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Welcome to Congregation Beth Shalom!

Celebrating 30 years of Jewish Community in Greater Brandon! We are a URJ affiliated synagogue and encourage you to come and visit with us to see what a warm and inclusive Jewish Community is. We welcome all!

Welcome the stranger – stranger no more!

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B’nei Mitzvah

As a small congregation, we are able to make each young adult’s Bar and Bat Mitzvah a personalized, life cycle event of meaning, emphasizing the Jewish values of Torah (instruction), Avodah (worship) and Gemilut chasadim (acts of loving kindness). We believe that B’nai Mitzvah is an important life cycle event, not just for the young adult and their family but for the entire congregation. We welcome all families to take this important journey with their children.

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Simchat Torah – Dancing with the Torah!

We love to celebrate all the joy and beauty of our traditions together as a community.

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Chanukah Celebration

This year we celebrate Chanukah with a community Chanukiot lighting. The joy in children young and old at the beautiful, glowing menorahs is a special part of Chanukah for our community!

 

  1. 22 Nov

    Erev Shabbat Service

    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Next dates: 29 Nov | 06 Dec | 13 Dec |
  2. 03 Dec

    Executive Committee

    6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
    Next dates: 07 Jan | 04 Feb | 04 Mar |
  3. 03 Dec

    Board Meeting

    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Next dates: 07 Jan | 04 Feb | 04 Mar |

Welcome to Congregation Beth Shalom!

Shalom! Congregation Beth Shalom is a vibrant, warm, and growing Reform synagogue. As the only Reform synagogue in the Greater Brandon area, we provide a home for Jews and interfaith families of all ages and backgrounds. We have a friendly diverse population. As a small congregation, we value the contribution and participation of each individual member.

High Holidays

Life Long Learning

At Beth Shalom we believe learning and participating in study are key to a full Jewish life.  We have a dynamic Life Long Learning Committee that organizes a variety of study and learning opportunities for all interests!

The Kibbitzer

The Kibbitzer is our monthly newsletter packed with information about Beth Shalom and all the activities we have for that particular month.

Click here to read the most recent issue.

Shabbat Services

  Shabbat is the highlight of the Jewish week, an opportunity to connect with family, friends and community. Tranquility and reflection are combined with learning, joy, spirited singing and prayer for a day that restores and renews.  Currently Erev Shabbat services are every Friday night at 7:00pm . You Can View the service via Zoom. The address is

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83776565288?pwd=V3RIZzRXWkdaTjhselBpNWJFTjlBUT09

Meeting ID 837 7656 5288

Passcode 101324

 

 

 

 

From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement

Why Israel Celebrates the Ethiopian Jewish Holiday Sigd

Why Israel Celebrates the Ethiopian Jewish Holiday Sigd jemerman

Jewish Life Around the World
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For many generations, the Beta Israel had longed to reach Jerusalem in a quest to renew their covenant with God and for spiritual redemption. So strong was their desire that they created a holiday as a time to pray for this miracle. They called it Sigd (meaning "worship") and celebrated it on the 50th day after Yom Kippur. This year it is celebrated today, November 4.

For Some of Us the Holidays Are Just…Hard

For Some of Us the Holidays Are Just…Hard jemerman

Death and Mourning
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As we head into the holiday season, I am acutely aware of how much different this year is going to be than previous ones. I will be celebrating without my mom for the first time. My mother died in January 2021, and I'm still dealing with the unexpected waves of grief that wash over me, sometimes out of nowhere. As I head into this first winter holiday season without her, I'm not quite sure I know what to expect, other than everything is going to be very different.

Enjoy A Crockpot Shabbat

Enjoy A Crockpot Shabbat jemerman

Entree Recipes
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As the weather begins to get chillier, many home cooks pull out their trusty slow cookers to create easy yet warm dishes. Slow cooking is nothing new. It hasn't had staying power with Jewish communities just because the resulting food is delicious; it also allowed observant Jews to keep Shabbat by kindling a fire before sundown on Friday and keeping food warm until Saturday afternoon.

The Cost of Free Land

The Cost of Free Land jemerman

Secular Holidays
The author's Great-Great-Uncle Louie Sinykin posing with men in Dakota garb in South Dakota's Black Hills. Date unknown.
When I was a child growing up in the 1980s, the story I learned about Thanksgiving followed the classic script: it highlighted amity between the Pilgrims and their Indigenous neighbors. Due to this connection, the hunger of the European settlers was met with squash and turkey.