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Shavuot: Food and Celebration
In Spring, we travel from Passover to Shavuot in 50 days during which we celebrate our leaving Egypt as slaves and becoming a new people as Jews. You know that our festivals often include clever bits of roll playing and foods to make these holidays more meaningful....
May 8 Chicken Dinner for Shabbat, Immigration Speaker
Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner! May 8th Shabbat Dinner. Guest speaker on Immigration Shabbat Service at 6:00. Dinner at 6:45. Speaker at 7:30 Guest speaker, Monica Julian, lawyer from VIDAS Vital Immigrant Defense Advocacy and Services in Sonoma County, who provide...
Community Corner: WONDERING ABOUT WELL WATER SAFETY
WONDERING ABOUT WELL WATER SAFETY Rafaela Equils and Brad Morrison If you are living in a Sonoma County property that relies on private well water, several key questions can help assess water safety and determine whether testing or system improvements may be needed....
Israel’s Day of Remembrance & Israel Independence Day
Yom HaZikaron & Yom HaAtzmaut Israel's Day of Remembrance & Israel Independence Day We mourn. We cry. We celebrate. We dance. Following the custom of our brothers and sisters in Israel, we begin by commemorating our brave soldiers who fell...
Israeli Dancing at both Shomrei Torah and Beth Ami
On Monday, March 30th at 7 pm, please join Robin Lowitz and others in the wonderful art of Israeli dancing. We'll continue with Monday sessions on April 6th and 20th. See the Beth Ami online calendar for future dates. Cost is free for Beth Ami members; for non-members...
Ki Tissa, Shabbat Parah, and the Week After Purim
Shabbat Shalom. This week feels heavy. Just days ago we were celebrating Purim ; costumes, laughter, Megillah, joy. And almost immediately aftter, we find ourselves watching the news about war with Iran, missiles, threats, escalation. The emotional whiplash is real....
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