Volunteer of the Month: Raye Murphy Temple Beth El experienced a true blessing when Raye Murphy decided after studying Judaism with Rabbi Briskin to join our TBE Family. Raye says she found her way back home when she entered through our doors some fifteen years ago. Her last name may fool you and her path […]
Elul Project: The Stories of Our Lives Rabbi Cassi Kail rabbikail@bethelsp.org “Storytelling,” explains author Robert McKee, “is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world.” Our Jewish tradition is based on stories. The Torah includes narratives about our people’s moral, spiritual, and communal evolution. It describes tales of struggle and faith, interpersonal challenges […]
Lazy August Days at TBE Linda Rubin Marla Shwarts Are there lazy summer days here at TBE? Not a chance. Our community, our clergy, our staff, and our lay leadership don’t rest for even a moment. We are involved as ever with important tasks on behalf of our spiritual home. The pandemic and ultimate quarantine […]
Using What We Learned Randi Sher, Director of Education TBEeducator@bethelsp.org Time flies by even faster in the summer! Torah School starts at the end of the month, and we are very excited. Our first day of Torah School will be Sunday, August 29th, beginning at 9:00 am for both students and parents. The day is […]
Reaching Out to the Community Doris Jacobson opentent@bethelsp.org As we approach the High Holidays, we are reaching out to the community in several ways to let them know about Temple Beth El and our High Holiday programming and services. Rosh Hashanah in the Aisles One way we are doing this is through our “Holidays in […]
News from the MENsch Club Jaime Lowenstein, MENsch Club Chairperson MENsch Club invites you to become a member! The MENsch Club invites you to express your support by becoming a member. The MENsch Club is proud to offer programming of interest, to gift our B’Mitzvah recipients with traveling candlesticks, to provide mentorship and career pathing to […]
Friday, July 30, 2021/21 Av, 5781 Parashat Eikev Deuteronomy 7:12–11:25 Dear Friends, I love the Olympics. I delight in watching everything from synchronized swimming to skateboarding. My favorite event is gymnastics, and there is no one better than Simone Biles. I watched the qualifying rounds with concern as Simone made uncharacteristic errors. In interviews, she […]
Introduction to Judaism Course with Rabbi Cassi October 10 through April 8 Sundays, 9:30-11:30 a.m. 18 Sessions, plus a Shabbat celebration together This Introduction to Judaism class, under the auspices of the Union for Reform Judaism, is an engaging multi-session series delving into the beauty of Jewish traditions, teachings, and history through a Reform Jewish […]
To Lead is to Listen “If only you would listen to these laws…” (Deut. 7:12). These words with which our parsha begins contain a verb that is a fundamental motif of the book of Devarim. The verb is sh-m-a. It occurred in last week’s parsha in the most famous line of the whole of Judaism, Shema Yisrael. It […]
