CAST YOUR SINS
INTO THE WATER AT OUR TASHLICH SERVICE

Tuesday, September 30^th at 4:00 p.m.

at Sunset Lake on the Vassar College campus

Bring your own bread crumbs;

refreshments will be provided.

Driving directions:  After driving through the Main Gate of Vassar College from Raymond Avenue, turn right at the second stop sign in front of Main Building.  At the next stop sign turn left and then make an immediate right.  Tthe Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film will be on your left and Mudd Chemistry Building will be on your right.  Proceed around the bend and down the hill.  At the base of the hill, Sunset Lake will be on your right.  Cross over the bridge and park either along the road or in the gravel area on your left.

SPECIAL SELICHOT EVENING ON SEPTEMBER 20^th

The official celebration of of our congregation’s 160 years of worship and service will begin on the evening of Selichot, Saturday, September 20^th, at 7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall.  After a festive dessert buffet, the Rabbi Stephen Arnold Award for 2008 will be presented to Diane Browne-Sterdt in appreciation of her contributions to the religious life of our congregation. 
The featured speaker of the evening will be Rabbi Daniel Freelander, Vice President of the Union for Reform Judaism.  Having served for ten years as the Director of the Union’s New Jersey-West Hudson Valley Council, Rabbi Freelander has also been the URJ’s Director of Program, associate director of the North American Federation of Temple Youth, and executive editor of Reform Judaism magazine.  A gifted musician and a warm and engaging speaker, he lectures widely on trends in Jewish music and worship.