Monday, Sept. 7
Labor Day
Tuesday, Sept. 8
Board meeting
Wednesday, Sept. 9
Rethinking the High Holidays for Secular Jews, SAJ, 7:30-9:00pm, open to all. Rabbi Peter Schweitzer will explore how secular Jews can celebrate the High Holidays and how Humanistic Judaism and the City Congregation give us a way to maintain our Jewish identity.
Friday, Sept. 11
Shabbat - Service and Dinner at 6:30pm, followed by Program at 8:15pm. CCNY
The Bintel Brief: The Original Advice Column - Then and Now
Rabbi Peter Schweitzer will pose questions from the original Bintel Brief and then entertain contemporary questions that we face today.
Sunday, Sept. 13
Open House, SAJ, 1:30pm
KidSchool, SAJ, 2:45pm
Parents go to classes with kids for the beginning of the session.
KidSchool Parents Get-To-Know-Each-Other, SAJ, 4pm
Friday, Sept. 18
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Saturday, Sept. 19
Rosh Hashanah Service and Children's Program, followed by lunch. Tutu, 10:30am
Sunday, Sept. 27
Kol Nidre, Tutu, 7:30pm
Monday, Sept. 28
Yom Kippur Service and Children’s Program, followed by break-the-fast. Tutu, 10:30am
Friday, Oct. 2
Sukkot – Fall Harvest Festival (begins at sunset)
Hank Olken Bar Mitzvah
Saturday, Oct. 3
Manhattan to Brooklyn Walking Tour, 10:45am
Sunday, Oct. 4
Open House, SAJ, 1:30pm
KidSchool Committee Meeting, SAJ, 1:30pm
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Year Two Back-to-Work Discussion for Students, Parents & Mentors, SAJ. 1:30pm
Mentor Training Session, SAJ, 2:45-3:30pm
KidSchool, SAJ, 2:45pm
Celebration of Anne Shonbrun’s New CD of The City Congregation’s Music, SAJ, 3:30pm
Rescheduled for Sunday, Nov. 8
Monday, Oct. 5
Board meeting
Friday, Oct. 9
Shabbat - Service at 7:30pm, followed by Pot-Luck Dessert. Program at 8:30pm. CCNY
Fighting Back: Strategies for Responding to Modern Anti-Semitism. In tribute to the 150th birthday of Alfred Dreyfus. Rabbi Schweitzer will explore ways to approach this problem.
Saturday, Oct. 10
Simchat Torah – starts at sunset
Monday, Oct. 12
Columbus Day
Saturday, Oct. 17
New Member Welcome with Coffee/Tea and Dessert, home of Ellen Weiman, 3pm
Sunday, Oct. 18
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, Central Park, 9am
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Year Two Hero/Role Model Workshop for Students, Parents & Mentors, SAJ, 1:30pm, childcare available
Bar/Bat Mitzvah parent sharing session during Kehilla Circle time, SAJ
KidSchool, SAJ, 2:45pm
Adult Perspectives, SAJ, 3:30pm
The Search For Meaning In Jewish Writing: Survival, Hope And Comedy
Mindy Greenstein, a clinical psychologist specializing in cancer as well as a writer, will focus on the interplay between survival, hope and humor in Jewish writing.
Friday, Oct. 23 – Sunday, Oct. 25
Society for Humanistic Judaism Colloquium - Michigan
Challenging Convention: Secular and Humanist and Jew. For more information, go to www.iishj.org.
Friday, Oct. 23
Shabbat - Service and Dinner at 6:30pm, followed by Program at 8:15pm. CCNY
Jewish Sing-A-Long with Michelle Lang Zalph
Adults and kids are invited to join us for a fun-filled evening singing easy-to-learn Jewish songs in Yiddish, Hebrew and English!
Saturday, Oct. 24
KidSchool Field Day of Contests and Sports, 2pm, location TBA – Optional KidSchool Event
Come early for a picnic lunch from 12:00-2pm.
Sunday, Oct. 25
Emily Dyke Bat Mitzvah
Saturday, Oct. 31
Halloween
Sunday, Nov. 1
New York Marathon
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Tour and lunch at Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue & Museum on the Lower East Side,
11am-2pm
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Election Day
Friday, Nov. 6
Shabbat - Service and Dinner at 6:30pm, followed by Program at 8:15pm. CCNY
Life And Rights In Israel: Where do Women and Gays/Lesbians Fit In?
