Sholem Aleichem: Tevye the Dairy Man
December 22, 2020The next meeting of the BAI Book Group will be on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 10:15 AM. We were inspired by our last selection, The Dairy Restaurant by Ben [...]
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The Dairy Restaurant by Ben Katchor
December 9, 2020The next BAI Book Group meeting will take place on Sunday December 13, 2020 at 10:15 AM. We will be discussing the book The Dairy Restaurant by Ben Katchor. The [...]
Jake Ohlbaum Virtual House Party
July 9, 2020 Hazzan Harold2021-01-12T13:37:12-05:00Jake Ohlbaum - a homegrown Beth Am'er - is a songwriter, producer, and full-time member of The Foxies, with an intense case of musical hyperactivity. https://youtu.be/X8TfKk4TgsY A recording of our [...]
Sefirat ha’Omer — A Reflection on Netzach (Endurance, Persistence, Eternity)
May 6, 2020 Mira Shore2020-05-06T15:03:15-04:00Five years ago, when I began my doctoral program to become a clinical psychologist, I was looking for more spiritual practices as extra support. Counting the Omer is an easily [...]
Dayenu: A Jewish Template for Gratitude
April 7, 2020This classic seder poem is not merely a reflection on Passover, but a model for true thanks. Dayenu means "it would have been enough." And not in a kvetchy/sarcastic way! [...]
In Search of Wholeness – Shabbat Vayishlach – 5780 (2019)
December 13, 2019 Rabbi David2020-12-23T23:49:34-05:00“His whole life will be a struggle to grow, to achieve the stability, the wholeness for which he yearns.” That’s Aviva Zornberg’s evocative assessment of the Jacob of Parashat Vayishlach, [...]
On Dreams- Shabbat Vayeitzei
December 6, 2019 Rabbi David2020-12-23T23:34:48-05:00“The perilous season is middle age.” So wrote pioneering educator Elizabeth Palmer Peabody in 1838. Her letter goes on to describe middle age as a time “when a false wisdom [...]
President’s Kol Nidre Appeal
October 8, 2019 Phyllis Blumberg2019-10-31T09:38:26-04:00Shanah Tova I am Phyllis Blumberg and I am honored to serve as your President of this very special and sacred community. In Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) Rabbi [...]
Shabbat Shuva: A Shabbat of Return
October 4, 2019 Hazzan Harold2019-11-05T15:19:01-05:00Music and Prayer for "Be"-ing. Shabbat Shalom Beth Am Israel, We spend so much of our time trying to hold it together, trying to be strong, trying to be 'fine', to [...]
Fly Me to the Moon- Rosh Hashanah 5780
September 30, 2019 Rabbi David2019-10-04T11:04:14-04:00Let’s sing… Fly me to the moon, Let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars In other words, hold my hand, [...]