We have various special services during the year in which many of our members play leading roles.  Please check our calendar to find the specific dates for each special service.

September – Sukkot

Giving thanks for the fall harvest and commemorating the forty years of Jewish wandering in the desert.  We build our own Sukkah and gather there during a special service.

September – Simchat Torah 

Celebrating the completion of the annual reading of the Torah.  As a part of the celebration we roll out the entire Torah in the aisles of the synagogue.

November – Kristallnacht 

Commemorating the first massive pogrom of Jews in Germany in 1938.  Considered by many scholars to be the beginning of the Holocaust.  Congregants read eye-witness testimonies.

January – Tu B’Shvat

Holiday that marks the “new year of the trees” is celebrated in our synagogue by a community meal led by our student Rabbi.

February – Shabbat Shira

The Sabbath of Song, a service with music to celebrate Moses and Miriam leading the Israelites across the Red Sea and out of Egypt.

March – Purim Shpiel 

Fun dramatization of the Book of Esther performed by the members of congregation.

March – Women’s History Month 

Observance of Women’s History Month that celebrates achievements of women and marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality.