Please join us over Zoom for our annual Shemini Atzeret service. We'll share the prayers of the morning service, including the praise-songs of Hallel. We'll also offer the Yizkor memorial prayers that we recite in memory of our dead four times a year (on Pesach, Shavuot, Yom Kippur, and Shemini Atzeret). Please note this service […]
This event has been canceled; instead, our Hebrew School will celebrate Simchat Torah during class. Please check out our calendar for other upcoming events! Join us for a family-friendly celebration of Simchat Torah, our festival of "Rejoicing in the Torah!" We will carefully unroll a Torah scroll; Rabbi Rachel will offer personalized blessings based on […]
Please join us for our annual Selichot service, led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat. Our choir members Justin Sundell-Thomas and Ryan O'Donnell will be sharing some piyyutim (prayer-poems) from the Sefardic tradition during the service. All are welcome! Those who wish to attend onsite must RSVP via our website. For those who wish to join us […]
We invite you to our annual Service of Remembrance at the Beth Israel Cemetery (512 Walker Street in Clarksburg, MA). Whether or not your loved ones are buried in this cemetery, please join us for a short outdoor mincha (afternoon) service with opportunities for reflective prayer and memory. Please bring your own folding / camp […]
Please join us for our annual Erev Rosh Hashanah service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member & cantorial soloist Ziva Larson. In our tradition of inviting CBI members to speak during the evening's service, Dr. Suzanne Graver, Sandy Ryan, and Dr. Len Radin will offer mini-sermonettes on the the theme of "Returning." All […]
Please join us for our annual Rosh Hashanah I morning service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist Ziva Larson. All are welcome! Those who wish to attend onsite must RSVP via our website. Please note that onsite parking will be limited. If you are able to walk, please park in the […]
Celebrate the New Year with story, prayer, movement, and music with Jewish families and an incredible view. We'll enjoy a locally catered lunch and walk to a nearby stream for tashlich. Located at a private home in Shaftsbury, VT. For more information and to RSVP, please contact [email protected].
Due to unseasonably cold weather impacting our local orchards, our Rosh Hashanah Family Apple Picking event (originally scheduled for Sunday, September 17) has been CANCELED. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and wish your family a sweet new year.
Please join us for our annual Rosh Hashanah II morning service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist Ziva Larson. On the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the sermon / teaching will be offered by Jewish educator Emily Rogal, who will be teaching our Meaning & Mishnah class later this fall. (Find […]
The Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is called Shabbat Shuvah — "The Shabbat of Return." The high holiday season can feel full of words and liturgy. This Shabbat aims to balance that with holy quiet. This year we'll return to our deepest selves with a gentle contemplative service featuring minimal liturgy, ample time […]
Join us for Kol Nidre evening service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist Ziva Larson. All are welcome! Before Kol Nidre, CBI member Adam Green will play contemplative / classical music on the synagogue piano for half an hour beginning at 6pm — please join us in-person or on Zoom […]
Please join us for our annual Yom Kippur morning service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist Ziva Larson. All are welcome! Yizkor memorial service will take place at the end of morning service. To submit names for this year’s Yizkor Memorial Book, please visit bit.ly/CBI-Yizkor-2023. (Deadline: Friday, September 8, 2023) […]
