Saturday 9:00 AM–11:15 AM
Breakfast
Saturday 7:30 AM–9:30 AM
Dining Room
Good morning! Meet your fellow participants at Breakfast.
Contemplative Service for Shabbat Morning
Canceled, sorry
This service will use niggunim, melodies, chants, and contemplation to experience the different prayers central to the Shabbat morning service.
Mechitzah Minyan Led by Men and Women
Joe Septimus
Saturday 9:00 AM–11:15 AM
Tower Board Room
Modeled after Kehillat Shira Chadasha in Jerusalem and Darkhei Noam in Manhattan, this service aims to provide opportunities for women to participate within a traditional service with a mechitzah (divider). Both men and women will lead parts of the service, read from the Torah, and get called up for aliyot. (Separate gender seating)
Participatory Shabbat Service
Lisa Barrett,
Asa Fradkin
Saturday 9:00 AM–10:15 AM
Empire Room 1
Freedom is difficult to obtain, and as the Israelites and others after them have found, it is even more difficult to live as a free people. Join in Shabbat prayer and discussion of themes of liberation and redemption from this week's Torah portion and the Jewish liturgy. This egalitarian service will be filled with lively tunes and lively discussion. We will use traditional liturgy but abbreviate the service and Torah reading a bit, so our joyful prayer can be combined with an extended exploration of this week's rich Torah portion.
Sha'arei Sheina / Rodeph Halom
Gates of Sleep / Pursuing Dreams
Saturday 9:00 AM–11:30 AM
There is a long-standing tradition of sleeping in on the sabbath morn. Stay in bed or find a nice, comfortable sofa, and snooze just a little longer. This is the day of rest, is it not?
The Service of My Dreams
Playing with the music and meaning of Shabbat Beshalach
Aaron Freeman,
Marge Eiseman,
Jona Muchin,
Akiva Wharton
Saturday 9:00 AM–11:15 AM
Stardust
Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream, and so do we! Join us for Shabbat like you’ve never experienced it before. We believe a good Shabbat service should welcome you in as an individual, give you a chance to be part of a group, and help you connect to the Divine and others in a deep way. With creative interplay of music, stories, movement, and environment, we will lead an exploration of Parshat Beshalach, “the dance party” of the moment of liberation!
**Please note, this session will have mixed gender seating and musical instruments.
Traditional Egalitarian Shacharit Service
Ethan Tucker
Saturday 9:00 AM–11:15 AM
Empire Room 3
Coordinated by Ethan Tucker, a co-founder of Kehilat Hadar in Manhattan, this service will feature the spirit, depth, and energy characteristic of new spiritual communities across the country that are attracting young Jews in large numbers. The traditional egalitarian minyan will blend the traditional prayerbook with leadership and participation by both men and women to create a spirited prayer service. (Mixed gender seating)
Traditional Mechitzah Shacharit Service
Saturday 9:00 AM–11:15 AM
Festival Room
The traditional minyan with mechitzah will provide an inspiring prayer service with traditional liturgy. Men will lead services and women and men will pray together in a traditional and spirited environment. (Separate gender seating)
