High Holy Days

September 22: Erev Rosh Hashanah
♦ Finding Faith in Tough Times - Cantor Shula Kalir Merton - Sanctuary
♦ Bridging Divides Through Discovering Common Moral Ground -Rabbi K’vod Wieder - Chapel

September 23: Rosh Hashanah Day 1
♦ Reclaiming Our Minds: Overcoming The Market For Our Attention- Rabbi K’vod Wieder - Chapel
♦ We Stand Together: What Rosh Hashanah Teaches Us About Who We Are and Our Responsibilities in the World - Rabbi Barry Lutz - Sanctuary

September 24: Rosh Hashanah Day 2
♦ Embracing Change- Rabbi Marcia Tilchin - Chapel

October 1: Kol Nidre/Erev Yom Kippur
♦ Being Godly - Wisdom from the 13 Attributes of Compassion - Rabbi Barry Lutz - Chapel
♦ Building Bridges Through Discovering Common Moral Ground- Rabbi K’vod Wieder - Sanctuary

October 2: Yom Kippur Day 
♦ What Death Teaches Us About Living - Rabbi K’vod Wieder - Chapel
♦ Being Godly -Wisdom from the 13 Attributes of Compassion - Rabbi Barry Lutz - Sanctuary

Yom Kippur Afternoon Programs
2:00 PM -
♦ What We Can Learn About Teshuvah From the Twelve-Step Path - Scott Spitzer
     Scott Spitzer is a Professor of Political Science at CSU Fullerton, a founding board member of the Jewish Collaborative of Orange County (JCoOC, and husband to Rabbi/Hazzan Marcia Tilchin.  An active member of Alcoholics Anonymous since 1989, he was a research fellow at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 1999-2000, helped form JCoOC’s “12 Steps and Torah” program, and was a board member for Rabbi Ilan Glazer’s "Our Jewish Recovery" from 2021-2023.  

♦ Combatting Antisemitism through Civic Engagement – Building Bridges Across Our Community - Ilana Meirovich
     Ilana Meirovitch, CEO of the Jewish Community Action Network, will share the work JCAN is doing with our elected officials and how each and every one of us can also play a role.

3:00 PM -
♦ Compassionate Yoga - Ilana Rogel Wieder
Ilana Rogel Wieder has been teaching and practicing Yoga for over 20 years. As a student of Torah, she integrates Jewish wisdom into her yoga classes. She can be contacted for private lessons at ilanarw1@gmail.com

♦ The Glory of Groveling: Learning The Lost Art of Apology - Jason Feddy

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Rosh Hashanah Reform
Genesis 22: 1-3 (audio) (Torah)
Genesis 22: 4-7 (audio) (Torah)
Genesis 22: 8-11 (audio) (Torah)

Reading (text)

Yom Kippur Reform
Deuteronomy 29: 9-11 (audio) (Torah)
Deuteronomy 29: 12-14 (audio) (Torah)
Deuteronomy 30: 1-3 (audio) (Torah)

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