Friday, September 27
Emanu-El Downtown: Pre-Rosh Hashanah Open House and Shabbat Dinner
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Emanu-El Downtown: 15 West 16th Street
Advanced registration is required.
SELICHOT
Saturday, September 28
Selichot Service*
8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Beth-El Chapel
Open to all. Music, poetry and penitential prayers for the New Year. A dessert reception will follow in our Fifth Avenue Lobby.
ROSH HASHANAH
Wednesday, October 2
Erev Rosh Hashanah Formal Service*
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
For members with reserved seating. Traditional Emanu-El service with organ and choir.
The service will begin on Fifth Avenue with a brief ceremony to dedicate an ambulance the congregation sponsored for Magen David Adom. Members will receive an email with details.
Friday Night Hub Rosh Hashanah Dinner
6:00 PM to 7:45 PM
Isaac Mayer Wise Hall
For those in their 20s and 30s.
Advance registration is required.
Erev Rosh Hashanah Shir Chadash Service*
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
All members are welcome to request tickets for this participatory service with music and singing. Appropriate for children.
Thursday, October 3
Rosh Hashanah Young Families Service
9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Isaac Mayer Wise Hall
All members are welcome to request tickets for this service designed 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
For members with reserved seating. Traditional Emanu-El service with organ and choir.
Israel Today: Ofir Akunis, 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 1:45 PM
Lowenstein Sanctuary
All members are welcome to request tickets for this service designed for teens and their families.
Rosh Hashanah Family Worship Service*
2:15 PM to 3:30 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
All members are welcome to request tickets for this service designed for families with elementary school-aged and pre-teen children. A reception will follow in Isaac Mayer Wise Hall.
Tashlich
4:00 PM to 4:30 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.
Sunday, October 6
Emanu-El Downtown: Tashlich at the Carousel
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Pier 62 between West 22nd Street and West 23rd Street
Tashlich is a special time to let go and look forward. Join us by the river for honey cake and carousel rides. All families are welcome.
YOM KIPPUR
Friday, October 11
Yom Kippur Shir Chadash Kol Nidrei Service*
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
All members are welcome to request tickets for this participatory service with music and singing. Appropriate for children.
Kol Nidrei Formal Service*
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary and Lowenstein Sanctuary
For members with reserved seating. Traditional Emanu-El service with organ and choir.
Saturday, October 12
Yom Kippur Young Families Service
9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Isaac Mayer Wise Hall
All members are welcome to request tickets for this service designed for families with toddlers and preschoolers. Enter at One East 65th Street.
Yom Kippur Morning Formal Service*
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary and Lowenstein Sanctuary
For members with reserved seating. Traditional Emanu-El service with organ and choir.
Yom Kippur Study Sessions
12:30 PM to 1:45 PM
Open to all congregants and their guests.
- Atonement in Antiquity: The History of Yom Kippur and the Temple
Dr. Alyssa Cady, Director of The Temple Emanu-El Center for Interfaith Dialogue
Room 602 - An Exciting Time to be Jewish and the Promise of the Coming Year
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD
Ivan M. Stettenheim Library - All Those Confessions! A Modern Jewish View of Human Nature
Rabbi Larry Hoffman
Beth-El Chapel - A History of the Stained-Glass Windows at Temple Emanu-El
Warren Klein, Director and Curator, Herbert & Eileen Bernard Museum
Greenwald Hall
Yom Kippur Teen Service*
12:30 PM to 1:45 PM
Lowenstein Sanctuary
All members are welcome to request tickets for this service designed for teens and their families.
Yom Kippur Family Worship Service*
2:15 PM to 3:30 PM
Lowenstein Sanctuary
All members are welcome to request tickets for this service designed for families with elementary school-aged and pre-teen children.
Yom Kippur Avodah, Afternoon, Memorial and Concluding Services*
2:15 PM to 5:45 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
For members with reserved seating. Traditional Emanu-El service with organ and choir. Please note, the Yizkor service will begin at approximately 3:30 PM; please be seated by 3:15 PM.
SUKKOT
Wednesday, October 16
Shake in the Shack
5:15 PM to 6:00 PM
3rd Floor Playground, enter at 10 East 66th Street
Temple Emanu-El families and their guests are invited for lulav shaking, games and light snacks in the outdoor sukkah as we celebrate Sukkot together.
Erev Sukkot Family Service*
6:00 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Open to all members and their guests. Temple Emanu-El brings the spirit of Sukkot indoors with the creation of our beautiful sukkah, which is a sight not to be missed.
Thursday, October 17
Sukkot Morning Service*
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Open to all.
SH’MINI ATZERET / SIMCHAT TORAH
Wednesday, October 23
Torah Treats and Family Creations
5:15 PM – 6:00 PM
Isaac Mayer Wise Hall
All families are invited to this pre-service family nosh and craft activity.
Sh’mini Atzeret / Simchat Torah Family Evening Service*
6:00 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Open to all.
Thursday, October 24
Sh’mini Atzeret / Simchat Torah Morning Service with Yizkor*
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Open to all members and their guests. Traditional Emanu-El service with organ and choir.
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.
