High Holidays 2023 / 5784
JIY High Holiday
Host your friends, suitemates, student group, fraternity or sorority for a Rosh Hashanah meal or a festive Yom Kippur Break Fast! This is an excellent way to share your traditions with your WashU friends. Sign up to host your own event here!
Jewber Rides
Looking for a traditional synagogue based High Holiday experience? Take a 'Jewber' ride to any St. Louis area congregation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and we will reimburse your ride cost. Sign up is required here.
Rosh Hashanah Care Packages
You're invited to celebrate the Jewish New Year in your own way! Hillel staff have carefully curated a Rosh Hashanah package with sweet apples, honey and other fun goodies to help you create new memories and elevate your High Holiday experience! Reserve yours now by clicking here!
Apple Adventure | Sunday, September 10 | 1 - 5pm(ish)
Join First Year Students of Hillel (FYSH) for an apple picking adventure at Eckert's Farm! Let us know you'll join us here!
Apple & Honey Pop Ups | Monday, September 11 | 10am - 1pm
Stop by our pop ups around campus for apples and an array of honey flavors to sample to get ready to welcome a sweet New Year!
Shofar Pop-Ups
The sound of the shofar signals the arrival of the High Holiday season and the start of the Jewish new year. Be on the lookout for Rabbi Jordan as he makes his way around campus on the Hillel shofar-mobile to welcome Rosh Hashanah with this important mitzvah!
Friday, September 15
Erev Rosh Hashanah Dinner & Concert | 6pm | S40 Swamp
WashU's award winning Higher Holidays concert is back! Bring your friends and blankets for a delicious boxed picnic dinner and stay for a star studded concert in the Swamp, as WashU’s most popular acapella groups and Rick Recht inspire and rock you into the new Jewish year. Students, sign up for dinner here.
Community and family members are welcome to join us for the concert, or for dinner and the concert. Meals purchased through Hillel are $25 per person. Whether you are joining us for dinner, the concert, or both, please sign up here.
Erev Rosh Hashanah Conservative Services | 7pm | Lien Seminar Rooms
We will walk to Lien together from the Swamp at approximately 7:15pm. If you will join us for services, please sign up here.
Saturday, September 16
Student-Led Orthodox Services | 8am | Hillel
Join JSA to usher in the new year with student-led High Holiday services. If you will join us for services, please sign up here.
Student-Led Conservative Services | 9:30am | Hillel
Find meaning and community with WashU Hilel's student-led High Holiday services. If you will join us for services, please indicate so here; you can also sign up to lead an element of the service!
A New Take on a New Year: 5784 Years in the Making | 10am | Goldberg Formal Lounge
We are thrilled to welcome the Jewish New Year with a non-traditional High Holiday prayer experience! Join Hannah Rubin-Schlansky, student leaders, and song-leaders for an interactive and engaging multi-sensory experience. If you will join us for services, please sign up here (you can also indicate if you would like to help lead services!)
Rosh Hashanah Lunch | 12:30pm | Hillel
Students are invited to enjoy a delicious lunch outdoors to usher in the new year. Menu is salmon wellington (GF option salmon / Veg option TBD), noodle kugel, broccoli and cheese quiche, with green salad, and brownies for dessert. Sign up here.
Hard Cider Tasting | 8pm | Hillel
What better way to celebrate a sweet new year than with a hard cider tasting on beautiful evening under the Hillel tents! Join us for a twist on the important (and tasty) mitzvah of enjoying apples and honey! This is a 21+ event; please bring your ID. Sign up required here.
Sunday, September 17
Student-Led Orthodox Services | 8am | Hillel
Join JSA to usher in the new year with student-led High Holiday services. If you will join us for services, please sign up here.
Conservative Services at Kol Rinah | 8:30am| Meet at Big Bend and Forsyth
Looking for a traditional High Holiday experience in a warm, inclusive synagogue setting? Look no further! Located on the corner of Maryland Ave and Hanley Rd, Kol Rinah is just a 15-20 minute walk from the South40 or a short ride using our Jewber service. A group will be walking together from the corner of Big Bend and Forsyth at 8:30am.
Rosh Hashanah Lunch | 1pm | Hillel
Students are invited to enjoy a delicious lunch outdoors to usher in the new year. Menu is chicken schnitzel (GF grilled chicken / Veg stuffed pepper), Caesar salad and roasted potatoes, with apple turnovers for dessert. Sign up here.
Tashlich | 2:30pm | Meet at Hillel
Tashlich is the Rosh Hashanah tradition in which the Jewish people gather at a body of water to pray, reflect, and symbolically cast off their sins in preparation for the new year. Join Rabbi Jordan and friends after lunch for Tashlich in beautiful Forest Park! Meet at Hillel to walk over to the pond together
Sunday, September 24
Erev Yom Kippur Pre-Fast Dinner | 5:30pm | Risa Commons
Join your friends for the only Pre-Fast Dinner on campus! We promise a delicious, filling meal to get you through the fast. Sign up for dinner here.
Kol Nidrei Services | Immediately following dinner
Following dinner, join services with our Reform Community in the Goldberg Formal Loung, or with our Conservative Community in Umrath Lounge. Please sign up for services here.
Monday, September 25
Student-Led Conservative Services | 9:30am | Umrath Lounge
Find meaning and community this year with WashU Hillel's student-led Conservative services. If you will join us for services please click here, where you can also indicate interest in leading a part of the service.
A New Take on a New Year: 5784 Years in the Making | 10am | Goldberg Formal Lounge
Join Hannah Rubin-Schlansky, student leaders, and song leaders Yom Kippur morning with a non-traditional prayer experience that will be interactive and multi-sensory. If you will join us for services please click here, where you can also indiciate interest in leading a part of the service.
Break Fast Meal | 7pm | Risa Commons
Join Hillel’s popular Break Fast! Don’t miss out on bagels, lox, and shmear with all the fixins, fresh fruit, kugel, quiche and assorted desserts (gluten free/dairy free/vegan options for each). Sign up here.
Shabbat in the Sukkah | Friday, September 29 | Services 6pm, Dinner 7pm
What better way to welcome Sukkot than with a delicious Shabbat meal in the beautiful Hillel Sukkah! Optional Conservative services before dinner. Sign up here.
Bagel Brunch | Sunday, October 1 | 12:30pm | Hillel Sukkah
Our Sunday bagel brunch......but in the Sukkah!
Gokul in the Sukkah | Monday, October 2 | 6:30pm | Hillel Sukkah
Gokul is 100% vegetarian, 100% Kosher, 100% delicious Indian cuisine strait from Delmar! Dinner followed by knitting & crocheting for donation at 7:30pm - no experience necessary! We'll supply what you need. Sign up for dinner encouraged here.
WSI Shakshuka in the Sukkah | Tuesday, October 3 | 5:30pm | Hillel
Join WashU Students for Israel for this festive Sukkot event where we'll enjoy shakshukah, a delicious Israeli egg and tomato based breakfast dish, for dinner. Come hang out throughout the evening and spend some time in the Hillel Sukkah! Sign up is encouraged; click here.
Pizza in the Hut w/ FYSH
Because of scheduling conflicts with first year Chem exam, we are postponing this event. More info on reschedule to come!
Senior Night in the Sukkah | Wednesday, October 4 | 8:30pm | Hillel
Celebrate your last Sukkot at WashU with happy hour in Hillel's beautiful sukkah! There will be drinks, there will be snacks, there will be pub trivia, and there will be prizes. Seniors 21+ welcome; RSVP encouraged here.
