by Rabbi | Nov 27, 2019 | Rabbi’s Remarks
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...
by Beth Ami Community Nursery School | Oct 29, 2019 | Beth Ami & You
We at the Nursery School are thrilled to be preparing for our Second Annual Trike-a-Thon! This exciting Nursery School fundraiser was an absolute blast last year! We raised just over $4,000 for our Jill Tager Scholarship Fund and this year we have a $5,000 goal! The...
by Social Action | Oct 22, 2019 | Social Action Scoop
Toda Raba to the Beth Ami family and friends who filled the Redwood Empire Food Bank bins to overflowing during the holidays . Once again we have demonstrated our commitment to Tikun Olam. We need to remember that hunger never takes a holiday, so please continue to...
by Leanne Schy | Oct 16, 2019 | Israeli Dance
For our October 16 class we will learn Debka Kurdit. Kurdish Jewish Israelis have a special festival called Saharane held during Sukkot in Jerusalem. 13,000 people have attended in past years; the Kurdish community in Israel numbers approximately 200,000. Most came to...
by Rosh Chodesh | Oct 16, 2019 | Rosh Chodesh
We’ll celebrate Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan 5780 with a lunch and a movie! Slice of Life (6970 McKinley Street, Sebastopol) is a vegetarian restaurant near the Rialto Theater where “Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas” is playing at 1pm on Tuesday, October 29....
by Rabbi | Oct 3, 2019 | Rabbi’s Remarks
Dear Friends, At this time when our Divine Creator examines the world and the deeds of humanity, we gather to examine our lives and our unique personal histories. All of this in the hope that we can gain wisdom from the past and look forward and work towards a...
by Beth Ami Community Nursery School | Sep 9, 2019 | Beth Ami & You
The Nursery School has just wrapped up Summer Camp and will begin readying the rooms for the Fall School Year which begins Monday, August 19th. This year marks the 40th Anniversary of the the Nursery School and we are excited to ring in this special year with some...
by President | Sep 9, 2019 | From the Board
I’m looking forward to our time together during the upcoming Holy Days: A time of reflection, wonder, prayer, support, making things right where one can do so; I’m looking forward to greeting you and sharing our grief and joy, our hopes and yes, our fears, and our...
by Israel Affairs Committee | Aug 27, 2019 | Israel Affairs
The Israel Committee is co-sponsor for the November 1 dinner. We are so pleased that the Adult Education Committee has invited Don Schlesinger, Executive Director of the Jewish National Fund to share with us how JNF works for us. One activity JNF does is plant trees...
