by Mordecai Miller | Sep 3, 2021 | Rabbi’s Remarks
אחד המרבה ואחד הממעיטת רק שיכוון את לבו לשמים It is all the same whether one extends, or abbreviates (eg. prayer), As long as one directs ones heart toward heaven תפסת מרובה לא תפסת תפסת מאת תפסת If you grab a large amount, you won’t hold onto anything; If you grab a...
by beth-ami | Sep 1, 2021 | Beth Ami Book Club
In September we are reading Michael David Lucas’ THE LAST WATCHMAN OF OLD CAIRO (Fiction, 288 pp. 2018.) Loaner books available.Meets in small groups, outside at this time, no Zoom. All CBA members and friends are welcome with RSVP. For further info and comments...
by Leanne Schy | Sep 1, 2021 | unauthorized
In September we are reading Michael David Lucas’ THE LAST WATCHMAN OF OLD CAIRO (Fiction, 288 pp. 2018.) Loaner books available.Meets in small groups, outside at this time, no Zoom. All CBA members and friends are welcome with RSVP. For further info and comments...
by beth-ami | Aug 26, 2021 | Beth Ami & You
SHANA TOVA UNDER THE REDWOODS A Rosh HaShanah service and a Yom Kippur service for families with young children!!! Celebrate with song, dance, storytelling and sweetness. All are welcome September 7, 10:30 am, join teacher Lauren Kalmanson to welcome the New Year,...
by beth-ami | Aug 26, 2021 | Rosh Chodesh
Rosh Chodesh (literally, “head of the month” or “head of the moon”), the first of every Hebrew month, always falls on the new moon. In biblical times, Rosh Chodesh was a festival marked by celebratory sacrifice and feasting. Today Beth Ami’s Rosh Chodesh women’s group...
by beth-ami | Aug 22, 2021 | Kitchen Committee
Celebrations and feasting lift our spirits in joy and thanksgiving. We celebrate by gathering of family and friends to the feast table for eating, singing, talking, and praying. We thrive on this. The High Holy Days and the Festival of Sukkot bring these traditions...
by Israel Affairs Committee | Aug 22, 2021 | Israel Affairs
Will you join Beth Ami’s Israel Committee to help bring Israel Programming to Sonoma County? The committee arranges non-political opportunities to learn about Israel: our People and our homeland. To join the committee, contact Eli Cohen at...
by beth-ami | Aug 11, 2021 | Beth Ami Book Club
Our current read is BETRAYING SPINOZA (non-fiction, 263 pgs, 2006) by MacArthur Fellowship award-winning author, philosophy professor, Rebecca Goldstein. Baruch Spinoza was born in Holland to Portuguese-Jewish immigrants. Goldstein writes about the history of the 17th...
by Leanne Schy | Aug 11, 2021 | Rosh Chodesh
Let’s regroup after the pandemic put a stop to our meetings. If you’re interested in participating in a planning group for the 5782 Rosh Chodesh activities, please contact Patty Bernstein (953-4385 or basberyl@sonic.net).
by Mordecai Miller | Aug 11, 2021 | Rabbi’s Remarks
This year, Saturday night, August 28th, starting 8:30 p.m., at the close of Shabbat, we will gather – on Zoom or in person – to perform the custom of “Selichot,” – taking time as a community to meditate on the year that has passed, think about the...
