Weekly Roundup: August 9, 2024

Categories: Newsletter

Summer Meet & Greet Under 18 Friendship Circle families spent a wonderful day together at Wightman Park on Sunday to play kickball, play on the playground, tell riddles, color and paint large summer canvases, and jump rope! Lily and Leo kept us running after kickballs during the game as they launched some heavy kicks, and Tamar and Maya had fun getting… Read More

One for the Road

Categories: Matot-Massei, Parsha

A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY Rivkee and I were visiting friends in Wyoming this week and took a day trip to Yellowstone National Park. It was truly an experience. The geysers and hot springs were like nothing I have ever seen; it was memorable to say the least. Having spent about a day there, we ventured back to… Read More

Are You Corruptible?

Categories: Parsha, Pinchas

A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY This week we begin to wind down the final portions of the original Four Books of the Torah (the Fifth takes on a different tone as it reiterates much of the previous four and is written in first person by Moses). It includes several episodes – primarily starring Pinchas, the Parsha’s namesake –… Read More

Weekly Roundup: July 26, 2024

Categories: Friendship Circle

FOTT Wellness Friends on the Town had a blast exploring creativity and wellness this week at Wightman Park! Ally led us in creating inner and outer self portraits of ourselves as she discussed how creativity promotes wellness. It was so fun to see the art that everyone produced! We can’t wait for the next opportunity to practice wellness together. Emma… Read More

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Weekly Roundup: July 4, 2025

Family Fun June 2025 On Sunday our Junior Friends got together for Summer Family Fun!! We joined together for a morning of creative play, a singalong session and story time led by FC members Sammi and Rachel reading the story “We are all different, we are all the same”. Our morning wouldn’t have been complete without a visit from our… Read More

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A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT BY RABBI MORDY This week’s Parsha, Korach, discusses Korach’s unsuccessful rebellion against his cousin Moshe; by G-d’s design, this Sunday we will also commemorate the 31st Yahrtzeit (anniversary of passing) of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, The Rebbe (for whom our son Mendy is named, and whose teachings inspired the establishment of The Friendship Circle). These two events, especially… Read More

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