Service Descriptions, Ticket Information, and FAQs
SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS
Services for CBE Members:
Led by Rabbi Timoner, Cantor Breitzer, Rabbi Kolin, Rabbi Green, and Rabbi Traylor, 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, please click here. 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, Rabbi 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. 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.
Youth & Families:
See below for more information.
Tots Service
For ages newborn–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. Please note: while all are welcome at Youth & Families services, we ask members and non-members to register.
TICKET INFORMATION
Members in good standing receive one ticket for each adult household member for our sanctuary services. Children 25 and under will be included on their parents’ tickets.
Ticket distribution will be by email. This year, tickets will come from SimpleTix and have a scannable barcode. Members in good will receive their tickets approximately one week before each Holy Day. Tickets are nontransferable.
If you have questions about your ticket eligibility or receipt, please contact Maribeth Batcha at mbatcha@cbebk.org.
Members in good standing may purchase High Holy Days tickets for four out of town members and guests.
Guest tickets may be purchased through this form in your MyCBE Portal. The ticket price is $200 per guest per service. Guest ticket sales close September 15.
Tickets will be emailed to each guest to the email provided roughly a week before services. This year, tickets will come from SimpleTix and have a scannable barcode; please let your guests know. Seats in the sanctuary are first come, first served.
To ensure seating with guests, we urge members and guests to arrive 15 minutes before the start of services. While we expect there to be seating for all, we will have an overflow room in the Chapel in the Temple House for busy times and for those who need a break from the larger space.
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.
We ask that all reciprocal requests be received by September 15, and recommend you start the process as soon as possible but no later than September 9. 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.
CBE members may attend Brooklyn Jews Services 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.
Please note: while all are welcome at Youth & Families services, we ask members and non-members to register.
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
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! Register 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.
A digital copy of the Mahzor will be provided during the livestream of our services.
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.
Attention horn blowers of all ages… We welcome more participation in our multi-generational community of ba’alei t’kiyah (shofar sounders) who gather on the rooftops around CBE for the first Day of Rosh Hashanah as well as on the Sanctuary bimah at the end of Yom Kippur. Contact Cantor Breitzer, jbreitzer@cbebk.org, to learn more!
Wednesdays, 9/10 & 9/17 and Thursday, 9/25 | 7 p.m. | Boardroom and/or Zoom/strong>
We have suffered individual and collective losses and setbacks this year and the future feels uncertain. But the High Holy Days can help us appreciate all that is still good and possible. Join fellow members for a three-meeting Small Group that will explore spiritual practices for Reconnecting, Rejoicing, and beginning to Restore what may have been lost this past year. With CBE-provided materials and guidance, participants will be able to meet at CBE or remotely.
Sunday, September 7, 6 p.m.
At CBE, we are reclaiming this ancient Jewish ritual of rebirth and renewal in preparation for Rosh Hashanah. The month of Elul is meant to give us time for deep reflection on how we’ve been living. In the Talmud, our Sages taught that we should go to the mikveh before Rosh Hashanah to support and encourage our efforts toward change.
So whether you’re a mikveh pro or have never immersed before, whether you want to dunk completely, dip your feet, or just enjoy the view, join CBE clergy and fellow congregants for what promises to be a memorable community-wide experience of refreshment and re-creation. All ages are welcome! Register here.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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. We urge members to arrive 15 minutes before the start of services. While we expect there to be seating for all, we will have an overflow room in the Chapel in the Temple House for busy times and for those who need a break from the larger space.
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! We are processing new membership applications as quickly as possible. To receive High Holy Day Tickets, we ask you to submit your application today. 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), or join our our Israeli Services (services in Hebrew for Israelis). Youth and Family Services are also available for everyone, and you do not need a ticket, although registration is encouraged, link to come.
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.
We are happy to help! Please email Chesed, our group of CBE volunteers, at chesed@cbebk.org.