Your safety and security, along with preserving a healthy environment, are our priorities. We take extra precautions for the High Holidays and thank you in advance for your cooperation. Every individual has been required to register for the High Holidays. You should have received physical tickets in the mail. Security guards and New Rochelle Police will be situated throughout the property. Please do not bring any large bags, and note Beth El reserves the right to check all bags. Please allow extra time to enter. If you did not pick up your name tags on Rosh Hashanah, please do so when you arrive. The name tags help us create community and are also a safety measure.
Please acquaint yourself with relevant exit signs and publicized evacuation routes, and be aware at all times of your surroundings and new features of our security infrastructure, including doors which lock from the inside and a strobe/siren alert system. Ushers, greeters, board members, and Beth El staff will be available to answer any questions or concerns you may have. Livestream & Machzor Pickup
For those participating in the High Holiday services by livestream, Machzors will be available for pick-up at the Beth El security desk until Friday at 12:00pm.
While we hope you will be together with us in person, we are aware that not everyone is able to do so. We will be offering a livestream of our Main Service throughout the entirety of the holidays.
There is no parking allowed in the Wykagyl (CVS) parking lot, they will boot or ticket people who park in their lot.
Dropoff access at the front of our building is available.
All parking spaces available in the front of Beth El will be reserved for those displaying a handicap sticker. Additional parking will be available in the middle parking lot.
Parking will be available at Ursuline High School on Kol Nidrei and Yom Kippur.
Parking is available at designated areas in the neighborhood.
Thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation.
Childcare
Childcare will be available 6:15pm until the end of service on Kol Nidrei, and 10:15am–12:00pm on Yom Kippur Day.
Childcare will take place in Rooms 3 & 5.
Children ages 2–5 can be dropped off for childcare. Children under 2 years old are welcome to join with an adult only. Water and a snack will be provided. Please do not bring any food into the babysitting classrooms. Only a parent/ guardian may remove a child from the room, older siblings are not permitted to pick up younger siblings.
Nursing Room
Located in Room 4 throughout the holidays.
Quiet Space & Buddy Program Room 102 is reserved as a quiet room throughout the holidays. Children must be accompanied by an adult when using this space. There will be couches to relax on, books to read, and games to play. This room is designed by our Keruv Committee to ensure a comfortable space for those that need a break from the holiday bustle. In addition to the Quiet Room, for parents with a developmentally disabled child, Keruv will arrange for a "buddy” to stay with your child to enable parents to attend services. Please reach out to the main office if you would like more information.
High Holiday Food Drive Please bring in non-perishable, un-opened, and non-expired food items for this year's High Holiday food drive. Collection bins are located outside the front office and food can be delivered during Beth El open hours through Friday, October 18th.
“B’rov Sarapai” - the third video from Frank London’s upcoming album “In The City Of God”, is a more somber and reflective tune, in contrast with the seven other upbeat and joyous pieces. We hope this melody and these words aid in your contemplation and help us each find peace within ourselves amidst the chaos around us all.
On May 22 of this year, an all-star group of klezmer musicians and Jewish singers met at Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle, NY under the auspices of Shoresh Halev Center for Jewish Music at Beth El to record 8 new compositions by klezmer giant Frank London. These brilliant new songs are meant to be sung while dancing hakafot on Simchat Torah. The recording session was held on the eve of Frank’s treatment for a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer and what ensued was a beautiful evening of spiritual uplift and close loving Jewish community.
The full album “In The City of God” will be released
Condolences to Nina (Rabbi Eugene) Katz on the loss of her brother Prof. Walter Dubler z"l.
Those marking a simcha, observing the loss of a loved one, or someone who is sick or recovering from an illness have delighted/comforted that their lifecycle event has inspired generosity. If you would like to make a donation to Beth El in honor or in memory, please click here.
MISHEBERACH LIST If you would like to add a name to the Misheberach list, please email Rabbi Sitkin at zsitkin@bethelnr.org.
As a service to our members, Beth El includes in this section outside events that may be of interest to members of our community. Listing an event does not constitute endorsement of the event by Beth El.
MARROW REGISTRY Efraim Nabatoff is a 63-year-old, highly talented fine artist and sculptor battling a life-threatening blood cancer called Myelofibrosis. His best hope of a cure is a blood stem cell or marrow transplant. However, he does not currently have a match in his family or the worldwide marrow registry. Because tissue type factors needed for a match are inherited, Efraim’s best chance of finding a donor are among those of Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewish ancestry, and specifically with a genetic heritage from Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, France, Russia and Israel. You could be Efraim's life-saving hero without even knowing it! All if takes is a swab of your cheek to find out if you are a match for him or another patient in need. Learn more atgiftoflife.org/SwabforEfraim.
RUN 4 THEIR LIVES is an opportunity to create community while supporting the releease of the hostages in Gaza. You can read more information about our 'why' at http://Run4lives.org. The group meets weekly on Sunday mornings. Participants can walk or run as much as they would like. Learn more about the upcoming November Israel trip, as well as weekly announcements about meetup locations in the WhatsApp Group, which you can join here.
WE WILL DANCE AGAIN by Israeli film director Yariv Mozer (Ben-Gurion, Epilogue, The Devil's Confession—The Lost Eichmann Tapes, Golda's War Diaries). The film provides a powerful minute-by-minute retelling of the terror attack that took place at the Nova Music Festival on October 7th, 2023, from the sole perspective of the survivors. It gives testament to the strength of the human spirit in the face of tragedy. We are incredibly fortunate to have our film screened in select theaters across the US and wanted to invite you to experience this profoundly moving story of hope and resilience in a theater in Yonkers, NYC, and other local theaters. In order to check where the film is playing and to get tickets, please click here.
