Pride Shabbat!
Saturday, June 8, 2019 | 9:30 a.m. All are welcome at the 5th annual Pride Shabbat. This year we welcome Jake Goodman as guest speaker in honor of Pride Month. Join us for services beginning at 9:30 a.m. Jake participates in Keshet training to support Jewish educators, clergy, program staff, camp professionals, youth and lay […]
A Journey of Strength
Saturday, June 1, 2019 | 12:45 p.m. Join Barbara Stock for a Shabbat Shi'ur as she discusses her book Anything Is Possible: A Child's Journey to America and Hope. The book tells the story of Sarah, a young girl in Czarist Russia, and her journey to America, and her struggle to find a home in […]
Thursday Evenings in My Garden
Memorial Day through Labor Day | 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. EVERYDAY SPIRITUALITY FOR HEALING, GROWTH, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION Join us weekly for casual conversation and exploration! Come once or come weekly, friends are welcome! Please check our websites for location and confirmation of upcoming dates! DEBORAH A. BARON, COACH Executive, Leadership, Life, Transformative deborah@deborahbaron.com www.deborahbaron.com […]
Strategic Plan Community Conversation
Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. | Samuel & Minnie Hyman Ballroom Light refreshments will be served. Have you been a member of Beth Shalom for 5 years or less? We'd like your help gathering information about synagogue life to help us pinpoint areas of focus for our Strategic Plan. To RSVP call 412-421-2288 or […]
Zikaron BaSalon - Memories in the Living Room
Join BSUSY on Erev Yom HaShoah for a special program that connects Holocaust survivors with younger generations. Wednesday, May 1 | 7:00-8:30 pm Eisner Commons | 2nd Floor 8th-12th graders are invited for an intimate discussion with Shulamit Bastacky. Shulamit was born in Vilna, Lithuania in 1941. She spent three years as a hidden child in a Catholic nun’s basement. After the Holocaust, she reunited with her family and moved with them to Israel […]
Cultivating Resilience through Jewish Mindfulness
Join us for an introductory session of Jewish Mindfulness Practice Saturday, May 4th, 3-6 pm |Congregation Beth Shalom, 5915 Beacon St, Pittsburgh, PA Mindfulness practice helps us to cultivate habits of heart and mind that have been shown to foster emotional and mental balance, resilience, and empathy. During these painful, turbulent times, all of us can benefit from […]
Beth Shalom Academic Book Club - Solomon
Solomon: The Lure of Wisdom The book discussion will be held on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at a location in Squirrel Hill Join your fellow congregants for a discussion of Solomon: The Lure of Wisdom. The book reintroduces readers to Solomon's story and its surprising influence in shaping Western culture, and also examines what Solomon's […]
Sisterhood Book Club - June 2019
Next book to read, Gateway to the Moon by Mary Morris Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 7:30 P.M. | Laurie's House The pleasure of reading doesn’t have to end with the last page. Be part of Sisterhood Book Club and prolong the experience with spirited and wide ranging discussion that often touches on contemporary issues. We […]
Lox and Learning - "A Memoir of Service"
Sunday, May 5, 2019 | 10:00 a.m. Join Dorit Sasson as she discusses her book Accidental Soldier. At age nineteen, Dorit, a dual American-Israeli citizen, was trying to make the status quo work as a college student—until she realized that if she didn’t distance herself from her neurotic, worrywart of a mother, she would become just […]
Communal 2nd Seder 5779
Because We Were Strangers in Egypt Saturday, April 20th, 2019 | 6:00 pm “Because you were strangers in Egypt” (Ex. 22:20) – one tradition teaches that the Torah exhorts us no less than 36 times not to mistreat the sojourner among us, because we know what it means to be an alien. When we tell […]