South Bay Jewish organizations are offering students free accomodations for the High Holidays. During the Sept. 17 “To Life” Jewish street festival in Palo Alto, South Bay and Peninsula synagogues and community groups handed out fliers and advertised free Rosh Hashsanah and Yom Kippur services.
Hillel of Silicon Valley doesn’t offer any services, but will help students find holiday accommodations with Bay Area families, synagogues and community groups for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Some students will head north to Palo Alto to attend Erev Rosh Hashanah services and enjoy dinner with fellow students at local synagogues, Stanford Hillel or Chabad.
Erev Rosh Hashanah is on Sept. 22 at sundown, and the first day is on Sept. 23. Some synagogues will also host a second day Rosh Hashanah service on Sept. 24.
The Hillel at Stanford will hold an array of services. Reform/Reconstructionist Erev Rosh Hashanah services will be held in the Dinkelspiel Auditorium at 7 p.m., and morning services are at 9 a.m.
Congregation Beth David in Saratoga will open its doors for students for Erev Rosh Hashanah services at 8 p.m. and the following day, morning services begin at 8:30 a.m. Evening services on Sept. 23 will begin at 8 p.m. Second day services will be held at 8:30 a.m.
Congregation Shir Hadash will hold Erev Rosh Hashanah services at 8 p.m. and first day services will be held Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at 20 Cherry Blossom Lane in Los Gatos.
Conservative services at Stanford will be held in the Kresge Auditorium at 7 p.m., and morning services will be held at 9 a.m., and on Sunday, Sept. 24 at 9 a.m. Tashlich will be held after services.
Congregation Sinai will hold conservative services for Erev Rosh Hashanah at 7 p.m. at 1532 Willowbrae Ave. in San Jose. First Day Rosh Hashanah begins at 8 a.m. for the traditional minyan and 8:30 for the egalitarian minyan. Saturday evening service begins at 7:45 p.m. Second Day Rosh Hashanah services begin at 8 a.m. for the traditional minyan and 8:30 for the egalitarian minyan.
More traditional students can attend Orthodox services with Chabad in Sunnyvale or Palo Alto.
Chabad of Sunnyvale will hold services on Friday at 7 p.m. and on Saturday at 9:30 a.m.at Nimitz Elementary School at 545 E. Cheyenne Dr. in Sunnyvale. Sunday morning services will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Chabad of Sunnyvale, 1110 Sunnyvale-Saratoga Rd. in Sunnyvale.
Stanford Chabad services start at 7 p.m., followed by Shabbat dinner. Morning services will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Rohr Chabad House 1289 College Avenue on the Stanford Campus.