by beth-ami | Aug 22, 2021 | Kitchen Committee
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...
by beth-ami | Aug 11, 2021 | Beth Ami Book Club
Our current read is BETRAYING SPINOZA (non-fiction, 263 pgs, 2006) by MacArthur Fellowship award-winning author, philosophy professor, Rebecca Goldstein. Baruch Spinoza was born in Holland to Portuguese-Jewish immigrants. Goldstein writes about the history of the 17th...
by Leanne Schy | Aug 11, 2021 | Rosh Chodesh
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).
by Rabbi Mordecai Miller | Aug 11, 2021 | Rabbi’s Remarks
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...
by Leanne Schy | Jul 7, 2021 | Israeli Dance
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...
by beth-ami | Jul 5, 2021 | Social Action Scoop
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...
by beth-ami | Jul 1, 2021 | From the Board
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...
by Rabbi Mordecai Miller | Jun 29, 2021 | Rabbi’s Remarks
Dear Friends, By this time most of us have heard of the terrible tragedy when part of Champlain Towers in Surfside Florida, collapsed while people were asleep in bed, Just imagining going through such an experience sends chills down my spine. Every individual who...
by beth-ami | Jun 6, 2021 | From the Board
Dear Congregants, Friends and BACNS Families, as our fiscal year and school year winds down, I have several Upbeat Messages about our future. I’m grateful to all of you who are here to share them with me. In addition, please join us for the Annual Meeting on June 13,...
by beth-ami | Jun 2, 2021 | Social Action Scoop
Last week we volunteered at the Redwood Empire Food Bank, something we did regularly pre-pandemic. The work involves packing food for distribution as we did before. The setup is outside under a large tent. There is also opportunity to be completely outside. It is very...
