Virtual: Shabbat Morning Services on Saturday at 9:30am via Livestream. Follow along by downloading a PDF of the Siddur Sim Shalom here. You can follow along with the weekly Torah reading on Sefaria.org. In-person:Socially-distanced in our sanctuary. No prior sign-up required, but we do ask that you wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status.
The Beth El Social Action Committee in partnership with Bat Mitzvah student Ella Kohol, the Meadowland Park Conservancy, and Repair the Sea are hosting a Reverse Tashlich. Register here Traditionally over High Holidays we perform the ritual of tashlich, throwing bread crumbs into a body of water to symbolize our casting away of our transgressions from […]
Join Rabbi Marder every other Wednesday morning, alternating with Talmud and Toast, to delve into the creative Rabbinic mind and explore a midrash on the weekly Torah portion. Texts will be available in Hebrew and in English and all levels of knowledge are welcome. Click here for the Zoom link.
Join Rabbi Olitzky for his class titled, “Renewing Our Vows: Yom Kippur as a Symbolic Wedding Between God and the Jewish People.” Click here for Zoom link.
Join Sarit Wishnevski for her class titled, “The Power and Purpose of Vidui: An Exploration of the Vidui prayer for Yom Kippur, Death, and Beyond.” Sarit is the founder of the Be.Side Project, an exploration of where Judaism intersects with death and dying. Click here for Zoom link.
Virtual: Shabbat Morning Services on Saturday at 9:30am via Livestream. Follow along by downloading a PDF of the Siddur Sim Shalom here. You can follow along with the weekly Torah reading on Sefaria.org. In-person:Socially-distanced in our sanctuary. No prior sign-up required, but we do ask that you wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status.
Please join in the parking lot tent to have a slice of pizza and make sukkah decorations for the Beth El sukkah. Register here so we know how much pizza to order. Pizza is "on the sukkah"!
Join Rabbi Marder for several engaging sessions to learn more about Jewish holidays and ways to bring the holidays home. You'll also hear about what your children are learning and experiencing at school. Everyone is welcome to attend and participate - parents, grandparents, caregivers, the larger community - of any background! Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85767794975?pwd=Y3VUOXlLSWw2eXpwMm93UytFNC9nQT09
Sign up to host or be hosted in a Beth El member’s sukkah for Shabbat dinner. Sign up here. The deadline to register is September 19 and matches will be sent the next day.
Virtual: Shabbat Morning Services on Saturday at 9:30am via Livestream. Follow along by downloading a PDF of the Siddur Sim Shalom here. You can follow along with the weekly Torah reading on Sefaria.org. In-person:Socially-distanced in our sanctuary. No prior sign-up required, but we do ask that you wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status.
Mini-Minyan 11:00am – 12:00pm Babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and their caregivers celebrate Shabbat together with songs, prayers, stories and more! Shabbat Club: The Prayground 11:00am – 12:00pm A weekly t’fillah experience and hands-on program for kids in K-5, full of prayer, games, and fun! Led by our rabbis and talented madrichim (teen helpers), Shabbat Club meets […]
In this Moth-style event, hear several Beth El members share a personal story on a given Sukkot theme. Comedian Liz Glazer will also MC and share a story. Held outdoors in the Beth El Sukkah.
Rabbi Kevin Kleinman characterizes shemittah ("release") as "Judaism’s prescription for maintaining economic, environmental, and social balance in the world," as timely nowadays as it was in biblical times. How has an ancient regulation concerning crop management assumed such importance? Our tour of the history of shemittah will begin with its origin in agricultural practice and conclude with modern efforts to reinterpret the […]
Virtual: Shabbat Morning Services on Saturday at 9:30am via Livestream. Follow along by downloading a PDF of the Siddur Sim Shalom here. You can follow along with the weekly Torah reading on Sefaria.org. In-person:Socially-distanced in our sanctuary. No prior sign-up required, but we do ask that you wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status.
Mini-Minyan 11:00am – 12:00pm Babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and their caregivers celebrate Shabbat together with songs, prayers, stories and more! Shabbat Club: The Prayground 11:00am – 12:00pm A weekly t’fillah experience and hands-on program for kids in K-5, full of prayer, games, and fun! Led by our rabbis and talented madrichim (teen helpers), Shabbat Club meets […]