Montclair's Bnai Keshet Invites Jewish Community to Celebrate High Holy Days

From 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 through the Bnai Keshet website.

“Welcoming non-members to join us at High Holy Day services is essential to our collective identity” said Bnai Keshet co-presidents Liz Lipner and Marty Fellner. “As we enter the holiest time in the Jewish calendar, we invite the community at all levels of Jewish practice to join us. Through egalitarian and participatory services, we seek to include everyone in the spiritual experience.”

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, Sunday evening, Oct. 2; the first day of Rosh Hashanah, Monday, Oct. 3; Kol Nidre (Yom Kippur eve), Tuesday, Oct. 11, and Yom Kippur, Wednesday, Oct. 12, will be held at Central Presbyterian Church, 46 Park St. at Claremont Ave. in Montclair. Services for the second day of Rosh Hashanah,Tuesday, Oct. 4, 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 the Bnai Keshet website.

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