Weekly Newsletter

To Daniella and Brad Gershel on the birth of their son. 

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 Rabbi Gavriel Bellino, rabbi of the Sixth Street Community Synagogue.

Throughout the month of Elul, we've had an enthusiastic showing at Stanton for our Wednesday morning minyan: up to 25 men, 3 women, 1 baby, and  a cross-section of all ages and nationalities.

We encourage everyone to join the final Elul morning minyan on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at 7:00am. This week's breakfast is sponsored by Michael Gordon, in honor of his father Shlomo ben Binyamin's Yahrzeit.

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. 14, and Stanton will receive 5% of the sale. 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. 14. 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.

Preparing meals for a three-day holiday can be exhausting; let us help you out with lunch on Shabbat Shuva. Our special guests will be Rabbi Joe Wolfson, Corinne Shmuel, and their daughters. They are the JLIC (Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus) family at NYU. Rabbi Wolfson will share words of Torah during the lunch. 

To register ($22 members/students, $30 non-members, $100 much-appreciated sponsors including lunch for two), please click here.

Our Urgent Repairs Project is progressing nicely and we expect most of the work to be done by the High Holidays. We will be sending a more complete report on our progress, and the increased scope of the work that is being done, soon. Our use of the shul, both the main sanctuary and the beit midrash, remains unobstructed as the work continues. 

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.

 It takes a lot of elbow grease and talent to run our shul, and we can probably use your help.

Can you set a table, clear a table, (wo)man a table? Are you a techie, webbie, or social media-ie? Event planner, fundraiser, program coordinator? Accountant, lawyer, or investment professional? Kosher butcher, baker, or candlestick maker? Do you have building skills?

If you possess 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.

If you are looking for a way to give back to Stanton, not right now, but maybe at some point in the future, please 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. 

A bake sale at the Segal home, 475 FDR Drive, Apt. 301, will benefit Yad Sarah, the largest national volunteer organization in Israel. The event is on Sunday, Sept. 17, from noon to 5:00 pm.

For more info and to bake, contact StaciSegal@aol.com or call 917-295-7285.