On Monday, September 2, we will go on a congregational day-trip to the Hiriya Recycling Park. The Program: 8:30 AM: Depart Har-El on a private bus. 10 AM – 1 PM: Guided tour (in Hebrew) of the park. 1-2 PM: A light lunch at the "Hiriya Café", a social-environmental project employing youth-at-risk from a local […]
This talk in English (following Shabbat morning services) will present ancient Jewish stories about the children of Jacob from the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial world. In retelling and reshaping the characters and stories found in Genesis, ancient Jews used these tales to consider such big questions as "who is a Jew?" "How should a Jew […]
As every year, we will have a joint slichot service/study session with the members of Kehilat Mevakshei Derech. This year, it will be held here at Har-El on Saturday evening, September 21 at 8 PM. We will begin with Havdalah, followed by a study session in Hebrew led by Rabbi Haim Shalom, Mevakshei Derech’s rabbi, […]
Morning service – Monday, September 30, at 9:30 AM with the Har-El choir and piano accompaniment. Sermon: Rabbi Dr. Michael Marmur, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem.