Weekly Newsletter

We're in for a special treat! This Shabbat, our former and beloved Rabbi Joshua Yuter will return for a visit to Stanton as a Scholar-in-Residence.

Rabbi Yuter will speak at an oneg on Friday night at around 9pm (following the community dinner) on the subject of "The Big Questions Facing Contemporary Judaism (and Possible Solutions)."  He will speak twice more on Shabbat day: after kiddush he will give a talk titled "Humanism, Halakhah, and the Dimensions of Dignity," and after mincha, which begins at 6:30pm, Rabbi Yuter will engage us in a conversation and Q&A on "Aliyah and Life in Israel."

All are welcome to join us for Rabbi Yuter's talks and kiddush after services. No registration is required. (But please note the Shabbat dinner is completely sold out!)

On Monday nights, Rabbi Bodner teaches an advanced gemara class, and they're about to finish chapter 1 of Masechet Sanhedrin! All those who have taken part in the class are invited to join in a siyum to celebrate this learning milestone on Monday, September 19, at 7pm.

(After this, weekday classes will be on hold until after the High Holidays.)

For a limited time you can order wine (and spirits) for the High Holidays and 5% of sales will be donated to the Stanton Street Shul!

Order any of The River Wine's selection of delicious wines and spirits by Friday, September 23, get it delivered for free, and feel extra good about drinking that glass of kiddush wine (or dinner wine, or dessert wine, or vodka shots...) this Rosh Hashana.

Click here to download the order form, fill it out and email it to larissa.nahari@theriverwine.com no later than Friday, September 23. Stanton will get 5% of the sales! Orders of 6 bottles or more will be delivered for free directly to your door. Smaller orders will be delivered free of charge to 551 Grand Street.

The High Holidays are coming up quickly. Start off this season of penitence and prayer right with a special Selichot [penitential prayers] service at Stanton. Join us on September 26, the first night of Selichot, for communal prayer, song, and snacks.

Stay tuned for more details.

We are proud to once again offer free High Holidays services at Stanton. And this year, we're excited to also offer free StantonKIDS programming throughout Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. For the complete schedule and to register in advance, click here!

We do not charge or require tickets for these programs and prayer services, but we do appreciate you registering in advance so we can adequately prepare and keep in touch. And we do ask that you consider making a generous High Holidays contribution -- whatever that means for you -- to help ensure that we can continue to offer welcoming and dynamic services, classes, children's programs and more, on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur and the year round. Click here to register and contribute online!

November might seem like a long time from now, but it's never too early to mark your calendar for Stanton's (sort of) Annual Benefit, which will be held on the evening of Tuesday, November 15, at the Angel Orensanz Center. Stay tuned for details, and if you'd like to join the planning committee, email info@stantonstshul.com.

Our friends at the Kenkeleba Gallery are showing local artist Aviva Green's large-scale pastel paintings at an exhibition at 219 E. 2nd St., Wed-Saturday, 11am-6pm. The Opening Reception is Sept 18, 3-6 pm, and the exhibit runs until October 15.

If you haven't visited Stanton's new website, go to www.stantonstshul.com (same address as before) and check it out!
The new site has all the same info and capabilities of our old site plus a whole lot more -- including a more personalized user experience.

In order to take full advantage of our dynamic new site, each community member will get a private account, where you can update your contact information, add family members and lifecycle dates, keep track of your donations and payments to the shul, and more!
If we already have you in our directory, you should have received an email with all of the info you need to login and set up your account. If you did not receive that email and would like an account, please email tech@stantonstshul.com and we'll get you set up!

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.