Important update regarding Temple office hours!

Office hours will be Monday through Friday from 10 am - 2 pm
unless otherwise announced in our weekly email.

The temple door is often locked for security purposes.
Please ring the bell and wait a moment to be admitted.
If you do not receive a response,
because staff are temporarily away from the front office,
please wait a minute and ring again.
Thank you.

 Please contact us for assistance at other times:
office@vassartemple.org
454-2570

To reach Rabbi Berkowitz for appointments and non-urgent rabbinical matters, contact her at rabbi@vassartemple.org
To reach Rabbi Berkowitz in the event of a life-cycle emergency ONLY
call 845-418-2713.

In case of any other emergency please contact
Temple President Mark Metzger at 845-475-5070

Please join us for a very special event with renowned poet and liturgist Alden Solovy:

The Art and the Act of Prayer 

Sunday, September 24th, 7 p.m. 

at Vassar Temple

To help us prepare for Yom Kippur, Vassar Temple invites you to a special evening with liturgist Alden Solovy.  Using his innovative "Conceptual Map of Prayer," this special session will deepen our understanding of modern concepts about repentance, and enliven both the art and the act of prayer.

Alden Solovy spreads joy and excitement for prayer!  A liturgist and poet who has experienced great tragedy in his personal life, he writes of gratitude, hope and healing, and of the spirituality inherent in life's every day events.  His style challenges the boundaries between poetry, meditation, personal growth, and prayer. About Alden Solovy’s third book, "This Grateful Heart,"published by the CCAR Press, Huffington Post Religion says  “…the prayers reflect age-old yearnings in modern-day situations.”

Alden has taught in synagogues and at educational events in the U.S., the U.K. and Israel. He also teaches creative liturgy at HUC-JIR in Jerusalem. A native Chicagoan, Alden made aliyah to Israel in 2012. His latest work is available at tobendlight.com.  To learn more about Alden, watch his "ELI Talk" on   “Falling in Love with Prayer" http://elitalks.org/falling-love-prayer .  For further information about the evening’s program, please contact the temple office 845-454-2570.