Join us for a week of programming, prayer, and Jewish learning.
Wisdom of Torah with Rabbi Brian Strauss TUESDAY, JAN 31ST 7:45A TO 8:30A Rabbi Strauss teaches Tuesday mornings as part of the Breakfast Club - learn Torah 4 days a week with our clergy!
Pickleball at Beth Yeshurun TUESDAY, JAN 31ST 5:45P TO 6:45P Book your pickleball court on Sunday mornings and Tuesday/Thursday evenings! MORE INFO
Voices of Torah with Rabbi Steven Morgen WEDNESDAY, FEB 1ST 7:45A TO 8:30A Rabbi Morgen teaches Wednesday mornings as part of the Breakfast Club - learn Torah 4 days a week with our clergy!
ScholarStream: The Exodus in the Jewish Tradition: Philosophy, Bible, Midrash, and Art WEDNESDAY, FEB 1ST 11:00A TO 12:00P Beginning in Elul and spanning all the way to Shavuot, the Conservative Movement seminaries and institutions are partnering to offer seven series that will bring your community face-to-face with the brightest and most engaging scholars our movement has to offer. MORE INFO The State of Faith WEDNESDAY, FEB 1ST 11:30A TO 1:30P Join Faith and Interfaith leaders from the community, including Rabbi Sarah Fort, for a moderated conversation about The State of Faith. MORE INFO
Jewish Meditation Group WEDNESDAY, FEB 1ST 7:00P TO 8:00P Explore tools for mindfulness, find a different way to talk to God, and deepen your prayer with meditation and chantingMORE INFO
Jewish Mysticism & Ancient Cultural Beliefs with Rabbi Fort THURSDAY, FEB 2ND 7:45A TO 8:30A Rabbi Fort teaches Wednesday mornings as part of the Breakfast Club - learn Torah 4 days a week with our clergy!
Young Professionals "Back To Nature": Wine Tasting & Seed Planting THURSDAY, FEB 2ND 7:00P TO 8:30P Young Professionals! Join Rabbi Fort to celebrate the New Year of the Trees with a kosher wine tasting in the style of the Tu b’Shvat seder and do a little planting, too! MORE INFO
Tot Shabbat! FRIDAY, FEB 3RD 5:00P Toddlers & Preschoolers join us for a musical Shabbat with Rabbi Sarah Fort and Hailey Arnold, followed by challah and more fun! MORE INFO
J.B. Greenfield Chapel Shabbat Evening Service FRIDAY, FEB 3RD 5:30P MORE INFO
Shabbat Renewal Sermon by Rabbi Sarah Fort FRIDAY, FEB 3RD 6:00P Join us for our Main Sanctuary Service. MORE INFO
J.B. Greenfield Chapel Shabbat Morning Service SHABBAT, FEB 4TH 8:30A MORE INFO Museum Minyan Shabbat Morning Service SHABBAT, FEB 4TH 9:15AMORE INFO Shabbat Morning Service Bar Mitzvah of Ian Kaufman Sermon by Rabbi Sarah Fort SHABBAT, FEB 4TH 9:30A Join us for our Main Sanctuary Shabbat Morning service. MORE INFO Parsha Study SHABBAT, FEB 4TH 11:30A Weekly Parsha Study following Chapel Shabbat Service. J.B. Greenfield Chapel Mincha/Ma’ariv SHABBAT, FEB 4TH 5:30PMORE INFO
Jewish Learning Project SUNDAY, FEB 5TH 9:00A TO 11:00A 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
Willow Water Hole Tu B'Shevat Service Project SUNDAY, FEB 5TH 3:30P TO 5:00P Celebrate Tu B'Shevat, the birthday of the trees, with a service project to help clean up one of our local green spots.MORE INFO
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Thursday, February 2 • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Come celebrate the New Year of the Trees with a kosher wine tasting in the style of the Tu b’Shvat seder and do a little planting, too!
