Our members come from a wide variety of spiritual- and life-paths. Some of us were raised in observant families. For others, TBZ is the first shul we have ever joined. Our weekly services are populated by former twice-a-year-Jews — men and women who, after b'nai mitzvah, attended services only on the High Holy Days. . . until they discovered Temple Beth Zion. Others among us had regularly attended synagogues, dutifully (if passively) following along in the prayer books, reading responsively and standing when asked, only to discover that something — anything; everything! — was missing. But at TBZ, as one of our members has noted, "I have found connection, authenticity, home. . . ."
Temple Beth Zion welcomes Jews of all persuasions, and non-Jews looking for a pathway into Judaism. Come join us! You'll find yourself among a wildly-diverse group of people — "our diverse shtetl," we call it — many of whom are more than a little surprised to find themselves involved with a Jewishly and spiritually sophisticated community.
