Our goal is to make your High Holy Day experience as easy and meaningful as possible.
EREV ROSH HASHANAH | Friday, September 15 Campus & Administrative Offices Close at 12:00pm For those looking to resolve account issues, pick up tickets, or handle other High Holy Day business - our adminitratve offices will remain open until 12:00pm today. After that tickets in will call can be picked up beginning at 5:00pm or when offices open Monday during normal business hours.We are unable to address account issues during the Chag. Family Rosh Hashanah Program | Stein Hall 6:00p Main Sanctuary | Barg Sanctuary 6:00p Sermon by Rabbi Sarah Fort
J.B. Greenfield Chapel 6:00p
Museum Minyan | Reiches Hall 6:00p 1ST DAY ROSH HASHANAH | Saturday, September 16 Main Sanctuary | Barg Sanctuary 8:30a Sermon by Rabbi Brian Strauss
J.B. Greenfield Chapel 8:30a
Museum Minyan | Reiches Hall 9:00a
Freedman Levit Sanctuary Preschool Service 9:30a Grade School Service 10:30a Sensory Sensitive Service 5:00p
2ND NIGHT ROSH HASHANAH |Monday, September 16 J.B. Greenfield Chapel Mincha/Ma'ariv 7:00p
2ND DAY ROSH HASHANAH | Tuesday, September 17 Main Sanctuary | Barg Sanctuary 8:30a First Shofar blowing at approximately 10:00a Sermon by Rabbi Steven Morgen
J.B. Greenfield Chapel 8:30a
Museum Minyan | Reiches Hall 9:00a
Tashlich 6:00p Meet in the administrative parking lot and we will walk over to the bayou together for Tashlich to cast our breadcrumbs into the bayou. Also, we will have a special shofar blowing at the bayou!
J.B. Greenfield Chapel Mincha/Ma'ariv 7:15p CEMETERY SERVICES |Sunday, September 24 Allen Parkway 10:00a | Post Oak 11:00a | Shearith Israel (Wharton) 10:00a
Youth Services & Programs
High Holy Day Child Care Child Care the for the High Holy Days is official closed and at capacity! No Walk-ins will be allowed. if you have questions or concerns about your existing reservation please contact Jennifer Rosenzweig at jrosenzweig@bethyeshurun.org or call 713.666.1881.
Preschool Families We will hit the highlights and sing the tunes your kids know and engage in some fun, too. This short service with Rabbi Fort and song leader, Hailey Arnold, starts at 9:30am Freedman-Levit Sanctuary.
Grade School Families Joe Buchanan is back! He and Rabbi Fort will lead this hour-ish service at 10:30am in the Freedman-Levit Sanctuary and cover all the major prayers, with lots of songs, and some family activities, too.
Family Programs Hosted by Rabbi Fort, preschool and elementary children and their families are invited to join us on Erev Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidre at 6:00pm in Stein Hall for age-appropriate activities. No RSVP required. Teens & Tweens We are looking forward to inviting all of our teens back to Beth Yeshurun over these High Holy Days. We hope all of them will join their families during our services in Barg Sanctuary. On Rosh Hashanah, we also welcome all of our teens to attend our Tashlich service at 6 pm.
Dedicated Spaces
For those who need to step away from services, we have several dedicated spaces this year. The Main Sanctuary Service will be live streamed in each of the indoor spaces so that those utilizing them can still be a part of the service.
To help keep babysitting secure, Stein Hall is now available to our teens and tweens. The preschool playground will be open for parent-supervised play for young children. A sensory calming room for those with sensory sensitivities returns this year children will need to be chaperoned by their parents. Parents have access to a Mother’s Room, with limited refrigeration, to feed their infants in comfort without worrying about distractions.
Saturday, September 16 at 5:00pm in the Freedman Levit Sanctuary The community is invited to Congregation Beth Yeshurun for our annual Sensory Sensitive Rosh Hashanah service. This fully inclusive service is designed for all ages and abilities, with their families, caregivers, friends, and allies.
Devices, Fidgets, Headphones, Movements, and Participation of all kinds are encouraged!
The service is free and open to the community - a High Holy Day ticket is not required. We would like everyone to participate according to their abilities.
Names can still be submitted for the printed Addendum
Yizkor is soon approaching, a time when we honor the memory of our loved ones. Yom Kippur Yizkor Services will take place on Monday morning, September 25th and Shemini Atzeret Yizkor Services will take place on Saturday morning, October 7th.
Our Congregational Yizkor Book will be published to bring focus to the names of our dear family and loved ones. The Yizkor Book will be distributed at the synagogue on Yizkor and will also be available to the Congregation for distribution via mail or pick up at the synagogue the week prior to Yizkor. The entire Yizkor Book is also available electronically on our website.
To ensure that the names of your loved ones will be memorialized in our 5784 Yizkor Book Addendum, the form below must be submitted by Wednesday, September 20, 2023. Names received after September 20, 2023 might not be printed in the Yom Kippur addendum, but will be included in the online version of the book as well as future printed addendums.
Also available below, is the form for the Reverent Tribute section of our Yizkor Book, which is dedicated to the members of Beth Yeshurun, of blessed memory, who served in the United States military to protect our freedom. This list is ongoing and once the name of your loved one is included, you do not need to complete this form again in the years to come. However, if your loved one is not yet included, please list the name(s) of your loved ones so that we may add them to the Reverent Tribute section.
Please complete these forms online by Wednesday, September 20, 2023. Should you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Sutton directly at 713-666-1881 x 315 or jsutton@bethyeshurun.org
We are deeply thankful for your support and hope that Beth Yeshurun’s Yizkor Book of Remembrance provides a source of comfort for you and our Congregation.
Rabbi Strauss & Sisterhood want to connect with your college student!
Your child will receive special holiday packages throughout from our Sisterhood! It is a great way for your student to stay connected with Beth Yeshurun while he/she is away at school! To be included in mailings, you must complete this 2023-2024 form.
