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High Holy Days: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

High Holy Day services will be held in person.

Tickets are required to attend in person.

For those unable to attend in person, services will also be live streamed.

Need a ticket?

Members - Tickets for your household and dependents are included with your membership. Tell us how many you need when you make your annual gift or contact the office. Members may purchase guest tickets for $75 each.

Prospective members - We are pleased to offer free tickets to anyone considering joining Beth Israel Center and who will be attending our High Holy Day services in person for the first time. Call the office (608-256-7763) or email office@bethisraelcenter.org.

Students - Tickets are free! Just email office@bethisraelcenter.org or call 608-256-7763.

Reminders

Youth Services & Childcare. For planning purposes, to provide the safest environment possible, registration is required for in-person children’s programming on both days of Rosh Hashanah and on Yom Kippur. Click here to register.

Food for Thought School Pantries Fund Drive: For the 8th consecutive year, we are collecting funds to support the in-school food pantries established by BIC member Lea Aschkenase in honor of her mother, Thea Aschkenase (z"l) and Thea's commitment to ensuring that the only hunger students should know is hunger for learning. To make an online donation, click here. You can also bring cash or a check (made out to Second Harvest, with School Pantries on the memo line) with you when you come to services on Friday evening, October 11.

Service Times

  • Rosh Hashanah Schedule

    • Wednesday, October 2 at 5:45pm

    • Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4, 8:00am-1:00pm

      • High Holiday Youth Programming 10:30am-1:00pm

      • Preschool Family service 11am-12pm

    • Tashlich at Vilas Park - Day 1 (Oct. 3) only: 4:00pm

  • Yom Kippur Schedule

    • Friday, October 11

      • Services begin at 5:00pm with the short Mincha service, followed by Kol Nidrei

    • Shabbat, October 12, 9am - 7:00pm (with a mid-afternoon break)

      • Yom Kippur morning services include Yizkor

      • High Holiday Youth Programming 10:30am-12:30pm

      • Preschool Family service 11am-12pm

      • Mincha at 4:00pm

      • Ne’ilah at 5:30pm

      • Final Shofar at 7:02pm

      • Break Fast, sponsored by the Board of Directors. All are Welcome!

      • BIC young adults: Take a leap of faith with Rabbi Betsy! Join the fun. Bring a friend. 8:30pm outdoors at Leopold’s Cafe, 1301 Regent St.