Maui Jews News

Stay healthy. Stay safe. Stay connected!

First a Quick reminder for tomorrow!

5:00pm
Kabbalat Shabbat with Toby Pechner
 This is now a Zoom only service
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173
Toby's services are
musical, fun, and a joyful way to bring in Shabbat. 


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Thanksgiving Is Basically a Jewish Holiday. Here’s Why.
By Rabbi Samantha Natov, Nov 21, 2018

I was raised in Canada, where most of the people I knew didn’t make a big deal of — or even celebrate — Thanksgiving (which, in Canada, falls on the second Monday in October). So when I moved to the States some 16 years ago, I was surprised to learn how Thanksgiving is so cherished by Americans. Yet, the first time I sat around a Thanksgiving table with friends and shared words of gratitude, I was struck by how familiar the holiday felt: To me, Thanksgiving seemed to be profoundly Jewish.

While we typically don’t think of Thanksgiving as a particularly Jewish day, it has the potential to be the most Jewish of all the secular holidays. With its focus on gathering as a community, giving thanks, and being mindful, Thanksgiving is infused with central Jewish values. We return to these themes again and again throughout Jewish practice, whether in prayer services, through the study of Torah, or as the basis for mitzvot. Thanksgiving invites us to stop in our tracks and embody these values — albeit in a different, more everyday context.

READ MORE
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Chanukah Store 
Nov 30 - Dec 18
M-F (starting next week)
10am - 2pm or by appointment 874-5397

Gelt, dreidles, decorations, gifts, selfie kits, and accessories.
Thank you for supporting your local synagogue.
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You can make an impact while you shop for Black Friday deals.
Simply shop at  smile.amazon.com/ch/99-0294390  and AmazonSmile will donate to Jewish Congregation of Maui Inc, at no cost to you.

Same amazon, same prices, same everytthing... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
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Stay healthy. Stay safe. Stay connected!

Tuesday, November 24
7:00pm
Class with Sam S. 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173

Mitzvot (Divine Commandments)
What are the mitzvot? Where do they appear in the Torah? What is their interpretation? What is their purpose? How have they been a basis for a Jewish life throughout the generations? How can they apply in our lives, how they can inspire us, and what opportunities can they give us to feel a sense of connection?
We will look together at some of the sources and think about their meaning and relevance.

Sam plans to start with a general discussion of what mitzvot are and why they are important.


Friday, November 27
8:30am
Weekly Parsha with Sam S.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173


5:30pm
Kabbalat Shabbat with Toby Pechner
Outdoor at JCM* and Zoom 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173


JCM is thrilled that Toby is on Maui this month! Join us for a masked and socially distanced outdoor service...or join us by Zoom. His services are well-attended by both Maui and mainland residents and we look forward to having him on Maui.
Come sing and enjoy this fun service to welcome Shabbat.

*Toby arrived last week from the mainland with a negative test.
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*Please check the calendar at mauijews.org before heading to JCM. In-person events may need to be changed depending on Maui health protocols.

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More members = $11,000



If you haven't joined or renewed... now is the time. Your membership will earn raise even more money for JCM.

We are proud that during these past 8 months we maintained classes, services, and lifecycle events. We even expanded our programming

We never closed...we just moved online.

JOIN OR RENEW HERE

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Chanukah
December 10-18




The Chanukah store is by appointment only this week. 

Starting next week: the store will have regular hours of 10am - 2pm or by appointment.

Ellyn is also willing to help you shop from the comfort of your home and deliver or leave a bag outside for no-contact shopping.

We have what you need ro have a fun and festive holiday!
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Bar & Bat Mitzvah Program
JCM has always been an egalitarian synagogue. Girls have always been welcomed to read from the Torah, any time...
Did you know we're the ONLY place on Maui where girls can be called to the Torah?

This is important.
Our girls are equal and included in all aspects of the lifecycle event...this is crucial for both our boys (who we are raising to be good citizens) and our girls. We are proud to include anyone who wants to celebrate this rite of passage. 

This is more than a "teaching" class...this program will help truly prepare our children for their personal journey into Jewish adulthood in our kehillah (community).

