Join us for a week of programming, prayer, and Jewish learning.
Wisdom of Torah with Rabbi Brian Strauss TUESDAY, FEB 21ST 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, FEB 21ST 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 22ND 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: How Conservative Movement's Law Committee Impacts our Lives Today WEDNESDAY, FEB 22ND 7:00P TO 8:00P 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
Jewish Meditation Group WEDNESDAY, FEB 22ND 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 23RD 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!
Sisterhood Presidents Installation THURSDAY, FEB 23RD 5:00P TO 7:00P Say thank you to our outgoing co-Presidents, Barbara Koslov and Vicky Richker, and welcome our new presidents, Julie Kaplan and Jordana Roteman! MORE INFO
Pickleball at Beth Yeshurun THURSDAY, FEB 23RD 5:45P TO 6:45P Book your pickleball court on Sunday mornings and Tuesday/Thursday evenings! MORE INFO
J.B. Greenfield Chapel Shabbat Evening Service FRIDAY, FEB 24TH 5:30P MORE INFO
Shabbat Renewal - Go Texan Shabbat! Sermon by Rabbi Steven Morgen FRIDAY, FEB 24TH 6:00P Join us for our Main Sanctuary Service, this week we are celebrating Go Texan Day! It is the unofficial kickoff of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Participate in the city-wide celebration on Go Texan Day by putting your best cowboy boot forward and showing your Western pride. MORE INFO
J.B. Greenfield Chapel Shabbat Morning Service SHABBAT, FEB 25TH 8:30A MORE INFO Museum Minyan Shabbat Morning Service SHABBAT, FEB 25TH 9:15AMORE INFO Shabbat Morning Service Bar Mitzvah of Gabriel Zadok Sermon by Rabbi Brian Strauss SHABBAT, FEB 25TH 9:30A Join us for our Main Sanctuary Shabbat Morning service. MORE INFO
Shabbat Shalom SHABBAT, FEB 25TH 10:15A Shabbat Shalom is a Shabbat morning program for young children under 7 years old. Each Shabbat, the children pray, sing, dance, hear stories, and much more! Children under 3 should come with a parent. No need to register!
Parsha Study SHABBAT, FEB 25TH 11:30A Weekly Parsha Study following Chapel Shabbat Service.
J.B. Greenfield Chapel Mincha/Ma’ariv SHABBAT, FEB 25TH 5:45PMORE INFO Jewish Learning Project SUNDAY, FEB 26TH 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
Pickleball at Beth Yeshurun SUNDAY, FEB 26TH 9:00A TO 12:00P Book your pickleball court on Sunday mornings and Tuesday/Thursday evenings! MORE INFO
Jews of Color: Black Jews in Africa, Israel, and the US SUNDAY, FEB 26TH 11:00A TO 12:00P In this six-part series, Bernice Heilbrunn will explore with us the sub-Saharan groups that consider themselves descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes and those who converted en masse to Judaism. MORE INFO
Pickleball for Jewish Singles over 50 SUNDAY, FEB 26TH 12:00P TO 3:00P Mix, mingle, and play Pickleball - Register to join us for an afternoon of open play! MORE INFO
Rosh Chodesh Program SUNDAY, FEB 26TH 4:00P TO 5:30P Join us each month for a new look at Rosh Chodesh. We look forward to exploring new themes each Hebrew month through discussion, speakers, and hands-on activities. MORE INFO
20th Gourmet Kosher Extravaganza - Americans for Ben-Gurion University Houston Chapter SUNDAY, FEB 26TH 5:15P TO 7:15P Join Americans for BGU for their 20th Extravaganza and hear from the President of BGU of the Negev and special speaker Oren Wacht. MORE INFO
Black History Month Celebration Tour featuring Janis F. Kearney MONDAY, FEB 27TH 7:00P TO 8:00P The Black History Month Celebration Tour welcomes Janis F. Kearney to Beth Yeshurun. MORE INFO
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.
