Contact List
Contact List
Our sanctuary and offices are at 60 Highland Street, West Newton, Massachusetts 02465 (directions), in the Second Church of Newton. Call 617-965-0330 or email us at info@dorsheitzedek.org. If you are interested in membership, email us at outreach@dorsheitzedek.org.
Email Contacts
Rabbi Toba Spitzer: rabbi@dorsheitzedek.org
Director of Congregational Learning, Rabbi Shahar Colt: dcl@dorsheitzedek.org
School Inclusion Coordinator, Amira Shulman-Kumin: inclusion@dorsheitzedek.org
Executive Director, Melissa Colten: execdirector@dorsheitzedek.org
Program Associate, Lidia Pruente: officeassistant@dorsheitzedek.org
Chesed Committee: chesed@dorsheitzedek.org
Becoming a member: outreach@dorsheitzedek.org
Newsletter submissions: dtnews@dorsheitzedek.org
Publicity Committee: publicity@dorsheitzedek.org
Rabbinic Liaison: liaison@dorsheitzedek.org
Ritual Committee: ritual@dorsheitzedek.org
Website: dtweb@dorsheitzedek.org
Thu, September 19 2019
19 Elul 5779
Upcoming Events
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Thursday
Sep 19Mindful Mornings
Thursday, Sep 19th 8:30a to 9:15a
This weekly gathering combines guided and silent meditation to develop our capacity for mindful awareness and to cultivate qualities of patience, gratitude, and compassion. All are welcome, whether experienced in meditation or not. The group is facilitated by CDT members with occasional participation by Rabbi Toba. No need to make a weekly commitment; join us when you’re able! (Please arrive no later than 8:30am, in order not to disrupt the session once we’ve started.) For more information, please email mindful-mornings@dorsheitzedek.org -
Thursday
Sep 19Music of Elul - Preparing Our Hearts & Minds through Song
Thursday, Sep 19th 7:30p to 9:00p
In this workshop we will learn some traditional and contemporary Elul music, exploring their meanings while singing our hearts out. -
Saturday
Sep 21Leil Selichot Service
Motzei Shabbat, Sep 21st 8:00p to 10:00p
Beginning with Havdallah, dessert and schmoozing, our Selichot program will usher us into the season of teshuvah, turning, with song, prayer, study and reflection. -
Sunday
Sep 22Religious School Nitzanim/Gan - Gr. 7
Sunday, Sep 22nd 9:30a to 12:00p
Meets at Jewish Community Day School, 57 Stanley Avenue, Watertown, MA -
Sunday
Sep 22God, Prayer, and the High Holydays
Sunday, Sep 22nd 11:00a to 12:00p
For parents in our religious school and any other interested adults, this workshop will explore some of the material covered in the "Turning/Returning" session on September 12. -
Tuesday
Sep 24Religious School Gr. 3-6
Tuesday, Sep 24th 3:45p to 5:45p
Meets at First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, 1326 Washington St. West Newton, MA -
Thursday
Sep 26Mindful Mornings
Thursday, Sep 26th 8:30a to 9:15a
This weekly gathering combines guided and silent meditation to develop our capacity for mindful awareness and to cultivate qualities of patience, gratitude, and compassion. All are welcome, whether experienced in meditation or not. The group is facilitated by CDT members with occasional participation by Rabbi Toba. No need to make a weekly commitment; join us when you’re able! (Please arrive no later than 8:30am, in order not to disrupt the session once we’ve started.) For more information, please email mindful-mornings@dorsheitzedek.org -
Saturday
Sep 28CDT Sings Rehearsal
Shabbat, Sep 28th 12:45p
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Sunday
Sep 29Erev Rosh Hashanah: Welcoming the New Year 5780
Sunday, Sep 29th 8:00p
We will welcome the New Year with an evening service appropriate for adults as well as older children. No childcare provided. -
Monday
Sep 30Rosh Hashanah - Day 1 (5780)
Monday, Sep 30th 9:30a to 1:00p
Please join us for a participatory, engaging celebration of the New Year. During the Torah reading, we will celebrate the new life in our community. If a child has come into your family this past year, please join us for a special aliyah! All ages are welcome at 9:30am; family and youth programs start promptly at 10:00am, with the shofar service at 12:45pm. Childcare available following children’s services. There are three tashlikh opportunities, all at 4:30pm.