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"כִּֽי־בַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה יְכַפֵּ֥ר עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם לְטַהֵ֣ר אֶתְכֶ֑ם מִכֹּל֙ חַטֹּ֣אתֵיכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה תִּטְהָֽרוּ׃
For on this day atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you of all your sins; you shall be clean before God."—Leviticus 16:30
The Jewish New Year of 5780 is approaching! We'll celebrate with music, prayer, learning, food and community! You're invited to celebrate the High Holidays in China with Kehilat Shanghai!
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman of Pennsylvania USA will lead our community in prayer and learning. Read more about Rabbi Perman in the "Our Rabbi" section below.
Please check the "Events Schedule" tab for all of the information pertaining to each High Holiday Service and meal. This year, our registration is by "package tickets". During registration, you will select your attendance options for our various services and meals.
Please help ensure Kehilat Shanghai has the means to continue providing the programming you love, such as progressive High Holiday services for generations to come. If you wish to be a sponsor to help make our events happen, please be in touch with Julia.
If you have financial constraints please also email Julia, julia@kehilatshanghai.org. We will not turn anyone away because of financial need!
Interested in learning how you can help support us? Please see the "Membership and Sponsorship" page to learn more. A significant discount on High Holiday tickets is available for active, paid Members of Kehilat Shanghai.
Please be in touch with Julia, our Community Coordinator, with any questions or concerns regarding registration, payment, etc. Julia@KehilatShanghai.org
A Happy and Sweet New Year!
!לשנה טובה ומתוקה
Please note that due to Chinese regulations, Kehilat Shanghai events and activities are available only for foreign passport holders and their families. Thank you for your understanding.
High Holiday Schedule
4
30PM
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5
30PM
5
30PM
-
6
45PM
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services/ Separate Children's Activity
Rabbi Sara Rae PermanServices led by Rabbi Sara Perman.
There will be a separate activity for those children too young to attend services.
6
45PM
-
8
45PM
Monday, September 30, 2019
9
00AM
-
9
30AM
Morning Check-in at Ohel Moshe
Please note that morning services are at Ohel Moishe Temple located in the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum.
Address: 64 Changyang lu/ 长阳路62号
9
30AM
-
12
30PM
Rosh Hashanah Morning Services at Ohel Moshe
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman12
30PM
-
1
00PM
Light Lunch
A light meal on the back porch after services.
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
6
00PM
-
7
00PM
Check in!
Yom Kippur Fast Begins at 5:13 pm
7
00PM
-
9
00PM
Kol Nidre Services
Rabbi Sara Rae PermanWednesday, October 9, 2019
10
00AM
-
1
00PM
Yom Kippur Morning Services
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman2
30PM
-
3
30PM
Study Session
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman3
30PM
-
4
30PM
Mincha Service
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman4
30PM
-
5
00PM
Yikzor
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman5
00PM
-
6
00PM
Nehilah
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman6
00PM
-
7
30PM
Break-the-Fast
The Yom Kippur fast ends at 6:06 pm. This is a LIGHT dairy meal. You do not need to attend morning services to come to the break-the-fast meal.
Sunday, September 29, 2019
5
00PM
-
5
30PM
Children's Services
Join us for a children's service! For families with children of all ages.
5
30PM
-
6
30PM
Crafts and Activities
Activities available during the 'adult' service.
Rosh Hashanah Morning Services at Ohel Moshe
Speakers
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman served as the Rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg, Pennsylvania from mid-July 1986 through June 2017. After retirement Rabbi Perman served Temple Beth Am in Monessen, PA on a monthly basis. Rabbi Perman also served as the Jewish chaplain at the State Correctional Institute at Greensburg for 28 years and then at SCI Fayette. During her time in the Pittsburgh area, Rabbi Perman has been chair of the Greater Pittsburgh Rabbinic Association. Rabbi Perman has also been President of the Great Lakes Ohio Valley Association of Reform Rabbis. Rabbi Perman served twice as the chair of the Greensburg Ministerium. She also has served two terms as head of the Reform Rabbis of Greater Pittsburgh and was most recently co-chair of the Pittsburgh Area Reform Clergy. From 1995 to 2009, Rabbi Perman taught educators for the Agency for Jewish Learning previously the Jewish Education Institute in Pittsburgh. Rabbi Perman has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Blackburn Center of Greensburg (previously the Center Against Domestic and Sexual Violence). In addition, she is chair of the Steering Committee of Seton Hill University’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and serves on the Board of the Advisory Committee as vice-chair. In the Spring of 2011, Rabbi Perman taught at Seton Hill University. Rabbi Perman is also co-chair of the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition.
