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Friday, September 24, 2021/18 Tishrei, 5782 Parashat Chol HaMo-eid Sukkot Exodus 33:12–34:26 Dear Friends, During our normally scheduled weekly Torah readings, each year, there are moments where we derail from the general readings to share special readings for holidays. Sukkot, spanning 7 (or 8) days is one such moment, when we stray from the order […]
Staying Young Moses did not fade. That is the accolade the Torah gives him at the end of his long and eventful life: Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were undimmed and his natural force unabated. (Deut. 34:7) Somehow Moses defied the law of entropy that states that […]
Board of Education This month we are recognizing not a volunteer but a group of volunteers, the Board of Education of our Torah School. This amazing group of volunteers, Rosa Allen, Jacob Lieb, Dani Paquin, Keith Small, and Rachel Tu, are a force to be reckoned with and a significant part of the strength of […]
A Year We Could Not Predict Linda Rubin Marla Shwarts We simply could not have predicted the circumstances of this past year+. As we enter into a new year, our predictions become even more tenuous. Being written into the Book of Life acknowledging who shall live and who shall die has become ever so more […]
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 in the New Year. The MENsch Club is proud to offer programming of interest, to gift our B’Mitzvah recipients with traveling candlesticks, to provide […]
Camp is Life Rabbi Cassi Kail rabbikail@bethelsp.org “Camp is life. The rest is just details.” I spent ten days in August on faculty at Camp Newman. As I drove up the coast of California, inching closer to Santa Rosa, I felt both my excitement and my nerves rising. I had the pleasure of serving as […]
Shir Hadash – A New Song Cantor Ilan Davidson cantor@bethelsp.org As summer draws to a close and we prepare to welcome a new Jewish year, once again we look inward to begin the process of T’Shuvah, a return to our own level of holiness. We ask ourselves where we could have been better people this […]
Reaching Out to the Community Doris Jacobson opentent@bethelsp.org As we prepare to welcome the new year of 5782, we’d like to reflect on the goals of Open Tent, our achievements and our future. TBE’s Open Tent program began shortly before the pandemic last year. A special thank you to George Mayer, Open Tent Chair, and […]
Summer Planning for the New Year Randi Sher, Director of Education TBEeducator@bethelsp.org Whenever I talk to people about being in Jewish education and working at a synagogue, they are often jealous and say something about how nice it would be to have the summer off. Once I stop laughing, or just smiling if I am […]
