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August 19, 2021 | General News | Messages From Leadership | Repairing the World
Hearing the Cries In the Blast of the Shofar
Around the world, communities are crying out in pain. We watch the news from Afghanistan as the Taliban retakes control of the country. As Jews, we understand acutely what it means to be denied or granted refuge, and we stand with HIAS and human rights advocates in asking the US government to take immediate action to protect the most vulnerable during this time.
Read MoreAugust 18, 2021 | General News | Worship and High Holidays
Making Your Home a Sanctuary with Our Custom Portable Ark
For our members and Neighbors who will worship with us virtually during this year's High Holy Days, we are thrilled to bring a slice of our beloved Sanctuary to you.
July 29, 2021 | General News | Messages From Leadership | Programs and Events | Worship and High Holidays
High Holy Days 2021 & Updated Worship Policies
Our ability to be together in person for services—Shabbat as well as the High Holidays—will always be guided by the most up-to-date medical information from federal, state, and city authorities, as well as from our committee of expert lay leaders. Given emerging data on the Delta variant, the COVID Task Force has made the unanimous recommendation to require masking of all worshipers at all services, regardless of vaccination status.
Read MoreJune 6, 2021 | General News | Repairing the World
News 12 Interviews Central Teens at Interfaith Day of Planting
On Sunday, June 6, New Yorkers of all different religions came out to Food for Others Garden in the South Bronx Sunday for an interfaith day of service. The nonprofit Green Box Machine brought together members from Central Synagogue, Riverside Church and other faith-based groups across the city to help with the community farm in Wakefield. News 12 was there and interviewed our teens.
Read MoreMay 13, 2021 | General News | Messages From Leadership | Worship and High Holidays | Repairing the World
We Pray for Peace in Jerusalem
"'My heart is in the East and I am at the end of the West.' These words of the 12th-Century poet Rabbi Yehuda Halevi capture the feeling of distance and despair I feel in this moment of devastating violence in Israel this week."
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