Previously, Rabbi Perman served as assistant Rabbi to Har Sinai Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland from 1983-1986 and as assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York from 1981-1983. During both of her assistantships, she was deeply involved with youth work groups and served as Rabbinic Advisor to MAFTY (Mid-Atlantic Federation of Temple Youth) and as Rabbinic Dean to CNYFTY (Central New York Federation of Temple Youth).
Before going to Spring Valley, Rabbi Perman was the Rabbinic Intern for two years at Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C. While a rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in New York, she was an outreach worker to Reform Jewish students at the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation of Rutgers University. Rabbi Perman also served as a Jewish Chaplain at Memorial Hospital, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
A 1973 graduate of Goucher College, Rabbi Perman did graduate work at SUNY at Buffalo and was ordained by (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in May, 1981. She received an Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in May 2006 for “25 years of distinguished service to the Jewish people”.
Rabbi Perman is a frequent visitor to Israel and has studied for more than 13 years each summer in the Rabbinic Torah Seminar at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Yom Kippur Morning Services
Speakers
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman served as the Rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg, Pennsylvania from mid-July 1986 through June 2017. After retirement Rabbi Perman served Temple Beth Am in Monessen, PA on a monthly basis. Rabbi Perman also served as the Jewish chaplain at the State Correctional Institute at Greensburg for 28 years and then at SCI Fayette. During her time in the Pittsburgh area, Rabbi Perman has been chair of the Greater Pittsburgh Rabbinic Association. Rabbi Perman has also been President of the Great Lakes Ohio Valley Association of Reform Rabbis. Rabbi Perman served twice as the chair of the Greensburg Ministerium. She also has served two terms as head of the Reform Rabbis of Greater Pittsburgh and was most recently co-chair of the Pittsburgh Area Reform Clergy. From 1995 to 2009, Rabbi Perman taught educators for the Agency for Jewish Learning previously the Jewish Education Institute in Pittsburgh. Rabbi Perman has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Blackburn Center of Greensburg (previously the Center Against Domestic and Sexual Violence). In addition, she is chair of the Steering Committee of Seton Hill University’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and serves on the Board of the Advisory Committee as vice-chair. In the Spring of 2011, Rabbi Perman taught at Seton Hill University. Rabbi Perman is also co-chair of the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition.
Previously, Rabbi Perman served as assistant Rabbi to Har Sinai Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland from 1983-1986 and as assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York from 1981-1983. During both of her assistantships, she was deeply involved with youth work groups and served as Rabbinic Advisor to MAFTY (Mid-Atlantic Federation of Temple Youth) and as Rabbinic Dean to CNYFTY (Central New York Federation of Temple Youth).
Before going to Spring Valley, Rabbi Perman was the Rabbinic Intern for two years at Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C. While a rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in New York, she was an outreach worker to Reform Jewish students at the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation of Rutgers University. Rabbi Perman also served as a Jewish Chaplain at Memorial Hospital, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
A 1973 graduate of Goucher College, Rabbi Perman did graduate work at SUNY at Buffalo and was ordained by (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in May, 1981. She received an Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in May 2006 for “25 years of distinguished service to the Jewish people”.
Rabbi Perman is a frequent visitor to Israel and has studied for more than 13 years each summer in the Rabbinic Torah Seminar at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Study Session
Speakers
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman served as the Rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg, Pennsylvania from mid-July 1986 through June 2017. After retirement Rabbi Perman served Temple Beth Am in Monessen, PA on a monthly basis. Rabbi Perman also served as the Jewish chaplain at the State Correctional Institute at Greensburg for 28 years and then at SCI Fayette. During her time in the Pittsburgh area, Rabbi Perman has been chair of the Greater Pittsburgh Rabbinic Association. Rabbi Perman has also been President of the Great Lakes Ohio Valley Association of Reform Rabbis. Rabbi Perman served twice as the chair of the Greensburg Ministerium. She also has served two terms as head of the Reform Rabbis of Greater Pittsburgh and was most recently co-chair of the Pittsburgh Area Reform Clergy. From 1995 to 2009, Rabbi Perman taught educators for the Agency for Jewish Learning previously the Jewish Education Institute in Pittsburgh. Rabbi Perman has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Blackburn Center of Greensburg (previously the Center Against Domestic and Sexual Violence). In addition, she is chair of the Steering Committee of Seton Hill University’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and serves on the Board of the Advisory Committee as vice-chair. In the Spring of 2011, Rabbi Perman taught at Seton Hill University. Rabbi Perman is also co-chair of the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition.
