Have you been catching up on all the shows you've missed? Watching movies you would have had time for? If the answer is yes, please join congregants and co-facilitators Melissa Montefel and Wendy Hayes for a discussion group about Jewish-themed shows. It will be wonderful to gather those interested for fun, talk, and insights. Contact the office to learn which show is up for discussion next. Every other Wednesday.

Our relationships are enriched by personal sharing. Congregant Asherah Cinnamon, with assistance from her team of local facilitators, offers occational community-building workshops on Zoom for Bet Ha'am members. These are opportunities for adults to express the personal impact of current events, including COVID-19, the tensions of US elections, and the rise in visibility of anti-Semitism. In large and small listening circles, each participant has an equal opportunity to be respectfully listened to. These are a participatory group experience, not a discussion, designed to strengthen our connections with each other.

Asherah is a trained facilitator with decades of experience bringing people together. Her bio may be found on her website. Registration will be in our weekly email; if you do not yet get our email, sign up by using the "Get the Newsletter" button below.

If you love Bet Ha’am but feel like you don’t really have close relationships here (or just want more close relationships), this gathering is for you! Adult members—come have some loosely facilitated discussion to really get to know each other, and do some fun baking and crafts together (or just keep talking). No prerequisites except a desire to feel more connected at Bet Ha’am. We will meet in the Bet Ha'am social hall once the building reopens.

Postponed to a future date
Join our trip to Israel, led by Rabbi Saks. On this journey of inspiration and education, we will experience Israel from ancient history to high-tech innovation; explore the diversity, challenges, and triumphs of the nation; participate in family and community adventures, including a tikkun olam activity; feel Jerusalem's holiness, Tel Aviv's energy, the north's serenity; meet and join leaders in the struggle for religious equality; float in the Dead Sea and ride Jeeps on Golan Heights; celebrate Shabbat with a local Reform community. We will be led by outstanding tour educators from Arza World. Please contact Karen Hindall in the office if you would like more information.

We were pleased to present these committee reports at our annual meeting in June 2020. If you would like to join one of our committees, please contact the office.