Join us for a special evening with Melanie Shiraz, Miss Israel, featuring an elegant cocktail reception and fireside conversation. From the red carpet to becoming a strong advocate for Israel and the Jewish people, Melanie will share her inspiring story of Jewish pride, Israeli identity, standing strong against antisemitism, leadership, and women’s empowerment.

Experimental Treatments

When emerging treatments offer hope of recovery, when is the risk justified? Discover the Jewish ethics of risking your life in the hope of extending your long-term prospects.

Join us for warm and welcoming Shabbat morning services, open to all backgrounds and affiliations. Prayer books are available in both Hebrew and English. Following services, enjoy a delicious lunch kiddush with the community. Please contact Rabbi Isaac 718-954-5876 if you plan to join us.

Extending Life
How does Judaism balance the desire to preserve life with concerns of reducing suffering? See how Jewish values inform a dignified approach to end-of-life care and advance medical directives.

Join us for warm and welcoming Shabbat morning services, open to all backgrounds and affiliations. Prayer books are available in both Hebrew and English. Following services, enjoy a delicious lunch kiddush with the community. Please contact Rabbi Isaac 718-954-5876 if you plan to join us.

Pregnancy Questions
Explore questions of pregnancy through the lens of Jewish texts. Is a fetus a human life or a part of the mother’s body? When pregnancy endangers a woman’s life, may she, in good conscience, carry the pregnancy to term?

Join us for warm and welcoming Shabbat morning services, open to all backgrounds and affiliations. Prayer books are available in both Hebrew and English. Following services, enjoy a delicious lunch kiddush with the community. Please contact Rabbi Isaac 718-954-5876 if you plan to join us.

A Body’s Dignity
Might autopsy violate the dignity of the human body? Learn the Jewish view on the respect to which the deceased is entitled and how the sanctity of human life continues after death

Join us for warm and welcoming Shabbat morning services, open to all backgrounds and affiliations. Prayer books are available in both Hebrew and English. Following services, enjoy a delicious lunch kiddush with the community. Please contact Rabbi Isaac 718-954-5876 if you plan to join us.