Jewish New Year services -- A time for rejoicing!   Sunday, September 29th Service at 7:30 PM Apples & Honey Dessert Reception following the service   Monday, September 30th Service at 10:00 AM Following the service, a special Tashlich will be led by Rabbi Heifetz Tashlich of Temporal Sand Art Tashlich traditionally involves the casting of […]

Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Its central themes are atonement and repentance.   Tuesday, October 8th Service at 6:00 PM We begin Yom Kippur with meditative music and private reflection in the sanctuary and the lighting of individual memorial candles in the […]

Sunday, October 13th - Sunday, October 20th Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is named after the booths or huts (sukkot in Hebrew) in which Jews are supposed to dwell during this week-long celebration.

Celebrate Sukkot with a potluck Shabbat dinner in our Sukkah. Enjoy a festive meal and recite a blessing over the lulav and etrog.   Please bring a vegetarian dish to share.

  Join us at 6:30 pm for dinner and a Community Meeting to plan for the year ahead. Dinner will be provided.

10:00 AM Shabbat Service followed by Kiddush and discussion led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz Abraham, Sarah & Welcoming the Stranger We will study the traditions of welcoming the stranger as found in this week's Torah portion, Lech Lecha. How can these traditions impact us today? How should we apply them as contemporary Jews and American […]

  7:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat Service Sonia Rutstein (SONiA disappear fear) - service leader   Community Oneg following the service. Please bring a vegetarian or dairy nosh to share!

10:00 AM Shabbat Service followed by Kiddush and discussion led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz Does Sibling Rivalry Ever End? We will read and discuss key episodes from the stories of Joseph and his brothers, from this season's Torah readings. The story begins with bitter sibling rivalry. We will follow the story as the tension further develops, […]

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Doughnuts, Drinks, & Dreidels:  Community Adult Hanukkah Party   Celebrate the Festival of Lights at Congregation Beit Tikvah with an adult Hanukkah party.  In the Israeli tradition of eating sufganiyah, or fried jelly doughnuts for the holiday, we’ll have a doughnut decorating competition, with winners in a variety of categories.  […]