SPEND THE HIGH HOLY DAYS WITH CBE

9:30 PM, Park Slope Jewish Center, 1320 8th Avenue
This poetic and reflective service prepares one’s heart, mind, and spirit for the Days of Awe and Repentance. Prayer, song, and study facilitated by local clergy and communal leaders. Learn more here.

5:30–6:15 PM: Tots Service (ages 0–5), CBE Ballroom, 274 Garfield Pl.

6:30–8:00 PM: Evening Service for CBE Members, CBE Sanctuary, 271 Garfield Pl.

6:30–7:15 PM: Israeli Service, CBE Rotunda, 271 Garfield Pl.

6:45 PM: Egalitarian Sephardi Mizrahi Rosh Hashanah Arvit, CBE Social Hall, 274 Garfield Pl. 

SERVICES FOR CBE MEMBERS

9:30 AM–1:00 PM: Morning Service, CBE Sanctuary, 271 Garfield Pl.

SERVICES AND RITUALS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY

8:30 AM–1:00 PM: Altshul Service, CBE Chapel, 274 Garfield l.

10:00 AM–1:00 PM: Brooklyn Jews Service, Union Temple House of CBE (UTH), 17 Eastern Pkwy.

10:00 AM–12:00 PM: Israeli Service, CBE Rotunda, 271 Garfield Pl.

1:00–2:00 PM: Shofar from the Rooftops, CBE Sanctuary Steps, 271 Garfield Pl.

5:00–6:00 PM: Tashlich Service,** Meet at 9th Street entrance to Prospect Park.  

YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES* AND TEEN PROGRAM

9:00–9:45 AM: Tots Service (ages 0–5), Old Stone House Patio, 336 3rd St.

10:00–10:45 AM: Grades K–2 Family Service, Old Stone House Patio, 336 3rd St.

11:00 AM–12:30 PM: Grades 3–6 Family Service, Old Stone House Patio, 336 3rd St.

12:00–1:00 PM: Teen Program (7th–12th Grades), CBE Social Hall, 274 Garfield Pl.
After the sermon, teen members are invited to join Teen and Music Engagement Director Rose Snitz for an interactive program and discussion centered around the sermon. You do not need to be a Yachad student in order to participate in this program.

12:30-1:00 PM: Youth and Family Hakafah Parade, Old Stone House to CBE

* In the case of inclement weather, all Youth and Family Services at Old Stone House Patio will meet in the CBE Ballroom, 274 Garfield Pl. 

** All ages welcome. 

SERVICES FOR CBE MEMBERS

9:30–11:30 AM: Morning Service, CBE Sanctuary, 274 Garfield Pl.

12:00–1:00 PM: Adult Study Sessions, CBE Rotunda, 271 Garfield Pl.

• Aleph Classroom and over Zoom — The Power of Imagination As Seen Through the Prophets with Rabbi Rachel Timoner
• Dalet Classroom — Some Texts on Newness for This New Year with Rabbi Matt Green
• Gimel Classroom — Finding Our Own Freedom: The High Holidays as Personal Liberation with Rabbi Andy Kahn

1:00–4:00 PM: March to End Fossil Fuels with CBE Climate Team

Brooklyn meeting location: Meet us at 8th and Garfield Pl. about 15 minutes after the end of the Rosh Hashahah Day 2 Morning Service
Manhattan meeting location: By 1:00 PM, you’ll find us with the Faith Hub on the East Side of Broadway between 53rd and 54th Streets.
Recommit yourself to stewardship of the earth and join communities of faith and conscience out in the streets of NYC, ahead of the UN Climate Ambition Summit. Let us know you’re coming here.

SERVICES AND RITUALS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY

8:30 AM–1:00 PM: Altshul Service, CBE Chapel, 274 Garfield Pl.

4:30-5:00 PM: Shofar Across Brooklyn,** Grand Army Plaza

YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES

10:00 AM: Service and Seder (ages 0–12), CBE Ballroom
Led by Rabbi Molly Kane, Cantorial Intern Leslie Goldberg, and Teen and Music Engagement Director Rose Snitz, this service and seder is for all ages. We will begin with apples, honey, and challah from 10:00 –10:15 AM before the service starts. At 11:00 AM, we’ll head across the street for the Shofar Service in the CBE Sanctuary.

