You and your family are invited to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with our warm, vibrant, progressive Jewish community with song, poetry, stories and sounding of the shofar!
Your free High Holidays Family Pass allows you and your family to attend any or all of the services and programming listed below. They are all in-person and on zoom. Zoom link will be provided to all who register.
We look forward to welcoming 5785 with you and your family!
RSNS High Holiday Experiences Available with Family Pass
Erev Rosh HaShanah (Wednesday, October 2)
8:00 p.m. Adult Evening services
Rosh HaShanah Day 1 (Thursday, October 3)
Family Services:
1:00 p.m. A service for children 0-5 years accompanied by an adult.
2:00 p.m. An hour-long family service for older kids and adults, followed by Rabbi's sermon for adults/kids' programming for children 6-12.
Tashlich:
4:00 p.m. A family (and dog!) friendly outdoor experience.
(Across from Baxter Pond in Port Washington)
Rosh HaShanah Day 2 (Friday, October 4)
9:45 a.m. Adult Morning services, featuring a panel discussion on Experiences on the College Campus, the intersection between Jewish Identity and Social Activism. Speakers: Gaby Sorin (student at Wesleyan University), Dean McKay (Professor at Fordham University), and Don Buford (founding member of Shamor, and connected to 1970's college protest movement).
Family programming (In-Person Only)
11:15 a.m. A series of family-friendly New Year's experiences featuring art, stories, social action and more with separate programming for children ages 2-7 and 8-11. All children must be accompanied by adults.
Yom Kippur Saturday, October 12
Supplemental Programming for Adults:
12:30-1:30 p.m. (In-Person & Remote): High Holiday themes through a discussion of works of art with our Director of Congregational Education, Rebecca Hirschwerk
3:45-4:45 p.m. Restorative Yoga with Rabbi Jodie (In-person/zoom audio only): Yom Kippurchallenges us to become “at-one” as we “atone.” Through physical, mental and emotional relaxation we hope to have a healthy and recuperative experience as we usher in the new year. You may join Rabbi Jodie “dressed for services” or in yoga attire. There will be chairs for those who do not wish to sit on the floor. Please bring your own yoga mats if possible.
Family Services:
1:00 p.m. "Tot" service for children ages 0-5 years, accompanied by an adult.
2:00 p.m. An hour-long family service for older kids and adults, followed by Rabbi's sermon for adults/kids' programming for children ages 6-12.
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Concluding Service
4:30 p.m. This service will include: A brief Torah reading, a family D’var Torah on Jonah, a social action oriented “Martyrology,” Yizkor, Ne’ila, and havdala. Children in attendance for havdalah are given glow sticks and invited onto the bima along with our shofar blowers, to celebrate the end of the High Holidays!
If you are attending our services in person at RSNS, please be prepared to show ID at the door.
Interested in learning more about RSNS, our synagogue school, b'nei mitzvah program or award-winning nursery school? Visit us on the web at: www.rsns.org
