Synagogue Taking Rosh Hashanah Service To Elizabeth Park

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-4973891917352186"; /* hotnewsof_main_Blog1_ */ google_ad_slot = "6959597717"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--></script><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="color: #757575; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 16px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">Outdoor Service Inspired By Annual Baltimore 'Under The Stars' Event</h2><div><div class="byline" style="color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="byline bordered" style="display: block; font-weight: bold;">By BERNARD T. DAVIDOW,<a href="mailto:bdavidow@courant.com" style="color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;">bdavidow@courant.com</a></span><span class="titleline" style="display: block; font-weight: bold;">The Hartford Courant</span><br /><div class="date" style="color: #757575; font-family: 'Helevetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: normal !important; font-weight: normal !important; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 2px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span class="timeString" style="display: inline;">5:01 p.m. EDT</span><span class="dateTimeSeparator" style="display: inline;">, </span><span class="dateString" style="display: inline;">September 3, 2013</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: white; color: #292727; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: -50px; width: 345px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #292727; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><div id="story-body-text" style="background-color: white; color: #292727; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Congregation Beth Israel, a reform synagogue in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/us/connecticut/hartford-county/west-hartford-PLGEO100100202260000.topic" id="PLGEO100100202260000" style="color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" title="West Hartford">West Hartford</a>, is breaking with tradition this year by beginning its celebration of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/religion-belief/judaism/rosh-hashanah-EVFES00001574163.topic" id="EVFES00001574163" style="color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" title="Rosh Hashanah">Rosh Hashanah</a> with an unusual outdoor service Wednesday at 6 p.m. by the Rose Garden in Elizabeth Park.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, begins at sundown Wednesday.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">"The goal is just to make it open to the public," said Senior Rabbi Michael Pincus. "We've reached out to individuals who live in this area who don't belong to a synagogue. … It's for anyone in our community."</div><div class="articlerail" style="clear: both; float: right; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 10px 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 200px; z-index: 4;"><div class="articleRelates module" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="relatedTitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; clear: both; color: #757575; float: none; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none outside none; margin: 5px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Related</li><li class="newRelatedItem" style="clear: both; color: #757575; list-style: none outside none; margin: 5px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-high-holy-days-0901-20130829,0,3253721.story" style="clear: both; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Helevetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; width: 200px;" target=""><img alt="Rabbi, Minister Forge Unusual Accord For Jewish High Holy Days" height="105" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-5220e500/turbine/hc-high-holy-days-0901-20130829/187/187x105" style="border: 0px; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-right: 5px;" title="Rabbi, Minister Forge Unusual Accord For Jewish High Holy Days" width="187" /></a><a href="http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-high-holy-days-0901-20130829,0,3253721.story" style="clear: both; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Helevetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; width: 200px;" target=""><span style="font-size: 16px !important; text-transform: uppercase;"></span>Rabbi, Minister Forge Unusual Accord For Jewish High Holy Days</a></li><li class="newRelatedItem" style="clear: both; color: #757575; list-style: none outside none; margin: 5px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.courant.com/features/la-fo-rosh-hashanah-pictures,0,7217467.photogallery" style="clear: both; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Helevetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; width: 200px;" target=""><img alt="Rosh Hashana: Recipes from the L.A. 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Times Test Kitchen</a></li></ul></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The congregation hung a banner in West Hartford Center to promote the service.</div><div class="left" id="article-promo" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><hr class="hr-promo" /><br /><br /><hr class="hr-promo" /></div><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-4973891917352186"; /* hotnewsof_sidebar-right-1_AdSense1_ */ google_ad_slot = "8436330913"; google_ad_width = 160; google_ad_height = 600; //--></script><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">"Rosh Hashanah is about celebrating the world," said Pincus, in his third year as senior rabbi. "There's something very powerful about being able to celebrate the world outdoors, in such a beautiful place as Elizabeth Park."</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Pincus said he was inspired by a colleague, Elissa Sachs-Kohen, who began an annual outdoor Rosh Hashanah service in Baltimore a half-dozen years ago. Sachs-Kohen used to be an assistant rabbi at Beth Israel. The Baltimore service, called "Rosh Hashanah Under the Stars," now draws thousands of people, Pincus said.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">He has more modest expectations for Elizabeth Park: "If I get 100 people, I'd be happy."</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The hour-long service will include guitars and drums. "We're tying to make it a little more modern," Pincus said. "And we'll be blowing the shofar [ram's horn] at the service, which is not customary for the eve of Rosh Hashanah." But he didn't want people who go to this Rosh Hashanah service, and no other, to miss out on this ceremonial call announcing the new year.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The service Wednesday will be casual, Pincus said, and people attending should bring their own chairs and blankets. The forecast is for ideal weather, but in the unlikely event of rain, the service would be moved to the social hall at the synagogue at 701 Farmington Ave. in West Hartford.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The temple will have a second Wednesday evening service, at 7:30 p.m., at the synagogue, and additional services Thursday.</div></div>From: <a href="http://www.courant.com/">http://www.courant.com</a></div><div><br /></div></div><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-4973891917352186"; /* hotnewsof_main_Blog1_300x250_as */ google_ad_slot = "9913064110"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--></script><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div>

Rosh Hashanah Synagogue Taking Rosh Hashanah Service To Elizabeth Park

Outdoor Service Inspired By Annual Baltimore 'Under The Stars' EventBy BERNARD T. DAVIDOW,bdavidow@courant.comThe Hartford Courant5:01 p.m. EDT, September 3, 2013Congregation Beth Israel, a reform synagogue in West Hartford, is breaking with traditio…

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