All information was provided by the synagogues listed below. Other area synagogues are still in the process of planning their services to ensure the safety of their congregants – as those plans may change, those interested in attending services are asked to contact synagogues for the most up-to-date service schedule. See the Congregational Notes on page 10 for contact information for all of the area synagogues.
Beth David Synagogue
Note: Events with an asterisk (*) will be taking place in the synagogue.
Saturday, September 17
Selichot service – 10 pm
Sunday, September 25, erev Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah Candle lighting – 6:37 pm
Mincha – 6:40 pm*
Monday, September 26, Rosh Hashanah I
Shacharit – 8:15 am*
Shofar – 10:45 am*
Tashlich at Confluence Park – 5:50 pm
Mincha – 6:40 pm*
Candle lighting – after 7:35 pm
Tuesday, September 27, Rosh Hashanah II
Shacharit – 8:15 am*
Shofar – 10:45 am*
Mincha – 6:35 pm*
Yom Tov ends – 7:34 pm
Wednesday, September 28, Tzom Gedaliah – Fast of Gedalya
Fast begins – 5:35 am
Fast ends – 7:32 pm
Friday, September 30, Shabbat Shuvah
Candle lighting – 6:28 pm
Saturday, October 1
Shacharit – 9:30 am*
Shabbat Shuvah Lecture during Kiddush*
Shabbat ends – 7:27 pm
Sunday, October 2
Service at Holocaust Memorial Monument – 10:30 am
Cemetery visitations following – approx. 11 am-noon
Tuesday, October 4, erev Yom Kippur
Candle lighting – before 6:21 pm
Fast begins – 6:21 pm
Kol Nidre – 6:25 pm*
Wednesday, October 5, Yom Kippur
Shacharit – 9 am*
Yizkor – 12:15 pm*
Mincha – 4:30 pm*
Shofar – fast ends – 7:20 pm*
Sunday, October 9, erev Sukkot
Candle lighting – 6:13 pm
Monday, October 10, Sukkot I
Shacharit – 9 am*
Candle lighting – after 7:11 pm
Tuesday, October 11, Sukkot II
Shacharit – 9 am*
Yom tov ends – 7:10 pm
Wednesday, October 12, first day Chol Hamoed
Sisterhood Sukkah Celebration – 1 pm*
Friday, October 14, Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot
Candle lighting – 6:05 pm
Shabbat, October 15
Shacharit – 9 am*
Shabbat ends – 7:04 pm
Sunday, October 16, Hoshana Rabba
Shacharit – 6:30 am*
Sunday, October 16, erev Shemini Atzeret
Candle lighting – 6:02 pm
Monday, October 17, Shemini Atzeret
Shacharit – 9 am*
Yizkor – 10:45 am*
Mincha – 6 pm*
Candle lighting – after 7 pm
Ma’ariv and Hakafot – 6:50 pm*
Tuesday, October 18, Simchat Torah
Shacharit – 9 am*
Hakafot – 9:45 am*
Yom tov ends – 6:59 pm
Congregation Tikkun v’Or
All are welcome at Congregation Tikkun v’Or’s Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. Membership and tickets are never required, but High Holiday donations of any amount will be appreciated. However, Tikkun v’Or is requiring registration to attend services in person so that all participants can be safe and healthy. Masks are required while indoors at Tikkun v’Or.
To request in-person attendance or for the Zoom links, contact info@tikkunvor.org or call 607-256-1471.
More information can also be found on their website. The High Holiday machzor (prayerbook) is available online here.
High Holiday services will led by Rabbi Shifrah Tobacman, along with other leaders in the community and guest leaders Rabbi Lenore Bohm, Miranda Phillips, Michael Margolin and Azameira (Tikkun v’Or’s singing group).
Sunday, September 25, erev Rosh Hashanah
Youth-led service in person and Zoom – 9:30-11 am
Evening service in person and Zoom – 6:45-8:30 pm
Monday, September 26, Rosh Hashanah
Morning service in person and Zoom – 9-11:30 am
Community picnic at Stewart Park – noon
Tashlich at Stewart Park – 1 pm
Tuesday, October 4, erev Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre in person and Zoom – 6:45 pm
Wednesday, October 5, Yom Kippur
Morning service in person and Zoom – 9 am-noon
Youth service in person and Zoom – 1-2 pm
Yoga on Zoom only – 1-1:30 pm
Meditation on Zoom only – 1:45-2:15 pm
Isaiah Challenge in person and Zoom – 2:30-4:15 pm
The speaker will be Luis Aguirre-Torres, director of sustainability for the city of Ithaca
Avodah in person and Zoom – 4:30-5:15 pm
Yizkor in person and Zoom – 5:30-6:15 pm
Neilah / Havdalah in person and Zoom – 6:15-7:15 pm
Temple Beth El of Oneonta
Temple Beth El strongly encourages those attending to wear masks to protect vulnerable congregants. Tickets for non-members are $100 each. (Contact Steven Feuer at 607-432-0108.)
Sunday, September 25, erev Rosh Hashanah
Evening service – 7 pm
Monday, September 26, Rosh Hashanah Day 1
Morning service – 9:30 am
Torah and shofar services
Tashlich at Wilber Park, Spruce Street entrance – 1 pm
Tuesday, September 27, Rosh Hashanah Day 2
Torah Study in Wilber Park, near the upper pavilion – 1 pm
Use Center Street entrance. Please bring a chair if possible and your own lunch.
