String of Pearls
Princeton Reconstructionist Synagogue
Founded in 1992
Founded in 1992
Join Us for the High Holidays
Here is the schedule for our High Holiday services and a message from our Rabbi, Maurice Harris. All are welcome to our in-person services during the day and our Zoom services in the evenings.
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ROSH HASHANAH 5784
Friday, September 15, 2023
7 pm Service*
Saturday, September 16, 2023
10:30 am Service**
followed by Challah, wine, apples and honey
a vegetarian/pareve, pot-luck luncheon
Tashlich at 2:30---we will walk to the lake and stream at Community Park North
YOM KIPPUR 5784
Sunday, September 24, 2023
7 pm Kol Nidre Service*
Monday, September 25, 2023
10:30 am Service**
1:00 pm Yizkor**
5:00 pm Book of Jonah reading and discussion*
6:00 pm Mincha and Neilah*
7:00 pm Havdallah*
* Service will be remote, via Zoom
** Service will be in-person at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton
We enter into a new Jewish year with the twin goals of looking back and “hoping” forward. We look back on the year that is ending and we take stock of our own efforts to be better human beings. We take a moral inventory, we reach out to loved ones and seek to repair harms we may have caused, and we reflect on how we handled the big and small challenges that came our way. We also look forward – or “hope” forward – imagining how we can learn from mistakes, how we can recommit to our best ideals, and how we can support each other in a spirit of shared responsibility and shared fate. Whether you’ve been part of the String of Pearls community for years or are just joining us for the first time, you’re warmly welcome. Whether you’re Jewish, Jew-ish, or a person of a different faith tradition who is part of the Jewish community, you’re welcome to be with us in what will be a predominantly online experience, with a few opportunities to gather outdoors in-person for those so inclined. May the coming year bring blessings of justice, peace, meaning and hope.
-Rabbi Maurice Harris
String of Pearls is a Jewish community with services and events in Princeton, NJ. We are diverse and inclusive, and welcome all who are willing to commit to the integration of community, worship, study, acts of loving kindness (gemilut hasadim), and repair of the world (tikkun olam).
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