High Holidays Schedule
Services and Activities
Rosh Hashanah
Erev Rosh Hashanah - Evening Service for the New Year
Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm PT
Location: JCC East Bay and Zoom
Following services, all are invited to gather at Saul's Deli (1475 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley).
Rosh Hashanah Day - Services for New Year's Day
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024
Time: 10:30 am - 12:15 pm PT
Location: JCC East Bay and Zoom
Rosh Hashanah Day Family Service
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024
Time: 9:00 - 9:45 am PT
Location: JCC East Bay and Zoom
For children under nine and their families.
Hands-On Holiday Activities
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024
Time: 10:15 am - 12:15 pm PT
Location: JCC East Bay
For children of all ages; preschool-aged children and younger must be accompanied by an adult.
Picnic and Tashlich
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024
Time: 12:45 - 2:30 pm
Location: Live Oak Park (1301 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley)
Picnic and brief ritual for tossing away regrets for adults and children. Bagels, spreads, and drinks are provided.
Yom Kippur
Erev Yom Kippur - Evening Service for the Day of Atonement
Date: Friday, October 11, 2024
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm PT
Location: JCC East Bay and Zoom
Yom Kippur Day - Services for the Day of Atonement
Date: Saturday, October 12, 2024
Time: 10:30 am - 6:15 pm PT
Morning Service
Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm PT
Location: JCC East Bay and Zoom
Finding Meaning, Community, and Deeper Connections in Judaism
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm PT
Location: JCC East Bay
Jewish Gateways community members will share their experiences, followed by questions and open discussion.
Healing Service
Time: 4:30 - 5:00 pm PT
Location: JCC East Bay and Zoom
Our healing service offers a chance to gather with others for song, prayer, and reflection. We draw on Jewish traditions to support us in facing life’s challenges and finding comfort in the presence and support of the community.
Yizkor - Memorial Service
Time: 5:00 - 5:30 pm PT
Location: JCC East Bay and Zoom
Our memorial service provides space to individually and collectively remember family members and friends who have died. This service includes prayer, song, silence, and the sharing of names of those we have lost.
Ne'ila - Closing Service
Time: 5:30 - 6:15 pm PT
Location: JCC East Bay and Zoom
In this final service of the High Holidays, we come together in song and prayer to embrace awe, relief, joy, and gratitude. The service culminates in the last great blast of the shofar, celebrating the chance to begin again in this new year.
Yom Kippur Day Family Service
Date: Saturday, October 12, 2024
Time: 9:00 - 9:45 am PT
Location: JCC East Bay and Zoom
For children under nine and their families.
Hands-On Holiday Activities
Date: Saturday, October 12, 2024
Time: 10:15 am - 12:15 pm PT
Location: JCC East Bay
For children of all ages; preschool-aged children and younger must be accompanied by an adult.