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Welcome to Temple B'nai Brith in Somerville!

Our building is currently closed, but our community is here for you.

​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 6:45-7:30pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/402001665?pwd=dWk4NjUwa0JqTWh5NkdzS1QvUUR1UT09
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Shabbat morning services: every Saturday 9:30am-12:00pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/512688492?pwd=TEhDT3pmS2tiZTBSaG5WdGxUU09iQT09

Click here to download the siddur for these services
Use the Donate button below to make a donation to TBB online. If your gift honors or memorializes someone, or you are donating for a particular purpose, please use the drop down menu, the optional notes section, or an email to tbb@templebnaibrith.org, to let us know.
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ALL PROGRAMS ARE CURRENTLY ONLINE 
​Click here for COVID-19 updates
High Holidays 5781

Holiday services will be online. Members will be sent remote access information by email. Click here to become a member or renew your membership.

Get ready for the high holidays by listening to melodies recorded by Phil Weiss! Click here to listen to Rosh HaShanah melodies. ​Click here to listen to Kol Nidre melodies.

NEW! Community Chats (with Rabbi Eliana) via Zoom
7:00-8:00pm Thursdays
​https://us02web.zoom.us/j/838302101

Community check in is turning into COMMUNITY CHATS. Each week, on Thurday, we will have a different topic of discussion and we hope you would drop in for any topic that sounds interesting to you. This week on July 23rd the topic is: Jewish values - is it a thing? Come share your thoughts with us. We are also moving back to our previous time 7:00-8:00pm.
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929: Learning TaNaKh Together Online
Every other Saturday: 8:45-9:45am
​https://us02web.zoom.us/j/98641348189?pwd=WUozTTlaL09yWVBoZkFBRDBSeFlLdz09

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.
​Torah (not) at Panera Online
We will meet ONLINE for the time being. 
8:00-9:00am Tuesday mornings  
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/682672459

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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Reading With the Rabbi
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People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks
7pm Wednesday, August 19th
     In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. When Hanna, a caustic loner with a passion for her work, discovers a series of tiny artifacts in its ancient binding—an insect wing fragment, wine stains, salt crystals, a white hair—she begins to unlock the book’s mysteries. The reader is ushered into an exquisitely detailed and atmospheric past, tracing the book’s journey from its salvation back to its creation.
​     In Bosnia during World War II, a Muslim risks his life to protect it from the Nazis. In the hedonistic salons of fin-de-siècle Vienna, the book becomes a pawn in the struggle against the city’s rising anti-Semitism. In inquisition-era Venice, a Catholic priest saves it from burning. In Barcelona in 1492, the scribe who wrote the text sees his family destroyed by the agonies of enforced exile. And in Seville in 1480, the reason for the Haggadah’s extraordinary illuminations is finally disclosed. Hanna’s investigation unexpectedly plunges her into the intrigues of fine art forgers and ultra-nationalist fanatics. Her experiences will test her belief in herself and the man she has come to love.
     Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is at once a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity, an ambitious, electrifying work by an acclaimed and beloved author
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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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​To join our Google group, where members and friends of TBB can share and discuss news and events of interest (such as Somerville happenings, other Jewish programs, arts, culture, etc.) please click here.
Click here for statement from the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis on the murder of George Floyd
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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.