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Archive: May 2024

TBZ Run Club

Posted on May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am – TBZ member, and recent first time Boston Marathon finisher, Tatiana Becker invites all interested TBZ runners and joggers to join in the first inaugural TBZ Run Club 2 mile fun run around Brookline. Runners will meet on the steps of TBZ at 9 and depart at 9:05 for a leisurely 2 mile run around the […]

B’Mitzvah Family Group Visit to Mayyim Hayyim

Posted on May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Mayyim Hayyim is a 21st-century creation, a mikveh rooted in ancient tradition, reinvented to serve the Jewish community of today. Come learn about the ritual of mikveh and how to use this ritual to add to the celebration of becoming BMitzvah.

Hebrew with Rabbi Sam Seicol (online)

Posted on May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024 @ 10:15 am – 12:00 pm – Deepen your knowledge of the Hebrew of the Tana”kh (Jewish Bible) as well as our prayers and blessings. These sessions use Hebrew text with English translation provided to all members of the group. Knowledge of the aleph-bet and a basic ability to read Hebrew is suggested but not required. There is a 6-session basic Hebrew […]

AAAG TLC Kits (in person)

Posted on May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm – Thank you to the scores of TBZers who stood up for six weeks of abortion rights action! Our determined support of the local Planned Parenthood has led to a new partnership. On May 5 a delegation from Planned Parenthood will be coming to TBZ to address us about current challenges and priorities – and how […]

Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery (in person)

Posted on May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Join Jews and Non-Jews for a bi-weekly opportunity to explore the 12 Steps of AA from a Jewish perspective using the book “Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery: A Personal Guide to Turning From Alcoholism and Other Addictions―Drugs, Food, Gambling, Sex…”  About the book: A rabbi, a psychiatrist, and many recovering Jewish people share their understanding […]

Open Parlor Meeting – Development (in person)

Posted on May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Want to learn more about TBZ’s new development strategy? Interested in the latest updates on TBZ’s development goals? Still have some questions about how you can help sustain TBZ? New to TBZ and want to engage?   Please join us for a discussion of development at TBZ. May 5, 4-5:30p in the community room   Sustaining our […]

5th Grade BMitzvah Intro (in person)

Posted on May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Families with 5th graders, this is for you! Learn about the b’mitzvah process at TBZ with Rav Tiferet and Rav Claudia, experience the family learning from our monthly BMitzvah Group, and begin the journey towards becoming BMitzvah as a family. Dinner included!

Yom HaShoah Film and Discussion: Beyond Babi Yar (in person)

Posted on May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Beyond Babi Yar was inspired by the story of TBZ Member Andy Halpert and his cousin, Filmmaker John Pollick’s, family. Their grandparents’ families were among the shooting victims in Ukraine. Babi Yar, or Babyn Yar, is a ravine in Kyiv, Ukraine. On September 29 and September 30, 1941, Nazis forced 33,771 Jews into it and […]

TBZ Book Club (Zoom)

Posted on May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – The TBZ Book Club provides a setting in which TBZ members come together to discuss fiction and non-fiction books with Jewish themes. Monthly meetings on Sunday evenings at TBZ feature lively discussions of books by or about Jewish people, alternating fiction and non-fiction selections. You may find yourself reading books you never knew about or […]

Men’s Group Weekly Check-in

Posted on May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – For more than 15 years, the TBZ Men’s Group has engaged participants in stimulating conversations about what really matters in their lives. In the process, members have built and strengthened relationships with other men in the TBZ community and beyond. For more information, contact Mark Dinaburg through the TBZ office.