Virtual Shabbat Box
This Virtual Shabbat Box from the Reconstructionist Movement holds wonderful resources to help you celebrate.
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We encourage each student to deepen and expand their Jewish knowledge in ways that are meaningful to them.
Rent Space at Beth Israel
Beth Israel now offers space for rent. We have spaces to accommodate groups large and small. Call us at 610-566-4645 or click on the button below.
Rabbi Linda's Blog: Hallelujah!
October 2024
Nine days before Rosh Hashanah, on the 20th day of the Hebrew month of Elul, my beloved spouse completed six weeks of chemotherapy and radiation. We will now have a four week pause in treatment, time for him to regain strength and energy, time to exhale, if only for a moment.
As we prepare for the new year, we both want to thank all of you for your ongoing love and support which has raised us up through these tough times. We plan on being with you for Rosh Hashanah, when I hope to speak to you from the bima. I have seen many of you on zoom, but I have missed being with all of you.
I invite you to take some moments before or during our holidays to notice where and when you feel gratitude and...
Tot Shabbat is Going Strong
Since last fall we’ve met on the 2nd Friday of every month for Tot Shabbat, a program where we come together with young families to color, play, tell stories, schmooze, eat, sing, and celebrate Shabbat together as a community. Over the past 6 months we’ve had 30 families participate, with about 5‐7 families per month.
Many thanks to our volunteers and our rabbinic interns, who make it all possible: Jackie Gelman, Lynn Cashell, Lev DePaolo, Elaine Feldman, Alisa Herman‐Liu, Lydia Kendis, Randi Raskin Nash, Alan Ross, Kathy Trow, and, of course, Rabbi Nathan and Rabbi Linda.
If you’d like to attend or help out at a future Tot Shabbat please reach out to Jackie Gelman.
Upcoming dates: 11/8, 12/13, 1/10
Rabbi Nathan's Blog: Reaching for Sukkoth
October 2024
Friends, as you read this column we will be heading into the Jewish month of Tishrei and bringing in the new year. While Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur were holidays that were centered around Temple ritual in Biblical Israel, the holiday of Sukkoth was truly a holiday of celebration. As Rabbi Arthur Waskow notes in his description of the Second Temple Sukkoth celebration in Seasons of Our Joy, “in the days of the Second Temple, Sukkot was a time of intense, ecstatic celebration. Dancing, torches, juggling, flutes, the burning of the priests’ old underclothes—all contribute to the ecstasy.” Sukkoth was the ancient equivalent of a rave festival celebrating the fertility of the earth.
While normally such a festival would be a welcome release from the more...
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