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Friday Night Erev Shabbat Services
Fridays at 7:00pm
Celebrate Shabbat and relax after a long week as we welcome Shabbat at Friday night services in our beautiful sanctuary with music and prayer.
Stick around after the service to visit with community members and friends at the oneg.
ALL are welcome, including families with young children and people who want to learn more about Jewish practice.
CLICK HERE to attend the service online.
CLICK HERE for a pdf of our siddur (prayerbook).
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Nathan Cohen Lecture Series:
Late in Arriving, How Electricity Changed Rural New Hampshire
Sunday, October 19th at 3:00pm
Presenter: Stephen Taylor
Imagine a New Hampshire town where some people enjoyed the benefits of electricity – lighting at the flick of a switch and reliable heating controlled by a thermostat – while others lived with smelly kerosene lamps and smoky box stoves. In New Hampshire, during the first half of the 20th century, residents of developed communities enjoyed the transformative benefits of electric power while those in the sparsely populated regions lived and worked in conditions little changed from the 19th century.
It took the coming of the New Deal's Rural Electrification Administration and a determined band of farmers to overcome opposition from the established private utilities to create the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative in 1939. Despite labor and material shortages during World War II, within a decade, power came to almost all of the previously unserved areas of the state. For thousands of households, this meant relief from the drudgery of the wood-fueled cookstove, the washboard and the kerosene lamp. Reliable electric power similarly brought new ways of life to farmers and artisans.
This program will explore how these developments changed civic and social life in New Hampshire's countryside, and touch the ways the disparity of broadband access in the state today echoes these earlier struggles.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Religious School
Sundays, October 19th and 26th at 9:30am
Our Religious School meets most Sundays during the school year. Our current students are in grades 2 through 7. If you would like to explore religious school for the 2025-2026 school year, please contact Rabbi Dan at rabbida@keenesynagogue.org or (603) 352-6747.
Parents, please look out for occasional emails from Rabbi Dan and Daniella with particular information throughout the year.
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Encountering the Past: Primary Sources and the Holocaust
Mason Library – Room 132
Monday, October 20th at 5:30pm
This hands-on workshop will demonstrate how original archival materials (documents, photos, and artifacts) are used to teach students to remember and learn about the Holocaust through Keene State College's Special Collections & Archives. Attendees, under the guidance of the Archives staff, will have an opportunity to handle, examine, and analyze documents from the college's special collection in Holocaust Studies.
This event is free and open to everyone – students, faculty, staff, community members, local educators, and more!– but advanced registration is requested as space is limited. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
This workshop is part of a series of events being co-hosted by the KSC Archives and the Cohen Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies during the 2025-2026 academic year. Please emailcoheninstitute@keene.edu with any questions.
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Talmud Study For Beginners with Daniel Gil
NEW TIME!!
Thursdays, October 16th, 23rd and 30th
at 5:00pm
Join CAA member Daniel Gil for this introduction to Talmud study. We will be studying Tractate Brakhot, the first and most accessible volume of the Talmud. We will be using the English and Hebrew Koren Noe Edition of Talmud Bavli with commentary by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz z"l. No prior knowledge of Talmud, Hebrew, or Aramaic is required.
The publisher asks that students purchase a printable PDF of the text for $9.95 HERE. Also available are a large hardback volume and a paperback volume published as four booklets. A large full-color volume is available HERE.
New participants are invited and welcome- just show up!
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Blessing of the Pets
Sunday, November 2nd at 9:30am
Celebrate the weekend of Parashat Noach by bringing your well-behaved dogs, cats, goats, ferrets, chickens, unicorns, or whatever other animal companions live with you to receive Noah's blessing. If your animal isn't so well behaved, then bring a photo. Don't have a live animal companion? Bring a stuffed animal, instead.
Please also bring donations of dog food, blankets, and dog toys to donate to the Humane Society. The need is great!
This event happens rain or shine. After all, this is Noah we're talking about! If it rains, Noah will be perched under the overhang at the entrance to CAA.
Noah's Rules: For the safety of humans and animal companions alike, please do not bring your pet on a flexi lead, and please do not use a lead longer than 6 feet. Also, because we don't want to get the elderly animals on the ark sick, all our animal companions should be up to date on all their vaccinations.
Got questions? Call the office at (603) 352-6747 or email at office@keenesynagogue.org
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Timely Topics in
Jewish Life
Friday, October 24th at 11:00 am
A presentation and discussion on all things Jewish with Rabbi Dan on the 4th Friday of each month.
Where? Covenant Living of Keene, 95 Wyman Road, Keene, NH 03431
When? 11 AM-Noon, October 24th
Who? An interfaith group of residents at Covenant Living, including a number of CAA members.
All members of CAA are welcome to attend.
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The CAA Book Club
Day After Night
by Anita Diamant
Sunday, November 9th at 10:30am
The next meeting of the CAA Book Club will be on Sunday, November 9, 2025. The book we will be discussing is Day After Night by Anita Diamant. This historical novel takes place before Israel's statehood and focuses on four young women who, having fled Europe, were captured and held in a British detention camp near Haifa.
We gather at CAA at about 10:15 a.m. to share goodies (often bagels) and start the discussion at 10:30. We always welcome new faces!
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Serve dinner at
The Community Kitchen!
Our next date to serve dinner at TCK is Thursday, November 20th
A message from Gary Shapiro…
An excellent team of CAA volunteers serve evening meals for dozens of guests at The Community Kitchen on the third Thursday of every month as well as on the fifth Thursday, if one occurs.
Our next Community Kitchen date for the evening meal is Thursday, October 16th. Let Malcolm or me know if you are interested in joining in this greatly-appreciated effort.
