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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.​​ 

Join us ONLINE for...
​Kabbalat Shabbat Services: every Friday 6:30-7:15pm 
Shabbat morning services: every Saturday 10-11:30am 
Click here to download the siddur for these services
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ALL PROGRAMS ARE CURRENTLY ONLINE 
​Click here for COVID-19 updates
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929: Learning TaNaKh Together Online
Every other Saturday: 8:45-9:45 am
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Always wanted to read the entire Bible? Wondering what happens after the people of Israel leave Egypt and arrive in the Promised Land? Now is your chance! TBB is participating in Project 929 – Reading the Hebrew Bible Together! We will read five chapters each week, and discuss ONLINE every other week. We also have an email group and Facebook group where discussion questions keep the conversation going as we read between sessions.
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The Thirteen Petalled Rose: An Exploration of Judaism Through a Mystical Lens
Bi-weekly: Sundays 1:00-2:00pm & Thursdays 7:00-8:00pm
April 5, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30; May 3, 7, 10, 14
taught by Rabbi Eliana via Zoom

This online course will use Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’ book The Thirteen Petalled Rose as our guide. The book addresses topics such as good and evil; Divine revelation; the human soul; holiness; ethical ways of life; the Torah and its commandments; the search for the self; and the nature of spiritual worlds and their relationship to the physical.

Community Check-In via Zoom
7:00pm Monday and 5:30pm Thursday

Monday and Thursday Community check-ins via Zoom will continue as long as we are all tucked safely in our homes. For zoom link check your inbox. 
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Tot Shabbat​ Online
Tot Shabbat continues ONLINE 
Is your child too young to sit through a full service?
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Tot Shabbat is a short service for young children (preschool-kindergarten) and their families. Led by Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz, we sing and dance our way through a short and simplified service, and listen to a Shabbat story.
Reading with the Rabbi Online
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The Weight of Ink​​
by Rachel Kadish
7pm Wednesday, April 29
     Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history.   
     As the novel opens, Helen has been summoned by a former student to view a cache of seventeenth-century Jewish documents newly discovered in his home during a renovation. Enlisting the help of Aaron Levy, an American graduate student as impatient as he is charming, and in a race with another fast-moving team of historians, Helen embarks on one last project: to determine the identity of the documents’ scribe, the elusive “Aleph.”  
     Electrifying and ambitious, sweeping in scope and intimate in tone, The Weight of Ink is a sophisticated work of historical fiction about women separated by centuries, and the choices and sacrifices they must make in order reconcile the life of the heart and mind.
​Torah (not) at Panera Online
We will meet ONLINE for the time being. 
8-9am Tuesday mornings
Join Temple B'nai Birth'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.
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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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To learn more about membership: membership@templebnaibrith.org
For the 20s and 30s group: tbb20s30s@gmail.com
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