Previously, Rabbi Perman served as assistant Rabbi to Har Sinai Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland from 1983-1986 and as assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York from 1981-1983. During both of her assistantships, she was deeply involved with youth work groups and served as Rabbinic Advisor to MAFTY (Mid-Atlantic Federation of Temple Youth) and as Rabbinic Dean to CNYFTY (Central New York Federation of Temple Youth).
Before going to Spring Valley, Rabbi Perman was the Rabbinic Intern for two years at Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C. While a rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in New York, she was an outreach worker to Reform Jewish students at the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation of Rutgers University. Rabbi Perman also served as a Jewish Chaplain at Memorial Hospital, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
A 1973 graduate of Goucher College, Rabbi Perman did graduate work at SUNY at Buffalo and was ordained by (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in May, 1981. She received an Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in May 2006 for “25 years of distinguished service to the Jewish people”.
Rabbi Perman is a frequent visitor to Israel and has studied for more than 13 years each summer in the Rabbinic Torah Seminar at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Mincha Service
Speakers
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman served as the Rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg, Pennsylvania from mid-July 1986 through June 2017. After retirement Rabbi Perman served Temple Beth Am in Monessen, PA on a monthly basis. Rabbi Perman also served as the Jewish chaplain at the State Correctional Institute at Greensburg for 28 years and then at SCI Fayette. During her time in the Pittsburgh area, Rabbi Perman has been chair of the Greater Pittsburgh Rabbinic Association. Rabbi Perman has also been President of the Great Lakes Ohio Valley Association of Reform Rabbis. Rabbi Perman served twice as the chair of the Greensburg Ministerium. She also has served two terms as head of the Reform Rabbis of Greater Pittsburgh and was most recently co-chair of the Pittsburgh Area Reform Clergy. From 1995 to 2009, Rabbi Perman taught educators for the Agency for Jewish Learning previously the Jewish Education Institute in Pittsburgh. Rabbi Perman has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Blackburn Center of Greensburg (previously the Center Against Domestic and Sexual Violence). In addition, she is chair of the Steering Committee of Seton Hill University’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and serves on the Board of the Advisory Committee as vice-chair. In the Spring of 2011, Rabbi Perman taught at Seton Hill University. Rabbi Perman is also co-chair of the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition.
Previously, Rabbi Perman served as assistant Rabbi to Har Sinai Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland from 1983-1986 and as assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York from 1981-1983. During both of her assistantships, she was deeply involved with youth work groups and served as Rabbinic Advisor to MAFTY (Mid-Atlantic Federation of Temple Youth) and as Rabbinic Dean to CNYFTY (Central New York Federation of Temple Youth).
Before going to Spring Valley, Rabbi Perman was the Rabbinic Intern for two years at Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C. While a rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in New York, she was an outreach worker to Reform Jewish students at the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation of Rutgers University. Rabbi Perman also served as a Jewish Chaplain at Memorial Hospital, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
A 1973 graduate of Goucher College, Rabbi Perman did graduate work at SUNY at Buffalo and was ordained by (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in May, 1981. She received an Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in May 2006 for “25 years of distinguished service to the Jewish people”.
