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  • Mona in the Promised Land by Gish Jen

    CBI Book Club | NEW DATE!

    Featured
    Virtual Event (Zoom)

    Our next meeting of the CBI Book Club, facilitated by Dr. Suzanne Levy Graver, Professor Emerita at Williams College, will take place over Zoom on Monday, September 15 at 7:30pm (EDT). We will discuss Mona in the Promised Land by Gish Jen. Chinese-American teenager Mona Chang moves with her newly prosperous family to posh Scarshill, New York in 1968, where she is suddenly thrust into a new social landscape and does her best to fit in – even if it means converting to Judaism.

    Free
  • Runway to the High Holy Days 5786: "The Seven Habits of Highly Evolved People" with Rabbi Rachel Barenblat & Rabbi David Evan Markus. Seven Tuesdays at 7pm over Zoom beginning August 5. Free for members of Congregation Beth Israel & Congregation Shir Ami; $120 for non-members.

    Runway to the High Holy Days 5786: Seven Habits of Highly Evolved People

    Featured Runway to the High Holy Days 5786
    Virtual Event (Zoom)

    Join Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and Rabbi David Evan Markus of Congregation Shir Ami for this year's seven-week journey to the High Holy Days! Members of CBI & Shir Ami are able to attend for free; the cost of the full seven-week course for non-members is $120. Registration is required in order to receive the Zoom information.

  • Erev Rosh Hashanah

    Erev Rosh Hashanah Evening Service 5786

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Please join us for our annual Erev Rosh Hashanah service, led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat with support from CBI musicians and choir. All are welcome! Expect poetry, prayer, harmony, melodies both traditional and contemporary, and an introduction to this year’s high holiday theme.

    Free
  • Rosh Hashanah I with Tashlich

    Rosh Hashanah I Morning Service 5786

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Please join us for our Rosh Hashanah I morning service, led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and Rabbi Jarah Greenfield. Blowing of the Shofar and Tashlich will follow. Please note that onsite parking for this service will be limited.

    Free
  • Rosh Hashanah II "Four Worlds"

    Rosh Hashanah II 5786 “Four Worlds” Morning Service

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Join us for a creative / interpretive Four Worlds service featuring silent meditation, song / chant, Torah study, and the hearing of shofar. There will be minimal liturgy at this service as we focus on entering the new year experientially in body, heart, mind, and spirit. All are welcome!

    Free
  • The Shabbat of Return

    Contemplative Shabbat Shuvah Service

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Join us for a contemplative, chant-based service led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat. On this “Shabbat of Return” between the two holidays, our service will feature an even more stripped-down liturgy and a lot of opportunity for sacred silence. All are welcome!

    Free

  • Kol Nidre

    Kol Nidre 5786 Evening Service

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Join us for Kol Nidre evening service, led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat with support from the CBI choir and community musicians. Please plan to arrive by 5:50pm, as our service will begin promptly at 6pm so that the singing of Kol Nidre takes place before sundown. Yizkor candles will be available to light prior to the start of the evening's service. Please note that onsite parking for this service will be limited.

    Free
  • Yom Kippur Morning

    Yom Kippur 5786 Morning Service with Yizkor

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Please join us for our annual Yom Kippur morning service, led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and Rabbi Jarah Greenfield, with support from community musicians and choir. Yizkor / Memorial Service will take place at the end of morning service. Please note that onsite parking for this service will be limited.

    Free
  • Yom Kippur Minchah & Avodah

    Yom Kippur 5786 Minchah & Avodah Service

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Join us as we delve into re-living ancient rituals, hearing the Yom Kippur afternoon Torah reading and its powerful themes of loving our neighbor as we love ourselves, and experiencing the Book of Jonah in a creative new way. All are welcome!

    Free
  • Yom Kippur Ne'ilah

    Yom Kippur 5786 Ne’ilah Service

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Our final service of the day will take place in the small sanctuary with lights turned off so we can feel the increasing urgency of our prayers as the sky begins to dim. There will be an opportunity for each of us to stand before the open Ark and whisper whatever we most need to say. All are welcome!

    Free
  • Shemini Atzeret

    Shemini Atzeret Service with Yizkor | Zoom Only

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Virtual Event (Zoom)

    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.

  • Soul Spa with Congregation Beth Israel & Congregation Shir Ami

    Soul Spa | Zoom Torah Study

    Virtual Event (Zoom)

    Join us for our new Shabbat morning Zoom Torah study every Saturday! Jointly led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat (CBI) and by Rabbi David Markus (Congregation Shir Ami), we’ll be exploring […]