Join us for a delicious casual lunch in our beautiful outdoor setting in Wain Pavilion. Afterward, hear from environmental leader, Rabba Amalia Haas, one of the first 50 women ordained as clergy by the Orthodox movement. She will help us prepare for the High Holidays by sharing a rich tapestry of personal narrative and earth-based Torah. During this time when the liturgy says that the earth itself was born, we'll explore how to connect the renewal of our spirits and communities to the renewal of our planet.

Join the Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band for a free outdoor concert to benefit the American Friends of Magen David Adom, the Israel Emergency Service organization.

Park Synagogue wants to thank you for being a part of our family and welcome perspective members to join us! We are so grateful for your continued support!

Free and open to the public! Registration encouraged.

Come for a great summer event with our friends from Cory United Methodist Church! Enjoy a live rocking jam session with the Terrance Robinson Band playing your favorite rock & roll and Motown classics! Fun for all ages! Stay cool with ice cream treats and cookies!

Love to cook and bake?  Park has begun a new monthly mitzvah project to prepare a healthy and delicious Sunday dinner for the mothers and children residing at the Journey Center for Safety & Healing, a shelter for families affected by domestic violence, and we need YOU to help!  While the 20 mothers and 25 children receive meals every day, they normally don’t get Sunday dinner.  Park wants to fill that gap!

Enjoy a relaxing summer evening at Blossom Music Center as Tony DeSare, on vocals and piano, and the Cleveland Orchestra perform the Piano Man’s music. Please note: Billy Joel will not appear at the concert.

Those who would like can meet for a picnic (BYO non-meat dinner and beverages) on the Blossom grounds before the concert. Gesher will supply dessert. Then enjoy the performance from our reserved Pavilion seats in Section 36.

The Marriage Box by Corie Adjmi

The Marriage Box is the story of Casey Cohen, a 16-year-old Jewish girl in New Orleans in the 1970s who starts hanging out with the wrong crowd. When she gets in trouble, her parents turn her world upside down by deciding to return to their roots, the Orthodox Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn. Casey journeys from wild teen to 18-year-old married woman and grapples to balance her need for independence with the comforts and constraints of tradition. This story is both a heartbreaking and heartwarming story of the families we are born into and the families we choose, and the unbreakable bonds between women.

Join the Park Synagogue Education Department for a Summer Pool Party!

Professor Haas earned his B.A. in Ancient Near East History from the University of Michigan (1970) and was ordained as a Reform rabbi at Hebrew Union College (1974). After serving three years as a U.S. Army chaplain, he completed a Ph.D. in Jewish Studies at Brown University (1980). He taught at Vanderbilt University from 1980, later joining Case Western Reserve University in 2000, where he chaired the Department of Religious Studies (2003–2015). He retired in 2016. In retirement, he volunteers with local emergency response and court advocacy groups and teaches adult education courses through CWRU and Baldwin Wallace University.

Enjoy seeing and learning about the unique art of Israeli artist Shlomo Katz with exhibit Curator Matthew Garson. The exhibit is the first of Katz’s work since his death in 1992. Shlomo Katz was born in Poland in 1937 and immigrated to Israel as a young boy.

Get “two for one” when you join Park at the Maltz Museum on July 23rd! Enjoy a docent-guided tour of the world-class Judaica collection that is on display at the Maltz. Then take a self-guided tour through the Tree of Life installation. This new exhibit features a powerful selection of artifacts that highlight the historic roots of antisemitism, along with a curated selection from the over 10,000 items left outside the Tree of Life Synagogue or mailed to Pittsburgh in the months after the attack. The installation shares the impact of the 2018 attack, yet focuses on the incredible outpouring of support from all parts of the United States and beyond.

Love to cook and bake?  Park has begun a new monthly mitzvah project to prepare a healthy and delicious Sunday dinner for the mothers and children residing at the Journey Center for Safety & Healing, a shelter for families affected by domestic violence, and we need YOU to help!  While the 20 mothers and 25 children receive meals every day, they normally don’t get Sunday dinner.  Park wants to fill that gap!

Fun for all women! Bring your own mahj rules and set, if you own one.

Join Anne Sportas for a warm and welcoming session of Jewish Women’s Spirituality, open to women of all ages and backgrounds. Whether you’re deeply rooted in Jewish learning or just beginning your journey, no prior knowledge needed- just a curious spirit and an open heart. Come connect, reflect, and explore meaningful Jewish wisdom together in a supportive and inspiring environment.

Love to cook and bake?  Park has begun a new monthly mitzvah project to prepare a healthy and delicious Sunday dinner for the mothers and children residing at the Journey Center for Safety & Healing, a shelter for families affected by domestic violence, and we need YOU to help!  While the 20 mothers and 25 children receive meals every day, they normally don’t get Sunday dinner.  Park wants to fill that gap!

WHAT’S NEXT, filmed two years ago, chronicles one year in the life of Dr. Howard Tucker, the world’s oldest practicing doctor, who at 100-years-old, must grapple with aging for the first time. Dr. Tucker has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest practicing doctor. Following a more than seven-decade career, capped off by a stint teaching neurology to medical residents at Cleveland's St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Dr. Tucker begins to slow down and grapple with aging for the first time. Told through the eyes of his grandson, Austin Tucker, the film follows their journey through a changing medical landscape as their relationship deepens and dynamics shift.

Following the film, Howard Tucker and Austin Tucker will discuss the film and answer questions.

The Food Bank's Healthy Choice Food Market is relatively new and allows neighbor (food recipients) to select their own food instead of receiving a pre-packed or standard bag of groceries. Volunteers will help neighbors shop at the market and fill their shopping cart with nutritious food—fresh produce, canned goods, meat, dairy, and much more. Other volunteers restock food on the shelves or help neighbors take their bags of food to their cars. Volunteers will be given an orientation before beginning.

Join us for Mahj & Mingle!

Shabbat Services

President’s Report, Student Awards, Volunteer Recognition, Elections of New Officers & Board Members and Centerites of the Year Award: Lauren & Steve Spilman!

Remarkably Bright Creatures dives into the unlikely companionship between Tova Sullivan, a grieving widow working at the Pacific Northwest Aquarium, and Marcellus, a curious and intelligent octopus residing there. The narrative weaves themes of grief, love, self-discovery, and the unexpected connections that can form between humans and animals.

David Makovsky is the Ziegler distinguished fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Project on Arab-Israel Relations. He is also an adjunct professor in Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). In 2013-2014, he worked in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of State, serving as a senior advisor to the Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations.

The evening includes a delicious dinner catered by Cafe 56. Please RSVP by May 26 to Mcorpora@parksyn.org

Park Synagogue is sponsoring a bereavement support group for individuals who have lost a loved one, whether a spouse, parent, adult child, sibling, or friend. Dr. Tanya Hartman, licensed clinical psychologist, will be the group facilitator. The group is free and open to all Park members, and, if there is space, to others from the community. Group size is limited, so register soon.

Love to cook and bake?  Park has begun a new monthly mitzvah project to prepare a healthy and delicious Sunday dinner for the mothers and children residing at the Journey Center for Safety & Healing, a shelter for families affected by domestic violence, and we need YOU to help!  While the 20 mothers and 25 children receive meals every day, they normally don’t get Sunday dinner.  Park wants to fill that gap!

With pride we invite the congregation to join us for our First-Grade Consecration Ceremony. A long-standing Park Synagogue tradition, Consecration represents the formal introduction of Park’s First Graders to our congregational family. This year’s ceremony with twenty-seven first graders will take place Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 10:30 am.

Take a leisurely hike, led by experienced hiker & Park member Robin Leichtman, in the North Chagrin Reservation. We’ll hike on the Buttermilk Falls trail and see enjoy the sights of spring in the woods. The group will also visit the Nature Education Center to view and learn about the owls of Northeast Ohio that reside in the center. Take in the beautiful pond and waterfowl next to the North Chagrin Nature Center. Meeting place will be emailed to participants.

Ignite the Night!

Park Synagogue is sponsoring a bereavement support group for individuals who have lost a loved one, whether a spouse, parent, adult child, sibling, or friend. Dr. Tanya Hartman, licensed clinical psychologist, will be the group facilitator. The group is free and open to all Park members, and, if there is space, to others from the community. Group size is limited, so register soon.

Park Synagogue is sponsoring a bereavement support group for individuals who have lost a loved one, whether a spouse, parent, adult child, sibling, or friend. Dr. Tanya Hartman, licensed clinical psychologist, will be the group facilitator. The group is free and open to all Park members, and, if there is space, to others from the community. Group size is limited, so register soon.

Love to cook and bake?  Park has begun a new monthly mitzvah project to prepare a healthy and delicious Sunday dinner for the mothers and children residing at the Journey Center for Safety & Healing, a shelter for families affected by domestic violence, and we need YOU to help!  While the 20 mothers and 25 children receive meals every day, they normally don’t get Sunday dinner.  Park wants to fill that gap!