Pre-Benei Mitzvah Dates for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade Families: Workshops and Retreat
Beth Shalom families who have an upcoming bar/bat/benei mitzvah are invited and encouraged to attend a wide variety of fun programs meant to make your family's simcha as meaningful and communal as possible. Sixth grade families have a kickoff shabbat dinner followed by three workshops, as well as taking part in our fabulous retreat. Fifth […]
Level Up Youth Service
Saturdays from 11:00 am - 12 noon on select Shabbats (listed below), Cantor Barbara Barnett will lead kids through a musical Shabbat service that will help grow and expand their knowledge and comfort level with the Saturday morning service. This will be fun; it will be age-specific and led by a seasoned and talented Jewish educator; it […]
Shabbat with Beth Shalom
Beth Shalom offers a variety of prayer experiences on Friday and Saturday. On most Friday nights, we have Kabbalat Shabbat services at 6:00 pm. Once a month, the regular Friday night service is replaced with a musical service called Hod veHadar. For more information, click here. Once a month, we offer a special Friday night […]
Minhah, Ma'ariv, and Havdalah
Each Shabbat afternoon and evening, Beth Shalom has an intimate prayer service, which meets in our Homestead Chapel. Minhah, the afternoon service, consists of a short Torah reading, followed by prayers. We continue with a brief teaching on Jewish law, biblical commentary, or spiritual insight lead by one of our rabbis or lay leaders. Light […]
Kabbalat Shabbat / Hod veHadar
Beth Shalom has Friday night services every week, with a regular start time of 6pm. Once a month, we offer a special Shabbat musical service, called Hod veHadar, filled with drums, guitars, mandolins, stringed instruments and ruah. Our regular Kabbalat Shabbat takes place in the Homestead Chapel on the second floor. Hod veHadar takes place […]
Hitoreri - Get up for High Holidays
Beth Shalom has everything you need to get you spiritually and mentally ready for the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Every Wednesday in Elul (the month preceding Rosh Hashanah) from 12:15 to 1:30 pm, join Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman for an exploration of our High Holiday themes like teshuvah - repentance ; […]
Fostering a Hopeful Future in Israel - May 1
Join leaders from the Northern Israel Center for Arts and Technology (NICAT), the Akko Center for Arts and Technology (A-CAT) and Manchester Bidwell Corporation for a discussion on how these organizations foster a hopeful future, provide economic opportunities and break-down ethnic, religious and cultural barriers for youth and adults in Israel while improving the socio-economic […]
Maven: Jewish and American Law - Begins April 29
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW & ETHICS This online course, offered through AJU's Maven Adult Education Program delves into the relationship between law and ethics, through a Jewish lens, and is approved for MCLE General Education credit. This course with renowned Jewish law professor, acclaimed author, and AJU Rector Elliott Dorff takes place over four Fridays […]
Capital Punishment in Jewish Law
In the pre-modern era, Jewish tradition had to handle criminal law for our community - both adjudicating law and issuing punishment. Some violations of law even carried the death penalty. Jewish legal tradition and Jewish courts throughout the ages took a wide range of approaches to the application of capital punishment. In this three part […]
Jews, the First Amendment, and Abortion Rights, January 30
Join us for an online program as Dr Rachel Kranson, Director of Jewish Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses the intersection of Jewish tradition, the freedom of religion, and America's legal battles over abortion. This talk will take place over Zoom on Sunday, January 30, from 2:00 - 3:30 pm. To register, go to […]