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Welcome to Or Atid
Whether you're from an interfatih family, single or partnered, gay or straight, Jewishly involved or seeking Jewish connection, join our welcoming community! For membership information go here or call 508-358-9623.
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Community
Virtual Shabbat services
Saturdays at 9:30 am
Click here to Live Stream Shabbat services on the Or Atid Facebook page or here via Zoom
Rabbi Polisson wrote a poem (in Hebrew and English) for Rabbi Katy Allen's annual collection of "Earth Etudes for Elul," which will be published online on Elul 24, Sept. 12, in the evening at www.mayantikvah.blogspot.
Listen to Rabbi Polisson on Sunday's edition of Chagigah with Hal Slifer. He introduces a song called Two Shekl Swing and does some great promoting for Congregation Or Atid!
Calendar
Or Atid Continues to Connect
Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who may be sick and to all medical personnel, firefighters, delivery drivers, grocery workers, pharmacists, and pharmacy workers.
Our beautiful building is closed but services and programs continue through live streaming and Zoom. Check our Facebook page for recent updates.
Click here to Live Stream Shabbat services on the Or Atid Facebook page or via Zoom
Click Here for our monthly Calendar!
Or Atid's Power Point Presentation
High Holiday Information
Join Or Atid for experiences, some online and some outdoors, for a sense of light and hope as we all seek to experience a sweet beginning to the new year. Take a class, workshop or find opportunities to participate in the holidays with our Or Atid Community.
Click here for our High Holiday main services schedule.
Click here for additional service options for all ages.
Click here for special programming and events
Click here for ticket and guest info.
Click here to read a Daily Elul Reflection.
Need a Zoom Background During Services?
Click here for options of pictures to use for backgrounds during the Zoom services. If you can't open Google Drive, click here to download from our site.
Order Lulav and Etrog for Sukkot 
Or Atid is offering a Lulav and Etrog pick- up service from the Israel Book Shop. Sets will be pre-assembled and available for pick up at Or Atid on Fri., Oct. 2 from 11am-1pm. Click here to order by Fri., Sept. 25th or email Beth with questions
Outdoor Tashlich at the Wayside Inn Grist Mill in Sudbury
Wed., Sept. 23 from 5:30-6:30PM &
Sun., Sept. 27 from 12pm-1pm
Join us outdoors for this annual tradition to symbolically cast our sins into the water. Bring your own bread crumbs and join Rabbi Polisson for this meaningful ritual, rain or shine, at the Grist Mill.
Virtual Choir Video
Click the link to hear the beautiful Or Atid's Virtual Choir for the High Holidays.
Erev Sukkot Shabbat Outdoor Service
Friday, October 2nd 6:00pm
Join Rabbi Polisson for A Mu
sical Kabbalat Shabbat in our Sukkah.
Young Family Sukkot Event
Sunday, October 4th 10:30 am
Jewish Learning Collaborative -Enroll Now!
Now, more than ever, kids need a way to engage with their peers to share their feelings and see that they are not alone. We welcome you to join us for a “taste” of JLCMW now through Yom Kippur. Together we will explore the High Holidays, assess this past year and learn how to set personal intentions and goals for the year to come.
Click here to register your child. For questions email Orna Sonnenschein
J-LOFT (Jewish Learning Opportunities for Teens)
J-Loft a new collaborative program between Or Atid and 6 other local synagogues, invites our High School students to learn, act, and celebrate together as one large teen community! To learn more and find out how you/your teen can participate and to sign up here visit or contact Robin Wolk
JLCMW Middle School starts 9/16
Click here to join
Our time on Wednesdays will be divided into 1/3 for community time, 1/3 for Hebrew, and 1/3 for core classes. Core classes will rotate each semester as follows:
Fall: Students will learn in specific core classes for their grade.
Winter: Students will participate in the MetroWest STOP program
Spring: Students will choose electives
Family Programs
P
arenting Through a Jewish Lens
Hosted by Or Atid this November. Join other parents of young children to explore how Jewish values, traditions and wisdom can support us as we navigate our parenting journeys, especially in these uncertain times. Email Amy Silverstein for more information.
Synagogue Happenings
Sisterhood Coffee Drop-In
Fridays at 10:00am
Join Sisterhood and the women of Or Atid for a drop-in coffee hour. See old friends, catch up, drink coffee, bring your latest at home projects to share. Come for all or part of the coffee hour. click here for contact info
Social Action
Tikkun Olam Opportunities
How to Help out in a Time of Social Distancing
There are many ways you can volunteer during this time of COVID-19 whether delivering meals in the community or projects at home with your family. Click here for special message from Maggie Rubin and Barbara Boykin.
