Monthly Archives: March 2025

NEVER IS NOW ADL Summit in New York City

On March 3-4, 2025: 1) Steven Mandel MD VP NYM Community Outreach 2) Mark Goldstein3) Daniel Gross – President Sutton Place Synagogue Men’s Club 4) Victor Goldsmith 5) Irv Varkonyi – Chair FJMC Combatting Anti-Semitism Committee 6) Allan Kahan – Immediate FJMC International Past President All attended the NEVER IS NOW Summit in New York […]

The Smell I Can Never Forget

By Marc Liebman Captain, (USN retired) It was the summer of 1949, and I went with my parents, not that I had a choice since I was four, to a place called Dachau. We were there because my father had been recalled for the Berlin Air Lift and offered a regular commission (as opposed to […]

A New Dawn: SPS Teens Cultivate Community at Sunrise 56

by Alexa Taras and Julia Weissman, Sutton Place Synagogue In a bustling city of millions, where strangers swiftly pass by one another without a second thought, it’s easy to take the connections we have with others for granted. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of community became more evident than ever. For […]

Letting the Teens Drive the Ship: Leadership and Community in Teen Engagement

By Seth Golob, Director of the Jackson Religious School and Family Engagement at Sutton Place Synagogue I believe that teen engagement is one of the toughest aspects of synagogue work. Teens are balancing a rigorous high school schedule, after school activities, sports, music, dance, volunteering, you name it. Then there is their jam packed social […]