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#CityCongregation will be discussing her journey tonight, at St. John's from 7:30 to 9:30. As always, stick around after the service for pot luck deserts and schmoozing. We'll provide light refreshments, you provide the atmosphere.

Abby grew up in a Hasidic family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and is a descendent of Rabbi Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism. She attended Yeshiva, became a rabbi in 2011, left the Hasidic world in 2012, and came out as a trans woman in 2015.

We'll be discussing Abby's story at our next Shabbat Service and Cultural Program, scheduled for this Friday, October 12 from 7:30 to 9:30. As always, stick around after the service for pot luck deserts and schmoozing. We'll provide light refreshments, you provide the atmosphere.

This is Abby Stein, a Jewish educator, writer, speaker, and activist. Abby was born and raised in a Hasidic family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She attended Yeshiva and became a rabbi in 2011 before leaving the Hasidic world the following year. She came out as a trans woman in 2015

Have you met Rabbi Yoreh yet? If not, tonight's your chance! Join us at 7 P.M. as we officially install Rabbi Yoreh over drinks and deserts. Afterwards, we'll be holding our first Shabbat service of the 2018-2019 season. #CityCongregation #HumanisticJudaism

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who celebrated the #HighHolidays with us! We're honored you chose #CityCongregation to ring in the #JewishNewYear! Now, let us go forth striving to create change, improvement, and happiness in our own lives and the lives of our loved ones.

#HumanisticJews find human significance in the original #Sukkot celebration, using the festival to pay tribute to human prowess. Agricultural, industrial, and technological advances all form the basis of a Humanistic celebration of Sukkot. #CityCongregation

The eight-day festival of #Sukkot starts tonight at sundown! Originally a fall harvest festival, Sukkot traditionally follows the #JewishNewYear. (The sukkot were huts built in the fields for shelter during the harvest.) #CityCongregation #HumanisticJudaism

While the holiday is traditionally a time for confessing sins and seeking repentance, in #HumanisticJudaism, Yom Kippur guides us to seek and offer forgiveness among ourselves. #CityCongregation

G'mar Hatima Tova! #YomKippur, starts today at sundown. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, occurs ten days after #RoshHashanah, and is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. #CityCongregation

We contemplate the meaning of making vows and resolutions. And we offer a dramatic presentation of a modern #Jewish literary classic that explores the themes of the holidays. #KolNidre #YomKippur #HighHolidays #CityCongregation

#KolNidre, observed the night before #YomKippur, derives its name from the famous melody sung at this service. #CityCongregation's program is an innovative program of reflection through non-theistic literature and music. #HumanisticJudaism #Secularism