We have attempted to make this complicated process as straightforward as possible. Your link to the registration form is below, but please read the following description!
If you need help filling out the form or if you have questions about the choices of services, write to OJCHighHolidays@gmail.com or call the OJC at 845-359-5920 x4 to leave a message. You will receive a call back within two business days.
Choice of Services
There will be 3 in-person services each morning of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. All services in the sanctuary will be available via our livestream in a Zoom webinar format (links to be provided in future emails and in News You Need to Know):
Sanctuary service, traditional (though abbreviated) 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Outdoor tent service, traditional (though abbreviated) 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Parking lot family-friendly service for children age 4 – 13 and their grown-ups. This service is for families and is not intended for children to be dropped off. (Bring chairs or blankets) 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Important Details
Masking will be required at all (both indoor and outdoor) services.
Seating for all services will be in socially distanced pods.
You must be vaccinated to attend all sanctuary services except for Neilah (the concluding service) on Yom Kippur. Our registration form for indoor services includes an affirmation that you and those in your pod have all been vaccinated. We trust our community and have chosen not to require proof of vaccination.
Pod size will be restricted to 4 individuals for the fixed seats in the front of the sanctuary and for the tent service. Larger pods (up to 6) in the sanctuary will be seated behind the permanent seats. Individuals or pairs can register together to create a pod of up to 4 people if they so choose.
If demand exceeds available seats in the tent service, services will be assigned via a lottery system, so please indicate your order of preferred services.
Mahzors together with sheets listing the important parts of the services are available at the front of the synagogue for pickup. Please feel free to take as many as your family needs if you’ll be participating virtually. These mahzors will not need to be returned. Please take good care of them!
Parking is available on the streets surrounding the synagogue. If you need to park in the lot because of physical limitations, please email Michael Pucci at Michael.pucci.phd@verizon.net.
We look forward to celebrating a new year together, whether in person or virtually. Let us carry the lessons of the past year into the next, keeping all that has made us strong, optimistic and caring.
