All information was provided by the synagogues listed below. Other area synagogues are still in the process of planning their services to ensure the safety of their congregants – as those plans may change, those interested in attending services are asked to contact synagogues for their most up-to-date service schedule. See the Congregational Notes on page 10 for contact information for all of the area synagogues.
Beth David Synagogue
Saturday, September 28
Selichot – 10 pm
Thursday, October 3 – Rosh Hashanah 1
Shacharit – 8:15 am
Shofar – 10:50 am
Tashlich at Confluence Park – 6 pm
Friday, October 4 – Rosh Hashanah 2
Shacharit – 8:15 am
Shofar – 10:50 am
Saturday, October 5
Shacharit – 9:30 am
Friday, October 11 – erev Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre – 6:10 pm
Saturday, October 12 – Yom Kippur
Shacharit – 9 am
Yizkor – 12:20 pm
Mincha and Neilah – 4:15 pm
Shofar, end of fast – 7:08 pm
Thursday, October 17 – Sukkot day 1
Shacharit – 9 am
Friday, October 18 – Sukkot day 2
Shacharit – 9 am
Saturday, October 19
Shacharit – 9 am
Wednesday, October 23 – Hoshanah Rabba
Shacharit – 7 am
Thursday, October 24 – Shemini Atzeret
Shacharit – 9 am
Yizkor – 10:45 am
Hakafot for Simchat Torah – 6:45 pm
Friday, October 25 – Simchat Torah
Shacharit – 9 am
Hakafot – 9:45 am
Saturday, October 26
Shacharit – 9:30 am
Congregation Tikkun V’Or
Congregation Tikkun v’Or (Ithaca Reform Temple) welcomes everyone to join for High Holiday services and programs. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services are in-person and streaming; all are welcome to attend in person or on Zoom. Note that there are different locations for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Registration is required for all services. Space is limited for Rosh Hashanah, so sign-ups are first come, first served. To register for in-person attendance or for the Zoom link, contact highholidays@tikkunvor.org. Membership is not required; donations are always welcome. Services will be led by lay leaders (Faith Rogow, Miranda Phillips, Jeff Bercuvitz, Lauren Korfine and Michael Margolin) and musicians (Azameira).
Wednesday, September 11
“Selichot: Prepare To Be Awed” with Rabbi Lenore Bohm – 7-8:30 pm
A conversation about how Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur can stimulate personal and spiritual growth.
Sunday, September 22
Selichot presentation with Dalya Tamir – 3-5:30 pm
Presentations and discussions on teshuvah, the act of return, with short meditation periods, sharing in small groups and some movement.
Wednesday, October 2 – erev Rosh Hashanah
Service at Tikkun v’Or – 6:30 pm
Thursday, October 3 – Rosh Hashanah
Service at Tikkun v’Or – 9 am
Community picnic (bring your own) and Tashlich – Noon
Friday, October 11 – erev Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre at the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca (306 N. Aurora St.) – 6:30 pm
Saturday, October 12 – Yom Kippur
Morning service at the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca (306 N. Aurora St.) – 9 am
Afternoon and evening services and programs at the First Unitarian Society, including meditation with Ira Kamp, chair yoga with Ginny Miller, Avodah service, Yizkor, Neilah, Havdalah and this year’s Isaiah Challenge speaker: Liz Karabinakis of “Healthy Food for All.” Followed by a community break-the-fast.
Wednesday, October 16 – erev Sukkot
Sukkot Festival – 4:30-7 pm
Friday, October 25 – Simchat Torah
Service with Lauren Korfine, Miranda Phillips – 7:30 pm
Temple Beth El – Oneonta
Check the temple's website for information about non-member tickets, to reserve a place for the break-the-fast, and for updates to the schedule.
