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Upcoming Programs ABBA-lutely Fabulous Purim All Ages Celebration This Saturday, March 23 at TBE 4:00 p.m. Family Carnival & Adult Cocktail Hour 5:30 p.m. Purim Shpiel & Megillah Reading followed by dinner, dancing, silent auction with simultaneous youth programs & childcare. Kids’ Carnival Wristbands $10 includes games, prizes and hot dog meal Adult Dinner $25 […]
Destructive and Self-Destructive This sedra, speaking about sacrifices, prohibits the eating of blood: Wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal. If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people. (Lev. 7:26–27) This is not just one prohibition among others. The ban on eating blood […]
Friday, March 8, 2019 /1 Adar II, 5779 Parashat P’kudei Exodus 38:21-40:38 Dear Friends, “We show true love when we can rejoice in the good fortune of another even though it is an experience that we ourselves will never know.” So wrote Rabbi Harold Kushner, the esteemed Conservative Rabbi from Boston, who is noted for writing, […]
A special Shabbat Koleinu Service welcoming blind musician Charlie Kramer will be held on Friday, March 29, 7:30 pm Please join us for this special Shabbat Koleinu of spiritually uplifting kavanah and music as we welcome Charlie Kramer, noted professional song-leader and songwriter, who will help us create a handcrafted, spirit infused, musical Friday evening […]
Anticipation of Spring Rabbi Douglas Kohn rabbikohn@bethelsp.org Dear Friends, It is March, which means that we are on the cusp of springtime. And, we have had a long, wet, windy winter—which may be great for our water table and snow pack—but we are ready for our patent sunshine and beautiful, crisp days, again. In the […]
L’Taken Reflections Hannah Brooks L’Taken was an experience of a lifetime. I for sure know I definitely want to go back. As a girl who cares about social justice, I loved it and yes it had its faults but, it changed my whole life. Writing my speech was a very big accomplishment. It was also […]
Anybody Have a Map? Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com Two former corporate level managers walk into a temple presidency…” Sounds like the punchline of a joke, doesn’t it? One of the great things about working together as Co-Presidents and each having managerial background is that big questions that we grapple with in […]
Speaking to Power Cantor Ilan Davidson cantor@bethelsp.org Purim is almost upon us, and with it, the fun, frolic, silliness, and sometimes drunkenness. In fact, through the haze of the party atmosphere, we might sometime forget to see the important lessons of this holiday. Among them, we celebrate women, and their rights and abilities to use […]
Increasing Joy Racheli Morris, Director of Education TBEeducator@bethelsp.org Purim is a holiday in the month of Adar. This is a month where we Jews say, “with Adar joy increases.” The period of going into spring and getting ready for Passover is momentous and joyful. My little bit of writing this month is going to compare […]
TBE Social Action Committee is Alive and Well Marla Shwarts, member TBE Social Action Committee With a change in our clergy leadership, we and our desire to actively pursue social justice activities are pleased to announce how we have made progress over the last several months. Many thanks go to Susan Brooks and Sharyl Holtzman […]
