We join together to celebrate our holidays throughout the year, including Rosh Hashanah, a sweet beginning; breaking the fast as a community after the final blast of the shofar on Yom Kippur; gathering in our sukkah for songs and snacks; dancing to a live klezmer band on Simchat Torah; eating latkes and lighting candles together on Hanukkah; greeting Purim with groggers, hamentashen, Megillah reading and a Purim carnival; holding community seders for Pesach and Tu B’Shevat; and learning a bit of Torah together on Shavuot.
8:00 pm, Saturday, June 4
Please join us for an evening gathering to learn together and celebrate the beginning of the festival of Shavuot, which commemorates the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people.
Includes a cheesecake social!
Temple Israel has a great lineup of Holiday and Event programming.
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Plans for an in-person Community Passover Seder on Friday, April 15, are coming together quickly! Kindly register to indicate your interest. More information and order reservation form coming soon. Join with the temple community in this relaxed evening of food, wine, friends, and celebration of freedom. Under the current Covid code Green protocols, indoor mask-wearing Continue Reading »
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