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.
Instrument players ages 7 and older who are able to follow musical notation or chords are invited to gather with their parents for our first rehearsal of CBI & Nefesh's High Holiday Band! Rehearsals will take place at a private home in Lanesborough, MA; for further details, please contact [email protected].
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.
Instrument players ages 7 and older who are able to follow musical notation or chords are invited to gather with their parents for our second rehearsal of CBI & Nefesh's High Holiday Band! Rehearsals will take place at a private home in Lanesborough, MA; for further details, please contact [email protected].
Please join us for our annual Selichot service, led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat. All are welcome!
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 […]
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.
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.
Calling all musical children and parents! Children of all musical ability levels are invited to gather with their parents for our final rehearsal of CBI & Nefesh's High Holiday Band! Rehearsals will take place at a private home in Lanesborough, MA; for further details, please contact [email protected].
Please note that we will not be holding regular Shabbat morning service at CBI this weekend.
Celebrate the sweetness of the Jewish New Year at the Bennington Community Market! We’ll bake delicious apple cake using freshly picked, local apples before heading outdoors to the farmer’s market to share the spirit of Rosh Hashanah with others by offering samples of our homemade apple cake and filling the air with joyful Rosh Hashanah and Shabbat melodies at the mic. All ages welcome!
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.
