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.
Listen to your Soul Sing by Emily Lopez
Temple Beth El
08/29/2019
Have you ever stopped to wonder how you came to arrive at a particular life moment? How did your soul guide you? Did you let ...
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Choose Kindness by Robin Leavitt
Temple Beth El
08/29/2019
My neighbors recently returned my bicycle which they had stored for me over the better part of a year. When I recharged my cycling computer ...
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Introducing the 2019 Elul Blog
Rabbi Dusty Klass
08/29/2019
Two years ago, we experimented with a project that now, three years in, has become a beautiful tradition. Our #ElulBlog invites congregants to reflect on ...
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Abraham’s Tent: A Shared Muslim Community and Jewish Community
Temple Beth El
08/23/2019
Changes at Room in the Inn: An Update Shalom Park Room in the Inn has made a change which promises to broaden all of our ...
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High Holy Day Choir
Cantor Mary Thomas
07/08/2019
It’s time to register for our High Holy Day (HHD) choirs! I hope that you will lend your spirit and your voice to make our ...
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Paper Clips
Cantor Mary Thomas
06/25/2019
Last Friday, the rabbis and I had the privilege of welcoming six beautiful souls to the Jewish people as they reached the conclusion of their ...
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Thank You Sterling Elementary Volunteers!
Temple Beth El
05/31/2019
Many years ago when the CMS superintendent called on houses of faith to partner with high-poverty public schools, Temple Beth El answered the call. Ever ...
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Mitzvah Day Thank You
Rabbi Dusty Klass
05/21/2019
Days like Sunday make me proud to be a part of our Temple Beth El community. One of the privileges of being me on Mitzvah ...
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Something for Everyone on Mitzvah Day by Karen Greenblatt
Temple Beth El
05/13/2019
There’s something for everyone on Mitzvah Day. We started in 1998 when our sons were just two years old, coloring paper bags that older kids ...
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Why I am Participating in Mitzvah Day by Jennifer Golynsky
Temple Beth El
05/08/2019
I was contacted last year by Charlotte Family Housing and asked to provide some pro bono human resource consulting. After researching the organization, I quickly ...
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Mitzvah Day – It’s About the Bagels by Rachel Choffin
Temple Beth El
04/22/2019
I first got involved in Mitzvah Day as a little kid. My first memory of this event was the giant pile of bagels in the ...
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Sacred Ground by Susan Jacobs, Director of Education
Susan Jacobs
04/16/2019
On Sunday, April 7th, Temple Beth El Religious School third grade students and their parents took a field trip to The Hebrew Cemetery of Charlotte. ...
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Why I Participate in Mitzvah Day by Jennifer Clark
Temple Beth El
04/15/2019
Tikkun olam, the call to repair the world, is not only what drives me to click on the registration link and sign up for Mitzvah ...
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Getting Lost in the Logistics of Passover and Finding Our Way Forward by Rabbi Judy Schindler
Rabbi Schindler
04/11/2019
In preparing for Passover it is so easy to get lost in the logistics – the guest list and the table settings, the matzah and ...
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Why My Family Helps Levine Children’s Hospital on Mitzvah Day by Michelle Siegel
Temple Beth El
04/08/2019
My niece Catherine was born in November 2012 with a congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). We experienced the tremendous strain a ...
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