Gary Shapiro
gm_shapiro@yahoo.com
603-352-0440
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20 beautiful souls who were held captive for 738 days in the worst hell imaginable came home just one week ago. The reunions melted our hearts and left no cheek dry.
And even though it was a powerful day, our hearts are still filled with dread until every last hostage body still in Gaza returns home to Israel.
The countdown won't end until the last hostage is home!
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Yahrzeit Minyan and Dinner for Laura Broad z"l
Tuesday, November 3rd at 4:00pm
CAA member Lainee Ginsberg invites you to remember her mother, Laura Broad z"l with a minyan and dinner on her mother's first yahrzeit. Laura Broad z"l passed away on November 14, 2024.
Join Lainee, Roye and friends at 4:00pm for a yahrzeit minyan followed by a pizza and salad dinner at 4:30pm.
Kindly contact Lainee to let her know you are planning to attend: lainee123@aol.com.
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WHO WILL REMAIN
Kristallnacht Remembrance
at The Redfern at KSC
Thursday, November 6th at 6:00pm
Join us to mark the upcoming anniversary of Kristallnacht and remember those who were affected by this pogrom (wave of antisemitic violence) in 1938. We will also stand together with local leaders as we recommit ourselves to being a community that stands against hatred and violence. This program will feature literature, history, recollections, and music on themes of life interrupted, fear, loss, resilience and hope.
The event is free and open to the public, but advanced registration is required. Please visit www.keene.edu/cihgs for more information.
This event is hosted by the Cohen Institute for Holocaust & Genocide Studies in partnership with Congregation Ahavas Achim and the Monadnock Interfaith Project. "Who Will Remain" is a fiscally sponsored project of Arts Alive.
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In Memory of…
For the week of
October 18-24
26 Tishrei – 2 Cheshvan
Yahrzeits
Ruth Records, mother of Sarah Vogel on October 18, 26 Tishrei
Harry Schadick, grandfather of Charles Schadick on October 18, 26 Tishrei
Edith Moses, mother of Barbara Green on October 19, 27 Tishrei
Jerome Bieber, uncle of Paul Bieber on October 20, 28 Tishrei
Philip Davern, father of Mike Davern on October 21, 29 Tishrei
Milton Rosell, grandfather of Melanie Zalman on October 22, 30 Tishrei
Harry Schneider, father of Risa Keene on October 22, 30 Tishrei
Irving Jeffery Weston, brother of Malia Boaz on October 22, 30 Tishrei
Elise Garbuny, grandmother of Vivian Prunier on October 24, 2 Heshvan
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Shloshim
Janet Furcht is in her first thirty days of mourning the loss of her husband, Joseph Mirzoeff
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In First Year of Mourning
Gary Shapiro is in mourning the loss of his brother, Steven Shapiro
Mark Silbey is in his first year of mourning the loss of his mother, Esther Silbey
Jon Ostriker is mourning the loss of his brother, Jeremiah Ostriker
Wendy Fulton is mourning the loss of her mother, Marcia Berk
Vivian Prunier is mourning the loss of her mother, Melita Garbuny
Steven Levy is mourning the loss of his wife, Susan Levy
Deborah Kaufman is mourning the loss of her father, Donal Blaise Lloyd
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New and Returning Member Erev Shabbat Service
Friday, November 14th at 7:00pm
We would love for you to join us at our New Member Shabbat Service on Friday, November 14th at 7:00pm. This is an opportunity for CAA members to welcome Shabbat AND our newest members in person. We'll hear a little about each new member and maybe even play a little Jewish geography!
There will be a special oneg after the service to enjoy delicious food while we chat and informally learn more about each other! We hope to see you there!!
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Before, Before
Book Talk and Signing by CAA Member Betsy Small
Sunday, November 16th at 2:00pm
CAA member Betsy Small will discuss and read from her recently published book, Before, Before, which recounts her experience as a Peace Corp volunteer in Sierra Leone.
Donna E. Shalala, former US Secretary of Health and Human Services and Peace Corps Volunteer writes: "When JFK established the Peace Corps he had modest expectations of fostering mutual understanding between Americans and people of other nations and cultures. He underestimated the impact it was to have on those of us who served. Betsy Small's masterpiece tells that story. In a small village in Sierra Leone she finds her resilience, empathy, understanding, and grit. In the Krio and Kono languages Learn and Teach are interchangeable—a fitting metaphor for this extraordinary book."
Don't miss this very special opportunity!
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Shabbat Morning Torah Study with Rabbi Dan
Saturdays, October 18th and 25th and November 1st and 14th at 9:30 AM
We invite you to our (almost) weekly Shabbat Morning Torah Study, led by Rabbi Dan, and sometimes guests. We read a third of each week's Torah reading in English and mine it for meaning for our lives today.
Newcomers and people of all abilities are always welcome!
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Shabbat Morning Torah Service with Rabbi Dan
Saturday, November 8th at 9:30 AM
On Saturday, November 8th, we invite you to our monthly Shabbat Morning Service, onsite and online.
Help us make a minyan as we celebrate Shabbat with Torah and tradition.
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Coffee Hour
with Rabbi Dan at Brewbakers Café in Keene
Tuesday, October 28th at 11:00am
and
Wednesday, November 12th at 2:00pm
Grab a cup of Joe or a Chai Latte and pull up a seat. Rabbi Dan looks forward to chatting about… whatever!
Coffee Hour with Rabbi Dan takes place monthly on the 2nd Wednesday and 4th Tuesday of the month or by appointment at a more convenient time.
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Send us the name of a person in need of comfort and healing so we can pray for them whenever we recite the Misheberach prayer for healing during our worship services.
CLICK HERE to submit a name for the Misheberach list.
If you add a name to the list, please attend services as you are able and pray along with the community for those in need of healing.
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