Wednesday, October 2 – erev Rosh Hashanah
Evening service – 7 pm
Thursday, October 3 – Rosh Hashanah 1
Services – 10 am
Friday, October 4 – Rosh Hashanah 2
Tashlich – 1 pm
Friday, October 11 – erev Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre – 7 pm
Saturday, October 12 – Yom Kippur
Services – 10 am
Yizkor
Torah study
Forgiveness workshop – 4:30 pm
Neilah – 6 pm
Break-the-fast
Temple Brith Sholom, Cortland
Wednesday, October 2 – erev Rosh Hashanah
Arvit – 7 pm
Thursday, October 3 – Rosh Hashanah 1
Shacharit (with Torah and shofar service) – 10 am
Tashlich – 12:45 pm
Evening service/program – 7 pm
Friday, October 4 – Rosh Hashanah 2
Shacharit (with Torah and shofar service) – 10 am
Friday, October 11 – erev Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre/Arvit – 6:45 pm
Saturday, October 12 – Yom Kippur
Shacharit (with Torah service) – 10 am
Break – 12:30 pm
Afternoon program – 3 pm
Jonah reading and discussion
Avodah service
Presentation: Abayudaya Jews of Uganda
Yizkor – 4:30 pm
Neilah – 5:30 pm
Havdalah – 6:30 pm
Break the fast dinner– 6:45 pm
Temple Concord
Saturday, September 28
Selichot will be held in collaboration with Temple Israel. (Check with rabbi for time.)
Wednesday, October 2 – erev Rosh Hashanah
Evening service – 8 pm
Thursday, October 3 – Rosh Hashanah
Morning service – 9:30 am
Religious school service – 10:30 am
Super Kiddush to follow in the Kilmer Mansion
Tashlich – around 1:30 or 2 pm
Friday, October 11 – erev Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre musical interlude – 7:30 pm
Kol Nidre service – 7:45 pm
Saturday, October 12
Morning service – 9:30 am
Religious school service – 10:30 am
Discussion – 1:15 pm
Meditative music – 3 pm
Yizkor – 4:30 pm
Healing service – 5:15 pm
Neilah – 6 pm
Havdalah – 6:45 pm
Break fast to follow
Wednesday, October 16 – erev Sukkot
Evening service – 7:30 pm
Thursday, October 17 – Sukkot
Morning service – 10:30 am
Followed by potluck dairy lunch
Friday, October 18
Wine and cheese in the sukkah before services
Thursday, October 24 – Shemini Atzeret-Simchat Torah
Service with Yizkor – 7:30 pm
Friday, October 25 – Simchat Torah
Service with Yizkor – 10:30 am
Temple Israel
All Temple Israel holiday services will be in-person and live-streamed online via Zoom.
Saturday, September 28 – Selichot
TI/TC Selichot – 9 pm
Wednesday, October 2 – erev Rosh Hashanah
Service – 7:30 pm
Thursday, October 3 – Rosh Hashanah I
Preliminary/Shacharit services – 8:45 am
Torah and shofar service – 10 am
Children’s Tefillah (prayer service) – 10:45 am
Sermon – 11 am
Musaf service – 11:15 am
Tashlich (behind Newman House) – 4:15 pm
Mincha – 5 pm
Friday, October 4 – Rosh Hashanah II
Preliminary/Shacharit services – 8:45 am
Torah and shofar service – 10 am
Sermon – 11 am
Musaf service – 11:15 am
Erev Shabbat Shuvah services – 5:30 pm
Saturday, October 5 – Shabbat Shuvah
Services – 9:30 am
Sunday, October 6
Communitywide Holocaust Memorial Ceremony at TI Cemetery – 10:30 am
Visiting TI Cemetery – 11:15 am
Friday, October 11 – erev Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre services – 6:15 pm
Saturday, October 12 – Yom Kippur
Preliminary/Shacharit services – 8:45 am
Torah service – 10 am
Children’s Tefillah (prayer service) – 10:45 am
Yizkor – 11 am
Sermon – 11:15 am
Musaf service – 11:30 am
Break
Study session (sanctuary only) – 4 pm
Mincha – 5 pm
Neilah (ark open) – 5:45 pm
Ma’ariv – 6:45 pm
Havdalah, break the fast – 7:08 pm
Sunday, October 13
Building the Temple Israel sukkah – 10 am
Thursday, October 17 – Sukkot I
Services – 9:30 am
Friday, October 18
Erev Shabbat services – 9:30 am
Saturday, October 19
Shabbat and Chol Hamoed Sukkot services – 9:30 am
Thursday, October 24 – Shemini Atzeret
Shemini Atzeret and Yizkor services – 9:30 am
Friday, October 25 – Simchat Torah
Services with song and dance – 9:30 am
Erev Shabbat services – 5:30 pm
Saturday, October 26
Shabbat services – 9:30 am