Past Events

Start your little one’s day the happy & healthy way with song, dance, stories, bubbles, puppets, instruments, & more! Parents, grandparents and caregivers join us [...]

T'shuvah Lecture 5784 In person at Or Zarua. Atonement, Redemption, and Justice: Earning Your Degree for Life Professor Randy Friedman, Department of Judaic Studies, Binghamton [...]

Rosh Hashanah, Day 2 6:00 pm: Central Park, Meet by the Reservoir

Come to the parks to hear the blast of the shofar together and do tashlikh! Sunday, Sept. 17, Rosh Hashanah Day 2 4:15 pm: Carl [...]

Families, join us before Shofar in the Park & Tashlikh for Family Story Time at Carl Schurz Park. We'll have stories for little ones and [...]

For Elementary School children, at Wallace Hall This is a drop-off program. Kindergarten - 5th grade children, join us on the second day of Rosh [...]

For infants - Pre-K, on the Or Zarua roof. This is NOT a drop-off program. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Little ones, join [...]

High Holy Days begin September 15! We are looking forward to being together in person at Wallace Hall for the High Holy Days, which begin [...]

First Day Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur FLEX will meet at the Or Zarua Building To ensure the best program and best use of our [...]

High Holy Days begin September 15! We are looking forward to being together in person at Wallace Hall for the High Holy Days, which begin [...]

High Holy Days begin September 15! We are looking forward to being together in person at Wallace Hall for the High Holy Days, which begin [...]

Start your little one’s day the happy & healthy way with song, dance, stories, bubbles, puppets, instruments, & more! Parents, grandparents and caregivers join us [...]

RSVP HERE to help us with planning. The Days of Awe Begin with S’lihot the Saturday night before Rosh HaShanah. Join us for "Sinful Desserts" [...]

Our youngest youth meet on select Shabbat mornings. Parents and children celebrate Shabbat together with interactive songs, stories and more! For infants - Pre-K. Torah [...]

Learn and pray together at Torah Kids! Together, we’ll daven Shabbat Shaharit, learning new t’filot and melodies while we deepen our understandings of and connections to the prayers. [...]

Join us for Welcome Back Shabbat and the first Kiddush in the Round of the year! This is our way of giving our community more [...]

High Holy Days Melody Workshop With Rabbi Bolton and Marc Ashley Following kiddush As the High Holy Days approach, please join Rabbi Bolton and congregant [...]

Jewish Themes in "Rough Diamonds" - Elul Inspiration Wednesday, Aug. 23, 7:00 pm Come discuss “Rough Diamonds,” the series on Netflix that portrays the Antwerp [...]

The full fast day of Tisha B’Av aids us in recollecting the darker times in Jewish history toward inspiring us to help rebuild a world [...]

The full fast day of Tisha B’Av aids us in recollecting the darker times in Jewish history toward inspiring us to help rebuild a world [...]

Join us to steer into the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, when we have services at night that include sitting on the floorand listening [...]

Summer Talmud Torah Guns and Society - Still Aiming For a Solution Summer Talmud Torah video available by clicking HERE. Given the reality that we [...]

Summer Soiree on the OZ Roof Come party on the roof with Or Zarua! A night to socialize and connect with friends. Beer, cider and [...]

Our annual Parents' Night Out on the Or Zarua roof is just around the corner. Enjoy an evening of cocktails, light far and games, all [...]

Wine & Poetry with Rabbi Bolton and Shelley Saposnik And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen Turns them to [...]

A Social Night Out with a Short Study to connect us to our roots. Topic: Jokes & Insults in the Talmud: The Start of Stand-Up [...]

Start your little one’s day the happy & healthy way with song, dance, stories, bubbles, puppets, instruments, & more! Parents, grandparents and caregivers join us [...]

Start your Shabbat morning with Torah Tots and Torah Kids at 11:00 am. Then, enjoy a special ice cream treat at the community kiddush! After [...]

Our youngest youth meet on select Shabbat mornings. Parents and children celebrate Shabbat together with interactive songs, stories and more! For infants - Pre-K. Torah [...]

