by beth-ami | Jan 16, 2023 | News and Events
Tu B’Shevat gets its name from the date on which the holiday occurs, the 15th of the month of Shevat. A minor Jewish holiday, it is often referred to as the new year (or “birthday”) of the trees. The holiday originated in the Talmud, and was based on the date chosen...
by beth-ami | Dec 22, 2022 | Beth Ami Book Club
Book Group for January 8 and/or January 15 free choice. Each participant tells us a little about a fiction or non-fiction book he / she has been reading lately. Something about the author. 5 or 10 minutes. And the rest of us listen and may have a question or 2...
by Israel Affairs Committee | Dec 19, 2022 | Israel Affairs
CRASH COURSE ON THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL Register now for the 5-part Zoom course, on 5 Sunday mornings, 10-11:30 AM PST, Jan 8-Feb 12 Co-Sponsored by our Israel Committee Sessions provide the history of Jews and Arabs in the land of Israel and the evolution of...
by Beth Ami Community Nursery School | Dec 9, 2022 | Beth Ami & You
Please join us at the Beth Ami Community Nursery School December 15, 5 – 6:30 p.m. in the Social Hall, to welcome Chanukah a little early in a fun-filled evening of Cookie Decorating, Latke and Pizza Eating, Candle Making, Photo Booth, Chanukah Stories, Learning...
by beth-ami | Nov 24, 2022 | News and Events
We know that Jewish holiday food is full not only of calories, but symbolism. We eat latkes fried in oil to remind us of the oil that lasted eight days. But why do we put applesauce on our latkes? On Sunday December 18 it will symbolize that the apple doesn’t...
by beth-ami | Nov 24, 2022 | Beth Ami Book Club
Our group’s read is Omar Friedlander’s debut collection, The Man Who Sold Air In The Holy Land, the SF Jewish Community Library’s One Bay One Book selection— Jewish people all over the Bay Area are reading it this year. Many related talks on ZOOM and in person. The...
by Social Action | Nov 24, 2022 | Social Action Scoop
We are going to serve a holiday dinner at The Palms on Dec.14th. If anyone would like to contribute cookies, rolls or chili please contact Lyla Nathan at 707-4864905. We will also be handing out toiletries and small winter clothing: new or slightly worn hats, scarves,...
by beth-ami | Nov 23, 2022 | President's messages
The Jewish month of Chesvan, the so called quiet month, seemed to go by so quickly… now Kislev, the month of Chanukah, is here. After the High Holidays we have a whole month to recoup, or so it seems. In reality, the board is making plans for the rest of the...
by beth-ami | Nov 8, 2022 | Beth Ami Book Club
Our current read is a memoir by Lev Golinkin, A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka (2014, 303 pgs.) Golinkin was born in Kharkov, Ukraine, in 1980 during the end of the Cold War and the Soviet Union. Critics say the memoir is vivid, darkly comic, gripping....
by beth-ami | Oct 30, 2022 | Kitchen Committee
You don’t have to make latkes the same way every time… once you try the recipes in this pdf, you’ll wish Chanukah was longer than eight days. Here is some food history for you. When we think of latkes, we are immersed in the romantic tradition of...
