Join us for a week of programming, prayer, and Jewish learning.
Parallel Stories in the Bible with Gabi Gelman MONDAY, JAN 10TH 7:00P What do the stories of Noah and Jonah have in common? What about Joseph and Esther? Or Hannah and Ruth? Join Gabi Gelman for a 4-part series exploring how some stories in the bible seem to echo earlier stories and discuss what these parallels teach can teach us.MORE INFO
Wisdom of Torah (Breakfast Club) TUESDAY, JAN 11TH 7:00A Together, over breakfast with Rabbi Brian Strauss, come explore the ancient wisdom of Torah and how it can be applied in today's modern world. MORE INFO Jewish Literacy with Rabbi Danny Horwitz TUESDAY, JAN 11TH 7:30P Join Rabbi Horwitz for a year-long class on Jewish Literacy. He will use Rabbi Telushkin's book and explore themes of: general Jewish history; critical stories in the Tanakh; fundamental Jewish life behaviors, what they mean and what they teach; and Jewish theology.MORE INFO
Voices of Torah with Rabbi Steven Morgen (Breakfast Club) WEDNESDAY, JAN 12TH 7:00A Rabbi Morgen teaches Wednesday mornings as part of the Breakfast Club - learn Torah 5 days a week with our clergy! MORE INFO
Jewish Meditation Group - Virtual WEDNESDAY, JAN 12TH 7:00P Explore tools for mindfulness, find a different way to talk to God, and deepen your prayer with meditation and chanting.MORE INFO
Jewish Mysticism & Ancient Cultural Beliefs with Rabbi Fort THURSDAY, JAN 13TH 7:00A Rabbi Fortteaches Wednesday mornings as part of the Breakfast Club - learn Torah 5 days a week with our clergy! MORE INFO
Plant Trees with the Israeli Consulate for Tu B'Shevat FRIDAY, JAN 14TH 9:00A The Consulate General of Israel invites everyone to plant trees in honor of Tu B'Shevat!MORE INFO J.B. Greenfield Chapel Shabbat Evening Service FRIDAY, JAN 14TH 5:00P MORE INFO
Moment at the Ark: Prayers for Healing FRIDAY, JAN 14TH 5:30P Join Rabbi Fort for a healing prayers and a moment before the Ark.MORE INFO
Shabbat Renewal Sermon by Rabbi Brian Strauss FRIDAY, JAN 14TH 6:00P Join us for our Main Sanctuary Shabbat Service. MORE INFO
J.B. Greenfield Chapel Shabbat Morning Service SHABBAT, JAN 15TH 8:30A MORE INFO Museum Minyan Shabbat Morning Service - Outdoors SHABBAT, JAN 15TH 9:15AMORE INFO
Shabbat Morning Service - Shabbat Refreshed Sermon by Rabbi Steven Morgen SHABBAT, JAN 15TH 9:30A Join for an uplifting and upbeat Shabbat morning service. Our Friday night band joins us for some new melodies as we celebrate Shabbat together. MORE INFO
My Shabbat SHABBAT, JAN 15TH 9:30A TO 10:30A An interactive, engaging, and educational Shabbat service for 3rd- through 6th-grade students and their families. MORE INFO
J.B. Greenfield Chapel Mincha/Ma’ariv SHABBAT, JAN 15TH 5:15PMORE INFO
Museum Minyan Havdalah SATURDAY, JAN 15TH 5:35P Join for the conclusion of Shabbat with virtual Havdalah and a short study session via Zoom.MORE INFO
Jewish Learning Project SUNDAY, JAN 16TH 9:00A TO 12:00P The Jewish Learning Project (JLP) is Congregation Beth Yeshurun's Adult Learning Program. Our JLP sessions offer a variety of spiritual, intellectual, and stimulating topics for you to choose from. Sessions are held Sunday mornings and are open to the public and free of charge. MORE INFO
Tu B'Shevat for Young Professionals - 30's & 40's SUNDAY, JAN 16TH 10:30A Celebrate the Jewish New Year of the Trees by spending time at the beautiful Houston Arboretum and getting Kabbalistic with a Tu b’Shevat seder, all with other Jewish young professionals in their 30's and 40's! MORE INFO
Tu B'Shevat for Young Professionals - 20's SUNDAY, JAN 16TH 1:00P Celebrate the Jewish New Year of the Trees by spending time at the beautiful Houston Arboretum and getting Kabbalistic with a Tu b’Shevat seder, all with other Jewish young professionals in their 20's! MORE INFO
Faith, Climate Change, & Justice: A Multi-Faith Panel SUNDAY, JAN 16TH 2:30P The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston is hosting a virtual multi-faith panel discussion on faith, climate change, and justice. MORE INFO
MLK Day - Administrative Offices Closed MONDAY, JAN 17TH ALL DAY
MLK Grande Parade 2022 MONDAY, JAN 17TH 10:00A Houston's MLK Parade is celebrating its 28th anniversary. Join rabbis and lay leaders from Houston's Jewish community to march in the parade! MORE INFO
Meals on Wheels Doorbell Project MONDAY, JAN 17TH 10:00A Help our community's Meals on Wheels clients by installing doorbells for homebound seniors. Our goal is 150 doorbells! MORE INFO
Willow Water Hole Tu B'Shevat Service Project MONDAY, JAN 17TH 12:30P This year Tu B'Shevat and MLK Day fall on the same day! What better inspiration for a service project to help clean up one of our local green spots. MORE INFO A full list of upcoming events can be found here
Once content has been recorded live, it will be saved on our social media platforms for future access. This means that if you cannot make the time slots noted above, you can still join us to learn and pray.
