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Archive: February 2024

Aging In Community: Informal Coffee Meet-Ups (in person)

Posted on February 28, 2024

February 28, 2024 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Weekly on Wednesdays from 2:30-3:30pm Location: Courtyard by Marriott Boston Brookline, 40 Webster St, Brookline If you are looking for some informal camaraderie within the Aging in Community at TBZ, please join us Wednesday afternoons at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Coolidge Corner for coffee (you need to bring your own beverage) and a […]

Beit Rabban (in person)

Posted on February 28, 2024

February 28, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Wednesday afternoons, 4-6pm starting October 4 (in person) In the Talmud, beit rabban, which literally means “house of our rabbis,” is where students would go to learn the wisdom of our tradition and prepare to engage Jewishly with the world. Beit Rabban, TBZ’s after-school Jewish education program, is for members in grades K-7. We engage […]

Jewish Life and Thought in Medieval Spain (Al Andalus) with TBZ Member Rabbi Lenny Gordon

Posted on February 28, 2024

February 28, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm –  10 Wednesdays, Winter/Spring 2024: 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/3, 4/10 & 4/17, 7:00-9:00 pm, Online. Cost: $450 (financial aid is available through Hebrew College) Offered in conjunction with Me’ah: During the Middle Ages in Spain — Jews, Christians, and Muslims shared a common home and interacted in the realms of medicine, government, […]

Boker Tov TBZ (online)

Posted on February 29, 2024

February 29, 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 […]

February Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Jen Gubitz: Finding Joy in Turbulent Times (in person and online)

Posted on February 29, 2024

February 29, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – When Adar enters, we increase in joy – but what if we’re just not feeling it? In these turbulent, indeterminate, and unprecedented times full of personal and communal grief, how can Judaism hold us? Through song, poetry, and study, we will explore pathways to finding joy in turbulent times. Led by TBZ member Rabbi Jen Gubitz […]

Conflict, Conversation, and Community with TBZ Member Rabbi Natan Margalit (online)

Posted on February 29, 2024

February 29, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Conflict, Conversation, and Community with TBZ Member Rabbi Natan Margalit  Thursdays: Feb 8, 15, 29, March 7, & 14 (Make-Up: March 21)   Time: 7-9pm Cost: $225, financial aid available Hosts: Walnut Street Minyan in Newton and TBZ Zoom How do we find ways to disagree and yet remain friends, or at least civil enough to co-exist in the same […]

Global Shabbat of Unplugging

Posted on March 1, 2024

March 1, 2024 – March 2, 2024 @ All Day – The Global Shabbat of Unplugging is an annual 24-hour period, running from sundown to sundown, of observing a communal digital detox. This day is an adaption of our Shabbat ritual of carving out one day per week to unwind, unplug, relax, reflect, get outdoors, and connect with loved ones. What will you unplug for? Get […]

Boker Tov TBZ (online)

Posted on March 1, 2024

March 1, 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 […]

Nishmat Hayyim Friday AM Sit (online)

Posted on March 1, 2024

March 1, 2024 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am – Join our Zoom Friday AM Meditation Session. For those who are joining us for the first time, the schedule for Friday AM is: chant, meditation sit, walking meditation/break, teaching, Q&A, and a closing minute of silence. Please see our weekly Nishmat Hayyim email or call the office (617) 566-8171 for the Zoom link. Find out […]

Kabbalat Shabbat with TBZ / Global Shabbat of Unplugging (in person and online)

Posted on March 1, 2024

March 1, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Come bring each week to a close and start Shabbat together in community! Join us for spirited services with song, kavanah (intention) and celebration. We now have a hybrid option of attending Kabbalat Shabbat at TBZ or joining on Zoom. Please call the office for the Zoom link: 617-566-8171. Click here to download the Kabbalat […]