Join Rabbi Vinikoor for a Shabbat morning service.

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Shabbat Under the Stars

Led by Rabbi Rabbi Vinikoor.

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Join Irwin Brodsky for a Shabbat morning service.

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Led by Rabbi Erica Asch.

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Join members of our community to study the weekly Torah portion. Through questions and conversations we’ll make meaning from our sacred texts. All texts are in English. All are welcome.

Led by Peggy Brown

Minnie Brown Center

Join Rabbi Lisa Vinikoor for a Shabbat morning service.

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Kabbalat Shabbat service led by Rabbi Vinikoor.

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Join members of our community to study the weekly Torah portion. Through questions and conversations we’ll make meaning from our sacred texts. All texts are in English. All are welcome.

Led by Peggy Brown

Minnie Brown Center

SESSION 4: A House Divided: Israeli Politics, Protest, and the Struggle Over Democracy

An inside look at Israel’s fractured political and societal landscape. At the intersection of national security and social cohesion, we will explore the profound questions Israelis are asking about their country’s moral direction and democratic future. This conversation analyzes the internal drivers that will ultimately determine Israel’s future.

Childcare available on-site

Minnie Brown Center

Family Shabbat morning service with potluck lunch
10:00 am - Shabbat morning service led by Hebrew School students
11:30 am - Potluck lunch

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Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by potluck dinner.

Led by Rabbi Vinikoor.

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Tikkun Leil Shavuot

Led by Rabbi Vinikoor.

Minnie Brown Center

Join members of our community to study the weekly Torah portion. Through questions and conversations we’ll make meaning from our sacred texts. All texts are in English. All are welcome.

Led by Rabbi Vinikoor

Minnie Brown Center

A monthly drop-in group to provide a space for any member of Beth Israel who is grieving a loss, be it for the death of a loved one or other types of loss and grief. This group seeks to create connection and support for participants wherever they are in their grief journey. Reach out to Rabbi Vinikoor with any questions.

Minnie Brown Center

SESSION 3: The View from Ramallah: Governance, Legitimacy, and Palestinian Aspirations

Hear directly from a leading Palestinian analyst based in Ramallah on public opinion in the West Bank, the internal condition of the Palestinian Authority, and how Palestinians view Israel, Hamas, and the international community in this pivotal moment.

Childcare available on-site

Minnie Brown Center

Join members of our community to study the weekly Torah portion. Through questions and conversations we’ll make meaning from our sacred texts. All texts are in English. All are welcome.

Led by Rabbi Vinikoor

Minnie Brown Center

Join Rabbi Lisa Vinikoor for a Shabbat morning service.

Synagogue

Kabbalat Shabbat service led by Rabbi Vinikoor.

Synagogue

Join members of our community to study the weekly Torah portion. Through questions and conversations we’ll make meaning from our sacred texts. All texts are in English. All are welcome.

Led by Rabbi Vinikoor

Minnie Brown Center

SESSION 2: The West Bank Frontier: Partnership in the Face of Peril

An unflinching look at the West Bank as a shifting frontier, where escalating Israeli settler violence and the quiet momentum of de facto annexation are fundamentally altering the landscape. This session examines the severe toll these realities take on Palestinian lives, the integrity of Israeli democracy, and the work happening on the ground for Jewish-Palestinian reconciliation.

Childcare available on-site

Minnie Brown Center

Dive into the week's Torah portion with conversation and community.

Minnie Brown Center

Family Shabbat morning service with potluck lunch
10:00 am - Shabbat morning service led by Hebrew School students
11:30 am - Community catered lunch

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Kabbalat Shabbat service led by Rabbi Vinikoor.

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Ayelet Tsabari was born in Israel to a large family of Yemeni Jews. She is the author of The Art of Leaving, winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for memoir, finalist for the Writer’s Trust Hilary Weston Prize, and an Apple Books and Kirkus Review Best Book of 2019.

We are so pleased that Ayelet Tsabari will be coming to Maine and speaking at Bowdoin College. This event is free and open to the public.

Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center, Bowdoin College

This year in observance of Yom HaShoah Jack Montgomery, a Freeport based photographer will speak about his recent book, From the Holocaust to Maine, Testimonies of the Survivors.

About the book, Jack writes: “This book has its origins more than 30 years ago, when I began photographing Maine’s Holocaust survivors…I began photographing seriously when I turned 40. After a few years learning the basics, I conceived my first project — photographing the faces of the people who had endured and survived the horrors of the Shoah. I listened carefully as we made the portraits together and heard their stories of rich lives before Hitler took power, the horrible experiences during the ensuing years, and then the remaking of their lives in Maine.”

In addition to Jack’s talk, we will have a brief service of remembrance for those murdered in the Holocaust.

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Led by Rabbi Vinikoor

Yizkor means, “May God remember” and it is a series of prayers said in community on Yom Kippur as well as on the last day of Passover, Sukkot and Shavuot. This year, on the 7th day of Passover Rabbi Vinikoor will lead a morning service and lead us in reciting the Yizkor prayers for loved ones who have died in recent days and in years past. All our welcome.

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Led by Rabbi Vinikoor

A monthly drop-in group to provide a space for any member of Beth Israel who is grieving a loss, be it for the death of a loved one or other types of loss and grief. This group seeks to create connection and support for participants wherever they are in their grief journey. Reach out to Rabbi Vinikoor with any questions.

Minnie Brown Center

Led by Rabbi Vinikoor and Alexina Haefner

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Join our rabbinical apprentice Alexina Haefner for a different sort of Shabbat service. It will be a beautiful evening of guitar, communal singing and being together to welcome in rest and gratitude. Come ready to sing and learn new melodies! All are welcome!

Minnie Brown Center

Led by Rabbi Lisa Vinikoor

Email us for more information about the Passover Seder