Shelly Gordon

How do I live a more mean­ing­ful life? In an era when we can choose our own iden­ti­ties, why might we choose to iden­ti­fy as Jews? Zack Bod­ner address­es these ques­tions and oth­ers as he shifts from ask­ing ​“Why be Jew­ish?” to ​“Why do Jew­ish?” After lay­ing out a com­pelling answer, he goes on to explain what Jew­ish Peo­ple­hood is and why he believes we are in the throes of an evo­lu­tion to the next era: Jew­ish Peo­ple­hood 4.0. He pro­vides a road map for how to…

Let's enjoy a celebration of the newest additions to our TBA family! We invite everyone with children born since January 2020 to join our clergy in the Sanctuary for a blessing for all our new babies, followed by a bagel reception.   Please RSVP by 10/26.

Are you a parent of a child (any age) with special needs? Would you like to socialize with other parents who just "get it?"  The TBA Inclusion Committee Presents: SPECIAL PARENTS, SPECIAL NEEDS We all know that being a parent is the hardest job in the world. But only a select group can truly understand the lifelong love, dedication, and often isolation that comes with parenting a child with special needs. Come meet for a child-free coffee break with other parents who understand…

Of course you think you’re doing a sh*tty job. It’s pret­ty much a byprod­uct of our soci­ety, with its inces­sant demands cou­pled with the in-your-face com­pet­i­tive­ness on social media. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, the pan­dem­ic only made things worse, as par­ents jug­gled the stress­es of help­ing their kids nav­i­gate online school­ing while they had to work from home. All of which makes Car­la Naumburg’s new book utter­ly nec­es­sary. Author of How to Stop Los­ing Your Sh*t with Your Kids, Naum­burg deliv­ers her mes­sage right up front—You…

TBA's Encore Group invites you to Theater J to see "The Pianist of Willesden Lane" on Wednesday, December 14th.  Bus leaves TBA at 11 am; returns after the show.  Bring a lunch to enjoy en route to the DCJCC. After a sold-out run at the Kennedy Center, Grammy-nominated pianist, Mona Golabek, makes her triumphant return in one of the most powerful performances in Theater J's history!  Set in Vienna in 1938 and in London during the Blitzkrieg, The Pianist of…

Torah Tutor high­lights themes for moral, spir­i­tu­al and intel­lec­tu­al growth ineach Torah por­tion. Con­tem­po­rary, thought­ful and provoca­tive ques­tions lead the read­er to approach the text with fresh and appre­cia­tive eyes. This book brings Torah Study alive. Excel­lent for pri­vate or group study. Excel­lent resource for rab­bis and teachers.

REVOLUTION: THE MUSIC OF THE BEATLES (Thurs., 1/12 @ 8 pm) See and hear the music of The Beatles like never before in this showcase featuring rare photos and behind-the-scenes access to the band in its prime. The songs of the Fab Four are so much more than popular music—they are true masterpieces that shine all the brighter against the rich tapestry of live orchestra and intimate images. You say you want a revolution? This is the one you’ve been…

BSO POPS: RODGERS, HART & HAMMERSTEIN   (Thurs., 2/23 @ 8 pm)            The songs that Richard Rodgers created for Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, and 40 other musicals are so deeply woven into the fabric of American life that it’s hard to imagine how one individual composer could leave such a legacy. The secret was collaboration, as these hits by the teams of Rodgers & Hart and Rodgers & Hammerstein make clear. Jack Everly unites with Broadway’s own…

Let’s face it: most of us can’t han­dle talk­ing about death. We’re awk­ward and uncer­tain; we blurt out plat­i­tudes or say noth­ing at all; we send sym­pa­thy bou­quets whit­tled out of fruit to the shi­va house. Mod­ern Loss can help us do bet­ter.  Inspired by the web­site that the New York Times hailed as ​“redefin­ing mourn­ing,” this book – praised by Stephen Col­bert and Mindy Kaling, among oth­ers – offers a roadmap for nav­i­gat­ing grief and resilience in the mod­ern age. After all, we’re liv­ing in an era when…

BSO: MAHLER & KLEZMER    (Sunday, March 12 @ 3 pm)    NOAH BENDIX-BALGLEY/ADLER Fiedl-Fantazia: A Klezmer Concerto MAHLER Symphony No. 5  Mahler floods the ear and heart with every conceivable human emotion in the inexhaustible Fifth Symphony, a work he himself described as a “foaming, roaring, raging sea of sound.” Violinist Noah Bendix-Begley, the first concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, shows off another talent as the composer of a Klezmer fantasy filled with the wailing cries and stomping dances…

A ground­break­ing work that over­turns the con­ven­tion­al under­stand­ing of the Israeli-Amer­i­can rela­tion­ship and, in doing so, explores how fun­da­men­tal debates about Amer­i­can iden­ti­ty dri­ve our country’s for­eign policy.