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February 23-24, 2025 Scribing and TorahFest
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Online Journey: 50 Years of Beth Am
Scenes from our 50th Anniversary Celebration – Coming Soon
January – March 2025
Participate in interesting conversations with scholars and experts, each relating to one of the Beth Am values we’re celebrating this year. Program Dates: Thursdays at 8:00 am at Beth Am – January 9, January 23, February 6, February 20 and March 6. Bagels and lox included!
February 23-24, 2025
Participate in writing our new Sefer Torah. Enjoy fun family activities for all ages that will introduce the scribing process and enrich our experience and understanding of the Torah itself.
Scribing Sessions for all congregants:
Sunday, February 23 3:00-8:00pm
Monday, February 24 11:30am-9:00pm
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March 30, 2025
Enjoy a community Seder infused with the stories and the voices of women and girls. Artist-in-Residence Soferet Rachel Jackson will teach a morning session with adults, visit Lab classes, work on a community art project, and participate in the Women’s Seder.
May 18, 2025
Beth Am hosts a community concert to celebrate our 50th Anniversary with our neighbors in Reservoir Hill and beyond, featuring Baltimore jazz royalty Lafayette Gilchrist and the New Volcanoes, winner of an Independent Music Award for Best Jazz Album and the Maryland State Arts Council’s Maryland Traditions Master/Apprentice Award, whose music was featured in the scores for the Wire and Treme. Baltimore rapper Eze Jackson is also on the bill
October 14-15, 2025
Dance and sing as we celebrate the completion of the new Sefer Torah and read from it for the first time.
November 2025
Check in later in 2025 as a special scholar discusses themes of Torah.
December 13, 2025
It was quite a year! Rejoice at a Shabbat Hanukkah Closing Party.
Throughout the year
At several sanctuary shabbats during the anniversary year, we will honor congregants and friends whose creativity and dedication over the last five decades have made the Beth Am community so special.
December 13-14, 2024
Start the celebration of Beth Am’s 50th Anniversary with inspiring Klei Kodesh, followed by a delicious dinner and a tisch afterparty; Shabbat morning services and a special catered lunch; and joyous music at a Saturday evening concert with Jacob’s Ladder.
December 15-16, 2024
As we write the first strokes of our new Sefer Torah, enjoy fun family activities that will introduce the scribing process and enrich our experience and understanding of the Torah itself.
