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January 27, 2023

March 2023 at Temple Beth Ami

Fri. Mar. 3
6:30pm

Meaning & Mensches:
A Family Shabbat Experience

Sun. Mar. 5
1:45pm

Purim Shportz Shpiel
In Person & Livestream

Tues. Mar. 7
10:30am

Live & Learn with Karen Hoffman via Zoom

Tues. Mar. 7
8:00pm

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The Simon and Garfunkel Story

Sun. Mar. 26
10:00am

Brunch & Learn with Washington Post Writers/Editors

Fri. Mar. 31
7:30pm

Between Masks & Matzah: A Musical Exploration with Caron Dale

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January 27, 2023

Encore Overview

Encore
Temple Beth Ami’s active senior community.

Encore was first established in 2014 as a way to connect members in the community who are active seniors looking to be very active and involved. We offer a wide range of opportunities: theatre outings; speakers on wide-ranging topics; pot luck dinners; baseball games; museum outings; book & author discussions; happy hours; discussion with county officials; trips to Glenstone; support of the Saturday Chapel services at TBA; tours of the Library of Congress; and working in conjunction with Israel Matters. We offer many trips outside or in small groups to meet the various needs of our population.

We are a community within the community of TBA and believe our members have an important role to play. Leadership is always open to new ideas from the community and we are happy to welcome new Encore members.

Encore communicates to its members through a listserve, so please contact Linda Burgin or Jim Lieberman to get added to the list or to learn more about their upcoming events.

Upcoming Events

January 26, 2023

Shabbat Updated

Shabbat

Temple Beth Ami offers Shabbat services every Friday night and most Saturday mornings throughout the year. On some Shabbats, an afternoon service is held followed by havdalah to bring Shabbat to a close. We welcome anyone to join us in person or through our livestream.

View previous sermons here. For upcoming worship information and descriptions of Shabbat services, please see below.

Upcoming Worship Services

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Friday Service Descriptions

1st Friday Night of the Month:
A Shabbat Service with Summer Camp Spirit
(6:30 – 7:30 PM)
Inspired by the ruach (spirit) of machane (camp), join us to pray, sing, dance, and celebrate the joy of Shabbat. The clergy will teach the weekly Torah portion in language accessible to congregants of all ages.

2nd Friday Night of the Month
Tot Shabbat
(5:30 – 6:30 PM)
Our service of music and stories for preschool-age students and families.

2nd Friday Night of the Month
Erev Shabbat Service
(6:30 – 7:30 PM)
Celebrate Shabbat with traditional prayers and the signature music of our congregation, as well as a sermon from our Rabbis.

3rd Friday Night of the Month:
Spirit of Shabbat
(6:30 – 7:30 PM)
This entirely musical service engages the congregation in prayer and song.

4th Friday Night of the Month
Erev Shabbat
(6:30 – 7:30 PM)
Celebrate Shabbat with traditional prayers and the signature music of our congregation, as well as a sermon from our Rabbis.

5th Friday Night of the Month:
Meditative Shabbat
(6:30 – 7:30 PM)
Experience the calm and peacefulness of Shabbat through this introspective service of prayer and contemplative music.

Saturday & Sunday Service Descriptions

Shabbat Morning Sanctuary Service
10:30am – 12:30pm
On Shabbat mornings we often celebrate our B’nei Mitzvah students being called to Torah, as well as other lifecycle events (i.e. baby namings, auf rufs, etc.).

Shabbat Afternoon (Mincha) Service
5:30pm – 7:30pm
From October – April (usually held twice a month), we regularly celebrate our B’nei Mitzvah students being called to Torah along with other lifecycle events (such as baby namings, auf rufs, etc.).

Shabbat Morning Chapel Service
10:30am – 12:00pm
2nd Shabbat of each month ONLY
On the second Shabbat morning of each month, we will celebrate Shabbat in the warm, intimate setting of the chapel. This in-person only service may be clergy-led or lay-led.

Sunday Minyan
9:45 – 10:15 AM
By Zoom Only
A lay-led minyan for our community members to say Kaddish. The Zoom link is shared by email every Friday since this service is currently led online only.

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January 25, 2023

Meet the Authors

Michael Twitty

Hear from Michael Twitty, African-American Jewish writer, culinary historian and educator, and author of KosherSoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew. Koshersoul, chef Michael W. Twitty’s memoir about his career fusing Jewish and African-American culinary histories, was named the Jewish book of 2022 by the Jewish Book Council. A former Machane TBA teacher, Michael will be speaking about his experience as a Black, Jewish, and Gay Southern food writer in this can’t miss event! A Meet & Greet and reception featuring a sampling of Michael’s favorite dishes will immediately follow the program. Michael will be autographing books during the reception, so buy your copy of KosherSoul in advance.

This FREE event is sponsored by the Cultural Arts Fund in memory of Sue Roemer to donate, click here.

This event will take place live in the Sanctuary and on Livestream.

Rebecca Soffer

The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience is what author Rebecca Soffer wished she had after her parents died, offering a welcoming space in which to grow thoughts and feelings as they evolve and create a personal roadmap toward resilience. With warmth, wit, and disarming humor, Soffer and Rabbi Baht Weiss will unpack the wisdom of the book and discuss how the long arc of loss can be woven into our lives in a way that is practical, creative, comforting, provoking, and, finally, hopeful.

This free event is made possible through the Jewish Book Council.

This event will take place in person and on Livestream.

About the Authors

About Michael Twitty

Michael W. Twitty is a culinary historian and food writer from the Washington D.C. area. He blogs at Afroculinaria.com. He’s appeared on Bizarre Foods America with Andrew Zimmern, Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates and most recently Taste the Nation with Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi. HarperCollins released Twitty’s The Cooking Gene, in 2017, tracing his ancestry through food from Africa to America and from slavery to freedom, a finalist for The Kirkus Prize and The Art of Eating Prize and a 3rd place winner of Barnes & Noble’s Discover New Writer’s Awards in Nonfiction. The Cooking Gene won the 2018 James Beard Award for best writing as well as book of the year, making him the first Black author so awarded. His piece on visiting Ghana in Bon Appetit was included in Best Food Writing in 2019 and was nominated for a 2019 James Beard Award. His next book, Rice became available through UNC Press in 2021. KosherSoul, his follow-up to The Cooking Gene, will be out in August 2022 through HarperCollins. Michael has a hit spice line based on The Cooking Gene and a recent special guest appearance on Michelle Obama’s Waffles and Mochi show on Netflix. Michael can also be found on MasterClass online, where he teaches Tracing Your Roots Through Food.

About Rebecca Soffer

Rebecca Soffer is cofounder of Modern Loss, which offers creative, meaningful and encouraging content and community addressing the long arc of grief. She is also the author of the bestselling “The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience,” which Gayle King named one of her two favorite books of 2022. Rebecca is also coauthor of the book “Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome,” which The Strategist named a best book on loss for a younger generation. Her writing has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, TIME, Glamour and NBC. Rebecca is a Peabody Award-winning former producer for The Colbert Report and a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumna.

Tues. Mar. 78:00pm