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Children’s Service
Friday, May 25 at 5:30 p.m
The short service for children and their families begins at 5:30. Come and join in the fun and good companionship.
Tikun Leyl Shavuot: An Evening of Jewish Learning
Saturday, May 26 at 6:00 p.m.
The kabbalists instituted the Shavuot tradition of tikun leyl shavuot, the practice of staying up all night and learning. For many of us, pulling an all-nighter is something we haven’t done in a while, so we’ll begin at 6:00 pm at the home of Hy & Brook Adelman, 824 Bald Eagle Drive, and end before midnight, mixing all sorts of Jewish learning with good food and good company. Please bring a dairy dish (dairy is traditional for Shavuot), especially blintzes, cheesecake, etc. The tentative line-up is
6:00-7:00 Shmooze and eat
7:00-7:30 Lisa Mueller teaching “A Bit of Pirkei Avot, Wisdom of the Sages”
7:30-8:00 Jim Nallick teaching “Jewish short stories of Shlomo Carlebach”
8:00-8:15 Break, Shmooze & Eat
8:15-8:45 Donna Swarthout:”Judaism in Modern Germany”
8:45-9:15 Irene Grimberg teaching “Jewish Agricultural Colonies in Argentina”
9:15-9:45 Richard Wolff teaching “The Jewish Seed Within Us”
9:45-10:00 Break, Shmooze & Eat
10:00-10:30 Steve Eagle teaching “Jewish Ethics and Economic Life”
10:30-11:00 Rabbi Ed teaching “Shavuot & Pentacost”
11:00-11:30 Shmooze and Eat
GRAND 10/20/30 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Saturday, June 16 at 5:00 p.m. at Hilton Garden Inn
Join us for our grand celebration of 10 years in out building, 20 years of affiliation with the Union for Reform Judaism, and 30 years as greater Bozeman’s Jewish community. Great speakers, music, food, friendship, and no host bar. RSVP here now.
Hazon Bike Ride 2012
Sunday, June 24
Hazon is a prominent Jewish environmental group which works to create sustainable communities. As part of this year’s fund-raising, Jewish bike riders will ride across the country. We will support them for parts of the Montana segment by riding with them from Helena to Bozeman on June 24, by sponsoring our local riders, and by housing 20-30 visiting riders. Sign up to do your part here.
Congregation Beth Shalom: Who Are We?
Beth Shalom is a Jewish community in Bozeman, Montana, which prays with joy and meaning, celebrates the history and traditions of Judaism, and cares and nurtures one another. We love to study and we offer many adult and child education opportunities.
We are committed to equal participation and status for men and women, those of all sexual orientations, and others who have been marginalized in Jewish life in the past. We welcome all Jews and interfaith families, at all stages of life. We strive to eliminate any conflict between Judaism and modernity, fully embracing science as consistent with our understanding of G!d and Jewish tradition.
We are involved in g’millut chasadim (acts of loving-kindness) and tikun olam (repairing the world), engaging in social justice work throughout local and global communities. We are deeply committed to interfaith dialogue in which we understand that all religions offer access to G!d and spiritual growth through their respective traditions. And we embrace a global vision of the role of human beings and their individual spiritual paths in the transformation of our precious planet … read more