Come meet other Jewish young(ish) adults from across Westchester and enjoy a delicious Shabbat dinner and drinks in Bet Am Shalom’s garden. Ages 25-45 (ish). Registration required Questions?
White Plains Synagogues' evening of study in preparation for the New Year 5783. Study with rabbis from your neighbor synagogues. Meet people from across the local Jewish community. Prepare your […]
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Shorashim is our monthly program for 0-5-year-olds and their parents, grandparents, and caregivers. This special High Holy Day edition will focus on the themes of the holidays through music, movement, […]
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Shorashim is our monthly program for 0-5-year-olds and their parents, grandparents, and caregivers. This special High Holy Day edition will focus on the themes of the holidays through music, movement, […]
Hybrid Service All in-person attendees must be vaccinated. Please send proof of vaccination (if not previously sent) to betamshalom@betamshalom.org or provide at the door. For Zoom link: Members see Weekly Calendar […]
Come celebrate Shabbat and Sukkot with our All-Congregation Sukkah Kulanu. ALL are welcome! We will have kiddush and motzi in the Sukkah and then move inside for a delicious catered entree […]
Hybrid Service All in-person attendees must be vaccinated. Please send proof of vaccination (if not previously sent) to betamshalom@betamshalom.org or provide at the door. For Zoom link: Members see Weekly Calendar or […]
Join us for our magnificent Yom Tov service where we will honor Susan and Daniel Van Doren as we circuit the sanctuary seven times with our scrolls, complete the annual […]
We will fill the room with dancing and joy as we usher in a new year of reading the Torah. Klezmer musicians will enhance our festivities. We surround our children […]
Join us as we explore the images of the Arab in modern Israeli literature. Arabs have been portrayed in Israeli literature from the very early days of the first Aliya. […]
In Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy , David Elcott explores how religious identity is used to foster the exclusion of individuals and communities from citizenship, political representation, and a […]
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A conversation with author Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz and David Aftergood Join BAS member David Aftergood and Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz in a conversation about Dan’s new book, Where Are You? A […]
The Parents Circle-Families Forum (PCFF) is a grassroots organization of Palestinian and Israeli families who have lost immediate family members due to the conflict and which operates under the principle […]
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We know just how busy life can get and how challenging it can be for many families to fit it all in! A few times a year, we hold abbreviated […]
A conversation with BAS members David Arnow author of Choosing Hope: The Heritage of Judaism and David Aftergood. Grounded in a contemporary theology that situates the responsibility for creating a better […]
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A Jewish couple from Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Kraus, wanted to save at least 50 children from Nazi-occupied Austria. In the Spring of 1939, they obtained 50 visas enabling […]
Join us for our intergenerational, family-friendly, community Kabbalat Shabbat Service followed by a catered dairy entree dinner with potluck sides and desserts at 6:45 pm. We welcome BAS members and […]
Join us to commemorate Refugee Shabbat with an enlightening Acharei Kiddush with live Ukrainian music and a speaker. Yana Hotynian, a Ukranian pianist will play traditional music. Learn about BAS’s […]
Rabbi Bronstein will give Jewish perspectives on “Reparations.” Rev. Lee Trollinger of Calvary Baptist Church, White Plains will join Rabbi Bronstein in discussion. In person and streamed. Register for streaming […]
Join us on Zoom as we join other White Plains synagogues in co-sponsoring the Westchester Jewish Council Jewish Literacy Initiative event featuring guest speaker Yossi Klein Halevi. See flyer for […]
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On April 30 and May 7, Torah La’am, our K-12th grade religious school program is offering Open House Tours to all interested families. Personalized tours begin at 9:30, 10:00, and […]
Come together in recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day and watch the recently-produced documentary, Reckonings, which recounts the original negotiations with Germany in 1952 over reparations in the aftermath of the […]
Original Jewish Short Stories written and read by members of Bet Am Shalom. Readers will be: Dan Jaffe Anne Corey Dan Heyman Part II June 3. In person and on Zoom. Zoom […]
On April 30 and May 7, Torah La’am, our K-12th grade religious school program is offering Open House Tours to all interested families. Personalized tours begin at 9:30, 10:00, and […]
Come hear BAS member and American journalist, author and speaker, Joe Berger talk about his recently published book, Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence. The first full-length biography of Elie Wiesel, […]
An amped-up Tikkun Leil Shavuot (all-night learning for Shavuot) for the whole community! The schedule for the evening is: 6PM Dinner (Catered Entrees & Potluck Sides) 6:45PM First Breakout Session (Family-friendly & […]
Original Jewish short stories written and read by members of Bet Am Shalom. The writers and their stories: Philip Stern: "My Exit from Israel" Leonard Eisenberg: “The Rises and Falls […]
Join journalist, professor, and activist, Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson for a discussion on gender and Judaism. As gay and lesbian lives were a generation ago, transgender lives are today, often […]
Join us as we present the second annual Pride Moth, an event where folks tell short, true stories related to the theme of Pride. LGBTQ+ folks, relatives, and allies will […]
Westchester Jewish Young(ish) Adults is hosting an informal, farewell-to-summer, wine and cheese gathering in the beautiful Bet Am Shalom garden. And in honor of the upcoming High Holidays, there will […]
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Shorashim is our monthly program for 0-5-year-olds and their parents, grandparents, and caregivers. This special High Holy Day edition will focus on the themes of the holidays through music, movement, […]
Please note: due to the weather, this event has been postponed. We will gather together for a pre-hakafot (dancing with the Torahs) Simchat Torah Kulanu catered/ potluck dairy dinner next […]
Come mix and mingle, enjoy some light apps, and sample some of the best local IPA’s, lagers, sours and stouts in Bet Am Shalom’s gorgeous Sukkah! Registration required Questions?
