Weekly Newsletter

If you joined us for Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur you know what a moving and meaningful experience we had -- amazing turnout, uplifting services and a warm and friendly atmosphere.

We also did something new and asked you to make pledges to our High Holidays fundraising campaign. If you made a pledge and have not yet fulfilled it, or even if you didn't make a pledge but want to make a contribution, please go online to stantonstshul.com to make a donation, or send a check by mail to The Stanton Street Shul, P.O. Box 1008, New York, NY 10002.

The services and programs could not have happened without the help of so many of you. A huge thank you to Rabbi Bodner and to all the greeters, gabbaim, daveners and layners, StantonKIDS coordinators, publicists, kiddush and break-fast sponsors, sign designers, auctioneer, pledge-card makers, postcard artists, appeal givers, shofar blowers, machzor putter-outers and stuffers, kiddush oderers, set-uppers and clean-uppers, chair shleppers, and all who helped in ways large and small. We are a shul that depends not only on the financial generosity of our congregants but also on the generosity of your time, energy and spirit. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

All kids and their guardians are invited to a Sukkah Decorating Party this Sunday, October 16, at 10:00am. Join us at the Siempre Verde Garden, across the street from shul, where we will do arts and crafts, sing songs and have snacks while we learn about the holiday of Sukkot and beautify Stanton's sukkah!

Come back for our StantonKIDS program on Shabbat morning of Sukkot, October 22, at 10:30am at the shul. Our programs are recommended for children 2 to 6 years of age, but children of all ages are welcome!

After the fasting and repentance of Yom Kippur, the holidays lighten up and get more joyous. Join us for Sukkot, where we'll shake a lulav, have kiddush in the sukkah across the street at the Siempre Verde Garden, and enjoy the holiday together.

Simchat Torah is the time we celebrate the end of the past year's cycle of Torah reading and the beginning of the new one. It's one of the most joyous and most fun of all the Jewish holidays, where we dance with the Torah, drink some schnapps, and where traditionally everyone who wants to gets called up to the Torah.

Take part in the merriment at our Maariv services on Monday, October 24, where we'll have hakafot (dancing with the Torah) for both men and women (in separate circles), and come again on the morning of Tuesday, October 25, for more hakafot and Torah reading. We have a traditional Torah reading upstairs and a women's only Torah reading downstairs so ALL who want to get an aliyah can do so. Please join us!

Mark your calendar for an Evening to Benefit the Historic Stanton Street Shul, which will be held on the evening of Tuesday, November 15, at the Angel Orensanz Center.

The Evening To Benefit the Historic Stanton Street Shul will honor our friends April Stewart Klausner and Paul Klausner, and we will bestow the Nachshon Young Leadership Award on our members Wendy Chin and David Tuchman!

The evening will feature cocktails, dinner and entertainment. All proceeds will benefit the Stanton Street Shul Building Fund.

More details and an official invitation to come soon (you may have even received an invitation in the mail today!).

If you'd like to help the planning committee or have questions, email benefit@stantonstshul.com.

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.