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| Friday, September 3Nitzavim-Vayeilech
Duet. 29:9-31:30
6:15 pm Shabbat Evening Service |
| Saturday, September 49:00 am - Torah Study
10:45 am - Shabbat Morning Service
8:00 pm - Selichot Program: Film and Discussion
9:30 pm - Dessert
10:00 pm - Selichot Service
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 Eco-Friendly Temple
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Merri Rosenberg
Special To The Jewish Week
In its latest building expansion project, Westchester Reform has been a LEED-er among synagogues. Read more…
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Saturday, September 4, 2010 - Selichot Program and Service
8:00 pm – Join us as we view relevant scenes from A Serious Man for a lively, clergy lead discussion regarding fate, God's will, and the meaning of suffering, to reflect on the themes of the Days of Awe which Selichot anticipates.
9:30 pm – Dessert; 10:00 pm - Selichot Service
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- Tuesday, August 31 and Wednesday September 1, 6:30 - 9:00 pm
- Thursday, September 2, 8:00 - 11:00 am
- Tuesday, September 7 and Tuesday, September 14, 6:30 - 9:00 pm
A Special Video message regarding the High Holy Days @WRT
 We are all looking forward to sharing the High Holy Days on the WRT Campus. View the informational video containing some special instructions from our "Captain" and the WRT Crew. Click here for "Navigating the HHD at WRT"
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Text of Rabbi Richard Jacobs' Remarks at the
Jewish Rally in Support of the Cordoba House Islamic Center
45 Park Place, Manhattan, New York
August 5, 2010
I am the rabbi of Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale, New York, the largest Jewish house of worship in Westchester County. Hundreds of my congregants worked in or around the World Trade Center, and yes, some died on that dark day. Islam did not attack our country on 9-11 but rather a mutant, militant and perverse strand of Islam is responsible for those horrific attacks.
I stand here in support of the creation at this site of an Islamic Community Center known as Cordoba House. Imam Feisal Rauf, the visionary founder of this Islamic Center, envisions a vibrant institution dedicated to tolerance, mutual respect and healing.
Last year, I participated in the Brookings Institution's World Islamic Forum. Following 9-11, Brookings and the Qatar government created this opportunity for conversation between the west and the Muslim world. Diplomats, scholars, journalists, cultural and faith leaders were invited to sit together in structured conversations on some of the toughest issues facing our world. Of the 200 participants, some came from Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Syria, the UK, the US and other places. I sat with mainstream Muslim leaders trying to imagine how bridges of understanding could be built between the Islamic world and the United States. One Muslim scholar gave me a copy of Feisal Rauf's book, What's Right with Islam: a New Vision for Muslims and the West.
Reading this remarkable book, it was clear to me that Feisal Rauf has the vision, the courage and the ability to build such a bridge of understanding. We are standing at the site of what will one day be a place of meeting and dialogue between New Yorkers of many faiths and this tolerant Muslim community. We need this new Islamic Center to preach love and respect in contrast to those that preach hate and destruction.
I look forward to the day when I can bring my students to this place to learn about Islam. Every day, I tell my students that Judaism teaches that every single human being is created B'Tzelem Elohim-in the divine image-no exceptions. This fundamental belief demands that every one of God's children must be treated with respect, kindness, justice and love-no exceptions.
One day my students will meet Muslim students from this Islamic Center who believe and practice the Islamic faith which teaches those very same core values.
I pray that the funding of this noble institution will come from individuals, institutions and countries that share the inspiring mission of the Cordoba Initiative.
Here in this place just a few yards from the site of horrific pain and loss, let this Islamic Center be a beacon of light and hope to our aching world.
As this week's Torah portion from Deuteronomy teaches, we have a choice every day:
"See, this day I set before you blessing and curse." (Deuteronomy 11:26) Those same choices are before us today. Let us choose blessing, the blessing of trust, courage and faith. We leaders of the Jewish community support this visionary center and pray that speedily and soon, it will open its doors, and in so doing will shape the world that Adonai and Allah want us to build together.
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