Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center

Your Jewish home on the Island

The Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center is the home of Jewish spiritual, cultural, intellectual, and artistic life on Martha’s Vineyard.

We are a welcoming and progressive Jewish congregation supporting one another as we learn, question and grow in the richness of Jewish tradition, Torah, and Mitzvot. We strive to apply values of justice, as described by the Prophets, to local and global issues alike.

We seek to promote Jewish and universal values of compassion and human dignity for all.

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Coming Up at the Hebrew Center

Meditative Morning Prayer with Kohenet Batya Diamond

Tue, Jan 27 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Welcoming the day with ancient Jewish wisdom, contemplative prayer and chants, and silent meditation.
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Meditative Morning Prayer with Kohenet Batya Diamond

Tue, Feb 24 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Welcoming the day with ancient Jewish wisdom, contemplative prayer and chants, and silent meditation.
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Meditative Morning Prayer with Kohenet Batya Diamond

Tue, Mar 31 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Welcoming the day with ancient Jewish wisdom, contemplative prayer and chants, and silent meditation.
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Meditative Morning Prayer with Kohenet Batya Diamond

Tue, Apr 28 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Welcoming the day with ancient Jewish wisdom, contemplative prayer and chants, and silent meditation.
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Meditative Morning Prayer with Kohenet Batya Diamond

Tue, May 26 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Welcoming the day with ancient Jewish wisdom, contemplative prayer and chants, and silent meditation.
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Meditative Morning Prayer with Kohenet Batya Diamond

Tue, Jun 30 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Welcoming the day with ancient Jewish wisdom, contemplative prayer and chants, and silent meditation.
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Truth and Joy

4th Annual Truth & Joy Festival

You are invited to join in a vibrant Unity Weekend Celebration this June 28th and 29th at the 4th Annual Truth & Joy Festival hosted by Martha’s Vineyard Diversity Coalition, in partnership with Aquinnah Cultural Center, The Yard, the Unitarian Universalist Society, and the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.

Letters from the Rabbi

Letter from the Rabbi

November 3, 2023

Dear Friends, I wanted to share with you a few words of Torah. But first, I wanted to invite you to join us for special prayers to free the hostages tonight at our Shabbat service at 5:30. We will be saying traditional prayers for the freeing of hostages, reading the names of those held captive, and studying a traditional text that teaches the utmost importance of the mitzvah of working to free those held captive.

Rabbi Caryn Broitman writes in Moment Magazine

August 22, 2023

The Rabbi appears in every other issue of Moment Magazine as the Reconstructionist Rabbi in their column “Ask the Rabbis.“ Here is a link to that column in the Winter 2023 issue, on the question:“What Jewish Wisdom Would You Offer Today’s Billionaires?”