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SaturdaySat, 26 JulJuly, 2025

 
 
Summer Speaker Series - Think Jewishly, Act Locally: Stories from 10 Years of Organizing and Advocacy with Laura Wallace

Shabbat, Jul 26th 10:45a to 11:00aJewish tradition calls upon us to take care of our neighbors. What does this mean in practical terms? What is possible when we advocate for change at the local level? What does it look like to organize within the Jewish community while creating deep relationships with partners from different backgrounds? Laura will reflect on highlights and challenges from the last 10 years and look ahead to where we go from here.

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MondayMon, 28 JulJuly, 2025

 
 
Summer Book Club: Yom Kippur in a Gym by Nora Gold

Monday, Jul 28th 1:00p to 2:00pFive strangers at a Yom Kippur service in a gym are struggling with personal crises. Lucy can’t accept her husband’s Parkinson’s diagnosis. Ira was rejected by his lover. Rachel worries about losing her job. Ezra is tormented by a mistake that ruined his career. Tom contemplates severing contact with his sisters. Then a medical emergency unexpectedly throws these five strangers together, and their lives are changed. Join us for a conversation about this novella.

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SaturdaySat, 9 AugAugust, 2025

 
 
summer speaker series - Reflecting on a Semester in Israel with Lily Rulnick

Shabbat, Aug 9th 10:45a to 11:00aJoin Lily to hear about her reflections on her recent experience in Israel with her grade after having attended JDS for 13 years. She will share the valuable lessons she learned about pride, community, hardship, and the resilience of the Jewish people, especially amidst the Israel-Hamas War.

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SaturdaySat, 16 AugAugust, 2025

 
 
Summer Speaker Series - Studying Tanakh Together: Celebrating a Siyyum for 929 with Tovah Reis & Wendy Fanaroff

Shabbat, Aug 16th 10:45a to 11:00a929 is a project of the Israeli Ministry of Education that invites participants to read one chapter of the Hebrew Bible each day. The most recent cycle began on February 3, 2022, and will conclude in August, 2025. A group of B’nai Israel members have been participating these past three years, and two of them, Wendy Fanaroff and Tovah Reis, will share their reflections to celebrate the completion of the cycle.

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