Weekly Newsletter

To Andrew Klaber and Jackie Carter, on their upcoming marriage!

Join us for friendly Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur services at Stanton. Come for one service or come for all, we would love to see you. For a complete schedule of services, community holiday meals, and StantonKids programming, click here.

At Stanton, we're committed to providing High Holidays services to all because we believe no one should have to pay to pray. Instead, we rely on your generosity to help defray the considerable cost of our Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur programming. Please consider making a donation of whatever amount is comfortable for you to ensure we can continue to provide this service to the community.

To register for our High-Holiday Services, please click here.

To register for our StantonKids Programs, please click here.

Wishing you and your loved ones a Shana Tova U'metuka!

Join us for an uplifting evening, of study, song, and prayer in preparation for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur with one of the greatest Jewish educators and moral voices of our time - Rabbi Avi Weiss. All are welcome to join us for this exciting event! Bring your musical instruments! To register for this event, click here.

Rabbi Avi Weiss is founding rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale – the Bayit, Bronx, NY, and founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School.  He is also co-founder of the International Rabbinic Fellowship (IRF), an international organization of Modern Orthodox rabbis, and Yeshivat Maharat. Rabbi Weiss served as national chairman of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) from 1982 to 1991 and subsequently as national president of AMCHA – the Coalition for Jewish Concerns, raising a voice of moral conscience on behalf of the Jewish people and humankind throughout the world. Rabbi Weiss has authored numerous books, articles, and editorials published in journals and newspapers around the world.

Following the program, at 10:00 pm, we will be having a musical Slichot service led by Rav Gavriel Bellino, rabbi of the Sixth Street Community Synagogue.

Throughout the month of Elul, we are having a minyan every Wednesday morning at 7:00 am at Stanton.

For the past two weeks, we've had an enthusiastic showing: up to 25 men, 3 women, and 1 baby, and  a cross-section of all ages and nationalities.

We strongly encourage everyone to come and participate. To sponsor breakfast for Elul minyan, email kiddush@stantonstshul.com.

For a limited time, you can buy wine and spirits for the holidays, and Stanton will receive a percentage of the sale. Order any of The River Wine's selection of delicious wines and spirits by Thursday, Sept. 13. Free home delivery for orders of a dozen bottles or more; bulk delivery for smaller orders will be to 551 Grand Street, Rm 5.

To order, please fill out this form by Thursday, Sept. 13. Your credit card will be charged directly by Skyview Wines, and Stanton will receive 5% of sales. For questions, please contact Larissa Nahari at larissa.nahari@theriverwine.com.

The new year is almost here and we can't think of a better way to celebrate it than having a festive holiday dinner in the basement of our little tenement shul. Join us, we'd love to have you. 

Rosh Hashana services will begin at 6:49 pm, dinner will start at approximately 7:30 pm. If you haven't signed up for our High Holiday Services, now is a great time to do so.

Due to high demand and lack of space, registration will close on Sept. 16 at 7:00 pm, unless we sell out earlier. To register for the dinner ($30 members; $35 non-members; $100 sponsorship includes dinner for two) please click here. 

Our Urgent Repairs Project is underway! When you come to shul this Shabbat, you may notice some temporary structures at the front of the shul sanctuary, near the aron. Otherwise, our use of the shul -- both the main sanctuary and the beit midrash -- should be unobstructed. The work will continue through the summer.

The shul has received press coverage about the construction, including in the Lo-Down and The New York Jewish Week. 

Thank you to the NY Landmarks Conservancy and to all who contributed to make these repairs possible. Thank you also to the Urgent Repairs Committee members -- Jeff Katz, Rivky Friedman, Elissa Sampson, Raffi Abelson, and Jessica Spector -- for their efforts in moving this project forward.

One of the many strengths of our shul is the variety and multiple talents and abilities of our congregants. It takes a lot to run our shul and our programming, and we can probably use your help. Are you a tech guru, web design aficionado, or social media wiz? A master event planner, fundraiser, or program coordinator? An accountant, lawyer, or investment professional? A trained carpenter, electrician, or contractor? If you have any of these or other skills, professional or amateur, that you'd like to contribute to Stanton, speak to Rabbi Bodner, Rivky Friedman, or another member of the board, and let's think about how we can help make Stanton flourish together.

Looking for a way to give back to Stanton, not right now, but maybe at some point in the future? Consider planning a long-term gift to the shul. We encourage anyone interested in discussing various ways to plan a gift now that will be given in the future to contact Board members Michael Gordon or Rivky Friedman, or Rabbi Bodner. There are many ways to go about planned giving and we are happy to discuss the various options that might work for you.