Learn and pray together at Torah Kids! Together, we’ll daven Shabbat Shaharit, learning new t’filot and melodies while we deepen our understandings of and connections to the prayers. [...]

Start your little one’s day the happy & healthy way with song, dance, stories, bubbles, puppets, instruments, & more! Parents, grandparents and caregivers join us [...]

From Manna to Manischewitz: Elevating Everyday Jewish Cooking and Eating  Nancy Wolfson-Moche, nutrition educator and author Shabbat morning, June 10, after Kiddush Explore how the [...]

Siddur Class 5783  Lekha Dodi - Meeting the Mystical Sabbath Queen at Night & Other Evening Prayers Thursdays, 8:40 am, beginning October 27, 2022 Come [...]

Talmud Class 5783 (Library and Zoom) Punishments In Search of Crimes & Wisdom for Developing Moral Citizenship Wednesdays, 7:30 pm, beginning October 26, 2022 Click [...]

Zoom Torah Study Leadership: Searching the Weekly Torah Portion for Inspiration Mondays, 12:00 pm, beginning Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 Click to join Torah Study Join [...]

Start your little one’s day the happy & healthy way with song, dance, stories, bubbles, puppets, instruments, & more! Parents, grandparents and caregivers join us [...]

Siddur Class 5783  Lekha Dodi - Meeting the Mystical Sabbath Queen at Night & Other Evening Prayers Thursdays, 8:40 am, beginning October 27, 2022 Come [...]

Talmud Class 5783 (Library and Zoom) Punishments In Search of Crimes & Wisdom for Developing Moral Citizenship Wednesdays, 7:30 pm, beginning October 26, 2022 Click [...]

Balancing the Equation: The Math of the Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (the Aseret HaDibrot) – arguably the most important text in Judaism – are [...]

Thursday, May 25 7:57 pm Candle Lighting 8:00 pm Festival Ma'ariv followed by Tikkun Leil Shavuot Friday, May 26 9:00 am Shaharit 6:30 pm Minhah/Ma'ariv [...]

Click HERE  to RSVP (required) & submit Proxy 6:30 pm Tar Beach Picnic 8:00 pm Annual Meeting Join us for Congregation Or Zarua's 34th Annual [...]

Zoom Torah Study Leadership: Searching the Weekly Torah Portion for Inspiration Mondays, 12:00 pm, beginning Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 Click to join Torah Study Join [...]

Siddur Class 5783  Lekha Dodi - Meeting the Mystical Sabbath Queen at Night & Other Evening Prayers Thursdays, 8:40 am, beginning October 27, 2022 Come [...]

Talmud Class 5783 (Library and Zoom) Punishments In Search of Crimes & Wisdom for Developing Moral Citizenship Wednesdays, 7:30 pm, beginning October 26, 2022 Click [...]

Zoom Torah Study Leadership: Searching the Weekly Torah Portion for Inspiration Mondays, 12:00 pm, beginning Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 Click to join Torah Study Join [...]

Kiddush in the Round is a great time to meet and spend time with other congregants. Stay after services and schmooze over a delicious Shabbat [...]

Siddur Class 5783  Lekha Dodi - Meeting the Mystical Sabbath Queen at Night & Other Evening Prayers Thursdays, 8:40 am, beginning October 27, 2022 Come [...]

Talmud Class 5783 (Library and Zoom) Punishments In Search of Crimes & Wisdom for Developing Moral Citizenship Wednesdays, 7:30 pm, beginning October 26, 2022 Click [...]

Celebrate Lag BaOmer with delicious BBQ, s'mores, and lots of fun games and activities! Families with kids of all ages are invited to celebrate. There [...]

The Board of Trustees invites you to celebrate Or Zarua's Campaign for the Future honoring the leadership and vision of Rabbi Scott N. Bolton on [...]

Click HERE to join Zoom meeting Tune in for reflections on Israel from Rabbi Joe Schwartz, Director of Makom, the Israel education laboratory Jewish Agency, [...]

A Certain Amount of Harmony: The Life and Learning of David Weiss Halivni Marc Ashley’s Adult Education Course Between Pesah and Shavuot Three Sundays on [...]

