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SUMMARY:NEW DATE! | Wine & Cheese Tu BiShvat Seder (Registration Deadline: 1/23)
DESCRIPTION:Please note that the registration deadline for this event has passed. If you have not yet registered but would like to attend\, or if you have already registered but are no longer able to attend\, please email the office as soon as possible. Thank you for understanding! \nJoin Rabbi Rachel and the CBI community for a special wine-and-cheese tasting aligned with the four seasons\, the Four Worlds of Jewish mysticism\, and the journey through the spiritual year that is central to Tu BiShvat\, the New Year of the Trees! We’ll bless and taste four wines (or juices) and cheeses alongside the customary tree fruits and nuts as we celebrate the sap rising outside and the spiritual energies of spring’s renewal rising within us. \n$18 admission fee covers wines / juice\, cheeses\, tree fruits\, and an immersive seder experience to delight both the taste buds and the soul. \n☆ This event is designed for adults — kids will have their own Tu BiShvat celebration during Jewish Journeys.
URL:https://cbiberkshires.com/event/tbs-2026/
LOCATION:Congregation Beth Israel\, 53 Lois Street\, North Adams\, MA\, 01247\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Programming,Holiday Programming,Onsite,Paid Tickets Required,Services
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SUMMARY:First Friday Shabbat Zoom Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our monthly gathering around the Virtual Shabbat Table! We will gather together to share community and conversation as we celebrate the Jewish traditions of Shabbat\, light the candles\, and bless the wine and challah. Stay connected with CBI friends and neighbors\, or meet new ones\, as we enjoy the joys of fellowship and comfort of camaraderie.
URL:https://cbiberkshires.com/event/first-friday-02-2026/
LOCATION:Virtual Event (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Adult Programming,Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="Congregation Beth Israel":MAILTO:office@cbiberkshires.com
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T211138Z
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SUMMARY:Shabbat Morning Service
DESCRIPTION: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 the natural world and with our Source.
URL:https://cbiberkshires.com/event/shabbat-am-2026-02-07/
LOCATION:Congregation Beth Israel\, 53 Lois Street\, North Adams\, MA\, 01247\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online,Onsite,Services
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ORGANIZER;CN="Congregation Beth Israel":MAILTO:office@cbiberkshires.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260207T113000
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SUMMARY:Soul Spa | Zoom Torah Study
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our new Shabbat morning Zoom Torah study every Saturday! Led by Rabbi David Markus (Congregation Shir Ami)\, we’ll be exploring the weekly parsha through the lens of women’s commentaries and midrash. If anyone is observing a yahrzeit and needs to say kaddish\, we’ll close with Mourner’s Kaddish. \n☆ Please click here to join us online in Shir Ami’s Zoom room; all sessions will also be archived on Shir Ami’s website.
URL:https://cbiberkshires.com/event/ts-2026-02-07/
LOCATION:Virtual Event (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online,Services
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ORGANIZER;CN="Congregation Beth Israel":MAILTO:office@cbiberkshires.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T190000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED | Kabbalat Shabbat Service
DESCRIPTION:Please note that this week’s Kabbalat Shabbat Service has been cancelled due to illness. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this change may have caused — thank you for understanding! \nThose who still wish to write a personalized postcard to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture about the importance of SNAP benefits as part of MAZON‘s National Hunger Shabbat may do so digitally by filling out their Google Form. \nFor more information about ways to combat food insecurity locally by donating and volunteering\, please visit the websites for the Al Nelson Friendship Center Food Pantry and the Berkshire Food Project.
URL:https://cbiberkshires.com/event/ks-2026-02-13/
CATEGORIES:Announcements,Services
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ORGANIZER;CN="Congregation Beth Israel":MAILTO:office@cbiberkshires.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260214T113000
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SUMMARY:Soul Spa | Zoom Torah Study
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our new Shabbat morning Zoom Torah study every Saturday! Jointly led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat (CBI) and by Rabbi David Markus (Congregation Shir Ami)\, we’ll be exploring the weekly parsha through the lens of women’s commentaries and midrash. If anyone is observing a yahrzeit and needs to say kaddish\, we’ll close with Mourner’s Kaddish. \n☆ Please click here to join us online in Shir Ami’s Zoom room; all sessions will also be archived on Shir Ami’s website.