This class will be finalized in the next few weeks, and the details will be published.
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Yahrzeits 
November 24- November 30

Ruth Feuerstein
Abraham Goldman
Yoretta Isaac
Henry E. Cohen
Leah DuBoff
Golda Mopper
Herman Greenstein
Maurice Jay Rose
Anna Henagow Bartlett
Bunny Epstein
Anna Bloom
Vera Gretchen Hammerstein
Robert Auerbach
John Ebbers

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JCM is not closed...we're online!

Shabbat Shalom!

JCM is excited to try out some outdoor services and events at JCM. We know that there are varying ideas on what should  be allowed during these times. Decisions are being made following federal and local mandates, CDC recommendations, and . As we get into winter and more tourists will arrive and more illnesses are bound to spread, there are health protocols (not just COVID) that will help our community stay safe. We fully respect everyone's personal decisions in your own homes and lives, and at JCM, we are taking great care to not be the primary or secondary source of an outbreak or spread.

If you are comfortable, please come and enjoy an outdoor service... social distance, keep your mask on- even outside and seated, do not eat or drink unnecessarily when you are here. If our protocols are followed and resepcted, we will continue to hold outdooor events. 



6:00pm
Kabbalat Shabbat with Cynthia Lebowitz
Outdoor at JCM 
no zoom this week
Shiru L'Adonai Shir Chadash

Enter Shabbat with music and guitar...sing a new song to Adonai.

Service begins at 6pm outside Beit Shalom and will include some Kabbalat Shabbat songs as well as Erev Shabbat liturgy. Masks and social distancing necessary at JCM.
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Save the Date for Next Friday, 11/27
Live and in person...Toby Pechner at JCM.
This will also likely be on Zoom.
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More members = $11,000

If you haven't joined or renewed... now is the time. Your membership will earn raise even more money for JCM.

We are proud that during these past 8 months continued to provide classes, services, and lifecycle events! 

We never closed...we just moved online.

JOIN OR RENEW HERE

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Chanukah
December 10-18




The Chanukah shop is open... decorations, gifts, candles, etc, selfie station props, etc... 

We will have what you need for a fun and festive holiday!

Click Here 
for a short video tour of what is available in our store.
Open M-F from 10am - 2pm
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Shopping on Amazon?

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Same amazon, same prices, same everytthing... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
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JCM is not closed...we're online!

JCM is 15 people away from a bonus $11,000!

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2020, what a year. So much has changed for all of us, but one thing is the same. JCM continues to provide belonging and community through egalitarian and welcoming Judaism. This impact would not be possible without the genorosity and engagment of our community around the world. 

Your membership and donations do so much.
​​​​​​​We are member supported Judaism.

During COVID...

JCM continues to perform weddings

JCM led a ZOOM Bat Mitzvah between Maui and Canada

JCM provides weekly classes

JCM ensures a Friday Shabbat service

JCM assembles a mourner's kaddish when needed

Whatever you need or want- no matter your gender or level of observance, JCM is here for you. 

JCM never went away...we went online.

With your membership, we continue on...equally, for all Jews.


We have a challenge...We need 15 people to become members by December 15...and we will get $11,000 from an anonymous donor!

Today is the day to be a member...it matters. 

1. Go to smile.amazon.com
2. Login as normal
3. Select Jewish Congreagation of Maui

Same amazon, same prices, same everytthing... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
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JCM is not closed...we're online!

Tuesday, October 27
7:00pm
Class with Sam S. 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173
Mystical insights on the Torah from a Hassidic perspective, by the renowned rebbe, storyteller, and kabbalist of Uman, Rabbi Nachman of Bretzlav.
If you have ever wondered about Hassidic thought, or heard about the ecstatic, intense spiritual worlds of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggids, come participate in a discussion and reading of selections from the grandson of the founder of the Hassidic movement.


Friday, October 30 
8:30am
Weekly Parsha with Sam S.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173


6:00pm
Kabbalat Shabbat with Kobi Gil
We are ready to try an in-person Kabbalat service...there will be no Zoom Friday service this week.
Outside
Social distancing
Masks
Please bring your own challah and wine, as we cannot share food.
WIll provide more details in a reminder email in a few days :)

***Note about next week: Ellyn will be on vacation and unreachable. The JCM phone will be checked daily for messages and the newsletter will be sent. If you need anything from us, please leave a voicemail, and your call be returned quickly.
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"Two years later, Tree of Life shooting survivors are making the victims' memories a blessing...


