10:00 am  Shabbat Morning Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz   Did Hagar Really Come Back? For Parshat Vayera, we'll read about the expulsion of Hagar, Abraham's first wife. The story tells of her cruel treatment at Abraham and Sarah's hands. However, in spite of her misfortune, many commentators imagine that this episode didn't end her […]

10:00 am  Shabbat Morning Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz   When Slow and Steady Wins the Race The Torah readings at this time of year bring us the narratives of Isaac, the middle one in a line of three classic Jewish patriarchs from the biblical Book of Genesis. In many ways, Isaac is the least […]

7:30 pm Thanksgiving Kabbalat Shabbat Service   Come to this Congregant-led service and hear member Norman Hogeland play his original compositions with a Thanksgiving theme. Share your reflections on gratitude. Feel free to bring a dessert or healthy nosh to share at the community Oneg Shabbat.   A reservation is required to attend all services. […]

6:30 pm Hanukkah Happening   Join the Beit Tikvah community for a Hanukkah Happening! Bring a vegetarian dish to share and a hanukkiah (holiday menorah) with your candles. We will start with a community candle lighting on this sixth night of Hanukkah. If you are bringing a dish to be served hot, we'll warm it […]

7:30 pm Tu Bishvat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz NOTE: This service will be on Zoom. Celebrating Trees in Mid-Winter - Hidden Potential for the Earth and Our Souls Tu Bishvat, the Jewish Earth Day (this year on January 17), is a time to appreciate the gifts of nature and recommit to caring for all of […]

7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service NOTE: This service will be on Zoom. Join us for a Community-led Shabbat Service on Global Community Engagement Day (this year on January 28). In this week's Parsha Mishpatim, we have a large section of blueprints for community. Exodus 21.1-24.18 includes regulations about Israeli serfdom, capital crimes of violence, injuries […]

7:30 pm Erev Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz NOTE: This service will be on Zoom. Wisdom for Creative Collaboration - Building the Tabernacle Our weekly Torah portions at this time of year focus on our ancestors' efforts to build the Mishkan (tabernacle) in the desert after they left Egypt. The undertaking especially involved key […]

7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service NOTE: This service will be on Zoom. Celebrating Workers Please join us for a participatory congregant-led service that focuses on society's workers. In this week's parsha, Vayakhel, the women and men of Israel joyously and skillfully build the Mishkan. May all our interactions with each other be so mindful and […]

4:00 pm Congregation Beit Tikvah Community Meeting NOTE: This event will take place at the Roland Park Community Center.   Be a part of the transformation of our community. Become involved in the direction and organization of the congregation moving forward. There are lots of volunteer opportunities available to help lead us out of the […]

7:30 pm Erev Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz NOTE: This service will be on Zoom. Purim is coming soon! Jews all over the world read the Book of Esther publicly in synagogue on the holiday. Whenever the name of the villain "Haman" is read aloud, the congregation traditionally responds with loud noises, boo's and […]