Shabbat Shuva Sercies
This Friday’s service will be held via Facebook live at 6:00 pm, Shabbat Shuva, the Sabbath of Return. Go to the Congregation B’nai Israel Facebook page to watch the service live. https://www.facebook.com/ourtemple29302/
Service Schedule for Rosh Hashanah
Erev Rosh Hashanah: Friday, September 18, 2020, 7:30 pm Traditional Musaf Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Morning: Saturday, September 19, 10:00 am Traditional Musaf follows 1:00 Story Time & Family Service with Religious School-FB Live 2:00 Zoom session discussion with Rabbi Liebowitz, How can we find Rosh Hashanah renewal at a time of fear? (Look for […]
From the Heart with Rabbi Liebowitz
“If a person uses broken vessels, it is considered an embarrassment. But God seeks out broken vessels for his use, as it says, ‘God is the healer of shattered hearts.’ Vayikra Rabba 7:2 Dear Friends, We live in a broken time; lives have been taken, jobs have been lost, and faith in our institutions […]
Services Schedule
September 2020 Service Schedule See page 7 for High Holiday service dates and times. Until further notice, services will be at 6:00 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 conven- ience. This is the link […]
Yom Kippur Services Schedule
Kol Nidre, Yom Kippur Eve: Sunday, September 27, 2020, 7:30 pm Yom Kippur Morning: Monday, September 28, 2020, 10:00 am Traditional Musaf 2:00 Zoom session discussion with Rabbi Liebowitz, Who by Fire-Who by Water? Do we still believe in the idea of Reward and Punishment? (Look for the link to be sent out via email.) […]
Rosh Hashanah Services Schedule
Erev Rosh Hashanah: Friday, September 18, 2020, 7:30 pm Traditional Musaf Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Morning: Saturday, September 19, 10:00 am Traditional Musaf follows 1:00 Story Time & Family Service with Religious School-FB Live 2:00 Zoom session discussion with Rabbi Liebowitz, How can we find Rosh Hashanah renewal at a time of fear? (Look for […]
Selichot
Selichot Evening Service: Penitential Preparations, Saturday, September 12, 2020, 6:00 pm Facebook
Message From Our President
Greetings to all! I never would have dreamed that back in March when everything shut down, we would still be in this predicament. Ironically, many events were postponed into the summer months with the idea that all would be back to “normal”. Through it all, we have “monitored and adjusted” Temple functions, and so we […]
September Birthdays
9/4 Nancy Rosenberg 9/6 Irene White 9/9 Benjamin Koser 9/10 Steve Smiley 9/12 Karen Lyon 9/13 Gary Smiley 9/17 Andrew Green 9/19 Eileen Acanfora 9/19 Sherry Fohr 9/19 Juanita Lustgarten 9/19 Gary Poliakoff 9/20 Hannah Kate Frye 9/25 Junie White 9/26 Larry Abelkop 9/28 Marvin Siegel 9/28 Nancy Yoffe 9/29 Henry Barnet 9/29 Louis Smith
September Anniversaries
9/3 Sarah & Thomson Halley 9/12 Pam & Jay Kaplan 9/25 Stefanie & Richard Keen
September Yahrzeits
9/1 Arthur Lewson 9/2 Sam Segal 9/3 Paul Briller 9/4 Harry Wise, Jr. 9/5 Joyce Baccile 9/5 Avrom A. Lustgarten 9/5 Irving M. Margolis 9/5 Jay Weinberger 9/7 Shirley Friedheim 9/7 Lenore Miller 9/7 Muriel Packer 9/8 Irving Briller 9/8 Mildred Tanenbaum 9/9 Emma Abelkop 9/9 Rose Massey 9/9 Selma Steinberg 9/10 Jessica August 9/10 […]
Celebrate Our Bat Mitzvah!
Join us for our Friday night service with our Bat mitzvah 7:30 p.m. September 4th. Continuing on Saturday September 5th at 10 a.m. Link to Services
Prayer: Hear, O Israel (Sh’ma Yisrael)
One cannot overestimate the importance Sh’ma Yisrael has in Jewish heritage throughout the generations. In many cases, these were the only “Jewish words” that Jews, who lived in remote places and who heard them from their ancestors, knew. The “marranos” in Spain and Portugal passed them on from parent to child, sometimes without knowing, […]
Join us for our Friday Night Live Kabbalat Shabbat Service!
Join us for our Friday Night Live Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6 p.m. August 28th Faith and Science Can we have one without the other? Rabbi Liebowitz Live Streaming on Facebook
August 2020 Service Schedule
Until further notice, services will be at 6:00 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 conven- ience. This is the link to the Temple’s Facebook page: Our Temple Facebook Simply go to the page at […]