Audrey Glickman is drawing on the words of a friend who “always said that everything in life takes two years to heal.”
Ms. Glickman — a survivor of the Oct. 27, 2018, attack at the Tree of Life / Or L’Simcha synagogue, which claimed the lives of 11 worshipers from three congregations — knows it’s not as simple as turning a page on a calendar.
“Some of us, as a collective, are still healing,” said Ms. Glickman, a Tree of Life member. “We had different levels of injury to begin with. But I’m ready to move on, to carry this forward and make it positive.”
When Jews say of the departed, “may their memory be for a blessing,” she said, the word “for” is crucial — moving from memory to future action.
“The people we lost have a legacy,” she said. “It’s on us now to continue to not only build ourselves but build on the legacy that was left to us.”"
Read the rest of the article here.

JCM joins in the mourning and remembering of the lives of those who were murdered at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburg on October 27, 2018...two years ago today.
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We are member-supported Judaism

On my commute to and from Kula this week, I have been listening to NPR, who is doing their fundraising drive.
Always one to "borrow" fabulous wording...
I say, we are member-supported Judaism.

​​​​​​​Unlike other Jewish communites on Maui and around the country, we are sustained only by our members.

We hope that egalitarian (we are the ONLY place on Maui a girl/woman can be called to the Torah), pluralistic (for all Jews, accepted not just tolerated), and welcoming (we truly are happy to have all Jews together, no matter how they connect spiritually or culturally) Judaism on Maui is important to you.
We are the only one.

For all of us and our children and grandchildren... please keep JCM on Maui, we need this Jewish option.

Join as a member, make a donation, become a sustaining Chai Life- $18/mo donor... we appreciate all donations for our sustainability on Maui.

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Bar & Bat Mitzvah Program
JCM has always been an egalitarian synagogue. Girls have always been welcomed to read from the Torah, any time...
Did you know we're the ONLY place on Maui where girls can be called to the Torah?

This is important.
Our girls are equal and included in all aspects of the lifecycle event...this is crucial for both our boys (who we are raising to be good citizens) and our girls. We are proud to include any boy/girl/nonbinary person who wants to enjoy this rite of passage. 

Our new program, run by Sandra Razieli, will likely begin in November.

This is more than a "teaching" class...this program will help truly prepare our children for their personal journey into Jewish adulthood in our kehillah (community).

Please let me know at admin@mauijews.org if your child will be having a Bar/Bat Mitzvah in the next year or so...we will reach out with the details as soon as they are final.  
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Chanukah
December 10-18




We will be selling menorahs, candles, gelt, dreidles, decorations, etc. starting November 18...  There will be details in future emails :)

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Yahrzeits 
October 27- November 3

Alexander Goldsmith
Lee Stevens
Ruth Glick
Lucy Heller Adams
Derek Koss
Paul Zisken
Ernest Katz
Dora Goldstein
William Jaffe
Alex Regson
Teressa Kahn Gilbert
Paul Pike
Anthony Andrew Caputo
Morris Bloom
Sanft Sandra
Edith Brandes
Sarah Rosoff
Morris Bloom
Julius Dan
Elsa Gelman Rosoff
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1. Go to smile.amazon.com
2. Login as normal
3. Select Jewish Congreagation of Maui

Same amazon, same prices, same everytthing... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
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JCM is not closed...we're online!

Monday, October 19
4:30pm
JCM Board Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85291956447
    See the agenda here. 


Tuesday, October 20
7:00pm
Class with Sam S. 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173
Mystical insights on the Torah from a Hassidic perspective, by the renowned rebbe, storyteller and kabbalist of Uman, Rabbi Nachman of Bretzlav.
If you have ever wondered about Hassidic thought, or heard about the ecstatic intense spiritual worlds of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggids, come participate in a discussion and reading of selections from the grandson of the founder of the Hassidic movement.


