This Week

• Children’s Service: 6:30-7 PM on 12/20; All are invited!
• SHABBAT Evening, Friday, December 20^th at 7 PM: Service & Oneg Shabbat. Marina Kifferstein, violin, will play a piece for us, and also speak to us about the new Jewish Music Series, Vox Hebraica, to begin in January. We commemorate the Yahrzeits of: Harry Schwartz (18), Gladys Hertzig Pollack (19), Vincent Bova (19) Walter J. Karp (20); Mortimer Solomon Libien (21), Father of Shirley Lauro (22),
• 3^rd SHABBAT Morning, Saturday, December 21^st at 10:30 AM: Torah Chanting Service, Discussion, & Oneg, Parashat Shemot, with Torah chanters: Daniel Benyamin, Harry Ellison, and Marty Kerner.

Looking Ahead

• Announcing a New Concert Series: Vox Hebraica opens its inaugural season at The Actors' Temple with a double bill featuring the renowned NYC-based Klezmer bands, Metropolitan Klezmer and Isle of Klezbos, Friday, 1/10. 9 PM. Tickets $15; $10/Stu/Srs,; APAP & Actors' Temple members/congregants Free or by donation. This series has been created and is curated by Marina Kifferstein.
• Shabbat Service for the Performing Community, 2^nd Fridays at 6 PM. Next Service 1/10.
• Tu B’Shevat Seder, Friday, January 17^th, 6:30 PM. Seder, Music, and Dinner.
• Bar Mitzvah of Nathaniel Gonzalez, Saturday, January 18^th.

Education

• WEEKLY TORAH STUDY for Adults: Join us Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30 PM, studying in English with Rabbi Jill at 96^th Street. Reading the Book of Exodus. Class meets this Wednesday, 12/18.
• Hebrew School for K-5 Mondays at 4 PM; Bar/Bat Mitzvah registration ongoing.

Thank You and Donations

• Special thanks to Barbara Bova and others for setting up and cleaning up our Shabbat services. We really appreciate your help. Thank you to Daniel Miller for maintaining the website.
• Sponsor an Oneg Shabbat or a Musical Service in honor of any Life Cycle event such as: Birthdays, Anniversaries, Births, Graduations, Aufruf, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Wedding, or any Simcha or event.
• A leaf on our Tree of Life Plaque, is only $180. Chair Plaques can be personalized and donated.
• Please also consider remembering The Actors’ Temple in your will. We are available for Memorial Services and we have Cemetery Plots in New Jersey. Please call or email.

Health and Healing

R'fuah Sh'lema to: Milton Platt, Adela Svei, Judith Tedeschi, Dalita Rubenstein, Phyllis Malamud, Matt Clark, Ronnie Eulau, Lois Libien, David Belsky, Maya Demri, Joseph Kashangaki, Alan Bergman,  Zell Schwartzman, Mark Kigler, Liz Strickoff, Sally Gerity, Carole Elfman, Steven Gellman, Elinor & Wendy Rosenthal, and Alan Bandler. We pray they will be well again soon.

Yahrzeit and Kaddish

• We remember (Heb. Date of Passing–Tevet: Harry Schwartz (18), Gladys Hertzig Pollack (19), Vincent Bova (19) Walter J. Karp (20); Mortimer Solomon Libien (21), Father of Shirley Lauro (22), 12/20; Frieda Simon (24), Molly Hammer (29), Isa Greenberg (29), Bertram Kay (29), 12/ 27; Milton Brownstein, (Jan) 1/3; David Rosner (1/17), Emily Rantz (1/17) Father of Su Nissan (1/22); 1/17; Charles Teitelbaum (1/25) Jonas Speciner (1/27), Edward Helf (1/30) 1/24.       
• We recall for Kaddish: Dorothy Platt, Louis Strowman, Michael Rubenstein, Louis Salko, Beatrice Friedman, Roselyn Kessler, Bernard Thaler, Joshua Caruso, Lila Ruth Diamond, Mark Landers, Lorraine May Rubenstein, John Nicholson, Alfonso Ragland, Helen Turner, Ted Tedeschi, Marilyn Rosenthal, Jan Berger, Fred Winters, Herschl Koblenz, Linda Bockhold, Arnold Rosner.

Noteworthy Events

• Heidi Latsky Dance performs a new work at West End Theatre, 1/24-26, Soaking Wet series, 263 W. 86^th St. (B’way - W. End). Tickets $20, $15 artists/stu/srs.  
• Jackie Hoffman in Hebe for the Holidays, Joe’s Pub, 12/20-24, 7:30 PM, 425 Lafayette St., 212-967-7555.
• Vox Hebraica, A new Jewish Music Series, opens its inaugural season at the Actors' Temple: a double bill featuring the renowned NYC-based Klezmer bands, Metropolitan Klezmer and Isle of Klezbos, 1/10, 9 PM.
• Paula Marcus & The New York Choral Society at Carnegie Hall, 12/17 for Christmas favorites, old and new. 
• Phyllis & Mark Marmer of Katz Jewelers will donate 10% of sales/repairs to the temple, for members. 212 697-0655, 237 Park Ave. (46^th), specializing in watch & jewelry repair and custom work.
• Louise Poster sings Tues-Fri at L’ybane Restaurant & at Broadway Thai. Sat-Mon.’s. No Covers, 1 Drink min.
• AT Theatre’s shows: It’s Just Sex (about marriage), Cuff Me, 50 Shades of Grey, a parody of an infamous book, also Black Angels Over Tuskegee, & (for kids) Honestly Abe. Telecharge.com or 212/239-6200.
• Valerie Brown, 212 496 6484, available for big cleaning projects. Call Rabbi Jill for Valerie’s contact information. Dr. Dalita Rubenstein seeking psychotherapy clients (sliding scale), 212-627-8624; June Stern seeking tutoring students, Pre-K to 5^th.Celeste Wiseblood seeking hypno/psychotherapy clients 917-833-8885.

 

HAVE A WONDERFUL AND BLESSED WEEK !