2007-2008 / 5768

September 8, Sat.

7:15pm

Selichot

September 12, Wed.

8:00pm

Rosh Hashana ("New Year") Evening Service
MEMBERSHIP / TICKETS REQUIRED*

September 13, Thurs.

10:30am

Rosh Hashana ("New Year") Morning Service
MEMBERSHIP / TICKETS REQUIRED*

2:30pm

Rosh Hashana Family Service
Free and open to all

4:00pm

Tashlich ("casting away of sins") at East River
(Promenade & 83rd Street)
Free and open to all

September 21, Fri.

8:00pm

Kol Nidre Service
MEMBERSHIP / TICKETS REQUIRED*

September 22, Sat.

10:30am

Yom Kippur ("Day of Atonement") Morning Service
MEMBERSHIP / TICKETS REQUIRED*

1:45pm

Meditative Discussion
Free and open to all

~2:30pm

Family Serivce
Free and open to all

~3:30pm

Yizkor ("Memorial") and Ne'ilah ("Concluding") Service
Free and open to all

~5:00pm

Communal Break Fast
$10 per individual
$20 per family

September 28, Fri.

7:15pm

Sukkot (Harvest Festival) service
We decorate the bimah (pulpit) in celebration of the Fall harvest and the bountiful life we have received by being inscribed in the Book of Life on Yom Kippur.

Bring your gourds to help decorate! (small pumpkins, small squash, esrogs/citrons, and palm fronds)

October 5, Fri.

7:15pm

Simchat Torah (Joy of Torah) service
We will rejoice in finishing a year of Torah and beginning a year anew, parading our beautifully restored Torah around the synagogue.

November 2, Fri.

7:15pm

Service with Interim Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor

November 16, Fri.

7:15pm

Please join us for a brief lay-led Shabbat service, to be followed by a Special Congregational Meeting. This meeting will address the approval of a revised TUJ Constitution and Bylaws. Please note that only members who have paid their 2007-08 dues are eligible to vote. We hope everyone will be able to attend.

December 7, Fri.

6:00pm

Chanukah dinner and Shabbat Service
Sixth annual Chanukah dinner to share the joy of religious freedom, lead by Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor.

December 21, Fri.

7:00pm

Winter Solstice Concert & Service
Inspiring one-hour Sabbath service followed by concert featuring contemporary music from local artists.

January 11, Fri.

7:00pm

Martin Luther King, Jr.—Abraham Joshua Heschel
Interfaith Service
Heschel-King Award for Interfaith Activism to be presented to David Saperstein—rabbi, lawyer and activist. Singers Reggie Harris & Rabbi Jonathan Kligler will sing freedom songs from both the African-American and the Jewish traditions. Cellist Laurie Singer and organist Andrew Adams will play In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Karl Jenkins.

January 25, Fri.

6:00pm

Tu B'Shevat - The New Year for Trees
The Jewish Community's celebration of Nature Festival.
Join us for a vegetarian dinner and a special table-side service, celebrating nature's bounty and the Sabbath.

February 5, Tues.

6:30-8:30pm

Intergenerational Education Evening
Does God hear prayers? or What do I do if I forgot to study for my math test?

February 8, Fri.

7:15pm

Friday Night Shabbat Service
Teaching Shabbat: During Shabbat Services Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor will teach the congregation about Shabbat prayers and help congregants learn some of the melodies.

February 22, Fri.

7:15pm

Cancelled due to snow—to be rescheduled.
Friday Night Shabbat Service
Join us as Guest Cantor Ken Gould leads us in a joyous and musical Shabbat Service. It will include a wonderful mix of current contemporary and traditional melodies that encourage both participation and contemplation. Cantor Gould is an well-known, experienced cantor who has served a number of Reform congregations.

March 7, Fri.

7:15pm

Friday Night Shabbat Service
Join us as Guest Cantor Ken Gould joins Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor to lead us in a joyous and musical Shabbat Service. It will include a wonderful mix of current contemporary and traditional melodies that encourage both participation and contemplation.  Cantor Gould is an well-known, experienced cantor who has served a number of Reform congregations.

March 11, Tues.

6:30-8:30pm

Intergenerational Education Evening
Wrestling with the Bible: How we can learn from the rabbis about finding meaning in an old story.

March 21, Fri.

7:15pm

Purim Service — The Megillah According to Broadway
We will celebrate the Jewish Festival of Purim, the holiday commemorating Queen Esther's victory over the evil Haman and his plot to kill the Jews of Persia, with a TUJ first — a service featuring a community read/sing through of Norman Roth's The Megillah According to Broadway.  Using Broadway's best show tunes, we will retell the story of Esther through song in this delightful parody of the Book of Esther.

All adults, children, singers, non-singers, lip synchers welcome!

April 4, Fri.

7:00pm

Judge Herbert and Barbara Levy Tribute Service
We invite everyone to join us in joyfully honoring Barbara and Judge Herbert Levy, two of the original members of TUJ, whose energy, commitment, generosity, and learning have touched us all and helped to shape our community.  An original chamber music piece, commissioned in their honor, will be performed at the service.

April 8, Tues.

6:30-8:30pm

Intergenerational Education Evening
Jews and Christians: What's the difference? How did the divorce occur?

April 20, Sun.

6:00pm

Our Community Passover Seder is a warm, family-style celebration and we welcome everyone regardless of faith, gender, sexual orientation, race or nationality.

May 13, Tues.

6:30-8:30pm

Intergenerational Education Evening
I know that I have to be nice, but must I also be good? The Jewish call for social justice and social action.

May 16, Fri.

7:15pm

Friday Night Shabbat Service
Internationally-renowned singer, guitarist and composer, Debbie Friedman will join Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor! Debbie's songs have been sung all over the world and are known and loved by millions.

Debbie's songs have been sung all over the world and are known and loved by millions.

Over the course of her distinguished career, legendary American Jewish composer, singer and recording artist Debbie Friedman has created a whole new genre of contemporary, accessible Jewish music. One of her most famous songs, Mi Shebeirach (the prayer for healing), is sung at TUJ during every Shabbat Service and in synagogues and churches across the nation.

This is a very special event for TUJ and should not be missed. Debbie's concerts are usually sold out at concert halls all over the world.

We urge everyone to come and share this Shabbat service with a superstar in American Jewish music!

Of course, all Shabbat services at TUJ are free and open to the public.

June 6, Fri.

7:15pm

Shavuot Service and talk by Liesel Appel, daughter of Hitler's Minister of Education in Poland, and a convert to Judaism. She will discuss her book The Neighbor's Son in which she detailed her unrelenting search for Edgar August Mayer, son of Willy and Faiga Dobra Meyer of Bottrop (where she was born). Edgar was thrown, as a baby, from a balcony in 1938 during Kristallnacht. You will not want to miss this moving talk.

June 20, Fri.

7:15pm

Shabbat Service & Annual Meeting
The TUJ Annual Congregational Meeting will be held after Shabbat services. The Congregation will be voting on the following:
1) Approval of the Board’s recommendation to engage Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor as rabbi of The Temple of Universal Judaism for a one-year term.
2) Approval of the budget for 2008-2009/5769.
3) Election of officers and Board members.

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