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Thank you for joining us for High Holidays this year!
If you missed us, you can read sermons from Rabbi Steph and Rabbi Bridget here.

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

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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​.

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