Looking for High Holy Day services? Celebrate Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur with us. Our services weave tradition with contemporary ideas and creative expression. Childcare and children’s services too! Learn more or contact Lila Pahl, Executive Director, at 212-579-0777, ext. 200 or email to lpahl@westendsynagogue.org. Thinking about joining? Special introductory membership Try membership for half a year plus our High Holy Day services (tickets for your entire family!) for only half the dues: more information Is it time for Hebrew School? Would you like your child to be learning Hebrew, prayer, holidays, history, culture, ethics and values? Learn more about our Hebrew School (pre-K through 13, and a post b’nai mitzvah program). Want to know more about what’s going on at West End? We'll send you information. Shabbat - Parashat Ha'Azinu 12 Tishrei, 5769 Candlelighting 6:09    Shabbat Ends 7:47 Friday, October 10th   6:30 pm   Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat, October 11th   9:00 am   Torah Study 10:00 am   Shabbat Service   Carly Amon-Kolodny becomes Bat-Mitzvah         Torah Portion   Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52 Haftara   II Shmuel 22:1-51 For the monthly schedule of services and programs click     October 2008 (pdf) Yom Kippur Food Drive: Bring canned or non-perishable foods to the Fourth Universalist Society at Kol Nidre. Mazal Tov to Hattan Torah, David Friedman and Kallat Bereishit, Bliss Siman Join us as we honor our new Hattan Torah and Kallat Bereishit at our Simchat Torah Hakafot service on Tuesday, October 21 at 7:00 PM. The celebration continues on Shabbat, Saturday, October 25 at 10:00 AM, followed by a Kiddush luncheon when our new honorees will share their Jewish journeys Innovative Liturgy at WES WES' Ritual Committee has been collecting and compiling innovative liturgy written by WES members. In the interest of making more members aware of the project and of introducing WES members to some of the pieces, they are posted on the WES site and included in the monthly mailings. For this month we selected a prayer 'Ge’ulah / Redemption' by Mark Nazimova. For more information about the project or an electronic copy of the Innovative Liturgy Prayerbook, contact Andrea Bardfeld. Please send any prayers not yet shared to her email address abardfeld@rcn.com Image Gallery: Modern Israel A selection of images relating to the culture and society of the State of Israel today. The premier Web site for innovative, contemporary and traditional Jewish rituals, Ritual Well, is a product of the Reconstructionist Judaism movement.