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High Holy Days

The High Holidays at the Pleasantville Community Synagogue with World-Renowned Musician Oren Neiman

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The Pleasantville Community Synagogue is thrilled to announce that guitarist and composer Oren Neiman will participate in PCS’s Kol Nidre/Erev Yom Kippur and morning Yom Kippur services. If you are interested in guest tickets for PCS’s High Holiday services – led by the synagogue’s dynamic and musical husband/wife team of Rabbi Shoshana Leis and Rabbi Ben Newman – please contact Executive Director Marcy Gray, mgray@shalompcs.com; 914-769-2672; www.shalompcs.com.

Oren Neiman’s compositions combine a jazz sensibility with Middle Eastern rhythms and melody. Oren, who was born in Israel, has been based in New York for the last 20 years. He has released three albums, and composes and arranges music for various projects with collaborators such as the bands Isra-Alien and Sha’ar, playwright Robin Goldfin, singer Zhenya Lopatnik and others. He performs in New York, has toured nationally and internationally, and was the guitar/mandolin chair in the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene’s award-winning production of “Fiddler on the Roof” in Yiddish directed by Joel Grey. Oren’s most recent project is his new trio album Serenity Now, released in July 2023.

Please contact PCS for more information about the High Holidays, Hebrew School, programs for the little ones, membership, social action initiatives, adult education, teen groups and everything else!

Ten Reasons to See What Temple Beth El is All About!

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Courtesy of Temple Beth El

1. Temple Beth El welcomes all who wish to participate in Jewish life with an inclusive and enriching community, led by our award-winning clergy: Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe, Rabbi Maura Linzer, and Cantor Elizabeth Sternlieb.

2. Our vibrant Religious School emphasizes experiential learning and family education, with a wide array of programming that includes trips to Washington, D.C. and New York City.

3. The TBE Early Childhood Center provides children of nursery school age with a fun, exciting, and developmentally appropriate program in a warm, nurturing preschool environment.

4. Attend our monthly Tot Shabbat and Family Worship Services that engage our younger congregants. Save the date for our Scout Shabbat on February 28!

5. Holiday and festival celebrations for all ages – Join us for the Vodka & Latkes Adult Social prior to our Chanukah Service or be part of the cast for our upcoming Purim Spiel: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel!

6. Deeply meaningful High Holy Day services filled with reflection, prayer, celebration, and community.

7. Numerous Adult Programming and Education opportunities that range from an annual Scholar-In-Residence program featuring prominent figures in the Jewish spiritual, intellectual, and political arenas to Sunday morning classes with our clergy.

8. Deep commitment to tikkun olam, social action, and social justice with our new Year of Mitzvot programs. Volunteer for our Emergency Shelter Partnership, Cooking for Neighbors Link, or our annual “Soup’er Bowl” Sunday!

9. A commitment towards inclusion and outreach to individuals and families of all backgrounds and needs, as well as a welcoming approach to interfaith families.

10. Making connections with our friends and neighbors in the broader community through Interfaith initiatives and creating joint programs with Antioch Baptist Church and the Upper Westchester Muslim Society.

Visit us at bethelnw.org

Special High Holy Days Invite to Caramoor from Temple Shaaray Tefila

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Temple Shaaray Tefila welcomes residents of the local community, joining us for the first time, to purchase tickets for High Holiday services at Caramoor. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the holiest days on the Jewish calendar, a time when Jews throughout the world pause to reflect on the year gone by and prepare spiritually for the one ahead.

 The Temple’s High Holy Day celebrations will take place at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, formerly the estate of Walter and Lucie Rosen. Caramoor provides a beautiful and spacious setting for services, including traditional services in the Venetian Theater, Family Services in its own dedicated tent, separate services for children and teens, and an Alternative Service for those seeking something a little bit more contemporary. Child care is available on site for parents who want their own meaningful adult worship experiences. Please click here for the High Holiday schedule: https://files.constantcontact.com/30c4ef08001/df565776-7894-4d9b-be4c-0028ea66ad35.pdf

Tickets and photo identification will be required for all adults for admittance.

 For High Holiday tickets please visit www.shaaraytefila.org. For additional information and inquiries, please contact Temple Shaaray Tefila at 914-666-3133. Located in Bedford Corners in Northern Westchester, Temple Shaaray Tefila is a Reform synagogue with a traditional spirit and has a thriving Early Childhood Center and K-12 Religious School. Temple Shaaray Tefila serves more than 650 families in Bedford, Mount Kisco, Katonah, Chappaqua, Somers, Armonk and surrounding communities.