Rabbi Leo Wolkow and Ba?al Korei Sigmund Gast will lead Yom Kippur services at the Temple Adas Shalom, also known as the Harford Jewish Center.
Services will be offered free of charge this year to both members and non-members. Individuals and couples not affiliated with the congregation are asked to register with the Temple at 410-939-3170 to be paired with a current member or family.
Kol Nidre, the Jewish prayer recited at the start of Yom Kippur, will be readSept. 21 at 8 p.m. Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish year. After repenting, Jews celebrate the day of atonement.
Click here for more information about the Temple Adas Shalom.
Gospel film debuts in Annapolis
The movie “Sister Sonya?s Prayer Group” will premiere at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis on Sept. 15 at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $15.
Sister Sonya is a light-hearted story, but tackles social issues including parenting, relationships and hip-hop?s potentially negative influences.
Antonio Fargas, best known for his role as Huggy Bear in the 1970s TV series “Starsky and Hutch,” plans to attend the premiere. He portrays Bishop Titus Kingston in the film. The film, shot in the Baltimore-Washington area, is the third feature-length movie by Desselb Productions, a gospel movie company based in Anne Arundel County.
Carrroll County church gets first female pastor
On Aug. 5, Trinity United Church of Christ unanimously voted for the Rev. Laura Cross to become the church?s first female pastor in its 247-year history.
Cross will begin her new position in Manchester on Sept. 24. Her first Sunday service will be Sept. 30 at 10:45 a.m.
Cross, a Missouri native, graduated from Truman State University and Eden Theological Seminary. She previously served at St. Mark?s United Church in Reading, Pa., and has done extensive missionary work in Venezuela.
To contact the church office, call 410-374-2727.
Feminist artist?s crucial works on view at JMM
Judy Chicago?s Jewish roots are the subject of a 2007 retrospective, open at the Jewish Museum of Maryland.
The exhibit Judy Chicago: Jewish Identity presents pieces from private and public collections that illustrate Jewish themes. Significant works from the Birth Project and the Holocaust Project reveal the scope of Chicago?s interests.
Open Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, the JMM is located at 15 Lloyd Street in Baltimore. Admission is free for JMM members; $8 for non-members; $4 for students; $3 for children under 12.
Click here for more information, or call 410-732-6400.
