B’ShERT Blog
~Fall Youth Group Highlight~ by Emma Tattenbaum-Fine
November 24, 2020 by emma • Being B'ShERT • 3 Comments
With Thanksgiving this week, another fall holiday is on the horizon and, sadly, we cannot be together in person for this one. Looking back over this odd season of a […]
“A More Confident Community Organizer” By B’ShERT Youth Group member, Lela Wang
November 18, 2020 by emma • Being B'ShERT • 0 Comments
My name is Lela Wang and I’m a 10th grader and B’ShERT congregant. When Emma Tattenbaum-Fine, Digital Media and Youth Outreach Coordinator, sent out information about the URJ Religious Action […]
Politics & Intrigue from the Great Beyond — an Alan Zarrow Walking Tour
October 29, 2020 by miketrose • Being B'ShERT, Features, Galleries • 0 Comments
By Alan Zarrow In honor of Election Day, I am concentrating this month’s Walking Tour segment on some very strange political stories and the people associated with them. We begin […]
2020 Introduction to Judaism Classes with Rabbi Sue Oren begin October 21
October 18, 2020 by miketrose • Features • 0 Comments
Introduction to Judaism: An Exploration for Curious Adults begins 10/21/20 Join this 20-session course on Jewish life, thought and practice Discover Judaism from an adult perspective Become a more […]
“No Recipe Recipe” by Sam Silverman
October 13, 2020 by emma • Being B'ShERT • Tags: family story, jewish cooking, jewish food • 2 Comments
My mother was a superb baker, having learned from her Austro-Hungarian mother all the specialties of that vanquished empire. She made a variety of “Pitter Kichen” (Butter Cookies) that were […]
Golden Book of Memory 2020
September 28, 2020 by miketrose • Features • 0 Comments
Our Golden Book of Memory is below. Our loved ones remain in our memories and our hearts.
Machzorim for Yom Kippur
September 24, 2020 by miketrose • Features • 0 Comments
Dear B’ShERT family, Attached below are PDF files of the prayerbooks we’ll be using for Yom Kippur. If you have a physical Mishkan HaNefesh prayerbook from the synagogue, you don’t […]
Virtual Backgrounds and High Holy Day Program
September 23, 2020 by miketrose • Features • 2 Comments
You too can sit in the sanctuary! Just download these backgrounds and plug them into Zoom. You can also download our High Holy Days program here.
Mama Schnall’s Pepperidge Farm Stuffing Story by Ellyn Rothstein
September 8, 2020 by emma • Being B'ShERT • 2 Comments
My mother was an excellent cook and baker who, unfortunately, never instructed my sister, Bambi, or me how to prepare her delectable dishes. After her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and […]
Hanukkah Gifts that Give Back
December 8, 2020 by emma • Being B'ShERT • 0 Comments
This has been a year unlike any other and B’ShERT has proven itself to be a haven of Jewish community at a very lonely and disconnected time. If you’re feeling, […]