SELICHOT
Saturday, September 9
Selichot Service*
8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Beth-El Chapel
Music, poetry and penitential prayers for the New Year. Open to all.
ROSH HASHANAH
Friday, September 15
Erev Rosh Hashanah Formal Service*
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Traditional Emanu-El reserved-seating service with organ and choir.
Young Professionals Rosh Hashanah Shabbat Dinner
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Gene L. Blumenthal Hall
Reservations required.
Rosh Hashanah Shir Chadash Service*
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Open-seating service for adults with participatory music and singing; children are welcome.
Saturday, September 16
Rosh Hashanah Young Families Service
9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Isaac Mayer Wise Hall
Open-seating service for families with toddlers and preschoolers. A reception will follow in Isaac Mayer Wise Hall. Enter at One East 65th Street.
Rosh Hashanah Morning Formal Service
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary* and Lowenstein Sanctuary
Traditional Emanu-El reserved-seating service with organ and choir.
Emanu-El Downtown Rosh Hashanah Family Services
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Helen Mills Theater | 137 West 26th Street
Two options: one for families with children ages 0-4 and one for families with children in grades K-7; reception to follow. Special registration required.
Tsach Saar, Deputy Consul General of Israel in New York*
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Beth-El Chapel
Rosh Hashanah Teen Service*
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Lowenstein Sanctuary
Open-seating service for teens and their families.
Rosh Hashanah Family Worship Service*
2:00 PM to 3:15 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Open-seating service for families with elementary and pre-teen children in grades K-7. A reception will follow in Isaac Mayer Wise Hall.
Tashlich
3:45 PM to 4:15 PM
Central Park Pond
A symbolic ritual in which we “cast away” our sins; duck feed will be provided. Meet at the Fifth Avenue Sanctuary doors. All are welcome.
YOM KIPPUR
Sunday, September 24
Yom Kippur Shir Chadash Kol Nidrei Service*
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Open-seating service for adults with participatory music and singing; children are welcome.
Kol Nidrei Formal Service
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary* and Lowenstein Sanctuary
Traditional Emanu-El reserved-seating service with organ and choir.
Monday, September 25
Yom Kippur Young Families Service
9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Isaac Mayer Wise Hall
Open-seating service for families with toddlers and preschoolers.
Yom Kippur Morning Formal Service
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary* and Lowenstein Sanctuary*
Traditional Emanu-El reserved-seating service with organ and choir.
Yom Kippur Study Sessions
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Open to all congregants and their guests.
- Jewish Wisdom on Justice and Mercy: Finding a Balance in our Country and our Lives*
Rabbi Larry Hoffman and Dr. Joel Hoffman
Beth-El Chapel - Be Fruitful! The Etrog in Jewish Art, Culture and History
Warren Klein, Curator, Herbert & Eileen Bernard Museum
Greenwald Hall - The History of Fasting in Religious Traditions
Dr. Alyssa Cady, Director of The Temple Emanu-El Center for Interfaith Dialogue
Ivan M. Stettenheim Library - Dispatch from Ukraine with Temple Emanu-El’s Philanthropic Fund
Alan Silberstein, NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief Fund and
Murphy Poindexter, BlueCheck Ukraine
Moderated by Daniel Bloch Jeydel, Philanthropic Fund Chair
Isaac Mayer Wise Hall
Yom Kippur Teen Service*
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Lowenstein Sanctuary
Open-seating service for teens and their families.
Yom Kippur Family Worship Service
2:00 PM to 3:15 PM
Lowenstein Sanctuary
Open-seating service for families with elementary and pre-teen children in grades K-7.
Yom Kippur Avodah, Afternoon, Memorial and Concluding Services*
2:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Traditional Emanu-El reserved-seating service with organ and choir. Told through poetry, song and art, the Avodah service evokes the days of the Temple when the High Priest’s confession on behalf of the people of Israel was the pinnacle of the Holy Day; afternoon service with Yizkor and concluding Neilah service.
Please note, the Yizkor service will begin at approximately 3:30 PM; please be seated by 3:15 PM.
Schedule subject to change. Please check this page for the most up-to-date information.
*This service will be livestreamed for everyone at Experience Emanu-El, Facebook and YouTube.
New York, NY 10065
212-744-1400