West End Synagogue

05/21/2026

We had the best time at last weekend's JFLL Family Havdalah & Trivia Night! We answered challenging questions (do you know which American Girl Doll book mentions a bar mitzvah?), combined silly phrases (our favorite Zootopia song is Try Everything Bagel), had a beautiful Havdalah service with Cantor Melissa, and kicked off the week of Shavuot in style with an ice cream buffet! There's never a dull moment with our JFLL families!

05/20/2026

We’re back! Join us at West End Synagogue tomorrow night for a new episode of Rabbi Emily’s podcast “Jew Too? Tales of the Mixed Multitude” where we’ll hear the stories of 3 Jews who found their way from very different places to Reconstructionist Judaism and of course to WES. The produced episode will be released this summer!

05/19/2026

We had such a wonderful time harmonizing with at Friday’s Shabbat Shir In-The-Round! Check out this clip of his L’cha Dodi and mark your calendars for our next one on Friday, June 19th.

05/05/2026

Join us for a very special Shabbat Shir In-The-Round on May 15th at 6:30pm, with guest artist David Sasso! David will accompany our musical service on guitar and mandolin and share his compositions. It will be a very special evening. Can’t wait to see you there!

05/03/2026

We celebrated our newest members yesterday with beautiful music from our WES Choir: Charles Osborne’s beloved “Samachti B’omrim Li”

05/01/2026

Join us tonight! You can RSVP here or just come on by! https://forms.gle/xoPrvaY2NdFSKDjr6

Join us on Friday, May 1 at 5:00pm for our annual Open House Shabbat!

Learn about the community, meet our clergy & staff, and then stay for our Kabbalat Shabbat service at 6:30pm!

Registration is required: please register at westendsynagogue.org/openhouse

04/30/2026

Join us on May 20 at 7pm as Roberta Franco Glick, who represented ARZA at the World Jewish Congress in Jerusalem, discusses the role of the World Jewish Congress, its origins, and the importance of having a liberal Jewish voice in Israel.

Please note: this event is on Zoom ONLY. Please contact [email protected] for the Zoom link

04/23/2026

Join us on May 14 at 7pm as clinical psychologist Margot Levin speaks about survivor guilt, both in the context of the holocaust and in more general terms. She will draw on psychological literature, including works from Robert J. Lifton & Judith Lewis Herman.

Please note: this event is on Zoom ONLY. Please contact [email protected] for the Zoom link.

04/21/2026

Join us for an afternoon of three Jewish short stories from Iraq, India, and from the Iranian-American community in New York City, read aloud by WES congregants. An opportunity for questions and comments will follow.

Please note this event is BOTH in person and on Zoom. For the Zoom link, please contact [email protected]

04/07/2026

Join us on Friday, May 1 at 5:00pm for our annual Open House Shabbat!

Learn about the community, meet our clergy & staff, and then stay for our Kabbalat Shabbat service at 6:30pm!

Registration is required: please register at westendsynagogue.org/openhouse