High Holidays 5787/2026/High Holiday Appeal

Our annual High Holiday Appeal is an important part of that commitment. Your generosity helps sustain the programs and experiences that enrich our community throughout the year while also giving CBS the resources to respond to changing needs, support our members, and invest in our future.

We invite every member of our community to participate with a gift that is meaningful to you. You may also make your gift online at any time by clicking here. Thank you for all that you do to make Congregation Beth Shalom the special community it is.

Rabbi Chapman’s High Holiday Sermons:

September 21, 2026 — You Only Go Around Once (Yom Kippur 5787)

September 20, 2026 — Finding Your Jewish Why (Kol Nidre 5787)

September 12, 2026 — Learn, to Live (Rosh Hashanah 5787)

Rabbi Honig’s High Holiday Sermons:

September 13, 2026 – Be More You (Rosh Hashanah 5787)

To watch any of our High Holiday 5787 services:

1. Go to our live streaming page here
2. Scroll down the page and click on “View Past Streams Here” Button
3. Scroll down to the “Archive” to watch your desired service

Some of the books that Rabbi Chapman referenced in his High Holiday teachings and sermons:

• Unlearning Jewish Anxiety by Rabbi Caryn Aviv
• When We See You Again by Rachel Goldberg-Polin
• Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard
• “In Conversation with Dr. Ada Yonath” https://theconversation.com/i-consider-science-a-luxury-in-conversation-with-ada-yonath-30621
•  The Seven Questions You’re Asked in Heaven: Reviewing and Renewing Your Life on Earth by Dr. Ron Wolfson
• Shira Lankin Sheps, SHVILLI Center, Jerusalem: https://www.shvillicenter.org/
• Rebbetzin Miriam Lipsker, Emory University Chabad: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18rLj158Ym/