Out of an abundance of caution over COVID-19, the Fairmount Temple facility through the summer. Currently, we are streaming our 6:15 pm Shabbat Evening Services. You may watch the service streamed live through your computer, iPad or smartphone. You may also Zoom in by reaching out to Jenny Marmaros at Jmarmaros@fairmounttemple.org by Fridays, 2 pm.

Every Shabbat (Friday) evening, led by our clergy at 6:15 p.m.  Often our worship service includes blessings for congregants celebrating a special milestone such as a baby naming, wedding blessing, birthday or anniversary.

These additional worship opportunities below are on hold but hopefully back to regular schedule soon.
These include:

• Simchat Shabbat – Once a month on Saturday at 10 a.m.

Simcha means joy, and this Shabbat experience for Preschoolers and their families is filled with joy! Join our clergy in song and story each month via our live-stream. Click on our calendar to see upcoming dates.

• Kabbalat Shabbat – Held a few times a year at 6:15 p.m. (On Hold)

This service, followed by a hot and hearty Oneg, includes contemporary music, a live band, a projected prayer book, and teachings offered in a spirited, informal environment.  Often Kabbalat Shabbat worship serves is a setting for guest artists, teachers and activists to join our clergy in leading and inspiring us.

• Shabbat Atid (“The Future”) – (On Hold) Once a season, 6:15 p.m.  Our  clergy co-lead this Shabbat Worship for the whole community with Religious School students as readers and musicians, as the voices of many generations join together.  This service happens once a season.

On Shabbat mornings, we offer:

• Clergy-Led Shabbat Morning Worship –  (See Temple Calendar for timing each week)
  Joyous worship, held at either 9:15 a.m. or 11:00 a.m. on many Shabbat Mornings in either our Bonda Chapel or Mandel Sanctuary, is led by clergy together with B’nai Mitzvah celebrants. Students guide the liturgy as they accept adult responsibility in the Jewish community, reciting and teaching from the Torah, and joining Anshe Chesed families and guests to celebrate our Shabbat worship and our Kiddush reception that follows.

• Shabbat Minyan
  A lay-led Saturday morning is held on Saturday mornings at 10:30 a.m. in the Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning (Library). All are welcome and this minyan follows a 9:15 Torah Study.  Come to one or both.  Check calendar here.