Welcome to B’nai Sholom
We are very glad to welcome you to B’nai Sholom, a place Reform Jews and their families — of whatever backgrounds — can truly call “home.”
Please join in our worship, our studying, our celebrations. We look forward to getting to know you. Please call us at 518/482-5283, or e-mail us at office@bnaisholom.albany.ny.us.
Shabbat services usually begin at 8:00 PM. On the first Friday of each month, they begin at 6:00 PM.
Tot Shabbat the second Friday of each month 5:00 PM. Further details
Office Hours: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. Closed Tuesdays
–Rabbi Don Cashman, the officers, trustees, and members of B’nai Sholom
B’nai Sholom Bulletin
The January 2019 B’nai Sholom Bulletin is now available. Click here to view.
Hanukkah
Synagogue Scholar Series - January 11
Dr. Martha Rozett will lead a discussion of Love and Treasure by Ayelet Waldman after the January 11, 2019, 8 pm Shabbat Service.
Tu BiShevat Seder
Tu BiShevat Seder
Sunday, January 20, 2019, 5:00-7:00 pm
B’nai Sholom’s Tu BiShevat Seder combines a ritual meal of the seven species of the land of Israel (providing a full nutritious vegetarian meal), the Kabbalistic variety of fruits that represent the levels of Creation, passages from the Bible, and other Jewish literature about trees and fruit. Join us for an evening of singing and celebration.
Click here for full details and registration (No reserations accepted after 1/14/2019)
Chilipalooza
Books for Babies
The B’nai Sholom Literacy Project Presents
BOOKS FOR BABIES!
Please help the B’nai Sholom Literacy Project, as part of the Social Action Committee, to purchase books for distribution to expectant parents in target populations.
Adult Education Offerings
Courses:
Haftarah Trope
- Sundays, January 20, 2019 – February 24, 2019
- 10:30 – 11:30 AM
Song is the Pen of the Soul: Niggunim
- Tuesdays, March 5, 2019 – March 24, 2019
- 7:00 – 8:15 PM
Movies:
February 9, 2019 — The Samuel Project
Eli (Ryan Ochoa) gets to know his grandfather Samuel (Hal Linden) for the first time when he makes him the subject of an animated art project for school. With dreams of becoming a professional artist, Eli discovers that his Jewish grandpa, a San Diego dry cleaner, was heroically saved from Nazi capture in Germany by a young woman when he was a boy.
March 9, 2019 —1945
On a sweltering August day in 1945, villagers prepare for the wedding of the town clerk’s son. Meanwhile, two Orthodox Jews arrive at the village train station with mysterious boxes labeled “fragrances.” The town clerk fears the men may be heirs of the village’s deported Jews and expects them to demand their illegally acquired property back, originally lost during the second World War. Other villagers are afraid more survivors will come, posing a threat to the property and possessions they have claimed as their own.
Synagogue Scholars:
Martha Rozett — January 11, 2019
A book discussion by University at Albany Professor Emerita Martha Rozett of Love and Treasure by Ayelet Waldman.
Torah Study:
Saturdays 9:30 AM
Get Connected
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Our community is actively involved with coordinating the efforts of the congregation’s activities, fulfilling the mitzvah of tikkun olam, repairing the world.
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ADULTS — Over 100 people have traveled on our 8 congregational trips to Israel in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2012. From age 3 1/2 to over 80, we’ve gone from the Golan Heights up north to Eilat in the south, and once went over to Petra in Jordan. While our itinerary varies each time, we always spend plenty of time in Jerusalem, and visit Safed, Masada, the Dead Sea, and Tel Aviv.HIGH SCHOOL — We provide scholarships for our High School students to visit Israel on Summer programs. Our students have gone on trips sponsored by NFTY, Ramah Seminar, HaShomer HaTza’ir, BBYO,Young Judea, and Nesiya.
COLLEGE — Many college students from B’nai Sholom have gone on Birthright-Taglit trips to Israel, FREE trips for students ages 18-29. Our members can get priority status for KESHER Refrom Movement trips by contacting Rabbi Cashman
Welcome to B’nai Sholom
We are located at (click here for directions): 420 Whitehall Rd Albany, NY 12208We are very glad to welcome you to B’nai Sholom, a place Reform Jews and their families — of whatever backgrounds — can truly call “home.”Please join in our worship, our studying, our celebrations. We look forward to getting to know you. Please call us at 518/482-5283, or e-mail us at office@bnaisholom.albany.ny.us.
Shabbat services usually begin at 8:00 PM. On the first Friday of each month, they begin at 6:00 PM.
Tot Shabbat the second Friday of each month 5 :00 PM. Further details
Office Hours: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. Closed Tuesdays
–Rabbi Don Cashman, the officers, trustees, and members of B’nai Sholom
Days of Awe
DOA 2018 Flyer
Click here for complementary ticket registration
Click here for Children’s Service registration
Click here for Child Care Reservation
Website Repair
We are presently experiencing website issues with the main menu. Please be patient.
B’nai Sholom Bulletin
The September 2018 B’nai Sholom Bulletin is now available. Click here to view.
Adult Education Offerings
Courses:
Judeophobia: The Ancient Originsof Anti-Semitism
- Steve Stark-Riemer
- Thursday evenings September 27 through November 8; 7:00 PM to 8:45 PM
Memoir Writing Workshop
- Linda Elovitz Marshall
- October 11, 2018; 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Unfinished People: Stories of Jewish Immigrants in Early 20th Century New York City
- Martha Rozett, professor emerita at the University of Albany
- Wednesday mornings November 7 through November 28; 10:30 AM to noon.
Movies:
November 17, 2018 — Watermarks
February 9, 2019 — tbd
March 9, 2019 — tbd
Synagogue Scholars:
Debbi Rausch –November 9, 2018
“From Broken Glass and Shattered Dreams to Freedom” – In remembrance of Kristallnacht and in honor of Veterns Day
Martha Rozett — January 11, 2019
Torah Study:
Saturdays 9:30 AM
Get Connected
Current B’nai Sholom Bulletin
Photo Gallery
Take a look at different events, occasions, and ‘happenings’ here at our congregation.Rabbi’s Blog
Social Action
Our community is actively involved with coordinating the efforts of the congregation’s activities, fulfilling the mitzvah of tikkun olam, repairing the world.
Youth Groups
Israel Education & Advocacy
ADULTS — Over 100 people have traveled on our 8 congregational trips to Israel in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2012. From age 3 1/2 to over 80, we’ve gone from the Golan Heights up north to Eilat in the south, and once went over to Petra in Jordan. While our itinerary varies each time, we always spend plenty of time in Jerusalem, and visit Safed, Masada, the Dead Sea, and Tel Aviv.HIGH SCHOOL — We provide scholarships for our High School students to visit Israel on Summer programs. Our students have gone on trips sponsored by NFTY, Ramah Seminar, HaShomer HaTza’ir, BBYO,Young Judea, and Nesiya.
COLLEGE — Many college students from B’nai Sholom have gone on Birthright-Taglit trips to Israel, FREE trips for students ages 18-29. Our members can get priority status for KESHER Refrom Movement trips by contacting Rabbi Cashman
Credit Card Donations Now Accepted
Click here to donate to B’nai Shalom
Pictures
We have lots of pictures on our web pages.
Recently updated on our photo galleries:
- Simhat Torah
- Judaica and Fair Trade Sale
- Chilipalooza
Credit Card Donations Now Accepted
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