Rabbi Perman is a frequent visitor to Israel and has studied for more than 13 years each summer in the Rabbinic Torah Seminar at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Yikzor
Speakers
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman served as the Rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg, Pennsylvania from mid-July 1986 through June 2017. After retirement Rabbi Perman served Temple Beth Am in Monessen, PA on a monthly basis. Rabbi Perman also served as the Jewish chaplain at the State Correctional Institute at Greensburg for 28 years and then at SCI Fayette. During her time in the Pittsburgh area, Rabbi Perman has been chair of the Greater Pittsburgh Rabbinic Association. Rabbi Perman has also been President of the Great Lakes Ohio Valley Association of Reform Rabbis. Rabbi Perman served twice as the chair of the Greensburg Ministerium. She also has served two terms as head of the Reform Rabbis of Greater Pittsburgh and was most recently co-chair of the Pittsburgh Area Reform Clergy. From 1995 to 2009, Rabbi Perman taught educators for the Agency for Jewish Learning previously the Jewish Education Institute in Pittsburgh. Rabbi Perman has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Blackburn Center of Greensburg (previously the Center Against Domestic and Sexual Violence). In addition, she is chair of the Steering Committee of Seton Hill University’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and serves on the Board of the Advisory Committee as vice-chair. In the Spring of 2011, Rabbi Perman taught at Seton Hill University. Rabbi Perman is also co-chair of the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition.
Previously, Rabbi Perman served as assistant Rabbi to Har Sinai Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland from 1983-1986 and as assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York from 1981-1983. During both of her assistantships, she was deeply involved with youth work groups and served as Rabbinic Advisor to MAFTY (Mid-Atlantic Federation of Temple Youth) and as Rabbinic Dean to CNYFTY (Central New York Federation of Temple Youth).
Before going to Spring Valley, Rabbi Perman was the Rabbinic Intern for two years at Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C. While a rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in New York, she was an outreach worker to Reform Jewish students at the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation of Rutgers University. Rabbi Perman also served as a Jewish Chaplain at Memorial Hospital, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
A 1973 graduate of Goucher College, Rabbi Perman did graduate work at SUNY at Buffalo and was ordained by (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in May, 1981. She received an Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in May 2006 for “25 years of distinguished service to the Jewish people”.
Rabbi Perman is a frequent visitor to Israel and has studied for more than 13 years each summer in the Rabbinic Torah Seminar at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Nehilah
Speakers
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman served as the Rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg, Pennsylvania from mid-July 1986 through June 2017. After retirement Rabbi Perman served Temple Beth Am in Monessen, PA on a monthly basis. Rabbi Perman also served as the Jewish chaplain at the State Correctional Institute at Greensburg for 28 years and then at SCI Fayette. During her time in the Pittsburgh area, Rabbi Perman has been chair of the Greater Pittsburgh Rabbinic Association. Rabbi Perman has also been President of the Great Lakes Ohio Valley Association of Reform Rabbis. Rabbi Perman served twice as the chair of the Greensburg Ministerium. She also has served two terms as head of the Reform Rabbis of Greater Pittsburgh and was most recently co-chair of the Pittsburgh Area Reform Clergy. From 1995 to 2009, Rabbi Perman taught educators for the Agency for Jewish Learning previously the Jewish Education Institute in Pittsburgh. Rabbi Perman has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Blackburn Center of Greensburg (previously the Center Against Domestic and Sexual Violence). In addition, she is chair of the Steering Committee of Seton Hill University’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and serves on the Board of the Advisory Committee as vice-chair. In the Spring of 2011, Rabbi Perman taught at Seton Hill University. Rabbi Perman is also co-chair of the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition.
Previously, Rabbi Perman served as assistant Rabbi to Har Sinai Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland from 1983-1986 and as assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York from 1981-1983. During both of her assistantships, she was deeply involved with youth work groups and served as Rabbinic Advisor to MAFTY (Mid-Atlantic Federation of Temple Youth) and as Rabbinic Dean to CNYFTY (Central New York Federation of Temple Youth).
Before going to Spring Valley, Rabbi Perman was the Rabbinic Intern for two years at Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C. While a rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in New York, she was an outreach worker to Reform Jewish students at the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation of Rutgers University. Rabbi Perman also served as a Jewish Chaplain at Memorial Hospital, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
A 1973 graduate of Goucher College, Rabbi Perman did graduate work at SUNY at Buffalo and was ordained by (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in May, 1981. She received an Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in May 2006 for “25 years of distinguished service to the Jewish people”.
Rabbi Perman is a frequent visitor to Israel and has studied for more than 13 years each summer in the Rabbinic Torah Seminar at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services/ Separate Children's Activity
Services led by Rabbi Sara Perman. There will be a separate activity for those children too young to attend services.
