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Welcome to Congregation Beth Elohim
We are a close-knit community synagogue in Acton, Massachusetts, about 25 miles northwest of Boston. We draw our membership from over a dozen surrounding cities and towns. Since our founding in 1969 we have been independent and non-affiliated, allowing us to open our doors to all, regardless of religious background or practice. We are a vibrant, diverse, caring and active community. Join us at a service or event! Click here to learn more about us or to inquire about membership.
Around the Shul
Celebrate Purim 5784: Erev Purim Dinner & Purim Service & Megillah Reading with Klezmer music ♦ Saturday, March 23 ♦ Dinner at 5:00 PM and Service at 6:00 PM in person & Zoom
Join us for the annual mitzvah of listening to the story of Esther and Mordechai, chanted by over 25 members of all ages from our CBE community. Celebrate this season of joy, fun, and laughter, with Klezmer music by our special guest Barry Shapiro and CBE musicians and dancing! Come together with food for the Erev Purim Dinner. It will be a delicious vegetarian, nut free Mediterranean & Persian dinner with no charge. Find more details about the evening and sign up for dinner.
Celebrate Purim 5784: Talent Show, Social Action Activity & Purim Carnival ♦ Sunday, March 24 ♦ Starting at 10:00 AM
Come enjoy the Purim Talent Show at 10:00 AM, participate in the social action activity at 11:00 AM and then join in the fun and games of our annual Purim Carnival starting at 11:30 AM. Hope to see you there… and don’t forget to wear your favorite costume! Find more details...
Shabbat B'Yachad (Together!) Dinner ♦ First Friday of each month through May ♦ 6:00 to 7:00 PM
Join us for our Shabbat Dinner the first Friday of each month through May! The dinner is after our Tot Shabbat and before our Ruach Shabbat service, so all can join. There is no charge, but we request that you sign up for our planning purposes. Go to the calendar, click on the Friday dinner event, and sign up!
CBE Choir Annual Music Shabbat - One Community, Many Voices ♦ Friday, March 29 ♦ 7:00 PM in person & Zoom
The CBE Choir celebrates Kehillah Achat – One Community – with a service of music from the many voices that make up our global Jewish world. Enjoy selections from diverse communities accompanied by piano, guitar, flute, clarinet and percussion. Please join us for this always popular annual event! Find details here.
Brotherhood Breakfast & Community Solar Forum ♦ Sunday, April 7 ♦ 9:00 AM in person & Zoom about 9:30 AM
Sign up HERE to join the CBE community and our featured speakers as we celebrate the Department of Energy Sunny Award for Equitable Solar. Enjoy breakfast prior to the speakers, State senator Jamie Eldridge, Barry Nyer, CBE solar team lead, and Sean Howe from Sunwealth Power. Breakfast is free for Brotherhood members with a $10 charge for non-Brotherhood members.
Sisterhood Participatory Passover Baking Class ♦ Sunday, April 14 ♦ 11:00 AM at a "sister's" house in Acton
Linda Friedman & Marcy Hoban will lead the group in baking an Easy Peasy Kosher for Passover Macaroons recipe. Cost is $15 to cover the cost of the ingredients. Sign up now as attendance is limited to 10 people.
CBE "One Community" Auction ♦ Sunday, June 2 ♦ 6:00 PM
Don't miss CBE's biggest social event of the year! Join your fellow congregants at CBE’s Auction to enjoy catered delicacies and desserts, cash bar, live music and bidding for large and small treasures. Save the date! Stay tuned for more details. Email auction2024@bethelohim.org if you have goods or services to donate!
Temple Tots: A Monthly Class for ages 2-PreK and their Grown-Ups
Join us each month as we explore Jewish holidays through stories, arts and crafts, music, a snack and play time with other Jewish families! Registration is full at this moment, but please email interest to Beth Goldstein at bethg@bethelohim.org as spots may open up.
Torah Talk with Rabbi David ♦ The first 3 Thursdays of each month ♦ 12:00 to 1:00 PM on Zoom only
Rabbi David continues this popular class! This will be a general text study class that could bring in Talmud, Mishnah, Torah, Midrash, or other sacred texts. It could also be about Jewish values and current events, or an upcoming holiday. This fall, the focus will be about Jewish Practice. Sign up to receive the Zoom information.
Monthly Sisterhood Mah Jongg ♦ Two Thursday evenings remain
Consider joining a Sisterhood Mah Jongg game! Never played but interested in learning? We would be happy to teach you. Just email sisterhood@bethelohim.org. Find the list of dates here.
Monthly Meditations with Cantor Sarra ♦ One Monday per month ♦7:00 to 8:30 PM at CBE & Zoom
The March session has been cancelled. This popular series with Cantor Sarra is back and happening monthly both in person and via Zoom! Dates just added for April and May. June date is TBDSign up here and you will receive the Zoom link.
Tue, March 19 2024
9 Adar II 5784
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Covid Guidelines
We need everyone's help to run our hybrid services!
Find details and sign up HERE to be an Oneg Host, Greeter or a ZOOM Host to help make these services successful.
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CBE and ADL's Kulanu Initiative
CBE has joined the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Kulanu initiative which targets antisemitism, discrimination, and hate speech. Read more here.
CBE is a member of the Ruderman Synagogue Inclusion Project.
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We've gone solar!
In observance of the mitzvah, sh'mirat ha-adamah, "protecting the earth," the CBE board has made the commitment to solar power.
Electricity generated by our four solar canopies is among the most for a house of worship in Massachusetts.
See in real time how much electricity is produced directly for CBE and for CBE & the Community. Read about the solar project and when the system went live. Also learn how families are helping the environment by watching our teens in a short video or by joining the Green Team.
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