The Sedona Synagogue, located at 100 Meadowlark Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336 near the
Chapel roundabout, offers regular Shabbat services, Torah study and minyan.
In addition, the Sedona temple features special events and classes listed
below. Join us at the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley.
Shabbat Services - Friday @ 7:30 pm - see
calendar
Minyan - Wednesday at 8:30 am
Torah Study - Saturday at 11 am
JCSVV
Mission Statement
The Jewish Community
of Sedona and the
Verde Valley is a
welcoming,
egalitarian,
inclusive
congregation
dedicated to
building a link from
the past to the
future by providing
religious,
educational, social
and cultural
experiences. We
choose to remain
unaffiliated in
order to respect and
serve the rich
diversity of our
members and
visitors.
We invite you to join us as we...
Celebrate
Shabbat, holidays, and life cycle milestones.
Provide
continuity for future generations of the Jewish
people.
Rabbi Alicia Magal is doing
things the Sedona way
"It
is extremely varied," Magal says. "We have everything
from very cultural, secular Jews, to Conservative and even Orthodox Jews." This
leads to her to try to have a service that's as open and welcoming as possible,
using whatever means necessary. "I have to weave together all these strands and
I try to do that at every service, explaining and translating anything in
Hebrew, not assuming they know what it is, and [offer] my own take on meanings.
They're not just..." She pauses. "We don't just recite prayers, we kind of go
inside them," she explains.
It means that what she does is
whatever she can do to get the point across -- to really address what a prayer
means, not just the superficial content that you might get from a basic
translation. "I use story, I use dance, I use art," Magal says. "It's a very
holistic way of presenting a heritage rather than just rules or laws or
history." It means that going to one of her services will likely be a
different experience than could be found at other synagogues.
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Celebrate
Shabbat, holidays, and life cycle milestones.