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A New (or almost new) New Year.
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...
High Holiday services for families with young children
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,...
Rosh Chodesh Gatherings 5782
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...
What’s happening in the Beth Ami Kitchen
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...
Join Beth Ami’s Israel Committee
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 EliCohen@IsraelUpdate.INFO....
Rosh Chodesh Gatherings Ramping Up Again
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).
“Selichot” – A Time to Consider and Reconsider
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 part each one of us...
The Yemenite influence on Israeli dance and music
Hi dancers. The big news is that the Person Senior Center is putting me on their daytime drop-in schedule starting August 18. 2 Wednesdays a month, from 2-4 p.m. upstairs in the room 25 dance studio. This Wednesday we are still on Zoom, going over Mudbira, Achei Bnei...
Plans for the New Year
As we end the year and prepare for the early High Holidays the SAC is hoping for a return to more normal activities and programming this year. As stated in our yearly report this year was like none other. However, even with COVID restrictions we were able to continue...
Where do we go from here?
As a member of the Board of Directors and the Reopening Task Force, a lot of questions have been on my mind, especially now as the new CBA Board President. The main one is: how do we reopen and make everyone feel safe? How do we start to have congregant participation...