For a listing of free High Holy Days services, visit our online calendar at www.jweekly.com. For a complete listing of High Holy Days services, visit www.bayjews.org/highholidays.
sunday | 2
Rosh Hashanah potluck dinner and Havdallah. Jewish singles and couples ages 30 to 49. At private home in Santa Clara. RSVP to [email protected] or (408) 505-8838.
tuesday | 4
Holiday celebration lunch. Traditional festive holiday menu, entertainment with Mark Levy following lunch. At Contra Costa JCC, 2071 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek. 12 p.m. $10. RSVP to (925) 938-7800 ext. 239.
Free High Holy Day services around the Bay Area
Several Bay Area synagogues and organizations are hosting free services for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur this year. Here are some options (a more complete listing can be found online at http://www.bayjews.org):
Berkeley community High Holy Days annual free services will be held for Rosh Hashanah at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 and 10 a.m. Sept. 29, with Kol Nidre services at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 7 and Yom Kippur services beginning 10 a.m. Oct. 8 and concluding with a break-the-fast potluck. Rabbi Jay Krause and Cantor Sandra Lipsman will officiate. All services take place at the JCC of the East Bay, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. For details, visit http://www.highholydayservices.org or call (510) 604-0664. To RSVP for the potluck, call (510) 705-2135.
Chabad of the East Bay hosts free Rosh Hashanah services at 6:45 p.m. Sept. 28 and at 10 a.m. Sept. 29. Free Yom Kippur services start at 6:13 p.m. Oct. 7 and 10 a.m. Oct. 8. All services are at the Chabad House, 2730 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley. For details, visit http://www.chabadberkeley.org.
Congregation Beth Ami hosts free Rosh Hashanah services at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 and 9 a.m. Sept. 29 at the Friedman Event Center, 4676 Mayette Ave., Santa Rosa. For details visit http://www.bethamisr.org.
Chabad of Oakland will host free services at Chabad Jewish Center, 3718 Grand Ave., Oakland, beginning with Rosh Hashanah evening prayers and dinner at 6:37 p.m. Sept. 28 and continuing with services starting at 10 a.m. Sept. 29. Free Yom Kippur services start at 6:16 p.m. Oct. 7 and 10:30 a.m. Oct. 8. Visit http://www.jewishoakland.org.
Chabad of San Francisco hosts Rosh Hashanah services at 6:45 p.m. Sept. 28 at the S.F. School of Digital Filmmaking, 925 Mission St. Suite 108, S.F., and 9:30 a.m. Sept. 29 at the Fairmont Hotel, 925 Mason St., S.F. Yom Kippur services begin at 6:45 p.m. Oct. 7 and 9:30 a.m. Oct. 8 at the Fairmont Hotel, 925 Mason St., S.F. For details, call (415) 668-6178.
Nistar Yeshiva has organized free, egalitarian services with Chochmat HaLev founder Rabbi Avram Davis and Rabbi Daniel Lev, beginning with Rosh Hashanah observance at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 and 10 a.m. Sept. 29 and continuing with Yom Kippur services at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 and 10 a.m. Oct. 8 at the San Francisco Baha’i Center, 170 Valencia St., S.F. For details, visit http://www.nistar.org.
Congregation B’nai Torah has free Rosh Hashanah services beginning at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 and 10 a.m. Sept. 29 at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 301 E. 13th St., Antioch. Free Yom Kippur services start on Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. For information, call (925) 754-2545.
Jewish Gateways hosts free Rosh Hashanah services start at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 and 9:30 a.m. Sept. 29. Yom Kippur services are at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7 and 9:30 a.m. Oct. 8 in a temporary facility outside the JCC of the East Bay, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. The agency also will help match those interested in a synagogue service with a compatible local synagogue. RSVP at http://www.jgate.org/node/197/signup.
Temple Israel in Alameda is offering complimentary worship tickets throughout the High Holy Days, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28. RSVP is required. For tickets and event details, call (510) 522-9355. Temple Israel is located at 3183 Mecartney Road, Alameda.
Chabad of Napa Valley will host free services at Touro University, 1750 Club Drive, Vallejo, beginning with Rosh Hashanah evening prayers and dinner at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 28 and continuing with services starting at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 29. Free Yom Kippur services start at 6:15 p.m. Oct. 7 and 9:30 a.m. Oct. 8. For more info email [email protected].