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​Welcome to Temple B'nai Brith in Somerville!

​We are an independent egalitarian congregation. 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. 
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Even when our building is closed our community is here for you.
​Click here for COVID-19 updates
HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES ARE
IN-PERSON AND ON ZOOM
​WITH TICKETS 
COVID Accommodations and Restrictions Apply
FREE TOT AND FAMILY HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES
Membership Includes Free
​High Holiday Tickets
Non-member High Holiday Tickets Available
Registration Required for
​Free Family & Tot Services
​MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES ARE STILL ONLINE...
Join us for Shabbat...
​​Kabbalat Shabbat Services Online
​every Friday ​6:30-7:30 pm 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/402001665pwd=dWk4NjUwa0JqTWh5NkdzS1QvUUR1UT09

Shabbat Morning Services
every Saturday 9:30 am
On Zoom only in July and August
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/512688492?pwd=TEhDT3pmS2tiZTBSaG5WdGxUU09iQT09

Click here for latest COVID-19 guidelines.
​Click here for lay leader sign up.
Click here to download the siddur for Shabbat services.
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Family Shabbat Service
In-person outdoors in the tent!
10:00 am July 30th
Click here to let us know you're coming!
Tuesday Torah Study Online
On Summer Break. Check back for Fall restart.
8:00-9:00am Tuesday mornings
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/682672459
Join Temple B'nai Brith's weekly Torah study! Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz will lead a short, informal ​​discussion of the weekly Torah portion. No Hebrew or previous knowledge is necessary. Contact rabbieliana@gmail.com for more info.​
Library Committee Seeking Volunteers
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Do you enjoy organizing, books and reading, learning about Jewish history, and exploring the history of TBB in particular? Have you been looking for a volunteer opportunity? If so, consider joining the TBB  Library Committee! We are looking for volunteers who are organized, detail-oriented, book and history lovers who can help us whip the library into shape and turn it into a snazzy lending library. Bonus points if you are well-versed in religious texts, like reading Jewish literature of any sort, and won't be triggered by the idea of potentially throwing away books!

Please email gabitoth1979@gmail.com if you're interested. Gabi will get back to you after that deadline to set up a meeting, tell you about what we're up to with the library, and get going.

Community Quilt
Back in the Fall of 2020 we asked our members to imagine a vibrant quilt welcoming everyone who enters TBB- one that expresses the diverse, creative, and inclusive spirit of our community. As part of the Reimagining TBB effort, we invited our community members to reflect on a moment, a story, an image - past, present, or future - that expresses a way that TBB matters, then create a quilt square representing it. And they did! 
TBB members unleashed their creativity to create thirty-six (double chai) quilt squares, and now we have two quilt panels that express those reflections. On Friday, April 23, 2021, the assembled quilts were presented to the community during a special Shabbat Service.
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Click here to see the work and read the stories sewn into our amazing Community Quilt!
Inclusion
Our Community welcomes the participation of interfaith couples and families, and people of all abilities, backgrounds, and sexual orientations.
Accessibility
Temple B'nai Brith is proud to be wheelchair accessible. Our accessible entrance is at the rear of the building and equipped with an intercom system. The accessible restroom is located at the front of the building on the ground level. Our elevator provides access to all three levels.
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