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High Holy Days 5787

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It’s our hope that High Holy Day services and activities at Temple Beth El will offer you the opportunity to pray, observe, meditate and reflect in a way that is personal and meaningful. 

L’Shanah Tovah Tikatevu!

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Register for High Holy Day Services
Tickets are required for admission to High Holy Day services at Temple Beth El. All members will receive tickets by mail prior to the High Holy Days and do not need to register. All non-members must register here.
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Apples & Honey Sponsorship

Register by September 10th! 

Lulav & Etrog

Register by September 15th! 

Pick up your Lulav and Etrog at the Temple Beth El Office on Friday, October 3rd

The Temple Beth El Remembrance Book is an opportunity to honor the memory of loved ones in an annual publication that is used at the High Holidays and every holiday at which the Yizkor prayer is recited. The Yizkor prayers are included in this publication. Last year’s Yizkor book.

All services taking place in the Sanctuary will be available to stream. 

High Holy Day Clergy

Get to know those leading us in services during the High Holy Days

 Rabbi Ben Goldstein

A native of Rochester, Rabbi Ben Goldstein has been working in the Jewish community for over twenty years before joining Temple Beth El as Senior Rabbi in 2025. He served as the Interim Rabbi for both Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center and Congregation B’nai Israel in Tustin, CA. Before that he was the Senior Rabbi of Beit T’Shuvah, a Jewish recovery center in Los Angeles. He has also worked as a Rabbi at Temple Aliyah in Los Angeles, and as the spiritual leader of Temple Beth El Mekor Chayim, in Cranford, New Jersey. Rabbi Goldstein enjoys sports, meditation, theater, and golf

Rabbi Josh Klein

Is above everything else a continuous learner and is excited to bring his passion for engaging, meaningful Jewish leaning to Temple Beth El. He was the Director of Lifelong Learning at Agudas Achim in Columbus, OH, where he started new K-7 and teen learning programs and taught regular adult education classes. 

In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Shira, and children, Eitan and Yonah, as well as cooking, reading, writing and wandering in museums.

Cantor Jonathan Kohan

Born in Buenos Aires, Jonathan Kohan is an ordained Cantor and Jewish Studies Professor, as well as an advanced Rabbinical Student at the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary “Marshall T Meyer.” He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Buenos Aires and a Master’s degree in Jewish Studies from the Hebraica University of Mexico. Additionally, he was a fellow at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Institute of Israel and a Visiting Scholor in Holocaust Music at Clark University in Worcester, MA. A classically trained lyric tenor, Cantor Kohan has served as a Cantor and Jewish Studies Professor for over twenty years in various congregations and schools in Argentina and the US.

Our High Holy Day Hazzan is made possible by a generous donation from the estate of Lenore Lesser, in memory of Leonard S. Simon.

2026/2027 Remembrance Book

COMING SOON!
Watch this space for this year’s Yizkor Book once it becomes available 

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