Siddur Class 5783  Lekha Dodi - Meeting the Mystical Sabbath Queen at Night & Other Evening Prayers Thursdays, 8:40 am, beginning October 27, 2022 Come [...]

Talmud Class 5783 (Library and Zoom) Punishments In Search of Crimes & Wisdom for Developing Moral Citizenship Wednesdays, 7:30 pm, beginning October 26, 2022 Click [...]

Instead of Rabbi Bolton's usual Torah class he will be in dialogue with Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, Chief Rabbi of the Egalitarian Masorti Conservative Jewish Community [...]

A Certain Amount of Harmony: The Life and Learning of David Weiss Halivni Marc Ashley’s Adult Education Course Between Pesah and Shavuot Three Sundays on [...]

Siddur Class 5783  Lekha Dodi - Meeting the Mystical Sabbath Queen at Night & Other Evening Prayers Thursdays, 8:40 am, beginning October 27, 2022 Come [...]

Talmud Class 5783 (Library and Zoom) Punishments In Search of Crimes & Wisdom for Developing Moral Citizenship Wednesdays, 7:30 pm, beginning October 26, 2022 Click [...]

Join the community for a ceremony of remembrance that transitions to a festive Ma'ariv, then celebrate Israeli Independence Day with Ivy Halpern. Ivy Halpern, senior [...]

A Certain Amount of Harmony: The Life and Learning of David Weiss Halivni Marc Ashley’s Adult Education Course Between Pesah and Shavuot Three Sundays on [...]

Siddur Class 5783  Lekha Dodi - Meeting the Mystical Sabbath Queen at Night & Other Evening Prayers Thursdays, 8:40 am, beginning October 27, 2022 Come [...]

Talmud Class 5783 (Library and Zoom) Punishments In Search of Crimes & Wisdom for Developing Moral Citizenship Wednesdays, 7:30 pm, beginning October 26, 2022 Click [...]

Flash Zoom Event Tuesday, April 18, 2023, with Special Guest Yehoshua Pfeffer, Ultra-Orthodox Thought Leader and Founder of the First Haredi Online Blog CLICK HERE [...]

Holocaust Remembrance & Heroism Day Monday, April 17, 7:00 pm Yom HaShoa V'HaGevurah Come, Participate, Add Names of Your Loved Ones We must commit to [...]

Zoom Torah Study Leadership: Searching the Weekly Torah Portion for Inspiration Mondays, 12:00 pm, beginning Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 Click to join Torah Study Join [...]

Zoom Torah Study Leadership: Searching the Weekly Torah Portion for Inspiration Mondays, 12:00 pm, beginning Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 Click to join Torah Study Join [...]

Colors, Containers and Cardboard Cans: Packaging Passover for American Grocery Stores Post-Kiddush Chaburah with Rabbi Bolton In Memory of his father Stewart Bolton, z”l Saturday, [...]

Registration for this event is closed, but if you are interested in attending, please contact Helene to see if there is space available. Celebrate Pesah [...]

Zoom Torah Study Leadership: Searching the Weekly Torah Portion for Inspiration Mondays, 12:00 pm, beginning Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 Click to join Torah Study Join [...]

Sit-Down Shabbat Luncheon Saturday, April 1, after services (no charge) Sign up by March 29 so we can have enough food, tables and chairs! If you [...]

Let’s get moving on Friday afternoons! This week, Shabbat begins at 7:01 PM. Please arrive no later than 6:50 PM for pickup. Children run, jump, [...]

Critics hailed the exhibition Cubism and the Trompe l’Oeil Tradition, recently held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for offering a new understanding of Cubism. [...]

Siddur Class 5783  Lekha Dodi - Meeting the Mystical Sabbath Queen at Night & Other Evening Prayers Thursdays, 8:40 am, beginning October 27, 2022 Come [...]

Talmud Class 5783 (Library and Zoom) Punishments In Search of Crimes & Wisdom for Developing Moral Citizenship Wednesdays, 7:30 pm, beginning October 26, 2022 Click [...]

Join us for a fun night of pizza and drinks while we watch "Rugrats: Passover Edition!" Can't wait to see you there! LOCATION: 504 East [...]

Zoom Torah Study Leadership: Searching the Weekly Torah Portion for Inspiration Mondays, 12:00 pm, beginning Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 Click to join Torah Study Join [...]

