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10/23/2026

ICYMI! Our Tzedek (Justice) Initiative is excited to launch our Community Fridge Pilot Program! Our goal is to have a community fridge right outside our shul doors that will directly support food insecure folks on the Upper West Side.

Have questions? Want to learn more? Great! We're having a Community Meeting open to the public TOMORROW Saturday, October 24 from 1:15 - 2:30 PM where you can ask your questions. Our speakers include Gale Brewer, our New York City Council Member, Asmeret Berhe-Lumax from One Love Community Fridge, Kira Garfinkel from West Side Campaign Against Hunger and Dubbs Weinblatt, SAJ's Director of Communications and The Tzedek Initiative and the conversation will be facilitated by the Community Fridge Committee member SAJer Marina Isaac.

There will be childcare and there's an elevator, all-gender restrooms and microphones to amplify our sound. If you have specific accessibility needs, please send us a DM.

Special shoutout to the Community Fridge committee members Rachel Bernard, Marina Isaac and Michael Zorek.

Shabbat Shalom and see you tomorrow!

10/21/2026

Our Tzedek (Justice) Initiative is excited to launch our Community Fridge Pilot Program! Our goal is to have a community fridge right outside our shul doors that will directly support food insecure folks on the Upper West Side.

Have questions? Want to learn more? Great! We're having a Community Meeting open to the public this Saturday, October 24 from 1:15 - 2:30 PM where you can ask your questions. Our speakers include Gale Brewer, our New York City Council Member, Asmeret Berhe-Lumax from One Love Community Fridge, Kira Garfinkel from West Side Campaign Against Hunger and Dubbs Weinblatt, SAJ's Director of Communications and The Tzedek Initiative and the conversation will be facilitated by the Community Fridge Committee member SAJer Marina Isaac.

There will be childcare and there's an elevator, all-gender restrooms and microphones to amplify our sound. If you have specific accessibility needs, please send us a DM.

Special shoutout to the Community Fridge committee members Rachel Bernard, Marina Isaac and Michael Zorek.

Lastly, Council Member Gale Brewer wrote us a letter of support and here's what it says:
Dear Commissioners Anderson, Martin and Flynn:

I write to wholeheartedly support the installation of a Community Fridge Pilot Program outsideSAJ at 15 West 86 Street, New York, NY 10024 to provide food for those in need. I commend the congregation for attention to food insecurity in the neighborhood and their commitment to ensuring their neighbors have reliable access to food.

Other institutions have sponsored similar refrigerators, but few have approached the planning and community collaboration with the care SAJ has shown.

I look forward to the success of this project and want to be of assistance in any way possible.

Sincerely,

Gale A. Brewer

10/17/2026

Welcome and Shabbat Shalom!
Click here to access the siddur: https://tinyurl.com/SAJSiddur
Music at this event was licensed via JLicense.com.

10/16/2026

Wow! What a spectacular event launching the comic book 'Hyphen: A National Coming Out Edition' -- a comic that highlights diverse Jewish voices -- featuring one of Dubbs Weinblatt's stories as a Trans Jew. The conversation facilitated by Rabbi Lauren and panelists Dubbs, Julian Voloj and Fabrice Sapolsky, the comic's co-creators and editors, was filled with interesting insight into both the making of the comic and Dubbs' journey.

10/15/2026

Ruth Messinger continues her long-standing series of Tishes on local and national politics this Saturday (9:00 a.m. ET, 10/17) at SAJ. See the calendar entry for details about Zoom or in-person attendance.

Ruth will not only report on the midterms but also give a quick down and dirty on the NYC ballot questions including an explanation of the charter questions. —- Multi-access…

10/09/2026

We're Hiring!

SAJ seeks a mission-aligned Executive Director (ED) to lead the administrative, operational, and technological infrastructure that supports our clergy, staff, and congregants. The ED carries forward the vision of the Rabbi and the Board of Trustees into the operations of the synagogue.

Interested in applying or know someone who is? Visit saj.nyc for more information.

10/07/2026

It’s been three years since the October 7 attacks when Hamas invaded Israel and murdered 1,200 people and kidnapped 251, some never to be returned.

We mourn and remember each and every life taken.
זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה

May their memories be a blessing.