Services & Programs / Calendar
Erev Rosh HaShanah - Evening Service (In-person & On YouTube)
Join us as we embark on the High Holidays and set the tone for the holiest time of the year around themes of renewal, rededication, reflection, joy and repentance.
Rosh HaShanah, Day 1 - Family Service (In-person & On YouTube)
"Shanah tovah umetukah"
Join us to welcome a sweet new year at this service especially geared towards families with children. There’ll be lots of singing led by our Shiru Shabbat band, as well as stories and a little bit of learning - and, most importantly, lots of joy!
Rosh HaShanah, Day 1 - Morning Service (In-person & On YouTube)
Join us to celebrate, reflect, and set intentions for a sweet New Year.
Rosh HaShanah, Day 1 - Shofar Blasts, Tashlikh & Tailgate (In-person)
Tashlikh is a beautiful, centuries-old Rosh Hashanah afternoon tradition centered on the theme of spiritual renewal. We hope you will join us at the Rivanna Rive as we symbolically cast away the mistakes of the past year.
Rosh HaShanah, Day 2 - Morning Service (In-person & On YouTube)
Join us to celebrate, reflect, and welcome the New Year in community with song and prayer.
Kabbalat Shabbat (In-person & On YouTube)
Welcome Shabbat with your favorite melodies at our Shabbat evening Reform service led by Rabbi Ezra Leventhal.
Traditional Egalitarian (In-person)
Join the CBI traditional egalitarian minyan for a conservative Shabbat morning service, using the Sim Shalom prayer book. This service is usually lay-led.
Yom Kippur - Kol Nidre (In-person & On YouTube)
Join us as we set the tone for the Day of Atonement, engage in reflection and introspection, and hear the beautiful and haunting Kol Nidre prayer.
Yom Kippur - Family Service (In-person)
Join us to mark the Day Of Atonement at this service especially geared towards families with children. There’ll be lots of singing led by our Shiru Shabbat band, as well as stories and a little bit of learning!
Yom Kippur - Morning Service (In-person & On YouTube)
Join us to observe the Day of Atonement, engage in reflection and introspection, and hear the beautiful and powerful sound of the shofar.
Yom Kippur - Yizkor (In-person & On YouTube)
Join us to observe the Day of Atonement, and honor and remember the loved ones who are no longer with us
Yom Kippur - Afternoon Torah Study (In-person)
Join Rabbi Tom Gutherz for a study session on the afternoon of Yom Kippur on the themes of the holiday.
Yom Kippur - Mincha Followed By Neilah (In-person & On YouTube)
Join us as we mark the end of the Day of Atonement and hear the final Shofar blasts of the holiday. After the service, there will be a light break the fast in O’Mansky Hall.
Erev Sukkot Family Shabbat(In-person)
Join Rabbi Tom Gutherz and Rabbi Ezra Leventhal for a family-friendly service, shake the Lulav and Etrog, and fulfill the commandment of dwelling in the Sukkah.
Traditional Egalitarian (In-person & On YouTube)
Join the CBI traditional egalitarian minyan for a conservative Shabbat morning service, using the Sim Shalom prayer book. This service is usually lay-led.
🏳️🌈 Pride Havdalah Celebration & Sukkah Social(In-person)
Join Rabbi Ezra in the CBI Sukkah to mark the end of Shabbat with brief Havdalah service, celebrate Charlottesville Pride, and schmooze with some drinks and treats afterwards!
Simchat Torah Celebration / Kindergarten Consecration (In-person)
You are warmly invited to join CBI's beloved Simchat Torah celebration! The program, led by rabbis Tom and Ezra will begin in the main sanctuary with a brief service as we consecrate our Kindergarten class.
Then, the Torah scrolls will be taken from the ark and carried to O'Mansky Hall where we will sing and dance with them to live music. We will unroll the entire Torah around O'Mansky Hall (quite a sight to see!).
Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah - Morning Service With Yizkor (In-person)
Join us for a traditional egalitarian morning service in honor and remembrance of the loved ones who are no longer with us and to mark the end (and new beginning) of the Torah reading cycle.
