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.
Can We Still Belong to One Another?: The Table that Holds Us Together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxbjAxo3cfk Partial Truths and Layered Perspectives It’s a human thing to want to know the whole truth. But most of the time, we only glimpse ...
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From Isolation to Invitation: Weaving a Stronger Social Fabric
https://youtu.be/AhZIvZgDwFM Last spring, Nicole Sidman, our Director of Congregational Life, and I arrived at an interfaith reproductive rights conference eager to learn, to connect, and ...
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A Thread and a Pool: The Spiritual Work of the High Holy Days
The gates of the New Year open like dawn, not with triumphant clarity, but with the pale light of questions we’ve been carrying all year ...
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Listening for the Sacred
Written by Cantor Danielle Rodnizki Each year, as the Hebrew month of Elul arrives, I find myself listening. Listening for the quiet stirrings of my ...
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Welcoming People to Jewish Life
Historically, Judaism has not been a proselytizing faith. In fact, many Jews associate proselytizing with efforts directed at them—often in ways that feel aggressive or ...
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With Love, With Sorrow, With Courage
Dear Temple Beth El Community, We write to you with grief, with frustration, and with deep uncertainty about the unfolding war in Israel and Gaza. ...
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Celebrate Pride with TBE!
At Temple Beth El, we believe that every person is created b’tzelem Elohim, in the image of God. That value shows up in how we ...
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Meet Student Rabbi/Cantor Shayna Burack!
We are delighted to announce that from July 7 through August 10, Temple Beth El will host Student Rabbi/Cantor Shayna Burack for a unique and enriching summer internship. Shayna is a rising sixth-year cantorial student ...
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Our Hearts Are in Boulder
Dear Temple Beth El Family, Temple Beth El is heartbroken to learn of the attack against the Jewish community of Boulder, Colorado. We are sending ...
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Rabbi Lexi Erdheim’s Opening Remarks at JCRI’s “Welcoming the Stranger to the (Virtual) Table”
Before we begin, I want to take a moment to name the grief and shock that we are all carrying in light of the horrific ...
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In Grief and In Strength: Responding Together to the Tragedy in D.C.
Dear Temple Beth El Family, We are heartbroken and grieving the loss of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, two members of the Israeli Embassy staff ...
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When a Second Passport Becomes a Lifeline
Yesterday, I read about an Israeli mother who said:“Don’t send your sons to the army without a foreign passport.”I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. ...
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From Memory to Action: Stand Up. Show Up. Vote Reform.
I lived in Israel for two years. I learned that there are few days more sacred in Israel’s calendar than Yom HaZikaron. It is the ...
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From Broadway to Majhong — Meet Our Newest TriBEs!
Temple Beth El is growing, and so is your chance to find your people! In the last month, three brand-new TriBEs launched at Temple Beth ...
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Temple Beth El Comes Together for the World Zionist Congress
The World Zionist Congress elections are officially underway! From now through May 4, eligible Jews 18+ can cast their vote and help shape the future ...
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