Not only do we say goodbye to Summer and welcome Fall this month, but we also end and start a new year! Shana Tova – wishing you and your family health and happiness this New Year at home. Here's what is coming up this month.
Super Sunday on Sept. 13!
Super Sunday is a powerful day when volunteers, donors, and community members come together to make a difference. It is the largest one-day phone-a-thon fundraising effort of the year, with every gift supporting our community’s 2020 Annual Campaign.
These are very challenging times and we need your support more than ever by making sure our Jewish community organizations are still here to help.
There are two ways to help – all from the comfort of your own home!
You can volunteer to call community members for the 2020 Annual Campaign
Make your 2020 Annual Campaign gift before Super Sunday.
The Federation has been busy preparing a resource and service webpage for all of our High Holidays coming up. When we went virtual this Spring, we offered a wonderful Passover resource page. We had such a great response, that we decided to beef up a High Holidays page that offers resources and a detailed listing of what is going on in our community, including our synagogues and other Jewish organizations.
You are invited to join Jewish communities from around North America in this rare celebration. Connect with like-minded people from across the Federation Movement and hear about the impact you’ve had through your local Federation, especially during the current crisis. And it wouldn’t be a party without our celebrity guests — the Levy family from Schitt’s Creek.
Sliding Dors Second Generation Holocaust Survivors Cohort Meeting
7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10
The Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis is hosting its first cohort of second-generation holocaust survivors as part of a new initiative to engage this group in local and partnership communities.
What does it mean to be a second-generation survivor? How has your parents’ history impacted you and your decision making? Are there transgenerational traumas? How did your second-generation identity affect your children?
Interested second generation holocaust survivors will come together to share personal histories, hear from engaging speakers, and interact with second generation survivors within our partnership region.
For Zoom link, contact Michele Boukai atmboukai@jfgi.org or (317) 475-4274.
Israel Partnership2Gether L'Chaim for Rosh Hashana 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13
Greet the new Hebrew year with a virtual L'Chaim with Israeli master distiller Yuval Hargil!
JFGI’s Professional Advisors Group will gather on Zoom for lunchtime networking and a presentation by JCC CEO Eric Koehler, including a virtual tour of the JCC facilities.
For the Zoom link, contact Paula Glanzman Goldberg at pgoldberg@jfgi.org.
September at the J
At the J, it’s arts, arts and more arts for September, presented in partnership with the JCC Literary Consortium! We have Ken Follett (no kidding!), David Baldacci and Deepak Chopra! Visit theJ’s Event Calendarfor the full lineup. Highlights for the month include:
Help close out the Eskenazi Water Park for the season with your 4-legged family members. Two dates: Wed., Sept. 9 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. and Sun., Sept. 13 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Cost is $15 per day ($10 for each additional dog). For health reasons, dogs only will be allowed in the pools at this time. Register forDoggie Diphttps://operations.daxko.com/Online/5187/ProgramsV2/Search.mvc?category_ids=TAG10341#
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation (IHC) invites the entire community to join them for High Holiday services and programs, which all are virtual (except the Drive-In Shofar services). Enjoy musical guest artists, who will each add their own unique touch to services, partnering with IHC clergy and helping to create powerful experiences.
Visit ihcindy.org/HighHolyDays for one-click access to services, experiences and much more. Services marked with an asterisk will be simulcast on WICR 88.7-fm.
Selichot
Saturday, Sept. 12 | 8 p.m. – Return Again: A Meditative Healing Experience. Enter this season of introspection with Havdalah, Selichot reflections, the changing of the Torah covers to white, and a meditative healing experience. Join clergy with special guest and renowned bluegrass band Nefesh Mountain to “Return Again.”
Rosh Hashanah
Friday, Sept. 18 | 8 p.m. – Erev Rosh Hashanah*. The service, featuring beautiful melodies and prayers, will help usher in these Days of Awe and inspire to make meaningful change.
Saturday, Sept. 19 | 9:30 a.m. – Rosh Hashanah – Retreat Style. This casual service inspired by Rosh Hashanah Retreat features home-grown artist Dan Nichols and is perfect for all ages.