Lilly Rivlin, journalist, writer, filmmaker and political activist, will discuss these and other questions in dialogue with Rabbi Schweitzer
Sunday, Nov. 8
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Year One Parent Orientation. Year One Students will meet with Rabbi Peter, SAJ, 1:30pm
KidSchool Committee Meeting, SAJ, 1:30pm
KidSchool, SAJ, 2:45pm
Celebration of Anne Shonbrun’s New CD of The City Congregation’s Music, SAJ, 3:30pm
Rescheduled from Oct. 4
Jews And Journalism: Where we fit in and how we are depicted
A panel presentation with TCC members Andy Cohen, Nancy Friedman, Daniel Radosh, and Judy Schoolman. Moderated by Carol Sternhell
This program, originally planned for Oct. 4, will be rescheduled.
Monday, Nov. 9
Board meeting
Friday, Nov. 20
Shabbat - Service at 7:30pm, followed by Pot-Luck Dessert. Program at 8:30pm. NOTE: This program will be at the 14th Street Y (344 E. 14th St.)
This I Believe: City Congregation Members Join the Conversation
Based on NPR’s long-running radio show, an eclectic group of City Congregation members will offer their own reflections and then welcome us all into this now-international conversation. Moderated by Carol Sternhell.
Sunday, Nov. 22
KidSchool New Family Brunch, SAJ, 1:30pm
KidSchool, SAJ, 2:45pm
Adult Perspectives, SAJ, 3:30pm
Humanism 101: Its History, Development, and Current Challenges
Joseph Chuman, Leader of the Ethical Cultural Society, Bergen County, NJ, has been a popular speaker at TCC and we’re pleased to have him back to talk with us about this important subject.
Thursday, Nov. 26
Thanksgiving
Saturday, Dec.5
Ryan Kramer Bar Mitzvah
Sunday, Dec. 6
KidSchool Committee Meeting, SAJ, 1:30pm
KidSchool, SAJ,2:45pm
Adult Perspectives, SAJ, 3:30pm
Feminist/Progressive Mothers Raising Sons: What Sort of Men are These Boys Becoming?
How do we raise feminist sons - especially during their adolescence? How do teenage boys go along with or resist our ideals? How do we help them to negotiate critical issues of development and individuation consistent with our values? A panel of TCC mothers will join together to address these challenging questions.
Monday Dec. 7
Board Meeting
Friday, December 11
Chanukah – First Night
Chanukah Celebration and Dinner
Chanukah candlelighting, service and dinner at 6:30pm, followed by Special Chanukah program at 8:15pm. CCNY. Bring your menorah and candles and join us for the First Night Of Chanukah.
Sunday, Dec. 13
KidSchool, SAJ, 2:45pm, snack. Students go directly to their classes at 3pm. No Kehillah Circle.
KidSchool Chanukah Celebration with Yale Strom, SAJ, 4pm
Yale Strom is an award-winning klezmer musician (violin), children’s author, documentary filmmaker, photographer, playwright, ethnographer, and great entertainer! Don’t miss this wonderful program.
Followed by our annual Chanukah party in the Social Hall. Guests are welcome for $10 donation.
Friday, Dec. 25
Christmas
Thursday, Dec. 31
New Year’s Eve
Saturday, January 2
New Year’s Brunch, home of Rabbi Peter Schweitzer and Myrna Baron
Friday, January 8
Shabbat - Service at 7:30pm, followed by Pot-Luck Dessert. Program at 8:30pm. CCNY
You Should Grow Like An Onion With Your Head In The Ground: Wise Jewish Sayings, Practical Wisdom, and also some Colorful Curses
Rabbi Peter Schweitzer will share a wide variety of time-honored Jewish sayings from the Bible, the Talmud, and Yiddish and Ladino culture, that reflect on heath, justice, children, destiny, interpersonal relations, and many other topics.
