Rosh Hashanah | Friday Evening, September 11 – Sunday, September 13, 2026

Yom Kippur | Sunday Evening, September 20 – Monday, September 21, 2026

Romemu Manhattan Main High Holy Day services will be held at 92NY (1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128)

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September 2, 2026, 9:30 AM at Cherry Walk at 100th St and Hudson River Greenway

Every year, Romemu celebrates tashlich, the ritual of casting away and we utilize Riverside Park. You can honor the service by joining the Romemu community park clean-up supervised by the Parks Department’s partner: the Riverside Park Conservancy. After a teaching by Rabbi Jill Hammer, participants will help cast away trash before the Jewish new year begins. There will be a potluck lunch after the cleaning organized by Iva Kaufman.

Our cleaning up the park helps keep the river free of garbage and allows us to be in reciprocal relationship with the beautiful land we use each year. We hope this Jewish month of Elul clean-up will be a Romemu sacred exchange appreciating the flowing waters and recognizing we are part of making the earth a beautiful place.

Please note that participants must be 13 or older to join. RSVP before August 15.

Romemu’s annual Yizkor Book — Book of Remembrance – is a traditional way to honor the names of loved ones passed and make a charitable donation to Romemu at the same time. The printed book will be distributed on Yom Kippur to those attending onsite and a digital version will be shared with all those attending online. Please fill out this form to have the names of your loved ones listed in this year’s Book of Remembrance for our Yom Kippur Yizkor service.

Names must be submitted by August 7 for inclusion in the book.

This year, to help you honor the memories of those you cherish, you may include as many names as you wish for a single donation. In addition, gifts of $1,000 or more will place your loved ones in our Perpetual Memorial which will ensure the names of your loved ones will be maintained in our Book for years to come.

While donations are greatly appreciated, no names will be turned away for lack of contribution.

Teshuvah Comes from the Depths

Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses

Elul Beit Midrash

August 18, August 25, September 1

“Teshuvah comes from the depths—from a great depth in regard to which the individual human spirit is not a self-contained entity but a continuum of the great universal being.”
— Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Lights of Teshuvah

Teshuvah is at once a deeply personal journey, a communal one, and even a universal one. We often enter this process with a yearning for something more—more life, more connection, more freedom, more expansiveness—and, at the same time, with a yearning for less: less burden, less guilt, less weight. The work begins within, unfolds in our relationships, reaching its full expression in the shared journey of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Maimonides, the 12th century Jewish philosopher, teaches that teshuvah begins with recognition of our transgressions.In this three-session Beit Midrash (Study hall), we will begin with moving into awareness: recognizing the fullness of who we are at this moment and by asking: What are we reaching for? What does the path look like? Jewish sacred texts on teshuvah, together with related literature from other traditions, will deepen our exploration, inviting us inward and opening new landscapes for discovery. As a study community, we will create space for new insights, contemplation and conversation—and together we might even witness the emergence of new ways of being.

Romemu is reopening our Jewish recovery fellowship for anyone seeking freedom from addiction of any kind.

What it is: An anonymous 12-step group following the traditions of AA, drawing on Jewish spiritual wisdom from Jewish 12-step recovery texts, Torah, Mussar teachings, and other Jewish wisdom throughout the ages.

Who it’s for: Anyone struggling with addiction—whether you’re at the beginning of your journey, have been sober for years, months, or are taking it one day at a time. Anyone supporting someone in recovery. Anyone seeking a Jewish perspective on the 12 steps. Jewish or not, you’re welcome.

We’re just starting: Email 12step@romemu.org to join our group and help build this community. We’re planning to meet in person once or several times monthly.

Seekers Holistic Hebrew School provides children and families with the Jewish education they need to find meaningful connections to Jewish life and practice. Engage your children in Jewish life through all our Youth & Family programs, including Family Services, Sha’Baby and Sha’Boker, staring from birth through the teen year.

Renewing membership and registering for Seekers before August 15 comes with discounted tuition.

Early bird tuition: July 15 – August 15 – $1,800

Regular tuition: August 15 – September 30 – $1,900

Late tuition: After September 30 – $1,950