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Prayer and Reflection
Prayer and Reflection
This week we have shared in horror and grief the news of the murders of six of the hostages in Gaza - Hersh, Eden, Ori, Carmel, Alex, and Almog [...]
2 events,
30 Minute Music Meditation
30 Minute Music Meditation
Practice the art of simply listening and noticing. Weather permitting outdoors in our Ya’ar (woods). Always on zoom
2 events,
Shorashim (Roots)
Shorashim (Roots)
Beth Am Israel’s Shorashim (Roots) is offered for children in grades K-7 on Thursday afternoons. Shorashim (Roots) features fun, creative, child-centered experiences, including outdoor nature education in our Ya’ar/Woodlands [...]
4 events,
Kesher Walking Group
Kesher Walking Group
Fridays at 9:00a, Haverford College (Meet at the Haverford College Visitor Parking Lot) If it is below 32 degrees, or raining or snowing, the group will meet at the [...]
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday Night/Kabbalat Shabbat: Informal, casual, spirited and soulful. Creating sacred time in your sacred space Our Musical Kabbalat Shabbat service offers a contemplative and uplifting prayer with melodies and niggunim set [...]
Back to Shul BBQ
Back to Shul BBQ
Celebrate the end of summer and the return to Shul with a BBQ sponsored by the BAI softball and basketball teams. BBQ will take place immediately following Musical Kabbalat Shabbat. [...]
7 events,
Meditative Quiet Sit
Meditative Quiet Sit
Start your Shabbat morning at BAI with…quiet. Join Hazzan Harold and Rabbi David for a meditative quiet sit. Weather permitting in the Ya’ar. We will have handouts with prompts, quotes, [...]
Tefilah B’Kavanah
Tefilah B’Kavanah
Led by Hazzan Harold, this is our weekly Shabbat morning offering of intentional musical prayer, with spirited song, chant and meditation. Our aim is to allow for deep, uninterrupted, joyful [...]
Torah Study via Zoom
Torah Study via Zoom
A lively, open conversation focused on the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi David. All are welcome. Presently, we study online, via Zoom. “Our Torah study group is a place where [...]
Shorashim Shabbat
Shorashim Shabbat
Shabbat at Beth Am Israel offers a family-centered, community experience. All families are welcome and encouraged to join in celebrating Shabbat and learning with us on Saturday mornings. Shorashim Shabbat [...]
Shabbat Morning Services
Shabbat Morning Services
Blends traditional prayer modes with contemporary melodies and niggunin and features acoustic music in the early part of the service and a more traditional approach in the later parts of our [...]
B’nai Mitzvah of Jonah and Raphael Lo
B’nai Mitzvah of Jonah and Raphael Lo
Please join us as Jonah and Raphael are called to the Torah as B'nai Mitzvah.
Kesher Walking Group – Shabbat Walk
Kesher Walking Group – Shabbat Walk
We’ve had several requests to add a Shabbat walk to our program. We scouted out a route that is approximately 2 miles with minimal hills in walking distance to the [...]
2 events,
1 event,
2 events,
Elul Learning Series
Elul Learning Series
Elul is a month of transition, preparation, and spiritual readiness in anticipation of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. Join us for two Elul Learning Sessions: September 10, led by Rabbi [...]
2 events,
30 Minute Music Meditation
30 Minute Music Meditation
Practice the art of simply listening and noticing. Weather permitting outdoors in our Ya’ar (woods). Always on zoom
Religious and Spiritual Life Committee Meeting
Religious and Spiritual Life Committee Meeting
Share your experience and make your voice heard as we plan for the future.
3 events,
Shorashim (Roots)
Shorashim (Roots)
Beth Am Israel’s Shorashim (Roots) is offered for children in grades K-7 on Thursday afternoons. Shorashim (Roots) features fun, creative, child-centered experiences, including outdoor nature education in our Ya’ar/Woodlands and [...]
4 events,
Kesher Walking Group
Kesher Walking Group
Fridays at 9:00a, Haverford College (Meet at the Haverford College Visitor Parking Lot) If it is below 32 degrees, or raining or snowing, the group will meet at the King [...]