Friday, October 23 
8:30am
Weekly Parsha with Sam S.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173


5:00pm
Toby Pechner Kabbalat Shabbat
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173
Our monthly ruach Shabbat with Toby Pechner. 
 
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Bar & Bat Mitzvah Program
JCM has always been an egalitarian synagogue. Girls have always been welcomed to read from the Torah, any time...
Did you know we're the ONLY place on Maui where girls can be called to the Torah?

This is important.
Our girls are equal and included in all aspects of the lifecycle event...this is crucial for both our boys (who we are raising to be good citizens) and our girls. We are proud to include any boy/girl/nonbinary person who wants to enjoy this rite of passage. 

Our new program, run by Sandra Razieli, will likely begin in November.

This is more than a "teaching" class...this program will help truly prepare our children for their personal journey into Jewish adulthood in our kehillah (community).

Please let me know at admin@mauijews.org if your child will be having a Bar/Bat Mitzvah in the next year or so...we will reach out with the details as soon as they are final.  
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Talmud Torah...Update!
Talmud Torah will resume when we can safely be inside at JCM. Teaching the youngsters over Zoom defeats the purpose of creating community among our children and with our families. We miss our kiddos, and we look forward to the time when we can safely be together!
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Chanukah
December 10-18



You know how you get a Chanukah celebration that is fun for you and your family? Help plan it!

Let Ellyn admin@mauijews.org know that you have ideas and want to help.

We will be selling menorahs, candles, gelt, dreidles, decorations, etc. starting November 18...  There will be details in future emails :)

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Your reason is up to you...

Join just because your Jewish? Join because you attend classes and services? Join because you want to know we'll be here in case you need us? Join because of guilt? Join because you support Jews where you live and visit? Join because girls matter as much as the boys?

Join because we are welcoming and inclusive no matter what kind of Jewish you are?

Whatever the reason...join.

Click here to be a member and let's be Jewish together.

We know you want to contribute, if you can't afford a full membership, contact us to make a payment plan or a special arrangement. Your wanted and welcome no matter what.

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1. Go to smile.amazon.com
2. Login as normal
3. Select Jewish Congreagation of Maui

Same amazon, same prices, same everytthing... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
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JCM is not closed...we're online!

Tuesday, October 6
6:30pm
Class with Sam S. 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173
Mystical insights on the Torah from a Hassidic perspective, by the renowned rebbe, storyteller and kabbalist of Uman, Rabbi Nachman of Bretzlav.
If you have ever wondered about Hassidic thought, or heard about the ecstatic intense spiritual worlds of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggids, come participate in a discussion and reading of selections from the grandson of the founder of the Hassidic movement.


Friday, October 9
8:30am
Weekly Parsha with Sam S.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173


6:00pm
Shemini Atzeret Shabbat
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173
Evening Service - Kabbalat Shabbat with Sam Shnider
 Shemini Atzeret is a separate—yet connected—holy day devoted to the spiritual aspects of the festival of Sukkot. Part of its duality as a holy day is that it is simultaneously considered to be both connected to Sukkot and also a separate festival in its own right. - wikipedia.com
 



Sunday, October 11 
9:30am Simchat Torah
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173

9:30am
Family-Friendly introduction to Simchat Torah follwed by a dance party! Click here for ideas on crafts/flags to create a more festive Simchat Torah!

10:15am
Communal reading of the end of the Torah...and the beginning!

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If you’ve attended classes, joined services, come to JCM events in the past, Zoomed with us, gained soul comfort in any way, please, consider the value of JCM in your life...
We love being in community with you.

Click here to commit to our future.

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1. Go to smile.amazon.com
2. Login as normal
3. Select Jewish Congreagation of Maui

Same amazon, same prices, same everytthing... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
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JCM is not closed...we're online!

Please Click Here for the full High Holiday calendar and details.

We are a kehilla. After Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, I (Ellyn) feel it more than ever. Even by Zoom, we were together and connected. In 5781, let's celebrate kehilla.

Yes, we are a congregation...and even more, we are a Jewish community who supports each other, plays together, grieves together, cares together, lays rocks for others with love at a Yizkor service, delivers prayer books, we are Jews together- we respect our differences and embrace what we share.  

