Yom Kippur Family Service
Jewish Center of the Hamptons 44 Woods Lane, East Hampton, NY, United StatesBring your whole family to this musical service for all ages! If you like the upbeat music and ambience of Shabbat on the Beach, then you’ll find the stories and songs just as engaging and meaningful.
Yizkor, Yom Kippur Afternoon Service & Neilah Service
Jewish Center of the Hamptons 44 Woods Lane, East Hampton, NY, United StatesThe Yizkor (Memorial) Service is a time to open the doors of the past and to revisit the memories of our loved ones who are no longer with us. Derived from the Hebrew root zachor, Yizkor means, “may remember.” Our Yom Kippur Yizkor service marks one of the four times throughout the year that we […]
Sukkot Festival Service
Jewish Center of the Hamptons 44 Woods Lane, East Hampton, NY, United StatesThere will be a light lunch following our festival service. At any point during the holiday, please feel free to visit the Jewish Center’s sukkah, which is located on the lawn adjacent to our playground.
Sukkot Open House
Jewish Center of the Hamptons 44 Woods Lane, East Hampton, NY, United StatesSukkot Open House with Rabbi Franklin and his family Celebrate Sukkot with Rabbi Franklin, his wife Stephanie, and their daughters Lilah & Amelia in their sukkah. RSVP to 631-324-9858 to let us know that you will be stopping by.
Simchat Torah Festival Service
Jewish Center of the Hamptons 44 Woods Lane, East Hampton, NY, United StatesSimchat Torah Festival Service with Yizkor Prayers Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah The Torah has 54 portions (parshiyot) and is read all the way through each year. Simchat Torah celebrates the ending of D’vareem and immediately begins with the book of Bereshit. Chocolates and flags are enjoyed by young and old and our sacred Torah- a blueprint […]
Annual Gleaning Project
Balsam Farms 422 Bridge Ln, Sagaponack, NY, United StatesMEET US AT BALSAM FARMS 293 Town Lane, Amagansett, NY 11930 JOIN US IN THIS MITZVAH ALL ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE In case of inclement weather, classes as usual at the Jewish Center. To attend, please email office@jcoh.org
Book Club: Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
Jewish Center of the Hamptons 44 Woods Lane, East Hampton, NY, United StatesOur first book is Inheritance by Dani Shapiro. This is a wonderful book about how through a genealogy website to which she had whimsically submitted her DNA for analysis, Dani Shapiro received the stunning news that her father was not her biological father. She woke up one morning and her entire history—the life she had […]
Rabbi Sonja K. Pilz: Scholar-in-Residence
Jewish Center of the Hamptons 44 Woods Lane, East Hampton, NY, United StatesFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 | 6:00pm | Shabbat Evening Service SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 | 10:00am | Shabbat Morning Service SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 | 12:15pm | Torah Study Rabbi Sonja K. Pilz, PhD, earned her doctorate from the department of Rabbinic Literature at Potsdam University in Germany and holds Rabbinic Ordination from Abraham Geiger College in Germany. […]
Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Or Zohar
Jewish Center of the Hamptons 44 Woods Lane, East Hampton, NY, United StatesDeadlock in Israeli Politics from the Viewpoint of an Israeli Rabbi The Israeli election stands without a clear winner. After a second election to decide the shape of the new Israeli government, no party, or bloc of parties, has been able to garner the 61 seats needed in the Kenesset to form a coalition. Explore […]
Good and Evil, Suffering and Joy: Ancient Advice for Understanding my Life
Jewish Center of the Hamptons 44 Woods Lane, East Hampton, NY, United StatesThe Bible offers two distinct ways of understanding our lives. And we get three more ways from three ancient books that were eventualy cut from the Bible. These extra books --- which take the form of allegories about familiar characters like Adam and Eve and Abraham, along with lesser known characters like Enoch --- offer […]