Saturday, Sept. 19 | 11 a.m. – Rosh Hashanah Morning Service*. The morning continues with more beautiful melodies and prayers as powerful reminders that this is a time to look at oneself before entering the coming year. A modern take on the ‘Akedah’ will help understand this complicated story of the Binding of Isaac.
Saturday, Sept. 19 | Hear the Call: Drive-In Parking Lot Shofar Service. An in-person, innovative way to experience the call of the shofar. For everyone’s safety, please remain in the car. Choose from these times and locations: 1 p.m.: IHC Parking Lot 2 p.m.: Shapiro’s South Parking Lot, located at 808 S. Meridian St., Downtown 3 p.m.: West Park Parking Lot, located at 2700 W. 116th St., Carmel
Saturday, Sept. 19 | All Afternoon – Tot Experience. Families with young children (and ‘kids at heart’) will enjoy this fun-filled experience featuring all of their favorite melodies for this special time of year and will be available all afternoon. If this time doesn’t work for your family, the link to this experience will be available all day.
Yom Kippur
Sunday, Sept. 27 | 6:15 p.m. – Kol Nidre*. The sun sets, ushering in the holiest day of the year. Kol Nidre gives Jews permission to pray with each other, with all of ones imperfections and longings for healing. The liturgy and age-old melodies break new ground and create space for something new.
Monday, Sept. 28 | 9:30 a.m. – Nefesh. Join an informal, song-filled service featuring special guest artist Noah Aronson and soloist Tami Krichiver who will join Rabbi Brett Krichiver and Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader in the round.
Monday, Sept. 28 | 11 a.m. – Yom Kippur Morning Service*. IHC’s traditional morning service (and fast) continues with beautiful music, prayers and litany of confession asking God (and oneself) to forgive in order to start the New Year with a clean slate.
Monday, Sept. 28 | 1 p.m. – Healing Service. This popular service brings comfort and healing through beautiful music, readings and prayer, featuring special guest artist Michelle Citrin, Cantor Aviva Marer and soloist Tami Krichiver.
Monday, Sept. 28 | 2 p.m. – Tefilah, Teshuvah, Tzedakah: The Three Pillars of our Days of Awe. Spend the afternoon studying these three pillars with Rabbi Brett Krichiver, Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader, and Rabbi Roxanne Shapiro. Zoom breakout rooms will allow for more intimate conversations.
Monday, Sept. 28 | 2 p.m. – Teen/Pre-Teen Reflective Experience. IHC teens have designed this experience to help find a space to reflect on the holiness of the day. Perfect for teens and pre-teens.
Monday, Sept. 28 | 2 p.m. – Tot Experience. Families with young children (and ‘kids at heart’) will enjoy this experience with simple themes and melodies for this holiest day of the year. The link to this experience will be available all day.
Monday, Sept. 28 | 3 p.m. – Musical Reflective Experience. This instrumentally introspective experience featuring world-class instrumentalists allows space for contemplation and prayer.
Monday, Sept. 28 | 4 p.m. – Yizkor*. This memorial service is for those experiencing loss, and remembering and honoring loved ones.
Monday, Sept. 28 | 5 p.m. – N’ilah and Havdalah. As heaven’s gates begin to close, join clergy and special guest artist Elana Arian to conclude Yom Kippur and to hear the final blasts of the shofar.
Join LAF (Life After Fifty) for a virtual Break-The-Fast, 15 minutes after the conclusion of this service. Read more and sign up at ihcindy.org/break-the-fast.
Order Your Round Challahs and Support IHC’s ECC. Thanks to Shapiro’s Delicatessen and Bakery, IHC has beautiful two-pound challahs in four varieties. Find out more and place your online order by Sept. 10 at ihcindy.org/challah.
Regular Programming
Visit ihcindy.org/online for links to all of Zoom services, classes and programs.
Fridays | 6:15 p.m. – Virtual Shabbat. Join IHC for the weekly online service bringing the peace of Shabbat into the home. Nefesh Shabbat, a musical Shabbat is always the third Friday of each month.
Saturdays | 9 a.m. – Torah Study Online. Study the Torah portion of the week, led by IHC Clergy. No experience necessary.
