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Mandell JCC Celebrates the Jewish New Year With Free Family Tishrei Holiday Events; Fall 2013

The Mandell JCC will ring in the Jewish New Year 5774with free events for the whole family, including readings, tastings, and hands-on activities to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot and Simchat Torah, at various locations and at the Mandell JCC, Zachs Campus, 335 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT.

 

The High Holiday festivities begin on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 with High Holiday Tastings at the Mandell JCC from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Stop by the Mandell JCC Chase Family Gallery to celebrate Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) at Hands-On Rosh Hashanah, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and again from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Decorate holiday cards for family and friends, listen to PJ Library stories, and hear the sounds of the shofar with Rabbi David Small of The Emanuel Synagogue. On Thursday, September 5, at 5:00 p.m., enjoy apples and honey at Beth David Synagogue, 20 Dover Road, West Hartford, at Big Tent Rosh Hashanah. Participants will then walk over to Trout Brook for a brief Tashlich (Casting of Sins) service. This program is co-sponsored by Beth David Synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel and the Mandell JCC.

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Learn more about this special time of the Jewish year at the High Holy Days Learners’ Service, on Tuesday, September 10 at 7:00 p.m at Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation – Emek Shalom, 55 Bushy Hill Road, Simsbury.

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Begin the Sukkot (Festival of Booths) celebrations on Wednesday, September 18 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Friday, September 20 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., visit the Mandell JCC’s outdoor sukkah for Hands-On Sukkot, and make an edible sukkah, and enjoy PJ Library stories and a Rick Recht sing-a-long. From 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 22, stop by three different Greater Hartford campuses (Mandell JCC, Community Services Building and Hebrew Home - Zachs Campus; Hebrew High School of New England - Pava Campus; and Hoffman Summerwood) to experience a sukkah open house, as well as refreshments and activities for the whole family. The High Holidays wrap up on Tuesday, September 24 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Hands-On Simchat Torah. Learn how the torah was written, listen to PJ Library stories and make an edible Torah. Rabbi Michael Pincus, from Congregation Beth Israel, will stop by with a real torah for everyone to see.

 

For more information on the Mandell JCC’s Tishrei Holiday events, contact the Member Services Center, 860-236-4571, or visit www.mandelljcc.org.

 

The Mandell Jewish Community Center is open to everyone and supported by funds raised by the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, a recipient of funding from the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford, and a member of the JCC Association of North America. For updates, follow the Mandell JCC on Facebook and Twitter. All dates and programs subject to change.
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