Yom Kippur Ne'ilah Service & Shofar Sounding 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm on Zoom* Service Leader: Rabbi Doug Heifetz Ne'ilah is the concluding service of Yom Kippur. It is the time when final prayers of repentance are recited as the sun begins to set. At the end of the service, we hear the sound of […]
7:30 pm Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz Find Joy in Vulnerability - Many of our seasonal holiday traditions emphasize vulnerability. The sukkah is a permeable, feeble structure, reminding us of our vulnerability to the elements and our dependence on the natural environment, on other people and on the universe in general. […]
7:30 pm Fantasy & Science Fiction Shabbat Program -- Service followed by a Discussion Service Leader: Miriam Winder Kelly Discussion Leader: D.H. Aire Come for an abbreviated Friday evening Shabbat Service, and stay for a discussion of a Fantasy & Science Fiction story. The story is by James Morrow, a novelist and short story writer, […]
7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service and Post-Election Self-Care Service Leader: Rabbi Doug Heifetz Guest Leader: Arlene J.M. Grant, Esq. Join us for a “special edition” of our traditional service. This service will include a post-election introduction to Self-Care: Cleanse Your Cache™ led by Arlene J.M. Grant, who is an activist, artist, and attorney in the […]
7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Human Rights Service Service Leader: Rabbi Doug Heifetz Guest Speaker: Philip Leaf, Ph.D. Please join our annual Human Rights Shabbat honoring International Human Rights Day 2020. We will focus on "Health Care is a Human Right." In addition to our Shabbat prayers, our service includes: a Special Report on Local Community […]
5:00 pm Chanukah Yarning Circle Led by Miriam Winder Kelly and Arlene J.M. Grant Please join our first Chanukah Yarning Circle. Our service opens with simultaneous menorah candle lighting, blessings, singing Ma'oz Tzur, and prayers for healing. We continue with our participants sharing personal stories of inspiration (1 to 3 minutes in length) using songs, […]
7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz "My Legs Were Praying" (quote from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel) This Shabbat, just before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, provides a great opportunity to reflect on the legacy of the civil rights struggle, the progress, and the many steps that remain incomplete. We will read and […]
7:30 pm Tu B'Shvat Seder - New Year for the Trees Leader: Miriam Winder Kelly Co-Leader: Arlene JM Grant Please join us for a special participatory Tu B'Shvat Seder to celebrate the New Year for the Trees. Tu B'Shvat symbolizes redemption of the land and environmental awareness. Let's celebrate our place in nature and the […]
6:30 pm Virtual Field Trip to NYC! Kabbalat Shabbat Service at West End Synagogue Come with us to New York City – virtually, of course – for a Kabbalat Shabbat Service hosted by a Reconstructionist congregation on the Upper West Side, the West End Synagogue. WES has invited our Beit Tikvah community to join them […]
7:30 pm Reflecting on Purim Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz A Tale of Two Queens Join us for this end-of-Purim service. The biblical Book of Esther, read by Jews on the Purim holiday, mentions two queens - Esther and Vashti. Both of them confront oppressive conditions, in very different ways. We will explore […]