Speakers
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman served as the Rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg, Pennsylvania from mid-July 1986 through June 2017. After retirement Rabbi Perman served Temple Beth Am in Monessen, PA on a monthly basis. Rabbi Perman also served as the Jewish chaplain at the State Correctional Institute at Greensburg for 28 years and then at SCI Fayette. During her time in the Pittsburgh area, Rabbi Perman has been chair of the Greater Pittsburgh Rabbinic Association. Rabbi Perman has also been President of the Great Lakes Ohio Valley Association of Reform Rabbis. Rabbi Perman served twice as the chair of the Greensburg Ministerium. She also has served two terms as head of the Reform Rabbis of Greater Pittsburgh and was most recently co-chair of the Pittsburgh Area Reform Clergy. From 1995 to 2009, Rabbi Perman taught educators for the Agency for Jewish Learning previously the Jewish Education Institute in Pittsburgh. Rabbi Perman has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Blackburn Center of Greensburg (previously the Center Against Domestic and Sexual Violence). In addition, she is chair of the Steering Committee of Seton Hill University’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and serves on the Board of the Advisory Committee as vice-chair. In the Spring of 2011, Rabbi Perman taught at Seton Hill University. Rabbi Perman is also co-chair of the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition.
Previously, Rabbi Perman served as assistant Rabbi to Har Sinai Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland from 1983-1986 and as assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York from 1981-1983. During both of her assistantships, she was deeply involved with youth work groups and served as Rabbinic Advisor to MAFTY (Mid-Atlantic Federation of Temple Youth) and as Rabbinic Dean to CNYFTY (Central New York Federation of Temple Youth).
Before going to Spring Valley, Rabbi Perman was the Rabbinic Intern for two years at Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C. While a rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in New York, she was an outreach worker to Reform Jewish students at the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation of Rutgers University. Rabbi Perman also served as a Jewish Chaplain at Memorial Hospital, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
A 1973 graduate of Goucher College, Rabbi Perman did graduate work at SUNY at Buffalo and was ordained by (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in May, 1981. She received an Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in May 2006 for “25 years of distinguished service to the Jewish people”.
Rabbi Perman is a frequent visitor to Israel and has studied for more than 13 years each summer in the Rabbinic Torah Seminar at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Kol Nidre Services
Speakers
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman served as the Rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg, Pennsylvania from mid-July 1986 through June 2017. After retirement Rabbi Perman served Temple Beth Am in Monessen, PA on a monthly basis. Rabbi Perman also served as the Jewish chaplain at the State Correctional Institute at Greensburg for 28 years and then at SCI Fayette. During her time in the Pittsburgh area, Rabbi Perman has been chair of the Greater Pittsburgh Rabbinic Association. Rabbi Perman has also been President of the Great Lakes Ohio Valley Association of Reform Rabbis. Rabbi Perman served twice as the chair of the Greensburg Ministerium. She also has served two terms as head of the Reform Rabbis of Greater Pittsburgh and was most recently co-chair of the Pittsburgh Area Reform Clergy. From 1995 to 2009, Rabbi Perman taught educators for the Agency for Jewish Learning previously the Jewish Education Institute in Pittsburgh. Rabbi Perman has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Blackburn Center of Greensburg (previously the Center Against Domestic and Sexual Violence). In addition, she is chair of the Steering Committee of Seton Hill University’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and serves on the Board of the Advisory Committee as vice-chair. In the Spring of 2011, Rabbi Perman taught at Seton Hill University. Rabbi Perman is also co-chair of the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition.
Previously, Rabbi Perman served as assistant Rabbi to Har Sinai Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland from 1983-1986 and as assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York from 1981-1983. During both of her assistantships, she was deeply involved with youth work groups and served as Rabbinic Advisor to MAFTY (Mid-Atlantic Federation of Temple Youth) and as Rabbinic Dean to CNYFTY (Central New York Federation of Temple Youth).
Before going to Spring Valley, Rabbi Perman was the Rabbinic Intern for two years at Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C. While a rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in New York, she was an outreach worker to Reform Jewish students at the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation of Rutgers University. Rabbi Perman also served as a Jewish Chaplain at Memorial Hospital, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
A 1973 graduate of Goucher College, Rabbi Perman did graduate work at SUNY at Buffalo and was ordained by (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in May, 1981. She received an Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in May 2006 for “25 years of distinguished service to the Jewish people”.
