Ellie Festival on Feb. 9th
Join us for the 16th annual Ellie Festival with Steven Lee Weintraub, the "Pied Piper of Yiddish Dance"! All ages welcome. Enjoy food, dancing, and lots of fun.
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Mechina class now enrolling!
Children ages 3 to 5 (and their parents!) are welcome to join our Mechina class, without needing to be members of Beth Israel. Our program offers your child meaningful experiences – learning through play and arts, songs and stories, in a warm and accepting environment with friends and community.
From Rabbi Nathan's Blog - December 1, 2019
Joseph's journey: Reflecting on our core values during Hanukkah
Joseph's journey: Reflecting on our core values during Hanukkah
This month we begin the Joseph saga at the end of Genesis. Joseph, forced by unforeseen circumstances, immigrates to a new land where he starts off at the very bottom of the socio-economic ladder (as a slave) and manages with unseen Divine intervention and some of his own gumption to wend his way into the halls of power. A quintessential “court Jew” (before that term existed) Joseph both mediates and enforces Pharaoh’s power and...
From Rabbi Linda's blog - December 1, 2019
Using the light of Chanukah to overcome the winter blues
Chanukah embraces the themes of religious freedom, dedication, sufficiency, sustainability, light and possibility. There are many ways to celebrate this festival. Here are a few suggestions:
- Invite others to light candles with you.
- Relax while the candles are burning.
- Experiment with different latke recipes.
- Investigate places most worthy of tzedakah and make contributions in honor of others...
Welcome to our new rabbinic intern, Janine Julia Jankovitz Pastor!
We are pleased to welcome to Beth Israel Janine Jankovitz Pastor who will be serving as a student rabbinic intern with us throughout the year. Janine is entering her final year at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She has worked as a student rabbi in several different capacities, including Hillel, chaplain, and has served three pulpits. She was a 2018 writing fellow for State of Formation and has been published on and offline including Ritualwell, The Wisdom Daily, and The Jewish Literary Journal...
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Adult Education
Judaism is a religion and also a civilization encompassing history, literature, and culture. Join us to explore our shared past and our communal experience of worship, study and celebration.
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2020 MLK Day of Service at BI
Our annual gathering to knit and crochet hats for those in need took place on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 20, 2019. Dozens of hats and scarves were made.
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