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Dear Shul Family and Friends,

As you can see, this is another week of multiple messages from the Shul of New York. As we get closer to the High Holidays, there is so much we want to share with you. It is not our intention to fill your e-boxes, but rather, to disseminate important and timely information.

In that spirit, I share with you an invitation of urgent relevance and importance.

This Friday, September 20th, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC, millions of students and workers will leave their schools and workplaces to participate in the world-wide Strike for Climate Action.

Middle Collegiate Church has invited us to participate with them in marching and to gather at the rally that will be held in Battery Park, featuring Greta Thunberg, a Swedish environmental activist teenager who is raising awareness for the consequential risks of climate change. (Check out this amazing TED talk featuring Greta addressing the urgency of transforming our actions to save the planet.) 
 
Here is the schedule for a day of participating in this multi-faith coallition:
Meet at:  St. Paul's Chapel of Trinity Church, 209 Broadway. Map

10:30-11:45 AM:  Faith marchers will gather for coffee, bagels, and sign making.  Everyone is encouraged to arrive by 11:15 AM. 
11:50 AM: Group photo 
11:55 AM: Begin marching to Foley Square (111 Worth Street)
12:00: Rally at Foley Square
1:00 PM:  March to Battery Park
2:30-5:00 PM:  Rally at Battery Park
5:00 PM: Greta Thunberg live speech
 
6:30 PM Shabbat Service. We will convene at Middle Collegiate Church for our scheduled Shabbat service.  We will call ourselves into prayer with the sound of the Shofar to remind ourselves of our obligation to love, tend and heal Mother Earth. I believe that we as a people have the power to change the course of the climate crisis if we act NOW, TOGETHER. Please feel free to bring your shofar and participate in our collective cry to save our planet.

With great love and blessings for wholeness and healing,
Rabbi Eva