Join us for our magnificent Yom Tov service as we circuit the sanctuary seven times with our scrolls, complete the annual reading of the Torah and begin it anew. Yizkor […]
Come celebrate Simchat Torah with our All-Congregation Simchat Torah Kulanu Catered/Potluck Dairy Dinner. ALL are welcome! After dinner we will continue our Simchat Torah celebrations with hakafot as planned. Sign […]
We will fill the room with dancing and joy as we usher in a new year of reading the Torah. Klezmer musicians will enhance our festivities. We surround our children […]
Please note: this program has been postponed.
Please note: this program has been postponed.
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Join us after our Kabbalat Shabbat service for dinner and dessert with Activist Virginia Norfleet. A noted activist, Ginny Norfleet works to promote close relationships between the Black and Jewish […]
Rabbi Micah Geurin Weiss will be a special guest teacher during Shabbat morning services and will moderate a panel discussion for the Acharei Kiddush examining how racism has impacted housing, […]
Hannah Zaves-Greene: A Talk on Jewish Ritual Mourning Practices The process of dying, Jewish tradition suggests, is not complete until the last living person forgets your name. What does that […]
Concert to raise funds for the Westchester Resettlement Coalition a project of six local Synagogues supporting resettlement of refugees in Westchester County. The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus is a multigenerational ensemble […]
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Environmental Injustice in Westchester resides in the Wheelabrator, destination of all our garbage. It is an obsolete and expensive "waste-to-energy" incinerator in Peekskill NY, in a disadvantaged area of the […]
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld in dialogue with Rabbi Bronstein about his new book, Judaism Disrupted. _____________________________________ Michael Strassfeld was one of the editors of the Jewish Catalog […]
Let's warmly welcome our newest members at this intergenerational, family-friendly, community Kabbalat Shabbat Service followed by a dairy dinner. REGISTER Questions?
In the Weimar years of the 1920s, after the Nazis temporarily ended the career of the prominent Jewish, German architect Eric Mendelsohn, Mendelsohn left Germany with only his architect’s pencil. […]
Our very own MOODY JEWS! REGISTER Please register by Tuesday, March 12. No charge, but contributions of wine or dessert most welcome (Please indicate what you will bring when you […]
Sign up information is available on the poster above. Walk-ins are also welcome! Please remember to eat and drink beforehand, and bring your donor ID card or ID with name […]
Join us for an exciting conversation with the four White Plains Rabbis who made history by creating a cross-movement “chavruta” (study partnership) over 25-plus years. The rabbis are beloved colleagues and […]
Sisters Danielle and Galeet Dardashti - both members of Bet Am Shalom - have a new hit podcast! The Nightingale of Iran is a 6-episode documentary podcast series about their […]
On Thursday evening, March 21st, at 7:30 pm, come gather at Bet Am Shalom to get your bake on. We will be making several different flavors of hamentaschen (you will […]
Please help support our neighbors in need! To Donate: There will be a collection box in the BAS entrance hall for donations- Friday, March 22nd - Tuesday, March 26th. Coming […]
Screening of JULIA SCOTTI: FUNNY THAT WAY: a film by Susan Sandler. Followed by Live Q&A with Julia Scotti via Zoom. Due to licensing agreement, we can only view the […]
Join us for our intergenerational, family-friendly, community Kabbalat Shabbat Service followed by a catered dairy entree dinner with potluck sides and desserts at 6:45 pm. We welcome BAS members and […]
April is POETRY MONTH! Join us for poetry night with Havdalah. Hear BAS poets read their poems and OPEN MIC: Bring your own poem or your favorite poem to […]
Torah La'am is our K-12 supplementary Jewish educational program. Our students and families come from all over Westchester and beyond, creating a vibrant, progressive, and welcoming community of learners and doers. […]
Original Jewish Short Stories written and read by members of Bet Am Shalom. Part II on May 4. See weekly calendar or dedicated email for link to register. Questions? […]
Original Jewish Short Stories written and read by members of Bet Am Shalom. Part I on April 20. See weekly calendar or dedicated email for link to register. Questions? […]
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The schedule for the evening is: 6:00 PM - Festive se’udat chag (dairy dinner) 6:45 PM - Learning Session #1 (for Everyone) 7:30 PM - Dessert (including cheesecake and ice […]
Please join us on Pride Shabbat as we welcome and learn from Abby Stein, Jewish educator & rabbi, award winning author, speaker, and activist. Abby Chava Stein is an Israeli-American […]
Snacks provided, bring your own wine. In-person event only. See dedicated email or weekly calendar to register.