SUKKOT
Our Religious School students will be decorating our sukkah in the front of the synagogue. Come celebrate the first of the three pilgrimage festivals with us, or bring your lunch during the holiday and enjoy it in the sukkah.

SIMCHAT TORAH AND CONSECRATION
On the eve of Simchat Torah, we rejoice with dancing and singing and we welcome the newest members of our Religious School into our community.

CHANUKAH
Eat Latkes and Sufganiot. Browse and shop at our Judaica Book Fair. Celebrate the magical Festival of the Lights with Rabbi Ben Newman. We will be enchanted by our favorite wizard’s usage of ancient Jewish wisdom. After that, enjoy the music of Mark Levy, who specializes in Judaic folk music in the Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino and Klezmer traditions.

A UNIQUE TU B'SHVAT EXPERIENCE
This festival for the New Year of the Trees will be meaningful for all ages . Rabbi Shoshana Leis will co-lead this Kabbalah-inspired Seder experience with Kripalu and Torah Yoga instructor Cari Gardner.

PURIM
Purim is always a fun-filled and entertaining holiday at East End Temple. What will the rabbi be wearing this year as we read from the Megillat Esther? What kind of Purim Shpiel will our Religious School students perform? How many games can our young children play in our carnival?

PASSOVER
Second Night Seder
We open our doors on the second night of Passover to invite EET members and the community at-large to join in our celebration of freedom. Advance reservations are required. Costs and other details will be announced.

LILITH'S SEDER
Freedom and liberation carry particular significance to women who have, over the years, brought their perspective to every aspect of Jewish life and practice. Sisterhood’s annual all-women Lilith’s Seder celebrates the Passover story from a feminist perspective, both in the Hebrew language of the Haggadah and in the content of the readings. We learn about Miriam and other great women in our past, who played important roles in the Passover story and our liberation, and who are helping us to establish our stake in the future. Led by Shira Ginsburg, our student cantor, it’s potluck with great food, great singing, and great Haggadah reading.

PESACH YIZKOR SERVICE
This is the third memorial service of the year. (Yom Kippur and Sukkot were the first two; Shavuot will be the fourth).

SHAVUOT AND CONSECTATION
As we celebrate the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, we also honor the Confirmation Class of our Religious School as they complete their formal studies with our school and integrate into the larger Jewish community. Join us as each of our Confirmands reflect on their years of study.

Following this service, Rabbi Adelson will lead us in Tikkun Leil Shavuot, when we study together and recall standing at Sinai. Dairy dishes are served on this holiday to symbolize the sweetness of Torah, as well as the "land of milk and honey". We will be serving our traditional cheese blintzes.