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.
February 22 and 23, 2025
Discovery Lab students and Beth Am congregants will continue the scribing of our new Sefer Torah.
Winter 2025
Participate in interesting conversations with scholars and experts, each relating to one of the Beth Am values we’re celebrating this year. Check back later this fall for details and a complete schedule of sessions.
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
We’ll be inviting our Reservoir Hill neighbors and our larger community to celebrate our 50th Anniversary with a concert with Baltimore’s own Eze Jackson and Grammy Award-winning musician Lafayette Gilchrist! More details about this festive musical event will be announced in early 2025.
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.