Services on Oahu will celebrate Rosh Hashana

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KAT WADE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER
Rabbi Peter Schaktman read from the Oahu Jewish Ohana’s new Torah, assisted by Judy Goldman, in May for the first time at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Hotel. This marks the first rosh Hashana that the scroll will be used.

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The Jewish new year starts this month with Rosh Hashana services and celebrations, continues with a 10-day period of repentance and forgiveness, and culminates on the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The public is invited to participate in these observances:

>> Chabad of Hawaii: Rosh Hashana carnival, 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday. Activity and game booths, and the baking of traditional challah bread.

Services at the Ala Moana Hotel, 410 Atkinson Drive; for a detailed schedule, visit chabadofhawaii.com. Call 735-8161 or email info@chabadofhawaii.com. Pre-paid reservations for dinners are required.

>> Congregation Sof Ma’arav: Rosh Hashana, 8 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 13, with dessert potluck after services; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 14 and 15, with apples and honey after services. Yom Kippur, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 22 (Kol Nidre); 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 23, with a potluck to break the fast.

Services at First Unitarian Church of Honolulu, 2500 Pali Highway. Email sandrazarmstrong@gmail.com. Cost varies from $50 to $250 for nonmembers.

>> Oahu Jewish Ohana: Erev Rosh Hashana, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13; Rosh Hashana Day, 9 a.m. Sept. 14, followed by potluck, and Tashlich, 2:30 p.m. at Ala Wai Park, meet at pavilion parking lot. Yom Kippur, 6 p.m. Sept. 22 (Kol Nidre); 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sept. 23, followed by light refreshments to break the fast.

Services at Moiliili Hongwanji, 902 University Ave. Email oahujewishohana@gmail.com. Holiday services are free to ohana members; donation of $175 requested of nonmembers. Rabbi Peter Schaktman will be joined by Associate Cantor Deborah Johnson of Providence, R.I., a former soprano with the internationally acclaimed Zamir chorale of Boston.

>> Temple Emanu-el: Erev Rosh Hashana, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13, child care available. Rosh Hashana Day, 10 a.m. Sept. 14, child care available; “A Birthday Party for the World,” 3 p.m. at Magic Island Park (for families with children ages 2-12); Tashlich and potluck, 4 p.m. at Magic Island. Erev Yom Kippur, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22 (Kol Nidre), with no late admittance until chanting is complete, child care available. Yom Kippur, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sept. 23; “Being a Better Me” ( for families with children ages 2-12), 3 p.m.; Torah and haftarah readings, 4 p.m.; “Break the Fast,” 7 p.m. The temple is at 2550 Pali Highway. Call 595-7521 or email executivedirector@shaloha.com. Make reservations and buy tickets at bit.ly/1PHVkXo. A suggested donation of $250 covers all four days of services, though that amount is flexible. Active-duty, enlisted military members and college students are admitted free.