Archive: September 2021

Opening All Gates: Making High Holiday Celebrations Accessible to All, In Person and Online

Posted on September 2, 2021

The disability nonprofit RespectAbility is pleased to announce the release of a new toolkit to help congregations ensure their High Holiday services and related events are accessible – “Opening All Gates: Making High Holiday Celebrations Accessible to All, In Person and Online.” The rise of the Delta variant and the continuing COVID-19 pandemic will cause many Continue Reading »

Reopening the Synagogue: Havdalah for emerging from COVID isolation.

Posted on August 25, 2021

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Opening All Gates: Accessibility and Inclusion Toolkit (RespectAbility)

Posted on August 24, 2021

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10 Awakenings for the Days of Awe: Texts to awaken us to repentance in 5781

Posted on August 11, 2021

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An Important Update on our Vaccination and COVID Policies! (Congregation Beth El, South Orange, NJ)

Posted on August 9, 2021

Dear Friends, In Deuteronomy 30:19 we find a reminder from God to choose life. Torah commands us to go out of our way to protect the health and well-being of ourselves, and of each other, because we are all responsible for one another. With this in mind, we want to update you on the latest Continue Reading »

The Jewish Center High Holidays Ticket Pre-Registration (The Jewish Center, Princeton, NJ)

Posted on August 5, 2021

Dear Jewish Center Family, We are truly grateful that current health conditions indicate that we will be able to “Come Back Home” to The Jewish Center for the High Holidays. Not only will we be able to start the New Year and our new chapter with Rabbi Merow in person and on campus, but we Continue Reading »

Plan for In-Person Services (Kehillat Hadar, NY)

Posted on July 4, 2021

The Boards of KH and SZ have approved the following plan to for in-person Shabbat morning services, in keeping with the principles we shared in June 2020. We continue to endeavor to be thoughtful about each aspect and phase of this plan, consistent with our conservative approach to risk. Details of the current plan are below. We welcome your questions and feedback Continue Reading »

Phased Reopening: Updated Coronavirus Guidelines for On-Site Activities (Beth El Temple, West Hartford, CT)

Posted on June 23, 2021

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Principles for Meeting in Person (Kehillat Hadar)

Posted on June 20, 2021

The current challenges we’re navigating – individually, in our families, and as a community – have often felt even harder because we can’t come together in person to support each other the way we normally would in difficult times. Yet we’re inspired by the ways our community has gotten creative and stayed connected and by Continue Reading »