Temple News

The book is Rabbis and Wives by Chaim Grade.

Rabbis and Wives is three novellas by an internationally celebrated Yiddish writer (1910-1982) that provide a luminous view of a Jewish village in Lithuania between the two world wars and some of its residents. Chaim Grade ranks among the most important Yiddish writers of the post-Holocaust period. His unsentimental depictions of rabbinic high culture and life on the Jewish streets of Vilna both describe memorable characters drawn from different strata of society and dramatize the contest of ideas and moral impulses that defined his community in the interwar period.

Meet with other congregants for an evening of thought-provoking conversation, friendship and fun to discuss the book.

Space is limited. Please RSVP to the Temple office. If you have any questions, you may contact the office at 816-523-7809.

The New Reform Temple launches the seventh season of its monthly film series for adults which brings to our community cutting edge, award winning films that will explore the Modern Jewish Experience.

Join us for a screening of:
Keep Quiet
Thursday, January 24 at 7:00 pm
Theater at the Sulgrave Regency, 200 West 49th Street Kansas City, MO
RSVP to the Temple office at: 816-523-7809 or NRT7100@aol.com. Reservations are required – SPACE IS LIMITED!

With Rabbi Alan D. Londy, D.Min.
Mondays – January 21, 28, February 4, 11
From 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
In the Temple’s Krasne Room

Reform Judaism believes that making informed ethical choices is central to Judaism? How does a Reform Jew make those personal decisions? How can Jewish traditional teachings assist us in making those ethical choices? Join with other synagogue members to explore the following questions:

Week One: Is removing a feeding tube from a dying patient permitted?
Week Two: Your daughter is pregnant. Under what circumstances should she have an abortion?
Week Three: Are we obligated to designate ourselves as organ donors?
Week Four: You are not on speaking terms with your parents. Must you still honor them?

If interest continues, this seminar will be offered again in the spring with the discussion of additional Jewish ethical questions.

Reservations are required as space is limited so please call or email the Temple office.

Join The New Reform Temple for #ShowUpForShabbat

Friday night, November 2^nd at 6:00 pm, The New Reform Temple is gathering for #ShowUpForShabbat, a special Shabbat Service of Mourning and Solidarity.

The New Reform Temple is calling upon its synagogue members—along with elected officials, religious and civic leaders, and other communal allies—to flock to The New Reform Temple, as part of this nationwide #ShowUpForShabbat campaign initiated by the AJC.

11 Jews worshiping at Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, PA were killed attending Sabbath Worship. This massacre was the worst Anti-Semitic event in American History.  We worship together to honor their memories and to affirm our glorious American tradition of Freedom of Religion.

Our Interfaith community and its clergy will be present as well. We must ensure that love triumphs over hate, good over evil, unity over division. That’s our America.

Come to The New Reform Temple this Friday night at 6:00 pm, November 2^nd, and take a stand. Bring your neighbors. The New Reform Temple synagogue community needs to worship together this Shabbat and we need our neighbors to stand together with us.

The New Reform Temple is honored to offer a unique four-week course entitled: What Jews Should Know about the New Testament. The instructor will be Revered, Dr. Robert Hill. The course will be offered on four consecutive Monday nights: October 22nd, October 29th, November 5th and November 12th. The course will begin at 7:00 pm sharp and will last approximately one hour. This educational program is open to the community.

The New Reform Temple has a unique history of inter-faith engagement. For Jews living in the United States today, a basic understanding of the New Testament is essential for understanding our own place in the American religious landscape.

Prior registration is required. Only a limited number of slots are available. Contact the Temple office to register. The registration deadline is Monday, October 15.

The next NRT Book Club will be held on Tuesday, October 30 at 7:00 pm.

The book is Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein Halevi.

Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor is one Israeli’s powerful attempt to reach beyond the wall that separates Israelis and Palestinians and into the hearts of “the enemy.” In a series of letters, Yossi Klein Halevi explains what motivated him to leave his native New York in his twenties and move to Israel to participate in the drama of the renewal of a Jewish homeland, which he is committed to see succeed as a morally responsible, democratic state in the Middle East.

Meet with other congregants for an evening of thought-provoking conversation, friendship and fun to discuss the book.

Space is limited. Please RSVP to the Temple office by October 25. If you have any questions, you may contact the office at 816-523-7809.

On Sunday, October 21, from approximately 9:00 a.m – 12:30 p.m., The New Reform Temple’s Social Justice Committee invites families, couples, and singles to attend Mitzvah Day 2018.

You may volunteer at one of the following activities:

• Rake fall leaves for the elderly.
• Play bingo and make new friends at Village Shalom.
• Prepare and serve a meal to hospice patients.
• Prepare winter garden, prune, and harvest food for refugees at Manheim Park + Garden.

Sign up here https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0D48A4A72DA4F85-mitzvah to tell us where you would like to spend Mitzvah Day or you can call the Temple office.

Make the Jewish New Year of 5779 especially meaningful by signing up to write a letter in our Torah that is being restored, and thus fulfilling the 613^th and final mitzvah in the Torah. The Torah, originally used by a congregation in what was then Czechoslovakia (and now The Czech Republic), survived the Holocaust and has been in The New Reform Temple’s sacred trust since the Temple’s founding over 50 years ago. The act of helping the scribe to write a letter in the Torah will be a powerful experience that is sure to better connect you with Judaism broadly and the Temple specifically. The experience is designed to be shared by families, which will each enjoy private time with the scribe during which they will learn about the specific letter and the section of the Torah they will be working on. There will also be learning stations that will be edifying. December 9^th will be the final opportunity to participate.

Please use the following link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0d48a4a72da4f85-torah to choose the time slot for you and your family.

With the High Holidays rapidly approaching we know many young/young-ish folks within Kansas City’s Jewish community are looking for a synagogue. And guess what? We’re looking for young new members to join the NRT family!