Mishkan Tefilah - Bar Mitzvah Of Zachary Whittaker (In-person & On YouTube)
Join Rabbi Tom Gutherz and Rabbi Ezra Leventhal to celebrate Shabbat and the Bar Mitzvah of Zachary Whittaker.
Kabbalat Shabbat (In-person & On YouTube)
Welcome Shabbat with your favorite melodies at our Shabbat evening Reform service led by Cantor Sharon McCord.
Mishkan Tefilah - B’nei Mitzvah Of Benjamin Freedman (In-person & On YouTube)
Join Rabbi Tom Gutherz and Rabbi Ezra Leventhal to celebrate Shabbat and the B’nei Mitzvah of Benjamin Freedman.
Traditional Egalitarian (In-person)
Join the CBI traditional egalitarian minyan for a conservative Shabbat morning service, using the Sim Shalom prayer book. This service is usually lay-led.
Book Discussion - Chaim Grade “Sons And Daughters” (In-person)
The CBI Adult Education Committee warmly invites you to a book discussion of Sons and Daughters by Chaim Grade. This book is described as a “family saga set again the backdrop of a changing world [...] it’s a towering work, a loving lament for the shtetl life of 1920s and ’30s Eastern Europe and a heartrending chronicle of generational schism” (Sam Sacks). Reading the book in advance is highly recommended - more details can be found in the CBI newsletter.
Kabbalat Shabbat (In-person & On YouTube)
Welcome Shabbat with your favorite melodies at our Shabbat evening Reform service led by Rabbi Ezra Leventhal.
Mishkan Tefilah - Bar Mitzvah Of Mason Baker (In-person & On YouTube)
Join Rabbi Tom Gutherz and Rabbi Ezra Leventhal to celebrate Shabbat and the Bar Mitzvah of Mason Baker.
Traditional Egalitarian (In-person)
Join the CBI traditional egalitarian minyan for a conservative Shabbat morning service, using the Sim Shalom prayer book. This service is usually lay-led.
CBI Lecture Series: Laura Katzman - The Life And Work Of Ben Shahn (In-person)
We hope you will join us and JMU art history professor Laura Katzman for a look into the life and work of renowned Jewish artist Ben Shahn.
Shabbat In The Park & Blessing Of Pets (In-person)
Welcome Shabbat at a local park at a service led by Rabbi Ezra Leventhal and Cantor Sharon McCord. Join us as we express gratitude for the companionship of our pets, and reflect on our responsibility to cherish and care for all creatures. You are invited to bring your pet and have it blessed by our Rabbis.
Traditional Egalitarian (In-person & On YouTube)
Join the CBI traditional egalitarian minyan for a conservative Shabbat morning service, using the Sim Shalom prayer book. This service is usually lay-led.
Kabbalat Shabbat (In-person & On YouTube)
Welcome Shabbat with your favorite melodies at our Shabbat evening Reform service led by Rabbi Ezra Leventhal.
Traditional Egalitarian (In-person)
Join the CBI traditional egalitarian minyan for a conservative Shabbat morning service, using the Sim Shalom prayer book. This service is usually lay-led.
Selichot, Havdalah & Film Screening “You Can Count On Me” (In-person)
“Selichot” means “forgiveness”, and also describes the period leading up to the High Holidays centering themes of seeking forgiveness, making amends and looking for the strength to start over. At CBI this year we will mark Selichot with the screening of a film called “You Can Count One Me.”
We hope you’ll join Rabbi Tom that evening for Havdalah, the film and a little bit of conversation afterwards.
Traditional Egalitarian (In-person)
Join the CBI traditional egalitarian minyan for a conservative Shabbat morning service, using the Sim Shalom prayer book. This service is usually lay-led.
Kabbalat Shabbat (In-person & On YouTube)
Welcome Shabbat with your favorite melodies at our Shabbat evening Reform service led by Cantor Sharon McCord.