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.
Focus on Tikkun Olam This Passover by Moira Quinn Klein, Past President (From Charlotte Jewish News Editorial, April 2018)
Temple Beth El
April 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
April 5, 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
March 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
March 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
March 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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Creating Worship Experiences at Temple Beth El by Rabbi Asher Knight
Rabbi Asher Knight
March 22, 2018
As a rabbi, I believe that the communal prayer experience begins with the individual, and the potential for individual spiritual growth and transformation within community. ...
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Elements of Judaism: Walking Jewishly Through Life by Cantor Mary Rebecca Thomas (From Charlotte Jewish News Editorial, March 2018)
Cantor Mary Thomas
March 1, 2018
Being a Jewish clergy person is a pretty fantastic job. On almost any given day, I will encounter lots of different people, each experiencing a ...
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Bashert – Being Right Where You Belong by Cantor Mary Rebecca Thomas
Cantor Mary Thomas
February 27, 2018
Sometimes one finds themselves in exactly the right place at the right time. Jewish custom might designate circumstances like these as bashert – meant to ...
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Queen for a Day! by Susan Jacobs, Director of Education
Susan Jacobs
February 22, 2018
When I was a little girl, my parents went to a Purim ball at Temple Israel and came home with the most beautifully decorated crowns ...
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The Power of Our Congregation by Judy Seldin-Cohen
Temple Beth El
February 16, 2018
Lessons from TBE’s Action on Affordable Housing That Can Inspire Us Today In April 2010, the Temple Beth El Board passed a resolution on affordable ...
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PERSPECTIVE: reflections on turning 65 by Cantor Andrew Bernard
Cantor Bernard
February 14, 2018
Many a day as I’m stretching on the pool deck getting ready for my swim, I tell one of my lifeguard friends, “Don’t get old. ...
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The Fault in our Bubbles by Rabbi Dusty Klass (From Charlotte Jewish News Editorial, February 2018)
Rabbi Dusty Klass
February 8, 2018
For me, Christmas has never been about Chinese and a movie – it has been about family and food, watching It’s a Wonderful Life, and ...
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Purim – Tradition, Innovation, Experimentation by Andy Harkavy, Director of Congregational Engagement
Madeline White
February 1, 2018
Judaism is all about tradition. We do what we do because our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and so on and so forth did it at one ...
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Adult Education at Temple Beth El by Rabbi Asher Knight
Rabbi Asher Knight
January 30, 2018
At Temple Beth El, our Jewish learning helps to create sacred connections inspired by Jewish wisdom. Temple Beth El has been proud of our strong ...
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Cultivating A Prayer and Meditation Practice by Rabbi Asher Knight
Rabbi Asher Knight
January 25, 2018
Prayer means something different to each of us. And in each stage and moment in our lives, we may need prayer differently. Recently, our high ...
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