B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation, a Reform Jewish synagogue, is a community that fosters individual, family and congregational spirituality by engaging in worship and prayer, promoting learning on all levels, supporting each others’ needs, bettering our community and our world, and forging connections with worldwide Jewry.
We take pride in being warm, welcoming, informal, progressive, open-minded, diverse, and participatory. We strive to create a vibrant Jewish present, linking our ancient traditions with the promise of the future.
Open House August 1, 2010
YOU’RE INVITED FOR BAGELS!! B’nai Sholom Open House on Aug. 1
Shalom! You and your friends are invited to B’nai Sholom’s Open House, Sunday, August 1, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the synagogue. Fun, food and information on programs for kids and grownups are on the agenda.
B’nai Sholom is kicking off its New Member Drive, and this is the perfect time to introduce family, friends, and acquaintances to everything B’nai Sholom has to offer.
Nosh on free bagels and other goodies, and discuss this year’s Religious School curriculum with Rabbi Cashman and Religious School Director Elizabeth Alowitz.
Or delve into B’nai Sholom’s lifelong learning offerings. The Adult Education Committee loves to showcase its ever-more-popular courses. The Membership Committee has information on worship and study, volunteering and joining.
Youngsters will want to play carnival games, dive into the Bouncety Bounce, and enjoy “Face Painting by Lisa.”
Right now, unaffiliated families can enjoy half-price due for their first year of membership. Do your friends know about B’nai Sholom’s Sunday-only Religious School? Have they explored the array of adult programs on the calendar? You might be recruiting a car-pool member for Sunday mornings or Yiddish lessons.
RSVP to Maxine Goldberg, maxm0304@yahoo.com, or 518-729-4751. If your friends can’t make it, have them contact Maxine for information and a tour at another time.
I would like you to think back a little ways, or maybe for some of us a longer ways, to when you chose to join B’nai Sholom. Why did you? What attracted you to our congregation? To some extent I think it is well stated in our mission statement:
Rabbi Donald P. Cashman was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion at its graduation ceremony at Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York on April 30.
