Friday Shabbat Services
Join us for a Friday night live service 3rd of July with special musical guest Carl McGarn celebrate our Jewish heritage and our American heritage 6 p.m. Temple Facebook Link
Happy New Year Honey and Support Our Sisterhood!
Your purchase benefits Congregation B’nai Israel, Pauline L. Smith Sisterhood To order honey, visit www.orthoney.com/SPA or www.honeyfromtheheart.org. Order online by July 22nd to avoid a $5.00 per jar shipping surcharge.
News about Friday Night Services, June 17
Our Friday Nite Live Kabbalat Shabbat service will start at a new time. At egg-zack-ly 6:00 p.m. Join Rabbi Carl, Railey, Nancy and Lynn. Live Streaming on Facebook!
Update from Our Rabbi!
Dear friends, This is how I have been spending my Wednesday mornings-at Saint Matthew’s Episcopal Church at their food bank. I’ve been able to secure through charitable funds very important contributions to help with their effort. I hope that you will continue to support this effort by dropping off a can or 2 or more […]
From the Heart With Rabbi Liebowitz
Dear Friends, In my youth I would watch some WW II films with my Dad. As a veteran of “the best generation” he would more than relate to the shows, commenting on its realism, exaggerations, and zeal. He got a real thrill when John Wayne (Sargent Striker) in the film The Sands of Iwo Jima […]
A Message From Our President
Greetings to all, What is wrong with this picture? As I write this article, it’s almost the end of May. I’m sitting in my living room, sipping tea in front of a roaring fire. As Debby says, it’s May and we’re in February. Yes, it’s just another day in these weird times in which we’re […]
Sisterhood News
Hello my Sisterhood friends, All is well in my home. I hope the same in yours. Ruben Falcon began a Bar Mitzvah the weekend of May 23 via video. He did a fabulous job. Mazel Tov to Ruben and the entire Falcon Family. We wish Jerome only the best in his future endeavors. Honey from […]
June Birthdays
6/12 Dot Frank 6/12 Paul Freedman 6/13 Marla Steinberg 6/14 Sophia Russell 6/16 Elliott Leader 6/22 Rachel Brough 6/25 Stuart Filler 6/26 Matthew Poliakoff 6/27 Gerald Smith 6/28 Stan Hyman 6/29 Bob Britanisky
June Anniversaries
6/2 Heidi & Robert Moss 6/6 Arlene & Marvin Siegel 6/9 Marla & Hank Steinberg 6/11 Jennifer & Bob Britanisky 6/14 Karen & Robert Lyon 6/15 Helen & Greg Feldman 6/15 Shirley & Gary Koshak 6/20 Susan & Larry Abelkop 6/20 Beth & David Blumenfeld 6/21 Thomas Friedheim & Gwynne Shippy 6/23 Mary & Andrew […]
June Yahrzeits
6/1 Nathan W. Blumberg 6/5 Herman Klausner 6/5 Charles Rabiner 6/6 William G. Smith 6/7 Samuel Robinson 6/8 Rose Cohen 6/8 Jake Lurey 6/9 Marsha Poliakoff 6/9 Minnye Weinberger 6/10 Barney Gelburd 6/10 Rhoda Koshak 6/11 Marvin Frank 6/12 Norman Bornstein 6/14 Jessica M. Horn 6/16 Meyer Cohen 6/17 Herbert Shapiro 6/17 Beth Weinberger 6/18 […]
Program for Tonight’s Interfaith Service
Friday, June 5 5:30pm via live-stream Congregation B’nai Israel Facebook page. Organized by the Spartanburg Interfaith Alliance Hosted by Congregation B’nai Israel Summons n Opening Sabbath Song & Welcome o Rabbi Yossi Liebowitz, Congregation B’nai Israel n Statement of Purpose o Dr. James Hailstock, New Day Baptist Church n Call to Worship (Habakkuk 1:2-4) o […]
An Interfaith Service of Grief & Action
Friday, June 5 at 5:30pm Live-streamed here: https://www.facebook.com/OurTemple29302 Please join the Spartanburg Interfaith Alliance for a service of grief and action against racism this Friday evening at 5:30pm. We will join together as one people, across our differences of race, religion, and worldview, to grieve the tragedy of racialized violence that has shaped our country for […]
Yizkor Service
This Saturday, May 30 at 9 am, Rabbi Liebowitz will be leading Yizkor prayers live on the temple’s Facebook page . https://www.facebook.com/OurTemple29302/ Torah study will take place at 10:00 am via Skype. www.skype.com
From the Heart With Rabbi Liebowitz
Dear members, I hope that you and all your loved ones are well and doing as best as possible given the difficulties we are experiencing with this pandemic. I am aware of some of the challenges that our members are facing along with other members of the community. As with many of my fellow rabbis […]
May 2020 Service Schedule
Until further notice, services will be via Facebook Live on the Congregation B’nai Israel Facebook page. If you cannot make the“live” service, it will be available to watch any time at your convenience. This is the link to the Temple’s Facebook page. Simply go to the page at 5:30 and click on the live video […]