The TBE Blog is the space where Temple Beth El’s Leadership Team members reflect on relevant topics that are most meaningful to us. Here you will find musings on everything from prayer to politics, music to mysticism and history to current day life. From our iPads, smartphones, and laptops to yours, these are the things that inspire us, keep us up at night, and fuel our own Jewish journeys.
Beginning Again, Together
Every year on Simchat Torah, we reach the end of the Torah and immediately return to the beginning. The words have not changed. We have. ...
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This is “We”: What Belonging Requires – Rabbi Asher Knight – Yom Kippur Morning
https://youtu.be/fsfOAVeRX7E The Strange Grammar of “We” Yom Kippur has strange grammar. Again and again we confess: Ashamnu, Bagadnu, Gazalnu, Dibarnu Dofi… Even before we translate ...
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Moving Through Darkness – Rabbi Beth Nichols – Kol Nidrei
https://youtu.be/bD0Dk109pag I often find myself making a disclaimer when someone asks me a question about Judaism: if they came to hear one “right” answer, they ...
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Meet Sophie Dunham, Temple Beth El’s New Engagement and Programming Coordinator
Please join us in welcoming Sophie Dunham to Temple Beth El as our new Engagement and Programming Coordinator. In this role, Sophie will work closely ...
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A Strange Kind of Homelessness – Rabbi Asher Knight – Rosh HaShanah Morning Service
https://youtu.be/_KNPPKZHqX0 Before we enter a meeting, before dinner with friends, before we answer a colleague who asks, “How are you?” Many of us do a ...
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Soap, Water and a Little Human Decency: Seeing Ourselves and Others More Clearly – Rabbi Lexi Erdheim – Erev Rosh HaShanah
https://youtu.be/jtOzIaTWDKQ “It’s a miracle what a little soap, water, and human decency can do sometimes.” Dana Evans, the head charge nurse on HBO’s The Pitt, ...
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Standing with Central Synagogue
Dear Friends, We stand in loving solidarity with the members and guests of Central Synagogue in New York, where Shabbat worship was disrupted Friday night ...
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Making Our Welcome Visible: TBE at Charlotte Pride
In Charlotte, Pride is celebrated in August, and Temple Beth El is proud to be part of it. Members of our community will gather with ...
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Renata Rosenberg Steps Into New Role as Program Operations Manager
Please join us in congratulating Renata Rosenberg as she steps into her new role as Temple Beth El’s Program Operations Manager. Many of you already ...
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Meet Laura McGaha, Temple Beth El’s New Clergy Assistant
Please join us in welcoming Laura McGaha to Temple Beth El as our new Clergy Assistant. In this role, Laura will support our clergy team ...
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Judaism Doesn’t Take the Summer Off
Sometimes it feels like people think about Judaism as a light bulb that can be turned on and off with the flick of a switch. ...
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Meet Jacob Friedman, Our Summer Rabbinic Intern
Dear Temple Beth El Community, We are thrilled to announce that from May 24 through July 24, Temple Beth El will welcome Student Rabbi Jacob ...
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Welcome Diana Warth, Temple Beth El’s New Director of Development
Please join us in welcoming Diana Warth to Temple Beth El as our new Director of Development. Diana will be leading our development work, including ...
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TBE Together In Motion – A-J Secrist
At Temple Beth El, a lot is always happening just beneath the surface – conversations that shift how we think, gatherings that deepen belonging, decisions ...
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Ruth Pordes to Receive MeckMIN Bridge Builder Award
At Sterling Elementary School in southwest Charlotte, Temple Beth El volunteers have become a familiar presence over the years. Some sit beside students working through ...
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