High Holidays
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It takes a community to create these events; if you’re interested in supporting in ways big or small, reach out to McKenzie: mckenziewren@gmail.com. You may also make a donation to Tish.

Key: 👫 kid-friendly · 🌿 outdoors

Tish Rooted Retreat

Friday, September 4 – Sunday, September 6 · registration closes Sept 1 · 👫 🌿
Our first-ever retreat. A weekend outdoors together to sink into Shabbat right before the year turns.

Tish: Erev Rosh Hashanah BYO Picnic

Friday, September 11 · Piedmont Park · 👫 🌿
‍Bring your own dinner and come sit on the grass with us to welcome in the new year. <Event registration coming soon!>

Tish: Rosh Hashanah morning

Saturday, September 12 · 9:30am–1:00pm with potluck lunch · a park with covered pavilion in Westside Atlanta · 👫 🌿

Celebrate the birth of the world in community with chant, movement, and reflection outdoors, plus a potluck lunch. Register →

Tish: Spa Spiritual Sing Cleanse

Monday, September 14 · 9:30am–12:00pm · an Atlanta-area Korean spa · adults only
Singing at a Korean spa during the Days of Awe. Exactly as good as it sounds. Register →

Tish: Yom Kippur morning

Monday, September 21 · 9:30am–12:00pm (times still firming up) · a park with covered pavilion in Westside Atlanta ·👫 🌿
A Yom Kippur service that is both carefully curated and communally created, that carries both traditional and modern interpretive practices – all in the spirit of helping you tap into the deepest parts of yourself while surrounded by community. Register →

Tish Together Sukkot

Saturday, September 26 ·👫 🌿
Gather in a Tish family sukkah to celebrate Shabbat and Sukkot together. <Event registration coming soon!>

A note on pricing for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur

What Tish is offering has real value and takes real resources. At the same time, we believe that cost should not be a barrier to participating in High Holidays. We are offering two rates for High Holiday tickets to meet people where they are:

  • Standard Rate ($36 adult / $18 kid, per service): The true cost of the morning, and the default for most of us.

  • Supported Rate ($0): For those who need it, we want you there.

Both tiers are full and equal participants. Pick the one that honestly reflects where you are this year.

The rest of the High Holiday season

We hope you’ll join the HiHo gatherings that Tish is holding this year. We're also pointing y'all toward other offerings across Jewish Atlanta; some of the best things happening this season aren't ours and you deserve to know about them (and also to know where you might run into other Tishites).

Key: 👫 kid-friendly · 🌿 outdoors

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Selihot Song Circle

Sunday, September 6, 7:30–9:00pm · Hadar Atlanta, at Or Hadash in Sandy Springs
Singing our way into the Days of Awe with Or Hadash and Atlanta’s Rising Song folks.

Rosh Hashanah

Erev Rosh Hashanah: The Year Opens In Sound

Friday, September 11, 7:30–10:00pm · CBH
Shofar service, a concert by the CBH chorus and band, then dessert.

Rosh Hashanah Hike

Saturday, September 12, 5:00–8:00pm · Ma'alot · 👫 🌿
A hike up Arabia Mountain to a mountaintop service set to live music at sunset.

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Sunday, September 13:

  • Or Hadash · 8:30am · contemplative morning service

  • CBH · 9:30-11:30am · chant service

  • CBH · 11:00am-1:00pm · Tashlich and potluck picnic · 👫 🌿

Yom Kippur

Reverse Tashlich

Sunday, September 20, 10:00am–12:00pm · Adamah ATL · 🌿 👫
Instead of casting bread in, you pull trash out.

Kol Nidre / Erev Yom Kippur

Sunday, September 20
There are plenty of options around Atlanta, some family-friendly and others for adults only:

Havdalah and Break Fast

Monday, September 21, 7:30–9:30pm · Ma'alot · 👫
Closing service, then breaking the fast together in someone's home.

Sukkot and Simḥat Torah

Simḥat Torah

October 2-3
A couple of options:

  • CBH · Rejoicing in the Torah · Oct 2, 5:45-8:45pm · 👫

  • Shearith Israel · Dancing with the Torah · October 3, 5:30-8:30pm · 👫

A note on the other organizations

We're listing these because they're good, not because we're affiliated. Every org here sets its own prices, policies, and registration. Check their sites for details.

  • Congregation Bet Haverim (CBH) is open to everyone since 2001. They ask you to register so they know how many chairs, and they suggest a donation, but neither is a gate.

  • Congregation Or Hadash (COH) is offering free tickets to Greater Atlanta residents this year, covering every service in their season. You do have to RSVP and space is limited, so don't plan to walk up.

  • Hadar is leading the Selihot Song Circle with their Rising Song Institute and COH.

  • Ma'alot Atlanta charges for tickets, while also indicating that if cost is a barrier, you can write in an amount that works for you.

  • Congregation Shearith Israel doesn't ticket Simḥat Torah. All are welcome.

  • Adamah ATL runs Reverse Tashlich with Georgia Interfaith Power & Light and Repair the Sea.