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Spiritual Life

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Education

Our Nursery and Religious Schools nurture curiosity and a love for learning.

News & Upcoming Events

SH'MINI ATZERET SERVICES:

Monday, October 21

9:30 am -- including Yizkor

SIMCHAT TORAH SERVICES:

Monday, October 21

6:50 pm -- Ma'ariv and Hakafot/Dancing with Torahs

Tuesday, October 22

9:30 am -- Shaharit and Hakafot/Dancing with Torahs
10:30 am -- Dancing with Torahs followed by Torah Tots service

HIGH HOLIDAY APPEAL 2019

Dear Friend of Habonim,

We hope you enjoyed a much well-deserved rest this summer. Here at Habonim we are busily planning for the High Holidays beginning on September 29th and culminating ten days later with the observance of Yom Kippur. It is during this time that we reflect back on our past deeds, both individually and as a community. We petition God for forgiveness so that we can enter the new year with a clean slate and focus on mending our shortcomings through Teshuvah (repentance), Tefilah (prayer), and Tzedakah (charity) ...

CLICK HERE to read entire letter and for credit card and e-check donation links.

SAVE THE DATES

NURSERY SCHOOL FUNDRAISER
Thursday evening, December 12

HABONIM GALA
Thursday evening, February 6

Details coming soon!

FALL 2019 RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

For registration and other information, contact Education Director Rina Cohen Schwarz at [email protected]

CLICK HERE for the 2019-2020 Religious School Calendar

CLICK HERE for the 2019-2020 schedule of Shabbat Morning Youth Services at Congregation Habonim

CLICK HERE for the 2019-2020 Family Education Schedule (for 3rd - 7th Grade Families)

Nursery School Admissions for 2019-2020 School Year

Meet Our Clergy, Staff and Board

Rabbi Lisa Gelber is among the rabbis featured in this October 11, 2019 article in the Forward: "Rabbis Share Their High Holiday Sermons." Click here to read.

Rina Cohen Schwarz, Education Director

Tina Lobel, Nursery School Director

Ann Obsatz, Associate Nursery School Director

Welcome from President Richard Verner

On behalf of the members, clergy and staff of Congregation Habonim, I offer you a warm greeting. We are the Jewish spiritual home to a caring, generous congregation that offers its members a broad variety of opportunities to learn, to share life-cycle events, and to participate in building our compassionate and welcoming community. We encourage you to read more about us on our website and to visit us to learn about all that Habonim has to offer.

High Holidays 5780/2019

HIGH HOLIDAYS 2019 – 5780

Rosh Hashanah September 29, 30, October 1 · Yom Kippur October 8 & 9

Ticket purchase forms can be found here:

High Holidays 5780/2019

HIGH HOLIDAYS 2019 – 5780

Rosh Hashanah September 29, 30, October 1 · Yom Kippur October 8 & 9

Ticket purchase forms can be found here:

Schedule for Youth Services

Family Learning Fall 2019

Honey From the Heart Fundraiser

Yom Tov/Shabbat Morning Service with Yizkor

Shabbat Morning Service

Yom Tov/Shabbat Morning Service with Yizkor

Yom Tov/Shabbat Morning Service

Followed by Kiddush lunch. Beit Midrash (study session) follows Kiddush lunch on select Shabbat afternoons.

Sisterhood Book Group (all invited)

All Who Go Do Not Return by Shulem Deen. Contact [email protected] for information.

Sisterhood Book Group (all invited)

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. Contact [email protected] for information.

Sisterhood Book Group (all invited)

Walking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. Contact [email protected] for information.

Sisterhood Book Group (all invited)

The Button Man by Andrew Goss. Contact [email protected] for information.

Sisterhood Book Group (all invited)

The Catcher Was A Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg by Nicholas Dawidoff. Contact [email protected] for information.

Sisterhood Book Group (all invited)

Sisters In Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World, by Linda Hirshman. Contact [email protected] for information.

Sisterhood Book Group (all invited)

Contact [email protected] for information.

Congregation Habonim Annual Meeting (members only)

Tuesday, June 5, 6:30 pm - Congregation Habonim Annual Meeting (members only)

Tisha B'Av Service

Tisha B'Av service at Habonim, 103 West End Avenue @ 64th Street.

Tisha B'Av Service

Tisha B'Av service at Habonim, 103 West End Avenue @ 64th Street.

Shabbat Shehechiyanu FESTIVE ONEG

Join us to celebrate our students and teachers!

Pesach Prep 101 with Rina Cohen Schwarz

A fun, interactive guide to the foods of Passover, beyond the requisites. We will take a look at the required foods of Seder night, menu planning for the entire holiday, and you’ll get to take home some of Rina’s best recipes. Free event, register here.

Songs of the Seder with Cantor Bruce Halev

Wednesday, March 14, 6:30 pm; Saturday, March 17, following Kiddush Luncheon (come to one or both) - Songs of the Seder: Join Cantor Bruce Halev in singing familiar as well as new songs. Learn brief history and customs from various Jewish communities. Free event, but please register here.