Services & Dinners

All Are Welcome to High Holiday Services

Congregation Beth Ami welcomes everyone to our holiday services and celebrations, from greeting the new year with prayer, music and honey cake, through the deep reflection of Yom Kippur, the thanksgiving of Sukkot, and finally joyous dancing with the Torahs on Simchat Torah. We don’t charge for tickets to High Holiday services at Beth Ami. Just contact Elizabeth Jarlsberg in the office for yours if you are not a member, or if members want to bring friends and family. Donations are appreciated and needed; there is no other source of income other than our local community.

Please see the Shofar Newsletter pdf for information. One-page Holiday Schedule: High Holidays Schedule 2024

SERVICES AND EVENTS ARE A MIX OF IN-PERSON, ZOOM AND HYBRID

Shabbat morning services are in person and on Zoom, preceded by Torah study and with a light lunch following. (See below.) Our Shabbat services are a true hybrid with active participants on Zoom. Masks and hand sanitizer are available; please attend on zoom instead of in person if you are ill. See Zoom links page for details.

Friday evenings in person and on Zoom with Rabbi Ron Koas.
5:30 pm Meditative service on Israel
6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat service.

First Friday night of the month Shabbat dinners at CBA: Join us for Kabbalat services at 6:00 pm live and on Zoom followed by a scrumptious milchik or pareve dinner prepared by David Kahn, with help from many volunteers. Please make your reservation by the preceding Wednesday at noon. $18 for members age 12 and up. $24 for age 12 and up non-members. $9 for Under 12. Some scholarships available. Call 707-360-3000 or email office@bethamisr.org.

On two Fridays a month, Leah Gerber leads a short and very sweet musical Sing In Shabbat service at 6:00 pm, concluding with our communal Kiddush at about 6:30 pm. We hope that joining as a community in this way, will lift all of our spirits, with the beauty and holiness of Shabbat.

Saturday Shabbat morning Torah study with Rabbi Ron Koas at 9:00 a.m. followed by 9:45 a.m. services in person and on Zoom, lead by Rabbi Ron Koas and congregants. There are hearing assistance devices for in-person attendees and captioning available on Zoom.

Siddur Chadash Shabbat Morning