Please note that we will not be holding regular Shabbat morning service at CBI this weekend. Instead, please plan to join us at Shabbat Across the Berkshires on Friday, June 20 at 6pm at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire! Pre-registration is requested for those who wish to attend onsite; a livestream will also be available.
Join Rabbi Rachel and members of the CBI community as we creatively "respond" to Torah through art! All are welcome to attend — you do not need to be fluent in Hebrew, a Torah scholar, or an "artist" in order to participate!
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 Wednesday, June 25 at 7:30pm (EDT). We will discuss Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari, winner of the 2025 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. A young Yemeni Israeli woman learns of her mother’s secret romance in a dramatic journey through lost family stories, revealing the unbreakable bond between a mother and a daughter in the debut novel of an award-winning literary voice.
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.
Join Rabbi Rachel on Shabbat morning July 5 for a special Independence Weekend Shabbat! We'll pray using some familiar American tunes, and we'll hear an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence chanted in the melody we use for chanting haftorah. Come celebrate Shabbat and uplift our American Jewish values together!
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 we will not be holding regular Shabbat morning service at CBI this weekend. Instead, please plan to join us for Shabbat at Windsor Lake on Friday, July 18 at 5pm!
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.
Enjoy a relaxed hangout and BBQ picnic by the lake, and welcome Shabbat with rhythm and song at Windsor Lake in North Adams, MA! We’ll cook up local organic beef hamburgers and kosher hotdogs (vegetarian option included by request) and you can bring your favorite summer side dish to share. Please bring your own picnic […]
Join us in Jewish tradition’s deep dive into communal mourning as we remember the destruction of both Temples and many other tragedies and traumas throughout our history and persisting in our present. Tisha B’Av is the spiritual “low point” of the year; from here, we begin the seven-week ascent toward the Days of Awe. There will be an opportunity to say Mourner’s Kaddish in full during this Zoom service.
BeAware, SCN's Introduction to Situational Awareness Course, will teach you how to recognize suspicious or potentially dangerous behavior and threats, and what to do – whether you are in a synagogue, at school, or going about your day. This training is free for all to attend; please register in advance via our website if you plan to join us.
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.