Tuesday, October 4, erev Yom Kippur
Candle lighting – 6 pm
Kol Nidre – 7 pm (please be prompt)
Wednesday, October 5, Yom Kippur
Morning service – 9:30 am
Torah service
Yizkor (Memorial) service – noon
Mincha service – 4:45 pm
Neilah – 6:15 pm
Shofar blast – 7:20 pm
Temple Brith Sholom
Sunday, September 25, erev Rosh Hashanah
Evening service – 7 pm
Monday, September 26, Rosh Hashanah I
Morning service – 10:30 am
Tashlich at the creek – 6:30 pm
Evening service – 7 pm
Tuesday, September 27, Rosh Hashanah II
Morning service featuring Torah study and group discussion – 10:30 am
Tuesday, October 4, erev Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre – 6:45 pm
Wednesday, October 5, Yom Kippur
Morning services – 10:30 am
Yizkor, Musaf – 11:30 am
Jonah – 5:30 pm
Neilah – 6 pm
Break the fast – 6:45 pm
Temple Concord
All worship services will be in person and online unless noted otherwise. For those wishing to attend Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot or Shemini Atzeret-Simchat Torah services on Zoom, click here, meeting ID 890 0903 1825 and Passcode 976194.
Saturday, September 17, Selichot
Program at TC: “Northern Exposure – Shofar So Good” – 8 pm
Selichot service following program
To join Temple Concord and Temple Israel online on Zoom: available here, meeting ID 869 6646 9818 9818 and passcode 649068.
Sunday, September 25, erev Rosh Hashanah
Service – 8 pm
Monday, September 26, Rosh Hashanah
Morning service – 9:30 am
Youth services and programming in the mansion (in person only, registration
required) – 10:30 am
Super Kiddush in Dorothy Schagrin Garden – 12:30 pm
Tashlich at Peace Park – 1:15 pm
Tuesday, October 4, erev Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre instrumental prelude – 7:30 pm
Kol Nidre service – 7:50 pm
Wednesday, October 5, Yom Kippur
Morning services – 9:30 am
Youth services and programming (in person only, registration required) – 10:30 am
Discussion “On Repentance & Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World” – 1 pm
Meditative music – 3 pm
Yizkor memorial service – 4:15 pm
Healing service – 5 pm
Neilah concluding service – 6 pm
Havdalah – 6:45 pm
Congregational break fast following Havdalah
Sunday, October 9, erev Sukkot
Sukkot seder (in-person attendance, registration is required) – 6 pm
Monday, October 10, Sukkot I
Sukkot morning festival service – 10:30 am
BYO lunch in the sukkah – noon
Friday, October 14
Sukkot Shabbat Wine and Cheese Reception in the sukkah – 6:45 pm
Sukkot Shabbat services – 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 15
Sukkot Family Shabbat service (in person only, no reservation required) – 10:30 am
Community members are invited to eat in the temple sukkah during this week.
Sunday, October 16, Shemini Atzeret-Simchat Torah
Simchat Torah celebration and Yizkor service – 6:30 pm
Monday, October 17, Shemini Atzeret-Simchat Torah
Simchat Torah festival and Yizkor service – 10:30 am
BYO festival lunch follows services.
Temple Israel
Note: All Temple Israel High Holiday services will be in-person and live-streamed online via Zoom.
Saturday September 17
TI/TC Selichot at TI – 8:30 pm
Sunday, September 25, erev Rosh Hashanah
Service – 7:30 pm
Monday, September 26, Rosh Hashanah I
Preliminary/Shacharit services – 8:45-9:45 am
Break – 9:45-10 am
Torah service/ shofar/sermon – 10-11:45 am
Families with children services – 10:30-11:45 am
Break – 11:45 am-noon
Musaf service – 12-1:15 pm
Break – 1:15-4:15 pm
Tashlich (behind Newman House) – 4:15 pm
Mincha – 5-5:30 pm
Tuesday, September 27, Rosh Hashanah II
Preliminary/Shacharit services – 8:45-9:45 am
Break – 9:45-10 am
Torah service/ shofar/sermon – 10-11:45 am
Junior Congregation (online only) – 10:30-11:30 am
Break – 11:45am-noon
Musaf service – 12-1:15 pm
Sunday, October 2
Holocaust Memorial at TI Cemetery – 10:30 am
Visiting TI Cemetery – 11:30 am-12:15 pm
Tuesday, October 4, erev Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre services – 6:30 pm
Wednesday, October 5, Yom Kippur
Preliminary/Shacharit services – 8:45-9:45 am
Break – 9:45-10 am
Torah service/sermon – 10-11:45 am
Junior Congregation – 10:30-11:30 am
Break – 11:45 am-noon
Musaf service – 12-1:15 pm
Martyrology/Yizkor (sanctuary/online) – 12:30-1:15 pm
Break – 1:15-5 pm
Study session (sanctuary only) – TBA
Break – 5:45-6 pm
Mincha – 6-7 pm
Neilah (ark open) – 7-7:53 pm
Ma’ariv, Havdalah, break the fast – 7:53-8:01 pm
Sunday, October 9
Building the Temple Israel sukkah – 10 am
Monday October 10, Sukkot I
Services – 9:30 am-noon
Tuesday, October 11, Sukkot II
Study session (details TBA) – 10:30-11:30 am
Sunday, October 16, Hoshana Rabbah
Study (details TBA) – 10:30-11:30 am
Monday, October 17, Shemini Atzeret
Services – 9:30 am-noon
Yizkor – approx. 11 am
Tuesday, October 18, Simchat Torah
Study (details TBA) – 10:30-11:30 am