Maui Kehilla...coming in strong for 5781.
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Sukkot Needs:
The sukkah is built...and it needs decorations, greens, & flowers.
If you and your family can help decorate, just pop over and add what you have before Thursday night...it's not the same as being all together on a Sunday morning to decorate, but that won't stop us from having our traditional and festive sukkah. 

Please email admin@mauijews.org to reserve your time in the JCM sukkah, we'd love to have you! We will have the prayers and Lulav and etrog for you to use.

Sukkot is Friday, Oct. 2 - Friday, October 9.
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Friday, October 2
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173

5:30pm

Join us for the inaugural First Friday Zoom Family Kabbalat Shabbat led by Samdra Razieli. This will be a short service where we will welcome Shabbat together with candle lighting and song. It’s an opportunity to experience the warmth of community while experiencing the warmth of the candles in our own homes. 

Saturday, October 3

9:30am- 12:30pm

Shabbat morning...
Sam S. will be in the JCM Sukkah...and you can join him in person (by RSVP only) to pray, sing, shake the lulov, etc. Email him at samshnider@gmail to reserve your Saturday time.. 

Sunday, October 4

9:30am

Service with Sam Shnider
details in a sukkot email to follow this week

followed by

Essence of Sukkot with Shayna
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173
Grab a cup of coffee and join Shayna in a discussion about the essence of Sukkot. Learn, kibbitz, and enjoy each other's company on a Sunday Sukkot morning.

3:00pm

Intro to Acts of Kindness
Click Here for details and RSVP
The Chevra Kadisha as Sukkah: Living Jewish Life as Community
Like a Sukkah sheltering the People of Israel in uncertain times, the Chevra Kadisha enfolds our island Jewish community. Come explore and learn with us how the Chevra Kadisha supports the Jewish community, including rituals that guide us through the most challenging times, offering a pathway for embracing life fully, a companion through the process of integrating life’s inevitable losses, and doing it as one community together.

Hosted by the Inter - Island Chevra Kadisha
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Just one day left for Give Aloha at Foodland. Donate $249 at any Foodland, and they will partially match that donation. Your gift will be worth even more!

We have raised over $3000 so far this year... 
Toda Raba!
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1. Go to smile.amazon.com
2. Login as normal
3. Select Jewish Congreagation of Maui

Same amazon, same prices, same everytthing... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
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JCM is not closed...we're online!

Tonight!

A fun & musical Shabbat with
Toby Pechner!

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173

1. Go to smile.amazon.com
2. Login as normal
3. Select Jewish Congreagation of Maui

Same amazon, same prices, same everytthing... and JCM will get a donation from Amazon. Thank you for your support!!!
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JCM is not closed...we're online!

Please Click Here for the full High Holiday calendar and details.

This past weekend, our great experiment proved a great success. We chose to air live, zoom services and loaned out prayer books. With real books in hand, following along in real time, and seeing our community on Zoom, we were a connected and united community. 
We look forward to joining together again the weekend for Yom Kippur!

Tuesday, September 22 
6:30pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173
Mystical insights on the Torah from a Hassidic perspective, by the renowned rebbe, storyteller and kabbalist of Uman, Rabbi Nachman of Bretzlav.
If you have ever wondered about Hassidic thought, or heard about the ecstatic intense spiritual worlds of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggids, come participate in a discussion and reading of selections from the grandson of the founder of the Hassidic movement.


Friday, September 25
8:30am 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173
For generations upon generations, Jews have completed the cycle of Torah reading and connected one section each week to their world, their lives, and their ethical perspective on life. Join us for a 20-30 modern look at the messages and realities these sacred Hebrew words can have on our life this week. 

5:00pm Ruach Shabbat
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173
Lively communal singing service with Toby Pechner. A beautiful and fun service for all ages. Welcome the First Shabbat of the Year (Shabbat Shuva)


Sunday, September 27 
5:30pm Kol Nidre
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173
Kol Nidrei and Ma’ariv service led by Sam Shnider
with singing by Bonnie Neuman
Traditional Yom Kippur night service with a short sermon


Monday, September 28
10:00am Yom Kippur
please see the mauijews.org website for the full listing of time for the day.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5284619173


11:00am YK Family service
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82658772359


 5:00pm Yizkor