Highlights

Yom Kippur Afternoon Activity (Members Only)

Spend Yom Kippur afternoon with Rabbi Sivan Rotholz and Rabbi Sarah Berman as we explore poetry on themes of grief and healing. Together, we’ll reflect on what has been uprooted over the past year and consider what we hope to plant for the future.

Posted: September 24, 2024

Rosh HaShanah Palooza

Ring in the sweet new year with High Holiday-inspired games, activities, and noshing at our Downtown Rosh Hashanah Palooza.

Posted: September 19, 2024

Uprooting & Planting: A S’lichot Healing Session

Join Dr. Betsy Stone, Rabbi Sarah Berman, and Rabbi Hilly Haber to explore post-traumatic growth through discussion, poetry, and reflection.

Posted: September 13, 2024

Beyond the Matzah Ball: Tastes of the High Holy Days

Send your taste buds on a culinary tour through the Jewish world – no passport required! Savor the diversity of Jewish High Holy Day cuisine with tastings from The Jewish Holiday Table, a new cookbook from the Jewish Food Society (JFS) featuring 135 unique recipes.

Posted: August 8, 2024

It Takes Two to Torah with Abigail Pogrebin & Rabbi Dov Linzer

Join journalist Abby Pogrebin and Rabbi Dov Linzer for the final in-person program of It Takes Two to Torah on September 26 at 6:30 pm, followed by a pre-event reception with delicious food.

Posted: August 8, 2024

The Month of Elul at Central

Sign up for programming during the month of Elul—the Hebrew month leading up to the High Holy Days, in which we begin the soul-searching and intellectual preparation that can deepen our experience of the days of personal reckoning to come.

Posted: July 9, 2024

Pre-High Holy Day Park Clean Up

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Join us for a family-friendly park clean-up and help us beautify Sara D. Roosevelt Park alongside your Central community.

Posted: July 9, 2024

Kick-Off Event: Elul Circles With Rabbis Angela Buchdahl and Hilly Haber

Enter the new year with renewed spiritual openness by joining a member-led Circle— a safe space fostering respectful conversation and productive disagreement on divisive topics.

Posted: July 8, 2024