Start your little one’s day the happy & healthy way with song, dance, stories, bubbles, puppets, instruments, & more! Parents, grandparents and caregivers join us [...]

Our youngest youth meet on select Shabbat mornings. Parents and children celebrate Shabbat together with interactive songs, stories and more! For infants - Pre-K. Torah [...]

Let’s get moving on Friday afternoons! This week, Shabbat begins at 6:53 PM. Please arrive no later than 6:40 PM for pickup. Children run, jump, [...]

Start your little one’s day the happy & healthy way with song, dance, stories, bubbles, puppets, instruments, & more! Parents, grandparents and caregivers join us [...]

Let’s get moving on Friday afternoons! This week, Shabbat begins at 6:46 PM. Please arrive no later than 6:30 PM for pickup. Children run, jump, [...]

Start your little one’s day the happy & healthy way with song, dance, stories, bubbles, puppets, instruments, & more! Parents, grandparents and caregivers join us [...]

Let’s get moving on Friday afternoons! This week, Shabbat begins at 5:38 PM. Please arrive no later than 5:25 PM for pickup. Children run, jump, [...]

Siddur Class 5783  Lekha Dodi - Meeting the Mystical Sabbath Queen at Night & Other Evening Prayers Thursdays, 8:40 am, beginning October 27, 2022 Come [...]

Talmud Class 5783 (Library and Zoom) Punishments In Search of Crimes & Wisdom for Developing Moral Citizenship Wednesdays, 7:30 pm, beginning October 26, 2022 Click [...]

Shaharit and Megillah begins at 7:15 am. On Purim morning the service is in person only. Regular Tuesday-morning Zoom services will resume March 14.

Join us for our Young Professional Purim Party on the Or Zarua roof following Megillah reading on March 6, 2023 (registration link is below) Ma'ariv, [...]

Ma'ariv, Megillah and Spiel 6:30 pm Ma'ariv and Megillah reading Purim Spiel to follow Dessert reception after Click HERE for Livestream.

Zoom Torah Study Leadership: Searching the Weekly Torah Portion for Inspiration Mondays, 12:00 pm, beginning Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 Click to join Torah Study Join [...]

Start your little one’s day the happy & healthy way with song, dance, stories, bubbles, puppets, instruments, & more! Parents, grandparents and caregivers join us [...]

The entire OZ Community invited to OZ's first ever KIDS' PURIM SPIEL! Sunday, March 5 9:30 am: Breakfast to follow morning minyan (minyan bregins at [...]

Let’s get moving on Friday afternoons! This week, Shabbat begins at 5:31 PM. Please arrive no later than 5:20 PM for pickup. Children run, jump, [...]

Siddur Class 5783  Lekha Dodi - Meeting the Mystical Sabbath Queen at Night & Other Evening Prayers Thursdays, 8:40 am, beginning October 27, 2022 Come [...]

Talmud Class 5783 (Library and Zoom) Punishments In Search of Crimes & Wisdom for Developing Moral Citizenship Wednesdays, 7:30 pm, beginning October 26, 2022 Click [...]

Zoom Torah Study Leadership: Searching the Weekly Torah Portion for Inspiration Mondays, 12:00 pm, beginning Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 Click to join Torah Study Join [...]

Start your little one’s day the happy & healthy way with song, dance, stories, bubbles, puppets, instruments, & more! Parents, grandparents and caregivers join us [...]

Our youngest youth meet on select Shabbat mornings. Parents and children celebrate Shabbat together with interactive songs, stories and more! For infants - Pre-K. Torah [...]

Learn and pray together at Torah Kids! Together, we’ll daven Shabbat Shaharit, learning new t’filot and melodies while we deepen our understandings of and connections to the prayers. [...]

Let’s get moving on Friday afternoons! This week, Shabbat begins at 5:23 PM. Please arrive no later than 5:10 PM for pickup. Children run, jump, [...]

Siddur Class 5783  Lekha Dodi - Meeting the Mystical Sabbath Queen at Night & Other Evening Prayers Thursdays, 8:40 am, beginning October 27, 2022 Come [...]