** All ages welcome.

7:30 PM, UTH, 17 Eastern Pkwy.
During the Days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, you are invited to the premiere performance of The Dream Past: A Sonic Conjuring, the latest project of the “unclassifiable and uplifting” (The New Yorker) Brooklyn rock band, The Sway Machinery. The Dream Past extends the band’s long running project of cantorial revival—excavating the otherworldly potentials of Jewish sacred music and lost melodies to instigate a party, break boundaries between communities, and touch the past. Purchase tickets here.

SERVICES FOR CBE MEMBERS

7:00–10:00 PM: Evening Service, CBE Sanctuary, 271 Garfield Pl.

SERVICES OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY

6:30–8:30 PM: Israeli Service, CBE Chapel, 271 Garfield Pl.

6:30 PM: Egalitarian Sephardi Mizhari Yom Kippur Kol Nidrei Service, CBE Social Hall, 274 Garfield Pl. 

7:00–9:00 PM: Brooklyn Jews Service, UTH, 17 Eastern Pkwy.

7:00–10:00 PM: Altshul Service, CBE Rotunda, 271 Garfield Pl.

YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES

5:30–6:30 PM: Tots Service (ages 0–5), CBE Ballroom, 274 Garfield Pl.

SERVICES FOR CBE MEMBERS

10:00 AM–1:30 PM: Morning Service, CBE Sanctuary, 271 Garfield Pl.

2:00–3:15 PM: Comforting Each Other in Mourning: CBE Members Reflect on Shiva, CBE Sanctuary, 271 Garfield Pl.
With CBE members Noam Biale, Doris Traub, Joanne Feld, and Iain Levine

4:45–5:45 PM: Yizkor Memorial Service, CBE Sanctuary, 271 Garfield Pl.

5:45–7:00 PM: Ne’ilah Concluding Service, CBE Sanctuary, 271 Garfield Pl.
Attention shofar blowers: please bring along your shofar to the Sanctuary on Monday evening at 6:00PM so you can join our mighty CBE Shofar Chorus in a final t’kiyah g’dolah to conclude this most holy day. Contact Cantor Breitzer (jbreitzer@cbebk.org) for more information.

SERVICES OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY

9:00 AM–1:00 PM: Altshul Morning Service, CBE Rotunda, 271 Garfield Pl.

10:00–1:00 PM: Brooklyn Jews Service, UTH, 17 Eastern Pkwy.

10:00 AM–1:00 PM: Israeli Morning Service, CBE Chapel, 274 Garfield Pl.

1:00–7:45 PM: Altshul Afternoon/Evening Service, CBE Rotunda, 271 Garfield Pl.

4:45–5:45 PM: Israeli Yizkor Memorial Service, CBE Chapel, 274 Garfield Pl.

5:45 PM: Egalitarian Sephardi Mizrahi Yom Kippur Neila Service, CBE Social Hall, 274 Garfield Pl. 

YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES* AND TEEN PROGRAM

9:00–9:45 AM: Tots Service (ages 0–5),* CBE Ballroom, 274 Garfield Pl.

10:00 AM–11:30 AM: Teen Program (7th–12th Grades),** CBE Social Hall, 274 Garfield Pl.
We invite our teen members to join Teen and Music Engagement Director Rose Snitz for a social justice based program before the CBE sermon in the sanctuary. We’ll head into the sanctuary in time to be present for the sermon. You do not need to be a Yachad student in order to participate in this program.

10:00–10:45 AM: Grades K–2 Family Service,* CBE Ballroom, 274 Garfield Pl.

11:00–12:30 PM: Grades 3–6 Family Service,* CBE Ballroom, 274 Garfield Pl.

* Please note the location change. Crafts and activities led by our Yachad staff will be in the lower gym of the Temple House starting at 9:00 AM. This is a family activity for everyone to enjoy. Please accompany your child(ren) in both the ballroom and the lower gym. 

