This is it! Rosh Hashanah arrives this evening. If you are still considering where you’ll go and have no plans there are a few places where you can drop in. Look at the events list below and also check here. If you are not up to services then think about how to have a warm,…
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Writing Your Ethical Will (together)
Although this class is not for interfaith couples exclusively, I had interfaith couples in mind when I planned it. The best thing a couple can do is identity and NAME their common values. What EXACTLY do you want to pass on to your children? It doesn’t have to be the same for the both of…
Read More »Kol Nidre service only
Join the East Bay Minyan for the evening of Kol Nidre for a very modest fee. Kol Nidre – Yom Kippur Evening Join the East Bay Minyan for the Kol Nidre service. East Bay Minyan is an independent minyan in Berkeley and Oakland that values tradition and inclusivity and strives to accommodate both Egalitarian and…
Read More »Greatest Hits of the High Holy Days — are back!
Don’t have time to go to shul for the holidays? But you’d like to do a little something… Got a friend who can’t make it to synagogue; has to go to work? Then Greatest Hits is for you! Once again Rabbi Dardik is offering: Greatest Hits of the High Holy Days Join Rabbi Judah Dardik…
Read More »Homer & Moses: Poets of their People
Join us at the Berkeley Rep production of An Iliad! Imagine this. . . a religion that focuses on this world, not the next; a theology with angry gods who interact with humans. A tradition that is perpetuated in an illiterate society by men who sing the story in formulaic music and words. This describes…
Read More »More High Holiday Options (Some free)
I got this from Temple Israel, the only synagogue in Alameda: We are pleased to offer complimentary tickets during the High Holy Day services, though a donation is requested. The tickets are good for all services throughout the Days of Awe. Tickets will be held at Will Call and a photo ID is required. When…
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