Summer Events 2025
Save the Dates
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.
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
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