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Archive: February 2024

BMitzvah Group Havdalah & Movie (in person)

Posted on February 3, 2024

February 3, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm – School Ties (1992) Starring Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon and Chris O’Connell. In 1959, a star quarterback from a working-class family is given an opportunity to attend an elite New England preparatory school, but he is conflicted about whether or not to tell his Evangelical classmates that he is Jewish. Location: Home of Sharon & Danielle […]

HIAS Weekend: An Evening of Music with Belle Linda Halpern

Posted on February 3, 2024

February 3, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Co-Sponsored by Congregation Beth El Sudbury. TBZ Member Belle Linda Halpern, accompanied by pianist Ron Roy, celebrates the Centennial of her teacher, Martha Schlamme. Belle studied with Martha from the age of 14 until Martha’s death in 1985. Martha fled Austria for London in 1938, immigrated to the US in 1947, and benefited from HIAS […]

Hebrew with Rabbi Sam Seicol (online)

Posted on February 4, 2024

February 4, 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 […]

HIAS Weekend: The Coffee House (in person)

Posted on February 4, 2024

February 4, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Cosponsored by Congregation Beth El Sudbury. Tell your (and/or your family’s) immigrant story at the Coffee House, on Sunday, February 4. Together with members of Congregation Beth El-Sudbury, and members other faith communities in Sudbury who would like to participate. Participants will share brief accounts of times when they took a stand: stands that bring […]

TBZ Book Club (Zoom)

Posted on February 4, 2024

February 4, 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 […]

Knitzvah (in person)

Posted on February 4, 2024

February 4, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The Knitzvah Group is a subgroup of the Hesed Committee at TBZ. Our mission is to contribute to the sense of warmth, of being cared about and known within the Community by knitting together! We meet about once a month, from late Fall through spring, at members’ homes or virtually – and spend the evening […]

Men’s Group Weekly Check-in

Posted on February 4, 2024

February 4, 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.

Boker Tov TBZ (online)

Posted on February 5, 2024

February 5, 2024 @ 8:00 am – 8:45 am – Boker Tov (Good Morning) TBZ is a daily morning prayer group, led by TBZ rabbis, rabbinic interns, and the Boker Tov community. It started from a desire for daily connection during the pandemic and has persisted and grown into a supportive community for members saying kaddish, as well as an opportunity to learn and grow […]

Poetry “Potluck” Rabbi Suzanne Offit (in person)

Posted on February 5, 2024

February 5, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – 1st and 3rd Mondays (check Happenings for dates) at Noon Bring your own dairy/pareve lunch so we can learn and eat together! In addition, our souls also need nourishment, so bring your favorite poem to share for a “poetry pot-luck.”  Please bring poems that are meaningful to you. Come prepared to share a little about […]

Costa Rica Trip for the TBZ community

Posted on February 6, 2024

February 6, 2024 – February 11, 2024 @ All Day – Costa Rica Trip for the TBZ community February 6-11, 2024 (in person) Join Rav Claudia for a unique retreat, offering a dynamic blend of practices that emanate from relational psychology, Jewish wisdom, music, movement, journaling, and meditation. Sign up here.