On Sunday mornings on which Hebrew School is in session, Roz Schulman will lead a study of the Book of Genesis from Abraham through Joseph. The group will read and discuss the text, its literary merit, its story and historicity, its place in the Biblical canon, etc. and the perspectives of classical and modern commentators. […]
Join other families with children at our regular Shabbat services and Kiddush lunch, so parents and children can get to know each other better! Come any time in the morning and build connections with the BAS community. As always, children are welcome in the sanctuary.Click here for upcoming dates.Questions?
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Midnight Run brings clothing, food, and a little dignified companionship to homeless people living on the streets of Manhattan. Bet Am Shalom is one of many Westchester houses of worship and civic groups that sign up for routes and dates. We generally participate once every quarter, on a Saturday night. Preparations will start at 7:30 […]
6th graders and parents will attend a program on the B’nei Mitzvah Process at BAS, Jewish values, and ethical wills.9am Parents go to Simcha Room and students go to class. Students will join their parents from 10:25-11:30am.This program will include a discussion with Abby Reiken on the Jewish values you want to hand down to […]
Shameela Azizi, an expert tailor and dressmaker who makes custom clothes, alterations and items for the home such as drapes and upholstery, is coming to Bet Am Shalom to meet with congregants for their sewing needs. Shameela is also the mom of the family from Afghanistan being resettled by Bet Am Shalom and Woodlands Community Temple […]
Join member Carol Japha as she discusses the life and work of Vasily Grossman (1905-1964), a Russian-Jewish writer whose masterwork, Life and Fate, has been called 'a twentieth-century War and Peace.'The work wasn’t published until decades after his death, as the Soviet authorities censored and then silenced Grossman for his uncompromising focus on Jewish experience […]