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Once again this year, Morah Betsy will be leading a service for 6-12 year old students on the First Day of Rosh Hashanah (Thursday 9/29/11) at approximately 10:30 AM. We will pray, have a Torah service with the congregation’s brand new student Torah scroll, read the Torah readings in English, discuss the prayers, and blow […]
Dear Congregants and Friends, Please join us this Friday night, September 23 at 7 pm as we welcome back Colonel and Elinor Pusin who are visiting from San Antonio for Friday night services. As many of you know, Colonel Pusin, who is 93 and a founding member at Beth El, recently moved to San Antonio after many […]
The high holidays are nearly upon us, and the schedule for services for Beth El is now finalized. All events and services are free and do not require tickets, and the entire community is welcome to join us. (We do gratefully accept donations, however, and invite you to discuss the possibility of membership.) Beth El […]
Still need Rosh Hashanah cards? Shabbat cards to bring with your wine bottle or flowers when you’re invited to a Shabbat meal? A Sukkot card to thank the friends who invite you to eat in their Sukkah? How about Sukkot cards to use as invitations when you invite others to your sukkah? We have even […]
What an amazing day of Firsts we had! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udYceQyukic?rel=0] The first day of Hebrew school, with a brand new class, a brand new children’s Torah scroll, a chance to watch the workmen assemble our brand new chairs, and the opportunity to sound the shofar for the first time. We began the afternoon with a […]
Dear congregants and friends, Please note that Beth El is participating in a special September 11th commemoration at the JCAA this Sunday morning starting at 9:30 am at the Flagpoles at the Dell Campus. We hope you will join us and the Austin Jewish community. Friday night, September 9th, we will hold our regular Friday […]
This week we read the Parsha Shoftim, which contains one of the most famous phrases in all of Torah, the sentence that tells us pursue justice. This is such an important commandment that the word justice (tzedek צֶדֶק) is repeated twice. Justice, JUSTICE shall you pursue. –Betsy Rabbi Ben Greenberg explains the importance of […]