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.
Putting the Sacred Into the Business Side of Synagogue Life by Laura Bernstein, Executive Director
Temple Beth El
05/10/2018
Im ein Kemach ein Torah; im ein Torah ein Kemach. Where there is no bread, there can be no Torah; where there is no Torah, ...
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Welcoming a Rabbinic Intern in June by Rabbi Asher Knight
Rabbi Asher Knight
05/02/2018
Dear Temple Beth El Family, I am excited to announce that from June 11th through August 8th, we will welcome Student Rabbi Hannah Elkin for ...
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What We Learned (Community Organizing Report Back Session)
Temple Beth El
04/30/2018
What we learned (words written and shared by Andrea Cooper): As you might guess, we saw a range of experiences among congregants about race. If ...
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Baby Boomer and Empty Nester Update: Find Your People at Temple Beth El by Rabbi Asher Knight
Rabbi Asher Knight
04/30/2018
It is customary for Jews to study one of the six chapters of Pirke Avot – the Ethics of our Ancestors – on each of ...
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Once a Camper, Always a Camper by Susan Jacobs, Director of Education
Susan Jacobs
04/25/2018
Once a camper, always a camper! It’s been many, many years since I was a camper at a Jewish sleep away camp but it’s in ...
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Celebrate Your Life. Be a Part of Mitzvah Day. by Jill Lipson
Temple Beth El
04/24/2018
One Saturday morning after our Farber Leadership Group session in 2010, I was having brunch before services. Rabbi Judy took a seat beside me, and ...
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Generations Care for the Hebrew Cemetery by Brian Yesowitch
Temple Beth El
04/19/2018
Mitzvah Day is a very special day for our family. Each May, we look forward to wrapping up the school year and eagerly await the ...
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Immeasurable Fulfillment on Mitzvah Day by Marissa Brooks
Temple Beth El
04/13/2018
To be honest, I have lost count of how many actual Mitzvah Days our family has done. We started many years ago when our oldest ...
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Counting the Omer by Rabbi Dusty Klass
Rabbi Dusty Klass
04/12/2018
“Blessed are you, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who has made us holy with your commandments and commanded us to count the Omer**. ...
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Do A Mitzvah for Our Community and for Yourself by Laura Lewin
Temple Beth El
04/11/2018
OK, so I am not the most organized mom in the world. Five years ago when my kids were 8, 9, and 11 I had ...
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Focus on Tikkun Olam This Passover by Moira Quinn Klein, Past President (From Charlotte Jewish News Editorial, April 2018)
Temple Beth El
04/11/2018
I SO look forward to Passover and the Seder even with all the work to clean, cook, set the table with my best, bring out ...
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Mitzvah Day: A History by Sue Hummel, in consultation with Martin Multer
Temple Beth El
04/05/2018
Each year, on one Sunday in May, Temple Beth El congregants come together to perform mitzvot, or good deeds, throughout the Charlotte community. Aptly named ...
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March For Our Lives and Our Pesach Preparations by Rabbi Judy Schindler
Rabbi Schindler
03/28/2018
This past Shabbat was a wakeup call. On one hand, it was a wakeup call to the painful world we have created for our kids ...
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Mitzvah Day 2018 is Coming! by Rabbi Dusty Klass
Rabbi Dusty Klass
03/28/2018
Mitzvah Day is rapidly approaching — it all takes place on Sunday, May 6! For our newer members, Mitzvah Day is Temple Beth El’s annual ...
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Passover Resources from TBE Clergy
Temple Beth El
03/28/2018
Beginning Friday night, Jews all over the world will gather in their homes, surrounded by family and friends. We will sit down at tables large ...
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