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Summer of Geffen Love

Honoring the Geffen Family for 10+ Years of Service

June 29th:
Members-only Fundraiser Cocktail Party honoring The Geffen Family, 4pm-6pm

July 18th:
Shabbat Off the Bay celebrating Eva and Emet Geffen

August 9th:
Luncheon honoring Lu Geffen following Shabbat services

August 22nd-23rd:
Shabatton honoring Rabbi Daniel Geffen

Details to Follow

SUMMER IS HERE!

Let's help kids in need get ready for camp!

HELP US BY DONATING

SUGGESTED DONATION $18 TO THE TEMPLE ADAS SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE SO WE CAN DO THE SHOPPING FOR OUR LOCAL CHILDREN
*AND/OR*
PURCHASE A NEW UNISEX BACKPACK AND DROP OFF AT TEMPLE ADAS BY JUNE 20TH

TO DONATE: Click the button below and scroll down on the Paypal Drop Down Menu and select “Social Justice.”

KNIT-A-MITZVAH 

MAKE A DIFFERENCE! 

MONDAYS, 10:30AM

Our Knit-a-Mitzvah group knit hats for the Sag Harbor FoodPantry, Hats & Scarves for the Maureen’s Haven Homeless Shelter, Bags for wheelchairs for the local rehab centers and more. We are open to Mitzvah knitting projects.

Join our Knit-a-Mitzvah Group. Beginner knitters are welcome, experienced knitters are welcome!

Email Andrea Fagin for more information.

CURRENT EVENTS
Discussion Group

with congregant Dr. Bob Haar

THURSDAYS IN JUNE
4:00-5:00pm (No meeting on June 19)

This group will engage in current events around the world. If you have any questions ahead of the meeting please email Bob Haar.

WELCOME!

Temple Adas Israel NEW MEMBERS SHABBAT

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 6:30pm

Join us to celebrate our NEW MEMBERS during our Friday Evening Service followed by a Shabbat Potluck Dinner.

Bring a vegetarian dish for 6-8 people.

Email Andrea Fagin to let her know what dish you are bringing.

Pride Shabbat Service

in celebration of “LGBTQ+ Pride Month"

Led by Rabbi Geffen, Rabbi Levin, and Student Cantor Will Brockman

Friday, June 20, 6:30pm

Followed by an expanded Oneg

We are all God’s children. We feel each other’s pain, We celebrate each other’s joy Let us come together, As one family… In Friendship and Love.

@ Temple Adas Israel, 30 Atlantic Avenue Sag Harbor 631.725.0904

ART EXHIBIT OPENING

CHEESE & WINE RECEPTION

MEET THE ARTIST
Harriet Finck

SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 5:00PM

BOOK GROUP

2025 Summer Theme:
Stories About Us

Discussion Facilitator: Ruth Joseph

Sundays: June 22, July 20, and August 24

Time: 11:00 am -12:15 pm • 10:50 am: A Bagel & Coffee Buffet

Place: Temple Adas Israel Community Room or on Zoom

Readings for June 22:
"Making Good" by Lore Segal and "Evensong" by Laurie Colwin

To participate or for more information, email Ruth Joseph. PDFs of the readings will be sent to registered participants on June 10 and will be available in our Temple office on June 14.

Reflections From MY BIRTHRIGHT TRIP

Friday, June 27, 6:30 PM

Marley Slotkin is a Hamptons native and former Temple Adas Israel Youth Group President and Assistant Hebrew school teacher. Now she lives in Philadelphia, and works for URBN (Urban Outfitters, Free People and Anthropologie,Inc.) Listen to her speak on Friday Night Shabbat Services about her life changing birthright trip to Israel in the midst of the ongoing conflict and wartime challenges. Join us to hear more about how her college experience and post graduation trip to Israel shaped her passion for Zionism and all things Israel.

Thursdays in July at Temple Adas Israel

July 10, 7:00 pm
Poetry Reading with Phil Schultz, Pulitzer Winner

July 17, 7:00 pm
Film: Between the Stone & the Flower A story of a Converso

July 24, 7:00 pm
Tallit Making Workshop with Lee Rywkin
Registration Required: Please email info@templeadasisrael.org

July 31, 7:00 pm
Nancy Karelbach: My Father, Syd Shores, Preeminent Captain America penciller

Scholar-in-Residence

Rabbi Jeremy Bruce, Director of Programming at the Rabbi Sacks Legacy

July 11-13, 2025

FRIDAY, July 11
6:30 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat Service: D’var Torah: Rabbi Bruce Healing a Fractured World: How to Build a Strong, Moral Society. Join us for an Expanded Oneg

SATURDAY, July 12
10:00 am: Shabbat Morning Service: Join us for an Expanded Kiddush
12:00 pm: Torah Study: Rabbi Bruce The People of the Book: Rabbi Sacks on the Secret of Jewish Survival

SUNDAY, July 13
9:30 am: Bagels &...
10:00 am: Rabbi Bruce The Great Partnership: The Dialogue Between Science and Religion

A History of Zionism and the State of Israel

Taught by Rabbi Dan Geffen

MONDAYS AT 10:00AM
July 14 - August 25

Join Rabbi Dan for a 7 week mini-course that will explore the evolution of Zionism, tracing its roots in Torah, Talmud and liturgy through the founding of the modern State of Israel. Each class will feature prominent Zionist thinkers, texts and insight into the current realities on the ground in Israel.

This course is only open to Temple members and is available in-person and on zoom.

Registration Required: Please email info@templeadasisrael.org

ANNUAL HAVDALAH HARBOR SUNSET SAIL

Saturday, July 19, 7:00-9:00 PM

****Limited space**** Sign up by July 11th

Boarding at 6:45 PM
Cost: $150 per person
Includes Wine and Light Refreshments. Reservations made with complete payment by July 11.

PAYMENTS:

To Pay by Check: Temple Adas Israel PO Box 1378 Sag Harbor, NY 11963
Please provide: Name, Email & Cell Phone for each passenger.
For More Information: info@templeadasisrael.org or call 631.725.0904

Getting You House in order:

Advance Care Planning in a Jewish Context

Medical decision making, Health Care Proxy, Post Death Considerations

Susie Kessler Consultant for "What Matters: Caring Conversations about End of Life"

Sunday, July 27
9:30 Bagels &... 10:00-11:30 am: Session with Susie

“People who think seriously about the fragility of life are more likely to focus on things that really matter and live their lives to the fullest.” -Rabbi Abraham Twerski