Saturday, Jan. 9
Meeting for Bar/Bat Mitzvah Year One Students, Parents and Mentors, home of Rabbi Peter Schweitzer and Myrna Baron, 10:30am
Sunday, Jan. 10
KidSchool, SAJ, 2:45pm
KidSchool Parents Feedback Discussion, SAJ, 3:30pm
Monday, Jan. 11
Board Meeting
Sunday, January 17
Isaac Mann Bar Mitzvah
Monday, Jan. 18
Martin Luther King Day
Friday, Jan. 22
Shabbat - Service and Dinner at 6:30pm, followed by Program at 8:15pm. CCNY
People Of The Libretto: A History and Celebration of Jews in Musical Theater
TCC members, Jack Lechner and Peter Mones will review the colorful history of Jews in American musical theater, while Trudy Elins, Michelle Lang Zalph, Anne Shonbrun, and Dan Wyman will perform musical selections to illustrate significant developments, accompanied on piano by Louise Moed. (This program will be repeated on Sunday, January 24.)
Sunday, Jan. 24
KidSchool Committee Meeting, SAJ, 1:30pm
KidSchool, SAJ, 2:45pm
Bar/Bat Mitzvah parent sharing session during Kehilla Circle time, SAJ, 3:00pm
People Of The Libretto: A History and Celebration of Jews in Musical Theater, 3:30pm. SAJ
(This program is a repeat of the one on Friday, January 22.)
Friday, Jan. 29
Tu B’Shvat (begins at sunset)
Friday, Feb. 5
Shabbat - Service at 7:30pm, followed by Pot-Luck Dessert. Program at 8:30pm. CCNY
Outrageous Heresies Or Daring Truths: A Tribute to Baruch Spinoza
What was Spinoza’s message and legacy? Led by Rabbi Peter Schweitzer.
Sunday, Feb. 7
KidSchool Teacher Meeting, SAJ, 1:30pm
KidSchool, SAJ, 2:45pm
Adult Perspectives, SAJ
Israeli Folk Dancing led by Steve Zalph
Adults and Kids - 3:00-3:30 (in place of Kehillah Circle) / Adults Only – 3:30pm
Monday, Feb. 8
Board Meeting
Monday, Feb. 15
Presidents’ Day
Friday, Feb. 26
Purim Celebration and Dinner
Purim service and dinner at 6:30pm, followed by Special Purim program at 8:15pm. CCNY
Join us for our annual Purim Celebration.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Purim (begins at sunset)
Sunday, Feb. 28
KidSchool, SAJ, 2:45pm, snack. Students go directly to their classes at 3pm. No Kehillah Circle.
KidSchool Purim Celebration and Party, SAJ, 4pm. Guests are welcome
Sunday, March 7
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Year One Family Values Workshop for Students, Parents & Mentors, SAJ, 1:30pm, childcare available.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Parent sharing session during Kehilla Circle time, SAJ, 3:00-3:30pm
KidSchool, SAJ, 2:45pm
Adult Perspectives, SAJ, 3:30pm
The TCC Bar/Bat Mitzvah Experience
Learn about our exciting and creative Bar/Bat Mitzvah program from the people who have lived it – our parents and mentors. Find out what lies ahead.
Friday, March 12
Shabbat - Service and Dinner at 6:30pm, followed by Program at 8:15pm. CCNY
Let My Name Be Recalled With Laughter Or Not At All: In Celebration of Shalom Aleichem – The Jewish Mark Twain
Join us for a delightful evening that pays tribute to this beloved humorist.
Special Feature: Alicia Svigals, renowned klezmer violinist and TCC member, will participate in the program.
Saturday, March 13
Mikayla Block Bat Mitzvah
Sunday, March 14
Daylight Saving Time Begins
Monday, March 15
Board Meeting
Sunday, March 21
KidSchool, 2:45pm
Model Seder for younger classes
Adult Perspectives, SAJ, 3:30pm
Taking Care Of Our Aging Parents: A Responsibility? An Opportunity? A Challenge? A Burden?
A panel discussion with TCC members Myrna Baron, Bob Liebeskind, Carol Sternhell, and Rabbi Peter Schweitzer. Moderated by Helene Lauffer.
