Synagogue Hosts Chanukah Party

Adas Yoshuron Synagogue is hosting a Community Chanukah Party on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 5-7 p.m., at the Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport Village. The party will feature music and dancing to Israeli and Jewish tunes, fun kids' activities, including dreidel painting and dreidel games, a gourmet latke bar by Main Street Markets of Rockland, a taste of Jewish cuisine from around the world by the synagogue's Food in Jewish Culture group, and a Community Menorah Lighting.

All are welcome. Admission at the door is $10/general, $8/synagogue members, kids 12 and under free. Advance tickets, $8, are available at Main Street Markets, Rockland; Planet Toys, Camden; and Left Bank Books, Belfast. For more information contact the synagogue, info@adasyoshuron.org; 207-594-4523.

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Holocaust Remembrance Day to be Marked at Rockland Synagogue

Wednesday, May 4 at 7 p.m.

Adas Yoshuron Synagogue will commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, on Wednesday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at the synagogue, 50 Willow Street in Rockland. This service is open to the community, and all are invited to join in remembrance of the millions of people who suffered and perished in the Holocaust.

Over 12 million people, of whom six million were Jewish men, women, and children, were killed during the Holocaust, and the Adas Yoshuron community gathers each year to commemorate their lives and to honor their memory on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The service will be conducted by members of the Adas Yoshuron Synagogue, who will share a variety of memorial readings and prayers. There will also be selected musical pieces presented by the synagogue choir, directed by Dr. Dana Goldsmith. Following the service, all are invited to a dessert reception.

Adas Yoshuron is an unaffiliated, all-inclusive synagogue serving the Jewish community of midcoast Maine since 1912. Sabbath services are held monthly with a visiting rabbi, and a Hebrew School for grade-school children meets weekly.

For more information, please call 594-4523, or email info@adasyoshuron.org.

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Hanukkah Party at Rockland Synagogue

Adas Yoshuron Synagogue will host a Community Hanukkah Party on Thursday, Dec. 18, 5-7 p.m., at the synagogue, 50 Willow Street in Rockland. The party will include the lighting of the menorah, dreidel games, music, and of course, potato pancakes (latkes) and applesauce, and other treats.

All are welcome. For more information, please call 207-594-4523, or email info@adasyoshuron.org. 

Preparing for the High Holidays

Preparing for the High Holidays with Rabbi Natan Margalit

Rabbi Natan Margalit will be at Adas Yoshuron Synagogue in Rockland on Thursday, Sept. 11 - Saturday, Sept. 13, leading services and moderating discussions focused on preparing for the High Holidays. 

On Thursday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. he will lead discussion on "Highlights of the High Holidays." Talking points include: What are the differences between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? What themes run though all the High Holidays? What are the most important sections of the service to really pay attention to, and where can you relax in the long days in the synagogue? 

On Friday, Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m. there will be a Sabbath service followed by a catered dinner and discussion of "The Poetry of the High Holidays." According to Rabbi Margalit,  the High Holidays are a time when we examine our lives deeply, and go beneath the surface to uncover what’s really happening inside. Bring and share your own poems, or any poem that inspires you to “get real” as we prepare for the High Holidays. Dinner reservations required by contacting the office, $10/person, $40/max per family.

On Saturday, Sept. 13, Sabbath services will be held at 10 a.m. followed by a luncheon and discussion of "What Does Atonement Mean?" Yom Kippur is known as the Day of Atonement. Is there a difference between atonement and forgiveness? What does it mean to interpret Atonement as “At-One-Ment?”

Adas Yoshuron Synagogue is located at 50 Willow Street, Rockland. For more information, please call 594-4523 or email info@adasyoshuron.org. 

Calendar Listings:

Thursday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m.: Highlights of the High Holidays with Rabbi Natan Margalit. What are the differences between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? What themes run though all the High Holidays? What are the most important sections of the service to really pay attention to, and where can you relax in the long days in the synagogue? Adas Yoshuron Synagogue, 50 Willow Street, Rockland. For more information call 594-4523 or email info@adasyoshuron.org. 

Friday, Sept. 12, 6:30 p.m. Sabbath services with Rabbi Natan Margalit followed by a catered dinner and discussion of "The Poetry of the High Holidays." Bring and share your own poems, or any poem that inspires you to “get real” as we prepare for the High Holidays. Dinner reservations required, $10/person, $40/max per family. Adas Yoshuron Synagogue, 50 Willow Street, Rockland. For more information call 594-4523 or email info@adasyoshuron.org. 

Saturday, Sept. 13, 10 a.m. Sabbath services with Rabbi Natan Margalit followed by a luncheon and discussion of "What Does Atonement Mean?" Adas Yoshuron Synagogue, 50 Willow Street, Rockland. For more information call 594-4523 or email info@adasyoshuron.org.