Friday, March 3 - Monday, March 6th
We kick off our Shul of Rock Purim weekend with Rock Shabbat on Friday, March 3rd at 6:00p! Come dressed as your favorite rock star and sing along as we set all of our Kabbalat Shabbat prayers to your favorite rock classics! And rock out at this one of a kind Oneg immediately following, featuring a Hero gyro station and microphone cake pops! Generously sponsored by the Toubin family.
Young Professionals Purim Prom - Saturday, March 4th at 7:00p! The opportunity to re-live (or re-do?) your prom is here for Purim! Come to the BYDS school gym complete with balloons, prom photos, and the greatest hits of the 1990s to mid-2000s!
Rock on and enjoy the countless activities happening at this year's Purim Fest on Sunday, March 5th from 11:00a-2:00p! In addition to our full outdoor carnival we have dedicated teen, toddler, and low-sensory areas. Also new this year is Bingo and Trivia inside along with a classic rock cover band. Generously sponsored by the Baliff, Fields, Plantowsky and Stein families.
Join us for Megillah readings in all three services on Monday, March 6th. Come in costume and enjoy a hamentaschen and ice cream bar after the Megillah readings of each service! J.B. Greenfield Chapel service at 5:30p with the Megillah reading immediately following. Main Sanctuary reading begins at 6:30p in the Freedman Levit Sanctuary. Our Museum Minyan reading beginst at 6:45 in Reiches Hall.
We invite you to join us as we honor Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal with an evening celebration featuring performances by The Shul Sisters, a cantorial trio starring Cantor Laurie Akers, Cantor Rachel Brooks, and our very own Cantor Rachel Goldman. Chaired by Lori Herzog and Dana Katz, produced by Chris Hardin and directed by Richard Brown, this incomparable musical experience will take place on March 23, 2023 in the Barg Sanctuary.
In gratitude to Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal for their lifelong dedication to Congregation Beth Yeshurun we will present the Segal family with a tribute book comprised of personal messages from our congregants and community. We are asking for your help in making this a keepsake that they will treasure. You will not want to be excluded from this special memento, so please send your order in by the February 24, 2023 deadline - we are unable to accept submissions after the deadline. Click here to Purchase Tickets | Click here to Purchase a Tribute
Thursday, Febraury 23rd | 5:00pm | Stein Hall
Join us for cocktails and lite bites as we say thank you to our outgoing co-Presidents, Barbara Koslov and Vicky Richker, and welcome our new presidents, Julie Kaplan and Jordana Roteman! Open to all with no charge, but please register so we have bites for everyone!
Houston Society for Change is partnering with Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Gospel songwriter V. Michael McKay with Gospel Music Haus and Museum, Gospel music advocate Carl Davis, and Martin Cominsky with Interfaith Ministries, to host a Black History Month Celebration Tour in Houston February 26-28.
Memoirist and Presidential Diarist for President Bill Clinton and author of "Only on Sunday, Mahalia Jackson's Long Journey," Janis Kearney, will be at Beth Yeshurun Monday, February 27th. She will share her story and her journey in writting the book about the iconic Mahalia Jackson on this amazing tour.
We are heartbroken by the news of two devastating earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria overnight. Right now, the death toll is in the thousands and rapidly rising. While an overwhelming number of homes and businesses have been destroyed, rescuers race to pull survivors from beneath the rubble.
Jewish Federations are on the ground with our partners, responding quickly in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. 150,000 people have been made homeless from the #earthquakes and are trying to survive during a bitter cold winter. We are supplying thousands of tents, heaters, thermal clothing, ready to eat meals, and first aid kits.
Did you know that February 20th is National Love Your Pet Day? This month we are partnering with ERJCC Houston's Meal on Wheels for a pet supply drive. The Animeals program was founded so that homebound clients of Meals on Wheels would not need to share their limited food and resources with their pets. Not only does Meals on Wheels deliver hot lunches to seniors in our community, but they also supplement with pet food to care for the senior's pets.
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!
