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Honey for the Holidays 2020
What better gift could there be for Rosh Hashanah than some HONEY FOR THE HOLIDAYS? Coming soon for 2020! This distinctive 8-ounce jar of kosher honey will arrive in time for Rosh Hashanah, decorated with a festive label, and will include a personalized card reading “Shana Tova—Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year.” This […]
Rabbi Hoover’s Message: On The Uprising
Dear B’ShERT family and friends, Jewish tradition prioritizes pikuach nefesh, saving a life, over almost everything else. In this pandemic, we have been urging our congregants and friends to stay home, be cautious, and practice social distancing. This week we have seen many in our city and country congregate in protest, catalyzed by the deaths of […]
June 2020 Voice of Truth
Dear B’ShERT Community, We’re pleased to tell you that the June 2020 edition of the Voice of Truth is now available online. Click or copy here: https://pubsecure.lucidpress.com/2020-06-VoT/ The Voice of Truth team is now on hiatus until the September issue. Yours truly plans to take a break from VoT editing duties by reading novels and tackling a number of writing and editing projects. (The […]
“Being B’ShERT”, Your New Blog!
Welcome to our newly minted B’ShERT blog, “Being B’ShERT”! I had the pleasure of joining Rabbi Heidi recently on B’Yachad and, over Zoom, I was struck by the amazing camaraderie within our community and the STORIES. Stories that go back decades. The same day, I led a Youth Group event about storytelling in the time […]
Another Saturday Night… Participant Details
Hello talented people! This is your home page for participating in the Another Saturday Night… B’ShERT telethon event on 6/6/20. Everything you need to know is either here or in the email you received from Pam Glantzman. If something isn’t clear please let us know. Technical Guide for Participants See the email from Pam for […]
A message from the President of B’ShERT
Dear B’ShERT Family, Our thoughts are with you as you care for yourselves and your families during this difficult and uncertain period. It feels like we’re in the wilderness, wondering how long we must wait to reach the promised land of being face to face in our beloved building. During this unprecedented period, however, we’ve […]
Passover 2020 Observances at B’ShERT
Dear B’ShERT family and friends, I know this Passover is going to be really different for most of us, and very difficult for many of us. As one of our major family holidays, it emphasizes the pain many of us are already experiencing being physically separated from our family and friends. The word “Mizrayim,” Hebrew […]
COVID-19 Updates from Rabbi — March 13
Dear B’ShERT family and friends, As we have been watching the progress of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures to slow its spread, we have become increasingly concerned about our own community. As you know, our population includes many who are vulnerable to severe effects from the virus, and none of us have immunity to […]
COVID-19 Update
Dear B’ShERT family, I know we have all been hearing a great deal about the novel coronavirus and the disease associated with it, COVID-19. While there is not yet (as of 3/4) broad community spread here in the New York area, we have to anticipate that may change. There are some members of our community […]
L’dor V’dor: Baking Edition — by Jennifer Tattenbaum
July 9, 2020 by emma • Being B'ShERT • 0 Comments
Last fall, my son’s third grade class did a unit on culture and family. One of the discussions in class centered around family recipes, and my son came home waving his assignment, asking if we had any family recipes. I paused. By the time I knew my grandmother, she was relatively elderly, retired in West […]