Upcoming Family Events

Join us in creating beautiful Chanukah decorations to brighten our town this winter! We’ll meet in Bennington VT to craft decorative art pieces featuring inspiring Jewish quotes for public display, sharing the light of Chanukah with the wider community. All ages are welcome — come help us shine a little brighter this Chanukah! To participate in this project, please RSVP via our website by no later than Monday, December 1.

Join us for a special family Shabbat service to celebrate Shabbat in community as we interweave the morning service with opportunities for our Jewish Journeys students to share what they have learned. Pasta donations for the Berkshire Food Project will be collected, so please bring an unopened box of pasta with you to contribute to our cause.

Join the CBI choir and musicians for a celebration of the Festival of Lights with music both old and new! Musical selections will include traditional Ashkenazi and Sephardi Chanukah songs as well as contemporary compositions. We’ll close with a family-friendly singalong featuring some favorite Chanukah tunes. After the concert, we’ll segue into potluck refreshments, dreidels and gelt, and kid-friendly Chanukah arts and crafts; please bring a contribution for the potluck table.

We'll gather for a community candle lighting in Bennington VT, dedicate our Chanukah art project, and enjoy homemade sufganiyot! All ages are welcome — come help us shine a little brighter this Chanukah! To participate in this project, please RSVP via our website by no later than Monday, December 1.

Come help cook a community meal at Second Congregational Church in Bennington, VT! Grateful Hearts will provide the main course and we'll be providing a salad and dessert. Please RSVP online if your family plans to attend.

The Bible Players are a Torah Comedy team that teaches Jewish Values through theater and improv to infuse comedy and laughs into tales from the Torah and beyond. Come see them in action at CBI as they bring their unique and interactive show to all ages! Children, parents, and adults of any age are welcome to attend; please RSVP in advance.

Bring Purim joy to homebound seniors and community members by baking fresh Hamantaschen and delivering misloach manot packages! This event will be held offsite in Bennington, VT.

Join the CBI community and Rabbi Rachel in your favorite costume as we re-enact the Purim story, drown out the name of Haman, and rejoice in the “light and honor” the megillah promises will be our people’s future. Please bring a (vegetarian / dairy) dish to share. We’ll nosh on an early supper followed by a spirited retelling of the megillah of Esther and wrap up the evening with homemade hamentaschen!