Jewish by Nature Shabbat Family Potluck Dinner
Jewish by Nature Shabbat Family Potluck Dinner
Come celebrate Shabbat together as a family. Sing Shabbat songs, hear a story, and enjoy a dairy potluck dinner. Sign Up Here!
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday Night/Kabbalat Shabbat: Informal, casual, spirited and soulful. Creating sacred time in your sacred space Our Musical Kabbalat Shabbat service offers a contemplative and uplifting prayer with melodies and niggunim set to [...]
7 events,
Meditative Quiet Sit
Meditative Quiet Sit
Start your Shabbat morning at BAI with…quiet. Join Hazzan Harold and Rabbi David for a meditative quiet sit. Weather permitting in the Ya’ar. We will have handouts with prompts, quotes, [...]
Tefilah B’Kavanah
Tefilah B’Kavanah
Led by Hazzan Harold, this is our weekly Shabbat morning offering of intentional musical prayer, with spirited song, chant and meditation. Our aim is to allow for deep, uninterrupted, joyful [...]
Torah Study via Zoom
Torah Study via Zoom
A lively, open conversation focused on the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi David. All are welcome. Presently, we study online, via Zoom. “Our Torah study group is a place where [...]
Shorashim Shabbat
Shorashim Shabbat
Shabbat at Beth Am Israel offers a family-centered, community experience. All families are welcome and encouraged to join in celebrating Shabbat and learning with us on Saturday mornings. Shorashim Shabbat [...]
Shabbat Morning Services
Shabbat Morning Services
Blends traditional prayer modes with contemporary melodies and niggunin and features acoustic music in the early part of the service and a more traditional approach in the later parts of our [...]
Kesher Walking Group – Shabbat Walk
Kesher Walking Group – Shabbat Walk
We’ve had several requests to add a Shabbat walk to our program. We scouted out a route that is approximately 2 miles with minimal hills in walking distance to the [...]
An Evening with Dr. Yizhar Hess
An Evening with Dr. Yizhar Hess
An Evening with Dr. Yizhar Hess 6p - Dinner followed by program with Dr. Hess Yizhar Hess, Vice Chairman, World Zionist Organization Member of the Board of Governors And Member [...]
4 events,
Wise Aging
Wise Aging
A program based on the Institute for Jewish Spirituality’s Wise Aging, this program for men aged 50+will be co-facilitated by Stephen Sittenfield MD and Samuel Rosen MSW. Steve is a [...]
Nitzanim (Sprouts)
Nitzanim (Sprouts)
Nitzanim (Sprouts) in the Ya’ar (Woodlands) is a unique program for 3-5 year-old kids and their grown-ups in Beth Am Israel’s Ya’ar/Woodlands. Engage in experiential outdoor learning connected to Jewish [...]
Music Prayer Lab
Music Prayer Lab
Join our award winning program of a group of dedicated musicians, pray-ers, and fellow travelers who are all interested in the collaboration of prayer, music-making and intentional community.
1 event,
2 events,
Elul Learning Series
Elul Learning Series
Elul is a month of transition, preparation, and spiritual readiness in anticipation of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. Join us for two Elul Learning Sessions: September 10, led by Rabbi [...]
2 events,
30 Minute Music Meditation
30 Minute Music Meditation
Practice the art of simply listening and noticing. Weather permitting outdoors in our Ya’ar (woods). Always on zoom
Board Meeting
Board Meeting
Monthly meeting of the board at Beth Am Israel. All congregants are invited to attend. Board meetings are in-person and on Zoom unless otherwise noted.
3 events,
Shorashim Open House
Shorashim Open House
Know anyone interested in Shorashim? Interested in checking out Shorashim for your kids? Join us Thursday, September 19 from 4:30-6:30 pm for our Shorashim Open House. Kids experience a day [...]
Shorashim (Roots)
Shorashim (Roots)
Beth Am Israel’s Shorashim (Roots) is offered for children in grades K-7 on Thursday afternoons. Shorashim (Roots) features fun, creative, child-centered experiences, including outdoor nature education in our Ya’ar/Woodlands and [...]
3 events,
Kesher Walking Group
Kesher Walking Group
Fridays at 9:00a, Haverford College (Meet at the Haverford College Visitor Parking Lot) If it is below 32 degrees, or raining or snowing, the group will meet at the King [...]