URL:https://cbiberkshires.com/event/ts/2026-02-14/
LOCATION:Virtual Event (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online,Services
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ORGANIZER;CN="Congregation Beth Israel":MAILTO:office@cbiberkshires.com
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SUMMARY:CBI Book Club
DESCRIPTION: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 Thursday\, February 19 at 7:30pm (EST). \nWe will discuss The Photographer at Sixteen: The Death and Life of a Fighter by George Szirtes. \nThe Photographer at Sixteen is a poet’s memoir of his mother that flows backwards through time\, through a tumultuous period of European history – a tender and yet unsparing autobiographical journey. In July 1975\, Magda Szirtes died in the ambulance on the way to hospital after she had tried to take her own life; the memoir spools into the past\, through her exile in England\, her flight with her husband and two young boys from Hungary in 1956 and her time in two concentration camps\, her girlhood as an ambitious photographer\, and the unknowable fate of her vanished family in Transylvania. The woman who emerges – with all her contradictions – is utterly captivating. \nAll are welcome! This book is available to purchase online in multiple formats. Those who plan on joining us should RSVP via our website; Zoom information will be sent to all who RSVP once the date gets closer.
URL:https://cbiberkshires.com/event/book-club-feb-2026/
LOCATION:Virtual Event (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Adult Programming,Online
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SUMMARY:Kabbalat Shabbat Service | ZOOM ONLY
DESCRIPTION:Due to the weather\, this service will be held via Zoom only — thank you for understanding! \nAll are welcome as we celebrate Shabbat together over Zoom with prayer\, song\, poetry\, and heart. Expect music\, poetry\, Torah teaching\, and an opportunity to ritually let go of the week as we move together into sacred time. \nPlease check our weekly announcements for information on how to attend online via Zoom.
URL:https://cbiberkshires.com/event/ks-2026-02-20/
LOCATION:Congregation Beth Israel\, 53 Lois Street\, North Adams\, MA\, 01247\, United States
CATEGORIES:Announcements,Online,Services
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ORGANIZER;CN="Congregation Beth Israel":MAILTO:office@cbiberkshires.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T113000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T184253Z
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SUMMARY:Soul Spa | Zoom Torah Study
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our new Shabbat morning Zoom Torah study every Saturday! Jointly led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat (CBI) and by Rabbi David Markus (Congregation Shir Ami)\, we’ll be exploring the weekly parsha through the lens of women’s commentaries and midrash. If anyone is observing a yahrzeit and needs to say kaddish\, we’ll close with Mourner’s Kaddish. \n☆ Please click here to join us online in Shir Ami’s Zoom room; all sessions will also be archived on Shir Ami’s website.
URL:https://cbiberkshires.com/event/ts/2026-02-21/
LOCATION:Virtual Event (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online,Services
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ORGANIZER;CN="Congregation Beth Israel":MAILTO:office@cbiberkshires.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T100000
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SUMMARY:Bake & Deliver Hamantaschen
DESCRIPTION:Bring Purim joy to homebound seniors and community members by baking fresh Hamantaschen and delivering misloach manot packages! This event will be held in Bennington\, VT; location details will be emailed to those who sign up once the date approaches. \nPlease RSVP if your family plans to attend; for more information\, please contact learning@cbiberkshires.com. \nThis event is a partnership between Congregation Beth Israel & Nefesh\, with major financial support from Sally Gottesman & the Harold Grinspoon Foundation as well as funding from other private donors.
URL:https://cbiberkshires.com/event/hamantaschen-2026/
CATEGORIES:Family Event,Holiday Programming,Offsite
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SUMMARY:Soul Spa | Zoom Torah Study
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our new Shabbat morning Zoom Torah study every Saturday! Jointly led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat (CBI) and by Rabbi David Markus (Congregation Shir Ami)\, we’ll be exploring the weekly parsha through the lens of women’s commentaries and midrash. If anyone is observing a yahrzeit and needs to say kaddish\, we’ll close with Mourner’s Kaddish. \n☆ Please click here to join us online in Shir Ami’s Zoom room; all sessions will also be archived on Shir Ami’s website.
URL:https://cbiberkshires.com/event/ts/2026-02-28/
LOCATION:Virtual Event (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online,Services
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ORGANIZER;CN="Congregation Beth Israel":MAILTO:office@cbiberkshires.com
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