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Calendar

November 6, 2024
  • 5th of Cheshvan

November 7, 2024
  • 6th of Cheshvan

November 8, 2024
  • 7th of Cheshvan

  • 🇮🇱 Yom HaAliyah School Observance

  • 5:26 pm - 🕯️ Candle lighting

  • 5:26 pm - 🕯️ Candle lighting

  • 6:30 pm - 6:30pm Erev Shabbat Service

November 9, 2024
  • 8th of Cheshvan

  • Parashat Lech-Lecha

  • 6:17 pm - ✨ Havdalah

  • 6:17 pm - ✨ Havdalah

November 10, 2024
  • 9th of Cheshvan

November 11, 2024
  • 10th of Cheshvan

November 12, 2024
  • 11th of Cheshvan

November 13, 2024
  • 12th of Cheshvan

  • 🇮🇱 Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day

November 14, 2024
  • 13th of Cheshvan

November 15, 2024
  • 14th of Cheshvan

  • 5:24 pm - 🕯️ Candle lighting

  • 5:24 pm - 🕯️ Candle lighting

  • 6:30 pm - 6:30pm Erev Shabbat Service

November 16, 2024
  • 15th of Cheshvan

  • Parashat Vayera

  • 10:00 am - Morning Service: Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Margolis Kalloo

  • 6:16 pm - ✨ Havdalah

November 17, 2024
  • 16th of Cheshvan

November 18, 2024
  • 17th of Cheshvan

November 19, 2024
  • 18th of Cheshvan

This Shabbat

Join in on our Shabbat Services in-person or online.

Our Shabbat services are streamed live.

For those following online, we use the Reform movement siddur Mishkan Tefilah. You may order a copy on Amazon or find a paid, online “flipbook” version here (click on the second book listed for Shabbat, Weekdays, and Festivals).

Join our services each week on Facebook Live!!

Synagogue Operation Hours:

Our synagogue and gift shop hours are open to visitors Mondays – Thursdays from 9:30am to 2:30pm. Fridays from 9:30am to 2pm.

Tour hours are open 09:30am to 12pm, and again from 1pm to 2:30pm with half-hour visiting slots.

First-time visitors are required to show a picture ID before entering the gate. We appreciate your understanding.

WELCOME

Our history resonates with powerful stories.

We are the oldest synagogue building in continuous use under the American flag, the second oldest in the Western Hemisphere — and only one of five synagogues in the world with sand on the floor.

Our community is special. An inclusive and welcoming Jewish center for those who live here, we also maintain a world-wide connection with thousands of families all over the world. And we host hundreds of weddings, Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremonies, and other events for those who feel the call of this special place.

There are few places on Earth where beauty and history come together as powerfully as in this place. We welcome your interest, your visits, and your voice as we learn that no community is alone.

We are all connected to one another.

Our Mission Statement

The Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas seeks to make the old new and the new sacred. We welcome all who wish to worship, study Torah and serve G-d’s world with us. 

We strive to build a community of faith in which each member can find support, strength, courage and hope, and where together we advance tikkun ‘olam, strengthening the world and repairing its breaches. 

We embrace our role as stewards of our historic Synagogue and two historic cemeteries and as transmitters of the Jewish legacy on St. Thomas and throughout the Caribbean.

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Physical Address

2116 Crystal Gade
St. Thomas
VI 00802

Mailing Address:

PO Box 266, St. Thomas, VI 00804

Operating Hours & Tours

Mondays – Fridays
10am – 2pm

Shabbat Services – 6:30pm on Fridays, 10am on Saturdays

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