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday Night/Kabbalat Shabbat: Informal, casual, spirited and soulful. Creating sacred time in your sacred space Our Musical Kabbalat Shabbat service offers a contemplative and uplifting prayer with melodies and niggunim set to [...]
8 events,
“Something Different” for Shabbat Morning series
“Something Different” for Shabbat Morning series
"Something Different" for Shabbat Mornings features new ways to explore Tefilah and Torah on Shabbat Mornings at BAI! Eight unique Shabbat mornings throughout the year developed in partnership with our [...]
Meditative Quiet Sit
Meditative Quiet Sit
Start your Shabbat morning at BAI with…quiet. Join Hazzan Harold and Rabbi David for a meditative quiet sit. Weather permitting in the Ya’ar. We will have handouts with prompts, quotes, [...]
Tefilah B’Kavanah
Tefilah B’Kavanah
Led by Hazzan Harold, this is our weekly Shabbat morning offering of intentional musical prayer, with spirited song, chant and meditation. Our aim is to allow for deep, uninterrupted, joyful [...]
Torah Study via Zoom
Torah Study via Zoom
A lively, open conversation focused on the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi David. All are welcome. Presently, we study online, via Zoom. “Our Torah study group is a place where [...]
Shorashim Shabbat
Shorashim Shabbat
Shabbat at Beth Am Israel offers a family-centered, community experience. All families are welcome and encouraged to join in celebrating Shabbat and learning with us on Saturday mornings. Shorashim Shabbat [...]
Shabbat Morning Services
Shabbat Morning Services
Blends traditional prayer modes with contemporary melodies and niggunin and features acoustic music in the early part of the service and a more traditional approach in the later parts of our [...]
Tot Shabbat
Tot Shabbat
Tot Shabbat is a Shabbat experience for families with children ages 0-5 from 10:15-11a on select Saturday mornings. Come sing along to Shabbat songs, participate in a story, express yourself [...]
Kesher Walking Group – Shabbat Walk
Kesher Walking Group – Shabbat Walk
We’ve had several requests to add a Shabbat walk to our program. We scouted out a route that is approximately 2 miles with minimal hills in walking distance to the [...]
3 events,
Sukkot Workshop
Sukkot Workshop
Two options to help you celebrate Sukkot in your home - Sukkah Building Workshop: Learn to build a Sukkah (the ritual harvest booth used on the holiday of Sukkot) with [...]
Nitzanim (Sprouts)
Nitzanim (Sprouts)
Nitzanim (Sprouts) in the Ya’ar (Woodlands) is a unique program for 3-5 year-old kids and their grown-ups in Beth Am Israel’s Ya’ar/Woodlands. Engage in experiential outdoor learning connected to Jewish [...]
1 event,
1 event,
1 event,
30 Minute Music Meditation
30 Minute Music Meditation
Practice the art of simply listening and noticing. Weather permitting outdoors in our Ya’ar (woods). Always on zoom
3 events,
Shorashim (Roots)
Shorashim (Roots)
Beth Am Israel’s Shorashim (Roots) is offered for children in grades K-7 on Thursday afternoons. Shorashim (Roots) features fun, creative, child-centered experiences, including outdoor nature education in our Ya’ar/Woodlands and [...]
Music Prayer Lab
Music Prayer Lab
Join our award winning program of a group of dedicated musicians, pray-ers, and fellow travelers who are all interested in the collaboration of prayer, music-making and intentional community. Tonight's session will be [...]
4 events,
Kesher Walking Group
Kesher Walking Group
Fridays at 9:00a, Haverford College (Meet at the Haverford College Visitor Parking Lot) If it is below 32 degrees, or raining or snowing, the group will meet at the King [...]
Kesher Group Trip to the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
Kesher Group Trip to the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
Helene Friedman, a docent at the Weitzman Museum, will lead a tour of the exhibit on Antisemitism in the United States. Space is limited. Cost is $18 per person. Contact [...]
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday Night/Kabbalat Shabbat: Informal, casual, spirited and soulful. Creating sacred time in your sacred space Our Musical Kabbalat Shabbat service offers a contemplative and uplifting prayer with melodies and niggunim set to [...]