In honor of the Kabbalistic Tu b’Shvat Seder’s four glasses of wine, we’ll be offering a tasting of kosher wines led by Ben Bailiff, the Texas Manager of local supplier, Royal Wine! We’ll also have lots of tasty bites and non-alcoholic drinks to go around.
Also, tradition says that if you plant parsley seeds on Tu b’Shvat, they’ll grow in time to use at your Passover seder! After our kosher wine tasting, you can get your hands a little dirty planting parsley seeds to take home and grow for your seder.
Celebrate the Jewish New Year of the Trees together and outdoors this Tu B’Shevat! Meet at 3:30 pm for some pre-clean-up snacks, and then we will start our clean-up project at about 3:45 pm. We will head out in groups to pick up trash around the lakes at Willow Water Hole.
But there’s more! The ancient mystics celebrated Tu B’Shevat with a seder to recognize all the beautiful trees and fruits and the changing of the seasons. So after you’re done cleaning up, grab a “Tu B’Shevat Seder in a Bag” to enjoy right there, or take it home and continue the celebration!
Conservative Jewish men and women around the world will celebrate the Mitzvah of Tefillin at their morning minyanim, joining thousands of other men and women in the annual “World Wide Wrap.” Rabbis and trainers will be available to teach you how to daven with tefillin. Bring your own tefillin or borrow a set from our loaner supply.
Breakfast sponsored by 100 Jewish Men before we wrap!
Our winter 2023 Scholar in Residence is Dr. Robert Harris, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at The Jewish Theological Seminary. Dr. Harris is widely published and frequently speaks on biblical narrative and Jewish liturgy to congregations and organizations around the country. We hope you will be able to join us for at least one of his sessions, as he is an entertaining and engaging speaker.
Friday, February 17th | Shabbat Renewal at 6:00 pm | Freedman Levit Sanctuary "Romemu: Crying out for God’s Love and God’s Justice in a world of struggles and conflict:" Reflections on Psalm 99 of Kabbalat Shabbat, from which we sing “Romemu Adonai Eloheinu.”
Saturday, February 18th | Kiddush lunch (approximately 11:45am) | Stein Hall "Truth or Consequences - Finding Faith and Kindness in a World of Dissension and Strife:" In a time of mortal danger to Israel - both from a powerful foreign enemy and internal hostility among political factions - Jeremiah sought to preserve the Jewish way of life. What insights can we discover to guide us today?
Saturday, February 18th | 7:00pm | Daniel & Karol Musher's Home Meet Dr. Harris for an informal Q&A. Please register so we have space for everyone.
Sunday, February 19th | Jewish Federation of Houston's Yom Limmud at 10:15 am | Congregation Beth Israel "I Pshat the Torah: From Charlemagne to Rashi - The Reinvention of Reading in the Middle Ages"
Back in-person, Yom Limmud’s program is all about learning ‘outside the box!’ Featured this year is actress and singer Lainie Kazan of Broadway and My Big Fat Greek Wedding fame.
Look for our Beth Yeshurun Clergy at Yom Limmud: Rabbi David Rosen at 10:15am Why Do They Hate Us: Six Reasons Antisemitism Persists
Rabbi Sarah Fort at 12:45pm Jewitchery - What's Jewish about witchcraft, sorcery, and more? Lots!
Rabbi Steven Morgen at 2:00p One Approach to "Choseness" in a Pluralistic World
String Quartet & Soloists Concert by Polyphony's musicians from Nazareth
Wednesday, February 15 at Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism 6:00 Reception | 7:00 Concert | 8:00 Dessert & Conversation 801 Bering Drive
Join us for an evening of classical music and cross-cultural dialogue. The Polyphony Quartet – an ensemble composed of two Arab and two Jewish young musicians – will host soprano singers Anastasia Klevan and Deema Azar for an outstanding classical concert, featuring music by Beethoven, Mozart, Offenbach, and more.
This event is free and open to all. Please bring friends from all faiths and cultures, as we generate harmony in humanity through music. Congregation Beth Yeshurun & HCRJ are proud sponsors.
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!
