BUILDING BRIDGES: Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber in Text Study and Conversation
Join colleagues and friends Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber for monthly text study.
Zoom.
BUILDING BRIDGES: Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber in Text Study and Conversation
Join colleagues and friends Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber for monthly text study.
Zoom.
BUILDING BRIDGES: Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber in Text Study and Conversation
Join colleagues and friends Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber for monthly text study.
Zoom.
BUILDING BRIDGES: Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber in Text Study and Conversation
Join colleagues and friends Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber for monthly text study.
Zoom.
BUILDING BRIDGES: Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber in Text Study and Conversation
Join colleagues and friends Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber for monthly text study.
Zoom.
BUILDING BRIDGES: Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber in Text Study and Conversation
Join colleagues and friends Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber for monthly text study.
Zoom.
BUILDING BRIDGES: Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber in Text Study and Conversation
Join colleagues and friends Rabbis Jan Uhrbach and Lisa Gelber for monthly text study.
Zoom.
Selichot Services
Prepare for the High Holy Days with study and the special Selichot service, featuring the music of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Community Shabbat Dinner
Shabbat dinners with Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, and special guests of Bridge Shul, bi-weekly throughout the summer. RSVP required.
Garden Party - Open House
Come for an afternoon of good company, good food, and some inspiration at our Garden Party, at a members’ home in East Hampton. Meet our community and our rabbis. Address provided upon RSVP.
Rabbi Edward Feld
“The Revolutionary Nature of Jewish Law.” Scholar-in-residence Rabbi Ed Feld will give the d’var Torah, grounded in his approach to the evolving nature of Jewish law in his acclaimed new book, The Book of Revolutions — The Battles of Priests, Prophets, and Kings That Birthed the Torah.
Merle Feld
“What Do We Learn as We Age? A Poet’s Journey.” Begin your preparation for the High Holy Days with an intimate poetry reading and discussion by poet and spiritual guide Merle Feld, featuring poems from her newest book, Longing: Poems of a Life. The reading and discussion will take place at Shabbat dinner following Friday night services.
Shabbat with Galeet Dardashti
A remarkable opportunity for very special Shabbat services co-lead by Hazzanit Galeet Dardashti with Gesher’s own rabbis. Friday night services followed by community Shabbat dinner with Galeet.
Galeet Dardashti and Divahn — in Concert
Galeet Dardashti, in a special concert with her jazz ensemble, Divahn. Co-sponsored with the Hamptons Jazz Fest. At The Church | Sag Harbor.
Prof. Julian Zelizer
What role can/should religion and religious leaders play in the public square? Dr. Julian Zelizer, Princeton historian, CNN politic analyst and best-selling author of Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement, joins us for a post-services discussion.
Tisha B’Av
Tisha B’Av commemorates the destruction of both Temples, and other times of exile and destruction throughout Jewish history. Gesher | The Bridge Shul and our friends from Temple Adas Israel have traditionally observed this day together, to model the way in which focusing on what we share, rather than on our differences, is an essential part of rebuilding when things fall apart.
Wednesday July 26, 8:45 pm
Thursday, July 27, 7:45 pm, followed by break-fast
Both evenings in-person and Zoom.
Shavuot Services
Tikkun Leil Shavuot, together with The Jewish Center of the Hamptons and Temple Adas Israel.
6:45 pm Festival Evening Service
7:00-9:00 pm Tikkun Leil Shavuot
with teachings by Rabbi Uhrbach and Rabbis Dan Geffen (TAI) and Josh Franklin (JCOH)
LOCATION – HYBRID: Jewish Center of the Hamptons, 44 Woods Lane, East Hampton and Zoom (Click here to join the Zoom)
Then, stream the Conservative Movement’s Tikkun Leil Shavuot – Torah from Coast to Coast
Rabbi Uhrbach will be co-teaching with Rabbi Lisa Gelber, from 10-10:30 pm
Watch the livestream here!
Then join us for hybrid Shavuot morning services at 10 am on Friday May 26 and Shabbat May 27 (followed by community picnic).
Gesher in the News!
Join us for for this special summer and beyond as we celebrate our 25th anniversary as a synagogue.