Yom Tov/Shabbat Morning Service
Followed by Kiddush lunch. Beit Midrash (study session) follows Kiddush lunch on select Shabbat afternoons.
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Welcome
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Spiritual Life
Join us for Shabbat services, holidays, or a weekday minyan.
News & Upcoming Events
Meet Our Clergy, Staff and Board
Rabbi Lisa Gelber
Messages from Rabbi Gelber
Passover 5779
Rosh Hashanah 5779 Message
Yom Kippur/ Kol Nidre Sermon 5779 - This Year I Stand With You
Cantor Bruce Halev
Mazel tov and yasher koach to Cantor Bruce Halev, who was awarded the distinguished honor of Doctor of Music, Honoris Causa by the Jewish Theological Seminary this past April. Cantor Halev has served as the Cantor of Congregation Habonim since 1983. A graduate of the School of Sacred Music of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), he also holds MA degrees in Near Eastern Studies and in Jewish Education from New York University, as well as an MSW from Yeshiva University. In 2011 he received a Doctorate of Music, Honoris Causa, from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for 25 years of service to his synagogue and to the Jewish community. Read more
Rina Cohen Schwarz, Religious School 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.
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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.
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.
Community Havdalah Program
Torah Study with Rabbi Gelber
Weekly Torah study with Rabbi Lisa Gelber. No charge, RSVP not required, non-members welcome. Contact Kenny Altman.
Congregation Katan (K-2)
Contact [email protected].
Junior Congregation (Grades 3 - 5)
Contact [email protected].
Havdalah Program
Hanukkah/Havdalah Program
If All the Seas Were Ink, with author Ilana Kurshan
Register online here or contact Kenny at 212-787-5347 x.103, [email protected]. (Registration encouraged but not required.)
Ilana Kurshan is a graduate of Harvard and Cambridge. She has worked in literary publishing, both in New York and Jerusalem, and as the books editor of Lilith magazine. Copies of the book will be available for sale.
Sisterhood Candle Making for Hanukkah with Nursery School
Contact [email protected].
Sisterhood Book Group
Thursday, January 18, 7:00 pm - The Mathematician's Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczer. Contact [email protected].
Sisterhood Book Group
Tuesday, December 5, 7:00 pm - The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish. Contact [email protected].
Sisterhood @ Citifield
NY Mets vs. Colorado Rockies. Contact [email protected] for information.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service, Kristallnacht Remembrance with Guest Speaker Dr. Shira Kohn
Guest Speaker Dr. Shira Kohn. Dr. Kohn will speak during our Kabbalat Shabbat service. Dr. Kohn will offer remarks entitled, Saving the "Cream of German Jewish Youth," Student Refugees in America's Jewish College Fraternity System, 1936-1940. The talk stems from a paper entitled From German Jews to Jewish Greeks, Jewish student refugee programs in America's Jewish Frats and Sororities. The paper will be published in 2018. Dr.
Nursery School Admissions Parents Panel
Nursery School Parents Cocktail Party
Nursery School Annual Fundraiser
At My Most Favorite Food, 247 West 72nd Street, honoring our wonderful Cantor, Bruce Halev, for his 35 (and still going!) years of service to our community! Purchase tickets here.
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