The Wandering Jews of Astoria

Cheers! To our recent Ice Cream Happy Hour in Astoria Thanks to everyone to attended. Ice cream flavors. Photo 1: Cotton Candy Photo 2: The Munches. Photo 3: Banana Pudding and Peppermint Patty.

Flash Back! Winning trivia teams from July. We had 2 teams and wine 1st and 3rd place.

Thanks to everyone that attended the 15th Anniversary Party at The Bohemian Beer Hall and Garden yesterday. It's because you keep showing up that the group can still continue. See you at upcoming events. Thank you Mara and Cassi for getting it going.

Flash back!! Or when we went to in May for trivia. We split into 2 teams and both teams came in as 1st place!

Flash back! Trivia from October 2023. Remember that time we won first place, but traded the gift card for a "Mystery Bag," which turned out to be a package of SPIDER WEBS!! 🤣🤣

Join us for the next Wandering Jews Shabbat, as Jonah hosts us at his building's Club Room. This special Shabbat will be led with musical accompaniment, and the vegetarian potluck dinner has pizza included. It is $10 to attend, and that will help offset the cost of reserving the room.

Please RSVP to Jonah at [email protected] by Monday, 3/25. This will be a larger capacity Shabbat, but space is still limited so RSVP early. After he receives your payment, he will provide the OneTable registration link, address, and potluck sign-up for sides, beverages and desserts.

Jujube we will miss you!! Hopefully you can open at another location in Astoria. Group photos from our Annual Christmastime gathering 2023. Food Photos from a recent visit last week. Glad to have gone 1 more time!! .tree

Just thinking about our fun Chanukah meet-up back in December. We lit our Menorah's, had good food and made "Chanukah Dogs," a paper crafting activity. Oh and the driedels were spinning too. Thanks to those who attended.

In case you missed it, here is the note we sent out about the situation in Israel:

WJOA is horrified and sickened by the recent attack on Israel by Hamas. It is heartbreaking and maddening to see what's happening, especially with the violence in the region against any and all civilians, including children and the elderly. We know many in our community are impacted personally, and we are thinking about you and supporting you. We mourn those lost, and we pray for a speedy recovery of those injured and for the safe return of hostages. We hope for a quick end to the violence, and for eventual peace in the region.

If you'd like to contribute, here is a list of organizations helping Israelis in need:
UJA's Israel Emergency Fund
https://www.ujafedny.org/israel-emergency-fund

JDC Responds: Emergency in Israel
https://donate.jdc.org/give/525516/ #!/donation/checkout

JNF's Israel Resilience Campaign
https://my.jnf.org/gaza-emergency/Donate

Support The Immediate Needs of Israelis Today When you donate to Jewish National Fund you are helping to build a stronger, healthier, more secure Israel. JNF-USA is a not-for-profit organization that gives all generations of Jews a unique voice in the future for the land of Israel and its people.

Last time we went to Wolfhound back in March we won a gift certificate!! Who's coming tomorrow night to join in the fun??!! 8pm To join our team and for more info check out our FB invite in our bio/linktree

There are some community meet-ups today and this week to share together your thoughts and for support.

JCC Manhattan will gather in their lobby each day this week, Monday–Thursday, from 4–6 pm

Please join us in going to Astoria Center of Israel (ACI) for this cross community Simchat Torah celebration on Saturday, Oct 7th alongside Malkhut

6:00pm Children’s Simchat Torah Program

7:00pm Maariv and Hakafot

Please register for event with ACI. Find the link in our bio, with linktree.

Please join us at ACI for this cross community Simchat Torah celebration on Saturday, Oct 7th alongside and The Wandering Jews of Astoria

6:00pm Children’s Simchat Torah Program

7:00pm Maariv and Hakafot

Kindly register link https://astoriacenter.org/simchat-torah-2023/

2nd Day of Rosh Hashanah and Tashlich.

Thinking about last year’s Tashlich in Gantry State Park on the LIC Waterfront. We’ll be back there this year on Sunday, September 16th, Day 2 of Rosh Hashanah. Join us for that, plus alllll of our High Holy day programming. For more info & to register: https://www.malkhutqueens.org/hhdinfo

We are Co-Sponcering High Holy Days with Malkhut and Queens Jewish Project Check out this link for info to Zoom services and in-person Services. As well as other events inconjunction with the Days of Awe

high holy days | Malkhut This year, we are excited to be back celebrating the High Holy Days at CUNY School of Law, in Long Island City, Queens. Rosh Hashanah, Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur services will take place both in-person and via livestream. On this page, we have information about the High Holy Day season's schedule of s...