Tuesday, Sept. 8 | 8 p.m. – IHC Sisterhood Fall Meeting & Program: Time to Return. IHC women are encouraged to join this meeting to formally welcome Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader, recognize
Amy Micon, Gift Shop Director for 30+ years and to learn how T’Shuvah will help Jews return to one’s best selves. RSVP at https://ihcindy.org/rsvp-for-the-sisterhood-fall-meeting-program/
For more information on these and not yet announced online events, visit ihcindy.org/online or IHC’s FB page.
Congregation Beth Shalom
As the Jewish New Year of 5781 approaches in this era of COVID-19, the health and safety of everyone is our number one priority. To that end, Congregation Beth Shalom looks to a new way of experiencing High Holiday services in a virtual capacity.
A calendar and brief explanation of each session are included in this posting, along with dates and times for all High Holiday services. The links to sign up for the services are available to everyone on the CBS website at www.bethshalomindy.org. Please invite your family and friends to visit the website and to register, too. Particularly note the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Young Family Services especially for the children at 9 a.m. each of those holiday mornings. The Interactive Family Services and the Yom Kippur Discussion Group will have their own designated links and registration. Once you have registered, a link to each service will be emailed to you. On the day of services, simply click on that link, and you will be automatically connected.
To enable both members and non-members to fully participate in our holiday observances, the CBS Brotherhood will be distributing High Holy Days siddurs. Each family is welcome to pick up a copy during the designated times. Our Social Action Committee will also be present to receive your contributions for CBS’s Annual Popsie’s Pantry Collection. A list of requested items will appear in the CBS e-news and on the website.
High Holiday Schedule Now through Sept. 12 – Elul Encounters: A Path of Reflection. An innovative program during the month of Elul to strengthen people’s spiritual preparation and enhance their experience of the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Thursday, Sept. 10 | 7 p.m. – The Journey Among, presented by Juliette Nehring.
Saturday, Sept 12 | 9:30 a.m. – Eileh Azkarah (These I Remember). Remembering Martyrs, Long Ago and More Recent. Presented by Rabbi Justin.
Saturday, Sept. 12 | 8 p.m. Selichot. A spiritual prelude to the High Holy Days program of poems, prayers, and music in preparation for the High Holidays.
Friday, Sept. 18 | 7:30 p.m. – Erev Rosh Hashanah Service. Modernity, the Prophetic Imperative, and Mission: Reform Judaism and What It Means to Be a Reform Congregation.
Saturday, Sept. 19 | 9 a.m. – Rosh Hashanah Young Family Service
Saturday, Sept. 19 | 10:30 a.m. – Rosh Hashanah Morning Service. The Tension in the Aleinu and the Tension in the Air: Universal, Particular, and Your Favorite Paragraph
Sunday, Sept. 27 | 7:30 p.m. – Erev Yom Kippur / Kol Nidrei. “For the sin of…”: Torah-Style Admonition in a World of Public Shaming.
Monday, Sept. 28 | 9 a.m. – Yom Kippur Young Family Service
Monday, Sept. 28 | 10:30 a.m. – Yom Kippur Morning Service. The Living Memory of My Father: A Yizkor Sermon.
Monday, Sept. 28 | 4 p.m. – Yom Kippur Afternoon Discussion. Rashi on the Golden Calf, the Red Heifer, and the Connection Between Them.
Monday, Sept. 28 | 5:15 p.m. – Yizkor followed by Ne’ilah Service
Oct. 3 – 10 | Sukkot. Activities will be planned throughout the week.
Friday, Oct. 9| 6:30 p.m. – Simchat Torah.
Congregation Shaarey Tefilla
Congregation Shaarey Tefilla made the difficult decision to hold all of the High Holiday services online only. Below are the times for Selichot, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Service updates and links to access live stream will be forthcoming on the CST website (http://shaareytefilla.org/).
Regular Programming
Wednesday, Sept. 23 | CST Sisterhood Book Club. The book is Stay, by Catherine Ryan Hyde via Zoom.
Call the office at (317) 733-2169 for the Zoom Link and more information.
Beth-El Zedeck
Shabbat Services:
Fridays | 6 p.m. – Erev Shabbat Celebration via Zoom Conferencing: https://zoom.us/j/399892776.
