Coming to the Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts at the Saban Theatre during the High Holy Days for the first time on American soil will be a most significant Biblical archeological discovery, a replica of The Magdala Stone. This is a depiction of the oldest carved image of the first menorah candelabra found within the 1st Century Migdal Synagogue in the hometown of Mary Magdalene in Israel. The seven-branched menorah, originally from the ancient Holy Temple of Jerusalem, is the oldest symbol of the Jewish people.

Rabbi David Baron of the Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts at the Saban Theatre announced that among his guests on Yom Kippur High Holy Days on Friday, Sept. 29 and Saturday, Sept. 30 will be Fr. Eamon Kelly, an Irish Catholic priest, vice chargé of the Pontifical Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center and vice director of the Magdala Center. He will speak about the 2009 excavation of the historic Magdala Stone. Also attending will be Ann Bayefsky, a world-renowned New York-based human rights scholar and activist; and Greg Krentzman, a Culver City resident and recruiter of AltaMed Health services, whose life was miraculously spared in a terrorist attack last year in Nice, France on Bastille Day, July 14.

High Holy Day tickets start at $400. Young adult memberships for ages 18 to 40 are available for a donation of $150. Children’s services, led by Karen Abrams, will also be held on the morning of Yom Kippur on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 10 a.m. This year the temple has partnered with Lyft to provide free transportation to and from the Saban Theatre for the temple’s sustaining members. For more information about tickets and Lyft services, call the temple at (323) 658-9100 or log on to www.bhtota.org.

Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts at the Saban Theatre is located at 8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills.