Woodstock Jewish Congregation

Woodstock Jewish Congregation https://linktr.ee/wjcshul.org
WJC is a vibrant, welcoming spiritual home. We are dedicated to the advancement of Jewish ethics, culture and religion.

https://linktr.ee/wjcshul.org

Services
Friday Evening Services:
Summer: 7:30 pm, 6pm 1st Friday of each Month
Winter: 6 pm
Saturday Morning Services: 10 am

Shabbat Community services, which are geared towards an intergenerational celebration of Shabbat, are offered monthly. We celebrate Jewish holidays throughout the year. We announce these events in our Program Guide and weekly email upda

tes, and on our website, wjcshul.org. Children’s Services
As part of our First Friday program, special Tot Shabbat services are held at 5 pm on the first Friday of each month. Once a month, we hold a Shabbat Community Day for the whole congregation, with special participation and activities for our families with children. During the High Holy Days and on other holidays, we offer innovative children’s services and activities.

REGISTER HERE: https://wjcshul.shulcloud.com/form/retreat-contemplating-our-lives-for-the-coming-new-year.htmlThe presen...
09/01/2026

REGISTER HERE: https://wjcshul.shulcloud.com/form/retreat-contemplating-our-lives-for-the-coming-new-year.html

The present moment is constantly changing and it is difficult to maintain attention. We get caught up almost immediately in reactivity and distract ourselves with endless stories about life and our place in it. We focus on planning how to get the things we want and get rid of what we don’t want — including people and situations. Driven by a small sense of self, we act selfishly and in self-centered ways. Awakened attention, in contrast, allows us to see the Sacred Divine Unfolding behind and within All-Being and experience our place as part of that Unfolding, sometimes called mystical experience or mystical revelation.

During this weekend retreat we will learn a variety of practices including contemplative prayer and chant on Friday night and Shabbat morning, using Shabbat observance as a vehicle to bring us into Sacred space/time. Our time together will be conducted in social silence (refraining from speaking with each other), allowing each of us to pay more sustained attention to the normal mundane workings of mind and ego.

FRIDAY 9/4-SUNDAY 9/6RETREAT: CONTEMPLATING OUR LIVES FOR THE COMING NEW YEARAs we prepare for the 5787 High Holy Days ....
08/20/2026

FRIDAY 9/4-SUNDAY 9/6
RETREAT: CONTEMPLATING OUR LIVES FOR THE COMING NEW YEAR

As we prepare for the 5787 High Holy Days ...

The present moment is constantly changing and it is difficult to maintain attention. We get caught up almost immediately in reactivity and distract ourselves with endless stories about life and our place in it. We focus on planning how to get the things we want and get rid of what we don’t want — including people and situations. Driven by a small sense of self, we act selfishly and in self-centered ways. Awakened attention, in contrast, allows us to see the Sacred Divine Unfolding behind and within All-Being and experience our place as part of that Unfolding, sometimes called mystical experience or mystical revelation.

REGISTER HERE: https://www.wjcshul.org/hightlighted-event/contemplation-new-year-5787/

Sunday at 3pm! Come for a reading of this wonderful new play. Just show up, or register for zoom link.
08/13/2026

Sunday at 3pm! Come for a reading of this wonderful new play. Just show up, or register for zoom link.

Lala Tamar is what happens when Moroccan soul and Brazilian beats meet on the dance floor. Wherever she goes, hearts and...
07/29/2026

Lala Tamar is what happens when Moroccan soul and Brazilian beats meet on the dance floor. Wherever she goes, hearts and feet leave happy.

Master kora player Yacouba Sissoko devotes his gift to spreading the word of peace and expanding awareness of West African history and culture. His performances transform traditional songs and stories inherited from his forefathers into messages of love, harmony, and empowerment.

Lala and Yacouba are joined by Zachi Asher on Oud and guitar, and Rich Stein on percussion. This collaboration explores the place of song keepers as channels of their respective community, the power of music and musicians, to open ethereal places abundant in beauty, poetry, healing and dance. In the spaces of sacred music, there are no boundaries to transgress, everywhere is home.

Concert co-sponsored by Kehillat Lev Shalem, the Woodstock Jewish Congregation, and Temenos Center for the Arts.

Seating in the beautiful and historic Dreamland Studio is limited. RESERVE TICKETS NOW: https://wjcshul.shulcloud.com/form/concert-lala-tamar.html

Join us for a reading of Carol Fox Prescott’s play, In the Voice of Our Mothers, at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation on...
07/07/2026

Join us for a reading of Carol Fox Prescott’s play, In the Voice of Our Mothers, at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation on Tuesday, July 14 at 7 pm.

“Breathing life into our ancient texts and told this time in the voice of our mothers, our play imagines their personal secrets and touching intimacies. As they invite us into their worlds, we see we are in familiar territory, and we cannot help but follow – right into our own lives.”

Read by Nancy Berlin, Maxine Davidowitz, Susan Falk, Alice Hawkins, Miryam Sarsheen and Charlotte Tusch. Free and open to the public. Go to https://www.wjcshul.org/hightlighted-event/in-the-voice-of-our-mothers-the-play/
to get a zoom link if you can’t make it in person.

Facilitated by Avigail Graetz: Born in Israel 1975 to American parents, Avigail has a B.A & M.F.A in film and a M.F.A in...
06/25/2026

Facilitated by Avigail Graetz:

Born in Israel 1975 to American parents, Avigail has a B.A & M.F.A in film and a M.F.A in creative writing. Avigail has been following the Dharma path since 2004 and started teaching mindfulness meditation in 2009 in prison. Her film "Just This" won the best international film award at the Burbank film festival, September 2023. Graetz published an award-winning novel in Hebrew translated to English in 2017, titled "A Rabbi’s Daughter." And a poetry book- Just This- poems of freedom 2024.

REGISTER HERE: https://wjcshul.shulcloud.com/form/grief-circle-workshop.html

Address

1682 Glasco Tpke
Woodstock, NY
12498

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 5pm
Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 4pm

Telephone

+18456792218

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