Last Updated November 13, 2008

Regular Class Schedule
Kitah Gan/Alef (Kindergarten/1st Grade): Sunday mornings 9:30AM to 11:30AM
Kitah Bet (2nd Grade): Sunday mornings 9:30AM to 11:30AM and
Wednesday afternoons 4:15-5:45PM
Kitot Gimmel-Vav (3rd-6th grade): Sunday mornings 9:30AM to 11:30AM,
Monday afternoons 4:15-5:45PM and
Wednesday afternoons 4:15-5:45PM
Kitah Zayin (7th grade): Sunday mornings 9:30AM to 11:30AM,
Wednesday afternoons 4:15-5:45PM and
Shabbat mornings 9:00AM-9:45AM

Weekend Closings: Please check WRAL TV and WWW.WRAL.COM for Sunday morning or Junior Congregation cancellations. Also please check your email as we also cancel via email. You may also call the synagogue at 682-1238 and press 5 to hear any cancellation notices.

Weekdays: Please check TV, radio and news web sites for public school closings. We will be closed if either Durham or Chapel Hill public schools close during regular school hours or if after school is closed. No weekday announcements or phone calls will be made. We will try to notify room parents only – check with them if you are unsure. Also please check your email!

• Fri.-Sat. 6/6-7 Bar Mitzvah of Ben Grunwald

• Sun. 8/24 Cook-Out: Fun starts at 3:30pm / Food starts 5:00pm
• Thur. 8/28 Morning Minyan (Maya Weinberg Bat Mitzvah) 8:00am
• Fri.-Sat. 8/29-30 Bat Mitzvah of Alice Goldstein-Plesser

• Wed. 9/3 1st day of Talmud Torah Fall Semester (grades 2-7)
• Fri. 9/6 Talmud Torah 6th grade class Seudah Shelishit at Eno Commons
• Sun. 9/7 1st day of Talmud Torah Fall Semester (grades K-1)
• Sun. 9/7 Gift Shop Open 9:30am-12:00pm
• Fri. 9/12 Children's Shabbat Service at 6:00pm
• Fri. 9/12 Community Shabbat Dinner at 6:30pm followed by Shabbat services in the main sanctuary (approx. 8:00pm) Attendance required for 7th grade, attendance requested for other grades (Advance RSVP required)
• Sun. 9/14 Talmud Torah Parent Program and Welcome Brunch 11:00am
• Sat. 9/20 Youth Services
• Sun. 9/21 Rabbinate Taskforce Meeting (Families with Young Children) 9:45am
• Sun. 9/28 Pre-Kadima Event
• Mon. 9/29 Erev Rosh Hashana - No Talmud Torah Classes
• Tue. 9/30 Rosh Hashana Youth Services

• Wed. 10/1 Rosh Hashana II Youth Services No Talmud Torah Classes
• Sun. 10/5 Gift Shop Open 9:30am-12:00pm
• Wed. 10/8 Erev Yom Kippur No Talmud Torah Classes
• Thur. 10/9 Yom Kippur Youth Services
• Mon. 10/13 Erev Sukkot No Talmud Torah Classes
• Tue. 10/14 Sukkot I
• Wed. 10/15 Sukkot II No Talmud Torah Classes
• Sat. 10/18 New Member Shabbat
• Sat. 10/18 Youth Services
• Sun. 10/19 Kadima Pizza in the Hut and Bowling 11:30am-2:30pm
• Mon. 10/20 Hoshana Raba
• Mon. 10/20 Community Dinner in honor of our Chevra Kadisha Attendance required for 7th grade, attendance requested for other grades (Advance RSVP required)
• Tue. 10/21 Shmini Atzeret
• Tue. 10/21 Erev Simchat Torah
• Wed. 10/22 Simchat Torah No Talmud Torah Classes
• Fri. 10/24 Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:00pm
• Fri. 10/24 & Sat. 10/25 Michael & Rachel Blumenthal become B'nei Mitzvah
• Sun. 10/26 6th Grade Parent Pre-B’nei Mitzvah meeting, 10am-11:30am (attendance by at least 1 parent per student required)
• Sun. 10/26 Pre-Kadima event (note new date) Corn Maze & Pumplin picking at Ganyard Hill Farm
• Fri. 10/31 Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:00pm
• Fri. 10/31 Jake Rohde becomes a Bar Mitzvah

• Sat. 12/6 Talmud Torah Havdalah Event with Sababa concert
• Sun. 12/7 Gift Shop Open 9:30am-12:00pm
• Fri. 12/12 Children's Shabbat Service at 5:45pm
• Fri. 12/12 Community Shabbat Dinner at 6:30pm followed by Shabbat services in the main sanctuary (approx. 8:00pm) Attendance required for 7th grade, attendance requested for other grades (Advance RSVP required)
• Sun. 12/14 Last day of Talmud Torah classes for grades K-1
• Sun. 12/14 Pre-Kadima Event
• Wed. 12/17 Last day of Talmud Torah classes for grades 2-7
• Sun. 12/21 Light 1st Chanukkah candle at night
• Sun. 12/28 Light 8th Chanukkah candle at night

