Independent Jewish Shul in Brookline, MA

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Archive: November 2025

Shabbat Zimrah/Kabbalat Shabbat with TBZ (in person and online)

Posted on November 21, 2025
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November 21, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Shabbat Zimrah brings the mystical sounds of Arab Jewry to the TBZ sanctuary. Co-led by artist-in-residence Yoni Battat on the oud, this service utilizes traditional and original melodies to chant excerpts from Shir Hashirim and the psalms of Kabbalat Shabbat, followed by Ma’ariv (Reading Song of Songs is a Mizrahi Friday night tradition practiced year […]

Community Dinner

Posted on November 21, 2025
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November 21, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Practice for Thanksgiving dinner! This is an opportunity to bring people together for a Shabbat dinner. Community Dinners are a chance to sit down with old friends (even from outside of TBZ, they’re invited too!), meet new friends, and discover shared interests. Sign-up required. TBZ members, adults: $30 TBZ members, kids 6+:  $12 TBZ members, […]

Torah Study (in person)

Posted on November 22, 2025
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November 22, 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 November 22, 2025
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November 22, 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!

WonderMinyan (in person)

Posted on November 22, 2025
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November 22, 2025 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm – At WonderMinyan, young Jews begin to learn Shabbat morning and holiday prayers, the weekly parasha (Torah portion) through stories and plays, as well as build a community of friends. 10:30-11am Shabbat Shabreakfast in the Meeting Room 11-11:30am Age-appropriate parasha/Shabbat engagement: Littles (babies-1st grade) in the Meeting Room Middles (2-4 grades) in the Community Room Olders […]

Kiddush Talk: Guest Teacher, Rabbi David Lazar

Posted on November 22, 2025
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November 22, 2025 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm – On Shabbat, November 22 (Parshat Toldot), Rabbi David Lazar — Rav Claudia’s mentor, rabbi, and teacher during her rabbinical school years and in the years following her ordination — will join us at TBZ as guest teacher. In his d’var Torah, he will share insights from his experience teaching New Testament texts to a Jewish–Christian […]

Nathan Meshoulam Bar Mitzvah (Mincha/Ma’ariv)

Posted on November 22, 2025
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November 22, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm –

Family Table Volunteering at JF & CS (in person – Waltham)

Posted on November 23, 2025
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November 23, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am – TBZ partners with Family Table, through Jewish Family & Children Services (JF & CS) volunteering to pack and deliver groceries each month. The volunteer location is JF & CS (2430 Main Street, Waltham). Find out more and sign up here. JF&CS 2025-26 Dates: September 7, September 14, October 12, October 19, November 9, November 23, […]

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

Posted on November 23, 2025
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November 23, 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, […]

Hebrew Through Torah: An in-depth Look at the Book of Exodus with Rabbi Sam Seicol (online)

Posted on November 23, 2025
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November 23, 2025 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm – Sundays, 10:30am-12:00pm (online) – Resumes October 19!  Hebrew Through Torah: An in-depth Look at the Book of Exodus This on-going online weekly exploration of the Torah continues on Sunday mornings.  Areas covered include: Hebrew reading practice, understanding Torah Hebrew vocabulary, grammar, and issues of translation, the possible diverse Biblical authors, and discussions on relevance of the […]