Saturday, March 27
Congregational Passover Seder, Holiday Inn, 440 W. 57th St., 2pm-5pm
Monday, March 29
Passover (begins at sunset)
Sunday, April 4
Easter
Friday, April 9
Shabbat - Service at 7:30pm, followed by Pot-Luck Dessert. Program at 8:30pm. CCNY
Yom Hashoa - Holocaust Commemoration
Memorial Candlelighting Ceremony, Music, Guest Speaker
Co-sponsored with The Generation After / Holocaust Survivors USA.
Saturday, April 10
Yom Hashoa – Holocaust Memorial (begins at sunset)
Sunday, April 11
KidSchool Committee Meeting, 1:30pm
KidSchool, 2:45pm
Adult Perspectives, SAJ, 3:30pm
Nothing Makes You Free: Reflections on the Writing of Jewish Descendants of Holocaust Survivors
Presented by Melvin Jules Bukiet, who is the author of seven books of fiction as well as the editor of three anthologies. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.
Monday, April 12
Board meeting
Friday, April 23
Shabbat - Service and Dinner at 6:30pm, followed by Program at 8:15pm. CCNY
Israeli Folk Dancing for Adults and Kids with Steve Zalph
No experience needed - all ages welcome and we'll teach all the dances, so come join the fun!
Sunday, April 25
Open House, 1:30pm, with childcare
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Parent sharing session during Kehilla Circle time, 3:00-3:30pm
KidSchool, 2:45pm
Adult Perspectives, SAJ, 3:30pm
Sex On The Brain: Should the Bible be R-Rated?
Rabbi Peter Schweitzer will examine Biblical texts and rabbinic commentary that reveal the nature of this literature, its authors, and our culture.
Tuesday, April 28
Yom Haatzmaut – Israel Independence Day (begins at sunset)
Sunday, May 2
KidSchool, 2:45pm
City Congregation “Town Hall” Meeting, 3:30pm. SAJ
Friday, May 7
Shabbat - Service and Dinner at 6:30pm, followed by Program at 8:15pm. CCNY
Everyone Has a “Once Upon A Time”: Stories that Make you Care as well as Laugh
Presented by Roslyn Bresnick-Perry, a celebrated storyteller, whose stories span decades of the twentieth century and great distances, from a Belarus shtetl in pre-Holocaust Europe where she spent her childhood, through immigration, to post-war New York City, and her years in the garment industry as a senior designer.
Sunday, May 9
Mother’s Day
Monday, May 10
Board meeting
Sunday, May 16
AIDS Walk
Open House, 1:30pm, with childcare
KidSchool, 2:45pm
Adult Perspectives, SAJ, 3:30pm
Small Decencies – And Do They Matter?
In a tiny Black Forest village, Christian and Jewish neighbors "all got along before Hitler." What happened to those relationships during and after Nazi times is the focus of Mimi Schwartz's talk and reading from Good Neighbors, Bad Times: Echoes of My Father's German Village, a winner of the 2008 ForeWord Book of the Year Award in Memoir.
Thursday, May 18
Shavuot (begins at sunset)
Friday, May 21
Shabbat - Service at 7:30pm, followed by Pot-Luck Dessert. Program at 8:30pm. NOTE: This program will be at the 14th Street Y (344 E. 14th St.)
Yiddish Women’s Poetry with Nikolai “Kolya” Borodulin
Nikolai “Kolya” Borodulin is Assistant Director of the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring Center for Cultural Jewish Life.
Sunday, May 23
Open House, 1:30pm, with childcare
KidSchool, 2:45pm
KidSchool Parents Feedback Discussion, 3:30pm
Monday, May 31
Memorial Day
Sunday, June 6
KidSchool, SAJ, 2:45pm – Final Session
Parents and students go to classrooms at 3pm. No Kehillah Circle.
End-of-Year Celebration and Pizza Party, 4pm
Monday, June 7
Board meeting
Friday, June 11
Shabbat - Service at 7:30pm, followed by Pot-Luck Dessert. Program at 8:30pm. CCNY
End-Of-Year Celebration plus Jewish Trivia
Tuesday, June 15
GLBT Pride Month Get-Together, home of Devera and Michael Witkin
Sunday, June 20
Father’s Day
Sunday, July 4
Independence Day
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