Join members of Temple Beth El of City Island, Beacon Hebrew Alliance, and Congregation Beth Israel for four weeks of learning about the deep meanings of shofar (and how to blow one, too!) What does Torah teach about shofar? What does Talmud tell us about how to make one? What do our mystics teach about […]
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.
Join with other families as we pick apples together and enjoy Rosh Hashanah story time. We'll meet at Terry's Orchard in Bennington, VT. CBI teacher Jane Shiyah and Rabbi Jarah Greenfield will lead blessings and “sweet” holiday story time as we learn about the holiday. Of course, we will cherish the sweetness of the new […]
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 […]
Starting August 7, we'll launch Jewish tradition's seven-week journey up to Rosh Hashanah. Using the Kabbalistic Tree of Life and mussar (Jewish character traits), we'll use each week to connect with one of the sefirot (energy centers, like the seven weeks of counting Omer between Passover and Shavuot, except in reverse), and deepen inner practices to prepare heart, […]
After a summer break, the CBI Book Club will be meeting again via Zoom on September 22 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. For the September meeting, we will discuss The Book of Separation: A Memoir by Tova Mirvis, described by the The New York Times as "an intimate tale of departure" that "movingly conveys the heartache […]
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 […]
Join us for Kol Nidre evening service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist Ziva Larson. Before Kol Nidre, CBI member Adam Green will play contemplative / classical music on the synagogue piano for half an hour beginning at 5:45pm — please join us in-person or on Zoom for music to […]
