Join us for a lay-led, jazz-infused Friday evening service led by WES member and jazz bassist Boots Maleson.

Lay-led, participatory and open to experimentation and variety, HaMinyan services are always unique, often alternative, sometimes examine a theme or explore innovative approaches to ritual. 

Lay-organized Sunday Torah Study:  same Zoom link as services, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm. 

(We won’t be doing the Noon Zoom this Friday, Nov. 28^th, because it follows so closely on Thanksgiving.  However,Sunday Torah study will cover the parasha - - so come join us then!)

Please come in person or on Zoom, our services are hybrid today.

Join us first at 9AM for Torah Study and then at 10AM for Saturday Shabbat services, followed of course by kiddush. 

Members see weekly newsletter, dedicated email or Members side of website for Zoom link.
All others contact the office for Zoom link at admin [at] westendsynagogue.org.

This Shabbat, please join us for a ZOOM-ONLY service on Friday at 6. 

Members see weekly newsletter, dedicated email or Members side of website for Zoom link.
All others contact the office for Zoom link at admin [at] westendsynagogue.org.

An afternoon of three Jewish short stories from India and from the Iranian-American community in New York City, read aloud by West End congregants, followed by a chance for questions and comments.

(Following services, in person)

How American Jewish & non-Jewish composers have infused mainstream musical forms and styles with Jewish passion and yearning as well as Jewish musical themes and motifs. The presentation will include audio with the sounds of Jewish chant and the texts of Jewish prayer.

Presented by Robert Cohen, historian of folk and Jewish music.

Join us as we learn about United States immigration history, the role of Ellis Island, and recent developments in this fraught field.

Jeffrey Heller’s main professional interest is asylum law. He is a uniformed National Park Service volunteer at the National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island, where he shares information, introduces movies, and gives guided tours.

Prof. Richard Gyug will provide a survey of Jewish life and culture in Iberia before the expulsion of the Jews in 1492. He will discuss how their position changed from the golden age of Jewish culture under the Islamic states of Iberia to life under the growing Christian kingdoms in later centuries.

Richard Gyug, Professor Emeritus at Fordham University, taught in the department of History, and Medieval Studies. His research has focused on religious culture in the Western Mediterranean.