** Only open for CBE members.

Services for CBE Members:

Led by Rabbi Timoner, Rabbi Kolin, and Cantor Breitzer, these services are held in CBE’s historic sanctuary and are primarily in Hebrew with some English. While children of all ages are welcome, these services are geared toward adults and teens. You must be a CBE member in good standing to attend these services.

Altshul Services:

An independent egalitarian minyan, Altshul offers lay-led services guided by halacha and traditional liturgy. Separate registration is required.

For more information and to register, please click here. Altshul services are in person only, and will not be livestreamed.

Brooklyn Jews Services:

Brooklyn Jews is CBE’s vibrant community of adults in their 20s and 30s. Led by Rabbi Matt Green, Rabbinic Intern Evan Traylor, and Cantorial Intern Leslie Goldberg, Brooklyn Jews offers services at Union Temple House of CBE. Separate registration is required.

For more information and to register, please click here. This year, for the first time, Brooklyn Jews services will also be livestreamed on the Brooklyn Jews website.

Israeli Services:

Led by Rabbi Josh Weinberg, these services are in Hebrew and geared towards Israeli members of our wider Brooklyn community. Israeli services are free and open to all.

Egalitarian Sephardi Mizrahi Services:

Join the Egalitarian Sephardi Mizrahi Community of New York for Egalitarian Sephardi High Holidays, delivered in Maghrebi and Yerushalmi nusahim, led by Laura Elkeslassy and friends. All are welcome! Separate registration is required.

For more information and to register, please click here. 

Tots Service

For ages 0–5 and parents, these services last about 45-minutes and offer interactive and music-based activities, prayers, and stories led by Songleader Debbie Brukman and Rabbi Molly Kane, Director of Youth and Family Programs.

Grades K–2 Family Service

Led by Rabbi Molly Kane and Debbie Brukman, these services offer interactive and music-based activities, prayers, and stories for children in grades K-2 and their parents.

Grades 3–6 Family Service

Led by Rabbi Molly Kane and Guest Musical Artist Michelle Citrin, these services are designed for children in grades 3–6 and meet the spiritual needs of parents and youth alike.

Teen Program (7th–12 Grades)

Led by Teen and Music Engagement Director Rose Snitz, our teens are invited to an interactive program and discussion centered around the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur sermons offered in the CBE Sanctuary. Please note that this is limited to members. You do not need to be a Yachad student in order to participate in this program.

Members in good standing receive one ticket for each adult household member for our sanctuary services. Children 25 and under are included in their parents’ households.

Ticket distribution will be by email. Members in good should have received their tickets by email on September 7, 2023. If you didn’t receive them, please stop by our Members Services table before services begin.

If you have questions about your ticket eligibility, please contact Maribeth Batcha at mbatcha@cbebk.org.

Members in good standing may purchase up to four (4) guest tickets for services in our Sanctuary. The cost per ticket is $180, per holy day, or $360 for both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Tickets are available here. Please purchase Yom Kippur guest tickets by Thursday, September 21 at 12:00 PM.

Guests will pick up their tickets at the members services table on the first day they come to services. Guest tickets for Rosh Hashanah can be used for all Rosh Hashanah services, and guest tickets for Yom Kippur can be used for all Yom Kippur services. When purchasing your guest tickets, please make sure to purchase for the day you need, as tickets are not-transferable.  

Reciprocal tickets may be for those who live more than 90 miles from CBE who are members in good-standing at a URJ affiliated synagogue. If you are a member of a URJ affiliated synagogue who would like to attend High Holy Day services at CBE, please contact the Executive Director of your synagogue. They will fill out this form for you and should send it to the attention of Maribeth Batcha by email at mbatcha@cbebk.org.

To ensure the form is received in time for the Holy Days, we recommend that you start this process no later than August 21, 2023. We will fulfill member tickets before we fulfill reciprocal requests.

Tickets for our Brooklyn Jews services in the Union Temple House are available to all, and can be purchased here.

