Moon Mavens

Our Rosh Chodesh Adar gathering, previously scheduled for Wednesday, February 26, has been cancelled because the Purim Spiel has taken priority at Congregation Beth Ami. (I hope you’ll all come to one of the performances on Sunday, March 8 … 1:30pm or 7:00pm...

Kool Shul for 4-6 year-olds

KOOL SHUL is a special Shabbat for children ages 4 to 6 (younger siblings are welcome). It is held on the third Saturday of each month from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Beth Ami Library. There will be music and Shabbat friendly activities and crafts; we welcome old...

Is Polite Debate a lost Art?

This past September, I pointed out, in my Shofar column, our fascination with conflict. Even a superficial look at society reveals so many ways in which human beings engage in this. From competitive sports to open warfare; from domestic interactions to international...

Feast of Lights

It’s no coincidence that our festival of Chanukah occurs so close to the winter solstice; the days are short and the nights are long. Darkness is all around. Nature has gone to sleep; in some areas, even a deep sleep. Frost has killed much of the summer’s growth and...

Rosh Chodesh Women

Our Rosh Chodesh gatherings are suspended until the all-clear sounds! Questions? Contact Patty Bernstein at basberyl@sonic.net.basberyl@sonic.net.

Post-Thanksgiving note

Dancers, I hope your Thanksgiving was a good one. Thanks to all who registered, we are out of the woods. I believe you can still register but have to telephone at this point, rather than do it online. https://srcity.org/559/Active-Adults Our coming dates are Dec. 4...

Rosh Chodesh Moon Mavens

Y’all come to our Rosh Chodesh event on Friday, November 29 (day after Thanksgiving) at 7:30pm. The moon mavens are leading services beginning with our Birkat HaLevana song and the prayer/poem for the new month. (We’ll have copies for the whole...

Thanks between holidays

With the High Holidays completed, I thank those who were instrumental in creating a welcoming, inclusive atmosphere of traditional services both at the Friedman Center and in the Beth Ami Sanctuary. Thanks above all go to Lee Feinstein, Chair of Religious Practices;...

Thanksgiving Wishes November, 2019

There’s a definite chill in the air and a joy that the long anticipated first seasonal rain will fall to quench the parched soil and the dried vegetation. There’s a musical sound to the falling rain that I never heard living east of the Rockies. Rain plays...