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Please join us for a special Shavuot Shabbat opportunity to learn from a leader in Earth-Based Judaism, the integration of ecological thinking and core Jewish concepts.

In Jewish tradition, inner images and dreams have always been a way the soul communicates. In this two-hour workshop, we gently learn how to listen to the body and to the images that arise from within.

This year’s Shavuot tikkun/study will be led by visiting scholar-in-residence Rabbi Natan Margalit, with a focus on the teachings of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, on this 50th anniversary of his first book, Fragments of a Future Scroll: Hasidism for the Aquarian Age, which has recently been reissued by Ayin Press.

Please join us for a WJC Membership Brunch with presenter Rabbi Jonathan Kligler, accompanied by bassist Robert Bard as they share a selection of Hebrew, Yiddish and English songs that are also prayers.

A concert and presentation of songs from the Great American Songbook – classic songs of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s, all composed by Jews.

“Nuclear Energy: Boom, Bust, and Emerging Renaissance:” a book talk for laypeople on nuclear energy and its potential for mitigating global warming given by the book’s author.

Celebrate the beauty of motherhood and the spirit of our community with a special Mother’s Day Fundraiser! This year, we are offering handcrafted wildflower arrangements presented in upcycled glass containers.

Join Rabbi Karen and Father Matthew Wright in the garden at St. Gregory’s church for Earth Hour, part of the Woodstock Environmental Commission’s Earth Week celebrations.

For Yom Ha’Shoah, a family story from a second- and third-generation descendant of Holocaust survivors. Also featuring a new composition by Hazzan Raechel Rosen in collaboration with Julia Haines, weaving in Yiddish poetry by Holocaust survivor Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim. 

Please join us in welcoming Rosh Chodesh Iyar with a Kohenet Shabbat service, led by Kohenet Renee Finkelstein with Hazzan Raechel.