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The Saratoga
Jewish Cultural Festival
bringing community together
Summer 2022
Open to the public
A series of fun and family-friendly events!
Registration required for all programs; vaccination and/or masks required for onsite events.
For further information, please visit
www.saratogajewishculturalfestival.org,
or email
For more detailed information, please click on the "button" below
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Please Visit our Calendar for All the Upcoming Events
Do you have a special event coming up that you would like to share with your family, friends, and synagogue family? Why not sponsor an Oneg or Kiddush? Sponsoring a kiddush is honoring, celebrating, memorializing, and congratulating any individual/s or event. A kiddush is a wonderful way to bring people together and begin to celebrate the Sabbath too. For more information you can call the synagogue office and speak to Jackie at (518) 371-0608 or call Linda Russell at (518) 371-3641.
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The Jewish World (June 23-July 7, 2022) – The sisterhood and men’s club of Congregation Beth Shalom in Clifton Park sponsored a potluck brunch at the synagogue, 688 Clifton Park Center Rd., Clifton Park, on Sunday, June 12th, to welcome back its “snowbirds. Forty people attended, including from left, in the red kippah, Bob Silverman, wife Colleen next to him, Linda and Steve Gellman, seated next to them. Standing is Rabbi Ami Monson, who has been rabbi for Friday night services for several months. He is talking to Annie and Larry Friedman.
The Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies strives to build a cadre of teachers, professional and lay leaders across the United States who are committed to Holocaust Education and Remembrance, ready to meet the challenges that the field is facing as survivors of the Holocaust are passing away and awareness of the subject in public memory is fading.
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Message from the Capital District Board of Rabbis-January 6, 2021
The Capital District Board of Rabbis and Cantors condemns the unprecedented assault on the United States Capitol building, the members of Congress, and indeed on democracy itself. Such acts of trespass, vandalism and violence are contrary to the values of our nation. We are particularly disturbed and heart-broken that these actions came as a result of leaders of our country putting their party loyalty ahead of the interests of the common good. Our democracy is only strong when all agree to abide by the laws of our nation. We call for all residents of the United States to unite for the common good; to respect the peaceful transition of power, and to reaffirm our commitment to democracy and civil discourse.
We pray for our country and its future well-being with these words from our Rabbis:
Eternal God.
Bless the leaders of our United States of America.
Grant them the health, safety, strength, wisdom, foresight, and fortitude to lead our nation in a manner that will allow us all to live in a world of blessing, safety, well- being, and peace. (Rabbi Roy Feldman - Orthodox)
Teach them the insights of Your Torah, that they may administer all affairs of state fairly, that peace and security, happiness and prosperity, justice and freedom may forever abide in our midst. (Siddur Sim Shalom - Conservative)
Grant our leaders wisdom and forbearance.
May they govern with justice and compassion.
Help us all to appreciate one another,
And to respect the many ways that we may serve You. May our homes be safe from affliction and strife,
and our country be sound in body and spirit. (Mishkan Tefillah – Reform)
Amen.
