Our name, P’nai Yisrael, means, ‘faces,’ or ‘facets of Israel.‘

The Torah has infinite facets for exploration, discovery, inspiration and fulfillment. 
Similarly, each individual in our community 
represents a unique aspect of the people Israel, 
those who ‘wrestle’ to know God. As a Chavurah, 
we come together in mutual appreciation, respect, compassion and gratitude to learn, worship, celebrate and grow.

If you are seeking an intelligent, soulful and heart-centered approach to Jewish life and worship, we invite you to share our experience and celebrate with us.

UPCOMING IMPACT MEETINGS

Nehemiah Action Debrief: 

April 29, 2025, 7pm at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church

1901 Thomson Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Celebration:

June 30, 2025, 6:30 at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church

401 Alderman Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903

For more information, contact pnaiyisrael@gmail.com

kabbalat shabbat by zoom

Friday, May 2, 6:45-7:45 PM

Folks gather by Zoom at 6:45 PM to connect and welcome the Shabbat by lighting their own candles together at 7:00 PM, blessing wine/grape juice, and saying and singing a few other basic Kabbalat Shabbat prayers, including a Healing Prayer and the Mourner’s Kaddish.

Kabbalat Shabbat is a shared service with many who participate leading individual prayers and it’s a great way to connect to begin Shabbat.

For more information, contact pnaiyisrael@gmail.com

Listening 💞 HEARTS Circle

Saturday May 3, 2:30-4:30 PM

followed by a potluck meal

At Listening 💞 Hearts

We listen, brighten each other, and pray for peace, in our hearts and in our 🌍world.

We share, as you wish, how you are doing physically, emotionally, mentally and/or spiritually during this time of instability.

We ask ourselves:

How are you hurting?

What is sustaining, nourishing and strengthening your Being?

What do you need? 

What do you have to give?

Feel free to bring a song, poem, and/or prayer to share.

Then potluck!

This is a Members and Invited Guests Only event at a members’ home.

For more information, contact pnaiyisrael@gmail.com

Shabbat Services

Saturday May 10, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM

We celebrate Shabbat with our bodies, our hearts, our minds and our souls. We celebrate with a lot of music-instruments and song, with traditional and fresh prayer, with a great deal of participation, with movement, with meditation and with stimulating Dvar Torah. Please join us this Shabbat. 

The service will be followed with a kiddush, and by a vegetarian potluck lunch.

1824 University Circle, Charlottesville, VA in the upstairs Chapel at Hillel. 

For more information, contact pnaiyisrael@gmail.com

Shabbat Services

Saturday May 24, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM

We celebrate Shabbat with our bodies, our hearts, our minds and our souls. We celebrate with a lot of music-instruments and song, with traditional and fresh prayer, with a great deal of participation, with movement, with meditation and with stimulating Dvar Torah. Please join us this Shabbat. 

The service will be followed with a kiddush, and by a vegetarian potluck lunch.

1824 University Circle, Charlottesville, VA in the upstairs Chapel at Hillel. 

For more information, contact pnaiyisrael@gmail.com

JEWISH SACRED DANCE

Sunday May 25, 7:00 PM

We will be gathering at Hillel 1824 University Circle to be vessels of  peace, love, and healing for ALL of us. 

For more information, contact pnaiyisrael@gmail.com