Two Jews, three opinions 

Over the past few weeks, we ran an online survey to discover how we can best serve our community in terms of a Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat Service. The results, as probably could be expected, were mixed. We asked about starting services earlier or later, and people showed their preferences. Approximated 25% of you preferred an early service; another quarter would rather have the late service, and almost half wanted something in the middle.  As a compromise, we will start services on Friday nights at 7:30 PM, and we will be investigating the possibility of adding earlier family-friendly services periodically throughout the year. We hope this will allow our community to enjoy the ruach-filled, participatory Kabbalat Shabbat Service. But all this is theoretical without your active support and attendance, so let’s have everyone come and make this amazing!

In other news, I’ve sent out a musical survey in order to find out what talents you and your family members possess. If you somehow missed the e-mail, please contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for an extra copy. Also, I’m very excited to pray with you this High Holiday season, and wanted to remind you that if there is a special melody you would like to hear on the holidays, please give me a call at the shul to schedule an appointment.  Finally, there are still a lot of you I’d like to meet, so please stop by the shul, call or send an e-mail!