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Mazel Tov to Jakob!

Jakob Cantor is a BZBIer since birth. He enjoyed pre-school and eight years of study at the Neziner Hebrew School. In addition to his Jewish studies, he is a hard… Read More

Posted: May 12, 2016 by

Pride & No Prejudice

On Friday, May 20th, Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel will celebrate its first Pride Shabbat – it will be a Marom Kabbalat Shabbat filled with wonderful music, a pre-service performance by… Read More

Posted: May 11, 2016 by

Matters of Death and Life

Aharei Mot 5776/ 7 May 2016

Mysteries are fun. For as long as I can remember, my mother always had a stack of Dick Francis and Agatha Christie by her bed; as a boy, I read Encyclopedia Brown and the… Read More

Posted: May 9, 2016 by

How Do You Count an Omer?

       How do you count an Omer?  At the end of the second seder we begin one of the most arcane rituals in Jewish religious practice.  It is… Read More

Posted: May 5, 2016 by

Mazel Tov to Jacob!

Jacob Luterman is a kind-hearted 13 year old who enjoys his friends, fantasy fiction books, tennis, soccer, fishing and most subjects at school. He seems to have inherited the collector’s gene from… Read More

Posted: May 4, 2016 by

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