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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

JFLL Registration Now Open for 2025-2026

Hebrew School, Tot Shabbat & Teen Program

Torah on Tuesdays with Susan Schorr (ZOOM ONLY) Tue, Aug 26 2025, 7:30 - 9pm This longstanding Adult Education group meets on Zoom two Tuesdays a month at 7:30pm to study the Torah in English translation, in depth, considering it from the perspectives of literature, sacred…
Open House Fri, Sep 5 2025, 5 - 8:30pm   Meet our rabbi, cantor and director of JFLL (Jewish Family Life & Learning). REGISTER AT westendsynagogue.org/oh2025
Torah on Tuesdays with Susan Schorr (ZOOM ONLY) Tue, Sep 9 2025, 7:30 - 9pm This longstanding Adult Education group meets on Zoom two Tuesdays a month at 7:30pm to study the Torah in English translation, in depth, considering it from the perspectives of literature, sacred…

Jewish Family Life and Learning

Hebrew School, B Mitzvah, and Beyond

2025-26 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

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
     (except for the fifth Friday of a month)*

REDUCED SUMMER SCHEDULE (JULY & AUGUST)
Shabbat morning services on first and third Saturdays at 10:00 AM
July 5 (Zoom only);   July 19;   August 2;   August 16;   August 30 (Zoom only)
Kabbalat Shabbat services on second and fourth Fridays at 6:30 PM:
July 11;    July 25;    August 8;    August 22;    August 29 (Zoom only)

WEEKLY SERVICES (SEPTEMBER thru JUNE)
Friday evenings at 6:00/6:30pm**
Saturday mornings at 10:00am

  *The Fifth Friday service of a month (in months with 5 Fridays) is online only
**6:00pm during standard time/6:30pm during daylight saving time

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The far-left section of our sanctuary is reserved for those wearing masks.

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

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