Holiday Services & Celebrations

We celebrate holidays as a community, and our Jewish Family Life & Learning programming for families and children is woven into our observance.

HIGH HOLY DAYS:

Our services for the Days of Awe feature original liturgical and exegetical compositions by WES members, powerful music and singing, and meditation.  Please take a look at our Interpretive Liturgy for the High Holy Days; and for basics, please see 2017 information.  (More detailed 2017 information will be available in August).

HOLIDAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR:  Morning services are held at 10 am for:

• the first day of Sukkot
• Shemini Atzeret
• the first day of Pesach
• the 7th day of Pesach w/Yizkor
• the eve and first day of Shavuot

Evening services and programs are held for:

• Simchat Torah

• Chanukah

• Tu B'Shevat

• Purim

• Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence Day)

• Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)

• Tisha B'Av (the Ninth of Av). 

We celebrate holidays as a community, and our Jewish Family Life & Learning (JFLL) programming for families and children is woven into our observance.

Holiday and festive celebrations are always featured on our Calendar with more details.