Tickets are $40 each or $140 for all Brooklyn Jews services. CBE members may attend for free, but we ask that they register for tickets using the same form.

Our Youth and Family Services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur mornings are held under a large tent on the patio behind the Old Stone House in JJ Byrne Park and are open to the public. Services are broken down by age group, and are each about 45 minutes long. Our Yachad and camp team host children’s activities on site, and we encourage families to stay, play, and connect.

On Erev Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidre, we also offer additional Tot Services for ages 0–5, and on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, we have a service and seder for kids aged 0–12 and their families. These services meet in the CBE Ballroom, 274 Garfield Pl. 

In addition, we have a Teen Program for 7th–12th grades. Click here for more information.

Are you a CBE member who wants to get more involved but isn’t sure how? Would you enjoy meeting fellow congregants during the High Holy Days to wish them L’Shanah Tovah? If so, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Please sign up here.

Memorial Walls provide a special place to honor those who have touched our lives. Memorializing the names of loved ones expresses gratitude for the gift of their precious lives, and the hope that their spirits will continue to inspire us. Members can add a plaque with the name of a loved one to the beautiful Memorial Walls located in our sanctuary. Please note the production of the plaque to delivery turnaround time is at least three months from the point of ordering the plaque.

Order Memorial Plaques here.

Can’t join us for services? Watch a live broadcast of our CBE Sanctuary Services on YouTube or our website. For the first time, we will also be livestreaming our Brooklyn Jews services on the Brooklyn Jews website.

Did you know you can connect your smart TV to YouTube and watch our services on the big screen? Follow this link for information about watching YouTube on your TV.

Dig deeper into the messages, themes, and words of Torah that clergy preach in their sermons this year by participating in a High Holy Days Sermon Discussion Small Group. Groups will be provided with a three-meeting guide that will include a sermon for each meeting, some of the traditional and contemporary sources that inform them, and questions for further reflection and discussion.

Sign up now, and Small Groups Specialist Rabbi Jason Gitlin will follow up to help arrange and support groups.

No, we do not have assigned seating at any of our services. We highly recommend that those with special seating needs arrive early so that we are able to assist you.

You must be a CBE member in good standing to attend CBE Member Services in the CBE Sanctuary. If you’re not a member, this is a wonderful time to join! Please click here for information about CBE membership.

If you’re not quite ready to join, you can purchase tickets for our Brooklyn Jews Services (welcoming services geared toward those in their 20s–30s), join our Altshul Services (traditional egalitarian services), join our our Israeli Services (services in Hebrew for Israelis), or come to Egalitarian Sephardi Mizrahi Services (services delivered in Maghrebi and Yerushalmi nusahim). Youth and Family Services are also available for everyone, and you do not need a ticket.

Large print machzors will be available for all sanctuary services. Sanctuary services are accessible via lift. Please enter at the blue vestibule on Garfield Place. ADA compliant restrooms can be found in the sanctuary building.

The Jewish Braille Institute can also help you or a loved one who is blind or visually impaired celebrate the Jewish holidays with FREE machzorim (prayer books), Selichot, Taschlich prayers, Yizkor prayers, a 16-month holiday calendar, and much more, all in accessible formats. JBI can help you or a loved one who is blind or visually impaired celebrate the Jewish holidays with FREE machzorim (prayer books), Selichot, Taschlich prayers, Yizkor prayers, a 16-month holiday calendar, and much more, all in accessible formats. Please make requests for High Holy Day materials prior to September 7, 2023.

We are happy to help! Please email Chesed, our group of CBE volunteers, at chesed@cbebk.org.

We provide extra security during the High Holy Days, and all bags will be searched. No one will be permitted to enter any of our adult services without a ticket.

Please contact us by 12:00 PM on Friday, September 14. After that date, we ask that you visit our Member Services table located outside the sanctuary prior to the start of the service that you wish to attend.

We use Mahzor Lev Shalem in our main sanctuary service. Brooklyn Jews uses Mahzor Chadash. Digital copies of mahzorim will be during the livestreams of our services.