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Archive: May 2025

Community Retreat – Cape Cod (in person)

Posted on May 16, 2025
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May 16, 2025 – May 18, 2025 @ All Day – Get ready for our most exciting spring retreat yet:  TBZ’s Annual Community Retreat is May 16-18, 2025 at the gorgeous  Craigville Retreat Center on Cape Cod, with programs for all ages!   REGISTER HERE   Pricing: Full Weekend:  (Includes 2 nights and 5 meals & childcare and all activities) Adults $325.00 Children (6-18) $200.00 Children (3-5) […]

Nishmat Hayyim Friday AM Sit (online)

Posted on May 16, 2025
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May 16, 2025 @ 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 May 16, 2025
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May 16, 2025 @ 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 […]

Torah Study (in person)

Posted on May 17, 2025
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May 17, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am – Taught by Rav Claudia, Rav Leah and other rabbis and teachers from our TBZ community. Join us to study and discuss before Shabbat services.  Click here to see who is leading Torah Study.

Shabbat Morning Service (in person and online)

Posted on May 17, 2025
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May 17, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Spend Shabbat morning in community. Our morning service is offered both in-person and on Zoom. Please call the office at 617-566-8171 for the Zoom link. Click here to download the Shabbat Morning Siddur. Find out who is leading Shabbat morning services!

Final Session: Hebrew Reading and Understanding with Rabbi Sam Seicol (online)

Posted on May 18, 2025
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May 18, 2025 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm – Sundays, 10:15-12:00 Deepen your knowledge of the Hebrew of the Tana”kh (Jewish Bible) and our prayers and blessings. These sessions use Hebrew text with English translation provided. Knowledge of the aleph-bet and a basic ability to read Hebrew is suggested but not required. Sessions explore vocabulary, grammar, and evidence for variant worldviews and social structures […]

12 Jewish Steps to Recovery: Book Study and Conversation (online)

Posted on May 18, 2025
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May 18, 2025 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am – Every Sunday Zoom link. (Meeting ID: 810 8638 3432; Passcode: 071019, Phone Dial in: 309 205 3325) Contact Peter Golbus pgolbus@gmail.com if you’re interested and to learn more and email Jewish12Steps@tbzbrookline.org to join our mailing list! In partnership with Our Jewish Recovery. Each week we meet to explore the Steps common to all 12-Step Recovery Programs, […]

TBZ Men’s Group Weekly Check-in (online)

Posted on May 18, 2025
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May 18, 2025 @ 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.

Poetry “Potluck” with Rabbi Suzanne Offit (in person)

Posted on May 19, 2025
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May 19, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – 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 the poet. You will need 15 copies (this is the […]

Israeli Songs on the World Stage: Eurovision Contenders (online)

Posted on May 19, 2025
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May 19, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – 4th Mondays, beginning September 23, 7:30-9pm  “Halleluyah,” “Chai,” “Diva,” “Toy”… Since 1973, Israeli singers have performed in the famed international Eurovision contemporary song competition. From poignant and topical to romantic, upbeat, and silly, Israeli performers have presented a wide variety of musical numbers. Join Dr. Miriam Rosalyn Diamond to explore these songs as well as […]