Yom Kippur services, blended Reform and Conservative, led by Rabbi Yitzhak Miller and UCSC/Hillel Alum, Laura Burns. Held on campus at Merrill Cultural Center.
Kol Nidre services, blended Reform and Conservation, led by Rabbi Yitzhak Miller and UCSC/Hillel Alum, Laura Burns. Held on campus at Merrill Cultural Center..
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Celebrate the food and culture of Jews from Northern Africa! We'll be decorating the space with floor cushions and candles. There will be a Middle Eastern feast with borekas, couscous, musikah with meat and vegetables, pita, Northern African potatos, and much more.
Following the dinner there will be a belly dancing workshop followed by a professional performance with the Sababa Belly Dancing Troupe
Adi Farjon, the Aliyah and Israel programs Shlicha (representative) of the Jewish Agency, will be there to tell you about all the great ways to get back (or go to) Israel and about free academic studies for Jewish students in the best universities in Israel.
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7:00 Icebreakers and welcome, kiddush
7:30 Torah Dances and Simchat Torah Celebration
8:00 80's Dance Party
DRESS UP!
This is a student-led holiday event and party.
(Community Simchat Torah Services will be held Thursday night and Friday morning at Cong. Kol Tefillah, Chabad by the Sea, and Chabad Student Center)
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We are not offering Rosh HaShanah services this year since the dorms and UCSC are not open yet. (We will be providing Yom Kippur Services and Fast Breaking.)
If you will be in town for Rosh HaShanah, there are four wonderful places to attend Services (times listed on calendar are incorrect; please check with each congregation for correct time):
Temple Beth El, Aptos (Reform)
831-479-3444
www.tbeaptos.org
next to Cabrillo College
Tickets are free for college students; you must bring a student ID
Congregation Kol Tefillah, Santa Cruz (Conservative)
831-457-0264
www.koltefillah.org
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Light fast-breaking meal. This event is free and does not require RSVP or tickets for UCSC students.
There will also be a brief Havdalah Service before the fast breaking.
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Yom Kippur Neilah/Closing Services led by Rabbi Shalom Bochner of Santa Cruz Hillel with a blend of Reform and Tradition.
- UCSC, Cabrillo and CSUMB students: no charge, no tickets, no RSVP needed
- UCSC faculty, staff, and parents of students: $18 suggested donation
- Community Members: $36
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Yom Kippur Morning Services led by Rabbi Shalom Bochner and Laura Burns (student) of Santa Cruz Hillel with a blend of Reform and Tradition.
Come for an hour or come for the entire day!
9:00 Traditional P'sukei D'zimra Service (Hebrew)
9:30 Reform Morning Service
10:30 Torah Discussion
11:00 Torah Service
12:00 Open Discussion
1:00 Musaf / Avodah Service
2:00 Nature Walk
3:00 Traditional Minchah (afternoon) Service with Yizkor (Memorial) Service (Hebrew)
4:30 Discussion of Book of Jonah
5:30 Kabbalah Teaching
6:30 Neilah (closing) Service
- UCSC, Cabrillo and CSUMB students: no charge, no tickets, no RSVP needed
