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Our staff and board wish you, and your loved ones Shana Tova Tikateivu.
May the days ahead be sweeter for all of us.
As we prepare our homes, kitchens and baskets over the weekend for eating and celebrating, we wanted to highlight local businesses within our County who have you covered!
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JCC SOCO PRESCHOOL! | |
Our exploration into Rosh Hashanah was organically introduced when the children decided to turn into baby bears last week.
When the bears got hungry, they went looking for honey, making sure to ask the bees if they would share. Sometimes the bees said no, but sometimes they said yes! After pretending to enjoy the pretend honey, the children (aka baby bears) declared that they wanted real honey.
This inspired an exploration of bees, bee hives, and honeycomb. It was a full sensorial experience as we smelled and touched honeycombs from the different seasons and got to taste real honey! Children shared observations such as ”it’s sticky” and “it tastes sweet”.
This is a great example of how we incorporate Jewish holidays and values within the childrens' interests as a Jewish, Reggio Emilia Inspired program.
We can’t wait to dip our apples into local honey when we celebrate. Wishing your family a good and sweet new year!
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Morah Celia with her circle of baby bears exploring apples and honey | | |
S P E C I A L •S H O W I N G !
Mark your calendars for a special showing this month that will benefit the community and the film festival.
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TUES, SEPT 28 • 1PM
Rialto Cinemas, Sebastopol
Eleanor the Great is a 2025 American drama film directed by Scarlett Johansson and written by Tory Kamen. It stars June Squibb, Erin Kellyman, Jessica Hecht, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
This film comes fresh to us from its world premier at Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2025.
| | After seventy years with best friend, Eleanor moves to New York City for a fresh start. Making new friends at ninety proves difficult. Longing for connection, she befriends a 19-year-old student. | | | | |
COMING UP: SONOMA COUNTY & BEYOND
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We don’t charge for High Holiday tickets.
We do appreciate donations. Invite friends and family to spend the holidays with us.
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In time for the holidays the "Soup Sisters" at Beth Ami have made a very special large batch of vegetarian soup for anyone who could use some warmth and nourishment this holiday season.
Vegetarian • No dairy • No meat • No gluten
Would you, or someone you know benefit?
They invite you to call the office, and learn more:
707-360-3000
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SUN, SEPT 28 • 10:00 AM
Doyle Park, Santa Rosa
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Join the Advocates for Social Justice Committee for Reverse Tashlich. Instead of throwing crumbs, we will be cleaning up the park from 10:00am to noon, with a potluck lunch to follow. Bring a chair and water bottle (we will have drinking water available). We will supply the gloves, bags, etc. Please wear closed-toe shoes.
RSVPs are required.
For parking directions: Contact Us
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Contact our office with RSVPs for guests and non-members
BethAmiSR.org • 707-360-3000 • office@bethamisr.org
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SELICHOT
FRI, SEPT 19 • 6 PM
B'nai Israel
EREV ROSH HASHANAH CELEBRATION
& MUSICAL SERVICE
MON, SEPT 22
B'nai Israel
5 PM Live music, noshing and schmoozing in the backyard
6 PM Musical service with a full acoustic band to Welcome in the Jewish New Year.
This will be a joyful gathering for all ages and fully accessible - for members and non-members.
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Rosh Hashanah Family Service
TUES, SEPT 23rd • 9 - 10:15 AM
Ner Shalom Outdoor Courtyard
Join us for a joyful, family-friendly Rosh Hashanah service with music, apples & honey, and hands-on activities — a sweet and soulful way to welcome the new year together.
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Yom Kippur Family Service
THURS, OCT 2nd • 9 - 10:15 AM
Ner Shalom Outdoor Courtyard
Join us for a gentle, joyful Yom Kippur family Service outdoors — with music, stories, and hands-on activities that bring the day’s spirit to life.
A time for heart, reflection, and community — made simple and meaningful for the whole family.
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ROOTING MORE DEEPLY
- A Collage Workshop
SUN, SEPT 28 • 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Ner Shalom & Online (Via Zoom)
In between the High Holy Days, Sally Churgel and Sheridan Gold will be offering an opportunity for a deeper connection to this year’s theme at Congregation Ner Shalom, “Planted like a Tree Beside Divided Waters.”
This collage process invites you to play with images, opening the door to insights that words or prayer alone might not reveal. You will create two small collages—one Challenge Card, exploring how we navigate inner conflicts or divisions within ourselves and the world, and one Resource Card, discovering the inner strength that helps us stand tall and blossom, like a deeply rooted tree.
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The creative imagining of this workshop supports you to nourish your soul in a surprising and elegant manner. Carl Jung noted that it was only by first taking a thing apart, getting to know these parts intimately, and then letting the parts come back together that transformation occurs. In this way, a new and more precious element is created.
Join us, at Congregation Ner Shalom or on zoom, for a morning of insight about your strengths, forgotten or unacknowledged, or ways you might want to practice rooting deeper.
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Registration Required
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REGULAR JEWISH MEDITATION/ MINDFULNESS PRACTICE
TUESDAYS, 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Online via Zoom
HIGH HOLIDAYS'
3 EVENINGS A MONTH:
SEPT 23
OCT 14, 21, 28
We welcome you to join us for a free series of mindful/meditation practices over the course of the next two months. This will be a time for grounding, siting practice and a "Dharma/Torah" teaching.
Everyone is welcome. Please contact Shomrei Torah's office cst@cstsr.org for the Zoom link.
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ROSH HASHANAH | | |
EVENING SERVICE
MON, SEPT 22nd • 6:30 PM
Shir Shalom (& Online via Zoom)
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DAY SERVICE
TUES, SEPT 23
9:00 AM Morning Blessings
10:00 AM Morning Service
12:00 PM Tashlich at Sonoma Plaza Duck Pond
1:15 PM Luncheon
(separate reservation/fee required)
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ROSH HASHANA AT RAGLE
TUES, SEPT 23rd • 10:30 AM
Ragle Park, Sebastopol
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This will be year 29 of the Sebastopol Jewish Community celebrating the birth of the universe together at Ragle Park.
If you are not a member of the "SebJews" GoogleGroup and would like to learn more about this event, please contact Gary Weiner: gw52749@gmail.com
| | "In the meantime, will you join me in taking stock of our lives since last year? This is the time for us to begin to evoke compassion for the times we ourselves missed the mark in our relationship with our Self as well as with our community, starting right at home and aiming for the Earth herself." | |
GRIEVING THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE
Beginning October 14 in SF
& Online
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TUESDAYS, 10:00 - 11:30 AM
OCT 14 - DEC 23 2025
Online via Zoom
Open to people of all traditions who have recently suffered the loss of a loved one, this ten-week grief support series offers opportunities to learn about the grieving process.
We will:
- address ways to manage challenging feelings, including loneliness, loss, and isolation
- discuss ways to learn how to live with grief
- plan ways to move forward
- feel the support within the community to heal together
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This group is suitable for anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one, regardless of age, faith, or relation. It will be facilitated by professional grief counselors.
Pre-registration is required, and we request your commitment to attending all ten sessions when you enroll. The cost is $120 for the series with a $30 book fee. Please note, no one is turned away for lack of funds.
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