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May 21 – June 20, 2025
Please donate your or child’s used dormitory items to Grad Bag, a green initiative to reuse college dorm supplies for redistribution to incoming students in-need. Drop off in the bin in front of WRT.
Tuesday, July 15, 10:00 pm – 2:00 pm (at WRT)
Bring friends and volunteer with Grad Bag to sort gently used dormitory items for incoming college students in-need. Come anytime after 10:00 am and stay as long as you can until 12:00 pm. All ages welcome from elementary school and up. Volunteers under 14 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Sign up here. Questions? Email sharon.stiefel@wrtemple.org.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Friday, June 20, 6:15 pm
Join us for a Special Kabbalat Shabbat at which WRT celebrates Pride month with special guest Elana Arian. The service will be followed by a panel of LGBTQ+ WRT members moderated by Rabbi Alissa Platcow.
Wednesday, July 16
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Westchester Reform Temple
UJA Westchester Families and Westchester Reform Temple invite you to join us in working with Supplies for Success to ensure that every child has the tools to succeed in the classroom. This fundraiser and packing event will support our Annual Back to School Drive. Backpacks will be donated to a UJA partner and a grantee — Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) and Hope Community Services.
Every child deserves a shot at success, and a new school year should be a fresh start no matter a child’s background or level of family income. Yet many children from underserved communities start school without the basic supplies they need: paper, pencils, binders, and notebooks. You can help by donating and packing backpacks!
Parents, children, and grandparents are all welcome!
Can’t attend, but want to make a difference? Any donations will go toward the cost of supplying backpacks. Click the donate button below.
UJA is grateful to Westchester Reform Temple for their participation and support.
Questions?
Contact Katie Lipson at lipsonk@ujafedny.org or 914.385.2134.
Pizza will be served. Dietary laws observed.
Westchester Families Chair
Randi Rosenblatt
Event Chairs (in formation):
Rebecca and Joshua Chubak • Kim and Jeremy Goldberg • Lauren Goldman • Micole Horowitz and Yaron Weitzman • Lauren Hurwitz • Ariella and Philip Knoll • Laine Levenbrook • Marisa and Joshua Mahler • Amy and Justin Mayer • Lauren Newcorn • Kara Pullman • Liz and Jonathan Rodan • Leora Rosenberg • Lauren Shalem • Lisa Silverman • Sarah Cooper Teichman • Jessica Wender • Anya and Chaim Wiebke • Rachel Zar
Event Committee (in formation):
Laurie Citron • Marina Glezer • Freda Laulicht Glick • Lisa Melmed • Caity and Dan Weida • Mia Weber Weiss • Taryn Weiss • Lauren Zinns
Junior Committee (in formation):
Henry Chubak • Jacob Chubak • Olivia Chubak • Stella Goldberg • Brandon Knoll • Charlotte Knoll • Matthew Knoll • Fernanda Rodan • Eddy Weida • Vivian Weida • Lior Weitzman • Maayan Weitzman • Caleb Wiebke • Emanuel Wiebke • Nathan Wiebke • Saskia Wiebke
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HOT MEALS
Last Monday of Every Month! 10 am – 12 pm, Westchester Reform Temple Kitchen
Sign up to join other members of the WRT community to cook a hot dinner, make sandwiches, and pack sandwich bags for HOPE Community Services. You can also sign up to bake desserts to be included in the sandwich bags, to shop for groceries, or to deliver the sandwiches to HOPE.
Men of Reform Judaism (MRJ) is collecting Humanitarian Supplies for Disaster Relief and Recovery for the victims of hurricanes Helene and Milton. For a full list of items being collected, see the flyer below. In addition, MRJ has an ongoing collection for larger medical supplies that are donated to Afya. Learn what medical supplies are accepted here. If you are interested in donating to either cause, please contact Bob Meyerson, MRJ President at RHM321@verizon.net or 914-393-8044.