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 5786 with you and your family!
RSNS High Holiday Experiences Available with Family Pass
Erev Rosh Hashanah (Monday, September 22)
8:00 p.m. Adult Evening services open to non-members
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 (Tuesday, September 23)
1:00 p.m. Tot service for children ages 0-5 years, accompanied by an adult.
2:00 p.m. Family service for older kids and adults, followed by Rabbi's sermon for adults/Kids' programming for children ages 6-12.
4:00 p.m. Tashlich A family (and dog!) friendly outdoor experience. At the water across from Baxter Pond in Port Washington.
Rosh Hashanah Day 2 (Wednesday, September 24)
9:45 a.m. Adult Morning services open to non-members, featuring a panel discussion:
Doing the Work, Making the World a Better Place. We honor three members
who are living out Jewish values through action: Joel Sikowitz turns
generosity into impact, leading a family turkey drive that now feeds
thousands. Mindy German champions environmental change, protecting our
water and educating youth. Michelle Witman advances disability inclusion
in schools and workplaces.
11:15 a.m. Family-friendly New Year's experiences featuring art, stories,
social action & more, with separate programming for children ages
2-7 and 8-11.
Yom Kippur (Thursday, October 2)
1:00 p.m. Tot service for children ages 0-5 years, accompanied by an adult.
2:00 p.m. Family service for older kids and adults, followed by Rabbi's sermon for adults/Kids' programming for children ages 6-12.
12:30-1:30 p.m. – Art Exploration (Adults) High Holiday themes through a discussion of works of art with Rebecca Hirschwerk
3:30-4:30 p.m. – Restorative Yoga (Adults) Yom Kippur challenges 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.
5:00 p.m. Adult service open to non-members. This concluding service will include: A brief Torah
reading, a Family D'var Torah on Jonah, a social action oriented
"Martyrology," Yizkor, Ne'ilah, and Havdalah. Children in attendance for
havdalah are given glowsticks and invited onto the bima along with our
shofar blowers, to celebrate the end of the High Holidays!
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