Please note that we will not be holding regular Shabbat morning service at CBI this weekend. Instead, all are welcome to attend Shabbat services at: Hevreh of Southern Berkshire — Kabbalat Shabbat (9/2) & Shabbat morning (9/3) services over Zoom Knesset Israel — Shabbat morning service in Pittsfield, MA & over Zoom (9/3) Temple Anshe […]
Join us on Friday night as we light candles and welcome Shabbat with prayer and song. Let go of the week, breathe in the "extra soul" that Shabbat brings, and let poetry and melody begin to replenish heart and soul.
Please note that our Selichot Service, originally scheduled for Saturday evening, has been CANCELED. Instead, members and friends of CBI are invited to join Selichot Zoom Services at Temple Beth-El of City Island, led by Rabbi David Markus, on Friday, September 23 at 7:30pm (EDT). For Zoom information, please click here.
We invite you to our annual Cemetery Service 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. That service will be followed by our celebration […]
Please note that we will not be holding regular Shabbat morning service at CBI this weekend. Instead, all are welcome to attend Shabbat services at: Congregation Beth El — Torah Discussion with Peter Rubin (9/24 @ 10am) in Bennington, VT Hevreh of Southern Berkshire — Kabbalat Shabbat (9/23 @ 6pm) & Shabbat morning (9/24 @ […]
Our Erev Rosh Hashanah celebration this year will once again be a Rosh Hashanah seder interwoven with the evening service over Zoom, featuring symbolic foods and drinks to cue up the inner journey of entering the new year. We'll be joined by Rabbi David Markus and members of Temple Beth El of City Island, as […]
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 by no later than Friday, September 16; you must be vaccinated and masked in order to attend. Please note that […]
Please join us for our annual contemplative Rosh Hashanah II morning service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist Ziva Larson. Our second day service is typically more contemplative and less liturgical. All are welcome! Those who wish to attend onsite must RSVP by no later than Friday, September 16; you […]
Join us for a contemplative Shabbat Shuvah, led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat. We'll move through an abbreviated morning liturgy slowly and with time for silence as we focus on the inner work of teshuvah, repentance / return / re-alignment. There will be an opportunity to say Mourner's Kaddish in full. All are welcome! Those who […]
