FAMILY PIZZA & SHABBAT SERVICE

Friday, September 5, 2025

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

PLUS: Traditional Shabbat Service

7:15 PM - 8:30 PM

This year, our Family Shabbatot will be led by Rabbi Jonathan Biatch! 

5:30 PM – Free pizza & potluck desserts

6:15 PM – Storytime with Book Bubbe Leslie Kirshman

6:30 PM – Family Shabbat service

7:15 PM – Traditional Shabbat service

All are welcome! Please RSVP at office@etzhayim.org by September 4, so we can plan on how much pizza to have. 

 Many thanks to the anonymous donor for covering the cost of the pizza.

BOOK CLUB

Sunday, September 7, 2025

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

We will be discussing The Last Dekrepitzer by Howard Langer. The fiddler busking in the Columbus Circle subway station in 1965 is the Dekrepitzer Rebbe, the sole survivor of the obscure Dekrepitzer Hasidic sect known before the war for its rebbes' fiddling. Click here for a full description and review of the book.

For more information contact Steve Soreff 603-895-6120 or email soreffs15@aol.com.

HIGH HOLY DAYS 

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We will be welcoming Rabbi Jonathan Biatch as we gather together to reflect, pray and to seek forgiveness.  Rabbi Biatch will be leading all our High Holy Day services alongside our wonderful long-time Hazzan Al Sandler.

Join us for any and all services. We do not require tickets, and there is no reserved seating.  All are welcome!  

Click here to see our full schedule of High Holy Day services.

LEARN TO PLAY MAH JONGG

Monday, September 15, 2025

3:30-5:00 PM - Beginners

5:00-6:30 PM - Advanced Beginners

Become a Mah Jongg Maven! We are offering two back-to-back sessions taught by Adrienne Marshall - Beginners at 3:30 PM and Advanced Beginners at 5:00 PM. 

Adrienne has generously offering to teach the Beginner Level at no charge.  Advanced Beginners are asked to pay $10 pp. 

You must RSVP to Laurie at lmedrek@gmail.com by September 10 to reserve a spot (spots are limited).

PJ LIBRARY PRESENTS: 

Stuffies in the Sukkah 

Sunday, October 5, 2025

10:30 AM - Noon

PJ Library New Hampshire and Etz Hayim Synagogue present: Stuffies in the Sukkah, a Sukkot-themed storytime, crafts and brunch. Bring your favorite stuffie and join us in the sukkah! We'll read a few PJ Library books about Sukkot, make some sukkah decorations together, and enjoy a light bagel brunch.  All are welcome!  Registration required.

PJ Library events are geared towards families with children ages 0-8; siblings, grownups and grandfriends encouraged! Email dinah.berch@jewishnh.org with questions.

Plus: Bring your gently-used PJ Library and PJ Our Way books to exchange for new-to-you titles for a Fall Library Refresh!

CONTINUING EDUCATION: Exploring Faith Through Poetry

Thursday, October 5, 2025

10:30 AM - Noon

At synagogue, we say prayers that assume faith, talking to or about God, regardless of how we picture God in our own minds. Poems about faith give us a lot more leeway to explore that picture however we choose.  We can admire, question, doubt, even challenge God directly....

Click here for a complete description of the talk and for a listing of the full year of Continuing Education programs.

For more information, please contact Stephen Soreff, MD, at soreffs15@aol.com or 603-895-6120.