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Welcome to Temple B'nai Brith in Somerville!
We are an independent egalitarian congregation with historical roots in the Conservative movement. Our membership reflects the wide variety of choices people make in living Jewish lives, and we are respectful of those differences. We welcome all who care about enriching Jewish life in Somerville and surrounding towns. Pride Shabbat and Potluck Dinner June 16 at 6pm
Celebrate June Pride month with us Friday, June 16. Friday night service (beginning 6pm) will include a special D’var Torah and readings to mark Pride month.
Services are followed by a vegetarian potluck dinner. There will be one table for hechshered foods and one table for all other vegetarian foods. Wondering what to bring? Click here. This is also our last potluck of the year (Jewish year that is). We hope you can join us! 
Torah in the Square 8am June 20
Join Temple B'nai Birth's weekly Torah study! We meet once more before our summer break 8-9am on Tuesday, June 20. Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz will lead a short, informal gathering to discuss the weekly Torah portion at the Porter Square Panera. No knowledge of Hebrew necessary and you don't need to bring your own book. Please come early if you wish to buy yourself coffee or breakfast so that we can start on time. Contact rabbieliana@gmail.com for more information. 
Reading with the Rabbi
Waking Lions (2014)by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen translated by Sondra Silverston 7pm Wednesday, June 21 at Panera Porter Square Waking Lions is a gripping tale, an angst-filled thriller exploring large contemporary issues and the meaning of ethical behavior. Dr. Eitan Green is an Israeli neurosurgeon who one night after a long, exhausting hospital shift, is speeding along a deserted road in his SUV and hits someone. Seeing that the man, an African migrant, is beyond help, Eitan flees the scene. It is a decision that changes everything in Eitan’s very structured life and leads him into a world where good and bad blur and great moral ambiguity arises. Written by an award-winning screenwriter, Waking Lions is a you-just-can’t-put-it-down read. 
He, She and It by Marge Piercy
7pm Wednesday, July 19 at Panera Porter Square "A triumph of the imagination. Rich, complex, impossible to put down." Alice Hoffman In the middle of the twenty-first century, life as we know it has changed for all time. Shira Shipman's marriage has broken up, and her young son has been taken from her by the corporation that runs her zone, so she has returned to Tikva, the Jewish free town where she grew up. There, she is welcomed by Malkah, the brilliant grandmother who raised her, and meets an extraordinary man who is not a man at all, but a unique cyborg implanted with intelligence, emotions--and the ability to kill....From the imagination of Marge Piercy comes yet another stunning novel of morality and courage, a bold adventure of women, men, and the world of tomorrow. August Double Feature: One Meeting, Two Graphic Novels
Good Eggs by Phoebe Potts and The Quitter by Harvey Pekar 7pm Wednesday, August 16 at Panera Porter Square 
In the tradition of the acclaimed graphic memoirs Fun Home and Persepolis, Phoebe Potts's Good Eggs is a funny, insightful, and deeply moving book about learning to appreciate what we have...even when we can't seem to get what we want. In Good Eggs, Phoebe's quest to conceive a baby forces her to come to terms with her lapsed Judaism, her aspirations as an artist, her neurotic family, and her depression—happily, all with the support of her true loving husband. Potts's clever, charming, and wonderfully detailed graphic novel evokes the intimacy of Alison Bechdel and the humor of New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast.
In the virtuoso graphic novel The Quitter, Harvey Pekar, whose American Book Award winning series American Splendor was the basis for the celebrated film of the same name, tells the story of his troubled teen years for the first time, when he would beat up any kid who looked at him wrong just to win the praise of his peers. And when he failed to impress, whether on the football team, in math class, in the Navy or on the job, he simply gave up. A true tour-de-force, The Quitter is the universal tale of a young man's search for himself through the frustrations, redemptions and complexities of ordinary life. With gritty, atmospheric artwork by indie-comics luminary Dean Haspiel, this is Pekar's funniest and most heart-wrenching work yet, an unforgettable graphic novel for all those who have tried, failed and lived to quit another day.
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This Week at TBBRemember to bring your kosher raisins and kosher canned fruit for Family Table any time you're coming to TBB!
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