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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 August 2019 B’nai Sholom Bulletin is now available. Click here to view.
Bagels and Baseball
Honey From The Heart
A SWEET New Year is Upon US!
It’s time for!
HONEY FROM THE HEART
It is traditional to eat apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah. The apples symbolize the constant cycle of life and the honey symbolizes the sweetness that we hope will characterize the year to come.
B’nai Sholom’s Fundraising Committee is excited to announce we will again be participating in the
Rosh Hashanah Honey From the Heart SALE this summer.
Just $12 per jar, each 8 oz jar contains delicious honey which is certified Kosher by the Orthodox Union and guaranteed to be 100% pure honey.
Shipping is FREE until August 5, 2019 for orders to US destinations. After August 5, a shipping charge of $5.00 per jar is added to cover first class postage to US destinations. Orders will be taken right through the High Holidays but ONLY orders placed y September 4, 2019 are guaranteed to arrive by Rosh Hashanah.
VISIT THE WEBSITE to place your order: www.honeyfromtheheart.org/BSR
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THE HONEY FROM THE HEART SALE INFORMATION WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY & COLLEAGUES. Your support is needed and appreciated.
If you have trouble placing an order or have any questions, please contact Maxine Goldberg through the office at office@bnaisholom.albany.ny.us
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.
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
Adult Education Offerings
Courses:
Archaeology of the Religion of Ancient IsraelWednesday mornings, September 11 through October 30 (no class October 9); 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Fee: $36 members; $54 non-members
Taught by Steve Stark-Riemer, noted local lecturer in archaeology, history and religion of the Ancient Near East.
Beginning Hebrew Wednesday evenings, October 16 and 23, then Monday evenings, October 28 through December 2;
All classes 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
(note: the class shifts from Wednesdays to Mondays after the first two sessions)
Fee: $54 members; $48 non-members
Taught by Carol Smith
Amoz Oz: Israel’s Storyteller
Wednesday mornings, November 6 through December 4; 10:30 a.m. to Noon
Taught by Martha Rozett, professor emerita at the University at Albany
Details to come…
Movies:
Directed by Natalie Portman, this film is based on the memories of Amos Oz, growing up in Jerusalem in the years before Israeli statehood with his academic father and his dreamy, imaginative mother. “An elegant and intimate movie”- New York Times.
Synagogue Scholars:
December 13, 2019 –
Martha Rozett will lead a discussion of Judas by Amos Oz, the final novel in his distinguished career, set in 1950s Jerusalem and blending a tender coming-of-age story with a thought-provoking study of betrayal. The New York Times called it “magnificent” and made it an Editors’ Choice.
Torah Study:
Saturdays 9:30 AM
Open to all.
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