☆ To join us ONLINE, please click here to register via Zoom. After a lot of thought and discussion, the Board has voted on revisions to the CBI Bylaws. The proposed changes to the Bylaws can be viewed here. We will be holding an open meeting to discuss them on Wednesday, May 8 at 7:30pm (EDT). This […]
Join us on Shabbat morning as we celebrate Shabbat with prayer, song, and poetry. We'll hear some words of Torah (and some words about Torah) as we bask in Shabbat's sweetness. Our spiritual tools include traditional liturgy, contemporary poetry, chant, and song… as well as the spectacular views from our sanctuary, which connect us with […]
Please note that this event, originally scheduled for Saturday, May 4, has been rescheduled due to illness — we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please plan to join us instead on Saturday, May 18 at 10am. Join us for a special family Shabbat service to celebrate Shabbat in community as we interweave […]
Please note that this service will be held over Zoom only. Join us on Shabbat morning as we celebrate Shabbat with prayer, song, and poetry. We'll hear some words of Torah (and some words about Torah) as we bask in Shabbat's sweetness. Those joining digitally are invited to purchase a digital copy of the siddur […]
☆ To join us IN-PERSON, please click on the blue “Going” button on this page to RSVP. (left side on desktop; bottom on mobile) ☆ To join us ONLINE, please click here to register via Zoom. At our 2023 Annual Meeting last November, the congregation agreed to move our Annual Meeting to May in order […]
Join us on Shabbat morning as we celebrate Shabbat with prayer, song, and poetry. We'll hear some words of Torah (and some words about Torah) as we bask in Shabbat's sweetness. Our spiritual tools include traditional liturgy, contemporary poetry, chant, and song… as well as the spectacular views from our sanctuary, which connect us with […]
Join us for a screening of Seeing Through the Wall: Meeting Ourselves in Palestine and Israel (2017, 58 min.), followed by an open-hearted, thoughtful dialogue about the film, our responses to it, and our hopes for Israel and Palestine. Filmmaker Anne Macksoud and Rabbi Dov Taylor, the rabbi who led the trip chronicled in the […]
Our June meeting of the CBI Book Club will take place over Zoom on Monday, June 3 at 7:30pm (EDT) to discuss Apeirogon by Colum McCann (Penguin Random House, 2020; translated into Hebrew in 2022). A daring, symphonic, and challenging novel, named for a shape with a countably infinite number of sides, it features two […]
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: Friday, June 7 @ 5:45pm: Shabbat Across the Berkshires 2024 — Join with friends from across the Berkshire Jewish Community at Knesset Israel as we come together for a musical, family-friendly Shabbat […]
Join us for a concert of great Jewish music from throughout the ages! At Shavuot we celebrate the revelation of Torah in all of its forms, and we gather to offer up the “first fruits” of the spring harvest. We’ll hear great music, both Sefardic and Ashkenazi, that spans different eras of Jewish history, including […]
Join us on Shabbat morning as we celebrate Shabbat with prayer, song, and poetry. We'll hear some words of Torah (and some words about Torah) as we bask in Shabbat's sweetness. Our spiritual tools include traditional liturgy, contemporary poetry, chant, and song… as well as the spectacular views from our sanctuary, which connect us with […]
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.