8 events,
Meditative Quiet Sit
Meditative Quiet Sit
Start your Shabbat morning at BAI with…quiet. Join Hazzan Harold and Rabbi David for a meditative quiet sit. Weather permitting in the Ya’ar. We will have handouts with prompts, quotes, [...]
Tefilah B’Kavanah
Tefilah B’Kavanah
Led by Hazzan Harold, this is our weekly Shabbat morning offering of intentional musical prayer, with spirited song, chant and meditation. Our aim is to allow for deep, uninterrupted, joyful [...]
Torah Study via Zoom
Torah Study via Zoom
A lively, open conversation focused on the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi David. All are welcome. Presently, we study online, via Zoom. “Our Torah study group is a place where [...]
Shorashim Shabbat
Shorashim Shabbat
Shabbat at Beth Am Israel offers a family-centered, community experience. All families are welcome and encouraged to join in celebrating Shabbat and learning with us on Saturday mornings. Shorashim Shabbat [...]
B’nai Mitzvah of Jonah Greenstein
B’nai Mitzvah of Jonah Greenstein
Please join us as Jonah Greenstein is called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah.
Shabbat Morning Services
Shabbat Morning Services
Blends traditional prayer modes with contemporary melodies and niggunin and features acoustic music in the early part of the service and a more traditional approach in the later parts of our [...]
Kesher Walking Group – Shabbat Walk
Kesher Walking Group – Shabbat Walk
We’ve had several requests to add a Shabbat walk to our program. We scouted out a route that is approximately 2 miles with minimal hills in walking distance to the [...]
3 events,
High Holiday Challah Baking
High Holiday Challah Baking
Do you want to help us bake challah? Join us in the BAI kitchen to help bake challah for our High Holiday fundraiser benefiting our Jewish by Nature Shorashim program.
Wise Aging
Wise Aging
A program based on the Institute for Jewish Spirituality’s Wise Aging, this program for men aged 50+will be co-facilitated by Stephen Sittenfield MD and Samuel Rosen MSW. Steve is a [...]
1 event,
2 events,
Kesher Pickleball
Kesher Pickleball
Kesher Beginner and Advanced Beginner Pickleball Lessons for 6 weeks at JKST in Narberth. Contact Abbe Miller with questions or email kesher@bethamisrael.org.
2 events,
Rosh HaShanah
Rosh HaShanah begins Wednesday evening, October 2 and ends the evening of Friday, October 4. For a full BAI holiday schedule, please click here.
30 Minute Music Meditation
30 Minute Music Meditation
Practice the art of simply listening and noticing. Weather permitting outdoors in our Ya’ar (woods). Always on zoom
1 event,
2 events,
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday Night/Kabbalat Shabbat: Informal, casual, spirited and soulful. Creating sacred time in your sacred space Our Musical Kabbalat Shabbat service offers a contemplative and uplifting prayer with melodies and niggunim set to [...]
6 events,
Meditative Quiet Sit
Meditative Quiet Sit
Start your Shabbat morning at BAI with…quiet. Join Hazzan Harold and Rabbi David for a meditative quiet sit. Weather permitting in the Ya’ar. We will have handouts with prompts, quotes, [...]
Tefilah B’Kavanah
Tefilah B’Kavanah
Led by Hazzan Harold, this is our weekly Shabbat morning offering of intentional musical prayer, with spirited song, chant and meditation. Our aim is to allow for deep, uninterrupted, joyful [...]
Torah Study via Zoom
Torah Study via Zoom
A lively, open conversation focused on the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi David. All are welcome. Presently, we study online, via Zoom. “Our Torah study group is a place where [...]
Shorashim Shabbat
Shorashim Shabbat
Shabbat at Beth Am Israel offers a family-centered, community experience. All families are welcome and encouraged to join in celebrating Shabbat and learning with us on Saturday mornings. Shorashim Shabbat [...]
Shabbat Morning Services
Shabbat Morning Services
Blends traditional prayer modes with contemporary melodies and niggunin and features acoustic music in the early part of the service and a more traditional approach in the later parts of our [...]
Kesher Walking Group – Shabbat Walk
Kesher Walking Group – Shabbat Walk
We’ve had several requests to add a Shabbat walk to our program. We scouted out a route that is approximately 2 miles with minimal hills in walking distance to the [...]
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