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Archive: March 2024

Beit Rabban (in person)

Posted on March 20, 2024

March 20, 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 March 20, 2024

March 20, 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, […]

First meeting of TBZ’s new Israel/Palestine Peace & Justice group

Posted on March 20, 2024

March 20, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – March 20, 7pm: Israel/Palestine Peace & Justice Affinity Group (in-person) This is an affinity group for people who want to foreground bringing an immediate end to the current violence in Gaza and are committed to ending the ongoing structural violence Palestinians have suffered for decades. This is not the Israel group that Rav Claudia is […]

Boker Tov TBZ (online)

Posted on March 21, 2024

March 21, 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 […]

Ta’anit Esther with Hadar 2024: Reading the Megillah after October 7th

Posted on March 21, 2024

March 21, 2024 @ 9:30 am – 2:20 pm – Co-sponsored by TBZ Ta’anit Esther with Hadar Purim parades itself as the most joyful day of the year, however, Megillat Esther is a story of intense crisis and violence. At the beginning, Jews face an existential threat, and at the end, Jews kill their enemies on a massive scale. In the wake of October 7th, […]

TBZ Therapists’ Connection (online)

Posted on March 21, 2024

March 21, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – TBZ Therapists’ Connection Alternate Thursdays, 1pm (online) TBZ members who are mental health professionals are welcome to join this every-other-Thursday online support group to come into community to discuss current societal and mental health topics and how these may affect our work. This group began in March 2020 and has been ongoing and well-attended. Our […]

Let’s Speak Hebrew (in person)

Posted on March 21, 2024

March 21, 2024 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Join Leah Carnow for our new group to practice speaking Hebrew language. No expertise necessary, just a desire to practice speaking and listening to spoken Hebrew. Even if your Hebrew is not that great, listening and trying to follow along will help your skills grow! Meets every other week.

Boker Tov TBZ (online)

Posted on March 22, 2024

March 22, 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 22, 2024

March 22, 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 (in person and online)

Posted on March 22, 2024

March 22, 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 […]