Fifth Avenue Synagogue
5 East 62nd Street
New York, NY 10065
Phone : 212.838.2122
FAX : 212.319.6119
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This page last updated on Saturday, March 13, 2010
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Welcome To The Fifth Avenue Synagogue
Fifth Avenue Synagogue is a community guided by an ethos of inclusive, Torah-anchored Judaism, with an ambitious agenda to help our diverse constituency lead lives suffused with Jewish meaning. Whatever your religious background, you will discover in our Modern Orthodox congregation a place to learn and live Torah. Please join us. [more...] |
Yom Iyun - A Program of Jewish Learning
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Fifth Avenue Synagogue invites you to a Day of Learning – Yom Iyun
Sunday, March 14, 2010
An opportunity to study and learn with distinguished rabbis and scholars
Mishna Class with Rabbi Sol Trau: 8:00 a.m., Shacharit: 8:30 a.m., Breakfast and Welcoming Remarks: 9:15 a.m.
Sessions: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Early Mincha: 1:15 p.m.
Admission is free œ Complimentary breakfast œ Families, singles & children welcome œ RSVP to (212) 838-2122 or sheila@5as.org
Great Children’s Program, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. œ Questions? Email Jacob Gold at Jacob@jacobdgold.com
Session A - 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Rabbi Yaakov Kermaier, Rabbi, Fifth Avenue Synagogue, and President, New York Board of Rabbis, The Five Cups of Wine on Seder Eve: History, Halacha, and Hope in the Haggadah
Rabbi Seth Grauer, Asst. Rabbi, Fifth Avenue Synagogue, iSeder: How to make your Pesach Seder inspire your iPod generation children and grandchildren
Rabbi Dr. Michael Rosensweig, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva University, and Resident Scholar, Fifth Avenue Synagogue, The Nature of Eating Matzah on Pesach
Rabbi Avraham Priel, Rabbi, Midrash Yosef Shalom, The Differences between Sephardim and Ashkenazim in Laws and Customs
Leah Kohn, Co-Founder and Director, Jewish Renaissance Center, The 4 Sons: A Torah View of Human Psychology, Behavior, and Potential
Session B - 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth, Rabbi Emeritus, Fifth Avenue Synagogue, The Essential Jewish Character
Layaliza Soloveichik, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District, New York, The Warp and the Weft: Kol Dmama Daka and the Fabric of Jewish Life
Rabbi Simcha B. Berger, Founder, Yeshiva Gedolah, Bridgeport, Connecticut, How to Make the Pesach Seder Meaningful
Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Feldman, Associate/East Side Director, Manhattan Jewish Experience, Will American Jewry be Gone in 50 Years and What Can We Do About It?
Rabbi Yigal Sklarin, Talmud & Jewish History Teacher, Ramaz, Using Italian Renaissance Art to Understand Halacha: The Laws of Mezuzah in Renaissance Italy
Session C - 12:00 noon-1:00 p.m.
Professor William Schwartz, University Professor of Law, Yeshiva University, Why Isn’t the Common Law and Its Lawyers as Exalted as Its Torah Counterparts?
Rabbi Bezalel Rudinsky, Spiritual Leader of Yeshivas Or Reuven of Monsey; Redemption and Passover
Barry Mannis, Member, AIPAC National Board of Directors, Stopping Iran's Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons: A Policy Briefing & Call to Action
Mindy Lankry, Sephardic Synagogue of Fifth Avenue, Modern Day Aishet Chayel; Being a Woman of Valor in Today’s World
Rabbi Elie Abadie, M.D., Rabbi, Edmond J. Safra Synagogue, The Interface of Halacha and Medicine
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Ariel Mayor Ron Nachman to Vist FAS
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Shabbat, February 20, Services 9 AM; Address 11 AM
A City in Samaria: Ariel and the Future of Israel Mayor Nachman has presided over the growth of the West Bank town of Ariel from a tiny settlement outpost into a thriving city of over 18,000. This behind the scenes report will help us understand the reality of the current “settlement freeze” and the importance of Ariel and other West Bank settlements to the vitality of Israel. A Kiddush will follow services.
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From the Rabbi
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Our Synagogue's Desert Outpost 
This past August, I spent 20 days in Israel; the most inspiring day was my last. On Sunday, August 31st, I traveled with my family to an army base, deep in the Negev dessert, somewhere between Yerucham and Dimona. It was hot – very hot – that day. My jacket and tie lasted around 30 seconds. I was there representing the Fifth Avenue Synagogue Women’s Club at the dedication of a mobile synagogue and Torah scroll that our Women’s Club sponsored. The program began about 100 yards away from where the synagogue was situated. Around 80 soldiers – half with kipot, half without – danced and sang as the Torah, under a chupah, was carried across the base. The scene was remarkable – the dancing was so spirited, that we kicked up a cloud of dust around us. Soldiers, when given the chance to hold the Torah, wrapped there arms around it, embracing the Torah as if they were being reunited with a long lost brother. Binyamin was quickly hoisted on a soldier’s shoulders. [more...] |
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Annual Membership Meeting/Yom Yerushalayim
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June 1, 2008 
Rabbi Kermaier with our guest speaker, Ethiopian Jewish film producer Sirak Sabahat, who spoke movingly on the topic, "Dreaming of Jerusalem" at our Annual Membership Meeting and Yom Yerushalayim celebration. |
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History of FAS
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| A dream became a reality in 1958. Our synagogue was to be for those who felt the force of a whispered Hebrew prayer; for those who relished the distinction of their heritage; for those who carried the tradition of Judaism proudly and gratefully. [more...] |
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