" in an online event on November 2, 2020. The recording of this event is made available above.