by Social Action | Apr 25, 2024 | Advocates for Social Justice
For our May 3rd Shabbat dinner the Social Action Committee is bringing us a speaker: Gary Saperstein, Development Director for Face to Face. The mission of Face to Face is to end HIV in Sonoma County while supporting the health and well-being of people living with...
by Israel Affairs Committee | Apr 10, 2024 | Israel Affairs
Guest speaker Amichai Magen Save the Date Thursday, May 2, 2024 • 24 Nisan 5784 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Israel’s Transformative Tragedy: Where do we go after October 7? The registration link will be available soon. Guest speaker Amichai Magen, a well-known...
by Israel Affairs Committee | Apr 1, 2024 | Israel Affairs
A simple yet impactful method to support Israel is by extending words of encouragement. Betty and I actively engage in letter writing, offering heartfelt messages of support and solidarity. This act not only demonstrates our and the entire diaspora’s sense of...
by Mordecai Miller | Mar 24, 2024 | Rabbi’s Remarks
“In Every Generation They Tried to destroy us. God saved us” “Let’s eat!” This formula certainly applies to the two approaching holidays of Purim and Pesach. Interesting to note that the former comes at the end of the holiday cycle and the second, at the...
by Leanne Schy | Mar 24, 2024 | Beth Ami Book Club
Our next read is the classic Bernard Malamud’s THE FIXER (fiction, 352 pgs. 1966.) It won both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize, and is highly recommended by Rita Kagan. Set in Kiev in 1911, a non-observant Jewish handyman refuses to confess to a crime...
by beth-ami | Mar 22, 2024 | unauthorized
Dear Community, We are in the planning stages for Rabbi Miller’s Jubilee year celebration, the 50 year anniversary of his ordination. As the plan comes together, we will be posting updates on our plans for the event. The event will be held on Sunday, June 23rd...
by Israel Affairs Committee | Mar 10, 2024 | Israel Affairs
The holidays of Purim, Pesach, and Yom HaShoah, along with the invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, share a common thread of violence targeted towards us. These occasions serve as reminders that we Jews cannot assume that we are secure and welcomed in our homes....
by Israel Affairs Committee | Mar 5, 2024 | Israel Affairs
I’m so glad I went to the Unity March in San Francisco yesterday, March 3rd. We were all there, from elders walking slowly with canes to babies being carried in front packs, Orthodox and secular, Black and white. Many Israelis were wrapped in huge Israeli flags....
by Leanne Schy | Feb 14, 2024 | unauthorized
Thanks for the recordings Susy. This reflects our latest decisions on tempo and key. Nigun (Zemer) Atik Miserlou Cuando El Rey Nimrod Et Dodim Kala Kol Dodi Tzur Mishelo/ La Rosa Shecharchoret (Morenica) Erev Shel...
by Leanne Schy | Feb 13, 2024 | unauthorized