• Fri. 1/2 Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:00pm
• Fri. 1/2 - Sat. 1/3 Avishai Halev becomes a Bar Mitzvah
• Wed. 1/7 1st day of Talmud Torah Spring Semester (grades 2-7)
• Fri. 1/9 Children's Shabbat Service at 5:45pm
• Fri. 1/9 Community Shabbat Dinner 6:30pm - Attendance required for 7th grade, attendance requested for other grades (Advance RSVP required) followed by Shabbat services in the main sanctuary (approx. 8:00pm)
• Sat. 1/10 Youth Services
• Sat. 1/10 Community Seudah Shelishit & Havdalah Service 4:30pm
• Sun. 1/11 1st day of Talmud Torah Spring Semester (grades K-1)
• Sun. 1/11 6th Grade Parent Pre-B’nei Mitzvah meeting, 10am-11:30am (attendance by at least 1 parent per student required) Postponed (new date TBA)
• Mon. 1/19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day No Talmud Torah Classes
• Sat. 1/24 Youth Services (combined service for all youth in the Freedman Center)
• Sun. 1/25 Pre-Kadima Event
• Fri. 1/30 Talmud Torah 4th & 5th grade class dinner & Siddur Presentation

• Sun. 2/1 Gift Shop Open 11:15am-11:45am
• Sat. 2/7 Youth Services
• Mon. 2/9 Talmud Torah Tu B'Shvat Program
• Thur. 2/12-Sun.2/15 Scholar-in-Residence Noam Zion
• Sat. 2/14 Seudah Shelishit at 5:00pm
• Sat. 2/21 Youth Services
• Sun. 2/22 Pre-Kadima Event
• Fri. 2/27 Children's Shabbat Service at 5:45pm
• Fri. 2/27 Community Shabbat Dinner 6:30pm - Attendance required for 7th grade, attendance requested for other grades (Advance RSVP required) followed by Shabbat services in the main sanctuary (approx. 8:00pm)

• Sun. 3/1 Gift Shop Open 11:15am-11:45am
• Sun. 3/1 6th Grade Parent Pre-B’nei Mitzvah meeting, 10am-11:30am (attendance by at least 1 parent per student required)
• Sun. 3/8 Spring Forward DST starts at 2:00am
• Sun. 3/8 Purim Carnival
• Mon. 3/9 Erev Purim - Talmud Torah Sessions followed by Dinner & Megillat Esther reading
• Tue. 3/10 Purim
• Sun. 3/15 Special Program TBA
• Sat. 3/21 Youth Services
• Sun. 3/22 Pre-Kadima Event
• Fri. 3/27 Children's Shabbat Service at 5:45pm
• Fri. 3/27 Community Shabbat Dinner 6:30pm - Attendance required for 7th grade, attendance requested for other grades (Advance RSVP required) followed by Shabbat services in the main sanctuary (approx. 8:00pm)

• Sat. 4/4 Youth Services
• Sun. 4/5 Gift Shop Open 11:15am-11:45am
• Sun. 4/5 Last day of Talmud Torah Spring Semester for grades K-2
• Mon. 4/6 Last day of Talmud Torah Spring Semester for grades 3-7
• Wed. 4/8 Erev Pesach
• Thur. 4/9 Pesach I
• Fri. 4/10 Pesach II
• Wed. 4/15 Pesach VII
• Thur. 4/16 Pesach VIII
• Fri. 4/17 Talmud Torah Siyyum Limudim
• Fri. 4/17 Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:30pm
• Fri. 4/17 Community Shabbat Dinner - Attendance required for ALL students (Advance RSVP required)
• Sat. 4/18 Talmud Torah Siyyum Limudim
• Mon. 4/20 6th grade Trope Ulpan
• Tue. 4/21 Yom HaShoah
• Wed. 4/22 6th grade Trope Ulpan
• Fri. 4/24 Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:00pm
• Fri. 4/24-Sat. 4/25 Naomi Lerner becomes a Bat Mitzvah
• Sat. 4/25 6th grade Trope Ulpan
• Tue. 4/28 Yom HaZikaron
• Wed. 4/29 Yom HaAtzma'ut

• Fri. 5/1 Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:00pm
• Fri. 5/1-Sat. 5/2 Ori Hashmonay becomes a Bar Mitzvah
• Fri. 5/15 Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:00pm
• Fri. 5/15-Sat. 5/16 Nathaniel Merrill becomes a Bar Mitzvah
• Sat. 5/23 Honoring our High School graduating seniors
• Thur. 5/28 Erev Shavuot
• Fri. 5/29 Shavout I

• Justin Katz - June 5-6
• Noah Mlyn - June 12-13
• Ilan Szulik - August 28-29
• Jonah Krolik - September 4-5
• Hannah Factor - October 16-17
• Elianna Goldstein - November 13-14
• Zeke Tulsky - January 29-30