A baby naming may be done at a Torah service. A Brit may be held in the synagogue or at home. The family may obtain the services of local Jewish physicians and rabbis, or may contact a mohel. A phone call to the synagogue (207-594-4523) will connect you with current resources.
Bar and Bat Mitzvah services may be arranged by requesting a date from the administrative assistant, usually one year in advance of the event. Training can be provided by the rabbi and by the Hebrew School teacher, by arrangement. It is our pleasure to call the young person to the Torah for the first time, and to offer a mazel tov to the family. The synagogue community room offers limited capacity for receptions. There are several larger facilities in the area that are suitable for this.
We are equally pleased to provide a spiritual setting for a wedding ceremony. These are organized in the same fashion as a Bar and Bat Mitzvah. We will be pleased to consider your individual needs.
There are two Jewish cemeteries serving our community. The Jewish Cemetery is on Route 73 in Owls Head, south of Rockland. The Berliawsky-Small Cemetery is located on Upper Park Street in Rockland. While these cemeteries have no direct affiliation with the synagogue, they have served this community since the early 1900s. To meet the needs of today’s families, the Berliawsky-Small Cemetery will intern cremains, and a section in that cemetery accommodates the burial of Jews and their non-Jewish spouses and/or children.
There is a Chevra Kadisha (Jewish Burial Society) that will assist a family with ritual preparation, funeral and cemetery arrangements, and organizing a minyan. Funeral services may be held in the sanctuary of the synagogue, at a local funeral home, or at the gravesite. Gravesites at both cemeteries are available for a cost of $1,000 each, which includes a perpetual-care contract. Please contact the office for further information. 