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Archive: February 2025

Kiddush Talk: David Kaplan – Walking The Shikoku Ohenro (in person)

Posted on February 1, 2025
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February 1, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – TBZ Member David Kaplan recently returned from a two-month, 735-mile walk in Japan! The Shikoku Ohenro is the Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the Camino in Spain. During Kiddush, David will share about his adventures exploring a variety of Buddhist temples, the spiritual meaning he derived from the 20 months of pre-planning, the journey, and the […]

Israel Palestine Affinity Group (in person)

Posted on February 2, 2025
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February 2, 2025 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm – Israel Palestine Affinity Group (in person and online) February 2, 10:30am (this meeting is in person)   On this day, when there is much to resist, to mourn and to feel moments of celebration, we hope you’ll join us for our next gathering as we consider:   As an American Jew, what has formed your relationship to Israel?   As we enter a new year and a new […]

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

Posted on February 2, 2025
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February 2, 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 February 2, 2025
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February 2, 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 February 3, 2025
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February 3, 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 […]

Aging In Community: Informal Coffee Meet-Ups

Posted on February 5, 2025
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February 5, 2025 @ 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 […]

Dismantling Racism From the Inside Out 

Posted on February 6, 2025
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February 6, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – with Rav Tiferet and Ellen Krause-Grosman  5 Thursday evenings starting in February: 2/6, 2/20, 3/6, 3/20, and 4/3, 6:00-8:00pm Dismantling Racism From the Inside Out (DRIO), a course and community of practice that equips participants with daily concrete Jewish spiritual tools of Mussar to confront, subvert, and heal implicit and internalized racism within ourselves and […]

Nishmat Hayyim Friday AM Sit (online)

Posted on February 7, 2025
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February 7, 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 February 7, 2025
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February 7, 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 February 8, 2025
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February 8, 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.