Community Invited to Celebrate High Holy Days with Bnai Keshet

The community is invited to celebrate the High Holy Days with Bnai Keshet, its members, Senior Rabbi Elliott Tepperman and Director of Congregational Learning/Assistant Rabbi Ariann Weitzman. In keeping with long-standing Bnai Keshet tradition, non-members are welcome at all services at no charge. Although tickets are not required, non-members who wish to attend are asked to make reservations and may do so online at www.bnaikeshet.org.

“We invite non-members to join us in our High Holy Day services,” Bnai Keshet co-presidents Craig Levine and Richard Freedman said, expressing their shared sentiment. “We welcome people at all levels of Jewish practice or knowledge, offering them opportunities to connect with Jewish spirituality and our community. Congregational participation is central to our worship, blending the traditional with the innovative for a meaningful and inspiring experience. Everyone is enriched by learning and praying together.”

For the fifth consecutive year, Bnai Keshet will provide Open Captioning/CART (Communication Access Real-time Translation) for the deaf and hard of hearing throughout most of the High Holy Day services. 

To comfortably accommodate members, their families and non-members who would like to worship with Bnai Keshet during the High Holy Days, most services Will be held at Central Presbyterian Church, 46 Park St., at Claremont Ave., in Montclair. This includes Rosh Hashanah eve, Wednesday evening, September 4; the first day of Rosh Hashanah, Thursday, September 5; Kol Nidre (Yom Kippur eve), Friday, September 13; and Yom Kippur, Saturday, September 14, will be held at Central Presbyterian Church, 46 Park St. at Claremont Ave. in Montclair. Services for the second day of Rosh Hashanah, Friday, September 6, will be held at Bnai Keshet at 99 South Fullerton Ave.

Young Family and Junior Congregation services, as well as child care, will be available during services. Non-members are welcome at all services. Reservations are required and donations appreciated; online signup is available. For additional information, contact 973-746-4889, bnaikeshet@bnaikeshet.org, or visit www.bnaikeshet.org.

About Bnai Keshet

A Reconstructionist synagogue serving the greater Essex area, Bnai Keshet (www.bnaikeshet.org) is a diverse, family-friendly community with a lively mix of tradition and innovation. People of all interests, ages, family structure and levels of Jewish practice or knowledge find a home at Bnai Keshet. The synagogue is pioneering a new approach to Jewish learning that integrates education into all aspects of life for everyone, from preschooler to adult. Bnai Keshet is affiliated with the Reconstructionist stream of Judaism, an egalitarian movement that views traditional ritual from a modern American perspective.