Rosh Hashanah Family Learning and Experience + dinner
Wednesday, October 2
5:00pm - 6:30pm at JCOGS
Parents and kids of all ages learn together about the why, what, and how of Rosh Hashanah. Celebratory family pizza dinner provided.
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday, October 2,
6:30pm - 8:15pm
In Person and Online
6:30 p.m. The JCOGS Band brings in the new year as we reconnect with community.
7:00 p.m. Services include poignant storytelling, music, and prayer.
8:15 p.m. The Nosh provides a dessert oneg, the sweetest way to start your new year.
Rosh Hashanah, Day 1
Thursday, October 3
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
In Person and Online /
The Rec Path
9:30 a.m. The Nosh is open for schmoozing and noshing.
10:00 a.m. Services include music, prayer, powerful words of Torah, the shofar’s call, and a community Torah reading.
10:00-10:30 a.m. Parents and young children, birth to 6 years old. Rosh Hashanah story time, song, and activities with Beth on the JCOGS lower level*. IN PERSON ONLY
11:00-11:30 a.m. Youth ages 7-11. Rosh Hashanah program with holiday songs/prayers, discussion, and activities. With Beth on the JCOGS lower level*. IN PERSON ONLY
1:00 p.m. Tashlich: cast away the unwanted and seek the better parts of self by the river.
*Please note: The playground will be closed during youth programs but open at all other times. Children are welcome on the lower level at all times.
Rosh Hashanah, Day 2
Friday, October 4
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM In Person and Online
10:00am Community-led Services include music, prayer, the shofar’s call, and a community Torah reading.
Shabbat Shuvah short service & potluck @ Rabbi David and Alison's home
Friday, October 4, 2024
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM In Person and Online
Join us at Rabbi David and Alison's home for a short service, including to say the Mourner's Kaddish, and some brief reflections on these Days of Awe/Yamim Noraim, followed by a vegetarian/pescetarian potluck (no peanuts or lentils, please). For all-ages. RSVP for the Zoom link or for directions. Please note: there will be no services at the JCOGS building.
6pm: Arrival and Nosh
6:15-7pm: Service, in person and online
7-8:30pm: Potluck
Kol Nidrei
Friday, October 11
6:45 PM - 8:00 PM
In Person and Online
The height of the year, as we pray for forgiveness and renewal.
Yom Kippur Day
Saturday, October 12, 2024
10:00am - 7:00pm In Person and Online
10:00am: Morning services include music, prayer, powerful words of Torah, and a community Torah reading.
10:00-10:30am: Parents and young children, birth to 6 years old, Yom Kippur story time, song, and activities with Beth on the JCOGS lower level*. IN PERSON ONLY
11:00-11:30am: Youth ages 7-11 Yom Kippur program with songs/prayers, discussion, and activities. With Beth on the JCOGS lower level*. IN PERSON ONLY
12:45pm: Yizkor Memorial Service: Remembering those beloved who have passed away.
*Please note: The playground will be closed during youth programs but open at all other times. Children are welcome on the lower level at all times.
Yom Kippur Afternoon
In Person and Online
1:30pm: Learning session with Rabbi David
2:30pm: Walk together on the rec path.
3:30pm: Yoga for Yom Kippur: Lite stretching for body and soul.
4:30pm: Minchah Afternoon Services, with youth retelling the dramatic story of Jonah and the whale.
5:30pm: Ne’ilah Service: The gates close with these final, intimate prayers. Come hear the final shofar blast. Havdalah at 6:53 p.m. to break-the-fast. (Break-the-fast Menu)
