Click the Icon or Text Below for More Information Sun. Feb. 2 2:00 PM Trip to Jewish Comics Exhibit Sun. Feb. 2 5:00 PM Happy Hour for Grown and Flown Wed. Feb. 5 10:30 AM In Person Healthcare Presentation Fri. Feb. 7 10:30 AM Honoring Machane TBA 1st Grade Students Sat. Feb. 8 10:30 AM […]
Bo Exodus 10:1–13:16 By Jen Smith Parashat Bo is one of the most dramatic portions in the Torah. It is here that the final plagues strike Egypt, Pharaoh’s resistance is broken, and the children of Israel take their first steps toward freedom. But if we look beyond the historical narrative, we find a mystical and […]
Click Dates in Bold for More Information Sun, Feb. 2 9:30am-12:30pm PreK-6th Gr. Tues, Feb. 4 7th-12th Gr. 6-6:30pm Pizza; 6:30-8pm Classes Fri, Feb. 7 6:30-7:30pm 1st Grade Honored All Families Welcome Fri, Feb. 7- Sun, Feb. 9 9th Gr Relationship & Sexuality Retreat Sun, Feb. 9 9:30am-12:30pm PreK-6th Gr. Tues, Feb. 11 CLOSED DUE […]
Parshat Shemot Exodus 1:1 – 6:1 By Jen Smith Shemot is my favorite book of the Torah (doesn’t everyone have one?!) I am what you might call a desertphile. The hot sand, the incomparable sense of space, and the dry sunshine (great hair weather) sound positively dreamy as I look out on our frozen landscape. […]
Parsha Vayechi Genesis 47:28–50:26 By Jen Smith In Parsha Vayechi, we reach the final chapter of Genesis. Nearing the end of his life, Jacob gathers his sons together to give them blessings – or as some of them might have felt, brutal performance reviews. Reading this chapter, I can’t help but think of the: “Reuben, […]
Click the Icon or Text Below for More Information Fri. Jan 36:30 PM Camp Inspired Shabbat Service Mon. Jan 67:15 PM WTBA Book Club – Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro Wed. Jan 86:30 PM Grown and Flown Monthly Mah Jongg Night Wed. Jan 87 PM Rosh Chodesh Monthly Meeting Fri. Jan. 105:30 PM Preschool Aged […]
Click Dates in Bold for More Information Fri, Jan. 36:30-7:30pm All Families Welcome Sun, Jan. 5 9:30am-12:30pm PreK-6th Gr. Sun, Jan. 5 3rd-6th Gr.Kickoff of Hebrew Boot Camp Sun, Jan. 5 CANCELLED3rd-6th Gr. Tues, Jan. 7 CLOSED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER Tues, Jan. 7 TO BE RESCHEDULED Sun, Jan. 12 9:30am-12:30pm PreK-6th Gr. Mon, Jan. […]
VaYeishev Gen. 37:1 – 40:23 Rabbi Gary Pokras Last month our synagogue had the opportunity to participate in Yom Rabin, which is the anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. What does one do on this day? Argue with each other. Yitzhak Rabin, who was seeking a real peace with Palestinians, was […]
TBA Tribune – December 2024
VaYishlach Gen. 32:4 – 36:43 By Rabbi Gary Pokras This week’s parasha contains one of the most enigmatic moments in Torah. Jacob, having finally escaped with his family from the manipulation and oppression of his uncle Laban discovers that his twin brother Esau is on his way with four hundred armed men, presumably to extract […]