Shavuot Options 2023

JCC Manhattan (334 Amsterdam Ave at W 76th St, NYC)
Thursday, May 25, 10 p.m. – Friday, May 26, 5 a.m.
https://mmjccm.org/tikkun

Malkhut and ACI, St Mark’s Church (33-50 82nd St, Jackson Heights)
Thursday, May 25, 5:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
https://www.malkhutqueens.org/shavuot

Ashreynu Astoria (21-14 30th Ave, Astoria)
Thursday, May 25, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
https://ashreynu.org/event/tikkun-leil-shavuot/

Congregation Sons of Israel (33-21 Crescent St, Astoria)
Sons of Israel is planning to have all night learning on Thursday night (starting at 9:30 p.m./10 p.m.) with a dairy meal. Then services during the day on Friday (9 a.m./9:30 a.m.), Shabbat dinner on Friday night and services on Saturday morning (9 a.m./9:30 a.m.). No sign up, but you can RSVP in advance, by calling 718-274-2125.

Tikkun Leil Shavu’ot What a great way to prepare ourselves for Matan Torah (the Jewish People receiving of Torah) by studying Torah late into the the night of Shavu’ot.

Looking for a seder? Are you able to accommodate more guests? Fill out our seder match form:

WJOA Seder Match

In your 20s/30s? Central Synagogue's 20s/30s group is having a Shabbat dinner and service this Friday, March 3, 6:30 to 9:30pm at Hebrew Union College. It's $18. WJOA member Jonah will be going, so you can let him know if you want to meet up there. His email is [email protected].

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Here's the source sheet with some notes about Tu Bishvat we used tonight. We also talked a bit about the modern history of the holiday & practices, the Seder, & celebrating growth in the middle of winter.

Tu Bishvat 5782 (WJOA) | Sefaria Notes & reflections for a Tu Bishvat dinner with my independent minyan.

Happy pre-holiday-weekend-Wednesday! If you'd like to attend our Tu Bishvat Seder this Sunday at Oliver's, please RSVP using the Google Form (https://forms.gle/6EjimW1o1X4m2rnh9). I'll give the final count to Oliver's by Saturday evening. If you have specific questions or requests about the event itself (pertaining to COVID, etc.) OR Tu Bishvat, please send us a private message or e-mail Chelsea ([email protected]). Looking forward to seeing some of you! Also please let us know if you're interested in setting up a Zoom link for the Seder; we'll see if we can do so from Oliver's.

WJOA Tu Bishvat Seder (Tentative) Sunday 16 January 2022 (Tentative) 6:00 p.m. (Tentative) Oliver's (37-19 Broadway at 38th Street)

A freylekhn khanike!!

I need to get a head count ASAP for Oliver's. Please indicate that you plan to join us by indicating "Going" in the event or filling out our Google Form (https://forms.gle/wR4C8ACfxZZKtstdA).

A groysn dank!

WJOA Chanukah Havdalah Saturday, December 4, 2021 6:00 p.m. Oliver's (37-19 Broadway at 38th Street)

Amazing turnout for KabShabs in Athens Square Park!

“You can’t take it with you...” a d’var by Brian (on the left).

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Shabbat Shalom and Moadim L’Simcha! monthly KabShabs, this time in Athens Square Park.

Happy New Year 🍎 L'Shanna Tovah! Photos from our Erev Rosh Hashanah dinner, at The Shady Lady. To a Sweet New Year 🍯🍞 with old friends and new!

Thank you to everyone who joined The Wandering Jews of Astoria for our Erev Rosh Hashanah dinner at The Shady Lady. Don't miss out on these upcoming high holidays-related/September events:

Sunday, September 12th @ 12:00 PM - In-Person Book Club in LIC
Tuesday, September 14th @ 6:30 PM - Art Making at Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden
Sunday, September 19th @ 7:30 PM - Milkshake Meetup
Friday, September 24th - Sukkot Kabbalat Shabbat

You can find information about all of these events here on Facebook, through our newsletter, and on our website!

Ophira Eisenberg, a regular at Jews Do Comedy events with WJOA, is Back From The ‘Quar’ To Record Her New Live Comedy Album at New York Comedy Club on Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 7pm and 9:30pm. Be sure to use the discount code when purchasing tickets!
https://boast.nyc/ophira-eisenberg-record-new-live-comedy-album-aug-1/

Ophira Eisenberg to Record Her New Live Comedy Album on Aug. 1 - BOAST: Best of Astoria Ophira Eisenberg is Back From The ‘Quar’ To Record Her New Live Comedy Album at New York Comedy Club on Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 7pm and 9:30pm Stand-UP Clips From The Comedy Cellar: Canadians Being Nice High Dog-Walker WHAT: Brooklyn-based, Canadian comedian and host of NPR’s trivia radio sh...

While we aren't coming together for Kabbalat Shabbat this week, we're looking back to last week's gathering in Astoria Park 🌲. What a great turn-out! Save the date for our next KabShab - Friday, August 13th!