A Completely Unknown Spiel and Meal

A Completely Unknown Megillah, Sunday March 16 3:00 pm… be a sponsor! We can’t help but notice this confluence of hidden and mysterious Jews: Esther/Hadassah, Bob Dylan/Robert Zimmerman— and then throw in Timothée Chalamet. Obviously the movie A Complete Unknown...

Information for June 1 Pride Parade

Congregation Beth Ami will conduct a Shabbat morning service (Leanne leading) starting at 9:30 a.m. in Fremont Park. We look for a shady spot near the central statue area closer to 5th Street. Our parade check-in time is 10:15, and we should all be in place by 10:40....

Bernard Malamud

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...