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Let’s talk about God: How do you describe the ineffable? How do you capture the intangible? Our High Holiday liturgy tries to do just that by portraying God in many familiar metaphors - as Parent, Sovereign, Creator, Protector, Judge, Shepherd, Potter, and more. Some of these images may resonate with you, while others may make you cringe. Who is the God that you believe in? What is the God that you do not believe in? When and Where do you…

The High Holiday season of teshuva asks us to look into the mirror honestly, to see the gap between who we are and who we might yet become. Please sit around a virtual table with Rabbi Kalmanofsky and sages from 13th century Spain, 16th century Land of Israel and 19th century Poland to ask ourselves: How do you want to live? Register to join us via Zoom

The High Holiday liturgy gains power when recited by hundreds of voices in unison. This year the poems, pleas, and praises of our prayers will sound different as we hear them over electronic platforms and recite them to ourselves in our apartments. Join Hazzan Hirschhorn and Rabbi Kalmanofsky to study some classic High Holiday passages, and think together about what they will mean when recited during Covid isolation. Register to join us via Zoom

It can be hard to appreciate our High Holiday services – to find the prayers spiritually elevating or comforting – when you don’t understand the flow of the Mahzor (the High Holiday Prayerbook) and the arc of our holiday services. Join Rabbi Hammerman for a Preview of the Mahzor of our Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services, to help everyone find their place in our Mahzor, and in our prayer community. Register To Join Us Via Zoom

The central mitzvah of Rosh HaShanah is to hear the call of the shofar with your own ears. That will be more difficult this year, as we will gather virtually for the holidays. Some of us will opt to hear the shofar through virtual links. Others will choose to come to some of the in-person opportunities AC will create. But you can always blow the shofar for yourself! It’s not that difficult to get a sound out of it, and…

The High Holiday liturgy gains power when recited by hundreds of voices in unison. This year the poems, pleas, and praises of our prayers will sound different as we hear them over electronic platforms and recite them to ourselves in our apartments. Join Hazzan Hirschhorn and Rabbi Kalmanofsky to study some classic High Holiday passage, and think together about what they will mean when recited during Covid isolation. Register to join us via Zoom

Davvening in a synagogue is deepened and enhanced by so many aesthetic factors. Light, stained glass, decorative art, and sacred objects -- and certainly the strength of shared community and the residue left by the thousands of prayers uttered in the room over decades. This year will be different, as we davven via electronic platforms from living rooms and kitchens, without the in-person support of our fellow worshipers. What can we do so that these everyday spaces, can also enhance our Rosh…