Join the spiritual leaders and members of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck for a virtual Shabbat candle lighting and Friday night service.
Saturdays | 9 a.m. – Torah Talk via Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/CongregationBEZ/. Join Rabbi Jenni Greenspan for the week’s Torah portion discussion via Facebook Live.
Saturdays | 10 a.m. – Shabbat Morning Service via Livestream: https://bez613.org/watch-live/. Join the spiritual leaders of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck for this week’s Livestream service.
Visit www.bez613.org and click “Virtual Shabbat and More” under the “Worship” tab for access to this week’s resources to help follow along.
Holiday Celebrations and Services:
Saturday, Sept. 12 | 7:30 p.m. – Selihot: Toast to the New Year –– The Year That Was, The Year Ahead via Zoom Conferencing: https://zoom.us/j/93044176030. A reflective and hopeful conversation with Janet Allen, Dr. Aaron Carroll and Detra Mills, moderated by Rabbi Dennis Sasso.
Saturday, Sept. 12 | 8:45 p.m. – Selihot Service via Livestream: https://bez613.org/watch-live/
Friday, Sept. 18 | 6 p.m. – Erev Rosh Hashanah. A Taste of Honey: A Congregational Celebration with Story and Song via Livestream: https://bez613.org/watch-live/. Join the spiritual leaders of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck for a congregational celebration to welcome the new year with a virtual Shabbat table experience including candle lighting, music, song and story. Rabbi Sandy Sasso will be reading from her new book, A Very Big Problem.
Saturday, Sept. 19 | 10 a.m. –Rosh Hashanah Morning Service via Livestream: www.bez613.org/watch-live/. Join the spiritual leaders of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck for Rosh Hashanah Morning Service from the bimah to your home.
Saturday, Sept. 19 | 6 p.m. – Rosh Hashanah Evening Service via Zoom Conferencing: https://zoom.us/j/92316027629. Join BEZ for Rosh Hashanah Evening Service, led by Rabbi Jenni Greenspan via Zoom from her home to your home.
Sunday, Sept. 20 | 10 a.m. – Rosh Hashanah Morning Service and Shofar Blast via Livestream:
https://bez613.org/watch-live/. Join the spiritual leaders of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck for Rosh Hashanah Morning Service from the bimah to your home.
Sunday, Sept 27 | 7 p.m. – Kol Nidre Service via Livestream: https://bez613.org/watch-live/. Join the spiritual leaders of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck for Kol Nidre Service from the Bimah to your home.
Monday, Sept. 28 | 10 a.m. – Yom Kippur Morning and Yizkor Service via Livestream:
https://bez613.org/watch-live/. Join the spiritual leaders of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck for Yom Kippur Morning and Yizkor and Martyrology Service from the bimah to your home.
Monday, Sept 28 | 2 p.m. – Yom Kippur Family Service via Zoom Conferencing: https://zoom.us/j/92982251041. Join the spiritual leaders of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck for a special Yom Kippur family service.
Monday, Sept 28 | 5 p.m. – Yom Kippur Afternoon Conversation with Rabbi Sandy Sasso: Jonah in Quarantine –– A Whale of a Tale via Zoom Conferencing: https://zoom.us/j/92982251041. Join Congregation Beth-El Zedeck via Zoom for an afternoon conversation with Rabbi Sandy Sasso, Jonah in Quarantine –– A Whale of a Tale. Rabbi Sandy helps to fish for comparisons from the story of Jonah and our time spent in quarantine. What is there to learn from being “stuck in the big fish?”
Monday, Sept 28 | 6:30 p.m. – Neilah Service: The Closing Shofar Blast (Show Off Your Shofar) via Livestream: https://bez613.org/watch-live/. Join the spiritual leaders of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck via Zoom for the Family Neilah Service and closing shofar blast.
All zoom and livestream videos will be uploaded to the BEZ YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/congregationbethelzedeck after the live broadcast.
Etz Chaim Sephardic Congregation
Shabbat Services:
Saturdays | 9 a.m. – Shabbat Shaharit Service
Sundays (except during holidays) | 9 a.m. Sunday Shaharit Service at Chabad
