JCC Harlem High Holiday Experiences for Adults and Families

JCC Harlem is thrilled to host open, inclusive, come-as-you-are High Holiday services and experiences together with JCC Harlem rabbi-in-residence Mira Rivera, children’s music educator Sara Sherman, and wonderful community partners.

JCC Harlem provides different service options for both adults and families, as well as art-making experiences and tashlich.

B’nai Jeshurun Aviv High Holiday Services & Meals for 20s & 30s

B’nai Jershurun invites you to embark on a social and spiritual journey with folks in their 20s & 30s at BJ’s Aviv High Holy Day services.  This is a time to engage in self-discovery and spiritual transformation as we reflect upon this past year and imagine the ways we will create together in 5785. These offerings have the elevated musical services and progressive values BJ is known for, with an eye toward the unique journey at this phase of our lives.

Membership at BJ is not required for participation.

Congregation Rodeph Sholom High Holiday Offerings for 20s & 30s

Celebrate High Holidays 5785 with Sholom 20s & 30s. These community experiences are open to anyone in their 20s and 30s looking for a welcoming and uplifting way to start the year, regardless of background or level of observance. In celebration of the High Holidays, CRS is offering the following experiences for people in theirs 20s and 30s:

• Erev Rosh Hashanah services with wine & dessert reception

• Kol Nidre by Candlelight

Services will be led by Rabbi Deborah Goldberg and other Congregation Rodeph Sholom clergy and staff. A full calendar of all Congregation Rodeph Sholom experiences can be found here.

CBST High Holiday Services for Adults and Families with Children

CBST is an LGBTQ+ synagogue for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. CBST services are open to all. CBST has an open door policy which never requires a fee to join any of the services.

High Holy Day services are free to all and include opportunities for self-reflection, beautiful communal singing, and Jewish teachings for a world in need of our prayers and our actions. Whether in-person or online, your voice, your mind, and your heart have a home here.

A full schedule and registration information is available here.

Lab/Shul’s High Holy Days of Awe 2024/5785 Services for All Ages

Join Lab/Shul at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in NYC or online, to co-create community and activate a new year with renewed focus on what matters most. Immerse in meaningful, musical and meditative celebrations that fuse our oldest liturgies with contemporary art, engaging learning programs, and communal conversations.

Services are designed to be all ages, all backgrounds, god-optional, artist driven, everybody friendly.

Angel Assisted seats are available for students, artists, and seniors at a highly subsidized rate.

More information and registration can be found here.

High Holiday Services with the 92NY and Romemu Communities for Adults, Families, and Youth

Led by 92NY’s Rabbi and the founder of the Romemu community, David Ingber, this year’s observance will fall as the Jewish community prepares for the anniversary of the October 7th massacre. After an unimaginably difficult year, our services will offer an opportunity for all to feel connected, consoled and comforted by heartfelt prayers, spiritual insights and warmth of community. The power of the High Holy Days is unparalleled in its capacity to help us commit to living more courageously, authentically and compassionately in the year ahead.

A full schedule and registration information can be found here.

Fort Tryon Jewish Center High Holiday Services for All Ages

Fort Tryon Jewish Center is an independent synagogue in Northern Manhattan with an original approach to tradition. The egalitarian services and traditional ritual — spiritual, tuneful and participatory — attract people of all levels of observance.

Tickets for High Holiday services are available for member and non-members here.

Kehillat Harlem High Holiday Services & Meals for Adults & Families

Kehillat Harlem is organizing services and meals for the High Holidays. Services will take place at 116th and Frederick Douglass Blvd. Child care will be provided during prayer services.

Kehillat Harlem strives to make each person feel at home in its payer space by upholding our commitment to halachah (Jewish law) while working hard to hold a commitment to maximum inclusivity. The tefillot (prayer services) are liturgically traditional and there is a mehitza (separation between genders) while praying. Daveners (those who pray) sit in the section with which they identify, and Kehillat Harlem makes space for anyone who identifies outside of the gender binary. Tefillot are male-led and Torah reading is open to community members of any gender identity to read.

More information about the services and meals available can be found here.

Or Zarua High Holiday Services for Adults and Families with Children

Congregation Or Zarua is a Conservative synagogue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Guest tickets are available to those wishing to join Or Zarua for the fist time over the High Holy Day.

Purchase High Holiday service tickets here.

uws//jews Yom Kippur Services for Young Professional UWS Residents

Yom Kippur with uws//jews is geared towards young UWS residents (post-college - age 35 + uws//jews alumni) seeking a meaningful and spiritually engaging Yom Kippur experience. We seek to create a space to reflect on ourselves and our community, and we’ve gathered some great local talent to lead us with that goal in mind. Our minyan will take place in our larger space in the west 90s and will be an Orthodox service (with divrei torah given by both men and women). Break-fast will be provided after! 

More information and registration can be found here.