Rabbi Perman is a frequent visitor to Israel and has studied for more than 13 years each summer in the Rabbinic Torah Seminar at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Our Rabbi
We look forward to welcoming Rabbi Sara Perman along with her son to Shanghai for our High Holidays 5780!
Click on the photo below to read more about Rabbi Perman.
Rabbi Sara Rae
Perman
Rabbi Sara Rae Perman served as the Rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg, Pennsylvania from mid-July 1986 through June 2017. After retirement Rabbi Perman served Temple Beth Am in Monessen, PA on a monthly basis. Rabbi Perman also served as the Jewish chaplain at the State Correctional Institute at Greensburg for 28 years and then at SCI Fayette. During her time in the Pittsburgh area, Rabbi Perman has been chair of the Greater Pittsburgh Rabbinic Association. Rabbi Perman has also been President of the Great Lakes Ohio Valley Association of Reform Rabbis. Rabbi Perman served twice as the chair of the Greensburg Ministerium. She also has served two terms as head of the Reform Rabbis of Greater Pittsburgh and was most recently co-chair of the Pittsburgh Area Reform Clergy. From 1995 to 2009, Rabbi Perman taught educators for the Agency for Jewish Learning previously the Jewish Education Institute in Pittsburgh. Rabbi Perman has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Blackburn Center of Greensburg (previously the Center Against Domestic and Sexual Violence). In addition, she is chair of the Steering Committee of Seton Hill University’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and serves on the Board of the Advisory Committee as vice-chair. In the Spring of 2011, Rabbi Perman taught at Seton Hill University. Rabbi Perman is also co-chair of the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition.
Previously, Rabbi Perman served as assistant Rabbi to Har Sinai Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland from 1983-1986 and as assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York from 1981-1983. During both of her assistantships, she was deeply involved with youth work groups and served as Rabbinic Advisor to MAFTY (Mid-Atlantic Federation of Temple Youth) and as Rabbinic Dean to CNYFTY (Central New York Federation of Temple Youth).
Before going to Spring Valley, Rabbi Perman was the Rabbinic Intern for two years at Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C. While a rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in New York, she was an outreach worker to Reform Jewish students at the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation of Rutgers University. Rabbi Perman also served as a Jewish Chaplain at Memorial Hospital, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
A 1973 graduate of Goucher College, Rabbi Perman did graduate work at SUNY at Buffalo and was ordained by (H.U.C.-J.I.R.) in May, 1981. She received an Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in May 2006 for “25 years of distinguished service to the Jewish people”.
Rabbi Perman is a frequent visitor to Israel and has studied for more than 13 years each summer in the Rabbinic Torah Seminar at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Tickets
Please contact Julia, our Community Coordinator, julia@kehilatshanghai.org with any questions or concerns regarding these options.
High Holiday Package Ticket: Adult
RMB 500
Member Price
RMB 750
Public Price
Buy TicketThis package ticket is for one adult and includes admission to...
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services & DINNER - Sun. September 29
Rosh Hashanah Day Services - Mon. September 30
Kol Nidre Services - Tues. October 8
Yom Kippur Day Services - Wed. October 9
Break-the-Fast Meal - Wed. October 9
Please indicate in your registration which events you are planning on attending.
Early Bird tickets are 10% off till September 15! Those who are active, contributing members of Kehilat Shanghai can select their discounted ticket.High Holiday Package Ticket: Young Professional (25-35 yrs old)
RMB 350
Member Price
RMB 650
Public Price
Buy TicketThis package ticket is for one young professional and includes admission to...
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services & DINNER - Sun. September 29
Rosh Hashanah Day Services - Mon. September 30
Kol Nidre Services - Tues. October 8
Yom Kippur Day Services - Wed. October 9
Break-the-Fast Meal - Wed. October 9
Please indicate in your registration which events you are planning on attending.
Early Bird tickets are 10% off till September 15!High Holiday Package Ticket: Student
RMB 300
Public Price
Buy TicketThis package ticket is for one student* and includes admission to...
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services & DINNER - Sun. September 29
Rosh Hashanah Day Services - Mon. September 30
Kol Nidre Services - Tues. October 8
Yom Kippur Day Services - Wed. October 9
Break-the-Fast Meal - Wed. October 9
Please indicate in your registration which events you are planning on attending.
