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 for...
Kabbalat Shabbat Services: 6:00pm 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month
Shabbat Morning Services: 9:30am every Saturday
Tot Shabbat Services: 10am Saturdays monthly, September through June
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 for...
Kabbalat Shabbat Services: 6:00pm 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month
Shabbat Morning Services: 9:30am every Saturday
Tot Shabbat Services: 10am Saturdays monthly, September through June
2019 High Holidays 5780
Click here for ticket information Sunday, September 29 Erev Rosh Hashanah Services 6:00 pm Monday, September 30 Rosh Hashanah Services 8:30 am Family Service (ages 6+ and parents) 9:30 am - 10:45 am (REGISTRATION REQUIRED at No Cost. Click Here.) Tot Service (ages 2-5 and parents) 10:00 am - 10:45 am (REGISTRATION REQUIRED at No Cost. Click Here.) Tashlich at Blessing of the Bay Boathouse 4:00 pm - 5:00pm (meet there or walk together from TBB) Mincha and Ma'ariv 5:30 pm Tuesday, October 1 Rosh Hashanah Services Day 2 8:30 am Mincha and Ma'ariv 5:30 pm Tuesday, October 8 Kol Nidre Services 6:00 pm Wednesday, October 9 Yom Kippur Day Services 8:30 am Family Service (ages 6+ and parents) 9:30 am - 10:45 am (REGISTRATION REQUIRED at No Cost. Click Here.) Tot Service (ages 2-5 and parents) 10:00 am - 10:45 am (REGISTRATION REQUIRED at No Cost. Click Here.) Yizkor around 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Recess around 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Community Break Fast 7:15 pm 
Torah at Panera
8-9am Tuesday mornings join us for special sessions September 3, 10 & 17 resuming weekly meetings October 29 at the Porter Square Panera Join us for these informal gatherings to discuss the weekly Torah portion. No Hebrew or previous knowledge is necessary, and you don't need to bring your own book. Come early if you wish to buy yourself coffee or breakfast so that we can start on time. Contact rabbieliana@gmail.com for more info. 
Torah at Panera: Focus on Genesis
a special series with Rabbi Eliana 8 – 9am Tuesdays, Sept. 3, 10, 17 at Porter Square Panera In this short series we will cover the themes from Parashat Bereshit that we never get to cover in our weekly parsha study (because Parshat Bereshit always falls too close to the holidays when we are on break). Please join us for one or more of these. No background knowledge necessary. Sept. 3 - The Biblical Story of Creation Sept. 10 - In God's image - the first humans Sept. 17 - Humans out of the Garden: Cain and Abel 
929: Learning TaNaKh Together
Free of charge Next session 8:45-9:45am September 7 Doors open for coffee and schmoozing at 8:30am 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 joining Project 929 – Reading the Hebrew Bible Together! We will read five chapters each week, and meet every other week to discuss. Feel free to drop in when you are able. We also have an email group and Facebook group where discussion questions keep the conversation going as we read at home. 
Spinning Silver
by Naomi Novak 7pm Wednesday, September 18 at Panera Porter Square Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders... but her father isn't a very good one. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, he has loaned out most of his wife's dowry and left the family on the edge of poverty--until Miryem steps in. Hardening her heart against her fellow villagers' pleas, she sets out to collect what is owed--and finds herself more than up to the task. When her grandfather loans her a pouch of silver pennies, she brings it back full of gold. But having the reputation of being able to change silver to gold can be more trouble than it's worth – especially when her fate becomes tangled with the cold creatures that haunt the wood, and whose king has learned of her reputation and wants to exploit it for reasons Miryem cannot understand. Awe-Some Chanting: Avinu Malkeinu
led by Rabbi Eliana 7pm Sunday, October 6 Join us for an evening of chanting as we try to capture the mood of holiness and introspection of the High Holidays, to create a bridge between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz will teach us a variety of melodies for chanting the Avinu Malkeinu, in an environment that is supportive, forgiving and spiritually uplifting. 
World Religions
taught by Phil Weiss Sundays, 9 – 10:30am Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24; Dec. 8, 15 This will be a course of five lectures and one discussion, introducing the main concepts and practices of five religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. After each lecture, there will be time for questions and discussion. The final session will be reserved for reflection on all five religions in their similarities and differences. Huston Smith's The World's Religions is recommended as a companion text. 
Judaism's Ten Best Ideas
taught by Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz Sundays, 10:45am – Noon Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24; Dec. 8, 15 Does Judaism have something unique to offer a contemporary seeker, free to choose a way of life and a system of values? In his short book, Judaism's 10 Best Ideas, Rabbi Arthur Green, a leading Jewish Theologian, responds with a resounding yes. Join us as we explore these ten special gifts of our tradition, figure out what are the best elements of Judaism in our opinion, and how do we make them significant in our lives? 
taught by Rabbi Eliana Tuesdays, 7 – 8:30pm
Nov 5, 12, 19, 26 Dec 3, 10 With the increase in visible anti-Semitism in the United States, many of us are looking to deepen our understanding of this phenomenon. Join us as we delve into the history of anti-Semitism in the United States and explore together what it means to be Jewish at a time like this. In this class, we will examine the roots of anti-semitism in our country and tackle questions about internalized anti-semitism, inter-generational trauma, community resilience, and different generations’ experience with anti-Semitism. We will look at how anti-Semitism mutates and why it is different from other prejudices. We will discuss how to recognize anti-Semitic tropes, how these tropes evolve, and how we might be able to better determine when critique of Israel is anti-Semitic. We hope this class will also provide a safe forum in which to process how to cope with this shifting reality and how we may support each other. 
Paper is White
by Hilary Zaid 7pm Wednesday, November 20 at Panera Porter Square When oral historian Ellen Margolis and her girlfriend decide to get married, Ellen realizes that she can't go through with a wedding until she tells her grandmother. There's only one problem: her grandmother is dead. As the two young women beat their own early path toward marriage equality, Ellen's longing to plumb that voluminous silence draws her into a clandestine entanglement with a wily Holocaust survivor--a woman with more to hide than tell--and a secret search for buried history. If there is to be a wedding Ellen must decide: How much do you need to share to be true to the one you love? Set in ebullient, 1990s Dot-com era San Francisco, Paper is White is a novel about the gravitational pull of the past and the words we must find to make ourselves whole. 
Do you like receiving the TBB newsletter in the mail? Should the TBB Shofar go electronic?
We are considering discontinuing the paper newsletter soon, in favor of an email version. We may also continue to send the Shofar by mail to those who wish to receive it that way. Please share your thoughts with us on how we should distribute the Shofar, as well as your personal delivery preference, at templebnaibrith.org/newsletter. |
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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. 
Inclusion
Our Community welcomes the participation of interfaith couples and families, and people of all abilities, backgrounds, and sexual orientations. 
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