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- Friday night services:
- The First Friday of the
Month:
An early service, open to all but with
special content for young children.
The service begins at 5:30 PM.
We use Kol Hano'ar the new
Reconstructionist siddur for children.
The short service is followed by a
lively vegetarian/dairy potluck
supper.
- The Third Friday of the
Month:
6:15 PM service Farbrengen
Friday: The tradition of a
farbrengen, a joyous gathering for
melody and learning in honor of holy
Jewish time, comes out of
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidism. The JCA's
farbrengen begins with a Kabbalat
Shabbat service in which we emphasize
the singing of, and absorption in,
Jewish liturgical music over and above
excessive words of orientation and
explanation--something that can
captivate the spirit even if you don't
happen to be an expert in this music.
Following the service, we have a
potluck supper, and as we sit around
sharing our Shabbat meal, we sing zemirot
and niggunim, (songs and
wordless melodies) and invite people
to offer words of Torah and wisdom,
and maybe even explore other ways to
experience our creativity in
celebration of Shabbat.
- All Other Fridays:
6:15 PM service in the
long standing JCA style. Prayers in
Hebrew and in English from Kol
Haneshamah.
On occasion the service will be
followed by a potluck supper and a
program. Check the website or the JCA
office voicemail for more information.
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Shabbat morning services are
at 10:00 AM.
On Tuesdays at 7:30 AM there is a
traditional shacharit service.
On Wednesdays at 7:30 AM there is
a shacharit meditation service.
If you have a yarzheit coming up and would
like to have a weekday service, please let
us know. Contact the JCA office at
256-0160, (email)
or Aaron Bousel at 253-3544 (email).
Please Note:
A number of our members have allergies to
perfumes, colognes and other fragrances.
Please try to minimize the use of these
products when coming to JCA services and
other events. Please inform your guests
about this policy. Thank you.
A listing of parshiot along with the
readings for each aliyah
(both full reading and triennial) can be
found here.
(This will open a new window in your
browser.)
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Shabbat
Chukat, Numbers
19:1-22:1
June 14,
Friday
6:15 PM
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
Please join us in
the JCA's main sanctuary as we
welcome in Shabbat, with
a band featuring Anna Sobel
(percussion, violin), Brian Bender
(piano, tuba, trombone, melodica),
Vera Broekhuysen (vocals), Aaron Bousel
(accordion), Allen Davis (bass) and
Rabbi Weiner (vocals, guitar.)
Service Leader: Rabbi Weiner
June 15, Saturday
10:00 AM
Bat Mitzvah: Miriam
Trobaugh
Service
Leader: Rabbi Weiner
D'var Torah: Miriam Trobaugh
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Shabbat
Balak, Numbers
22:2-25:9
June 21,
Friday
6:15 PM
Farbrengen Friday
Service Leader: To be announced
June 22, Saturday
10:00 AM
Bar Mitzvah: Noah Madowitz
Service Leader: Rabbi Weiner
D'var toah: Noah Madowitz
June 25,
Tuesday- 17th of Tammuz
The 17th of Tammuz is
traditionally a fast day commemorating
the breach of the walls of Jerusalem
before the destruction of the Second
Temple. It also marks the beginning of
the three week mourning period leading
up to Tish B'Av.
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Shabbat
Pinchas, Numbers
25:10-30:1
June 28,
Friday
6:15 PM
Service
Leader: Rabbi Weiner
Speaker: Michael
Chernoff will speak about The Literacy
Project.
June 29,
Saturday
9:15 AM
Shabbat
Yoga
10:00 AM
Service Leaders: Diana Brewer and Rabbi Weiner
D'var Torah: Rabbi Weiner
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Shabbat
Matot/Masei,
Numbers 30:2-36:13
July 5,
Friday
5:30 PM
Intergenerational Family
Service followed by
potluck supper
Service Leaders: Richard
Cohen and Eliza Gouverneur
July 6, Saturday
10:00 AM
Service Leader: Yossi Charette
D'var Torah: To be announced
July 8,
Monday- Rosh Chodesh Av
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Shabbat
Hazon/Parashat Devarim
Deuteronomy
1:1-3:22
July 12,
Friday
6:15 PM
Service Leader: To be
announced
July 13, Saturday
10:00 AM
Service Leader: Gordon Freed
D'var Torah: To be announced
July 15,
Monday- Erev Tish B'Av
8:00 PM- Service and
chanting of Lamentations
Service Leader: Marvin Ellin
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Shabbat
Va'etchanan, Deuteronomy
3:23-7:11
July 19,
Friday
7:30 PM NOTE
SPECIAL TIME
Farbrengen Friday
Service
Leader: Rhonda Shapiro-Rieser
We will be welcoming a
group of Pakistani students who are
visiting UMass. Because it is Ramadan
we are scheduling the service to end
after sundown so that they
will be able to join us for our
potluck supper.
July 20,
Saturday
10:00 AM
Service Leaders: Ruth Love
Barer and Diana Brewer
D'var Torah: To be announced
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Shabbat
Ekev, Deuteronomy
7:12-11:25
July 26,
Friday
6:15 PM
Service
Leaders: Ruth Love Barer and Aaron
Bousel
July 27, Saturday
10:00 AM
Service Leader: Rhonda
Shapiro-Rieser
D'var Torah: Rhonda
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Shabbat
Re'eh,
Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17
August 2,
Friday
5:30 PM
Intergenerational Family
Service followed by
potluck supper
Service Leader: Rabbi Weiner
August 3, Saturday
10:00 AM
Service Leader: Rabbi Weiner
D'var Torah: Rabbi Weiner
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