by beth-ami | Jul 21, 2022 | Men's Group
A Big Thank You to all those who helped make the Lag B’Omer BBQ a success. Mark Stoelting, Anne Brown, Leah Kahn, Mark Rosen, Myra Thomas, Russ Gurevitch, Jerry Newman, Ken Plattner, Mel Decker, Rabbi Miller, Betty Boyd, Arnold Herskovic, Abe & Gayle Farkas, Jeff...
by Israel Affairs Committee | Jul 20, 2022 | Israel Affairs
View Previously Recorded Talks at http://IsraelUpdate.INFO End Jew Hatred: Wish you weren’t here, Roger Waters co-sponsored by the Sonoma County Israel Committee July 20, 4 pm Register to view for free the highly acclaimed documentary, Wish You Weren’t...
by Social Action | Jul 15, 2022 | Social Action Scoop
Hope everyone is feeling well and Shabbat Shalom On Tuesday, Judi, Susan, Andy, and Leanne did a litter pick up around Howarth Park. Actually, the park is pretty clean so we spent time picking up lots of smaller pieces. We had a good time and it was nice to have an...
by beth-ami | Jul 12, 2022 | Social Action Scoop
There will be a rally to support women’s reproductive rights at this Wednesday night’s farm market at the square in SR. From 5:00-8:00. There are many postcard writing campaigns going on in the county. Every Thursday from 10:00am-12:00 people meet at...
by Israel Affairs Committee | Jul 12, 2022 | Israel Affairs
The View From Abu Dhabi Jul 6, 2022 09:00 AM in Pacific Time (US and Canada) Hussein Aboubakr Mansour just returned from an extensive trip to Abu Dhabi, where he had several meetings with high-level Emirati, Israeli and Saudi diplomats. He will address his takeaways...
by beth-ami | Jul 3, 2022 | Beth Ami Book Club
We’re currently reading famous Israeli writer A.B. Yehoshua’s THE LIBERATED BRIDE (Fiction, 568 pgs., Hebrew, 2001; English translation, 2004.) Yehoshua, (who died recently) was a 5th generation Israeli and lived in Haifa. He wrote numerous novels and...
by beth-ami | Jun 28, 2022 | Kitchen Committee
Starting June 18, we began having a simple lunch after Shabbat morning services. Seating will be in the shady breezeway. These will not be potlucks. At this time the only home-prepared items that may be brought in by people are easy to serve desserts that follow the...
by Mordecai Miller | Jun 28, 2022 | Rabbi’s Remarks
To begin, a lot of electrons have already been agitated responding to the general outcry to today’s Supreme Court decision to upend Roe vs. Wade. As the rabbi of Congregation Beth Ami, I go on record in voicing my concern at a decision that, for all practical...
by Israel Affairs Committee | Jun 22, 2022 | Israel Affairs
When a Torah book is concluded, the assembled call out hazak, hazak, ve-nithazek, be strong, be strong, and may we be strengthened. That is the title and theme of this column. In Parsha Beha’alotcha, Moses learned that others in his camp were making prophecies....
by beth-ami | Jun 19, 2022 | Rabbi’s Remarks
Doctors chats help Santa Rosa rabbi see LGBTQ light: By Robert Nagler Miller | June 10, 2016, J Jewish News of northern California When Rabbi Mordecai Miller of Congregation Beth Ami in Santa Rosa marched with members of his synagogue at Sonoma County’s Pride Parade...