Early Bird tickets are 10% off till September 15!
*Note: Student is defined as an individual who is age 18-24 OR currently enrolled FULL TIME in an undergraduate or graduate program.High Holiday Package Ticket: Child (7-17)
RMB 150
Public Price
Buy TicketThis package ticket is for one Child, and includes admission to...
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services & DINNER
Rosh Hashanah Day Services
Kol Nidre Services
Yom Kippur Day Services
Break-the-Fast Meal
Please indicate in the registration which events your child will attend.
Early Bird tickets are 10% off till September 15!High Holiday Package Ticket: Young Child ( 0-6)
Complimentary
Public Price
Reserve TicketThis package ticket is for one Child, and includes admission to...
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services & DINNER
Rosh Hashanah Day Services
Kol Nidre Services
Yom Kippur Day Services
Break-the-Fast meal
Please indicate in the registration which events your child will attend.SERVICES ONLY Ticket
RMB 250
Member Price
RMB 400
Public Price
Buy TicketThis ticket is to attend any of the Services:
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services - Sun. September 29
Rosh Hashanah Day Services - Mon. September 30
Kol Nidre - Tues. October 8
Yom Kippur Day Services - Wed. October 9
This ticket does NOT include...
Erev Rosh Hashanah Dinner
Yom Kippur Break-the-Fast
Please select the package ticket if you would like to attend either of these events.Erev Rosh Hashanah Services and Dinner ONLY
RMB 250
Member Price
RMB 350
Public Price
Buy TicketThis ticket for those adults who are only available to attend Erev Rosh Hashanah Services and/or Dinner (Sunday, September 29)
If registering for a Child or Student please select that package.Rosh Hashanah DAY ONLY
RMB 150
Member Price
RMB 200
Public Price
Buy TicketThis ticket includes only Rosh Hashanah Day Services and Light Lunch on Monday, September 30.
NOTE LOCATION: Ohel Moshe Synagogue (Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum)YOM KIPPUR ONLY
RMB 200
Member Price
RMB 300
Public Price
Buy TicketThis ticket is for one adult who wishes to attend only Yom Kippur Services and/or the Break-the-fast meal (October 8-9).
It is not valid for any Rosh Hashanah Events. If you wish to attend any Rosh Hashanah Services, please select the appropriate package ticket.
For Children please select the corresponding package ticket.Sponsor a Student!
RMB 300
Public Price
Buy TicketPlease select this option if you wish to sponsor a student and/or young professional to attend Kehilat Shanghai's High Holiday celebrations. Your support is much appreciated!
Co-Sponsor the Rabbi's Visit
RMB 500
Public Price
Buy TicketHelp support our community to bring in Rabbi Sara Perman as our High Holiday leader.
Be recognized in our High Holiday program - you may sponsor in memory/in honor of someone dear.Co-Sponsor the Rosh Hashanah Day Oneg
RMB 1,000
Public Price
Buy TicketHelp support our community in providing light lunch after Rosh Hashanah services.
Be recognized in our High Holiday program - you may sponsor in memory/in honor of someone dear.Co-Sponsor our use of Ohel Moshe Synagogue
RMB 2,000
Public Price
Buy TicketHelp support our community in the expenses of renting Ohel Moshe Synagogue.
Be recognized in our High Holiday program - you may sponsor in memory/in honor of someone dear.
Membership and Sponsorship
Membership Contribution Levels for the 2019-2020/5780 Year:
Family membership : 6000 RMB
Couples membership: 3000 RMB
Individual membership:1500 RMB
Student/Young Professional membership (35 and under): 1000 RMB
Please click the banner above to join as a member...
...and help support the community for generations to come!
Please contact info@kehilatshanghai.org for more information!
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Sponsorship Opportunities for High Holidays 5780/2019:
Sponsor a Student - 300 RMB
Co-Sponsor the Rabbi - 500 RMB
Co-Sponsor the Oneg - 1000 RMB
Co-Sponsor Ohel Moshe - 2000 RMB
(Choose these among your ticketing options upon registration!)
For information on how to be a Silver, Gold or Platinum Level Sponsor, please contact Julia -julia@kehilatshanghai.org.