Please know that your clergy is here for you. To reach out, please e-mail them directly or connect with info@bethyeshurun.org and we will direct you to a member of our team.
Due to increasing number of positive Covid cases not just in our city, but in our Beth Yeshurun community, as well as the latest news from the CDC, local and state officials, and our medical advisors, the following COVID-related protocols are now in effect:
All main sanctuary services will be in Barg Sanctuary. Shabbat Morning Chapel services will be moved to the Freedman Levit Sanctuary. Weekday Chapel services will remain in the J.B. Greenfield Chapel. All Chapel Breakfasts will be moved outdoors. All employees, members, and visitors must wear masks when inside our building.
These changes will remain in effect through the end of the year. We will reevaluate after February 1st.
Tu B’Shevat for Young Professionals Sunday, January 16, 2022 Join us for Tu B’Shevat - the birthday of the trees! To celebrate we will explore our Houston Arboretum with a Tu B’Shevat-themed photo scavenger hunt. Afterward, we will gather for a Tu B’Shevat Seder with traditional food and drink for the holiday. Enjoy a day outside and learn about this special holiday. Open to the community - feel free to share! Registration closes Friday, January 14th 30- and 40-somethings - join us at 10:30a - CLICK HERE 20-somethings - join us at 1:00p - CLICK HERE
Willow Waterhole Tu B'Shevat Service Project Monday, January 17, 2022 This year Tu B'Shevat and MLK Day fall on the same day! What better inspiration for a service project to help clean up one of our local green spots, Willow Waterhole Greenway.
If you'd like to enjoy the outdoors before we start, meet at 12:30 pm to picnic (bring your own lunch or snacks, we will bring drinks). At 1:00 pm we will start our clean-up project. We will head out in groups to pick up trash around the lakes at Willow Water Hole.
We will have a special Tu B'shevat Seder-in-a-bag for everyone to take away, so please register so we have supplies for all! Registration closes Friday, January 14th at Noon. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Meals on Wheels - Doorbell Project with Beth Yeshurun We invite you to give back to our house bound seniors with an easy-to-install doorbell project this MLK Day, Monday, January 17th at 10:00am
Many of our Meals on Wheels seniors do not have a working doorbell and are unable to get one installed themselves. These seniors rely on Meals on Wheels for their daily hot meal, and for those who are hard of hearing, it can be especially difficult for them to know we are there, delivering their meal.
Our goal is to provide 150 doorbells to homebound seniors. Ultimately, this project will improve the overall quality of life for our seniors by providing them with the ability to recognize visitor and meal arrivals. Each team will take and "install" a doorbell at 4 different senior's homes or apartments.
Join the Greater Houston Area Jewish Community for the sixth time, assembling as a group to march in downtown Houston on Monday, January 17, 2022.
Will you join us as we march to commemorate and celebrate our long history of Jewish solidarity with interfaith civil rights groups? Our parade group always has an amazing and genuinely fun time performing this fantastic community outreach mitzvah marching in the Houston MLK Grande Parade.
This is not only fun for the participants, especially our youth, it generates positive results in relations between the Jewish & African American communities as we march in solidarity. Our participation honors not just Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but rabbis like Abraham Heschel and Joachim Prinz who worked closely with Dr. King and the civil rights movement. We intend to not only talk the talk, we will walk the walk.
MAKE TIME - MAKE A DIFFERENCE NEW VOLUNTEER PROGRAM RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS
Do you consider Beth Yeshurun your home away from home? Are you looking for a new way to volunteer and make a contribution to synagogue life? COFI (Congregants of First Impressions) is looking for volunteers to donate their time to warmly welcome visitors and other congregants as they enter the Bender Levy Lobby during peak weekend and special event times. You’ll be the first point of contact with important information regarding general synagogue information, Shabbat service times and locations, and Sunday’s Jewish Learning Project. Click here for more information and to sign up
An Important Message from President David Stein, Senior Rabbi Brian Strauss, and Executive Director Andy Burger
It is with mixed emotions that we write to you. After more than eight years at Congregation Beth Yeshurun, Cantor Meir Finkelstein will be leaving us to pursue a new opportunity. We are incredibly thankful for his time with us and the numerous contributions he has made to Beth Yeshurun. Cantor Finkelstein has touched most of our lives in a special way through worship, lifecycle celebrations, counseling in troubled times, our B’nai Mitzvah program, and with his incredible music. We wish him the best and will support him as he and his family make the move to Florida. Cantor Finkelstein will remain with us through the spring.
As the largest Conservative synagogue in the United States, with a strong membership, staff, clergy team, and leadership, we are confident that we will find one of the best Conservative cantors in the United States. We have a rich and deep musical tradition at Beth Yeshurun and will continue that tradition for generations to come.
Our search has already drawn much interest as we will be interviewing our first candidate – Cantor Rachel Goldman of Congregation Ner Tamid in Los Angeles California, who will be visiting us January 21st and 22nd!
Honoring the Musical Legacy of Cantor Meir Finkelstein! March 31, 2022 at Congregation Beth Yeshurun
We look forward to our concert celebrating the music of Cantor Meir Finkelstein. Tickets for this incomparable musical experience have been in great demand as the evening will feature renowned cantors, including Cantors Azi Schwartz, Chayim Frenkel, Netanel Hershtik, and Rachel Goldman! Purchase Individual Tickets
We invite you to share with us your simchas - births, engagement, weddings, or award and recognitions. Fill our Mazel Tov form with your information a picture and share your great news with the rest of the congregation. Click here to Submit your Simcha!
