Thank you to Asella Medina-Smith for her initial layouts and cover art and Wesley Wolfbear Pinkham for his assistance designing and editing the High Holy Days 5786 booklet.
SUKKOT
Tuesday, October 7th
9:30AM | Day 1 Morning Services
Wednesday, October 8th
9:30AM | Day 2 Morning Services
Monday, October 13th
7 AM | Hoshanah Raba Services
SHEMINI ATZERET
Tuesday, October 14th
9:30AM | Morning Services with Yizkor
SIMCHAT TORAH
The New Beth Am Torah Debut!
Tuesday, October 14th – 5PM | Bring-your-own-dinner; 6PM | Simchat Torah service; 7:15PM | Torah dedication
*followed by a dessert reception!
Wednesday, October 15th
9:30AM | Morning Services – Honor Beth Am’s past clergy and staff at morning service. A special kiddush lunch will follow the service.
Sunday, October 5th
7 AM | Sukkah Building RSVP HERE
9AM | Young Families Sukkah Decorating (ages 0-5)
10 AM | LAB Families Sukkah Decorating
Wednesday, October 8th
6PM | Sangria in the Sukkah
One of our favorite Fall Holiday gatherings,
featuring tasty treats, sangria, and community.
Friday, October 10th
6 PM | Klei Kodesh in the Sukkah!
Experience our Klei Kodesh Kabbalat Shabbat in the Beth Am courtyard during Sukkot with Rav Daniel, Rav Tyler, and Uncle Ira’s Hebrew Washboard Ensemble. Register for dinner here.
Saturday, October 11th
7:30 PM | BAYITT Havdalah & Hollywood in the Sukkah
Celebrate Sukkot with fellow 20s and 30s with a relaxed movie night in the Sukkah. Bring a dairy/parve picnic dinner, blankets, chairs and any drinks you’d like to enjoy. Popcorn and movie snacks will be provided! RSVP to frontoffice@bethambaltimore.org.
Sunday, October 12th
6 PM | Steak & Bourbon in the Sukkah
Come on by for a delightful evening of savory steaks, baked potatoes, and all the fixings, plus a variety of smooth Sagamore bourbons and whiskeys. A representative from Sagamore will be on hand to educate us as we taste each variety. Anyone 21+ welcome!
Sukkot Days 1 & 2
9:30 AM – End of Services
Beth Am will provide professional childcare for the youngest ones, ages 2-5 in the Moadon. You will be welcome to drop off your youngest children for free play, a snack, and music and activities connected to Sukkot.
Tuesday, October 14thA year in the making. Hundreds of congregants participated as we honored our heritage while preparing for our future. Now it’s time to dedicate Beth Am’s new Torah scroll! Bring-your-own dinner at 5:00 pm, which will be followed by a joyous Simchat Torah service 6:00 pm. After the service, the Torah will be dedicated on our Eutaw Street steps at 7:20 pm. This momentous occasion will conclude with a dessert reception!
We’ll honor Beth Am’s past clergy and staff at the morning service at 9:30 am.
Beth Am is excited to welcome Rabbi Jane Kanarek, Ph.D. as our Scholar in Residence November 14th – 15th.
Jane Kanarek is Professor of Rabbinics and Dean of Faculty at Hebrew College. She is the author of Biblical Narrative and the Formation of Biblical Law and an editor of Mothers in the Jewish Cultural Imagination and Learning to Read Talmud: What It Looks Like and How It Happens, both of which were finalists for the National Jewish Book Awards.
A pioneer in the field of Talmud pedagogy, Rabbi Dr. Kanarek is a recipient of the prestigious Wexner Graduate Fellowship and a former member of the Rabbinical Assembly’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards. She lives in Brookline, MA with her husband and three boys.
Her next book— Beyond Brutality: Reclaiming Female Presence in Bavli Sotah — is forthcoming in December from Brandeis University Press
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat and Dinner, followed by Rabbi Kanarek’s first lecture, Reading the Talmud Through Feminist Eyes. All too often, we assume that women are not present in the Talmud. But if we shift our lenses and being with an assumption that in fact women are present in the Talmud, we suddenly see much more than we had thought possible. This talk will ask us to practice the art of learning to notice what we might all too easily overlook.
Following services and Kiddush lunch, join us for Rabbi Kanarek’s second lecture, Seeing God Under an Apple Tree: The Righteous Women of Tractate Sotah. Tractate Sotah of the Babylonian Talmud contains a magnificent midrash about the righteous women for whose sake Israel was redeemed from Egypt. We will study this story as a window into the rabbinic imagination and as a guidepost for rebellion, resistance, and subversion.
Don’t miss Rabbi Kanarek’s final lecture, How the Bible Became Rabbinic. We often take for granted that the Bible is the foundation of Jewish life. But the Bible underwent a process of becoming the foundation of Jewish life. Through examining the ways in which stories from the book of Genesis become sources for rabbinic law, this talk will look at the process of the Bible becoming a rabbinic document.
*Join us for a wine and cheese reception and Havdalah before the talk
Saturday, December 13th | 6 – 10 PM
RESERVE YOUR TICKETS!
Milk cost $1.57 a gallon, Stephen King published his first thriller, “Carrie”, the film “Young Frankenstein” was a box office hit, the first UPC (Universal Product Code) barcode was scanned at a supermarket in Ohio AND Beth Am was founded. All in 1974.
As we include our 50th Anniversary year, it’s time to party- like it’s 1974!
Dance and schmooze the night away at the final even of this fantastic 50th anniversary celebration, featuring Machaya Klezmer Band and a DJ spinning 70’s tunes on Saturday, December 13th.
Make your reservations now! Capacity is limited! Bell bottoms and platform shoes are optional!Please email Susannah Kolstad with any questions.
