The Jewish Book Thing at Congregation Beit Tikvah Sunday January 26th, 4:30 - 6:00pm Monday January 27th, 7:45 - 9:45pm Tuesday January 28th, 5:00 - 6:30pm When Hope Sigler, a lay Torah reader at Congregation Beit Tikvah, passed away at the age of 44, she donated her extensive collection of hundreds of Jewish books […]
7:30 PM Musical Kabbalat Shabbat Service. Service leader: Nina Storch Oneg Shabbat following the service. Please bring a vegetarian or dairy nosh to share.
10:00 AM Shabbat Service followed by Kiddush and discussion led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz Tu Bishvat & The Wisdom of the Trees Please join us for a study and discussion session about the meaning of the Tu Bishvat (New Year of the Trees) holiday. We will explore the importance of trees as a symbol of […]
7:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat Service and discussion Service leader: Miriam Winder Kelly Parashat Mishpatim This week's parasha contains many laws and commandments given to the people of Israel in addition to the Ten Commandments in last week's parasha. How relevant is the Torah's system of checks and balances today? Can we govern ourselves so we […]
10:00 AM Shabbat Service followed by Kiddush and discussion led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz The Purim - Yom Kippur Connection The upcoming raucous, carnivalesque festival of Purim is said to be similar to Yom Kippur, the most somber holiday of the Jewish year. So says an ancient but persistent thread of Jewish commentary. Why are […]
7:30 PM National Refugee Shabbat Service -- POSTPONED
10:00 AM Shabbat Service followed by Kiddush and a discussion led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz -- CANCELLED
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A FUTURE DATE. Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Program Our speaker is Uta Allers, who is a trainer, translator, and workshop leader in Germany and the U.S. She is a German gentile born during the Nazi era and the bombing raids during World War II. She describes her […]
7:00 PM The Jewish Stories of I.L. Peretz & A Related Folktale We’ll discuss three very short stories of I.L. Peretz, and, if time permits, a related folktale. The stories are charming and a bit profound. We’ll explore what thoughts and feelings these Yiddish stories evoke. We’ll send out the stories, background information, and a few […]
7:00 PM It’s Unorthodox Did you view the four-episode Netflix series Unorthodox? Briefly, it centers on a young Satmar Hasidic woman in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who escapes the strict confines of her community and arranged marriage to find herself in Berlin. We’ll discuss our reactions to the series and explore how some others in the Jewish community have […]
